1947 National League Stats

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1947 National League Standings

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RankTeamW-LGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedExpected W-LShark WAR W-LAttendanceShark WARBatting WARFielding WARPitching WAR
1Brooklyn Dodgers94-60 (0.610)-77466887-67 (0.567)90-64 (0.584)1,807,52645.222.72.719.8
2St. Louis Cardinals89-65 (0.578)5.078063491-63 (0.594)91-63 (0.591)1,247,91345.618.8-0.927.8
3Boston Braves86-68 (0.558)8.070162285-69 (0.554)88-66 (0.571)1,277,36142.621.61.419.5
4New York Giants81-73 (0.526)13.083076183-71 (0.540)77-77 (0.500)1,600,79331.424.2-0.67.8
5Cincinnati Reds73-81 (0.474)21.068175570-84 (0.453)65-89 (0.422)899,97519.410.8-1.410.0
6Chicago Cubs69-85 (0.448)25.056772260-94 (0.391)68-86 (0.442)1,364,03922.56.72.813.1
7Philadelphia Phillies62-92 (0.403)32.058968766-88 (0.430)67-87 (0.435)907,33222.17.6-0.214.7
7Pittsburgh Pirates62-92 (0.403)32.074481770-84 (0.457)71-83 (0.461)1,283,53125.915.02.68.3

Batting WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Pos Age Batting WAR Shark WAR G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SB CS wRC OBP SLG
1 Ralph Kiner PIT LF 24 7.5 8.3 152 666 177 23 4 51 98 1 0 144.335 0.416 0.639
2 Johnny Mize NY1 1B 34 6.7 5.7 154 664 177 26 2 51 74 2 0 131.706 0.384 0.614
3 Bob Elliott BSN 3B 30 5.9 7.0 150 645 176 35 5 22 87 3 0 116.651 0.410 0.517
4 Whitey Kurowski SLN 3B 29 5.9 5.8 146 614 159 27 6 27 87 4 0 117.828 0.420 0.544
5 Harry Walker 2 teams CF 28 5.8 6.1 140 598 186 29 16 1 63 13 0 106.648 0.423 0.487
6 Stan Musial SLN 1B 26 5.2 4.7 149 677 183 30 13 19 80 4 0 116.101 0.398 0.504
7 Willard Marshall NY1 RF 26 4.7 5.0 155 656 171 19 6 36 67 3 0 109.525 0.366 0.528
8 Jackie Robinson BRO 1B 28 4.4 2.9 151 701 175 31 5 12 74 29 0 98.756 0.383 0.427
9 Walker Cooper NY1 C 32 4.3 3.9 140 546 157 24 8 35 24 2 0 93.908 0.340 0.586
10 Dixie Walker BRO RF 36 4.2 3.8 148 637 162 31 3 9 97 6 0 100.549 0.415 0.427
11 Earl Torgeson BSN 1B 23 4.1 5.1 128 484 112 20 6 16 82 11 0 81.542 0.403 0.481
12 Pee Wee Reese BRO SS 28 4.0 5.3 142 590 135 24 4 12 104 7 0 93.440 0.414 0.426
13 Augie Galan CIN LF 35 3.7 4.0 124 491 123 18 2 6 94 0 0 84.367 0.449 0.416
14 Hank Greenberg PIT 1B 36 3.6 3.7 125 510 100 13 2 25 104 0 0 87.514 0.408 0.478
