1947 New York Yankees season

1947 New York Yankees
	1947 World Series Champions; 1947 American League Champions
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Yankee Stadium (since 1923); New York City (since 1903);
Other information
Owner(s)	Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping and Del Webb
General manager(s)	Larry MacPhail
Manager(s)	Bucky Harris
Local television	WABD
Local radio	WINS (AM); (Mel Allen, Russ Hodges)
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The 1947 New York Yankees season was the team's 45th season in New York, and its 47th season overall. The team finished with a record of 97–57, winning their 15th pennant, finishing 12 games ahead of the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Bucky Harris. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in 7 games. It was the first ever season of the Yankees to be broadcast live on television with WABD providing the television broadcast feed to viewers in the city.

Regular season

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

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	97	57	0.630	—	55–22	42–35
Detroit Tigers	85	69	0.552	12	46–31	39–38
Boston Red Sox	83	71	0.539	14	49–30	34–41
Cleveland Indians	80	74	0.519	17	38–39	42–35
Philadelphia Athletics	78	76	0.506	19	39–38	39–38
Chicago White Sox	70	84	0.455	27	32–43	38–41
Washington Senators	64	90	0.416	33	36–41	28–49
St. Louis Browns	59	95	0.383	38	29–48	30–47

Record vs. opponents

1947 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	16–6–1	9–13	12–10–1	9–13	10–12–1	15–7	12–10
Chicago	6–16–1	—	11–11	7–15	10–12	11–11	11–11	14–8
Cleveland	13–9	11–11	—	8–14–2	7–15	11–11–1	17–5	13–9
Detroit	10–12–1	15–7	14–8–2	—	8–14–1	11–11	15–7	12–10
New York	13–9	12–10	15–7	14–8–1	—	13–9	15–7	15–7
Philadelphia	12–10–1	11–11	11–11–1	11–11	9–13	—	13–9	11–11
St. Louis	7–15	11–11	5–17	7–15	7–15	9–13	—	13–9
Washington	10–12	8–14	9–13	10–12	7–15	11–11	9–13	—

Roster

1947 New York Yankees

Roster

Pitchers

14 Rugger Ardizoia

16 Bill Bevens

28 Tommy Byrne

21 Spud Chandler

19 Karl Drews

18 Randy Gumpert

26 Don Johnson

36 Al Lyons

34 Bobo Newsom

11 Joe Page

17 Mel Queen

17 Vic Raschi

22 Allie Reynolds

20 Spec Shea

30 Dick Starr

25,42 Butch Wensloff

28 Bill Wight

Catchers

35 Yogi Berra

32 Ralph Houk

29 Sherm Lollar

8 Aaron Robinson

34 Ken Silvestri

Infielders

6 Bobby Brown

2 Frankie Crosetti

14 Lonny Frey

24 Billy Johnson

29,52 Johnny Lucadello

9 George McQuinn

36 Jack Phillips

10 Phil Rizzuto

1 Snuffy Stirnweiss

Outfielders

3 Allie Clark

3,48 Frank Colman

5 Joe DiMaggio

15 Tommy Henrich

12 Charlie Keller

27 Johnny Lindell

Other batters

25 Ray Mack

14 Ted Sepkowski

Manager

37 Bucky Harris

Coaches

31 Red Corriden

2 Frankie Crosetti

7 Chuck Dressen

33 Johnny Schulte

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Aaron Robinson	82	252	68	.270	5	36
1B	George McQuinn	144	517	157	.304	13	80
2B	Snuffy Stirnweiss	148	571	146	.256	5	41
3B	Billy Johnson	132	494	141	.285	10	95
SS	Phil Rizzuto	153	549	150	.273	2	60
OF	Joe DiMaggio	141	534	168	.315	20	97
OF	Tommy Henrich	142	440	158	.287	16	98
OF	Johnny Lindell	127	476	131	.275	11	67

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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Allie Reynolds	34	241.2	19	8	3.20	129
Bill Bevens	28	165	7	13	3.82	77
Spec Shea	27	178.2	14	5	3.07	89
Spud Chandler	17	128	9	5	2.46	68
Bobo Newsom	17	115.2	7	5	2.80	42
Vic Raschi	15	104.2	7	2	3.87	51
Bill Wight	1	9	1	0	1.00	3

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Karl Drews	30	91.2	6	6	4.91	45
Randy Gumpert	24	56.1	4	1	5.43	25
Don Johnson	15	54.1	4	3	3.64	16
Butch Wensloff	11	51.2	3	1	2.61	18
Dick Starr	4	12.1	1	0	1.46	1
Tommy Byrne	4	4.1	0	0	4.15	2

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Joe Page	56	14	8	16	2.48	116
Al Lyons	6	1	0	0	9.00	7
Mel Queen	5	0	0	0	9.45	2
Rugger Ardizoia	1	0	0	0	9.00	0

1947 World Series

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

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

Awards and honors

All-Star Game
- Spud Chandler
- Joe DiMaggio (starting CF)
- Tommy Henrich
- Billy Johnson
- Charlie Keller
- George McQuinn (starting 1B)
- Joe Page
- Aaron Robinson
- Spec Shea[2]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Kansas City Blues	American Association	Billy Meyer
AAA	Newark Bears	International League	George Selkirk
AA	Beaumont Exporters	Texas League	Goldie Holt
A	Binghamton Triplets	Eastern League	Lefty Gomez
A	Augusta Tigers	Sally League	Dib Williams and Carl Cooper
A	Denver Bears	Western League	Marty McManus
B	Quincy Gems	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Gordie Hinkle
B	Sunbury Yankees	Interstate League	Walt Van Grofski
B	Norfolk Tars	Piedmont League	Buddy Hassett
B	Victoria Athletics	Western International League	Ted Norbert
C	Bisbee Yanks	Arizona–Texas League	Charlie Metro
C	Ventura Yankees	California League	Mike Gazella and Johnny Sturm
C	Amsterdam Rugmakers	Canadian–American League	Solly Mishkin
C	Butler Yankees	Middle Atlantic League	Dallas Warren
C	Twin Falls Cowboys	Pioneer League	Earl Bolyard
C	Joplin Miners	Western Association	Jim McLeod
D	Easton Yankees	Eastern Shore League	Joe Antolick
D	Independence Yankees	Kansas–Oklahoma–Missouri League	Goldie Howard
D	Stroudsburg Poconos	North Atlantic League	Jack Farmer
D	Fond du Lac Panthers	Wisconsin State League	James Adlam

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Twin Falls[3]

Notes

https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1947.shtml
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1947as.shtml
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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References

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[3] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

1947 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1947 All-Star Game 1947 World Series

New York Yankees 1947 World Series champions
1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 3 Allie Clark 5 Joe DiMaggio (AL MVP) 6 Bobby Brown 8 Aaron Robinson 9 George McQuinn 10 Phil Rizzuto 11 Joe Page 14 Lonny Frey 15 Tommy Henrich 16 Bill Bevens 20 Spec Shea 21 Spud Chandler 22 Allie Reynolds 24 Billy Johnson 27 Johnny Lindell 29 Sherm Lollar 34 Bobo Newsom 35 Yogi Berra 36 Jack Phillips 38 Karl Drews 42 Charley Wensloff 43 Vic Raschi 50 Ralph Houk
Manager 37 Bucky Harris Coaches 2 Frankie Crosetti 7 Chuck Dressen 31 Red Corriden 33 Johnny Schulte
Regular season Dodgers–Yankees rivalry Subway Series