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1947 YEARBOOK

SEASON R32

TML Champion Oakdale Ravagers ♦♦

Complete TML Records and Career Statistics at: www.tmlam.org/history.html

This Yearbook is dedicated to the memory of TML Co-Founder Jim Pertierra who passed away during the TML 1947 Retro season. "Buddy Jim" always loved these Yearbooks & TML History, and this Retro concept was his idea. No one will likely ever match Jim's Sanford Browns of 6 consecutive TML Championships led by his all time favorite player, #32 Sandy Koufax! Jim was "one of a kind" and is sorely missed.

TML 1947 Season Highlights at a Glance by Biff Barnes Sr.

------4/4/1947, SM47-WW47, Comiskey Park 2-Hitter 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cyclones IP H R ER BB K ERA Summer 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 2 3 11 8 0 Fritz Ostermuler 9 2 0 0 0 4 0.00 Walla Walla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 Had Perfect Game ended on an Eddie Stankey 1B in 7 th ! ------4/26/1947, BY47-BB47, Ebbets Field Browns AB R H HR BI BB AVG 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Bill Nicholson lf 5 3 4 2 7 0 .237 Bloomington 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 6 2 Joe DiMaggio cf 5 4 4 1 3 0 .318 4 0 1 0 0 4 9 1 x 19 22 1 DiMaggio “ for the Cycle” - 2RHR,3B,1R2B,1B ------5/9/1947, AR47-BB47, Ebbets Field No-Hitter 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Browns IP H R ER BB K ERA Arkansas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Kramer 9 0 0 0 3 5 2.98 Brooklyn 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 x 6 12 1 Kramer walked 2 in the 9 th , but held on for the gem! ------7/18/1947, SM47-SF47, Wrigley Field The season’s longest game ended in the 17 th when the 123 456 789 012 345 678 R H E Fighting Sioux got a clutch 2- from Stan Summer 000 010 000 000 010 000 2 15 1 Spence, scoring Wally Moses who had singled. Both Sioux Falls 010 000 000 000 010 001 3 16 0 teams had scored a run in the 14 th to keep it going! ------7/19/1947, OK47-BB47, Ebbets Field Ravagers AB R H HR BI BB AVG 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 2b 6 2 5 1 5 0 .293 Oakdale 0 8 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 18 2 Gordon “Hit for the Cycle” and got his 2B when he was Brooklyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 2 thrown out at 3 rd (8-4-5) going for his 3 rd triple! ------9/2/1947, AV47-OK47, Wrigley Field 1-Hitter 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Ravagers IP H R ER BB K ERA Albany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Ray Poat 9 1 0 0 5 5 2.15 Oakdale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 x 1 7 1 Only hit allowed was a 4th 1B by ! ------10/3/1947, NA47-AR47, Sportsman’s Park (A) Bevers AB R H HR BI BB AVG 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1b 5 4 4 1 7 0 .330 North Adams 2 1 3 4 0 1 6 0 0 17 19 0 Henrich only needed a 1B to “Hit for the Cycle” but Arkansas 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 8 14 1 ended up with a HR, 2 RBI triples and an RBI ! ------10/5/1947, WW47-AV47, Briggs Stadium Wombats AB R H HR BI BB AVG 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E lf 5 3 3 3 8 0 .180 Walla Walla 0 9 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 14 13 0 Seerey hit 3 HRs, two in the 9-run 2 nd inning and a Albany 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 5 10 3 3-run shot in the 4 th to give him 8 RBI on the day! ------The longest winning streak of 12 games was done by Moosen (4/14-4/27). The longest losing streak of 12 games was by Walla Walla (4/18-5/1) as part of a 1-for-20 skid! (Bad month for WW!) ------Oakdale set a new TML Record for most Sac Flys (81), led by (18 SF). ------Albany’s Ted Williams set a TML Record for most Walks (186) and is the career leader in AVG (.354) and SLG (.669). Oakdale’s Warren Spahn set a new TML Record for CG (33) and is the career leader in CG (441) & QS (361). ------11/2/1947, SM47-OK47, Wrigley Field Mike Landin’s Oakdale Ravagers successfully defended their 1948 TML Retro Championship and captured their 10 th franchise TML Championship and the 9th Title for Mike. In a rematch of the 1948 Conference Final, Oakdale won a hard fought 7-game series over Duluth, before sweeping Summer in the . Summer had reached the World Series by outlasting Chestertown in 7 games. Playoff Co-MVPs Warren Spahn (5 GS, 3-1, 2.93) and (.351, 7 Runs, 4 2B, 3B, 11 BB) led the way.

Table of Contents

Final TML 1947 American Standings ...... 1 All Star Team ...... 2

TML World Series – Oakdale vs. Summer ...... 3

Atmospheric Conference Final – Summer vs. Chestertown ...... 5 Oceanic Conference Final – Duluth vs. Oakdale ...... 7

Pitching Gems (No-Hitter: J.Kramer) ...... 9

American Association (Player & of the Year) ...... 10

Final 1947 American Association Stats ...... 11

Individual Team Pages: Albany Avalanche (AV) ...... 17 Arkansas Travelers (AR) ...... 18 Beverly Hillbillies (BV) ...... 19 Bloomington Burning Bunyans (BY) ...... 20 Brooklyn Browns (BB) ...... 21 Chestertown Blue Herons (CH) ...... 22 Duluth Thundercats (DT) ...... 23 Moosen Squirrel (MO) ...... 24 North Adams Bevers (NA) ...... 25 Oakdale Ravagers (OK) ...... 26 Sioux Falls Fighting Sioux (SF) ...... 27 Sonoma Crushers (SE) ...... 28 Summer Cyclones (SM) ...... 29 Walla Walla Wombats (WW) ...... 30

Stat Key ...... 31

(Cover Design & Yearbook Layout by Mike Landin)

TML AMERICAN

1947 Final Standings

Oceanic Conference Atmospheric Conference

W-L Pct. GB W-L Pct. GB Oakdale 108-46 .701 -- Chestertown 84-70 .545 -- Duluth 107-47 .695 1 Summer 80-74 .519 4 Brooklyn 88-66 .571 20 Sonoma 74-80 .481 10 Albany 81-73 .526 27 Bloomington 73-81 .474 11 Moosen 81-73 .526 27 North Adams 70-84 .455 14 Beverly 62-92 .403 46 Sioux Falls 61-93 .396 23 Walla Walla 55-99 .357 53 Arkansas 54-100 .351 30

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American Playoff Results

Conference Finals: Oakdale defeated Duluth 4 games to 3 Summer defeated Chestertown 4 games to 3

TML World Series Oakdale defeated Summer 4 games to none

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1947 All Stars

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Starter Back-up

Catcher: (NA) Bruce Edwards (OK)

Firstbase: (DT) George McQuinn (CH)

Secondbase: Joe Gordon (OK) (DT)

Thirdbase: (OK) Hank Majeski (SM)

Shortstop: (SE) Lou Boudreau (OK)

Outfield: Ted Williams (AV) (AV)

Outfield: (CH) Tommy Henrich (NA)

Outfield: Ralph Kiner (OK) Bill Nicholson (BB)

Starting Pitcher: Warren Spahn (OK)

Closer: Ken Trinkle (CH)

Remaining Players Remaining

Stan Musial (OK) (BV)

Willard Marshall (CH) (OK)

Grady Hatton (MO) Red Munger (DT)

Joe Hatten (DT) (DT)

Hal Newhouser (DT) (OK)

Larry Jansen (BB) Johnny Murphy (DT) ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ * 2 *

TML World Series Oakdale vs. Summer

Oakdale Ravagers (OK) vs. Summer Cyclones (SM)

------1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E OK 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 8 11 1 SM 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 0 OK Starter: Spahn(24-10, 2.79) SM Starter: Marchildon(15-12, 3.88) Win-Spahn(1-0) Loss-Marchildon(0-1) 1 HR-Spahn(1), Adams(1). ------1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E OK 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 13 1 SM 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 11 1 OK Starter: Blackwell(19-8, 3.73) SM Starter: Haefner(10-12, 4.88) Win-Blackwell(1-0) -Klieman(1) Loss-Haefner(0-1) 2 HR-Hodgin(1). ------1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E SM 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 OK 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 x 5 7 1 SM Starter: Hughson(10-8, 3.82) OK Starter: Leonard(14-10, 4.42) Win-Leonard(1-0) Save-Klieman(2) Loss-Hughson(0-1) 3 HR-Clark(1). ------1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 R H E SM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 2 OK 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13 0 SM Starter: Chandler(7-2, 2.00) OK Starter: Spahn(24-10, 2.79) Win-Shea(1-0) Loss-Ostermuler(0-1) 4 HR-none. ------

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Oakdale Ravagers Name AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K HBP SH SF SB CS Frank Baumholtz .500 4 12 3 6 3 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 .500 4 4 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lou Boudreau .455 4 11 3 5 3 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 2 1 0 Bob Elliott .353 4 17 3 6 2 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Gordon .294 4 17 2 5 5 1 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 Phil Cavarretta .294 4 17 4 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Bruce Edwards .235 4 17 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .222 4 18 3 4 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 Ralph Kiner .150 4 20 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 Floyd Baker .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chuck Diering .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Peanuts Lowrey .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mike McCormick .000 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eddie Waitkus .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pitchers .308 4 13 2 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Total .289 4 152 23 44 23 7 3 2 24 23 1 0 3 2 0

Name ERA W L S BS GS GR CG SH INN H R ER HR BB IW K 0.00 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 4.2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 Dutch Leonard 0.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 4 2 0 0 3 0 1 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Ray Poat 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 Spec Shea 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Warren Spahn 3.38 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16.0 11 6 6 1 5 0 5 Ewell Blackwell 5.14 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 7 4 4 1 5 0 5 5.40 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.2 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 Total 2.47 4 0 2 0 4 8 0 0 40.0 32 14 11 2 15 0 16

Team G PO A E DP TC PCT PB SB CS Oakdale 4 120 53 3 4 176 .983 0 1 0

Summer Cyclones Name AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K HBP SH SF SB CS 1.000 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Billy Jurges .500 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Garagiola .429 3 7 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Mickey Rutner .333 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dom Dallessandro .333 3 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bobby Adams .313 4 16 1 5 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ron Northey .250 4 16 1 4 3 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 .222 3 9 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 3 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 4 20 3 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Chuck Kress .167 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ralph Hodgin .167 4 12 2 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hank Majeski .063 4 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jay Knickerbocker .000 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ed Mierkowicz .000 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Eddie Miksis .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Salkeld .000 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tommy Tatum .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pitchers .154 4 13 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 Total .215 4 149 14 32 13 6 0 2 15 16 0 0 2 1 0

Name ERA W L S BS GS GR CG SH INN H R ER HR BB IW K Mickey Haefner 0.00 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 4 6 0 0 3 0 2 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 Bill Lee 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6.1 5 0 0 0 3 0 4 1.29 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 6 2 1 0 2 0 6 Butch Wensloff 1.59 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.2 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 Earl Harrist 1.93 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4.2 4 1 1 0 6 0 4 6.75 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 6 5 5 1 4 0 4 Fritz Ostermueller 13.50 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.2 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 18.90 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 8 7 7 1 3 0 1 Total 3.79 0 4 0 0 4 9 0 0 38.0 44 23 16 2 24 1 23

Team G PO A E DP TC PCT PB SB CS Summer 4 114 48 3 4 165 .982 0 2 0

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Summer vs. Chestertown

Atmospheric Conference Final

Summer Cyclones (SM) vs. Chestertown Blue Herons (CH) ------1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E SM 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6 12 0 CH 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 x 8 12 1 SM Starter: Marchildon(15-12, 3.88) CH Starter: Fowler(16-11, 3.45) Win-Fowler(1-0) Save-Trinkle(1) Loss-Marchildon(0-1) 1 HR-Stirnweiss(1), Marshall 2 (1,2). ------1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E SM 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 10 1 CH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 11 2 SM Starter: Haefner(10-12, 4.88) CH Starter: Embree(10-5, 3.03) Win-Haefner(1-0) Save-Ostermuler(1) Loss-Embree(0-1) 2 HR-Northey(1). ------1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CH 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 11 2 SM 1 0 0 0 0 6 5 2 x 14 19 0 CH Starter: Voiselle(12-8, 4.01) SM Starter: Hughson(10-8, 3.82) Win-Hughson(1-0) Loss-Voiselle(0-1) 3 HR-Marshall(3), Majeski(1). ------1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 11 1 SM 0 2 1 0 7 0 0 0 x 10 13 1 CH Starter: Fowler(16-11, 3.45) SM Starter: Chandler(7-2, 2.00) Win-Chandler(1-0) Loss-Fowler(1-1) 4 HR-McQuinn(1), Marshall(4), Majeski(2), Chandler(1). ------1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CH 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 9 15 0 SM 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 2 CH Starter: Queen(18-14, 3.87) SM Starter: Marchildon(15-12, 3.88) Win-Queen(1-0) Loss-Marchildon(0-2) 5 HR-Majeski(3). ------1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E SM 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 7 1 CH 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 x 6 9 1 SM Starter: Haefner(10-12, 4.88) CH Starter: Embree(10-5, 3.03) Win-Embree(1-1) Save-Trinkle(2) Loss-Haefner(1-1) 6 HR-Marshall(5), Priddy(1). ------1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E SM 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 6 10 2 CH 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 11 0 SM Starter: Hughson(10-8, 3.82) CH Starter: Voiselle(12-8, 4.01) Win-Hughson(2-0) Save-Trout(1) Loss-Voiselle(0-2) 7 HR-Walker(1). ------* 5 * Summer Cyclones Name AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K HBP SH SF SB CS Ralph Hodgin .667 5 12 3 8 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bobby Adams .444 4 9 2 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rudy York .400 7 25 3 10 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hank Majeski .370 7 27 7 10 13 1 1 3 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 Ron Northey .345 7 29 6 10 5 4 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 Ed Mierkowicz .333 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Chuck Kress .333 6 9 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Garagiola .333 4 12 1 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tommy Tatum .300 6 10 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 Phil Rizzuto .258 7 31 8 8 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 Eddie Miksis .250 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Salkeld .250 5 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dom Dallessandro .222 4 9 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Snuffy Stirnweiss .207 7 29 5 6 4 3 0 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 Ralph Houk .167 3 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Billy Jurges .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jay Knickerbocker .000 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Del Rice .000 4 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Mickey Rutner .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pitchers .167 7 18 4 3 4 0 0 1 4 6 0 0 1 0 0 Total .302 7 248 48 75 47 19 4 6 29 20 2 1 3 1 0

Name ERA W L S BS GS GR CG SH INN H R ER HR BB IW K Earl Harrist 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5.0 4 0 0 0 4 0 4 Fritz Ostermueller 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 5.1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 Dizzy Trout 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tex Hughson 3.18 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 17.0 19 6 6 2 7 0 11 Mickey Haefner 5.93 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 13.2 16 10 9 2 6 0 12 Spud Chandler 6.43 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 8 5 5 2 2 0 4 Russ Meers 10.13 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.2 5 3 3 1 1 0 1 Phil Marchildon 11.00 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 9.0 18 13 11 1 3 0 1 Butch Wensloff 18.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 Total 5.31 4 3 2 0 7 9 1 0 61.0 80 39 36 8 24 0 35

Team G PO A E DP TC PCT PB SB CS Summer 7 183 73 7 5 263 .973 1 0 1

Chestertown Blue Herons Name AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K HBP SH SF SB CS .667 5 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eddie Bockman .500 4 4 1 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Harry Walker .485 7 33 4 16 4 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 Willard Marshall .469 7 32 9 15 14 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 .385 5 13 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 Skeeter Newsome .357 7 14 2 5 4 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .313 5 16 3 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .300 5 10 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 George McQuinn .286 7 28 7 8 2 1 0 1 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 Jerry Priddy .280 7 25 2 7 5 1 1 1 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 Bama Rowell .222 7 18 2 4 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Tom McBride .222 4 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 George Metkovich .182 5 22 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Lee Handley .125 3 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Jimmy Bloodworth .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eddie Lukon .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Pitchers .056 7 18 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 Total .311 7 257 39 80 38 6 4 8 24 35 1 2 2 0 1