15 Grady Hatton CIN 3B 24 3.4 3.7 146 610 147 24 8 16 81 7 0 90.421 0.377 0.449
16 Bill Nicholson CHN RF 32 3.3 3.4 148 580 119 28 1 26 87 1 0 86.852 0.364 0.466
17 Bobby Thomson NY1 CF 23 3.2 3.4 138 591 154 26 5 29 40 1 0 87.821 0.336 0.508
18 Pete Reiser BRO CF 28 3.2 3.5 110 462 120 23 2 5 68 14 0 72.313 0.415 0.417
19 Enos Slaughter SLN LF 31 3.2 3.8 147 619 162 31 13 10 59 4 0 89.154 0.366 0.452
20 Tommy Holmes BSN RF 30 3.1 4.0 150 676 191 33 3 9 44 3 0 88.391 0.360 0.416
21 Phil Masi BSN C 31 3.0 3.4 126 470 125 22 4 9 47 7 0 67.760 0.377 0.443
22 Ron Northey 2 teams RF 27 2.8 2.4 123 414 103 22 3 15 54 1 0 68.041 0.384 0.492
23 Phil Cavarretta CHN LF 30 2.5 2.0 127 522 144 22 5 2 58 2 0 72.739 0.391 0.397
24 Andy Pafko CHN CF 26 2.5 3.1 129 550 155 25 7 13 31 4 0 74.939 0.345 0.454
25 Frankie Gustine PIT 3B 27 2.5 4.3 156 691 183 30 6 9 63 5 0 90.390 0.364 0.409
26 Eddie Miller CIN SS 30 2.4 2.8 151 602 146 38 4 19 49 5 0 79.521 0.333 0.457
27 Johnny Hopp BSN CF 30 2.2 2.6 134 502 124 20 2 2 58 13 0 61.073 0.376 0.358
28 Andy Seminick PHI C 26 2.2 2.7 111 405 85 16 2 13 58 4 0 56.869 0.370 0.427
29 Bruce Edwards BRO C 23 2.2 3.5 130 528 139 15 8 9 49 2 0 70.547 0.364 0.418
30 Johnny Wyrostek PHI RF 27 2.2 2.3 128 523 124 24 7 5 61 7 0 66.537 0.364 0.390
31 Bill Rigney NY1 2B 29 2.1 2.0 130 596 142 24 3 17 51 7 0 73.354 0.337 0.420
32 Connie Ryan BSN 2B 27 2.1 2.0 150 627 144 33 5 5 71 5 0 72.219 0.351 0.371
33 Sid Gordon NY1 LF 29 2.0 1.7 130 490 119 19 8 13 50 2 0 65.482 0.347 0.442
34 Carl Furillo BRO CF 25 2.0 2.4 124 476 129 24 7 8 34 7 0 62.684 0.347 0.437
35 Spider Jorgensen BRO 3B 27 2.0 2.8 129 506 121 29 8 5 58 4 0 65.724 0.360 0.410
36 Eddie Stanky BRO 2B 31 1.8 4.3 146 679 141 24 5 3 103 3 0 78.629 0.373 0.329
37 Frank Baumholtz CIN RF 28 1.7 1.4 151 711 182 32 9 5 56 6 0 80.829 0.341 0.384
38 Babe Young 2 teams 1B 31 1.7 0.4 109 417 104 22 3 14 35 0 0 56.818 0.338 0.460
39 Del Ennis PHI LF 22 1.7 2.2 139 581 149 25 6 12 37 9 0 67.476 0.325 0.410
40 Frank McCormick 2 teams 1B 36 1.7 1.9 96 268 84 20 2 3 14 2 0 39.681 0.366 0.464
41 Wally Westlake PIT RF 26 1.5 1.8 112 443 111 17 4 17 27 5 0 56.994 0.324 0.460
42 Culley Rikard PIT RF 33 1.5 1.5 109 376 93 16 4 4 50 1 0 52.169 0.384 0.398
