1947 Philadelphia Phillies

62-92 • .403 Win% • 7th in NL

The 1947 Philadelphia Phillies went 62-92 (.403) finishing 7th in the NL. The club scored 589 runs, allowed 687, and played home games at Shibe Park. Team leaders included Andy Seminick (13 HR, 50 RBI) and Dutch Leonard (17-12, 2.68 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

62 Wins
92 Losses
.403 Win %
7th Rank
589 R 687 RA
Diff -98

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589 Runs Scored
687 Runs Allowed
-98 Run Diff
910K Attendance

📈 vs. 1947 NL Average

Batting Avg .257 3% below the 1947 league average (.265)
OBP .320 5% below the 1947 league average (.338)
SLG .351 10% below the 1947 league average (.390)
Team ERA 3.96 3% better than the 1947 league average (4.06)
Runs Scored 589 17% below the 1947 league average (708 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShibe Park
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 910,928
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Avg per Game 11,830

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1947

Batting Avg

1 Harry Walker 0.371 2 Don Padgett 0.316 3 Ralph LaPointe 0.308 4 Emil Verban 0.285 5 Schoolboy Rowe 0.278

Home Runs

1 Andy Seminick 13 2 Del Ennis 12 3 Al Lakeman 6 4 Howie Schultz 6 5 Johnny Wyrostek 5

RBI

1 Del Ennis 81 2 Johnny Wyrostek 51 3 Andy Seminick 50 4 Lee Handley 42 5 Emil Verban 42
1947 Philadelphia Phillies — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Del Ennis 139 541 71 149 25 6 12 81 37 51 9 0.275
Emil Verban 155 540 50 154 14 8 0 42 23 8 5 0.285
Harry Walker 130 488 79 181 28 16 1 41 59 37 13 0.371
Johnny Wyrostek 128 454 68 124 24 7 5 51 61 45 7 0.273
Howie Schultz 114 403 30 90 19 1 6 35 21 70 0 0.223
Andy Seminick 111 337 48 85 16 2 13 50 58 69 4 0.252
Skeeter Newsome 95 310 36 71 8 2 2 22 24 24 4 0.229
Lee Handley 101 277 17 70 10 3 0 42 24 18 1 0.253
Jim Tabor 75 251 27 59 14 0 4 31 20 21 2 0.235
Ralph LaPointe 56 211 33 65 7 0 1 15 17 15 8 0.308
Buster Adams 69 182 21 45 11 1 2 15 26 29 2 0.247
Al Lakeman 55 182 11 29 3 0 6 19 5 39 0 0.159
Don Padgett 75 158 14 50 8 1 0 24 16 5 0 0.316
Charlie Gilbert 83 152 20 36 5 2 2 10 13 14 1 0.237
Jack Albright 41 99 9 23 4 0 2 5 10 11 1 0.232
Dutch Leonard 32 80 4 14 1 0 0 12 2 16 0 0.175
Schoolboy Rowe 43 79 9 22 2 0 2 11 13 18 0 0.278
Oscar Judd 44 64 6 12 2 2 0 2 4 16 0 0.188
Willie Jones 18 62 5 14 0 1 0 10 7 0 2 0.226
Ron Northey 13 47 7 12 3 0 0 3 6 3 1 0.255
Ken Heintzelman 24 43 2 5 0 0 0 3 1 11 0 0.116
Nick Etten 14 41 5 10 4 0 1 8 5 4 0 0.244
Tommy Hughes 32 40 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 15 0 0.050
Frank McCormick 15 40 7 9 2 0 1 8 3 2 0 0.225
Blix Donnelly 38 32 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 0.062
Al Jurisich 34 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 0.032
Charley Schanz 34 27 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 15 0 0.148
Freddy Schmidt 29 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.050
Ken Raffensberger 10 15 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.267
Jesse Levan 2 9 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.444
Hugh Poland 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Putsy Caballero 2 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.143
Granny Hamner 2 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.286
Lou Finney 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lefty Hoerst 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Dick Koecher 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Rollie Hemsley 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.333
Dick Mauney 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Curt Simmons 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Lou Possehl 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Homer Spragins 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1947

ERA

1 Dutch Leonard 2.68 2 Blix Donnelly 2.98 3 Tommy Hughes 3.47 4 Ken Heintzelman 4.04 5 Charley Schanz 4.16

Wins

1 Dutch Leonard 17 2 Schoolboy Rowe 14 3 Ken Heintzelman 7 4 Freddy Schmidt 5 5 Blix Donnelly 4

Strikeouts

1 Dutch Leonard 103 2 Schoolboy Rowe 74 3 Ken Heintzelman 55 4 Oscar Judd 54 5 Al Jurisich 48
1947 Philadelphia Phillies — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Dutch Leonard 17 12 2.68 32 29 0 235.0 224 70 57 103
Schoolboy Rowe 14 10 4.32 31 28 1 195.2 232 94 45 74
Oscar Judd 4 15 4.60 32 19 0 146.2 155 75 69 54
Ken Heintzelman 7 10 4.04 24 19 1 136.0 144 61 46 55
Tommy Hughes 4 11 3.47 29 15 1 127.0 121 49 59 44
Blix Donnelly 4 6 2.98 38 10 5 120.2 113 40 46 31
Al Jurisich 1 7 4.94 34 12 3 118.1 110 65 52 48
Charley Schanz 2 4 4.16 34 6 2 101.2 107 47 47 42
Freddy Schmidt 5 8 4.70 29 5 0 76.2 76 40 43 24
Ken Raffensberger 2 6 5.49 10 7 0 41.0 50 25 8 16
Dick Koecher 0 2 4.76 3 2 0 17.0 20 9 10 4
Dick Mauney 0 0 3.86 9 1 1 16.1 15 7 7 6
Lefty Hoerst 1 1 7.94 4 1 0 11.1 19 10 3 0
Curt Simmons 1 0 1.00 1 1 0 9.0 5 1 6 9
Homer Spragins 0 0 6.75 4 0 0 5.1 3 4 3 3
Lou Possehl 0 0 4.15 2 0 0 4.1 5 2 0 1

👥 Roster (41)

Buster Adams Jack Albright Putsy Caballero Blix Donnelly Del Ennis Nick Etten Lou Finney Charlie Gilbert Granny Hamner Lee Handley Ken Heintzelman Rollie Hemsley +29 more

41 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1947 Philadelphia Phillies

What was the 1947 Philadelphia Phillies record?
The 1947 Philadelphia Phillies finished 62-92 (.403 win pct).
Who led the 1947 Philadelphia Phillies in home runs?
Andy Seminick led the 1947 Philadelphia Phillies with 13 home runs.
What was the 1947 Philadelphia Phillies team ERA?
The 1947 Philadelphia Phillies posted a team ERA of 3.96.
Did the 1947 Philadelphia Phillies win the World Series?
No. The 1947 Philadelphia Phillies did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1947 Philadelphia Phillies play?
The 1947 Philadelphia Phillies played home games at Shibe Park.
Who led the 1947 Philadelphia Phillies in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Andy Seminick (13 HR, 50 RBI) and Dutch Leonard (17-12, 2.68 ERA).
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