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The 1947 season of the American League was the forty-seventh season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	New York Yankees	155	97	57	1	.626	-.-	794 (5.12)	568 (3.66)	0.271	0.346	0.407	3.39	0.981
2	Detroit Tigers	158	85	69	4	.538	12.0	714 (4.52)	642 (4.06)	0.258	0.352	0.377	3.57	0.975
3	Boston Red Sox	157	83	71	3	.529	14.0	720 (4.59)	669 (4.26)	0.265	0.347	0.382	3.81	0.977
4	Cleveland Indians	157	80	74	3	.510	17.0	687 (4.38)	588 (3.75)	0.259	0.323	0.385	3.44	0.983
5	Philadelphia Athletics	156	78	76	2	.500	19.0	633 (4.06)	614 (3.94)	0.252	0.330	0.349	3.51	0.976
6	Chicago White Sox	155	70	84	1	.452	27.0	553 (3.57)	661 (4.26)	0.256	0.319	0.342	3.64	0.975
7	Washington Senators	154	64	90	0	.416	33.0	496 (3.22)	675 (4.38)	0.241	0.312	0.321	3.97	0.976
8	St. Louis Browns	154	59	95	0	.383	38.0	564 (3.66)	744 (4.83)	0.241	0.318	0.350	4.33	0.977

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Eddie Lake	Detroit Tigers	158
At Bats	Johnny Pesky	Boston Red Sox	638
Runs Scored	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	125
Hits	Johnny Pesky	Boston Red Sox	207
Doubles	Lou Boudreau	Cleveland Indians	45
Triples	Tommy Henrich	New York Yankees	13
Home Runs	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	32
Total Bases	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	335
Runs Batted In	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	114
Stolen Bases	Bob Dillinger	St. Louis Browns	34
Caught Stealing	Dave Philley	Chicago White Sox	16
Walks	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	162
Hit by Pitch	Phil Rizzuto	New York Yankees	8
Strikeouts	Eddie Joost	Philadelphia Athletics	110
Sacrifice Hits	Eddie Joost	Philadelphia Athletics	24
Grounded into Double Plays	Bobby Doerr	Boston Red Sox	25
Batting Average	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	0.343
On-Base Percentage	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	0.499
Slugging Percentage	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	0.634
On-Base plus Slugging	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	1.133
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	205

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	20
Losses	Hal Newhouser	Detroit Tigers	17
Win-Loss Percentage	Spec Shea	New York Yankees	0.737
Appearances	Ed Klieman	Cleveland Indians	58
Games Started	Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	37
Complete Games	Hal Newhouser	Detroit Tigers	24
Shutouts	Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	5
Games Finished	Joe Page	New York Yankees	44
Saves	Ed Klieman Joe Page	Cleveland Indians New York Yankees	17
Innings Pitched	Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	299.0
Batters Faced	Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	1218
Hits Allowed	Hal Newhouser	Detroit Tigers	268
Home Runs Allowed	Allie Reynolds	New York Yankees	23
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Phil Marchildon	Philadelphia Athletics	141
Hit Batsmen	Dave Ferriss Phil Marchildon	Boston Red Sox Philadelphia Athletics	7
Strikeouts	Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	196
Wild Pitches	Joe Dobson Hal Newhouser	Boston Red Sox Detroit Tigers	11
Balks	Bob Feller Al Gettel Ray Scarborough Carl Scheib	Cleveland Indians Cleveland Indians Washington Senators Philadelphia Athletics	2
Runs Allowed	Jack Kramer	St. Louis Browns	123
Earned Runs Allowed	Jack Kramer	St. Louis Browns	110
Earned Run Average	Joe Haynes	Chicago White Sox	2.42
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Bob Feller	Cleveland Indians	1.194

All-Star Game

The American League won the fourteenth midsummer classic at Wrigley Field in Chicago, IL on Tuesday, July 8, 1947 by a score of 2 to 1. The league's manager was Joe Cronin.

Postseason

In the World Series, the American League champion New York Yankees defeated the National League's Brooklyn Dodgers, 4 games to 3.

Award winners

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Joe DiMaggio, an outfielder with the New York Yankees. In the award's voting, he had 202 out of a possible 336 points and 8 first place votes.

The winner of the Rookie of the Year Award, given its best rookie player, was Jackie Robinson, a first baseman with the Brooklyn Dodgers (NL). In the award's voting, he had 129 out of a possible 165 points and first place votes.

Hall of Fame Game

The sixth annual Hall of Fame Game was played on July 21 at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY near the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In the game, the American League's New York Yankees lost to the Boston Braves of the National League by a score of 4 to 3.

Umpires

• Charlie Berry
• Jim Boyer
• Bill Grieve
• Cal Hubbard
• Eddie Hurley
• Red Jones
• Bill McGowan
• Bill McKinley
• Joe Paparella
• Art Passarella
• Eddie Rommel
• Joe Rue
• Bill Summers
• Hal Weafer