Name ERA W L S BS GS GR CG SH INN H R ER HR BB IW K Hal White 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.00 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 3.46 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 13.0 13 7 5 1 9 0 3 Mel Queen 5.59 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 9.2 9 6 6 1 5 0 4 Bill Voiselle 6.39 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 12.2 18 9 9 0 3 1 4 Bill Zuber 6.75 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.2 3 2 2 0 1 0 3 7.59 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 10.2 16 10 9 2 5 0 4 Ken Trinkle 9.00 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2.0 5 3 2 0 1 0 0 11.57 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.1 3 3 3 1 2 0 0 Johnny Hetki 54.00 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.0 5 7 6 1 2 0 0 Total 6.34 3 4 2 0 7 17 0 0 61.0 75 48 43 6 29 1 20

Team G PO A E DP TC PCT PB SB CS Chestertown 7 183 72 7 8 262 .973 0 1 0 * 6 *

Duluth vs. Oakdale

Oceanic Conference Final

Duluth Thundercats (DT) vs. Oakdale Ravagers (OK) ------1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E DT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 OK 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 x 3 8 1 DT Starter: Newhouser(22-6, 3.01) OK Starter: Spahn(24-10, 2.79) Win-Spahn(1-0) Loss-Newhouser(0-1) 1 HR-Elliott(1). ------1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E DT 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 6 9 0 OK 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 7 15 2 DT Starter: Hatten(22-5, 2.69) OK Starter: Blackwell(19-8, 3.73) Win-Klieman(1-0) Loss-Murphy(0-1) 2 HR-Kurowski(1). ------1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E OK 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 4 DT 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 x 8 9 2 OK Starter: Shea(15-2, 2.83) DT Starter: Sain(19-9, 3.22) Win-Sain(1-0) Loss-Shea(0-1) 3 HR-Rikard 2 (1,2). ------1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E OK 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 10 16 3 DT 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 11 0 OK Starter: Barrett(13-5, 3.33) DT Starter: Newhouser(22-6, 3.01) Win-Page(1-0) Save-Blackwell(1) Loss-Moulder(0-1) 4 HR-Stephens(1). ------1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E OK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 DT 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 x 3 8 0 OK Starter: Spahn(24-10, 2.79) DT Starter: Hatten(22-5, 2.69) Win-Hatten(1-0) Loss-Spahn(1-1) 5 HR-Lindell(1). ------1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E DT 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 12 1 OK 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 DT Starter: Sain(19-9, 3.22) OK Starter: Blackwell(19-8, 3.73) Win-Sain(2-0) Loss-Blackwell(0-1) 6 HR-Kurowski(2), Kiner(1). ------1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E DT 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 10 2 OK 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 x 5 9 1 DT Starter: Newhouser(22-6, 3.01) OK Starter: Spahn(24-10, 2.79) Win-Spahn(2-1) Loss-Murphy(0-2) 7 HR-Mize(1), Stephens(2), Kiner(2). ------* 7 *

Oakdale Ravagers Name AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K HBP SH SF SB CS Mike McCormick .429 5 14 1 6 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Allie Clark .400 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Phil Cavarretta .385 5 13 3 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Bob Elliott .333 7 30 4 10 5 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 Bruce Edwards .333 7 27 3 9 3 0 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 Lou Boudreau .308 7 26 4 8 1 2 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 Frank Baumholtz .269 7 26 2 7 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 Joe Gordon .222 7 27 3 6 2 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 Stan Musial .217 7 23 5 5 2 2 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ralph Kiner .154 7 26 2 4 7 0 0 2 3 6 0 0 3 0 0 Floyd Baker .000 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chuck Diering .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dixie Howell .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Peanuts Lowrey .000 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eddie Waitkus .000 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pitchers .267 7 15 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 Total .278 7 237 30 66 29 7 4 3 30 25 0 3 6 1 1

Name ERA W L S BS GS GR CG SH INN H R ER HR BB IW K Blix Donnelly 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 Dutch Leonard 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Ray Poat 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ed Klieman 1.80 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 5.0 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 Warren Spahn 2.63 2 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 24.0 20 7 7 3 6 1 11 Ewell Blackwell 4.20 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 15.0 18 9 7 2 4 0 11 Joe Page 4.50 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 4.0 6 2 2 0 2 1 5 Eddie Lopat 6.75 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.2 5 3 2 0 3 0 1 Spec Shea 7.36 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 5 5 3 2 3 0 1 Red Barrett 18.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 4 6 6 1 3 0 0 Total 4.00 4 3 1 1 7 15 2 0 63.0 64 34 28 8 22 2 34

Team G PO A E DP TC PCT PB SB CS Oakdale 7 189 79 11 8 279 .961 0 0 0

Duluth Thundercats Name AVG G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB K HBP SH SF SB CS .500 4 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Roy Partee .429 4 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .417 5 12 2 5 2 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Culley Rikard .350 6 20 4 7 4 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 Clint Hartung .333 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 6 14 2 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 7 28 3 7 5 2 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 Johnny Mize .214 7 28 5 6 6 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 Tommy Holmes .214 7 28 4 6 0 1 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 .200 7 25 5 5 6 0 0 2 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 .200 5 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bobby Doerr .192 7 26 2 5 1 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 Del Ennis .172 7 29 3 5 3 2 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pitchers .333 7 21 3 7 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 Total .256 7 250 34 64 34 10 1 8 22 34 3 0 1 0 0

Name ERA W L S BS GS GR CG SH INN H R ER HR BB IW K Jim Hearn 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Joe Hatten 2.70 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 13.1 14 4 4 0 9 0 4 Johnny Sain 2.93 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 15.1 12 5 5 1 5 0 6 Sheldon Jones 3.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.0 5 2 1 0 0 0 3 Glen Moulder 4.91 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3.2 3 2 2 0 2 0 1 Johnny Murphy 5.40 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 5.0 3 4 3 0 4 0 1 6.35 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 17.0 25 12 12 2 7 0 7 Red Munger 6.75 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 Total 4.02 3 4 0 1 7 12 2 1 62.2 66 30 28 3 30 1 25

Team G PO A E DP TC PCT PB SB CS Duluth 7 188 90 5 9 283 .982 1 1 1

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TML American No-Hitter

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Browns INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Jack Kramer (W 4-2) 9.0 0 0 0 3 5 121 71 2.98 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦

TML American 1-Hitters

4/ 1 BY at MO V.Trucks 2W, 4K, 2out/7 th Won 1-0 4/20 OK at BY S.Shea 4W, 5K, 1out/7 th Won 4-0 5/ 7 SF at OK W.Spahn 4W, 4K, 2out/3 rd Won 6-0 9/ 2 AV at OK R.Poat 5W, 5K, 0out/4 th Won 1-0 10/2 WW at AV C.Shoun 3W, 4K, 0out/1 st Won 5-1

Combined 1-Hitters

9/30 SM at BY R.Branca 7.2IP, 1H, 5W, 5K, 1out/2 nd ND E.Kush 0.1IP, 0H, 1K T.Wilks 1.0IP, 0H, 1W, 1K Won 1-0

Note: there were 20 2-hitters, combined or otherwise.

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Player of the Year Ted Williams (AV)

Team Player 1 4 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Total 1. (AV) Ted Williams 10 1 1 1 1 151

2. (DT) Johnny Mize 1 11 1 1 127

3. (OK) Ralph Kiner 1 1 5 4 1 1 1 92 4. (NA) Walker Cooper 2 1 4 3 2 1 92 5. (CH) George McQuinn 7 2 1 2 1 1 87 6. (AV) Jeff Heath 1 1 1 3 5 1 1 62 7. (CH) Harry Walker 2 3 2 1 1 2 51 8. (BB) Bill Nicholson 1 1 3 1 2 2 39 9. (AR) 1 1 1 2 1 30 10. (NA) Tommy Henrich 4 4 1 21 11. (SE) Johnny Pesky 1 1 1 12 12. (OK) Stan Musial 4 2 10 13. (SM) Hank Majeski 1 1 10 14. (CH) Willard Marshall 1 1 1 8 15. (OK) Joe Gordon 2 8 16. (AV) 2 6 17. (MO) 1 1 4 18. (BV) Taffy Wright 1 1 19. (BV) 1 1

Pitcher of the Year Warren Spahn (OK)

Team Player 1 2 3 Total 1. (OK) Warren Spahn 9 4 1 58 2. (DT) Joe Hatten 5 7 46 3. (DT) Hal Newhouser 2 7 13 4. (MO) Joe Dobson 1 1 4 5. (BB) Larry Jansen 2 2 6. (DT) Red Munger 2 2 7. (BV) Bob Feller 1 1

Fireman of the Year Ed Trinkle (CH)

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TML American Team Stats Final TML 1947

TEAM AVGSPCOBP G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR TB BB IW K SH SF SB CS HBPGDP RC RC27 Sonoma .294 .406 .354 154 5503 788 1619 753 239 75 75 2233 505 14 541 36 42 32 20 23 182 772 5.0 Oakdale .286 .434 .359 154 5426 901 1552 867 255 60 142 2353 643 20 515 42 •81 27 23 19 138 859 5.6 Duluth .284 .419 .353 154 5444 819 1548 777 207 40 148 2279 584 46 545 29 58 6 8 23 184 791 5.1 Beverly .282 .412 .344 154 5500 773 1552 740 249 83 100 2267 521 17 461 17 50 19 9 27 175 768 4.9 North Adams .281 .443 .345 154 5493 843 1542 816 250 79 161 2433 552 9 508 37 63 24 16 21 142 839 5.4 Chestertown .278 .395 .345 154 5430 760 1512 724 234 68 88 2146 547 33 509 85 42 30 11 25 136 748 4.8 Moosen .276 .403 .360 154 5388 822 1489 785 245 74 97 2173 721 30 620 59 56 44 41 19 155 795 5.1 Brooklyn .273 .413 .349 154 5406 821 1476 783 236 48 142 2234 629 9 608 72 39 43 16 25 136 796 5.1 Bloomington .266 .359 .339 154 5424 718 1444 681 187 43 76 1945 602 11 653 56 56 31 22 24 135 677 4.3 Arkansas .260 .366 .331 154 5437 686 1412 654 237 41 87 1992 587 26 562 62 52 24 16 16 139 669 4.2 Albany .258 .391 .353 154 5389 830 1390 797 206 55 133 2105 807 53 683 19 52 31 8 10 117 782 5.0 Summer .257 .375 .341 154 5334 765 1371 724 200 64 101 2002 659 15 580 63 55 27 11 48 173 694 4.4 Sioux Falls .245 .341 .316 154 5443 601 1335 575 189 60 70 1854 552 24 566 48 44 35 11 27 134 597 3.7 Walla Walla .239 .339 .321 154 5297 612 1267 585 199 46 79 1795 641 11 695 34 42 23 13 16 179 579 3.6 Totals .270 .344 75914 20509 3133 1499 8550 8046 732 225 2125 4.7 .393 2156 10739 10261 836 29811 318 659 396 323 10340

Team ERA W L W% SV BS RP GS GR CGSHO INN H R ER HR BB IW K HBP WP BKAVG Oakdale 3.30 108 46 .701 24 6 45 154 128 83 17 1388.1 1239 570 509 74 526 12 715 22 12 2 .237 Duluth 3.41 107 47 .695 40 10 56 154 189 47 15 1399.2 1294 602 530 93 581 6 653 18 16 0 .243 Chestertown 3.94 84 70 .545 36 11 57 154 204 33 9 1377.0 1406 719 603 114 601 16 492 13 22 7 .262 Brooklyn 3.96 88 66 .571 18 11 36 154 168 47 10 1374.0 1401 702 604 91 612 33 527 15 23 13 .260 Moosen 4.03 81 73 .526 22 10 38 154 201 42 9 1388.0 1366 747 621 118 602 17 611 22 39 1 .252 Bloomington 4.11 73 81 .474 22 19 37 154 231 32 12 1380.1 1427 715 630 89 561 25 623 25 18 1 .266 Walla Walla 4.12 55 99 .357 11 8 20 154 127 52 6 1392.0 1441 751 637 113 630 33 499 24 28 6 .266 Summer 4.16 80 74 .519 29 8 48 154 197 47 7 1396.2 1427 728 645 103 663 28 600 30 14 3 .264 Sioux Falls 4.41 61 93 .396 22 12 42 154 225 28 8 1404.2 1536 782 688 86 590 30 456 34 14 0 .278 Albany 4.63 81 73 .526 32 15 53 154 233 28 4 1373.1 1474 823 706 115 623 9 553 13 31 2 .271 Sonoma 4.89 74 80 .481 25 25 51 154 263 35 7 1361.0 1622 872 740 115 557 25 571 23 19 3 .296 North Adams 5.01 70 84 .455 32 11 52 154 280 23 5 1371.2 1579 899 764 129 678 35 557 37 25 5 .287 Arkansas 5.06 54 100 .351 22 19 43 154 291 22 6 1383.0 1707 896 777 115 599 28 472 23 11 6 .303 Beverly 5.21 62 92 .403 21 16 43 154 253 15 4 1356.2 1590 933 785 144 727 21 717 24 13 14 .291 Totals 4.30 1078 356 621 2990 119 20509 9239 8550 8046 285 .270 1078 .500 181 2156 534 19346.1 10739 1499 318 323 63

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TML American Fielding Stats Final TML 1947

Team PCT G PO A E DP TC PB SB CSSB% CPO PPO Duluth .982 154 4199 1833 108 141 6140 5 22 15 .595 0 2 Oakdale .980 154 4165 1926 122 155 6213 17 8 16 .333 2 3 Summer .980 154 4190 1997 128 186 6315 10 27 17 .614 0 5 Bloomington .978 154 4141 1889 137 153 6167 12 45 21 .682 0 14 Sioux Falls .977 154 4214 2087 147 171 6448 4 23 20 .535 0 4 Arkansas .976 154 4149 2023 152 187 6324 17 22 14 .611 3 2 Walla Walla .974 154 4176 2000 165 169 6341 20 34 15 .694 0 2 Brooklyn .974 154 4122 1889 163 163 6174 9 28 15 .651 1 2 Chestertown .973 154 4131 1944 169 164 6244 4 39 11 .780 0 1 North Adams .972 154 4115 1942 172 184 6229 5 26 19 .578 0 4 Sonoma .971 154 4083 1914 178 166 6175 3 34 17 .667 0 1 Moosen .971 154 4164 1859 182 133 6205 4 28 15 .651 1 1 Beverly .970 154 4070 1813 182 183 6065 7 43 14 .754 3 2 Albany .969 154 4120 1972 197 171 6289 13 17 16 .515 1 2 Totals .975 58039 2202 87329 396 .638 45 2156 27088 2326 130 225 11

Golden Glove Awards

Firstbase Secondbase Thirdbase Johnny Mize (DT) Bobby Doerr (DT) Hank Majeski (SM) .994, 154 G, 10 E, 1523 PO, 131 DP .989, 154 G, 10 E, 568 A, 110 DP .993, 145 G, 3 E, 310 A, 36 DP

Shortstop Leftfield Centerfield

Lou Boudreau (OK) Bill Nicholson (BB) (WW) .976, 154 G, 21 E, 616 A, 113 DP .988, 144 G, 4 E, 5 A, 316 PO .987, 150 G, 6 E, 16 A, 435 PO

Rightfield Pitcher

Joe DiMaggio (BB) (MO) (WW) .987, 144 G, 4 E, 5 A, 303 PO 1.000, 118 G, 0 E, 4 P B, 60% SB 1.000, 42 G, 0 E, 4 DP, TC 69

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TML American Leaders Final TML 1947

