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 run of 6 consecutive TML Championships led by his all time favorite baseball 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 Brooklyn 4 0 1 0 0 4 9 1 x 19 22 1 DiMaggio “Hit 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-out triple 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 Joe Gordon 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 inning 1B by Ted Williams! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Tommy Henrich 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 double! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Pat Seerey 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 Ralph Kiner (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 World Series. Summer had reached the World Series by outlasting Chestertown in 7 games. Playoff Co-MVPs Warren Spahn (5 GS, 3-1, 2.93) and Lou Boudreau (.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 & Pitcher 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 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 * 1 * 1947 All Stars ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Starter Back-up Catcher: Walker Cooper (NA) Bruce Edwards (OK) Firstbase: Johnny Mize (DT) George McQuinn (CH) Secondbase: Joe Gordon (OK) Bobby Doerr (DT) Thirdbase: Bob Elliott (OK) Hank Majeski (SM) Shortstop: Johnny Pesky (SE) Lou Boudreau (OK) Outfield: Ted Williams (AV) Jeff Heath (AV) Outfield: Harry Walker (CH) Tommy Henrich (NA) Outfield: Ralph Kiner (OK) Bill Nicholson (BB) Starting Pitcher: Warren Spahn (OK) Closer: Ken Trinkle (CH) Remaining Players Remaining Pitchers Stan Musial (OK) Bob Feller (BV) Willard Marshall (CH) Ewell Blackwell (OK) Grady Hatton (MO) Red Munger (DT) Joe Hatten (DT) Johnny Sain (DT) Hal Newhouser (DT) Spec Shea (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) Save-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.