1947 Wilkes-Barre Barons Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 80-60
Finished 3rd in the EL
Manager: Bill Norman (80-60)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Artillery Park
Attendance: 125,288, Avg. 1,790

1947 Wilkes-Barre Barons Roster

Playoffs - Utica Blue Sox 4 games, Wilkes-Barre Barons 2

The Wilkes-Barre Barons of the Eastern League ended the 1947 season with a record of 80 wins and 60 losses, finishing third in the EL.

Bill Norman 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
Mike Garcia	17	10	.630	3.24	34			19	1		225.0	219	100	81		91		108		0	6
Alexander Danelishen	15	8	.652	2.84	32			15	2		193.0	201	84	61		74		70		1	3
Raymond Girdley	14	7	.667	3.07	43			10	3		167.0	165	76	57		48		30		0	0
Joe Pennington	13	9	.591	3.80	26			13	2		142.0	151	70	60		49		57		0	0
George Cave	7	8	.467	3.83	22			8	1		127.0	121	69	54		49		49		0	5
Allen Reynolds	3	1	.750	3.31	14			1	0		49.0	55	21	18		18		10		1	0
Jim Coleman	3	4	.429	3.84	24			2	1		82.0	92	46	35		46		33		1	2
Ray Bessom					10						0.0
Totals	72	47	.605	3.34	205	0	0	68	10	0	985.0	1004	466	366	0	375	0	357	0	3	16	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
Johnny Blatnik	136	582	509	104	170	34	11	10	91	5		68	51	.334	.416	.503	.918	256		3	2
Dick Kokos	139	607	506	115	164	28	12	12	72	9		88	46	.324	.427	.498	.925	252		3	10
Dale Lynch	140	620	561	97	160	22	11	9	61	7		49	61	.285	.344	.412	.755	231		1	9
Ken Braun	134	617	569	94	155	19	1	2	47	9		40	32	.272	.320	.320	.640	182		0	8
Joe Tipton	108	411	371	61	139	23	3	2	66	4		33	29	.375	.429	.469	.898	174		2	5
Joseph Yankovich	134	520	447	63	126	15	6	6	71	6		72	55	.282	.383	.383	.765	171		1	0
Bob Sperry	130	527	467	58	126	17	4	1	74	4		51	39	.270	.344	.330	.674	154		2	7
Bill Ankoviak	121	489	429	66	124	25	9	1	78	7		52	22	.289	.370	.396	.766	170		3	5
William Holtz	67	164	134	28	38	10	6	0	34	2		26	24	.284	.400	.448	.848	60		0	4
Dick Kinaman	51	152	134	14	34	7	0	0	20	1		16	33	.254	.338	.306	.644	41		1	1
Alexander Danelishen	34	81	72	8	21	3	1	1	14	0		5	23	.292	.338	.403	.740	29		0	4
Mike Garcia	34	92	84	7	14	1	0	0	6	0		3	14	.167	.195	.179	.374	15		0	5
Joe Pennington	28	57	56	6	13	0	0	0	5	0		0	4	.232	.232	.232	.464	13		0	1
George Cave	23	50	39	2	6	0	0	0	5	0		8	15	.154	.298	.154	.452	6		0	3
Raymond Girdley	43	62	48	6	6	1	0	1	7	0		9	21	.125	.263	.208	.471	10		0	5
Ray Bessom	10	12	11	1	3	2	0	0	1	0		0	3	.273	.273	.455	.727	5		0	1
Allen Reynolds	14	18	15	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		3	5	.200	.333	.200	.533	3		0	0
Floyd Dooley	10	18	18	1	3	1	0	1	1	0		0	8	.167	.167	.389	.556	7		0	0
Jim Coleman	24	27	25	0	3	0	0	0	3	0		1	10	.120	.154	.120	.274	3		0	1
Dick Rozek	10	17	15	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		2	2	.133	.235	.133	.369	2		0	0
Bill Burich	13	28	23	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		4	6	.087	.222	.087	.309	2		0	1
Hoyle Boger	13	32	28	3	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	7	.036	.129	.071	.200	2		0	1
Totals	1416	5183	4561	736	1313	209	64	46	659	54	0	533	510	.288	.364	.392	.756	1788	0	16	73	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bob Sperry	1B	129	1129	83	22	120	.982	9.395
Bill Ankoviak	1B	11	111	1	2	13	.982	1.182
Dale Lynch	2B	140	349	431	35	102	.957	5.571
Joseph Yankovich	3B	134	115	212	23	23	.934	2.440
Joe Tipton	C	99	381	50	8	6	.982	4.354	8
Dick Kinaman	C	43	150	20	5	6	.971	3.953	5
Dick Kokos	OF	139	294	15	11	2	.966	2.223
Johnny Blatnik	OF	136	344	14	15	3	.960	2.632
Bill Ankoviak	OF	109	192	3	7	0	.965	1.789
William Holtz	OF	30	49	3	0	1	1.000	1.733
Raymond Girdley	P	43	3	40	1	4	.977	1.000
Mike Garcia	P	34	18	40	2	2	.967	1.706
Alexander Danelishen	P	32	10	46	3	2	.949	1.750
Joe Pennington	P	26	6	24	4	1	.882	1.154
Jim Coleman	P	24	4	17	2	0	.913	.875
George Cave	P	22	4	14	2	0	.900	.818
Allen Reynolds	P	14	2	16	1	0	.947	1.286
Ray Bessom	P	10	0	7	0	0	1.000	.700
Ken Braun	SS	134	274	397	63	95	.914	5.007
Totals		1309	3435	1433	206	380	.959	3.719	13	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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