1947 Brooklyn Season
Boston vs Brooklyn
3 game series
Tuesday 4/15
Brooklyn 2 Boston 0:
WP Ken Raffensberger
LP Johnny Schmitz
Jim Tabor 2-3, RBI
Wednesday 4/16
Brooklyn 3 Boston 1:
WP Warren Spahn
LP Harry Brecheen
HR
Hank Greenberg Jim Tabor
Thursday 4/17
Brooklyn 6 Boston 0:
WP Marv Breuer
LP Les Tietje
HR
Clyde McCullough Jackie Robinson 2 (2)
Breuer fires a two hit shut out.
Brooklyn vs New York
2 game series
Friday 4/18
Brooklyn 7 NY 6:
WP Schoolboy Rowe
LP Carl Scheib
Jim Tabor 3-5, 3 RBIs.
Saturday 4/19
Brooklyn 7 NY 4:
WP Ken Raffensberger (2-0)
LP Johnny Page
Granny Hammer 2 RBIs. Dodgers score 4 in the ninth for their 5th win.
Brooklyn vs Boston
2 game series
Sunday 4/20
Brooklyn 1 Boston 0:
WP Warren Spahn (2-0)
LP Whitey Whilshere
Spahn in control with a four hit shut out.
Monday 4/21
Brooklyn 5 Boston 3 (11):
WP Johnny Vander Meer
LP Lefty Wallace
Dodgers score two in the 11th for their 7th straight win.
Philadelphia vs Brooklyn
3 game series
Tuesday 4/22
Philadelphia 6 Brooklyn 5:
WP Red Barrett (1-1)
LP Schoolboy Rowe (1-1)
HR Hank Steinbacher
Jim Tabor (2)
Clyde McCullough 3-4, 2 RBIs.
Wednesday 4/23
Brooklyn 3 Philadelphia 0:
WP Ken Raffensberger (3-0)
LP Harry Feldman (1-1)
Raffensberger six hit shut out.
Catfish Metkovich 2-4, 2 RBIs.
Thursday 4/24
Brooklyn 6 Philadelphia 1:
WP Warren Spahn (3-0)
LP Bobo Newsome (0-2)
HR Bob Elliott
Calvin Chapman
Spahn is batting .556
New York vs Brooklyn
3 game series
Friday 4/25
NY 4 Brooklyn 3:
WP Red Munger
LP Tiny Bonham
HR Aaron Robinson (2)
Catfish Metkovich Jackie Robinson (3)
Bobby Estalella 3-4, 2 RBIs.
Saturday 4/26
Brooklyn 6 NY 2:
WP Schoolboy Rowe (2-1)
LP Art Johnson (1-2)
HR Carl Furillo
Granny Hammer 2-3, 3 RBIs.
Sunday 4/27
NY 11 Brooklyn 10:
WP Howie Fox (1-2)
LP Bill Donovan
HR Larry Dolby 2 (3)
Catfish Metkovich (2)
Dolby destroys Dodgers with a GRAND SLAM and 9 RBIs.
Chicago vs Brooklyn
3 game series
Tuesday 4/29
Brooklyn 7 Chicago 0:
WP Warren Spahn (4-0)
LP Bill Bevens (0-3)
HR
Warren Spahn
Spahn is batting .667 with 1 HR (career first) and 2 RBIs for the season.
Wednesday 4/30
Chicago 9 Brooklyn 6:
WP Virgil Trucks (3-1)
LP Marv Breuer (1-1)
HR Johnny Mize (4) Frankie Gustine (3)
Catfish Metkovich (3)
Jackie Robinson (4)
Mize 3 RBIs. Gustine 2-4, 3 RBIs.
Thursday 5/1
Brooklyn 5 Chicago 2:
WP Schoolboy Rowe (3-1)
LP Ed Lopat (2-2)
HR
Schoolboy Rowe
Rowe 5th inning GRAND SLAM
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS
| W | L | PCT | GB |
| Washington Senators | 12 | 4 | .750 | - |
| Cleveland Indians | 10 | 4 | .714 | 1.0 |
| St. Louis Browns | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.5 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 9 | 7 | .563 | 3.0 |
| Detroit Tigers | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.5 |
| Boston Red Sox | 7 | 9 | .438 | 5.0 |
| New York Yankees | 6 | 11 | .353 | 6.5 |
| Chicago White Sox | 2 | 15 | .118 | 10.5 |
| NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS |
|---|
| W | L | PCT | GB |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 12 | 4 | .750 | - |
| Cincinnati Reds | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2.0 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.5 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.0 |
| Chicago Cubs | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.5 |
| New York Giants | 6 | 10 | .375 | 6.0 |
| Boston Braves | 4 | 14 | .222 | 9.0 |
| 2 | Buddy Blattner | SLN | .415 | | 3 | Ferris Fain | PIT | .414 | | 4 | Red Borom | PHA | .370 | | 5 | 2 tied with | | .357 | | | 2 | Vern Stephens | SLA | 6 | | 3 | Larry Doby | NY1 | 4 | | 3 | Whitey Kurowski | NY1 | 4 | | 3 | 3 more tied with | | 4 | | | 2 | Catfish Metkovich | BRO | 16 | | 3 | Ferris Fain | PIT | 15 | | 4 | Stan Hack | PHA | 14 | | 5 | 2 tied with | | 13 | |
| 2 | Hank Borowy | CIN | 3 | | 2 | Ken Chase | PHI | 3 | | 2 | Joe Dobson | CIN | 3 | | 2 | 12 more tied with | | 3 | | | 2 | Joe Dobson | CIN | 0.51 | | 2 | Warren Spahn | BRO | 0.51 | | 4 | Ken Chase | PHI | 0.67 | | 5 | Bob Feller | CLE | 1.04 | | | 2 | Ewell Blackwell | NYA | 24 | | 3 | Warren Spahn | BRO | 23 | | 4 | Preacher Roe | BOS | 21 | | 5 | Larry Jansen | CHA | 20 | |
News
Snider Pounds 3 HR Against Athletics
Tuesday, April 29th, 1947
Philadelphia won't soon forget the display of raw power put on today by Duke Snider of the Cleveland Indians. He victimized the Athletics by pounding three pitches out of Cleveland Stadium. The homers sparked his club to a 6-5 win and got him a spot in the league record book.
"I got three pitches down the pipe and popped them," Snider told reporters. "Today I was in a groove ... tomorrow I could just pop up the same pitches and go oh-for-three."
In addition to the homers, he collected 3 RBIs and scored 3 runs.
Duke Snider hit a solo-shot off Jack Wilson in the 2nd, hit a solo-shot off Jack Wilson in the 4th, hit a solo-shot off Jack Wilson in the 6th and grounded out in the 8th.
Snider is hitting .500 this year with 3 home runs, 6 RBIs and 6 runs scored. He has 8 hits in 16 at-bats, no walks and a .500 on-base percentage. Snider has played in 10 games.
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