1947 Texarkana Bears Statistics
Big State League (BSL) - Class: B
Team Record: 100-53
Finished 1st in the BSL
Manager: George Washington (100-53)
Location: Texarkana, Texas
Ballpark: City League Ball Park
Attendance: 140,333, Avg. 1,834
1947 Texarkana Bears RosterTeam Record: 100-53
Finished 1st in the BSL
Manager: George Washington (100-53)
Location: Texarkana, Texas
Ballpark: City League Ball Park
Attendance: 140,333, Avg. 1,834
Playoffs - Texarkana Bears 1 game, Greenville Majors 0 - One-game playoff for first place.
Playoffs - Texarkana Bears 4 games, Paris Red Peppers 0
Finals - Texarkana Bears 4 games, Wichita Falls Spudders 2
The Texarkana Bears of the Big State League ended the 1947 season with a record of 100 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the BSL.
George Washington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vallie Eaves | 25 | 5 | .833 | 4.45 | 34 | 32 | 24 | 1 | 261.0 | 262 | 152 | 129 | 77 | 172 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| John Wood | 16 | 6 | .727 | 5.60 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 172.0 | 210 | 117 | 107 | 70 | 110 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
| Steve Sakas | 13 | 5 | .722 | 5.24 | 41 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 170.0 | 207 | 112 | 99 | 67 | 132 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jennings Poindexter | 10 | 11 | .476 | 4.80 | 28 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 167.0 | 205 | 121 | 89 | 99 | 108 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| Conk Meriwether | 9 | 5 | .643 | 4.28 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 103.0 | 109 | 65 | 49 | 32 | 34 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Warren Hacker | 9 | 5 | .643 | 4.99 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 146.0 | 159 | 91 | 81 | 49 | 46 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| Merle Coleman | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.62 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 102.0 | 108 | 53 | 41 | 32 | 44 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Elwood Lawson | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.07 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 71.0 | 95 | 57 | 40 | 50 | 22 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Elton Davis | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.60 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 45.0 | 63 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Martin | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.47 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 51.0 | 59 | 36 | 31 | 23 | 25 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 100 | 51 | .662 | 4.81 | 224 | 150 | 0 | 95 | 4 | 0 | 1288.0 | 1477 | 834 | 689 | 0 | 510 | 0 | 715 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Washington | 141 | 607 | 549 | 118 | 222 | 44 | 2 | 37 | 143 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 13 | .404 | .455 | .694 | 1.149 | 381 | 7 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Hal Simpson | 141 | 628 | 575 | 125 | 218 | 48 | 4 | 31 | 167 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 44 | .379 | .431 | .638 | 1.069 | 367 | 7 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Hal Van Pelt | 153 | 729 | 623 | 130 | 182 | 25 | 3 | 21 | 98 | 6 | 3 | 100 | 66 | .292 | .393 | .443 | .836 | 276 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Robert Cullins | 145 | 664 | 621 | 110 | 170 | 32 | 2 | 20 | 107 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 58 | .274 | .308 | .428 | .737 | 266 | 7 | 11 | 12 | ||
| Malin McCulloch | 133 | 602 | 543 | 135 | 167 | 40 | 6 | 27 | 104 | 5 | 0 | 50 | 51 | .308 | .368 | .552 | .921 | 300 | 9 | 2 | 7 | ||
| John Berry | 128 | 589 | 489 | 129 | 159 | 33 | 1 | 30 | 94 | 20 | 4 | 80 | 78 | .325 | .428 | .581 | 1.009 | 284 | 9 | 8 | 12 | ||
| Anthony DiBartolo | 122 | 497 | 440 | 89 | 139 | 20 | 0 | 23 | 107 | 3 | 4 | 54 | 51 | .316 | .392 | .518 | .910 | 228 | 11 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Royce Lusk | 103 | 466 | 413 | 84 | 130 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 43 | 10 | 4 | 43 | 46 | .315 | .382 | .450 | .832 | 186 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Lonnie Pearson | 84 | 361 | 337 | 57 | 95 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 25 | .282 | .320 | .463 | .783 | 156 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| James Garner | 88 | 312 | 280 | 35 | 82 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 28 | .293 | .357 | .404 | .761 | 113 | 10 | 4 | 4 | ||