43 Erv Dusak SLN RF 26 1.5 1.7 111 383 93 7 3 6 50 1 0 49.728 0.378 0.378
44 Arky Vaughan BRO LF 35 1.3 1.7 64 153 41 5 2 2 27 4 0 27.135 0.444 0.444
45 Gene Hermanski BRO LF 27 1.3 1.1 79 225 52 7 1 7 28 5 0 32.279 0.377 0.434
46 Billy Cox PIT SS 27 1.3 1.7 132 561 145 30 7 15 29 5 0 66.913 0.313 0.442
47 Joe Garagiola SLN C 21 1.3 1.0 77 228 47 10 2 5 40 0 0 34.223 0.398 0.415
48 Bert Haas CIN CF 33 1.3 0.2 135 530 138 17 7 3 42 9 0 59.659 0.346 0.369
49 Buddy Kerr NY1 SS 24 1.3 3.2 138 596 157 23 5 7 36 2 0 64.805 0.331 0.386
50 Eddie Waitkus CHN 1B 27 1.2 0.3 130 554 150 28 6 2 32 3 0 61.203 0.336 0.381

Pitching WAR Leaders

Rank Player Name Team Age Pitching WAR Shark WAR G GS IP W L CG SV R BB SO Pitch Runs Saved ERA WHIP SOper9
1 Ewell Blackwell CIN 24 10.4 9.0 33 33 273.00 22 8 23 0 91 95 193 95.82 2.47 1.18 6.36
2 Warren Spahn BSN 26 9.9 9.2 40 35 289.67 21 10 22 3 87 84 123 100.88 2.33 1.14 3.82
3 Ralph Branca BRO 21 8.8 7.8 43 36 280.00 21 12 15 1 100 98 148 86.88 2.67 1.25 4.76
4 Dutch Leonard PHI 38 7.7 7.1 32 29 235.00 17 12 19 0 86 57 103 71.42 2.68 1.20 3.94
5 Larry Jansen NY1 26 6.6 6.0 42 30 248.00 21 5 20 1 102 57 104 61.12 3.16 1.20 3.77
6 Murry Dickson SLN 30 6.2 5.7 47 25 231.67 13 16 11 3 101 88 111 57.56 3.07 1.29 4.31
7 Harry Brecheen SLN 32 5.8 5.7 29 28 223.33 16 11 18 1 92 66 89 53.80 3.30 1.28 3.59
8 Johnny Schmitz CHN 26 5.2 4.5 38 28 207.00 13 18 10 4 91 80 97 45.41 3.22 1.40 4.22
9 Red Munger SLN 28 5.2 4.6 40 31 224.33 16 5 13 3 94 76 123 47.80 3.37 1.31 4.93
10 Johnny Sain BSN 29 4.7 5.3 38 35 266.00 21 12 22 1 117 79 132 47.96 3.52 1.29 4.47
11 Vic Lombardi BRO 24 4.6 4.3 33 20 174.67 12 11 7 3 73 65 72 45.55 2.99 1.27 3.71
12 Kirby Higbe 2 teams 32 4.5 3.8 50 33 240.67 13 17 10 5 117 122 109 37.94 3.81 1.43 4.08
13 Al Brazle SLN 33 4.2 3.8 44 19 168.00 14 8 7 4 65 48 85 38.56 2.84 1.39 4.55
14 Joe Hatten BRO 30 4.1 3.6 42 32 225.33 17 8 11 0 95 105 76 40.55 3.63 1.40 3.04
15 Jim Hearn SLN 26 3.9 3.4 37 21 162.00 12 7 4 1 67 63 57 36.22 3.22 1.32 3.17
16 Harry Taylor BRO 28 3.8 3.1 33 20 162.00 10 5 10 1 63 83 58 37.63 3.11 1.31 3.22
17 Tiny Bonham PIT 33 3.7 3.4 33 18 149.67 11 8 7 3 67 35 63 31.35 3.85 1.35 3.79
18 Fritz Ostermueller PIT 39 3.3 2.8 26 24 183.00 12 10 12 0 94 68 66 27.56 3.84 1.36 3.25
19 Red Barrett BSN 32 2.7 1.9 36 30 210.67 11 12 12 1 102 53 53 27.49 3.55 1.20 2.26