Batting Average Games At Bats Runs McQuinn CH .375 34 tied with 154 Lewis AR 676 Williams AV 154 Galan AR .371 Dillinger SE 658 Walker CH 150 Walker CH .366 Robinson BB 658 Kiner OK 133 Mize DT .354 Marion SF 653 Musial OK 128 Pesky SE .343 Pesky SE 651 Pesky SE 123 Kolloway SE .342 Walker CH 650 Mize DT 122 Majeski SM .336 Cooper NA 647 Henrich NA 120 Wyrostek MO .333 Christman AR 643 Dillinger SE 120 McCosky BY .332 Stirnweiss SM 639 Robinson BB 119 Evers SE .332 Rizzuto SM 635 McQuinn CH 118 Heath AV .329 Appling BB 631 Elliott OK 116 Williams AV .329 Gordon OK 630 Gordon OK 115 Henrich NA .328 Holmes DT 626 Rizzuto SM 115 Cooper NA .323 Musial OK 626 Appling BB 114 Holmes DT .323 Stephens DT 622 Marshall CH 110

Hits Runs Batted In Doubles Triples Walker CH 238 Cooper NA 166 Boudreau OK 45 Walker CH 18 Pesky SE 223 Kiner OK 153 Elliott OK 44 Slaughter BV 17 McQuinn CH 218 Marshall CH 145 Williams AV 42 Adams SF 16 Cooper NA 209 Heath AV 144 Baumholtz OK 41 Henrich NA 16 Mize DT 208 Nicholson BB 141 Miller NA 41 Philley MO 16 Holmes DT 202 Mize DT 140 Holmes DT 40 Torgeson MO 13 Musial OK 200 Gordon OK 135 McQuinn CH 36 DiMaggio,Joe BB 13 Dillinger SE 199 Majeski SM 113 Walker CH 36 Musial OK 13 Henrich NA 193 Joost AV 110 Cooper NA 35 Wakefield SE 12 Lewis AR 193 Williams AV 109 Ryan BB 34 Johnson BV 12 Slaughter BV 185 Henrich NA 106 Kolloway SE 33 Heath AV 12 Philley MO 185 Doerr DT 105 Appling BB 33 Schoendist NA 12 Elliott OK 185 DiMaggio,Joe BB 103 Lewis AR 33 Baumholtz OK 12 3 tied with 184 Boudreau OK 103 4 tied with 32 Cooper NA 12 Thomson WW 101 2 tied with 11

Homeruns Slugging Pct. On Base Pct. Cooper NA 49 Cooper NA 415 Heath AV .648 Galan AR .496 Mize DT 46 Mize DT 377 Mize DT .642 Williams AV .495 Kiner OK 42 Williams AV 341 Cooper NA .641 McQuinn CH .470 Nicholson BB 39 Gordon OK 335 Williams AV .616 Mize DT .445 Gordon OK 38 Marshall CH 325 Kiner OK .563 Wakefield SE .435 Heath AV 36 Kiner OK 320 Nicholson BB .557 Heath AV .432 Williams AV 35 Henrich NA 319 McQuinn CH .545 Walker CH .429 Marshall CH 34 McQuinn CH 317 Henrich NA .542 Hatton MO .426 Doerr DT 28 Walker CH 316 Galan AR .532 Fain WW .424 Greenberg NA 22 Heath AV 315 Gordon OK .532 Reese MO .415 DiMaggio,Joe BB 22 Musial OK 313 Marshall CH .527 Pesky SE .412 Robinson BB 22 DiMaggio,Joe BB 303 Majeski SM .512 Kiner OK .411 Henrich NA 21 Nicholson BB 298 Hatton MO .502 Musial OK .405 Miller NA 21 Elliott OK 294 Musial OK .500 Henrich NA .404 2 tied with 20 Lewis AR 288 DiMaggio,Joe BB .496 Walker NA .402

Walks Stolen Bases Runs Created RC/27 Outs Williams AV ♦186 Robinson BB 27-9 Williams AV 179 Williams AV 12.2 Reese MO 122 Valo AV 15-3 Mize DT 169 Galan AR 11.7 Spence SF 119 Philley MO 14-18 McQuinn CH 159 Mize DT 11.5 Kiner OK 117 Case SF 12-2 Walker CH 140 McQuinn CH 10.8 Stanky WW 111 Moses SF 11-0 Kiner OK 139 Heath AV 9.9 Joost AV 110 Adams SM 10-1 Cooper NA 136 Nicholson BB 8.7 Nicholson BB 108 Kolloway SE 10-3 Heath AV 132 Kiner OK 8.7 McQuinn CH 108 Dillinger SE 10-7 Henrich NA 130 Walker CH 8.5 Galan AR 101 LaPointe BV 9-2 Nicholson BB 128 Henrich NA 8.4 Mize DT 100 Haas BY 7-3 Musial OK 127 Hatton MO 8.3 Hatton MO 99 Reiser MO 7-4 Marshall CH 118 Wakefield SE 7.9 Fain WW 98 Frey BY 7-8 Pesky SE 118 Cooper NA 7.8 Stirnweiss SM 96 Joost AV 6-0 Elliott OK 114 Musial OK 7.6 Elliott OK 93 Masi CH 6-2 Hatton MO 112 Wyrostek MO 7.4 Heath AV 92 Appling BB 6-3 Galan AR 112 Majeski SM 7.4 * 13 * TML American Pitching Leaders Final TML 1947

Earned Run Average Games Complete Games Shutouts Hatten DT 2.69 Jurisich BV 70 Spahn OK ♦33 Shea OK 4 Munger DT 2.77 Wilks BY 66 Shoun WW 22 Kramer BB 4 Spahn OK 2.79 Lee SM 64 Blackwell OK 20 Spahn OK 4 Shea OK 2.83 Meers SM 64 Leonard OK 17 Branca BY 4 Newhouser DT 3.01 Hudson AR 58 Jansen BB 17 Hutchinson SE 3 Embree CH 3.03 Kinder AV 58 Newhouser DT 14 Galehouse SF 3 Hutchinson SE 3.09 Muncrief NA 57 Hutchinson SE 13 Haefner SM 3 Jansen BB 3.15 Candini BV 56 Dobson MO 13 Munger DT 3 Shoun WW 3.20 Dorish AR 55 Marchildon SM 13 Barrett OK 3 Sain DT 3.22 Smith AR 54 Wynn BY 12 Hatten DT 3 Branca BY 3.25 Trinkle CH 54 Feller BV 12 Sain DT 3 Barrett OK 3.33 Grove SE 52 Sain DT 11 Newhouser DT 3 Fowler CH 3.45 Erautt NA 51 Queen CH 11 Feller BV 3 Dobson MO 3.46 Fine SF 51 Haefner SM 10 Queen CH 3 Haynes SF 3.58 Bahr NA 50 Munger DT 10 13 tied with 2

Wins Losses Walks Spahn OK 24-10 Bagby AR 8-22 Barney WW 160 Feller BV 246 Hatten DT 22-5 Lee NA 7-21 Fine SF 144 Blackwell OK 216 Newhouser DT 22-6 Shoun WW11-21 Lee NA 143 Branca BY 164 Jansen BB 22-11 Fine SF 12-19 Feller BV 138 Newhouser DT 155 Feller BV 21-10 Barney WW 6-18 Queen CH 135 Sain DT 153 Munger DT 19-4 Roe AR10-18 Marchildon SM 125 Lee NA 136 Blackwell OK 19-8 Walters AR 8-17 Hatten DT 122 Spahn OK 133 Sain DT 19-9 Trucks MO 8-16 Blackwell OK 116 Hughson SM 131 Dobson MO 18-11 Koslo SE 8-15 Reynolds MO 111 Dobson MO 126 Queen CH 18-14 Brecheen MO 9-15 Kramer BB 109 Trucks MO 124 Dickson SE 17-10 Schmidt SF 9-15 Roe AR 106 Jansen BB 120 Fowler CH 16-11 Branca BY 16-15 Haefner SM 102 Munger DT 119 Branca BY 16-15 4 tied with 14 Jurisich BV 99 Reynolds MO 119 Shea OK 15-2 Sain DT 99 Masterson AV 117 Marchildon SM 15-12 Spahn OK 99 Marchildon SM 115

Innings Pitched Opp. Batting Avg. Walks per 9 IP Strikeouts per 9 IP Shoun WW 320.2 Hatten DT .203 Barney WW 7.3 Feller BV 7.6 Spahn OK 306.2 Embree CH .211 Lee NA 6.3 Blackwell OK 7.3 Feller BV 289.2 Shea OK .216 Fine SF 5.6 Lee NA 6.0 Queen CH 288.2 Dobson MO .220 Koslo SE 5.0 Hughson SM 5.9 Newhouser DT 281.0 Spahn OK .224 Erautt NA 4.9 Branca BY 5.6 Sain DT 274.1 Flores SF .227 Kramer BB 4.9 Trucks MO 5.4 Blackwell OK 265.2 Blackwell OK .233 Embree CH 4.9 Brazle BB 5.1 Branca BY 263.0 Feller BV .234 Papish AV 4.7 Masterson AV 5.1 Jansen BB 263.0 Jansen BB .234 Haefner SM 4.7 Sain DT 5.0 Marchildon SM 257.1 Munger DT .234 Schmidt SF 4.6 Munger DT 5.0 Bagby AR 250.2 Hughson SM .234 Reynolds MO 4.6 Newhouser DT 5.0 Hatten DT 241.0 Barney WW .238 Hatten DT 4.6 Erickson WW 4.9 Cooper AR 238.0 Branca BY .239 Jurisich BV 4.6 Reynolds MO 4.9 Fowler CH 232.1 Sain DT .245 Erickson WW 4.5 Dobson MO 4.9 Dobson MO 231.2 Newhouser DT .245 Marchildon SM 4.4 Leonard OK 4.6

Saves Blown Saves Relief Points Trinkle CH 32 Casey AR 10 Trinkle CH 37 Shea OK .882 Murphy DT 22 Kush BY 8 Murphy DT 28 Munger DT .826 Kush BY 15 Trinkle CH 8 Klieman OK 22 Hatten DT .815 Christoper MO 13 Caldwell SE 7 Kush BY 20 Newhouser DT .786 Klieman OK 13 Gumbert BV 6 Lee SM 17 Barrett OK .722 Bahr NA 12 Higbe BY 6 Bahr NA 15 Spahn OK .706 Lee SM 12 Wilks BY 5 Casey AR 15 Blackwell OK .704 Casey AR 12 Dickson SE 5 Christoper MO 14 Sain DT .679 Gromek SF 11 Behrman SF 4 Gromek SF 14 Feller BV .677 Page OK 10 Gromek SF 4 Caldwell SE 13 Jansen BB .667 Black AV 8 Klieman OK 4 Meers SM 13 Taylor AV .667 Behrman SF 8 18 tied with 3 Page OK 13 Papish AV .650 4 tied with 7 Behrman SF 12 Sanford MO .650 Pollet DT 12 Brazle BB .636 Kinder AV 11 Dickson SE .630 * 14 * TML American Miscellaneous Leaders Final TML 1947

Intentional Walks Strikeouts Caught Stealing Mize DT 38 Joost AV 126 Philley MO 14-18 Rizzuto SM 13 Williams AV 27 Adams SF 102 Robinson BB 27-9 Flores SF 8 Berra CH 13 Thomson WW 97 Frey BY 7-8 Majeski SM 8 Spence SF 13 Stephens DT 89 Dillinger SE 10-7 Culberson AR 7 Marshall CH 10 Kiner OK 87 Gordon OK 2-5 Dillinger SE 6 Binks AR 9 Marion SF 87 Pesky SE 5-5 Robinson BB 6 Hatton MO 9 Gustine AR 83 Gustine AR 1-4 Hodgin SM 5 Edwards OK 8 McHale BY 80 Musial OK 2-4 Seminick BY 5 Kiner OK 8 Reese MO 79 Fain WW 4-4 Rigney MO 5 Wyrostek MO 7 Nicholson BB 77 Boudreau OK 5-4 Michaels SF 5 Valo AV 6 McQuinn CH 77 Rowell CH 5-4 Edwards OK 5 Galan AR 6 DiMaggio,Joe BB 76 Torgeson MO 5-4 Ryan BB 5 Heath AV 6 Westlake BY 75 Walker NA 5-4 Nicholson BB 5 4 tied with 5 Lakeman AR 72 Reiser MO 7-4 Holmes DT 5 Mierkowicz SM 71 17 tied with 3 14 tied with 4

Sacrifice Bunts Sacrifice Flys Ground into DPs Game Winning RBI McQuinn CH 22 Kiner OK 18 Fain WW 34 Kiner OK 25 Masi CH 15 Boudreau OK 15 Holmes DT 32 Mize DT 22 DiMaggio,Dom BB 15 Johnson BV 12 Ennis DT 31 Gordon OK 21 Branca BY 14 Sisler AV 11 Kolloway SE 27 DiMaggio,Joe BB 20 Jansen BB 13 Marshall CH 11 Doerr DT 27 Marshall CH 19 Marchildon SM 12 Elliott OK 11 Dillinger SE 27 Holmes DT 16 Spahn OK 12 Torgeson MO 10 Heath AV 25 Majeski SM 15 Majeski SM 12 Doerr DT 10 Appling BB 25 Nicholson BB 15 Holmes DT 12 Kolloway SE 9 Elliott OK 25 Hatton MO 14 Roe AR 11 Greenberg NA 8 DiMaggio,Joe BB 24 7 tied with 13 Walker CH 11 Haas BY 8 Philley MO 23 Robinson BB 11 Schoendist NA 8 McCormick SE 22 4 tied with 10 Slaughter BV 8 Gordon OK 22 Philley MO 8 Christman AR 22 Spence SF 8 4 tied with 21

Starts Games in Relief Hits Allowed Homeruns Allowed Queen CH 40 Wilks BY 66 Bagby AR 316 Jurisich BV 29 Shoun WW 40 Lee SM 64 Shoun WW 306 Queen CH 28 Cooper AR 38 Meers SM 64 Cooper AR 299 Ruffing CH 27 Walters AR 38 Hudson AR 58 Walters AR 294 Lee NA 27 Feller BV 37 Muncrief NA 57 Queen CH 272 Feller BV 26 Bagby AR 37 Smith AR 54 Fine SF 266 Borowy NA 25 Branca BY 36 Trinkle CH 54 Newhouser DT 262 Brecheen MO 25 Newhouser DT 36 Jurisich BV 53 Sain DT 257 Marchildon SM 24 Lee NA 36 Dorish AR 49 Spahn OK 257 Hughson SM 23 3 tied with 35 Kush BY 48 Feller BV 256 3 tied with 22

Wild Pitches Balks Most Run Support Quality Starts Dobson MO 11 Queen CH 7 Blackwell OK 223 Branca BY 26 Chandler WW 10 Gettel BV 4 Feller BV 213 Shoun WW 26 Lemon BB 9 Barney WW 4 Newhouser DT 193 Spahn OK 25 Papish AV 9 Candini BV 4 Spahn OK 188 Queen CH 25 Erautt NA 9 Johnson BB 3 Walters AR 187 Hatten DT 24 Barney WW 7 Ferriss NA 3 Queen CH 185 Marchildon SM 23 Branca BY 7 Roe AR 3 Cooper AR 182 Sain DT 23 4 tied with 6 Jansen BB 3 Dobson MO 177 Newhouser DT 23 9 tied with 2 Lee NA 176 Feller BV 23 Munger DT 172 3 tied with 21

Runs Allowed Earned Runs Allowed Hit by Pitch Relief Wins Lee NA 177 Lee NA 146 Schmidt SF 12 Klieman OK 9 Bagby AR 162 Walters AR 141 Ferriss NA 9 Lopat OK 7 Walters AR 160 Bagby AR 141 Sewell MO 7 Meers SM 7 Candini BV 147 Cooper AR 128 Hughson SM 7 Caldwell SE 6 Roe AR 147 Roe AR 125 Fine SF 7 Dickson SE 6 Koslo SE 145 Queen CH 124 7 tied with 6 Gumbert BV 6 Fine SF 141 Fine SF 123 Hudson AR 6 Feller BV 141 Koslo SE 121 Muncrief NA 6 3 tied with 135 Candini BV 120 Murphy DT 6 Reynolds MO 118 10 tied with 5 * 15 *

