# 1947 New York Yankees season

The 1947 New York Yankees season was the team's 45th season. 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

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 97 | 57 | .630 | — | 55‍–‍22 | 42‍–‍35 |
| Detroit Tigers | 85 | 69 | .552 | 12 | 46‍–‍31 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Boston Red Sox | 83 | 71 | .539 | 14 | 49‍–‍30 | 34‍–‍41 |
| Cleveland Indians | 80 | 74 | .519 | 17 | 38‍–‍39 | 42‍–‍35 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 78 | 76 | .506 | 19 | 39‍–‍38 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Chicago White Sox | 70 | 84 | .455 | 27 | 32‍–‍43 | 38‍–‍41 |
| Washington Senators | 64 | 90 | .416 | 33 | 36‍–‍41 | 28‍–‍49 |
| St. Louis Browns | 59 | 95 | .383 | 38 | 29‍–‍48 | 30‍–‍47 |

### Record vs. opponents

1947 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | 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
## 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 |

#### 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 |
| Spec Shea | 27 | 178.2 | 14 | 5 | 3.07 | 89 |
| Bill Bevens | 28 | 165.0 | 7 | 13 | 3.82 | 77 |
| Spud Chandler | 17 | 128.0 | 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 | 9.0 | 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

## 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 |
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