| John Wood | 32 | 80 | 74 | 17 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .419 | .449 | .703 | 1.151 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Kenneth Reese | 29 | 125 | 109 | 10 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 13 | .229 | .317 | .266 | .583 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Vallie Eaves | 34 | 118 | 110 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 28 | .218 | .246 | .373 | .618 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Conk Meriwether | 41 | 84 | 76 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | .303 | .369 | .526 | .895 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jennings Poindexter | 35 | 78 | 73 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .178 | .221 | .288 | .508 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Merle Coleman | 16 | 44 | 43 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .279 | .279 | .372 | .651 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Warren Hacker | 32 | 57 | 56 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .161 | .161 | .268 | .429 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steve Sakas | 41 | 69 | 61 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .148 | .235 | .213 | .448 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Elwood Lawson | 17 | 33 | 31 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .258 | .258 | .581 | .839 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Elton Davis | 10 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .250 | .294 | .250 | .544 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1525 | 6160 | 5519 | 1097 | 1722 | 314 | 25 | 240 | 1034 | 82 | 19 | 517 | 576 | .312 | .376 | .508 | .884 | 2806 | 74 | 49 | 75 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Van Pelt | 1B | 154 | 1452 | 45 | 17 | 109 | .989 | 9.721 | ||||
| John Berry | 2B | 128 | 348 | 386 | 46 | 75 | .941 | 5.734 | ||||
| Kenneth Reese | 2B | 19 | 40 | 49 | 10 | 12 | .899 | 4.684 | ||||
| Royce Lusk | 3B | 62 | 49 | 91 | 8 | 7 | .946 | 2.258 | ||||
| Hal Simpson | 3B | 35 | 30 | 64 | 7 | 3 | .931 | 2.686 | ||||
| Lonnie Pearson | 3B | 33 | 23 | 68 | 7 | 4 | .929 | 2.758 | ||||
| Robert Cullins | 3B | 24 | 32 | 40 | 10 | 6 | .878 | 3.000 | ||||
| Kenneth Reese | 3B | 10 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .929 | 2.600 | ||||
| Anthony DiBartolo | C | 114 | 517 | 55 | 22 | 7 | .963 | 5.018 | 20 | |||
| James Garner | C | 60 | 289 | 22 | 12 | 3 | .963 | 5.183 | 7 | |||
| Malin McCulloch | CF | 127 | 300 | 7 | 8 | 2 | .975 | 2.417 | ||||
| Royce Lusk | CF | 11 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.545 | ||||
| Robert Cullins | CF | 11 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .969 | 2.818 | ||||
| Hal Simpson | LF | 99 | 175 | 8 | 7 | 0 | .963 | 1.848 | ||||
| Royce Lusk | LF | 19 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .861 | 1.632 | ||||
| James Garner | LF | 18 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .783 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Sakas | P | 41 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 0 | .943 | .805 | ||||
| Vallie Eaves | P | 34 | 19 | 38 | 2 | 0 | .966 | 1.676 | ||||
| Warren Hacker | P | 32 | 9 | 58 | 1 | 3 | .985 | 2.094 | ||||
| Jennings Poindexter | P | 28 | 11 | 32 | 1 | 2 | .977 | 1.536 | ||||
| John Wood | P | 25 | 9 | 40 | 4 | 1 | .925 | 1.960 | ||||
| Conk Meriwether | P | 20 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 1 | .970 | 1.600 | ||||
| Elwood Lawson | P | 15 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 2 | .783 | 1.200 | ||||
| Merle Coleman | P | 14 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Martin | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Elton Davis | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Washington | RF | 139 | 193 | 12 | 7 | 4 | .967 | 1.475 | ||||
| Royce Lusk | RF | 10 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.400 | ||||
| Robert Cullins | SS | 107 | 214 | 324 | 58 | 53 | .903 | 5.028 | ||||
| Lonnie Pearson | SS | 47 | 79 | 132 | 23 | 25 | .902 | 4.489 | ||||
| Totals | 1451 | 3921 | 1580 | 273 | 322 | .953 | 3.791 | 27 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