20 Rip Sewell PIT 40 2.7 2.2 24 12 121.00 6 4 4 0 58 36 36 22.29 3.57 1.30 2.68
21 Tommy Hughes PHI 27 2.6 1.9 29 15 127.00 4 11 4 1 52 59 44 24.06 3.47 1.42 3.12
22 Blix Donnelly PHI 33 2.6 2.2 38 10 120.67 4 6 5 5 44 46 31 24.06 2.98 1.32 2.31
23 Bob Chipman CHN 28 2.5 1.8 32 17 134.67 7 6 5 0 58 66 51 21.60 3.68 1.49 3.41
24 Ray Poat NY1 29 2.4 2.4 7 7 60.00 4 3 5 0 18 13 25 22.16 2.55 1.10 3.75
25 Clyde King BRO 23 2.0 1.6 29 9 87.67 6 5 2 0 34 29 31 19.26 2.77 1.30 3.18
26 Emil Kush CHN 30 1.7 1.6 47 1 91.00 8 3 1 5 38 53 44 14.70 3.36 1.46 4.35
27 Kent Peterson CIN 21 1.6 0.9 37 17 152.33 6 13 3 2 74 62 78 14.76 4.25 1.43 4.61
28 Dave Koslo NY1 27 1.5 0.7 39 31 217.33 15 10 10 0 118 82 86 14.15 4.39 1.40 3.56
29 Doyle Lade CHN 26 1.5 1.3 34 25 187.33 11 10 7 0 105 79 62 13.20 3.94 1.50 2.98
30 Schoolboy Rowe PHI 37 1.4 1.8 31 28 195.67 14 10 15 1 106 45 74 13.19 4.32 1.42 3.40
31 Paul Erickson CHN 31 1.4 1.2 40 20 174.00 7 12 6 1 90 93 82 11.93 4.34 1.56 4.24
32 Hank Borowy CHN 31 1.4 0.8 40 25 183.00 8 12 7 2 99 63 75 11.86 4.38 1.38 3.69
33 Harry Gumbert CIN 37 1.3 1.3 46 0 90.33 10 10 0 10 42 47 43 12.21 3.89 1.49 4.28
34 Walt Lanfranconi BSN 30 1.2 1.0 36 4 64.00 4 4 1 1 23 27 18 12.64 2.95 1.44 2.53
35 Howie Pollet SLN 26 1.2 0.9 37 24 176.33 9 11 9 2 96 87 73 11.24 4.34 1.60 3.73
36 Hugh Casey BRO 33 1.2 0.9 46 0 76.67 10 4 0 18 36 29 40 11.41 3.99 1.36 4.70
37 Ken Trinkle NY1 27 1.1 0.9 62 0 93.67 8 4 0 10 47 48 37 9.96 3.75 1.58 3.56
38 Johnny Vander Meer CIN 32 1.1 0.4 30 29 186.00 9 14 9 0 104 87 79 9.86 4.40 1.47 3.82
39 Russ Meyer CHN 23 1.0 0.9 23 2 45.00 3 2 1 0 17 14 22 8.45 3.40 1.27 4.40
40 Mel Queen PIT 29 0.9 0.4 14 12 74.00 3 7 2 0 39 51 34 7.39 4.01 1.64 4.14
41 Bill Voiselle 2 teams 28 0.8 0.2 33 25 174.00 9 11 8 0 92 73 79 8.42 4.40 1.51 4.09
42 Ralph Hamner CHN 30 0.8 0.7 3 3 25.00 1 2 2 0 10 16 14 6.96 2.52 1.60 5.04
43 Ken Raffensberger 2 teams 29 0.7 0.3 29 22 147.67 8 11 10 1 84 37 54 6.90 4.51 1.48 3.29
44 Ken Johnson SLN 24 0.7 0.8 2 1 10.00 1 0 1 0 1 5 8 6.87 0.00 0.70 7.20
45 Gerry Staley SLN 26 0.7 0.5 18 1 29.33 1 0 1 0 11 8 14 6.33 2.76 1.40 4.30
46 Si Johnson BSN 40 0.6 0.0 36 10 112.67 6 8 3 2 57 34 27 6.07 4.23 1.40 2.16
47 Curt Simmons PHI 18 0.6 0.6 1 1 9.00 1 0 1 0 1 6 9 5.41 1.00 1.22 9.00
