1947 American Association season

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The 1947 American Association season was the 47th in the league's history, and ended with the Milwaukee Brewers winning their first league championship since 1936. The Brewers went on to lose the Junior World Series.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Kansas City Blues	93	60	.608	--	Billy Meyer	New York Yankees
Louisville Colonels	85	68	.556	8	Nemo Leibold	Boston Red Sox
Milwaukee Brewers	79	75	.513	14½	Nick Cullop	Boston Braves
Minneapolis Millers	77	77	.500	16½	Tom Sheehan	New York Giants
Columbus Red Birds	76	78	.494	17½	Hal Anderson	St. Louis Cardinals
Indianapolis Indians	74	79	.489	19	Jimmy Brown	Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Paul Saints	69	85	.448	24½	Curt Davis/Herman Franks	Brooklyn Dodgers
Toledo Mud Hens	61	92	.399	32	Frank Snyder	St. Louis Browns

Playoffs

	First Round					Championship Finals
	1	Kansas City Blues	2
	3	Milwaukee Brewers	4
						3	Milwaukee Brewers	4
						2	Louisville Colonels	3
	2	Louisville Colonels	3
	4	Minneapolis Millers	4

First Round

Kansas City vs. Milwaukee Date Away Home September 9 Milwaukee 9 Kansas City 8 September 12 Milwaukee 2 Kansas City 1 September 13 Kansas City 14 Milwaukee 7 September 14 Kansas City 5 Milwaukee 2 September 15 Kansas City 3 Milwaukee 5 September 16 Milwaukee 4 Kansas City 2 Milwaukee wins series 4-2

Louisville vs. Minneapolis Date Away Home September 9 Minneapolis 4 Louisville 6 September 10 Minneapolis 3 Louisville 8 September 11 Minneapolis 13 Louisville 8 September 13 Louisville 8 Minneapolis 7 September 14 Louisville 1 Minneapolis 5 September 15 Louisville 2 Minneapolis 8 September 16 Louisville 8 Minneapolis 4 Louisville wins series 4-3

Championship Finals

Louisville vs. Milwaukee Date Away Home September 19 Milwaukee 5 Louisville 2 September 20 Milwaukee 12 Louisville 5 September 21 Milwaukee 4 Louisville 6 September 22 Louisville 4 Milwaukee 1 September 23 Louisville 2 Milwaukee 3 10 innings September 24 Louisville 11 Milwaukee 1 September 25 Louisville 4 Milwaukee 5 Milwaukee wins series 4-3 and advances to Junior World Series

References

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. W. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, editors. Baseball America, 1993.