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1947 MLB Season

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1Ted WilliamsBAT20.2
  2. 2Ralph KinerBAT19.2
  3. 3Johnny MizeBAT18.9
  4. 4Whitey KurowskiBAT16.7
  5. 5Bob FellerPITCH16
  6. 6Willard MarshallBAT16
  7. 7Bob ElliottBAT15.7
  8. 8Warren SpahnPITCH15.7
  9. 9Walker CooperBAT15.5
  10. 10Stan MusialBAT15
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Duke SniderCF220.3
  2. 2Vic WertzOF155.3
  3. 3Ted Kluszewski1B147.9
  4. 4Curt SimmonsP143.3
  5. 5Nellie Fox2B134
  6. 6Gerry StaleyP132.9
  7. 7Earl Torgeson1B123.8
  8. 8Willie Jones3B117.3

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Mel OttRF291.9
  2. 2Red RuffingP180.4
  3. 3Hank Greenberg1B167.5
  4. 4Joe Kuhel1B149.3
  5. 5Mel HarderP137.5
  6. 6Ernie LombardiC135.6
  7. 7Stan Hack3B131.6
  8. 8Billy Herman2B120.3

Teams · 28

TeamRecordRoster VALTop playerResult
New York Yankees97-57224.4Joe DiMaggioPlayoffs
Los Angeles Dodgers94-60232.2Ralph BrancaPlayoffs
St. Louis Cardinals89-65247Whitey Kurowski
Atlanta Braves86-68203.1Bob Elliott
Detroit Tigers85-69235Hal Newhouser
New York Cubans27-1445.2Lino Donoso
Kansas City Monarchs39-2637.9Buck O'Neil
Boston Red Sox83-71205.4Ted Williams
Baltimore Elite Giants37-2849.2Henry Kimbro
San Francisco Giants81-73204.8Johnny Mize
Newark Eagles33-2642.4Monte Irvin
Cleveland Buckeyes14-7——
Cleveland Indians80-74242Bob Feller
Athletics78-76208.9Russ Christopher
Philadelphia Stars24-2322.4Frank Austin
Memphis Red Sox9-11——
Homestead Grays28-3132.4Luis Marquez
Birmingham Black Barons5-11——
Cincinnati Reds73-81176.1Ewell Blackwell
Chicago American Giants9-204.5Sam Hill
Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns9-216.2Sam Hairston
Chicago White Sox70-84211.2Ed Lopat
Chicago Cubs69-85203.6Bill Nicholson
New York Black Yankees7-237.2Clyde Parris
Minnesota Twins64-90163.2Walt Masterson
Pittsburgh Pirates62-92170.3Ralph Kiner
Philadelphia Phillies62-92160.4Dutch Leonard
Baltimore Orioles59-95183.3Jeff Heath

Record basis: summed pitcher wins and losses.