48 Sheldon Jones NY1 25 0.6 0.4 15 6 55.67 2 2 0 0 27 29 24 5.29 3.88 1.44 3.88
49 Ed Bahr PIT 27 0.6 0.2 19 11 82.33 3 5 1 0 45 43 25 4.66 4.59 1.52 2.73
50 Clint Hartung NY1 24 0.5 1.0 23 20 138.00 9 7 8 0 76 69 54 4.96 4.57 1.51 3.52

Fielding WAR Leaders

Player Name Team Age Fielding WAR G Inn PO A E DP Def Runs Saved
POS Rank
C 1 Clyde Kluttz PIT 29 2.3 69.0 512.5 247.0 55.0 4.0 7.0 23.954
2 Ray Lamanno CIN 27 2.0 109.0 891.1 556.0 62.0 9.0 6.0 18.822
3 Bruce Edwards BRO 23 1.3 128.0 1017.3 592.0 58.0 11.0 11.0 10.839
4 Clyde McCullough CHN 30 0.8 64.0 517.7 280.0 35.0 5.0 3.0 8.165
5 Andy Seminick PHI 26 0.5 107.0 842.4 438.0 53.0 11.0 6.0 5.072
6 Phil Masi BSN 31 0.5 123.0 963.3 411.0 58.0 5.0 1.0 3.917
7 Bob Scheffing CHN 33 0.4 97.0 784.6 379.0 52.0 7.0 4.0 4.141
8 Del Rice SLN 24 0.1 94.0 650.4 380.0 33.0 8.0 7.0 1.274
1B 1 Earl Torgeson BSN 23 1.0 117.0 978.1 1033.0 76.0 18.0 83.0 8.262
2 Frank McCormick 2 teams 36 0.2 58.0 480.7 514.0 30.0 3.0 40.0 1.821
3 Hank Greenberg PIT 36 0.2 119.0 950.6 983.0 79.0 9.0 85.0 1.760
4 Nick Etten PHI 33 0.1 11.0 88.1 94.0 10.0 1.0 4.0 0.859
5 Billy Herman PIT 37 0.0 2.0 16.0 6.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.358
6 Whitey Wietelmann PIT 28 0.0 1.0 8.0 7.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.179
7 Ed Stevens BRO 22 0.0 4.0 34.6 29.0 4.0 1.0 2.0 0.070
8 Cookie Lavagetto BRO 34 -0.0 3.0 25.9 20.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 -0.069
2B 1 Eddie Stanky BRO 31 2.5 146.0 1209.3 402.0 406.0 12.0 123.0 21.003
2 Emil Verban PHI 31 2.2 155.0 1271.7 450.0 453.0 17.0 111.0 20.572
3 Ray Mack CHN 30 0.6 21.0 165.0 58.0 78.0 5.0 15.0 6.121
4 Bill Rigney NY1 29 0.6 72.0 602.4 184.0 229.0 11.0 41.0 6.072
5 Mickey Witek NY1 31 0.5 40.0 334.6 102.0 125.0 4.0 27.0 4.813
6 Red Schoendienst SLN 24 0.2 142.0 1264.1 357.0 404.0 19.0 109.0 1.847
7 Don Johnson CHN 35 0.1 108.0 848.5 255.0 291.0 17.0 65.0 1.491
8 Bobby Adams CIN 25 0.1 69.0 547.7 172.0 177.0 12.0 46.0 0.884
3B 1 Frankie Gustine PIT 27 1.8 156.0 1323.1 193.0 330.0 31.0 35.0 18.480
2 Peanuts Lowrey CHN 29 1.2 91.0 719.1 83.0 194.0 16.0 21.0 12.813
3 Bob Elliott BSN 30 1.0 148.0 1260.5 129.0 302.0 20.0 25.0 8.817
4 Stan Hack CHN 37 0.9 66.0 521.5 64.0 136.0 8.0 11.0 8.767
5 Spider Jorgensen BRO 27 0.8 128.0 1000.0 116.0 235.0 19.0 26.0 7.021