Miscellaneous Team Stats TML American – 1947

Home Record Road Record 1-Run Games Extra Inning Games Team W-L PCT. Team W-L PCT. Team W-L PCT. Team W-L PCT. Oakdale 55-22 .714 Duluth 58-19 .753 Sonoma 32-17 .653 Sonoma 11-1 .917 Brooklyn 50-27 .649 Oakdale 53-24 .688 Duluth 27-16 .628 Brooklyn 10-3 .769 Duluth 49-28 .636 Moosen 44-33 .571 Moosen 23-17 .575 Duluth 12- 6 .667 Chestertown 45-32 .584 Summer 40-37 .519 Oakdale 19-15 .559 Moosen 9-5 .643 Sonoma 43-34 .558 Albany 40-37 .519 Brooklyn 25-20 .556 Albany 8-6 .571 Albany 41-36 .532 Chestertown 39-38 .506 Chestertown 24-22 .522 Beverly 7-6 .538 Summer 40-37 .519 Brooklyn 38-39 .494 Albany 19-18 .514 Oakdale 5-5 .500 Beverly 38-39 .494 Bloomington 38-39 .494 Beverly 16-16 .500 North Adams 6-6 .500 Moosen 37-40 .481 North Adams 38-39 .494 North Adams 20-21 .488 Chestertown 7-9 .438 Bloomington 35-42 .455 Walla Walla 34-43 .442 Summer 23-25 .479 Summer 8-11 .421 Sioux Falls 33-44 .429 Sonoma 31-46 .403 Sioux Falls 22-25 .468 Sioux Falls 11- 16 .407 North Adams 32-45 .416 Arkansas 31-46 .403 Bloomington 17- 22 .436 Walla Walla 7-14 .333 Arkansas 23-54 .299 Sioux Falls 28-49 .364 Walla Walla 13- 27 .325 Bloomington 4-9 .308 Walla Walla 21-56 .273 Beverly 24-53 .312 Arkansas 11-30 .268 Arkansas 5-13 .278 542 - 536 .503 536 - 542 .497 291 - 291 .500 110 - 110 .500

vs. RHP vs. LHP Shutouts Team W-L PCT. Team W-L PCT. Team W-L PCT. Oakdale 79-36 .687 Duluth 25-8 .758 Oakdale 17-4 .810 Duluth 82-39 .678 Oakdale 29-10 .744 Duluth 15-7 .682 Brooklyn 68-51 .571 Chestertown 23-15 .605 Bloomington 12- 14 .462 Albany 67-53 .558 Brooklyn 20-15 .571 Brooklyn 10-6 .625 Moosen 64-54 .542 Sonoma 17-17 .500 Chestertown 9-5 .643 Summer 66-56 .541 Moosen 17-19 .472 Moosen 9-6 .600 Chestertown 61-55 .526 Summer 14-18 .438 Sioux Falls 8-10 .444 Bloomington 58-59 .496 Sioux Falls 16-21 .432 Summer 7-10 .412 Sonoma 57-63 .475 Albany 14-20 .412 Sonoma 7-8 .467 North Adams 56- 63 .471 Bloomington 15- 22 .405 Walla Walla 6- 16 .273 Beverly 45-67 .402 Beverly 17-25 .405 Arkansas 6-9 .400 Sioux Falls 45- 72 .385 North Adams 14- 21 .400 North Adams 5-5 .500 Walla Walla 44-74 .373 Arkansas 14-22 .389 Albany 4-9 .308 Arkansas 40-78 .339 Walla Walla 11-25 .306 Beverly 4-10 .286 832 - 820 .504 246 - 258 .488 119 - 119 .500

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ALBANY Avalanche : Pat Barry (Elizabeth) Age: 62 Occupation: Retired; MLB Stringer; Cloistered Crazy

The Season Story

The remnants of the great Albany team of the 1950s put together one more winning Season. Ted Williams put up an MVP caliber season, but with a lesser supporting cast around him, he was often pitched around or not pitched too at all as he set the TML record for walks in a season. It might happen again as the lineup declines around him. Elmer Valo and Jeff Heath had great years, as did Aaron Robinson. The rest of the lineup was nondescript or worse. The pitching was workmanlike, no one won more than 13 games. No one lost more than 11. Papish, Taylor and Masterson contributed solid . Next year is almost certainly the end of the winning season streak, 16 seasons in all. The lumps will begin, but so too the seeds of an eventually climb back to contention.

Name AVG SPC OBP G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR TB BB IW K SH SF SB CS HBP GDP RC RC27 Handley,Gene .406 .438 .465 36 64 8 26 8 2 0 0 28 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 9.3 Peters,Rusty .391 .478 .481 61 46 8 18 11 4 0 0 22 8 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 9.3 Valo,Elmer .368 .530 .448 102 400 102 147 64 20 9 9 212 61 6 7 0 3 15 3 0 9 100 10.0 Heath,Jeff .329 *.648 .432 125 486 99 160 144 23 12 36 315 92 6 61 0 7 2 2 1 25 132 9.9 Williams,Ted .329 .616 .495 ^154 554 *154 182 109 42 6 35 341 ♦186 27 40 0 3 0 1 0 21 *179 *12.2 Robinson,Aaron .321 .470 .416 119 296 59 95 37 13 5 7 139 49 2 28 0 1 0 0 0 4 61 8.0 Dickey,George .282 .416 .388 101 308 44 87 39 11 0 10 128 57 3 22 0 6 0 0 0 5 54 6.3 Fernandez,Nanny .273 .545 .385 12 11 2 3 3 0 0 1 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6.0 Lohrke,Lucky .264 .368 .357 66 125 22 33 14 4 0 3 46 17 5 9 0 0 1 0 1 8 15 4.1 Sisler,Dick .246 .337 .288^154 618 60 152 85 23 9 5 208 41 0 31 011 0 1 0 6 62 3.5 Dusak,Erv .233 .259 .375 83 193 29 45 18 2 0 1 50 45 0 26 0 2 0 1 0 3 23 3.9 Joost,Eddie .231 .381 .352 ^154 593 88 137 110 24 4 19 226 110 0 *126 4 6 6 0 4 6 90 5.2 Yost,Eddie .225 .317 .300 128 476 50 107 67 17 6 5 151 53 1 66 3 4 0 0 0 11 47 3.3 Snider,Duke .223 .290 .281 83 224 20 50 29 9 3 0 65 17 0 66 0 5 4 0 3 2 20 3.1 Jones,Willie .206 .222 .296 31 63 16 13 5 1 0 0 14 8 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 2.8 Lyons,Ed .160 .179 .222 141 470 38 75 36 3 0 2 84 37 0 44 0 2 0 0 1 3 21 1.4 Castiglione,Pete .118 .118 .211 19 17 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 Pitchers .130 .153 .158 154 445 30 58 17 8 1 0 68 15 0 141 12 2 0 0 0 10 11 0.7 Total .258 .391 .353 154 5389 830 1390 797 206 55 133 2105 807 53 683 19 52 31 8 10 117 782 5.0

Name ERA W L W% SVBS RP GSGRCGSho INN H R ERHR BBIW KHBWPBK OAVG Black,Don 3.73 6 8 .429 8 3 10 14 15 2 1 111.0 110 55 46 4 55 1 48 1 0 0 .253 Hansen,Andy 3.92 1 1 .500 4 1 5 0 19 0 0 20.2 23 11 9 2 8 0 4 0 0 0 .284 Masterson,Walt 4.11 11 10 .524 1 0 2 29 3 7 0 205.2 212 119 94 17 65 0 117 1 0 0 .257 Papish,Frank 4.23 13 7 .650 0 0 0 25 0 5 1 180.2 180 102 85 17 95 1 55 2 9 0 .260 Zoldak,Sam 4.25 5 4 .556 6 1 8 10 19 3 0 89.0 92 50 42 7 34 1 20 0 1 0 .261 McCahan,Bill 4.33 11 9 .550 1 3 2 19 7 3 0 151.2 164 89 73 11 54 0 43 0 3 0 .274 Kinder,Ellis 4.66 9 11 .450 6 3 11 14 44 0 0 146.2 160 89 76 16 66 0 91 1 2 1 .270 Taylor,Harry 4.80 12 6 .667 0 2 3 17 11 3 1 137.0 134 83 73 15 81 1 48 1 4 0 .256 Schmitz,Johnny 4.86 9 10 .474 2 0 4 26 6 5 1 187.0 201 111 101 13 68 2 79 4 5 0 .272 Heintzelman,Ken 5.19 1 2 .333 3 2 4 0 39 0 0 50.1 64 29 29 5 28 1 21 1 0 0 .322 Parnell,Mel 7.23 0 1 .000 1 0 1 0 26 0 0 42.1 69 39 34 5 28 0 12 1 2 1 .367 Kennedy,Monte 7.71 3 4 .429 0 0 3 0 44 0 0 51.1 65 46 44 3 41 2 15 1 5 0 .314 Total 4.63 81 73 .526 32 15 53 154 233 28 4 1373.1 1474 823 706 115 623 9 553 13 31 2 .271

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ARKANSAS Travelers Manager: Bill “Willie” Jelks (Lynda) Age: 77 Occupation: Retired USAF Flyboy

The Season Story

The Travs almost escaped another 100 loss season but ended up with 100 on the nose. There were some rays of hope however. Oldsters Augie Galan, , , and all showed talent that should blossom as they grow younger. The pitching side of the house looks less rosy but two hurlers, and Bucky Walters did show, at times, some glimmer of hope. With peace clouds looming in another year, the prospect of a general war seems likely in the near past causing chaos within the baseball world where anything is possible.

Name AVG SPC OBP G AB R H RBI 2B 3BHR TB BBIW KSHSF SB CS HBP GDP RC RC27 Galan,Augie .371 .532 *.496 120 385 73 143 67 28 2 10 205 101 6 8 2 6 0 0 0 8 112 11.7 Medwick,Joe .358 .552 .423 68 134 29 48 24 11 0 5 74 15 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 31 9.5 Vaughan,Arky .358 .484 .487 89 95 20 34 20 1 1 3 46 24 1 6 0 0 1 2 0 4 23 9.2 Etten,Nick .357.429.438 6 14 0 5 1 1 0 0 6 2 0 2 00 0 0 0 0 3 8.6 Mueller,Ray .312 .503 .361 85 199 25 62 27 11 0 9 100 16 3 25 2 3 0 1 1 9 33 5.9 Tucker,Thurman .302 .463 .391 105 281 50 85 49 13 7 6 130 43 4 18 0 3 5 3 0 2 54 7.2 Binks,George .299 .439 .358 98 321 43 96 59 25 4 4 141 31 9 24 3 3 4 0 0 14 48 5.3 Lewis,Buddy .286 .426 .344 ^154 *676 97 193 69 33 4 18 288 61 0 25 7 1 4 3 0 18 97 5.1 Fleming,Les .273 .437 .371 131 286 43 78 50 12 7 7 125 48 1 43 2 6 0 0 0 12 47 5.6 Berardino,Johnny .271 .371 .372 109 210 29 57 22 14 2 1 78 35 0 12 12 2 0 0 7 31 5.1 Gustine,Frankie .265 .358 .340 ^154 620 91 164 63 31 9 3 222 72 1 83 10 5 1 4 1 15 77 4.2 Tebbetts,Birdie .249 .282 .293 94 301 23 75 26 7 0 1 85 20 0 38 2 3 0 2 0 9 24 2.7 Sullivan,Billy .244 .268 .340 28 82 8 20 10 2 0 0 22 13 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 9 3.6 Christman,Mark .207 .289 .262 ^154 643 65 133 62 21 4 8 186 49 0 37 0 7 1 0 2 22 47 2.4 Webb,Skeeter .204 .228 .269 131 373 30 76 29 9 0 0 85 34 0 49 1 4 5 1 1 4 26 2.2 Culberson,Leon .202 .242 .286 57 99 7 20 10 4 0 0 24 5 0 9 0 1 1 0 7 4 7 2.3 Lakeman,Al .162 .287 .178 107 296 27 48 40 5 1 10 85 5 0 72 0 2 0 0 1 2 15 1.6 Laabs,Chet .143 .143 .250 6 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.4 Pitchers .179 .216 .204 154 408 25 73 26 9 0 2 88 11 0 102 32 4 0 0 3 5 20 1.4 Total .260 .366 .331 154 5437 686 1412 654 237 41 87 1992 587 26 562 62 52 24 16 16 139 669 4.2

Name ERA W L W% SVBS RP GSGRCGSho INN H R ERHR BBIW KHBWPBK OAVG Dorish,Harry 3.94 6 8 .429 2 3 7 6 49 1 0 105.0 113 57 46 11 47 4 40 0 0 1 .276 Gillespie,Bob 4.60 2 2 .500 0 2 2 0 47 0 0 90.0 111 55 46 5 45 2 35 2 3 0 .298 Hudson,Sid 4.78 6 7 .462 4 3 10 0 58 0 0 107.1 136 68 57 3 60 2 46 1 0 1 .321 Cooper,Mort 4.84 7 10 .412 0 0 0 38 1 2 0 238.0 299 135 128 17 72 3 72 5 0 0 .307 Bagby,Jim 5.06 8*22 .267 0 1 1 37 12 7 1 250.2*316 162 141 22 94 3 52 6 3 0 .305 Roe,Preacher 5.07 10 18 .357 0 0 0 35 0 7 1 222.0 245 147 125 20 106 5 84 1 0 3 .279 Casey,Hugh 5.40 3 9 .250 12*10 15 0 36 0 0 36.2 57 28 22 5 20 4 22 1 0 0 .356 Smith,Eddie 5.45 2 6 .250 3 0 5 0 54 0 0 66.0 83 46 40 5 47 2 19 0 5 0 .311 Walters,Bucky 5.58 8 17 .320 0 0 0 38 1 5 2 227.1 294 160 141 22 90 3 88 5 0 1 .316 Potter,Nels 6.14 2 01.000 0 0 2 0 16 0 0 22.0 25 18 15 4 11 0 10 1 0 0 .287 Karl,Andy 7.59 0 1 .000 1 0 1 0 10 0 0 10.2 16 9 9 0 4 0 3 1 0 0 .333 Beazley,Johnny 8.59 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7.1 12 11 7 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 .324 Total 5.06 54 100 .351 22 19 43 154 291 22 6 1383.0 1707 896 777 115 599 28 472 23 11 6 .303

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BEVERLY Hillbillies Manager: Mike Dickinson (Andrea) Age: 50 Occupation: Meteorologist/Philanthropist

The Season Story

A rather bland and colorless season at the Cement Pond as the team fell to the bottom of the standings. The team's poor record was more of a reflection of a limited pitching staff. Bob Feller managed to win 21 games, accounting for a third of the team's wins. Feller was only one of two pitchers with an ERA under 4.00! Not good. The offense, on the other hand, was surprisingly competent. The team was led by Enos Slaughter and Taffy Wright. , , and Ray Coleman all contributed to a strong outfield. In the end, pathetic pitching (dead last) and poor fielding (next to last). Sadly, there is no joy in Beverly as the team is still years away from contending.

