1947 Philadelphia Phillies

| MLB | National League

W-L Record: 62-92 -- 8th in National League - Manager: Ben Chapman Location: Baseball Stadium: Shibe Park Top Draft Pick: Attendance: 907,332 Youngest Player: Curt Simmons (18) Oldest Player: Buster Adams (56) Longest Tenure: Ken Raffensberger, Lefty Hoerst, Ron Northey, Andy Seminick (5)

Statistics

Roster

Personnel

Baseball Roster for 1947 Philadelphia Phillies

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	Born	Place	High Level	mlbYears	Salary
2	Buster Adams	OF	56	R	R	6-0	180	9/1/1890	Trinidad,Colorado	MLB	1939-1947
22	Jack Albright	SS	26	R	R	5-9	175	6/30/1921	St. Petersburg,Florida	MLB	1947-1947
27	Putsy Caballero	2B-3B	19	R	R	5-10	170	11/5/1927	New Orleans,Louisiana	MLB	1944-1952
30	Blix Donnelly	P	33	R	R	5-10	178	1/21/1914	Olivia,Minnesota	MLB	1944-1951
14	Del Ennis	OF	22	R	R	6-0	195	6/8/1925	Philadelphia,Pennsylvania	MLB	1946-1959
36	Nick Etten	1B	33	L	L	6-2	198	9/19/1913	Spring Grove,Illinois	MLB	1938-1947
12	Lou Finney	OF-1B	36	L	R	6-0	180	8/13/1910	Buffalo,New York	MLB	1931-1947
3	Charlie Gilbert	OF	27	L	L	5-9	165	7/8/1919	New Orleans,Louisiana	MLB	1940-1947
35	Granny Hamner	IF	20	R	R	5-10	163	4/26/1927	Richmond,Virginia	MLB	1944-1962
35	Lee Handley	3B-2B	33	R	R	5-7	160	7/31/1913	Clarion,Iowa	MLB	1936-1947
27	Ken Heintzelman	P	31	R	L		185	10/14/1915	Peruque,Missouri	MLB	1937-1952
32	Rollie Hemsley	C	40	R	R	5-10	170	6/24/1907	Syracuse,Ohio	MLB	1928-1947
36	Lefty Hoerst	P	29	L	L	6-3	192	8/11/1917	Philadelphia,Pennsylvania	MLB	1940-1947
28	Tommy Hughes	P	27	R	R	6-1	190	10/7/1919	Wilkes-Barre,Pennsylvania	MLB	1941-1948
12	Willie Jones	3B	21	R	R	6-1	192	8/16/1925	Dillon,South Carolina	MLB	1947-1961
17	Oscar Judd	P	39	L	L	6-0	180	2/14/1908	London,Ontario	MLB	1941-1948
21	Al Jurisich	P	25	R	R	6-2	193	8/25/1921	New Orleans,Louisiana	MLB	1944-1947
26	Dick Koecher	P	21	L	L	6-5	196	3/30/1926	Philadelphia,Pennsylvania	MLB	1946-1948
26	Al Lakeman	C	28	R	R	6-2	195	12/31/1918	Cincinnati,Ohio	MLB	1942-1954
22	Ralph LaPointe	SS	25	R	R	5-11	185	1/8/1922	Winooski,Vermont	MLB	1947-1948
20	Dutch Leonard	P	38	R	R	6-0	175	3/25/1909	Auburn,Illinois	MLB	1933-1953
-	Jesse Levan	3B-OF	20	L	R	6-0	172	7/15/1926	Reading,Pennsylvania	MLB	1947-1955
15	Dick Mauney	P	27	R	R	5-11	164	1/26/1920	Concord,North Carolina	MLB	1945-1947
10	Frank McCormick	1B	36	R	R	6-4	205	6/9/1911	New York,New York	MLB	1934-1948
6	Skeeter Newsome	SS	36	R	R	5-9	155	10/18/1910	Phenix City,Alabama	MLB	1935-1947
12	Ron Northey	OF	27	L	R	5-10	195	4/26/1920	Mahanoy City,Pennsylvania	MLB	1942-1957
8	Don Padgett	C	35	L	R	6-0	190	12/5/1911	Caroleen,North Carolina	MLB	1937-1948
35	Hugh Poland	C	34	L	R	5-11	185	1/19/1913	Tompkinsville,Kentucky	MLB	1943-1948
29	Lou Possehl	P	21	R	R	6-2	180	4/12/1926	Chicago,Illinois	MLB	1946-1952
16	Ken Raffensberger	P	29	R	L	6-2	185	8/8/1917	York,Pennsylvania	MLB	1939-1954
19	Schoolboy Rowe	P	37	R	R	6-4	210	1/11/1910	Waco,Texas	MLB	1933-1949
18	Charley Schanz	P	28	R	R		215	6/8/1919	Anacortes,Washington	MLB	1944-1950
33	Freddy Schmidt	P	31	R	R	6-1	185	2/9/1916	Hartford,Connecticut	MLB	1944-1947
26,10	Howie Schultz	1B	24	R	R	6-6	200	7/3/1922	St. Paul,Minnesota	MLB	1943-1948
24	Andy Seminick	C	26	R	R	5-11	187	9/12/1920	Pierce,West Virginia	MLB	1943-1957
32	Curt Simmons	P	18	L	L	6-0	187	5/19/1929	Egypt,Pennsylvania	MLB	1947-1967
37	Homer Spragins	P	26	R	R	6-1	190	11/9/1920	Grenada,Mississippi	MLB	1947-1947
5	Jim Tabor	3B	30	R	R	6-2	175	11/5/1916	New Hope,Alabama	MLB	1938-1947
9	Emil Verban	2B	31	R	R	5-11	165	8/27/1915	Lincoln,Illinois	MLB	1944-1950
4	Harry Walker	OF	30	L	R	6-2	190	10/22/1916	Pascagoula,Mississippi	MLB	1940-1955
1	Johnny Wyrostek	OF	27	L	R	6-2	180	7/12/1919	Fairmont City,Illinois	MLB	1942-1954

Team Personnel

Benny Bengough (Third Base Coach)
Ben Chapman (Manager)
Cy Perkins (Assistant Coach)
Chuck Thompson (Broadcaster)

TBC Tip TBC Research is a fully functional data research tool available by subscription

Sec 1