1947 Omaha Cardinals Statistics
Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 67-62
Finished 4th in the WL
Manager: Ollie Vanek (67-62)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: American Legion Park
Attendance: 138,308, Avg. 2,144
1947 Omaha Cardinals RosterTeam Record: 67-62
Finished 4th in the WL
Manager: Ollie Vanek (67-62)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: American Legion Park
Attendance: 138,308, Avg. 2,144
Playoffs - Sioux City Soos 3 games, Omaha Cardinals 1
The Omaha Cardinals of the Western League ended the 1947 season with a record of 67 wins and 62 losses, finishing fourth in the WL.
Ollie Vanek served as manager.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Crimian | 14 | 9 | .609 | 2.86 | 33 | 14 | 1 | 173.0 | 169 | 67 | 55 | 61 | 105 | 6 | 1 | |||||||
| Thomas Kelley | 13 | 7 | .650 | 2.82 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 147.0 | 123 | 65 | 46 | 51 | 74 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| Wilber McCullough | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.08 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 117.0 | 99 | 71 | 53 | 113 | 78 | 9 | 5 | |||||||
| Ken Johnson | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.40 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 60.0 | 38 | 24 | 16 | 32 | 70 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Floyd Thierolf | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.46 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 104.0 | 94 | 49 | 40 | 52 | 85 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| Donald Bakkelund | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.96 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 141.0 | 124 | 76 | 62 | 65 | 102 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Charlie Bishop | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.12 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 153.0 | 159 | 112 | 70 | 107 | 133 | 7 | 15 | |||||||
| Johnny Klippstein | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.37 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 67.0 | 66 | 49 | 40 | 51 | 41 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Roy Lee | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.98 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 52.0 | 61 | 25 | 23 | 14 | 32 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Totals | 66 | 55 | .545 | 3.59 | 198 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 7 | 0 | 1014.0 | 933 | 538 | 405 | 0 | 546 | 0 | 720 | 27 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Conroy | 131 | 625 | 555 | 117 | 190 | 27 | 14 | 0 | 55 | 24 | 66 | 31 | .342 | .413 | .441 | .855 | 245 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Edmund Lewinski | 114 | 486 | 439 | 79 | 152 | 37 | 11 | 13 | 105 | 0 | 43 | 56 | .346 | .406 | .569 | .975 | 250 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| William Marks | 112 | 472 | 412 | 68 | 119 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 63 | 2 | 51 | 18 | .289 | .373 | .410 | .783 | 169 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Eddie Kazak | 93 | 396 | 347 | 83 | 113 | 19 | 5 | 20 | 88 | 4 | 40 | 33 | .326 | .398 | .582 | .981 | 202 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| Raymond Henningsen | 131 | 539 | 416 | 63 | 104 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 51 | 1 | 103 | 22 | .250 | .403 | .329 | .733 | 137 | 4 | 16 | ||||
| George Genovese | 115 | 469 | 381 | 62 | 95 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 7 | 75 | 21 | .249 | .377 | .323 | .700 | 123 | 3 | 10 | ||||
| Johnny Bucha | 73 | 291 | 241 | 57 | 87 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 55 | 11 | 47 | 19 | .361 | .469 | .568 | 1.037 | 137 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Jerry Kamler | 101 | 406 | 353 | 64 | 87 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 47 | 10 | 44 | 27 | .246 | .333 | .419 | .753 | 148 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| Roland LeBlanc | 81 | 258 | 233 | 31 | 65 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 3 | 18 | 32 | .279 | .333 | .455 | .788 | 106 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Lou Ortiz | 32 | 123 | 98 | 20 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 25 | 23 | .296 | .439 | .459 | .898 | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Basso | 34 | 127 | 113 | 15 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 12 | .248 | .309 | .407 | .716 | 46 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Alvin Kluttz | 35 | 124 | 102 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 20 | .176 | .288 | .275 | .563 | 28 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Bob Erps | 12 | 47 | 43 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .302 | .362 | .512 | .873 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ken Johnson | 24 | 47 | 43 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .279 | .326 | .372 | .698 | 16 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Thomas Kelley | 30 | 62 | 55 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 14 | .200 | .241 | .327 | .569 | 18 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Charlie Bishop | 29 | 61 | 57 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .193 | .246 | .211 | .456 | 12 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Jack Crimian | 34 | 69 | 62 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .113 | .179 | .113 | .292 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Wilber McCullough | 22 | 50 | 42 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .143 | .163 | .190 | .353 | 8 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Donald Bakkelund | 26 | 56 | 52 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .115 | .132 | .135 | .267 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Floyd Thierolf | 24 | 46 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .093 | .152 | .163 | .315 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Roy Lee | 18 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .130 | .231 | .174 | .405 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Frank Gravino | 11 | 34 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .120 | .312 | .240 | .552 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Johnny Klippstein | 15 | 27 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .000 | .080 | .000 | .080 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 1297 | 4843 | 4158 | 713 | 1163 | 221 | 85 | 63 | 641 | 64 | 0 | 571 | 428 | .280 | .370 | .419 | .789 | 1743 | 0 | 23 | 91 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmund Lewinski | 1B | 113 | 995 | 46 | 17 | 106 | .984 | 9.212 | ||||
| Jerry Kamler | 1B | 18 | 142 | 9 | 1 | 13 | .993 | 8.389 | ||||
| Eddie Kazak | 2B | 81 | 177 | 245 | 19 | 61 | .957 | 5.210 | ||||
| Michael Conroy | 2B | 31 | 76 | 73 | 12 | 16 | .925 | 4.806 | ||||
| Lou Ortiz | 2B | 16 | 46 | 38 | 7 | 7 | .923 | 5.250 | ||||
| Raymond Henningsen | 3B | 114 | 117 | 208 | 17 | 24 | .950 | 2.851 | ||||
| Bob Erps | 3B | 11 | 12 | 26 | 4 | 3 | .905 | 3.455 | ||||
| Johnny Bucha | C | 69 | 511 | 49 | 14 | 6 | .976 | 8.116 | 6 | |||
| Roland LeBlanc | C | 40 | 243 | 17 | 13 | 2 | .952 | 6.500 | 12 | |||
| Alvin Kluttz | C | 33 | 233 | 32 | 8 | 1 | .971 | 8.030 | 5 | |||
| William Marks | OF | 107 | 186 | 10 | 11 | 3 | .947 | 1.832 | ||||
| Michael Conroy | OF | 101 | 183 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .985 | 1.901 | ||||
| Jerry Kamler | OF | 71 | 88 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .932 | 1.352 | ||||
| Jim Basso | OF | 29 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .962 | 1.759 | ||||
| Roland LeBlanc | OF | 25 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.000 | ||||
| Frank Gravino | OF | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.200 | ||||
| Jack Crimian | P | 33 | 5 | 45 | 2 | 2 | .962 | 1.515 | ||||
| Thomas Kelley | P | 30 | 3 | 32 | 5 | 4 | .875 | 1.167 | ||||
| Charlie Bishop | P | 28 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 0 | .893 | .893 | ||||
| Donald Bakkelund | P | 26 | 4 | 34 | 2 | 1 | .950 | 1.462 | ||||
| Floyd Thierolf | P | 22 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.091 | ||||
| Wilber McCullough | P | 22 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 2 | .871 | 1.227 | ||||
| Johnny Klippstein | P | 15 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 1.067 | ||||
| Roy Lee | P | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .923 | ||||
| Ken Johnson | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Genovese | SS | 112 | 220 | 561 | 44 | 77 | .947 | 6.973 | ||||
| Lou Ortiz | SS | 12 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 4 | .830 | 3.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1191 | 3351 | 1568 | 209 | 338 | .959 | 4.130 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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