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1947 Brooklyn Dodgers

Important Update Report





April 1947


Roster




Preseason Predictions

NORTH AMERICAN BASEBALL LEAGUE PRESEASON PREDICTIONS REPORT 04/14/1947

AMERICAN LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS

Team W L PCT GB Runs AVG HR SB Runs against ERA K BB Cleveland Indians 87 67 .565 - 644 .251 121 38 590 3.24 645 608 Detroit Tigers 83 71 .539 4 643 .255 88 99 634 3.59 548 576 Washington Senators 80 74 .519 7 673 .258 90 72 635 3.49 730 539 New York Yankees 80 74 .519 7 612 .251 125 48 566 3.18 701 539 Philadelphia Athletics 74 80 .481 13 659 .260 77 58 674 3.81 594 616 Boston Red Sox 72 82 .468 15 685 .259 116 81 735 4.14 584 591 St. Louis Browns 72 82 .468 15 614 .262 98 69 651 3.71 487 575 Chicago White Sox 70 84 .455 17 560 .245 66 65 607 3.38 589 528

TOP 10 HITTERS Player Team G AB HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG D. Wakefield, LF BOS 148 540 24 93 2 .306 .434 .509 R. Northey, RF WS1 151 595 25 97 1 .310 .389 .528 R. Kiner, LF NYA 148 549 35 97 0 .255 .361 .488 D. Gardella, RF DET 128 447 29 85 0 .284 .362 .505 K. Keltner, SS NYA 151 616 23 75 1 .269 .337 .444 D. Ennis, RF SLA 144 564 21 78 3 .299 .340 .486 P. Reiser, LF DET 149 571 11 60 49 .274 .368 .404 L. Appling, 3B WS1 153 589 6 60 12 .288 .386 .372 V. Stephens, SS SLA 154 587 24 83 3 .283 .332 .457 E. Stevens, 1B DET 152 565 15 101 0 .267 .340 .439 TOP 10 PITCHERS Player Team G W L S ERA IP HA BB K K/9 H. Newhouser WS1 35 19 9 0 2.46 287.0 255 93 227 7.11 B. Feller CLE 37 21 11 0 2.90 306.1 253 141 210 6.17 E. Blackwell NYA 36 17 13 0 2.62 287.1 237 109 222 6.97 S. Jakucki CLE 35 20 10 0 3.14 292.0 275 91 83 2.57 D. Trout PHA 36 19 12 0 2.96 293.2 277 119 130 4.00 F. Hutchinson DET 35 17 14 0 2.97 295.2 265 73 125 3.82 S. Gromek PHA 34 14 12 0 3.14 270.0 268 84 128 4.26 K. Higbe BOS 34 16 10 0 3.55 228.1 220 129 119 4.71 N. Potter SLA 32 14 11 0 2.99 231.1 217 80 99 3.85 D. Leonard NYA 32 14 13 0 3.23 267.0 234 103 114 3.84

NATIONAL LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS

Team W L PCT GB Runs AVG HR SB Runs against ERA K BB Chicago Cubs 88 66 .571 - 699 .271 110 42 610 3.41 542 572 Philadelphia Phillies 82 72 .532 6 715 .263 104 21 715 4.10 496 584 St. Louis Cardinals 81 73 .526 7 772 .267 112 69 716 4.14 474 696 Pittsburgh Pirates 80 74 .519 8 812 .275 118 33 779 4.40 617 693 New York Giants 77 77 .500 11 628 .254 113 50 662 3.77 519 654 Cincinnati Reds 77 77 .500 11 676 .257 96 41 625 3.37 481 591 Boston Braves 68 86 .442 20 622 .249 84 38 670 3.69 557 620 Brooklyn Dodgers 65 89 .422 23 567 .253 57 72 713 3.99 506 557

TOP 10 HITTERS Player Team G AB HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG T. Williams, LF PIT 152 567 39 107 1 .323 .442 .594 S. Musial, CF SLN 149 559 31 109 7 .340 .425 .609 G. Hermanski, RF SLN 148 558 22 98 24 .283 .373 .479 W. Kurowski, 3B NY1 153 590 26 98 0 .291 .369 .494 F. Fain, 1B PIT 153 582 9 80 4 .287 .419 .396 E. Torgeson, 1B CIN 153 642 20 90 19 .265 .361 .431 J. Mize, 1B CHN 125 425 32 74 1 .308 .403 .576 H. Steinbacher, LF PHI 150 560 7 65 2 .306 .432 .432 E. Slaughter, RF CHN 146 584 15 85 2 .308 .369 .474 J. Robinson, 1B BRO 151 584 12 73 40 .286 .372 .420 TOP 10 PITCHERS Player Team G W L S ERA IP HA BB K K/9 H. Brecheen BSN 36 17 14 0 2.29 308.0 260 84 157 4.58 M. Haefner CIN 33 17 13 0 3.05 284.1 272 110 89 2.83 B. Bevens CHN 30 17 8 0 3.24 233.0 200 105 98 3.80 E. Lopat CHN 32 17 12 0 3.32 273.0 247 99 116 3.83 V. Trucks CHN 34 16 14 0 3.37 281.2 247 126 154 4.92 H. Wyse CHN 31 14 11 0 2.78 254.0 224 84 71 2.51 R. Barrett PHI 35 18 11 0 3.87 278.2 286 72 77 2.50 V. Raschi PIT 37 18 15 0 3.87 282.0 296 117 138 4.40 J. Schmitz BSN 33 15 12 0 3.44 260.1 241 116 124 4.30 R. Munger NY1 34 14 10 0 3.24 252.1 238 91 97 3.46

Top 100 Prospects List Published
Monday, April 14th, 1947
The season is about to start, so it's time to publish the annual Top 100 Prospects list. This year 17-year-old starting pitcher Curt Simmons of the New York Yankees is the #1 prospect overall.

Here is the top 10:
1) SP Curt Simmons, 17, New York Yankees
2) SP Russ Meyer, 23, Cleveland Indians
3) 3B Al Rosen, 23, Boston Braves
4) CF Duke Snider, 20, Cleveland Indians
5) RF Vic Wertz, 22, Boston Red Sox
6) SP Bill Wight, 25, Philadelphia Athletics
7) RF Larry Doby, 23, New York Giants
8) 1B Ferris Fain, 26, Pittsburgh Pirates
9) SP Lou Brissie, 22, New York Yankees
10) 1B Earl Torgeson, 23, Cincinnati Reds

NABL News: Opening Day
Monday, April 14th, 1947
Experts and fans have made their preseason prognostications, so now it is time to play the games for real and see what happens. It is Opening Day in North American BaseBall League! And these match-ups headline the day's festivities:

New York Yankees @ Washington Senators