1947 New York Yankees season

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1947 New York Yankees
1947 World Series Champions
1947 American League Champions
Major league affiliations
Location
1947 Information
Owner(s) Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping, and Del Webb
Manager(s) Bucky Harris
Local television WABD
Local radio WINS (AM)
(Mel Allen, Russ Hodges)

The New York Yankees' 1947 season was the 45th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 97-57, winning their 15th pennant, finishing 12 games ahead of the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Bucky Harris. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in 7 games.

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[edit] Season summary

The 1947 Yankees, led by MVP Joe DiMaggio, won the AL Pennant by 12 games over the Detroit Tigers. They would play the Brooklyn Dodgers in the World Series and win a close-fought 7 game series that featured memorable moments like Cookie Lavagetto's walk-off double in game 4 and Al Gionfriddo's famous catch that robbed DiMaggio of a potential home run.

[edit] Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 97 57 .630 --
Detroit Tigers 85 69 .552 12
Boston Red Sox 83 71 .539 14
Cleveland Indians 80 74 .519 17
Philadelphia Athletics 78 76 .506 19
Chicago White Sox 70 84 .455 27
Washington Senators 64 90 .416 33
St. Louis Browns 59 95 .383 38

[edit] Roster

1947 New York Yankees roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

[edit] Game Log

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Joe DiMaggio 141 534 168 .315 20 97
Tommy Henrich 142 440 158 .287 16 98
Billy Johnson 132 494 141 .285 10 95
Johnny Lindell 127 476 131 .275 11 67
George McQuinn 144 517 157 .304 13 80
Phil Rizzuto 153 549 150 .273 2 60
Aaron Robinson 82 252 68 .270 5 36
Snuffy Stirnweiss 148 571 146 .256 5 41

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Yogi Berra 83 293 82 .280 11 54
Bobby Brown 69 150 45 .300 1 18
Allie Clark 24 67 25 .373 1 14
Frank Colman 22 28 3 .107 2 6
Frankie Crosetti 3 1 0 .000 0 0
Lonny Frey 24 28 5 .179 0 2
Ralph Houk 41 92 25 .272 0 12
Charlie Keller 45 151 36 .238 13 36
Sherm Lollar 11 32 7 .219 1 6
Johnny Lucadello 12 12 1 .083 0 0
Ray Mack 1 0 0 .000 0 0
Jack Phillips 16 36 10 .278 1 2
Ted Sepkowski 2 0 0 .000 0 0
Ken Silvestri 3 10 2 .200 0 0

[edit] Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bill Bevens 28 165 7 13 3.82 77
Spud Chandler 17 128 9 5 2.46 68
Bobo Newsom 17 115.7 7 5 2.80 42
Vic Raschi 15 104.7 7 2 3.87 51
Allie Reynolds 34 241.7 19 8 3.20 129
Spec Shea 27 178.7 14 5 3.07 89

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rugger Ardizoia 1 2 0 0 9.00 0
Tommy Byrne 4 4.3 0 0 4.15 2
Don Johnson 15 54.3 4 3 3.64 16
Al Lyons 6 11 1 0 9.00 7
Mel Queen 5 6.7 0 0 9.45 2
Dick Starr 4 12.3 1 0 1.46 1
Butch Wensloff 11 51.7 3 1 2.61 18
Bill Wight 1 9 1 0 1.00 3

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Karl Drews 30 6 6 1 4.91 45
Randy Gumpert 24 4 1 0 5.43 25
Joe Page 56 14 8 16 2.48 116

[edit] World Series

Main article: 1947 World Series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers (3)

Game Score Date Attendance
1 New York 5, Brooklyn 3 September 30 73,365
2 New York 10, Brooklyn 3 October 1 69,865
3 Brooklyn 9, New York 8 October 2 33,098
4 Brooklyn 3, New York 2 October 3 33,443
5 New York 2, Brooklyn 1 October 4 34,379
6 Brooklyn 8, New York 6 October 5 74,065
7 New York 5, Brooklyn 2 October 6 71,548

[edit] External links

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1947 MLB season by team
American League
Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • New York • Philadelphia • St. Louis • Washington
National League
1947 All-Star Game • 1947 World Series
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New York Yankees 1947 World Series roster
Preceded by
Boston Red Sox
1946		 American League Champions
1947		 Succeeded by
Cleveland Indians
1948
Preceded by
St. Louis Cardinals
1946		 World Series Champions
New York Yankees
1947		 Succeeded by
Cleveland Indians
1948
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