1947 Sioux Falls Canaries Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 75-43
Finished 2nd in the NL
Manager: Jim Oglesby (75-43)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Ballpark: Howard Wood Field
Attendance: 116,683, Avg. 1,978

1947 Sioux Falls Canaries Roster

Playoffs - Sioux Falls Canaries 3 games, Duluth Dukes 1
Finals - Sioux Falls Canaries 4 games, Aberdeen Pheasants 2

The Sioux Falls Canaries of the Northern League ended the 1947 season with a record of 75 wins and 43 losses, finishing second in the NL.

Jim Oglesby 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
Len Perron	14	4	.778	4.11	30			13	0		173.0	174	100	79		88		102	5		8
Arnie Atkins	13	10	.565	2.35	29			14	2		184.0	158	67	48		79		126	1		4
Richard Verbic	12	9	.571	2.83	27			15	3		181.0	162	96	57		103		128	6		8
Stanley King	11	7	.611	3.55	29			14	1		175.0	178	104	69		75		134	4		4
Bud Younger	10	4	.714	3.59	18			12	1		148.0	149	72	59		45		77	0		3
Robert Davis	10	5	.667	3.50	32			5	0		139.0	138	74	54		64		81	7		4
Totals	70	39	.642	3.29	165	0	0	73	7	0	1000.0	959	513	366	0	454	0	648	23	0	31	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
William Polubiatka	121	565	485	100	166	25	20	6	84	28		73	54	.342	.431	.513	.945	249		3	4
Charles Huber	121	552	448	97	138	20	6	4	85	11		95	62	.308	.430	.406	.836	182		1	8
Bob Freeman	116	513	429	82	118	17	6	8	71	4		67	47	.275	.377	.399	.775	171		3	14
Hank Nasternak	121	543	453	85	112	13	5	6	60	44		78	80	.247	.364	.338	.702	153		5	7
Robert Groves	109	522	457	73	103	9	4	1	50	10		55	56	.225	.313	.269	.582	123		3	7
Dick Triptow	93	395	359	70	98	9	10	5	63	16		28	52	.273	.331	.396	.726	142		3	5
Wally Bernat	72	339	308	55	84	10	1	2	26	4		23	33	.273	.327	.331	.658	102		2	6
Ray Cash	95	366	310	48	81	21	6	8	73	6		52	66	.261	.371	.445	.816	138		2	2
Bob Dant	73	253	212	38	62	7	6	5	42	2		35	19	.292	.402	.453	.855	96		4	2
Ross Horning	25	120	116	16	28	5	1	0	4	3		4	13	.241	.267	.302	.568	35		0	0
Donald Toft	34	136	113	15	27	4	0	0	11	2		19	15	.239	.353	.274	.628	31		1	3
Theodore Lotz	20	85	77	20	17	2	2	3	12	1		8	5	.221	.294	.416	.710	32		0	0
Bud Younger	22	70	59	6	14	2	2	0	9	1		8	6	.237	.338	.339	.677	20		1	2
Richard Verbic	27	76	69	6	13	2	0	0	7	1		4	11	.188	.233	.217	.450	15		0	3
Arnie Atkins	29	73	60	4	12	0	1	0	5	0		6	19	.200	.284	.233	.517	14		1	6
Len Perron	31	80	59	13	11	3	0	0	6	0		17	19	.186	.377	.237	.614	14		1	3
Stanley King	29	80	67	9	11	1	0	0	8	0		7	18	.164	.243	.179	.422	12		0	6
Robert Davis	32	56	43	5	7	1	0	0	2	0		8	20	.163	.294	.186	.480	8		0	5
Totals	1170	4824	4124	742	1102	151	70	48	618	133	0	587	595	.267	.363	.373	.735	1537	0	30	83	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bob Freeman	1B	116	1046	81	22	45	.981	9.716
Robert Groves	2B	92	248	254	21	35	.960	5.457
Ross Horning	2B	25	62	75	16	9	.895	5.480
Wally Bernat	3B	72	80	147	21	10	.915	3.153
Donald Toft	3B	28	28	46	8	2	.902	2.643
Robert Groves	3B	18	26	28	12	0	.818	3.000
Ray Cash	C	89	544	61	14	2	.977	6.798	5
Bob Dant	C	37	201	15	6	2	.973	5.838	2
William Polubiatka	OF	121	173	19	21	0	.901	1.587
Charles Huber	OF	121	170	6	14	1	.926	1.455
Dick Triptow	OF	93	213	24	3	3	.988	2.548
Theodore Lotz	OF	20	30	4	2	1	.944	1.700
Robert Davis	P	32	4	46	3	0	.943	1.562
Len Perron	P	30	3	27	3	0	.909	1.000
Stanley King	P	29	8	16	3	0	.889	.828
Arnie Atkins	P	29	7	52	3	1	.952	2.034
Richard Verbic	P	27	4	38	2	0	.955	1.556
Bud Younger	P	18	12	39	2	2	.962	2.833
Hank Nasternak	SS	121	235	340	49	37	.921	4.752
Totals		1118	3094	1318	225	150	.951	3.946	7	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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