Name AVG SPC OBP G AB R H RBI 2B 3BHR TB BBIW KSHSF SB CS HBP GDP RC RC27 Wright,Taffy .373 .509 .435 135 405 69 151 61 17 1 12 206 44 1 7 1 1 0 2 1 13 88 8.7 Peck,Hal .371 .543 .416 113 245 41 91 48 14 2 8 133 19 2 16 0 2 0 0 1 4 56 9.4 Edwards,Hank .331 .511 .400 120 133 23 44 24 6 3 4 68 15 1 10 0 1 0 1 1 3 27 7.8 Slaughter,Enos .318 .492 .379 142 581 93 185 75 31 17 12 286 59 5 28 3 8 3 3 3 15 108 6.9 Coleman,Ray .314 .446 .371 104 341 42 107 43 8 8 7 152 33 4 23 0 3 2 0 0 15 54 5.8 Gordon,Sid .301 .474 .383 110 302 52 91 44 9 8 9 143 41 1 12 0 3 1 0 1 4 58 7.2 Johnson,Billy .296 .467 .349 140 467 70 138 69 32 12 8 218 41 0 36 112 0 0 4 20 73 5.5 Young,Babe .292 .507 .351 128 349 50 102 71 23 5 14 177 33 2 20 1 5 0 0 1 10 61 6.3 Early,Jake .279 .464 .424 71 183 39 51 32 11 4 5 85 46 1 25 0 1 0 0 1 3 40 8.0 LaPointe,Ralph .277 .335 .335 102 224 36 62 33 4 0 3 75 21 0 19 0 3 9 2 0 2 28 4.4 Vollmer,Clyde .270 .399 .305 93 178 20 48 23 12 1 3 71 7 0 19 1 0 0 0 2 2 22 4.4 Kluttz,Clyde .266 .349 .319 98 192 18 51 26 5 1 3 67 13 0 16 0 0 0 0 2 6 21 3.8 Tresh,Mike .256 .340 .305 80 238 26 61 27 11 3 1 81 17 0 28 0 3 0 0 1 7 24 3.5 Sturgeon,Bobby .254 .321 .281 133 252 28 64 21 3 7 0 81 9 0 13 0 1 0 0 1 12 20 2.7 Merullo,Lennie .250 .320 .279 115 372 48 93 39 22 2 0 119 12 0 22 0 2 3 1 4 13 31 2.8 Fletcher,Elbie .232 .357 .374 81 185 33 43 22 14 3 1 66 41 0 25 0 0 1 0 1 4 28 5.1 Cramer,Doc .228 .377 .355 57 114 21 26 19 0 1 5 43 22 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 12 13 3.5 Herman,Billy .214 .267 .259 111 359 31 77 29 17 1 0 96 22 0 57 1 1 0 0 0 21 21 1.9 Pitchers .176 .263 .231 154 380 33 67 34 10 4 5 100 26 0 83 8 3 0 0 2 9 23 1.9 Total .282 .412 .344 154 5500 773 1552 740 249 83 100 2267 521 17 461 17 50 19 9 27 175 768 4.9

Name ERA W L W% SVBS RP GSGRCGSho INN H R ERHR BBIW KHBWPBK OAVG Pieretti,Marino 3.42 2 3 .400 2 0 4 2 10 0 0 26.1 34 13 10 0 19 0 9 0 0 0 .327 Feller,Bob 3.60 21 10 .677 0 2 2 37 2 12 3 289.2 256 141 116 26 138 2 *246 4 3 2 .234 Candini,Milo 4.86 7 11 .389 1 2 2 29 27 1 0 222.0 254 147 120 20 91 1 81 2 1 4 .285 Scarborough,Ray 5.12 7 10 .412 2 1 4 18 9 2 1 130.0 159 79 74 13 66 3 55 1 2 2 .303 Jurisich,Al 5.20 6 12 .333 6 1 8 17 53 0 0 195.2 212 131 113 *29 99 6 82 3 0 0 .279 Gumbert,Harry 5.60 6 7 .462 0 6 6 1 38 0 0 53.0 77 40 33 3 31 0 31 0 0 0 .335 Klinger,Bob 5.79 3 1 .750 2 0 5 0 21 0 0 23.1 31 19 15 6 15 0 3 0 0 1 .316 Benton,Al 5.84 2 1 .667 5 1 6 3 20 0 0 44.2 56 34 29 6 22 0 10 1 1 0 .308 Drews,Karl 6.38 2 11 .154 0 0 0 15 33 0 0 135.1 192 120 96 8 97 3 72 6 1 0 .336 Gettel,Al 6.56 2 11 .154 1 1 2 18 6 0 0 119.1 151 100 87 13 69 4 64 4 0 4 .302 Schanz,Charley 6.94 0 5 .000 1 1 1 2 25 0 0 46.2 81 46 36 9 29 0 24 2 4 0 .382 Hughes,Tommy 7.13 4 10 .286 1 1 3 12 9 0 0 70.2 87 63 56 11 51 2 40 1 1 1 .296 Total 5.21 62 92 .403 21 16 43 154 253 15 4 1356.2 1590 933 785 144 727 21 717 24 13 14 .291

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BLOOMINGTON Burning Bunyans Manager: Bob Weisman (Janet) Age: 60 Occupation: Retired Meteorology Professor

The Season S tory

Bloomington brought bats to the plate in 1947, but they were mostly whiffle ball bats. The Tepid Bunyans hit 76 HR, third worst in the league and had a only .93 points above their average. So, the goal was to try and score runs without hitting into DPs. Barney McCosky was the centerpiece of this strategy, ranking 9th in average at .332, but it was a hollow one. The starting pitching was actually decent, with Ralph Branca eating innings and pitching to a decent ERA. The 89 HRs yielded were actually the third least. But, Emil Kush and the rest of the alleged kept squandering leads that the weak offense couldn’t make up. As usual, BY was 12 games over .500 when playing in the “relegated” Oceanic Conference. This may be the last season for , a key cog in the BY offense for the past decade, but another mostly singles hitter.

Name AVG SPC OBP G AB R H RBI 2B 3BHR TB BBIW KSHSF SB CS HBP GDP RC RC27 Woodling,Gene .345 .382 .410 57 55 6 19 3 0 1 0 21 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 6.5 McCosky,Barney .332 .414 .398 131 503 78 167 64 23 6 2 208 57 1 21 37 1 2 3 8 87 6.6 Mauch,Gene .324 .324 .468 42 111 17 36 12 0 0 0 36 30 0 21 0 0 0 1 0 3 19 6.6 Seminick,Andy .303 .535 .398 110 228 35 69 44 15 1 12 122 33 2 44 0 3 1 0 5 9 49 7.7 Jones,Nippy .301 .415 .326 50 123 15 37 18 11 0 1 51 6 2 17 2 3 0 0 0 2 17 4.9 Haas,Bert .300 .389 .353 123 476 77 143 63 13 10 3 185 41 0 30 1 8 7 3 2 9 67 5.1 Lombardi,Ernie .299 .377 .321 55 77 9 23 18 3 0 1 29 3 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 6 8 3.2 Wagner,Hal .289 .372 .372 85 266 25 77 30 13 0 3 99 36 0 18 0 2 0 0 0 3 40 5.5 Grace,Joe .289 .458 .390 92 249 35 72 43 9 3 9 114 42 1 8 2 3 0 0 1 10 45 6.3 Litwhiler,Danny .284 .450 .381 83 271 47 77 44 8 2 11 122 42 0 47 0 1 3 0 1 7 49 6.5 Keltner,Ken .264 .376 .334 151 599 83 158 72 27 5 10 225 62 1 52 1 6 5 2 4 13 77 4.5 Gearhart,Lloyd .260 .370 .300 61 192 22 50 30 9 0 4 71 13 0 30 0 5 0 0 0 8 20 3.5 Kerr,Buddy .256 .326 .304 136 577 81 148 62 21 8 1 188 39 0 59 10 3 3 3 2 13 57 3.3 Frey,Lonny .248 .265 .393 131 359 53 89 29 6 0 0 95 85 0 24 0 3 7 8 3 5 45 4.2 Westlake,Wally .221 .356 .276 122 416 47 92 50 11 6 11 148 29 4 75 2 2 3 0 3 20 37 2.8 Adams,Buster .191 .235 .277 44 136 22 26 12 3 0 1 32 17 0 22 0 2 0 1 0 4 9 2.1 McHale,John .189 .245 .259 90 286 31 54 30 1 0 5 70 29 0 80 0 6 1 0 0 4 20 2.2 Guerra,Mike .149 .181 .175 40 94 3 14 5 1 1 0 17 3 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1.0 Pitchers .229 .276 .280 154 406 32 93 52 13 0 2 112 29 0 94 33 1 0 2 0 9 33 2.4 Total .266 .359 .339 154 5424 718 1444 681 187 43 76 1945 602 11 653 56 56 31 22 24 135 677 4.3

Name ERA W L W% SVBS RP GSGRCGSho INN H R ERHR BBIW KHBWPBK OAVG Branca,Ralph 3.25 16 15 .516 0 0 0 36 0 8 ^4 263.0 237 103 95 13 89 1 164 4 7 0 .239 Higbe,Kirby 3.31 8 8 .500 3 6 6 13 35 4 1 133.1 123 61 49 9 76 2 59 5 2 0 .246 Kush,Emil 3.34 5 10 .333 15 8 20 0 48 0 0 56.2 53 28 21 4 33 1 25 1 0 0 .248 Newsom,Bobo 3.60 10 12 .455 1 0 1 28 2 4 1 207.1 198 89 83 6 63 2 84 5 2 1 .252 Wynn,Early 3.62 14 12 .538 0 0 0 31 0 12 1 229.0 233 111 92 11 82 4 87 5 4 0 .261 Wilks,Ted 4.57 3 2 .600 1 5 4 0 *66 0 0 82.2 101 49 42 12 24 4 36 1 0 0 .306 Fannin,Cliff 4.82 8 6 .571 1 0 3 18 8 1 1 125.0 130 75 67 9 71 4 72 2 0 0 .267 Rowe,Schoolboy 5.15 7 13 .350 0 0 0 28 3 3 0 188.2 223 117 108 15 60 5 75 2 2 0 .293 Strincevich,Nick 5.23 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 43 0 0 62.0 74 42 36 4 35 2 14 0 0 0 .295 Rigney,Johnny 5.40 0 2 .000 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 3.1 7 4 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 .412 Riddle,Elmer 10.74 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 21 0 0 29.1 48 36 35 6 25 0 5 0 1 0 .372 Total 4.11 73 81 .474 22 19 37 154 231 32 12 1380.1 1427 715 630 89 561 25 623 25 18 1 .266

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BROOKLYN Browns Team Name Change for 1946 Manager: Jim Pertierra (Janet) Bronx Highlanders Age: 70 Occupation: Stat Supervisor MLB.com

The Season Story (by Hank Pedicone)

The Browns produced a very respectable record this season, posting 88 wins and claiming 3rd place in the Oceanic Division. Larry Jansen led the pitching corps with 22 wins, while Bill Nicholson powered the offense with 39 dingers and 141 RBI. Even the 40-year old chipped in with an uncharacteristic 17 long balls. The franchise suffered an unfathomable loss, however, with the passing of beloved Manager and league co-Founder, Jim Pertierra . He will be greatly missed by all. Hank Pedicone will assume managerial duties in the 1946 season; while he will be moving the franchise to the Bronx (honoring a family Yankee tradition), he hopes to keep things going in a way that Jim would approve. It will be a challenging task, as several key players, including and Lary Doby played their last games this season.

Name AVG SPC OBP G AB R H RBI 2B 3BHR TB BBIW KSHSF SB CS HBP GDP RC RC27 Padgett,Don .352 .459 .419 81 159 19 56 25 11 0 2 73 19 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 13 27 6.3 Mayo,Eddie .313 .434 .356 69 83 13 26 16 2 1 2 36 6 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 12 5.1 Kennedy,Bob .300 .433 .323 37 60 8 18 8 4 2 0 26 3 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 2 8 4.8 DiMaggio,Joe .300 .496 .365 149 611 101 183 103 28 13 22 303 64 5 76 0 5 0 0 2 24 106 6.3 Jorgensen,Spider .294 .407 .373 126 415 67 122 64 29 6 2 169 53 0 36 4 3 0 3 1 10 64 5.5 Appling,Luke .288 .422 .365 ^154 631 114 182 95 33 0 17 266 76 0 42 2 2 6 3 1 25 95 5.3 DiMaggio,Dom .282 .410 .367 149 554 93 156 71 17 3 16 227 75 0 67 15 5 4 0 3 12 88 5.6 Lehner,Paul .279 .442 .354 40 43 5 12 8 4 0 1 19 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6.2 Lopez,Al .276 .318 .319 138 424 31 117 49 6 3 2 135 29 0 42 0 4 3 0 0 12 43 3.6 Nicholson,Bill .273 .557 .397 150 535 98 146 141 27 4 39 298 108 0 77 1 5 0 0 5 5 128 8.7 Robinson,Jackie .272 .429 .351 ^154 658 119 179 70 23 7 22 282 76 1 60 11 4*27 9 6 2 108 5.8 Ryan,Connie .264 .381 .342 149 565 81 149 69 34 7 6 215 63 0 65 8 2 1 1 5 20 73 4.4 Gutteridge,Don .188 .222 .310 55 144 16 27 8 2 0 1 32 26 1 13 3 1 2 0 0 2 12 2.7 Wallaesa,Jack .179 .357 .200 20 28 3 5 4 0 1 1 10 1 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2.4 Gilbert,Charlie .179 .321 .233 20 28 5 5 4 1 0 1 9 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1.7 Doby,Larry .000.000.000 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Wahl,Kermit .000 .000 .250 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 Pitchers .200 .288 .238 154 465 47 93 48 15 1 8 134 23 0 101 28 3 0 0 1 3 34 2.3 Total .273 .413 .349 154 5406 821 1476 783 236 48 142 2234 629 9 608 72 39 43 16 25 136 796 5.1

Name ERA W L W% SVBS RP GSGRCGSho INN H R ERHR BBIW KHBWPBK OAVG Overmire,Stubby 2.69 11 4 .733 0 0 2 17 5 7 1 140.2 116 50 42 5 56 6 27 2 0 1 .218 Johnson,Earl 3.13 6 5 .545 5 1 5 17 13 3 1 144.0 131 57 50 10 69 4 74 2 0 3 .237 Jansen,Larry 3.15 22 11 .667 1 3 5 30 13 17 1 263.0 239 107 92 19 80 4 120 1 2 3 .234 Brazle,Al 4.24 14 8 .636 4 3 9 19 22 2 0 159.1 198 94 75 6 45 4 91 0 2 0 .295 Lade,Doyle 4.25 12 11 .522 1 0 2 25 6 7 2 175.2 181 93 83 15 76 2 63 2 4 2 .271 Kramer,Jack 4.30 12 14 .462 0 0 0 31 0 5 ^4 201.0 223 114 96 16 109 4 69 3 3 0 .281 Lemon,Bob 4.42 7 11 .389 5 3 7 15 23 6 1 150.2 151 88 74 9 93 6 61 3 9 0 .255 Harder,Mel 5.36 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 43.2 56 29 26 5 21 1 10 1 0 2 .301 Dietrich,Bill 5.40 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 11 0 0 15.0 13 10 9 0 12 1 1 1 0 0 .232 Scheib,Carl 6.14 4 2 .667 1 1 5 0 34 0 0 55.2 66 40 38 4 33 1 10 0 3 2 .304 Brown,Walter 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 25.1 27 20 19 2 18 0 1 0 0 0 .281 Total 3.96 88 66 .571 18 11 36 154 168 47 10 1374.0 1401 702 604 91 612 33 527 15 23 13 .260

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CHESTERTOWN Blue Herons Manager: Eric Rogers Age: 62 Occupation: Meteorologist

The Season Story

The 1947 Herons were better than I expected, and thanks to a Period 3 surge overtook a Summer Cyclones team on fumes to win the 9th division title for the current owner/manager. Alas, the Cyclones regained their playoff form and won a hard fought Division Final 4 games to 3. The Herons were led on offense by George McQuinn and Harry Walker (1st and 3rd in league BA), aided by Willard Marshall's 34 HR. Starter Mel Queen won 18 games and Ken Trinkle (32) won the Fireman of the Year award. We say a fond farewell to Yogi Berra, who ended his TML career by making the final out of the playoff series against Summer, which does not take away from his contributions during CH's run of competitive seasons.

