1947 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

Standings Totals Player Register Batting Leaders Pitching Leaders Award Winners Debuts Deaths Calendar

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A high-level summary of the 1947 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1947

World Series Champions

New York Yankees

Runner Up

Brooklyn Dodgers

Most Valuable Players

AL: Joe DiMaggio NL: Bob Elliott

Cy Young Winners

AL: NL:

Rookies of the Year

AL: NL:

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

All-Star Game

Chicago,Illinois

Teams

Players

544

Attendance

19,874,539

Payroll

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1947 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	New York Yankees	T - S - R	154	97	57	.630	--	794	568	226	Won World Series (Dodgers)	2,178,937	1	---	Bucky Harris	Yankee Stadium I
2	2	5	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R	154	85	69	.552	12.0	714	642	72	dnq	1,398,093	6	---	Steve O'Neill	Briggs Stadium
3	3	6	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R	154	83	71	.539	14.0	720	669	51	dnq	1,427,315	5	---	Joe Cronin	Fenway Park
4	4	8	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R	154	80	74	.519	17.0	687	588	99	dnq	1,521,978	4	---	Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
5	5	9	Philadelphia Athletics	T - S - R	154	78	76	.506	19.0	633	614	19	dnq	911,566	11	---	Connie Mack	Shibe Park
6	6	11	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R	154	70	84	.455	27.0	553	661	-108	dnq	876,948	14	---	Ted Lyons	Comiskey Park
7	7	13	Washington Senators I	T - S - R	154	64	90	.416	33.0	496	675	-179	dnq	850,758	15	---	Ossie Bluege	Griffith Stadium
8	8	16	St. Louis Browns	T - S - R	154	59	95	.383	38.0	564	744	-180	dnq	320,474	16	---	Muddy Ruel	Sportsman's Park
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	Brooklyn Dodgers	T - S - R	154	94	60	.610	--	774	673	101	Lost World Series (Yankees)	1,807,526	2	---	Burt Shotton, Clyde Sukeforth	Ebbets Field
2	2	3	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R	154	89	65	.578	5.0	780	634	146	dnq	1,247,913	10	---	Eddie Dyer	Sportsman's Park
3	3	4	Boston Braves	T - S - R	154	86	68	.558	8.0	701	622	79	dnq	1,277,361	9	---	Billy Southworth	Braves Field
4	4	7	New York Giants	T - S - R	154	81	73	.526	13.0	830	761	69	dnq	1,600,793	3	---	Mel Ott	Polo Grounds
5	5	10	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R	154	73	81	.474	21.0	681	755	-74	dnq	899,975	13	---	Johnny Neun	Crosley Field
6	6	12	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R	154	69	85	.448	25.0	567	722	-155	dnq	1,364,039	7	---	Charlie Grimm	Wrigley Field
7	7	15	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R	154	62	92	.403	32.0	744	815	-71	dnq	1,283,531	8	Roy Hamey	Billy Herman, Bill Burwell	Forbes Field
8	8	14	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R	154	62	92	.403	32.0	589	687	-98	dnq	907,332	12	---	Ben Chapman	Shibe Park
16 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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