1947 Boston Red Sox season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = Boston Red Sox

| season = 1947

| misc =

| league = American League

| ballpark = Fenway Park

| city = Boston, Massachusetts

| record = 83–71 (.539)

| league_place = 3rd

| owners = Tom Yawkey

| president = Tom Yawkey

| general_managers = Eddie Collins

| managers = Joe Cronin

| television =

| radio = WHDH
(Jim Britt, Tom Hussey)

| espntn = bos

| brtn = BOS

}}

The 1947 Boston Red Sox season was the 47th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League (AL) with a record of 83 wins and 71 losses, 14 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1947 World Series.

Red Sox left fielder Ted Williams won the Triple Crown, leading the AL in home runs (32), runs batted in (114), and batting average (.343).{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1947-batting-leaders.shtml|title=1947 American League Batting Leaders|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=June 11, 2010}}

Offseason

November 1, 1946: Virgil Stallcup drafted from the Red Sox by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1946 rule 5 draft.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stallvi01.shtml Virgil Stallcup page at Baseball Reference]
November 17, 1946: Tom Poholsky was drafted from the Red Sox by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1946 minor league draft.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/poholto01.shtml Tom Poholsky page at Baseball Reference]
March 1947: Frankie Hayes was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hayesfr01.shtml Frankie Hayes page at Baseball Reference]

Regular season

After a memorable 1946 season, the Red Sox added lights to Fenway Park for the first time. 1947 looked like another big year for Boston, but Boo Ferriss, Mickey Harris, and Tex Hughson all had arm trouble, and from 62 wins in 1946 they dropped to 29 in 1947. Boston finished 3rd, 21 wins less than their American League Championship season a year earlier, 14 games behind the eventual world champion New York Yankees. Joe Dobson was the top winner with 18 wins, and Ted Williams hit .343, with 32 homers and 114 RBIs, to secure his second Triple Crown.

On July 20, Hank Thompson and Willard Brown of the St. Louis Browns played against the Boston Red Sox. It was the first time that two black players appear in a major league game together since 1884.Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 188, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York, {{ISBN|978-0-7432-9461-4}}

= Season standings =

= Record vs. opponents =

= Opening Day lineup =

39	Eddie Pellagrini	3B
6	Johnny Pesky	SS
7	Dom DiMaggio	CF
9	Ted Williams	LF
1	Bobby Doerr	2B
3	Rudy York	1B
14	Sam Mele	RF
8	Hal Wagner	C
21	Tex Hughson	P

= Notable transactions =

May 20, 1947: Hal Wagner was traded to the Detroit Tigers for Birdie Tebbetts.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wagneha01.shtml Hal Wagner page at Baseball Reference][https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tebbebi01.shtml Birdie Tebbetts page at Baseball Reference]
May 21, 1947: Frankie Hayes was released.

= Roster =

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valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|27\|Bill Butland}} {{MLBplayer\|29\|Cot Deal}} {{MLBplayer\|15\|Joe Dobson}} {{MLBplayer\|20\|Harry Dorish}} {{MLBplayer\|33\|Dave Ferriss}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Tommy Fine}} {{MLBplayer\|25\|Denny Galehouse}} {{MLBplayer\|19\|Mickey Harris}} {{MLBplayer\|21\|Tex Hughson}} {{MLBplayer\|12\|Earl Johnson}} {{MLBplayer\|37\|Bob Klinger}} {{MLBplayer\|38\|Johnny Murphy}} {{MLBplayer\|17\|Mel Parnell}} {{MLBplayer\|17\|Eddie Smith}} {{MLBplayer\|42\|Chuck Stobbs}} {{MLBplayer\|32\|Al Widmar}} {{MLBplayer\|26\|Bill Zuber}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\|27\|Leslie Aulds}} {{MLBplayer\| 5\|Matt Batts}} {{MLBplayer\|25\|Frankie Hayes}} {{MLBplayer\| 2\|Eddie McGah}} {{MLBplayer\|16\|Roy Partee}} {{MLBplayer\| 8\|Hal Wagner}} {{MLBplayer\| 8\|Birdie Tebbetts}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\|32\|Merl Combs}} {{MLBplayer\|17\|Sam Dente}} {{MLBplayer\| 1\|Bobby Doerr}} {{MLBplayer\|10\|Don Gutteridge}} {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Jake Jones}} {{MLBplayer\|39\|Eddie Pellagrini}} {{MLBplayer\| 6\|Johnny Pesky}} {{MLBplayer\| 5\|Rip Russell}} {{MLBplayer\|29\|Strick Shofner}} {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Rudy York}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer\|11\|Leon Culberson}} {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Dom DiMaggio}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Billy Goodman}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|Tom McBride}} {{MLBplayer\|14\|Sam Mele}} {{MLBplayer\|24\|Wally Moses}} {{MLBplayer\| 9\|Ted Williams}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Joe Cronin}} Coaches {{MLBplayer\|30\|Del Baker}} (Third base) {{MLBplayer\|31\|Paul Schreiber}} (Hitting) {{MLBplayer\|22\|Larry Woodall}} (First base)

