The 1947 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 65th season in the history of the franchise.

The Phillies finished in 7th place in the National League with a record of 62 wins and 92 losses. It was the first season for Phillies television broadcasts, which debuted on WPTZ.

Offseason Prior to 1947 season: Carl Sawatski was acquired from the Phillies by the Boston Braves.Carl Sawatski at Baseball Reference

On July 27, 1946, the City of Clearwater had announced that the Phillies had accepted Clearwater's invitation to train at Clearwater Athletic Field in 1947 on a one-year agreement. On March 7, 1947, the Phillies and city signed a 10-year deal for the Phillies to train in Clearwater. The Phillies lost their first spring training game in 1947 at Athletic Field to the Detroit Tigers by a score of 13–1. The Phillies' attendance that spring was 13,291 which was ninth out of the ten teams training in Florida.

Regular season April 22: During a game against the Brooklyn Dodgers, Phillies manager Ben Chapman hurled racial slurs at Jackie Robinson. Commissioner Happy Chandler warned the franchise to keep the manager under control or face disciplinary action.Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 76, Jonathan Eig, Simon & Schuster, 2007, New York, Of note, it was the first major league game in which Robinson committed an error.Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season, p. 75 June 2: The Phillies travel to Egypt, Pennsylvania to recruit Curt Simmons and play a team of all-star high school players from the Lehigh Valley. The game was played on the opening day of Egypt Memorial Park, June 2, 1947, in front of a crowd of 4,500. Simmons struck out eleven and the game ended in a 4–4 tie (a late-game error was the only thing that prevented the high school team from winning).

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions May 3, 1947: Ron Northey was traded by the Phillies to the St. Louis Cardinals for Harry Walker and Freddy Schmidt.Harry Walker at Baseball Reference

Roster 1947 Philadelphia Phillies Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

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 111 337 85 .252 13 50 1B 114 403 90 .223 6 35 2B 155 540 154 .285 0 42 SS 95 310 71 .229 2 22 3B 101 277 70 .253 0 42 OF 130 488 181 .371 1 41 OF 139 541 149 .275 12 81 OF 128 454 124 .273 5 51

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 Jim Tabor 75 251 59 .235 4 31 Ralph LaPointe 56 211 65 .308 1 15 Buster Adams 69 182 45 .247 2 15 Al Lakeman 55 182 29 .159 6 19 Don Padgett 75 158 50 .316 0 24 Charlie Gilbert 83 152 36 .237 2 10 Jack Albright 41 99 23 .232 2 5 Willie Jones 18 62 14 .226 0 10 13 47 12 .255 0 3 Nick Etten 14 41 10 .244 1 8 Frank McCormick 15 40 9 .225 1 8 Jesse Levan 2 9 4 .444 0 1 Hugh Poland 4 8 0 .000 0 0 Putsy Caballero 2 7 1 .143 0 0 Granny Hamner 2 7 2 .286 0 0 Lou Finney 4 4 0 .000 0 0 Rollie Hemsley 2 3 1 .333 0 1

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 32 235.0 17 12 2.68 103 Schoolboy Rowe 31 195.2 14 10 4.32 74 24 136.0 7 10 4.04 55 Curt Simmons 1 9.0 1 0 1.00 9

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 Oscar Judd 32 146.2 4 15 4.60 54 Tommy Hughes 29 127.0 4 11 3.47 44 38 120.2 4 6 2.98 31 Al Jurisich 34 118.1 1 7 4.94 48 Ken Raffensberger 10 41.0 2 6 5.49 16 Dick Koecher 3 17.0 0 2 4.76 4 4 11.1 1 1 7.94 0

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 Charley Schanz 34 2 4 2 4.16 42 29 5 8 0 4.70 24 Dick Mauney 9 0 0 1 3.86 6 Homer Spragins 4 0 0 0 6.75 3 Lou Possehl 2 0 0 0 4.15 1

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Utica, Wilmington, Schenectady, VandergriftJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

Notes

References 1947 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference