1947 Wilmington Pirates Statistics

Tobacco State League (TSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 68-57
Finished 3rd in the TSL
Manager: Nate Andrews (68-57)
Location: Wilmington, North Carolina
Ballpark: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 63,219, Avg. 1,012

1947 Wilmington Pirates Roster

Playoffs - Sanford Spinners 4 games, Wilmington Pirates 3

The Wilmington Pirates of the Tobacco State League ended the 1947 season with a record of 68 wins and 57 losses, finishing third in the TSL.

Nate Andrews 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
Lewis Cheshire	19	8	.704	2.83	35			24	0		251.0	207	115	79		109		214	16		8
Johnie Edens	15	11	.577	3.40	30			22	1		204.0	230	116	77		85		152	10		8
Roy Lamb	14	8	.636	2.54	26			16	1		181.0	167	73	51		91		103	12		8
Thomas Townsend	10	4	.714	4.67	20			9	0		133.0	155	92	69		68		87	12		6
Nate Andrews	4	3	.571	4.37	12			4	0		70.0	84	45	34		18		40	3		2
Lee Hewlett	4	13	.235	7.31	23			9	0		144.0	182	135	117		100		87	15		4
James Stephenson	3	2	.600	4.59	9			3	1		51.0	70	27	26		6		14	0		0
Totals	69	49	.585	3.94	155	0	0	87	3	0	1034.0	1095	603	453	0	477	0	697	68	0	36	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 Benton	126	601	539	100	159	22	10	10	73	24		54	56	.295	.365	.429	.793	231		5	3
Harry Bridges	112	499	449	65	140	25	7	2	94	5		41	68	.312	.372	.412	.784	185		2	7
Hargrove Davis	90	399	372	68	119	27	6	12	77	4		21	35	.320	.364	.522	.886	194		5	1
Fred Musumeci	109	516	438	92	117	12	5	3	40	38		66	63	.267	.367	.338	.705	148		3	9
Edward Hardisky	117	535	456	88	113	16	5	0	53	24		61	78	.248	.345	.305	.650	139		7	11
Andrew Poklemba	99	392	354	51	99	19	3	7	49	17		34	62	.280	.346	.410	.756	145		2	2
Bob Steckel	105	424	371	51	74	17	7	3	47	9		42	83	.199	.283	.307	.590	114		1	10
James Staton	76	293	241	39	63	9	2	3	31	0		41	23	.261	.375	.353	.728	85		3	8
Roy Lamb	63	206	187	31	59	12	3	2	17	0		13	29	.316	.376	.444	.819	83		5	1
Johnie Edens	53	145	133	21	47	7	3	1	21	0		9	17	.353	.394	.474	.868	63		0	3
William Alsenauer	57	210	205	12	41	3	0	0	20	3		3	28	.200	.212	.215	.426	44		0	2
John Muscovitch	34	146	135	20	39	7	2	0	13	10		6	19	.289	.338	.370	.708	50		4	1
Lewis Cheshire	35	108	100	11	28	3	2	0	16	0		7	18	.280	.333	.350	.683	35		1	0
Lee Hewlett	23	62	57	2	11	2	0	0	3	0		2	16	.193	.220	.228	.448	13		0	3
Thomas Townsend	21	63	49	4	7	0	0	1	3	0		10	27	.143	.300	.204	.504	10		1	3
Nate Andrews	12	30	25	2	6	0	0	0	3	0		4	5	.240	.367	.240	.607	6		1	0
Totals	1132	4629	4111	657	1122	181	55	44	560	134	0	414	627	.273	.345	.376	.721	1545	0	40	64	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Harry Bridges	1B	112	1031	26	35	82	.968	9.438
Andrew Poklemba	1B	10	89	4	3	9	.969	9.300
Edward Hardisky	2B	117	292	364	50	64	.929	5.607
Bob Steckel	3B	100	115	142	20	12	.928	2.570
James Staton	C	76	478	60	9	6	.984	7.079	20
William Alsenauer	C	57	331	34	16	2	.958	6.404	15
William Benton	OF	129	199	18	18	6	.923	1.682
Andrew Poklemba	OF	88	127	11	5	5	.965	1.568
Hargrove Davis	OF	88	113	11	7	2	.947	1.409
John Muscovitch	OF	34	54	2	3	0	.949	1.647
Roy Lamb	OF	18	22	2	3	0	.889	1.333
Lewis Cheshire	P	35	8	49	5	2	.919	1.629
Johnie Edens	P	30	9	40	1	0	.980	1.633
Roy Lamb	P	26	6	32	3	5	.927	1.462
Lee Hewlett	P	23	4	29	8	2	.805	1.435
Thomas Townsend	P	20	1	17	2	1	.900	.900
Nate Andrews	P	12	3	13	1	1	.941	1.333
James Stephenson	P	9						.000
Fred Musumeci	SS	109	220	360	51	77	.919	5.321
Totals		1093	3102	1214	240	276	.947	3.949	35	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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