Name AVG SPC OBP G AB R H RBI 2B 3BHR TB BBIW KSHSF SB CS HBP GDP RC RC27 McQuinn,George *.375 .545 .470 ^154 582 118 218 92 36 6 17 317 108 2 77*22 4 3 0 0 9 159 10.8 Walker,Harry .366 .486 .429 ^154 650 150 *238 64 36 *18 2 316 72 2 38 11 6 5 2 4 12 140 8.5 Lukon,Eddie .3331.333 .667 4 3 2 1 2 0 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 43.0 Sisti,Sibby .297 .385 .394 59 148 18 44 23 10 0 1 57 22 1 13 3 2 0 0 3 4 24 5.7 Metkovich,George .296 .468 .343 110 233 28 69 34 15 8 3 109 18 1 20 13 1 0 0 5 37 5.8 Bockman,Eddie .295 .492 .348 51 61 15 18 9 5 2 1 30 5 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6.8 Marshall,Willard .292 .527 .365 ^154 617 110 180 145 27 8 34 325 77 10 28 011 3 0 1 20 118 6.8 Masi,Phil .284 .384 .341 142 380 51 108 60 14 6 4 146 30 1 22 15 1 6 2 3 14 48 4.3 Priddy,Jerry .273 .384 .326 143 432 45 118 67 19 4 7 166 35 0 53 0 4 2 1 1 19 51 4.0 Rowell,Bama .273 .413 .335 97 341 44 93 47 21 3 7 141 31 2 8 10 2 5 4 2 6 48 4.7 Berra,Yogi .268 .404 .325 76 280 25 75 44 13 2 7 113 24 13 9 0 1 0 0 0 11 34 4.2 Handley,Lee .262 .343 .314 99 210 21 55 22 10 2 1 72 15 0 9 3 2 1 0 2 4 23 3.8 Bloodworth,Jimmy .219 .301 .287 49 146 7 32 19 5 2 1 44 13 0 19 0 0 0 0 1 4 13 2.9 Newsome,Skeeter .216 .254 .273 138 343 27 74 29 9 2 0 87 27 0 35 0 2 1 1 1 12 23 2.2 McBride,Tom .208 .228 .272 72 149 17 31 11 3 0 0 34 13 0 11 0 0 1 0 0 3 10 2.1 Hitchcock,Billy .185 .185 .264 115 81 10 15 8 0 0 0 15 8 0 12 1 1 1 0 1 2 5 1.7 Thompson,Hank .174 .239 .296 54 46 6 8 3 1 1 0 11 8 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2.5 Pellagrini,Eddie .159 .204 .231 111 289 22 46 15 4 3 1 59 23 0 45 3 0 1 0 4 4 15 1.6 Pitchers .203 .228 .231 154 439 44 89 30 6 1 1 100 15 0 84 16 3 0 0 2 7 24 1.7 Total .278 .395 .345 154 5430 760 1512 724 234 68 88 2146 547 33 509 85 42 30 11 25 136 748 4.8

Name ERA W L W% SVBS RP GSGRCGSho INN H R ERHR BBIW KHBWPBK OAVG Embree,Red 3.03 10 5 .667 1 0 3 20 7 4 1 157.2 121 63 53 16 85 5 58 2 3 0 .211 Houtteman,Art 3.31 9 5 .643 0 1 5 9 14 2 0 92.1 84 49 34 4 42 0 41 1 0 0 .241 Trinkle,Ken 3.45 5 10 .333 *32 8 *37 0 54 0 0 62.2 72 28 24 2 21 0 19 0 2 0 .277 Fowler,Dick 3.45 16 11 .593 0 0 0 31 0 9 1 232.1 230 99 89 13 71 0 94 2 0 0 .255 Hetki,Johnny 3.84 5 2 .714 2 0 7 0 47 0 0 70.1 75 40 30 5 34 1 27 1 0 0 .268 Queen,Mel 3.87 18 14 .563 0 0 0 ^40 0 11 3 288.2 272 135 124 28 135 3 100 5 0 *7 .250 Voiselle,Bill 4.01 12 8 .600 0 0 1 25 2 6 2 179.1 191 94 80 12 74 3 76 1 3 0 .269 Hamner,Ralph 4.35 1 2 .333 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 20.2 23 18 10 0 15 0 7 0 1 0 .274 Zuber,Bill 4.90 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 45 0 0 71.2 77 44 39 6 46 1 32 0 4 0 .278 White,Hal 5.30 2 1 .667 1 2 3 0 32 0 0 37.1 54 26 22 1 23 0 16 0 4 0 .344 Ruffing,Red 5.38 5 11 .313 0 0 0 26 2 1 0 164.0 207 123 98 27 55 3 22 1 5 0 .306 Total 3.94 84 70 .545 36 11 57 154 204 33 9 1377.0 1406 719 603 114 601 16 492 13 22 7 .262

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DULUTH Thundercats Manager: Kevin Tyle (Bryan) Age: 56 Occupation: Computer Administrator/Meteorologist

The Season Story

Another f(el)ine year for the Cats! A very solid starting eight, with only CF and C needing platoons. Fittingly for the team, "The Big Cat" Johnny Mize had an outstanding .354/.384/.614 line, with 46 homers. Pitching continued to be a strength. The starting rotation of Newhouser, Hatten, Sain, and Munger were excellent. Johnny Murphy, despite only pitching 32 games, was a very reliable closer when called upon, with a 1.05 ERA and a save/blown save ratio of 22/3. Duluth fell just one game shy of conference and league leader Oakdale, and the pattern continued in the playoffs, with the Thundercats falling just short in a thrilling 7-game series versus the defending TML Retro Champion Ravagers. The Thundercats look to claw their way to a title in 1946.

Name AVG SPC OBP G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR TB BB IW K SH SF SB CS HBP GDP RC RC27 Outlaw,Jimmy .6671.000 .667 7 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 54.0 Mize,Johnny .354 .642 .445 ^154 587 122 208 140 29 1 46 377 100 *38 41 0 5 1 0 0 13 169 11.5 Hartung,Clint .339 .441 .369 68 59 10 20 7 2 2 0 26 4 1 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 10 6.8 Robertson,Sherry .333 .417 .429 15 12 0 4 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8.0 Holmes,Tommy .323 .435 .377 ^154 626 92 202 81 40 3 8 272 53 0 15 12 6 0 1 5 32 96 5.4 Kell,George .321 .379 .375 97 293 48 94 25 11 3 0 111 27 0 12 3 4 1 1 1 8 42 5.3 Kurowski,Whitey .301 .506 .387 98 385 60 116 73 14 4 19 195 53 3 46 0 4 1 1 3 12 76 7.1 Swift,Bob .290 .353 .347 115 286 38 83 28 9 0 3 101 26 2 31 1 4 0 3 1 7 35 4.3 Lindell,Johnny .288 .473 .351 85 281 37 81 60 12 2 12 133 27 1 26 0 3 0 0 2 8 46 5.9 Rikard,Culley .283 .382 .386 92 346 61 98 39 12 5 4 132 58 0 38 0 2 0 0 1 8 54 5.7 Ennis,Del .276 .414 .334^154 616 96 170 84 27 8 14 255 53 0 62 0 7 0 1 4 31 78 4.4 Doerr,Bobby .255 .461 .312 ^154 588 88 150 105 19 9 28 271 52 0 58 1 10 0 0 1 27 78 4.4 Stephens,Vern .243 .339 .314 ^154 622 86 151 76 15 3 13 211 65 0 89 06 1 0 2 9 70 3.9 Vernon,Mickey .233 .283 .309 69 60 10 14 5 0 0 1 17 6 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 3 5 2.9 Bragan,Bobby .211 .211 .318 41 19 4 4 2 0 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.7 Partee,Roy .205 .216 .287 74 185 15 38 21 2 0 0 40 22 0 19 0 2 0 0 0 10 11 1.9 Suder,Pete .167 .167 .167 11 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 Pitchers .238 .266 .290 154 470 51 112 30 13 0 0 125 33 0 93 11 2 0 1 2 16 35 2.5 Total .284 .419 .353 154 5444 819 1548 777 207 40 148 2279 584 46 545 29 58 6 8 23 184 791 5.1

Name ERA W L W% SVBS RP GSGRCGSho INN H R ERHR BBIW KHBWPBK OAVG Murphy,Johnny 1.05 6 1 .857 22 3 28 0 32 0 0 34.1 21 4 4 2 20 0 5 0 2 0 .174 Vander Meer,Johnny 2.08 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4.1 7 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .368 Hatten,Joe *2.69 22 5 .815 0 0 0 32 0 9 3 241.0 178 75 72 15 122 2 90 6 3 0 *.203 Munger,Red 2.77 19 4 .826 0 0 0 27 0 10 3 214.2 187 74 66 10 68 1 119 1 0 0 .234 Newhouser,Hal 3.01 22 6 .786 0 0 0 36 0 14 3 281.0 262 111 94 13 95 0 155 2 6 0 .245 Beggs,Joe 3.08 3 5 .375 5 1 8 0 37 0 0 49.2 58 22 17 1 7 0 17 0 0 0 .287 Jones,Sheldon 3.09 0 2 .000 0 0 0 2 13 0 0 32.0 27 16 11 1 12 0 11 2 0 0 .233 Sain,Johnny 3.22 19 9 .679 0 0 0 35 0 11 3 274.1 257 114 98 20 99 0 153 4 4 0 .245 Hartung,Clint 5.18 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 41.2 57 26 24 4 18 0 20 0 0 0 .328 Hearn,Jim 5.27 9 7 .563 3 1 3 21 6 3 0 141.2 139 89 83 11 86 2 49 2 0 0 .255 Wyse,Hank 5.82 1 1 .500 2 0 3 0 16 0 0 17.0 17 11 11 1 8 0 4 0 0 0 .274 Lively,Buddy 5.84 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 12.1 10 10 8 3 5 0 7 0 0 0 .217 Pollet,Howie 6.44 5 3 .625 7 3 12 0 29 0 0 29.1 36 22 21 4 17 0 15 1 1 0 .305 Moulder,Glen 6.84 1 3 .250 1 2 2 1 20 0 0 26.1 38 27 20 8 20 1 8 0 0 0 .330 Total 3.41 107 47 .695 40 10 56 154 189 47 15 1399.2 1294 602 530 93 581 6 653 18 16 0 .243

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MOOSEN Squirrel Manager: Bill Graham (Cathy Ann) Age: 70 Occupation: Retired

The Season Story

Once again, we will wait 'til last year! But don't think we are bitter. We are still having too much fun for that...

Name AVG SPCOBP G AB R HRBI 2B 3BHR TB BBIW KSHSFSBCS HBP GDP RC RC27 Wyrostek,Johnny .333 .475 .400 114 427 80 142 66 32 4 7 203 46 7 44 22 4 3 3 8 82 7.4 Reiser,Pete .328 .394 .426 110 335 58 110 39 15 2 1 132 58 1 30 6 1 7 4 0 5 61 6.9 Hatton,Grady .317 .502 .426 141 504 82 160 98 23 11 16 253 99 9 47 0 5 5 3 0 14 112 8.3 Philley,Dave .311 .440 .369 142 595 88 185 83 21 16 8 262 59 1 33 4 8 14*18 0 23 89 5.2 Torgeson,Earl .307 .547 .437 111 358 76 110 82 12 13 16 196 88 1 39 010 5 4 2 12 91 9.0 Hermanski,Gene .295 .438 .411 58 146 28 43 21 10 1 3 64 29 1 6 0 0 3 0 0 2 29 7.5 Robinson,Eddie .283 .465 .314 76 127 15 36 27 8 0 5 59 7 0 8 2 3 0 0 0 6 17 4.5 Reese,Pee Wee .270 .383 .415 130 493 96 133 57 21 4 9 189 122 4 79 33 3 2 3 4 91 6.6 Chapman,Sam .268 .395 .318 108 441 63 118 52 23 9 5 174 32 0 54 4 3 0 3 2 14 52 4.1 Hack,Stan .260 .342 .419 96 73 10 19 7 3 0 1 25 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 11 4.8 McCullough,Clyde .259 .389 .325 83 185 23 48 25 12 3 2 72 18 1 14 1 2 1 1 1 11 21 3.7 Wilber,Del .250.250.294 15 16 1 4 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 00 0 0 0 0 1 2.8 Hegan,Jim .244 .349 .291 121 361 41 88 50 16 5 4 126 25 0 64 1 2 1 0 0 10 36 3.4 Rigney,Bill .244 .368 .314 120 386 53 94 52 23 2 7 142 38 3 48 4 7 1 1 5 14 44 3.7 Johnson,Don .231 .297 .279 70 212 21 49 33 7 2 1 63 15 0 35 2 5 0 2 1 1 19 2.9 Cox,Billy .219 .289 .268 41 114 14 25 14 5 0 1 33 8 1 7 0 1 0 0 0 2 9 2.6 Cullenbine,Roy .206 .388 .343 120 165 27 34 32 7 1 7 64 36 0 10 2 3 0 0 0 12 21 3.9 Jarvis,Roy .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Pitchers .202 .249 .239 154 450 46 91 44 7 1 4 112 20 0 99 28 1 0 0 2 11 27 1.8 Total .276 .403 .360 154 5388 822 1489 785 245 74 97 2173 721 30 620 59 56 44 41 19 155 795 5.1

Name ERA W L W% SVBS RP GSGRCGSho INN H R ERHR BBIW KHBWPBK OAVG Christopher,Russ 2.08 1 1 .500 13 2 14 0 38 0 0 43.1 45 19 10 1 30 0 21 1 0 0 .262 Ferrick,Tom 2.76 4 2 .667 3 3 7 0 30 0 0 42.1 39 20 13 4 11 0 17 0 0 0 .242 Sewell,Rip 3.36 7 5 .583 0 1 1 12 13 1 0 107.0 99 54 40 9 42 2 36 7 2 0 .236 Lanfranconi,Walt 3.43 3 1 .750 1 0 4 0 31 0 0 44.2 44 20 17 0 25 1 13 2 0 0 .253 Dobson,Joe 3.46 18 11 .621 0 0 0 31 2 13 2 231.2 194 111 89 18 76 2 126 1 *11 1 .220 Iott,Hooks 3.64 2 3 .400 2 2 4 0 33 0 0 42.0 39 34 17 4 33 1 24 0 4 0 .244 Sanford,Fred 3.68 13 7 .650 0 0 1 23 4 7 2 178.1 175 84 73 15 79 3 54 1 4 0 .254 Trucks,Virgil 4.39 8 16 .333 2 0 3 26 20 8 2 207.0 216 115 101 16 86 1 124 0 6 0 .263 Gebrian,Pete 4.62 3 2 .600 1 1 3 4 25 1 0 64.1 64 36 33 6 44 1 12 2 4 0 .258 Brecheen,Harry 4.73 9 15 .375 0 1 0 28 2 6 0 209.1 225 123 110 25 65 4 65 2 2 0 .269 Reynolds,Allie 4.87 13 10 .565 0 0 1 30 3 6 2 218.0 226 131 118 20 111 2 119 6 6 0 .265 Total 4.03 81 73 .526 22 10 38 154 201 42 9 1388.0 1366 747 621 118 602 17 611 22 39 1 .252

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NORTH ADAMS Bevers Manager: Mike Ameen Age: 56 Occupation: Restaurateur & H.S. Softball

The Season Story

The North Adams team had its best season in at least 5 years going 70-84 finishing 5th 14 games off the pace. This is what qualifies as progress as the march towards competing for a division title moves forward in the 1946 season, the goal being to play over 500 ball. This season was led by Walker Cooper who had a MVP like season hitting .323 with 193 hits, 35 dbls 12 triples and a league leading 49 home runs and 166 rbi,s two of the triple crown categories! Tommy Henrich .328 31 dbls 16 triples and 21 homers to go with 106 rbi's and 120 runs scored and Dixie Walker .297 32/0/11 contributed as well. The Bevers team era of 5.01 shows the lack of quality put in by the staff this year. 4.26 10 wins and 2 saves led the way with Ed Bahr's 4.65 9 wins and 12 saves and Eddie Erault's 12 wins deserving of mention. The plan is to continue to improve until the team is strong enough to make a run again in the next few years. General Manager Ameen is happy with the progress shown in 1947 but will not be satisfied until the Bevers are back on top and competing for a TML Championship. Here is to hoping that time will arrive soon .

