1947 Wichita Falls Spudders Statistics

Big State League (BSL) - Class: B
Team Record: 92-61
Finished 3rd in the BSL
Manager: Bobby Goff (92-61)
Location: Wichita Falls, Texas
Ballpark: Spudder Park
Attendance: 92,553, Avg. 1,210

1947 Wichita Falls Spudders Roster

Playoffs - Wichita Falls Spudders 4 games, Greenville Majors 2
Finals - Texarkana Bears 4 games, Wichita Falls Spudders 2

The Wichita Falls Spudders of the Big State League ended the 1947 season with a record of 92 wins and 61 losses, finishing third in the BSL.

Bobby Goff 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
Tom Finger	16	16	.500	5.86	45	29		14	3		258.0	331	197	168		76		126	6	0
McLee Baker	15	8	.652	4.56	38	31		16	1		221.0	247	149	112		71		127	2	0
Joe Winfield	13	12	.520	5.43	39	30		15	0		222.0	299	164	134		86		86	12	0
Bryant Smith	11	3	.786	5.38	32	9		2	0		112.0	130	85	67		67		41	4	1
Leo Summers	11	8	.579	4.72	28	21		13	0		181.0	227	137	95		68		67	6	0
Gary Grisham	9	4	.692	5.91	31	17		9	0		137.0	168	109	90		80		44	5	0
Albert McCarty	6	3	.667	7.20	23	6		3	0		90.0	91	92	72		108		45	2	1
Caldwell West	4	4	.500	6.00	19	10		2	0		75.0	92	68	50		52		52	5	0
Totals	85	58	.594	5.47	255	153	0	74	4	0	1296.0	1585	1001	788	0	608	0	588	42	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
Pud Miller	150	637	553	139	197	26	4	57	196	19	2	76	69	.356	.438	.727	1.165	402	10	5	3
Jim Matthews	152	671	561	152	192	30	9	40	135	25	6	99	64	.342	.445	.642	1.087	360	7	5	6
Patrick McNair	155	736	638	160	178	37	2	17	80	21	6	76	19	.279	.362	.423	.785	270	5	7	15
Paul Brotherton	116	533	488	99	175	35	3	5	85	2	5	33	17	.359	.403	.473	.876	231	11	3	9
Albert McCarty	141	575	513	109	175	29	3	37	120	6	3	56	94	.341	.407	.626	1.033	321	12	1	5
William Van Winkle	154	663	577	103	158	23	9	10	69	22	2	70	81	.274	.358	.397	.755	229	1	6	10
Milton Schroeppel	95	408	370	85	128	29	3	16	71	15	3	29	45	.346	.397	.570	.967	211	4	2	7
Rudolph Briner	107	420	388	67	126	21	0	14	58	9	4	23	24	.325	.369	.487	.856	189	7	4	5
Ben Chatellier	90	315	287	38	79	8	3	9	38	5	3	18	32	.275	.327	.418	.745	120	2	4	6
Barney Lutz	26	111	101	24	35	8	1	2	10	2	0	8	5	.347	.400	.505	.905	51	2	1	1
Tom Finger	71	157	145	15	34	7	0	0	13	0	2	11	9	.234	.288	.283	.571	41	2	0	1
Eddie Storenski	35	127	111	14	24	8	0	1	7	0	0	13	17	.216	.298	.315	.614	35	1	0	3
Danny Baich	40	120	98	16	21	4	1	6	20	1	0	18	28	.214	.347	.459	.807	45	1	2	2
Gary Grisham	31	62	61	10	16	2	0	1	10	0	0	1	19	.262	.274	.344	.618	21	0	0	0
McLee Baker	40	103	92	6	15	2	0	0	3	0	0	5	26	.163	.214	.185	.399	17	2	1	5
Leo Summers	28	83	74	2	13	0	0	0	7	0	0	3	24	.176	.208	.176	.383	13	0	0	6
Joe Winfield	39	85	77	6	12	0	0	0	9	0	0	6	15	.156	.217	.156	.373	12	6	0	2
Caldwell West	20	28	26	9	6	2	0	1	4	0	0	1	7	.231	.259	.423	.682	11	1	0	1
Gene Benson	13	45	40	3	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	2	.150	.244	.150	.394	6	1	2	0
Bryant Smith	34	41	33	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	14	.152	.282	.182	.464	6	0	0	2
Totals	1537	5920	5233	1063	1595	272	38	216	938	127	36	555	611	.305	.376	.495	.871	2591	75	43	89	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Paul Brotherton	1B	116	945	48	9	100	.991	8.560
Albert McCarty	1B	35	256	18	7	20	.975	7.829
Patrick McNair	2B	155	446	434	69	127	.927	5.677
Milton Schroeppel	3B	95	104	185	31	22	.903	3.042
Eddie Storenski	3B	35	31	73	9	12	.920	2.971
Albert McCarty	3B	22	26	35	12	2	.836	2.773
Rudolph Briner	C	103	425	43	11	10	.977	4.544	10
Danny Baich	C	37	155	9	8	0	.953	4.432	4
Jim Matthews	C	18	58	8	4	0	.943	3.667	4
Gene Benson	C	10	65	5	1	1	.986	7.000	1
Jim Matthews	CF	87	261	19	15	3	.949	3.218
Ben Chatellier	CF	39	97	5	3	2	.971	2.615
Barney Lutz	CF	10	16	2	3	0	.857	1.800
Pud Miller	LF	142	239	16	20	6	.927	1.796
Tom Finger	P	45	13	60	2	3	.973	1.622
Joe Winfield	P	39	3	44	1	2	.979	1.205
McLee Baker	P	38	6	36	7	2	.857	1.105
Bryant Smith	P	32	3	25	6	1	.824	.875
Gary Grisham	P	31	5	33	2	2	.950	1.226
Leo Summers	P	28	10	37	4	3	.922	1.679
Albert McCarty	P	23	4	16	2	1	.909	.870
Caldwell West	P	19	3	23	1	1	.963	1.368
Albert McCarty	RF	73	77	12	10	1	.899	1.219
Ben Chatellier	RF	31	51	3	9	1	.857	1.742
Jim Matthews	RF	25	47	4	4	0	.927	2.040
Barney Lutz	RF	10	18	0	0	0	1.000	1.800
William Van Winkle	SS	154	338	483	72	103	.919	5.331
Totals		1452	3702	1676	322	425	.944	3.704	19	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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