6 Willie Jones PHI 21 0.4 17.0 135.4 19.0 41.0 6.0 3.0 3.463
7 Grady Hatton CIN 24 0.3 136.0 1098.7 143.0 248.0 26.0 18.0 2.678
8 Lee Handley PHI 33 0.2 83.0 661.1 87.0 144.0 6.0 8.0 2.186
SS 1 Marty Marion SLN 30 2.8 141.0 1173.0 329.0 452.0 15.0 104.0 28.939
2 Buddy Kerr NY1 24 1.9 138.0 1161.6 270.0 461.0 17.0 77.0 19.856
3 Pee Wee Reese BRO 28 1.3 142.0 1205.2 266.0 441.0 25.0 99.0 11.224
4 Lennie Merullo CHN 30 0.9 108.0 843.6 219.0 322.0 29.0 77.0 9.727
5 Skeeter Newsome PHI 36 0.8 85.0 661.5 131.0 247.0 12.0 60.0 7.729
6 Billy Cox PIT 27 0.5 129.0 1055.0 220.0 388.0 20.0 63.0 4.752
7 Eddie Miller CIN 30 0.4 151.0 1280.5 295.0 445.0 21.0 88.0 3.636
8 Dick Culler BSN 32 0.4 77.0 549.3 106.0 212.0 11.0 31.0 3.070
LF 1 Ralph Kiner PIT 24 0.8 152.0 1306.3 390.0 8.0 7.0 1.0 8.257
2 Del Ennis PHI 22 0.4 133.0 1139.3 315.3 11.8 6.9 2.0 4.042
3 Pete Reiser BRO 28 0.4 45.4 321.9 100.8 1.3 1.3 0.0 3.192
4 Enos Slaughter SLN 31 0.3 113.0 909.9 243.5 11.9 4.8 4.0 2.763
5 Carl Furillo BRO 25 0.3 25.4 180.0 60.2 1.9 1.5 0.6 2.201
6 Augie Galan CIN 35 0.2 117.0 922.9 243.9 2.0 3.0 0.0 2.186
7 Arky Vaughan BRO 35 0.2 22.0 156.1 49.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.745
8 Eddie Miksis BRO 20 0.1 11.0 78.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.953
CF 1 Terry Moore SLN 35 0.6 120.0 909.2 292.0 6.0 5.0 2.0 5.966
2 Andy Pafko CHN 26 0.5 127.0 1075.8 327.0 9.0 5.0 3.0 5.493
3 Harry Walker 2 teams 28 0.5 134.8 1128.1 361.7 15.0 13.8 2.0 4.516
4 Jim Russell PIT 28 0.5 95.2 840.0 274.4 4.8 5.6 2.4 4.831
5 Bobby Thomson NY1 23 0.4 127.0 1094.0 330.0 12.0 7.0 2.0 4.075
6 Johnny Hopp BSN 30 0.3 122.0 939.1 288.9 2.0 5.9 0.0 2.667
7 Tommy Tatum CIN 27 0.3 35.5 263.2 84.9 4.4 0.0 2.2 2.529
8 Bert Haas CIN 33 0.2 60.1 445.2 148.1 1.7 7.0 0.0 1.952
RF 1 Tommy Holmes BSN 30 0.9 147.0 1246.2 336.0 12.0 4.0 4.0 7.510
2 Wally Westlake PIT 26 0.4 96.6 807.3 211.8 7.1 2.7 0.0 3.718
3 Erv Dusak SLN 26 0.3 43.1 270.3 86.2 6.3 2.9 1.0 3.524
4 Enos Slaughter SLN 31 0.3 29.0 181.8 62.5 3.1 1.2 1.0 3.271
5 Jim Russell PIT 28 0.3 22.8 190.6 65.7 1.1 1.3 0.6 3.039
6 Johnny Wyrostek PHI 27 0.3 99.2 794.0 205.5 8.7 6.3 1.6 2.394
7 Willard Marshall NY1 26 0.3 155.0 1363.7 334.0 19.0 10.0 6.0 2.579
8 Culley Rikard PIT 33 0.1 45.0 376.1 100.8 1.1 2.3 0.0 1.508