Name AVG SPC OBP G AB R H RBI 2B 3BHR TB BBIW KSHSF SB CS HBP GDP RC RC27 Pafko,Andy .333 .486 .367 69 183 26 61 21 6 5 4 89 10 0 15 1 2 0 2 1 8 29 5.9 Keller,Charlie .333 .695 .444 103 141 38 47 38 3 3 14 98 28 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 4 44 12.2 Henrich,Tommy .328 .542 .404 146 589 120 193 106 31 16 21 319 74 0 52 1 3 4 0 3 17 130 8.4 Cooper,Walker .323 .641 .350 ^154 647 108 209 *166 35 12 *49 *415 28 1 62 1 7 1 1 3 21 136 7.8 Hopp,Johnny .322 .392 .407 100 311 60 100 20 12 2 2 122 46 2 17 4 3 3 2 1 2 54 6.6 Conway,Jack .318 .500 .400 65 22 2 7 4 2 1 0 11 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 7.2 Mitchell,Dale .311 .434 .347 97 251 39 78 41 13 6 2 109 14 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 2 39 5.9 Walker,Dixie .297 .435 .402 129 474 79 141 65 32 0 11 206 86 1 26 6 5 5 4 0 9 89 6.7 Verban,Emil .293 .345 .313^154 553 83 162 44 11 6 2 191 17 0 17 3 7 5 2 2 15 57 3.7 Ferrell,Rick .286.286.375 7 7 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 1 4.6 Schoendienst,Red .274 .372 .328 ^154 559 58 153 68 25 12 2 208 48 5 22 28 0 1 1 17 67 4.2 Moore,Terry .270 .444 .356 50 63 9 17 7 2 0 3 28 9 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 10 5.6 Miller,Eddie .250 .441 .317 ^154 617 89 154 83 41 7 21 272 60 0 63 2 6 2 3 4 15 85 4.7 Judnich,Wally .241 .395 .314 105 311 47 75 44 21 3 7 123 36 0 37 0 6 3 0 0 6 41 4.4 Greenberg,Hank .236 .477 .370 99 331 57 78 70 8 3 22 158 73 0 56 0 8 1 1 2 16 60 5.8 Culler,Dick .000.000.200 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 00 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 Moss,Les .000 .000 .200 8 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 Pitchers .156 .196 .188 154 418 25 65 38 8 3 1 82 15 0 115 17 5 0 0 3 7 16 1.2 Total .281 .443 .345 154 5493 843 1542 816 250 79 161 2433 552 9 508 37 63 24 16 21 142 839 5.4

Name ERA W L W% SVBS RP GSGRCGSho INN H R ERHR BBIW KHBWPBK OAVG Stephens,Bryan 2.14 4 5 .444 7 2 9 3 17 1 0 42.0 45 18 10 3 15 4 12 0 3 0 .273 Burkhart,Ken 4.20 3 2 .600 2 1 4 3 46 1 1 85.2 99 42 40 11 22 1 36 2 2 1 .286 Peterson,Kent 4.24 4 8 .333 3 2 3 15 5 0 0 97.2 113 66 46 5 53 4 47 1 3 0 .284 Borowy,Hank 4.24 10 5 .667 2 0 3 25 4 4 1 174.0 174 93 82 25 81 5 79 2 1 1 .259 Muncrief,Bob 4.51 6 1 .857 2 0 8 0 57 0 0 107.2 134 57 54 17 32 2 48 0 1 0 .305 Bahr,Ed 4.65 9 9 .500 12 3 15 12 38 0 0 124.0 131 81 64 9 83 3 30 5 0 0 .265 Chipman,Bob 4.99 5 6 .455 0 0 0 11 0 2 1 74.0 77 44 41 5 39 0 22 1 0 0 .272 Ferriss,Boo 5.22 6 12 .333 0 0 0 27 0 8 1 184.1 207 117 107 14 67 4 56 9 4 3 .282 Meyer,Russ 5.40 1 01.000 1 1 2 0 7 0 0 6.2 9 5 4 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 .333 Maltzberger,Gordon 5.47 2 3 .400 2 1 4 0 21 0 0 26.1 32 20 16 0 11 0 7 0 0 0 .311 Erautt,Eddie 5.61 12 11 .522 1 1 3 22 29 5 0 178.0 230 132 111 6 97 3 62 4 9 0 .313 Wolff,Roger 5.69 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 47 0 0 68.0 96 47 43 7 32 4 21 6 0 0 .332 Lee,Thornton 6.46 7 21 .250 0 0 0 36 9 2 1 203.1 232 *177 *146 27 143 5 136 6 2 0 .287 Total 5.01 70 84 .455 32 11 52 154 280 23 5 1371.2 1579 899 764 129 678 35 557 37 25 5 .287

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OAKDALE Ravagers Manager: Mike Landin (Teri) Age: 67 Occupation: Retired/Senior Softball Player on Hold TML Champion x 2

The Season Story

Even though this year’s Ravagers team was more balanced and stronger “on paper” than their 1948 roster, they found themselves behind Duluth nearly all season. Trailing by 3 games with 4 to go, the Ravagers won the Conference by 1 game on the final day of the season! After winning a grueling 7-game playoff with Duluth, the Ravagers put it all together for a 4-game sweep of the crafty Summer squad in the World Series to defend their TML Championship! “Stan the Man” Musial and Ralph Kiner had tough post seasons again, but like 1948, Ralph had the series winning hit! During the season, each day resulted in different players rising to be the “star” offensively, but on the mound “Ace” Warren Spahn was a workhorse, going 24-10 and setting a new TML Record for CG with 33. Spec Shea was 15-2 and Ewell Blackwell just missed a 20-win season at 19-8. The team had 83 CG, but Ed Klieman and Joe Page shared late-game bullpen duties when needed. The 1946 Ravagers will attempt a rare “Three-Peat” but you can bet that Duluth will be back “looking for blood!” Let the ravaging continue!

Name AVG SPC OBP G AB R H RBI 2B 3BHR TB BBIW KSHSF SB CS HBP GDP RC RC27 Lowrey,Peanuts .500 .750 .500 8 4 4 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20.3 McCormick,Mike .322 .433 .364 55 171 24 55 29 5 1 4 74 13 0 8 1 3 0 0 0 6 26 5.6 Musial,Stan .319 .500 .405 ^154 626 128 200 91 27 13 20 313 90 1 17 0 4 2 4 3 19 127 7.6 Baumholtz,Frank .317 .454 .368 ^154 581 88 184 74 41 12 5 264 50 0 43 0 5 2 2 0 10 98 6.4 Baker,Floyd .313 .438 .313 99 16 0 5 4 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5.4 Elliott,Bob .302 .480 .389 ^154 612 116 185 99 44 4 19 294 93 0 69 011 5 3 1 25 114 6.6 Kiner,Ralph .301 .563 .411 ^154 568 133 171 153 17 3 42 320 117 8 87 0*18 5 2 1 16 139 8.7 Clark,Allie .300 .380 .352 49 50 9 15 5 4 0 0 19 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 4.6 Boudreau,Lou .298 .428 .357 ^154 617 92 184 103 *45 7 7 264 61 1 20 115 5 4 4 11 98 5.7 Cavarretta,Phil .297 .371 .384 132 455 85 135 41 21 5 1 169 66 0 31 04 3 2 1 4 71 5.8 Gordon,Joe .292 .532 .352 ^154 630 115 184 135 25 6 38 335 61 1 57 0 7 2 5 1 22 111 6.3 Diering,Chuck .286 .357 .333 109 14 4 4 4 1 0 0 5 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 3.8 Edwards,Bruce .280 .342 .359 151 471 46 132 66 8 3 5 161 56 8 49 0 6 2 0 5 16 59 4.4 Waitkus,Eddie .167 .167 .273 106 18 2 3 2 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1.6 Howell,Dixie .144 .178 .212 33 90 11 13 11 3 0 0 16 8 1 18 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 1.3 Brown,Tommy .000 .000 .000 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Pitchers .160 .212 .195 154 500 44 80 50 13 5 1 106 21 0 111 40 6 0 0 2 5 23 1.3 Total .286 .434 .359 154 5426 901 1552 867 255 60 142 2353 643 20 515 42 81 27 23 19 138 859 5.6

Name ERA W L W% SVBS RP GSGRCGSho INN H R ERHR BBIW KHBWPBK OAVG Donnelly,Blix 0.00 1 01.000 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 10.1 5 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 .139 Klieman,Ed 2.15 9 2 .818 13 4 22 0 38 0 0 46.0 32 15 11 2 28 2 19 3 0 0 .204 Poat,Ray 2.66 3 2 .600 0 0 0 7 0 2 2 50.2 33 15 15 2 21 0 24 0 0 0 .180 Spahn,Warren 2.79 *24 10 .706 0 0 0 35 0 ♦33 ^4 306.2 257 111 95 14 99 2 133 2 2 0 .224 Shea,Spec 2.83 15 2*.882 0 0 1 21 3 6 ^4 162.1 129 57 51 12 71 1 79 4 0 0 .216 Page,Joe 3.02 3 5 .375 10 2 13 0 39 0 0 41.2 38 17 14 2 18 0 34 0 0 0 .244 Harris,Mickey 3.12 0 1 .000 1 0 1 0 8 0 0 8.2 7 4 3 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 .219 Lopat,Eddie 3.20 7 01.000 0 0 7 0 30 0 0 76.0 69 28 27 5 29 2 27 2 0 0 .241 Barrett,Red 3.33 13 5 .722 0 0 0 30 1 5 3 197.1 193 82 73 11 65 1 61 1 3 0 .251 Blackwell,Ewell 3.73 19 8 .704 0 0 0 33 0 20 2 265.2 233 121 110 11 116 2 216 5 3 2 .233 Leonard,Dutch 4.42 14 10 .583 0 0 0 28 0 17 2 219.2 238 117 108 14 72 2 113 4 4 0 .278 King,Clyde 5.40 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3.1 5 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .357 Total 3.30 108 46 .701 24 6 45 154 128 83 17 1388.1 1239 570 509 74 526 12 715 22 12 2 .237

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SIOUX FALLS Fighting Sioux Manager: Jeff Chapman (Sally) Age: 54 Occupation: NWS Meteorologist

The Season Story

A sad season. Only 4 years from back-to-back World Series appearances (OK we didn't win a game in either). But still a very sad season. The team was almost entirely without power (league low 70 HR) so they were able to use fewer balls and save some money to help rebuild. Unfortunately, the lack of power did not come at the benefit of better hitting or on-base skills. In fact, there were two series during the year where PITCHERS were the leading offensive players. Stan Spence was a standout on the offensive side hitting 20 HR and driving in 98. On the bump, Tommy Fine notched the most wins but matched with the most losses (12-19). Tossing three shutouts, worked to cement his rotation future heading toward the early 40s.

Name AVG SPC OBP G AB R H RBI 2B 3BHR TB BBIW KSHSF SB CS HBP GDP RC RC27 Lafata,Joe .309 .457 .385 48 94 11 29 21 2 0 4 43 13 2 18 0 2 0 0 0 3 17 6.5 Sullivan,John .306 .306 .321 53 49 7 15 5 0 0 0 15 2 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 5 3.6 Evans,Al .302 .369 .363 68 225 21 68 31 11 2 0 83 22 1 9 1 1 0 1 0 7 30 4.8 Moses,Wally .288 .395 .356 75 306 45 88 19 20 2 3 121 32 1 13 2 1 11 0 1 9 45 5.3 Rosar,Buddy .278 .369 .337 107 385 35 107 55 21 4 2 142 35 1 21 6 5 2 2 2 12 48 4.2 Spence,Stan .275 .451 .397 ^154 563 89 155 98 25 7 20 254 119 13 45 0 8 1 2 0 12 108 6.8 Furillo,Carl .272 .403 .321 126 437 49 119 60 14 5 11 176 32 1 24 2 4 1 0 1 18 53 4.2 Marion,Marty .268 .326 .330 152 653 80 175 37 19 5 3 213 57 0 87 7 2 5 1 4 14 72 3.9 Michaels,Cass .251 .342 .326 111 427 57 107 39 16 4 5 146 43 4 48 7 0 3 2 5 15 47 3.7 Adams,Dick .229 .388 .247 140 520 39 119 69 12 16 13 202 12 0 102 0 4 0 0 2 5 49 3.3 Lake,Eddie .228 .337 .398 103 92 16 21 4 6 2 0 31 26 0 9 0 0 0 1 0 6 13 4.4 Witek,Mickey .224 .295 .287 ^154 550 51 123 46 15 6 4 162 52 0 39 0 7 0 0 0 6 50 3.1 Hodges,Gil .200.200.250 18 15 1 3 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 00 0 0 0 1 1 1.3 Rhawn,Bobby .194 .333 .275 50 36 4 7 4 2 0 1 12 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 2.8 Zarilla,Al .193 .284 .267 116 384 37 74 40 12 7 3 109 39 0 36 3 3 0 0 1 7 31 2.5 Case,George .171 .205 .248 64 117 24 20 4 4 0 0 24 12 0 15 0 0 12 2 0 0 8 2.1 Lollar,Sherm .111 .111 .158 22 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.2 Cross,Jeff .076 .097 .236 67 145 7 11 8 3 0 0 14 29 0 14 0 2 0 0 2 6 5 0.9 Pitchers .215 .239 .265 154 427 28 92 32 7 0 1 102 21 0 75 19 3 0 0 9 9 29 2.1 Total .245 .341 .316 154 5443 601 1335 575 189 60 70 1854 552 24 566 48 44 35 11 27 134 597 3.7

Name ERA W L W% SVBS RP GSGRCGSho INN H R ERHR BBIW KHBWPBK OAVG Johnson,Si 2.90 5 2 .714 2 1 7 0 33 0 0 49.2 45 16 16 1 12 2 8 1 2 0 .239 Haynes,Joe 3.58 6 8 .429 0 0 1 22 3 5 1 176.0 180 82 70 8 57 1 55 2 2 0 .263 Flores,Jesse 3.58 6 5 .545 0 0 0 20 3 5 1 158.1 135 69 63 13 74 4 49 2 0 0 .227 Savage,Bob 3.75 5 9 .357 0 2 2 8 29 2 0 100.2 109 51 42 6 44 4 37 0 1 0 .275 Galehouse,Denny 3.90 7 14 .333 0 0 1 25 1 7 3 191.1 191 90 83 10 51 6 64 2 0 0 .258 Cary,Scott 4.48 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 36 0 0 66.1 88 38 33 4 16 1 23 0 0 0 .320 Fine,Tommy 4.80 12 19 .387 0 1 3 33 18 5 1 230.2 266 141 123 5 144 4 37 7 0 0 .294 Schmidt,Freddy 4.84 9 15 .375 0 0 0 32 0 4 0 186.0 205 121 100 10 96 3 68 *12 0 0 .282 Gromek,Steve 4.88 3 6 .333 11 4 14 0 22 0 0 24.0 22 13 13 3 8 1 13 1 0 0 .250 Behrman,Hank 5.05 4 10 .286 8 4 12 0 42 0 0 57.0 70 32 32 6 23 1 22 0 4 0 .300 Passeau,Claude 5.74 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 37 0 0 80.0 119 65 51 7 29 2 38 2 4 0 .347 Raschi,Vic 6.59 4 5 .444 0 0 1 14 1 0 0 84.2 106 64 62 13 36 1 42 5 1 0 .308 Total 4.41 61 93 .396 22 12 42 154 225 28 8 1404.2 1536 782 688 86 590 30 456 34 14 0 .278

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SONOMA Crushers Manager: Jack Kohn (Patti) Age: 83 Occupation: Retired Newspaper Publisher

The Season Story

Despite spending way too much time in planning and preparing hitting and pitching lineups for the first year Crushers, they flamed out in the final play period. Going into the final 21-game road trip, Sonoma harbored fond hopes to battle Chestertown and Summer down to the wire. But a disastrous 5-16 performance put an end to that dream. The key disappointment was the 0-7 visit to Chestertown. The brightest stars in the 1947 season were shortstop Johnny Pesky who posted a solid .343 batting average in the lead off spot and the timely pinch hitting of Gil Coan who wrapped up his Crusher/Gold Sox career with 50 timely at bats. led the Sonoma pitchers with a record of 17-10 and 3.79 ERA.