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valign="top" | Pitchers

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Catchers

Infielders

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Outfielders

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Manager

Coaches

{{MLBplayer|30|Del Baker}} (Third base)

{{MLBplayer|31|Paul Schreiber}} (Hitting)

{{MLBplayer|22|Larry Woodall}} (First base)

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| Pos ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| C	{{sortname\|Birdie\|Tebbetts}}	90	291	87	.299	1	28
align="center" \| 1B	{{sortname\|Jake\|Jones\|Jake Jones (baseball)}}	109	404	95	.235	16	76
align="center" \| 2B	{{sortname\|Bobby\|Doerr}}	146	561	145	.258	17	95
align="center" \| 3B	{{sortname\|Sam\|Dente}}	46	168	39	.232	0	11
align="center" \| SS	{{sortname\|Johnny\|Pesky}}	155	638	207	.324	0	39
align="center" \| OF	{{sortname\|Ted\|Williams}}	156	528	181	.343	32	114
align="center" \| OF	{{sortname\|Sam\|Mele}}	123	453	137	.302	12	73
align="center" \| OF	{{sortname\|Dom\|DiMaggio}}	136	513	145	.283	8	71

== Other batters ==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Wally Moses	90	255	70	.275	2	27
align="center" \| Eddie Pellagrini	74	231	47	.203	4	19
align="center" \| Rudy York	48	184	39	.212	6	27
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Roy\|Partee}}	60	169	39	.231	0	16
align="center" \| Don Gutteridge	54	131	22	.168	2	5
align="center" \| Leon Culberson	47	84	20	.238	0	11
align="center" \| Merl Combs	17	68	15	.221	1	6
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Hal\|Wagner}}	21	65	15	.231	0	6
align="center" \| Rip Russell	26	52	8	.154	1	3
align="center" \| Matt Batts	7	16	8	.500	1	5
align="center" \| Eddie McGah	9	14	0	.000	0	2
align="center" \| Strick Shofner	5	13	2	.154	0	0
align="center" \| Frankie Hayes	5	13	2	.154	0	1
align="center" \| Billy Goodman	12	11	2	.182	0	1
align="center" \| Tom McBride	2	5	1	.200	0	0
align="center" \| Leslie Aulds	3	4	1	.250	0	0

= Pitching =

== Starting pitchers ==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Joe\|Dobson}}	33	228.2	18	8	2.95	110
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Dave\|Ferriss}}	33	218.1	12	11	4.04	64
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Tex\|Hughson}}	29	189.1	12	11	3.33	119
align="center" \| Denny Galehouse	21	149.0	11	7	3.32	38
align="center" \| Tommy Fine	9	36.0	1	2	5.50	10

== Other pitchers ==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Earl Johnson	45	142.1	12	11	2.97	65
align="center" \| Fritz Dorish	41	136.0	7	8	4.70	50
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Mickey\|Harris}}	15	51.2	5	4	2.44	35
align="center" \| Eddie Smith	8	17.0	1	3	7.41	15
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Cot\|Deal}}	5	12.2	0	1	9.24	6
align="center" \| Chuck Stobbs	4	9.0	0	1	6.00	5

== Relief pitchers ==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Bob Klinger	28	1	1	5	3.86	12
align=center \| Johnny Murphy	32	0	0	3	2.80	9
align="center" \| Bill Zuber	20	1	0	0	5.33	23
align="center" \| Al Widmar	2	0	0	0	13.50	1
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Bill\|Butland}}	1	0	0	0	4.50	1
align="center"

Farm system

{{MLB Farm System|level11=AAA|team11=Louisville Colonels|league11=American Association|manager11=Nemo Leibold

|level12=AAA|team12=Toronto Maple Leafs|league12=International League|manager12=Elmer Yoter

|level13=AA|team13=New Orleans Pelicans|league13=Southern Association|manager13=Fred Walters

|level14=A|team14=Scranton Red Sox|league14=Eastern League|manager14=Eddie Popowski

|level15=B|team15=Lynn Red Sox|league15=New England League|manager15=Mike Ryba

|level16=B|team16=Roanoke Red Sox|league16=Piedmont League|manager16=Pinky Higgins

|level17=C|team17=San Jose Red Sox|league17=California League|manager17=Marv Owen

|level18=C|team18=Oneonta Red Sox|league18=Canadian–American League|manager18=Red Marion

|level19=D|team19=Milford Red Sox|league19=Eastern Shore League|manager19=Wally Millies

|level20=D|team20=Wellsville Nitros|league20=PONY League|manager20=Tom Carey}}LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: RoanokeJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

External links

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1947.shtml 1947 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference]
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1947&t=BOS 1947 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com]

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