1947 Philadelphia Phillies
62 - 92
1946 / 1948 (Organization)
7th place in the NL (32 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		38 - 38 (.500)
24 - 54 (.308)		 -3.0 wins
-11.9 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 589 / 703 ( -114 )
Allowed/Expected: 687 / 695 ( +8 )
Pyth Record: 66 - 88 (-4)
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Attendance: 907,332 Avg Att: 11,784 (0.70)
Att Rank: 7 / 8 Lg Avg: 16,756
       
Park Factor: 0.99    
HR Factor: 0.90 R/L HR: 0.94 / 0.80
Notes:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
#
via
1 Lefty Hoerst
SW
29.9
-0.4
0.2
-0.2
5
Y
Not Available
2 Ron Northey
RF
27.2
-0.1
0.9
-0.1
5
N
12
4
1941
 Purchased PHA AL
3 Andy Seminick
C
26.8
2.4
10.9
1.1
5
N
9
1
1943
 Purchased Knoxville (Southern Asso
4 Ken Raffensberger
SP
29.9
-0.5
0.1
-1.3
5
N
9
4
1943
 Trade CHN NL
5 Tommy Hughes
SP
27.7
2.2
8.9
4.6
4
Y
Not Available
6 Charley Schanz
SW
28.1
0.4
4.3
0.8
4
Y
11
1
1943
 Draft (Rule 5) San Diego (PCL)
7 Granny Hamner
SS
20.2
0.0
0.1
-0.1
4
Y
9
1
1944
 Free Agency (Amateur)
8 Dick Mauney
RP
27.4
0.2
1.0
0.5
3
Y
Not Available
9 Schoolboy Rowe
SP
37.5
2.9
12.4
5.7
3
N
3
24
1943
 Trade BRO NL
10 Putsy Caballero
2B
19.7
-0.1
0.1
-0.1
3
Y
9
1
1944
 Free Agency (Amateur)
11 Oscar Judd
SP
39.4
1.0
4.4
-0.7
3
N
5
31
1945
 Waivers BOS AL
12 Dick Koecher
SP
21.3
-0.1
0.1
-0.5
2
Y
Not Available
13 Del Ennis
LF
22.1
1.7
11.4
0.5
2
Y
1
1
1943
 Free Agency (Amateur)
14 Frank McCormick
1B
36.1
-0.2
0.2
-0.5
2
N
12
10
1945
 Purchased CIN NL
15 Skeeter Newsome
SS
36.7
0.1
4.7
-2.9
2
N
12
12
1945
 Purchased BOS AL
16 Jim Tabor
3B
30.7
-0.4
2.6
-2.9
2
N
1
22
1946
 Purchased BOS AL
17 Johnny Wyrostek
RF
28.0
1.9
11.8
2.1
2
N
2
4
1946
 Purchased SLN NL
18 Al Jurisich
SP
25.9
-0.3
3.5
-0.6
2
N
2
4
1946
 Purchased SLN NL
19 Emil Verban
2B
31.8
1.5
13.4
0.1
2
N
5
1
1946
 Trade SLN NL
20 Charlie Gilbert
LF
28.0
-0.2
1.6
-1.5
2
N
6
15
1946
 Purchased CHN NL
21 Blix Donnelly
SW
33.4
3.0
11.3
7.1
2
N
7
8
1946
 Purchased SLN NL
22 Lou Possehl
RP
21.2
0.1
0.3
0.2
2
Y
8
15
1946
 Free Agency (Amateur)
23 Rollie Hemsley
C
40.0
0.0
0.1
-0.0
2
N
1
1
1947
 Free Agency
24 Lee Handley
3B
33.9
-0.2
3.4
-2.9
1
N
Not Available
25 Jack Albright
SS
26.0
0.1
1.9
-0.7
1
Y
Not Available
26 Homer Spragins
RP
26.6
-0.0
0.0
-0.2
1
Y
Not Available
27 Jesse Levan
LF
21.0
0.1
0.3
0.2
1
Y
1
22
1944
 Free Agency (Amateur)
28 Ralph LaPointe
SS
25.5
1.2
6.7
1.6
1
Y
2
19
1946
 Free Agency (Amateur)
29 Dutch Leonard
SP
38.3
6.5
22.7
14.7
1
N
12
9
1946
 Purchased WS1 AL
30 Lou Finney
-
36.9
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
1
N
1
1
1947
 Free Agency
31 Willie Jones
3B
21.9
-0.2
0.5
-0.9
1
Y
1
1
1947
 Free Agency (Amateur)
32 Curt Simmons
SP
18.1
0.6
1.5
1.2
1
Y
1
1
1947
 Free Agency (Amateur)
33 Buster Adams
RF
32.0
-0.0
3.4
-0.4
1
N
3
21
1947
 Purchased SLN NL
34 Don Padgett
C
35.6
0.9
3.7
0.1
1
N
3
29
1947
 Trade BSN NL
35 Nick Etten
1B
33.8
0.1
0.7
-0.1
1
N
4
14
1947
 Purchased NYA AL
36 Harry Walker
CF
30.7
6.2
23.8
12.4
1
N
5
3
1947
 Trade SLN NL
37 Freddy Schmidt
SW
31.4
-0.1
3.0
0.4
1
N
5
3
1947
 Trade SLN NL
38 Ken Heintzelman
SP
31.7
0.9
7.3
2.7
1
N
5
9
1947
 Purchased PIT NL
39 Howie Schultz
1B
25.0
-1.6
1.8
-5.8
1
N
5
10
1947
 Purchased BRO NL
40 Hugh Poland
C
34.5
-0.2
0.1
-0.1
1
N
5
17
1947
 Purchased Indianapolis (American Asso
41 Al Lakeman
1B
28.5
-1.5
0.7
-3.1
1
N
6
14
1947
 Trade CIN NL
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Player Pos Hometown
Buster Adams RF Trinidad, CO (USA)
Jack Albright SS St. Petersburg, FL (USA)
Putsy Caballero 2B New Orleans, LA (US)
Blix Donnelly SW Olivia, MN (US)
Del Ennis LF Philadelphia, PA (US)
Nick Etten 1B Chicago, IL (US)
Lou Finney - Five Points, AL (US)
Charlie Gilbert LF New Orleans, LA (US)
Granny Hamner SS Richmond, VA (US)
Lee Handley 3B Clarion, IA (USA)
Ken Heintzelman SP Peruque, MO (USA)
Rollie Hemsley C Syracuse, OH (USA)
Lefty Hoerst SW Philadelphia, PA (USA)
Tommy Hughes SP Wilkes-Barre, PA (USA)
Willie Jones 3B Dillon, SC (USA)
Oscar Judd SP London, ON (CAN)
Al Jurisich SP New Orleans, LA (US)
Dick Koecher SP Philadelphia, PA (USA)
Al Lakeman 1B Cincinnati, OH (US)
Ralph LaPointe SS Winooski, VT (US)
Dutch Leonard SP Auburn, IL (USA)
Jesse Levan LF Reading, PA (USA)
Dick Mauney RP Concord, NC (USA)
Frank McCormick 1B New York, NY (USA)
Skeeter Newsome SS Phenix City, AL (USA)
Ron Northey RF Frackville, PA (US)
Don Padgett C Caroleen, NC (USA)
Hugh Poland C Tompkinsville, KY (USA)
Lou Possehl RP Chicago, IL (US)
Ken Raffensberger SP York, PA (US)
Schoolboy Rowe SP El Dorado, AR (US)
Charley Schanz SW Anacortes, WA (USA)
Freddy Schmidt SW Hartford, CT (USA)
Howie Schultz 1B St. Paul, MN (US)
Andy Seminick C Pierce, WV (USA)
Curt Simmons SP Whitehall, PA (US)
Homer Spragins RP Grenada, MS (USA)
Jim Tabor 3B New Hope, AL (US)
Emil Verban 2B Lincoln, IL (USA)
Harry Walker CF Pascagoula, MS (USA)
Johnny Wyrostek RF East St. Louis, IL (US)

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