Name AVG SPC OBP G AB R H RBI 2B 3BHR TB BBIW KSHSF SB CS HBP GDP RC RC27 Coan,Gil .571 .939 .625 53 49 15 28 32 6 3 2 46 7 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 38.0 Livingston,Mickey .450 .550 .476 18 20 1 9 5 2 0 0 11 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13.2 Pesky,Johnny .343 .418 .412 ^154 651 123 223 57 27 5 4 272 81 1 20 4 5 5 5 0 8 118 7.1 Kolloway,Don .342 .466 .359 147 524 70 179 84 33 7 6 244 19 1 37 3 9 10 3 0 27 79 5.5 Evers,Hoot .332 .470 .388 132 500 86 166 94 30 6 9 235 44 0 47 3 4 3 3 4 17 88 6.6 Wakefield,Dick .310 .467 .435 125 390 68 121 69 16 12 7 182 88 0 48 0 4 0 1 1 13 84 7.9 Dillinger,Bob .302 .416 .357 ^154 658 120 199 61 30 9 9 274 51 0 50 7 3 10 7 6 27 92 4.9 Rojek,Stan .301 .333 .369 59 93 15 28 9 1 1 0 31 10 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 3 12 4.5 Mele,Sam .297 .403 .336 138 499 60 148 83 8 9 9 201 32 0 52 3 4 0 0 0 21 63 4.5 Ruszkowski,Hank .290 .548 .343 28 31 2 9 8 2 0 2 17 3 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 6.3 Russell,Jim .282 .423 .370 140 390 63 110 57 9 8 10 165 53 2 44 0 1 2 0 2 10 63 5.8 McCormick,Frank .267 .372 .312 100 288 35 77 37 15 0 5 107 18 2 13 0 3 1 1 2 22 27 3.1 Lamanno,Ray .262 .364 .324 143 431 33 113 57 26 6 2 157 38 4 44 0 5 1 0 4 6 53 4.3 Camelli,Hank .255 .500 .314 60 94 17 24 17 8 3 3 47 8 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 4.9 Schultz,Howie .255 .368 .288 108 310 36 79 42 14 3 5 114 15 0 47 0 1 0 0 0 6 32 3.6 Dente,Sam .250.286.300 29 28 1 7 0 1 0 0 8 2 0 1 00 0 0 0 1 2 2.8 Wietelmann,Whitey .241 .276 .290 25 29 4 7 3 1 0 0 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.0 Rickert,Marv .171 .186 .247 57 70 4 12 3 1 0 0 13 7 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 1.1 Tabor,Jim .137 .235 .211 47 51 4 7 7 3 1 0 12 5 0 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1.7 Pitchers .184 .224 .232 154 397 31 73 28 6 2 2 89 21 0 85 14 1 0 0 4 10 21 1.6 Total .294 .406 .354 154 5503 788 1619 753 239 75 75 2233 505 14 541 36 42 32 20 23 182 772 5.0

Name ERA W L W% SVBS RP GSGRCGSho INN H R ERHR BBIW KHBWPBK OAVG Hutchinson,Fred 3.09 13 9 .591 4 2 5 23 10 13 3 203.2 199 87 70 10 55 4 104 1 1 0 .255 Raffensberger,Ken 3.66 5 4 .556 3 2 6 12 28 2 2 113.0 129 56 46 4 32 3 38 3 0 0 .287 Dickson,Murry 3.76 17 10 .630 4 5 10 25 20 9 1 222.1 220 110 93 18 71 2 112 3 0 0 .258 Bonham,Tiny 4.12 7 12 .368 2 3 5 18 20 4 0 163.2 183 89 75 17 45 3 70 2 1 0 .280 Willis,Les 4.32 1 1 .500 1 0 2 2 20 0 0 33.1 48 24 16 4 22 1 3 0 1 1 .356 Grove,Orval 5.87 8 4 .667 2 3 6 14 38 1 0 118.0 158 90 77 12 56 3 31 3 2 0 .322 Judd,Oscar 6.09 3 9 .250 2 2 3 6 33 1 0 78.1 107 62 53 3 32 1 27 1 4 0 .332 Koslo,Dave 6.13 8 15 .348 0 0 0 31 3 3 1 177.2 228 145 121 18 98 3 72 2 6 0 .304 Singleton,Elmer 6.23 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 47 0 0 65.0 72 47 45 7 46 3 22 4 4 0 .289 Bevens,Bill 6.93 6 14 .300 0 0 1 23 6 2 0 137.2 215 116 106 17 68 2 74 3 0 2 .357 Caldwell,Earl 7.08 6 2 .750 7 7 13 0 38 0 0 48.1 63 46 38 5 32 0 18 1 0 0 .309 Total 4.89 74 80 .481 25 25 51 154 263 35 7 1361.0 1622 872 740 115 557 25 571 23 19 3 .296

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SUMMER Cyclones Manager: Ken Fusci (Rozanne) Age: 73 Occupation: Retired – Part Time at Saratoga Casino

The Season Story

A very decent Retro '47 Year for the Summer Cyclones, coming in second in the Conference, defeating Chestertown in a thrilling 7-game Series for the Conference title before losing 4-straight hard fought games in the League Championship Series to top seeded Oakdale. Joe Garagiola lead the hitters with a .372 AVG, while Phil Marchildon lead the Starters with an overall 15-12 record. No real outstanding Players but a fairly solid lineup of position players and game players. Going back to '46 looks like it just might be cut out be very competitive as well up top in the Conference. Decent balance once again.

Name AVG SPC OBP G AB R H RBI 2B 3BHR TB BBIW KSHSF SB CS HBP GDP RC RC27 Garagiola,Joe .372 .633 .469 75 199 35 74 41 16 3 10 126 38 1 11 0 4 2 1 2 10 59 11.4 Majeski,Hank .336 .512 .398 146 500 82 168 113 32 10 12 256 47 0 29 12 6 1 0 8 18 100 7.4 Hodgin,Ralph .335 .460 .435 99 200 32 67 28 6 8 1 92 31 2 6 1 1 0 1 5 5 42 8.0 Houk,Ralph .327 .413 .435 52 104 18 34 13 4 1 1 43 20 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 19 6.6 Northey,Ron .324 .526 .406 131 401 82 130 87 20 2 19 211 55 4 17 0 4 2 0 3 9 88 8.4 Adams,Bobby .304 .360 .396 107 247 42 75 30 9 1 1 89 36 1 28 6 2 10 1 3 3 41 5.9 Rutner,Mickey .273 .333 .302 35 99 6 27 7 0 0 2 33 4 0 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 10 3.7 Knickerbocker,Jay .265 .408 .345 44 49 5 13 6 5 1 0 20 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5.6 Rizzuto,Phil .265 .359 .346 ^154 635 115 168 63 30 6 6 228 70 0 48 7 7 4 3*13 10 84 4.6 York,Rudy .247 .405 .309 127 430 56 106 68 19 5 13 174 38 1 70 0 7 0 1 4 17 51 4.0 Stirnweiss,Snuffy .241 .327 .341 ^154 639 98 154 55 12 11 7 209 96 0 44 66 3 0 4 9 79 4.2 Jurges,Billy .240 .440 .367 43 50 6 12 5 2 1 2 22 10 1 18 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 5.9 Dallessandro,Dom .229 .350 .402 54 157 26 36 23 10 3 1 55 46 3 13 0 1 0 0 0 16 22 4.2 Kress,Chuck .225 .289 .375 79 173 19 39 27 3 1 2 50 42 0 14 1 1 0 0 0 1 23 4.5 Salkeld,Bill .206 .256 .282 62 180 16 37 22 6 0 1 46 20 0 16 1 2 0 0 0 12 12 2.0 Mierkowicz,Ed .199 .305 .210 97 256 20 51 22 6 0 7 78 3 0 71 0 2 2 2 1 18 11 1.3 Rice,Del .196 .354 .279 87 280 34 55 36 6 4 10 99 31 0 46 1 0 0 0 1 16 25 2.7 Miksis,Eddie .189 .264 .290 48 106 11 20 14 0 1 2 28 16 1 12 0 2 0 1 0 6 8 2.2 Tatum,Tommy .177 .224 .223 98 192 17 34 27 2 2 1 43 13 0 22 0 6 3 0 0 3 11 1.7 Pitchers .162 .229 .232 154 437 45 71 37 12 4 3 100 37 0 103 27 2 0 0 3 13 24 1.6 Total .257 .375 .341 154 5334 765 1371 724 200 64 101 2002 659 15 580 63 55 27 11 48 173 694 4.4

Name ERA W L W% SVBS RP GSGRCGSho INN H R ERHR BBIW KHBWPBK OAVG Chandler,Spud 2.00 7 2 .778 0 0 2 7 10 4 1 76.1 63 18 17 3 32 4 43 1 2 1 .223 Harrist,Earl 3.50 3 3 .500 7 2 10 0 33 0 0 61.2 56 26 24 6 36 3 34 1 3 0 .246 Hughson,Tex 3.82 10 8 .556 0 0 0 26 2 7 1 200.1 177 93 85 23 68 1 131 7 0 0 .234 Marchildon,Phil 3.88 15 12 .556 0 0 0 34 0 13 1 257.1 253 128 111 24 125 2 115 5 1 0 .257 Trout,Dizzy 3.89 13 8 .619 1 0 2 25 4 8 0 192.0 205 99 83 8 56 4 75 3 1 2 .269 Meers,Russ 4.27 7 8 .467 6 3 13 0 64 0 0 78.0 83 43 37 7 54 1 26 1 3 0 .272 Ostermueller,Fritz 4.29 8 8 .500 1 0 1 24 1 4 1 174.0 184 89 83 9 70 1 68 2 3 0 .275 Haefner,Mickey 4.88 10 12 .455 1 0 2 27 4 10 3 195.1 206 119 106 13 102 3 71 4 1 0 .271 Lee,Bill 5.00 5 5 .500 12 3 17 0 64 0 0 77.1 92 43 43 4 57 3 9 4 0 0 .304 Wensloff,Butch 5.06 1 4 .200 1 0 1 5 6 0 0 37.1 40 26 21 4 30 2 13 0 0 0 .268 Johnson,Don 6.70 1 4 .200 0 0 0 6 9 1 0 47.0 68 44 35 2 33 4 15 2 0 0 .338 Total 4.16 80 74 .519 29 8 48 154 197 47 7 1396.2 1427 728 645 103 663 28 600 30 14 3 .264

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WALLA WALLA Wombats Manager: Bryan Sakolsky Age: 53 Occupation: Tech Sales Executive

The Season Story

Wombats finished 1-game away from the worst record in the league, going 55-99. With futility comes little to say. Rookie Vic Wertz was the bright spot hitting .307/.411/.454 and fellow rookie Ferris Fain hit .310/.424/.415, both hitting 7 home runs. The team had two players with 15 home runs Bobby Thomson and Pat Seery (who hit a robust .178). The pitching was the key to failure. Johnny Gorsica was stellar in relief (2.02 ERS) and while Clyde Shoun was the best starter he finished 11-21 with a 3.20 ERA.

Name AVG SPC OBP G AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR TB BB IW K SH SF SB CS HBP GDP RC RC27 Mack,Ray 1.0002.0001.000 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 Brown,Bobby .355 .532 .441 96 124 14 44 22 11 1 3 66 19 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 29 9.6 Fain,Ferris .310 .415 .424 142 487 79 151 63 18 6 7 202 98 2 32 5 5 4 4 2 *34 84 5.9 Wertz,Vic .307 .454 .411 108 361 51 111 48 24 4 7 164 64 2 54 0 2 2 0 1 18 67 6.7 Combs,Merl .286.286.375 76 28 1 8 1 0 0 0 8 4 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 3 4.6 Zientara,Benny .274 .325 .302 122 394 43 108 57 17 0 1 128 19 0 35 8 7 3 0 0 19 36 3.0 Thomson,Bobby .270 .394 .317 153 614 81 166 101 25 3 15 242 43 0 97 1 6 1 2 2 19 74 4.2 Phillips,Jack .265 .441 .342 38 34 4 9 4 0 3 0 15 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 5.2 Stanky,Eddie .238 .300 .355 ^154 613 83 146 32 21 4 3 184 111 1 55 83 2 2 2 5 75 4.2 Mullin,Pat .236 .414 .338 121 394 68 93 47 20 7 12 163 60 2 48 0 0 4 2 1 18 53 4.5 Blattner,Buddy .230 .284 .335 71 148 24 34 13 8 0 0 42 24 0 18 0 1 2 2 0 2 16 3.5 Scheffing,Bob .219 .344 .272 130 384 33 84 33 14 8 6 132 26 0 22 0 3 1 0 3 14 34 2.9 Jones,Jake .213 .287 .267 29 108 8 23 9 6 1 0 31 8 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 2.3 Travis,Cecil .212 .290 .278^154 528 34 112 64 8 3 9 153 49 0 41 0 5 1 1 1 8 44 2.8 Mancuso,Frank .211 .259 .228 102 166 11 35 11 6 1 0 43 4 0 14 0 1 0 0 0 8 8 1.6 Seerey,Pat .178 .442 .281 57 197 24 35 41 1 3 15 87 30 0 61 0 4 0 0 0 6 25 3.9 Gionfriddo,Al .175 .216 .362 66 171 20 30 6 5 1 0 37 49 0 23 1 0 3 0 1 2 18 3.4 Lavagetto,Cookie .000 .000 .200 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 Russell,Rip .000 .000 .100 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 Pitchers .145 .180 .189 154 532 33 77 33 14 1 1 96 28 0 171 11 5 0 0 2 15 18 1.0 Total .239 .339 .321 154 5297 612 1267 585 199 46 79 1795 641 11 695 34 42 23 13 16 179 579 3.6

Name ERA W L W% SVBS RP GSGRCGSho INN H R ERHR BBIW KHBWPBK OAVG Gorsica,Johnny 2.02 3 4 .429 6 0 9 0 32 0 0 75.2 55 20 17 5 22 3 20 4 1 0 .204 Staley,Gerry 3.08 3 5 .375 2 3 5 0 15 0 0 26.1 30 11 9 4 11 3 8 2 0 0 .288 Shoun,Clyde 3.20 11 21 .344 0 0 0^40 2 22 0 *320.2 306 135 114 22 76 4 96 3 0 0 .245 Lombardi,Vic 3.98 10 10 .500 0 0 0 20 3 8 1 156.0 176 84 69 14 62 2 75 2 4 2 .283 Erickson,Paul 4.00 9 10 .474 2 3 4 20 12 5 2 162.0 171 90 72 13 81 4 89 2 2 0 .267 Chandler,Ed 4.12 2 12 .143 0 0 0 19 17 6 0 188.0 182 104 86 19 87 *7 29 4 10 0 .252 Thompson,Junior 4.50 1 1 .500 1 0 2 0 7 0 0 12.0 15 6 6 1 8 0 5 0 0 0 .326 Grodzicki,Johnny 4.61 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 13.2 10 7 7 3 14 0 4 0 2 0 .213 Barney,Rex 4.82 6 18 .250 0 0 0 26 7 7 2 198.0 175 115 106 9*160 3 86 6 7 4 .238 Coleman,Joe 5.47 9 10 .474 0 0 0 21 7 4 0 158.0 200 109 96 17 60 4 55 0 0 0 .311 Gumpert,Randy 6.06 1 8 .111 0 2 0 8 17 0 0 81.2 121 70 55 6 49 3 32 1 2 0 .351 Total 4.12 55 99 .357 11 8 20 154 127 52 6 1392.0 1441 751 637113 630 33 499 24 28 6 .266

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Stat Key

RC (Runs Created) = [(A times B) plus C], all divided by D, where

A = H + BB + HBP - CS – GIDP B = TB + [.26 x (BB - IBB + HBP)] C = .52 x (SH + SF + SB) D = AB + BB + HBP + SH + SF

RC / 27 outs: runs created per 27 outs; in other words, the number of runs a player would create if he were to bat in all nine positions in the batting order.

QS (Quality Starts): the number of starts in which a pitcher pitches six (6) innings or more and gives up three (3) runs or fewer.

OAVG: the batting percentage against each pitcher.

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Batting & Pitching Leaders: the following symbols were used to denote individual accomplishments that were record-breakers:

♦ - TML Record

◊ - Tied TML Record

Team Stats: an asterisk ( * ) preceding any stat indicates that the player or pitcher led his Association in that stat category; a caret ( ^ ) indicates that the player or pitcher tied for the lead in his Association in that stat category.

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