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1947 American League First Base

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Pennant Winner: New York Yankees

AL Most Valuable Player: Joe DiMaggio

ML Rookie of the Year: Jackie Robinson

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Team Fielding - 1B

Team Fielding - 1B Table
Tm	#Fld	RA/G	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
Boston Red Sox	3	4.26	157	157	156	1391.0	1539	1418	109	12	155	.992
Chicago White Sox	3	4.26	155	155	154	1390.0	1597	1475	110	12	164	.992
Cleveland Indians	4	3.75	157	157	148	1402.0	1603	1471	119	13	158	.992
Detroit Tigers	2	4.06	158	158	153	1399.0	1546	1379	151	16	123	.990
New York Yankees	3	3.66	155	155	152	1373.0	1432	1328	95	9	134	.994
Philadelphia Athletics	4	3.94	156	156	144	1391.0	1547	1401	125	21	142	.986
St. Louis Browns	3	4.83	154	154	147	1364.0	1443	1330	94	19	143	.987
Washington Senators	1	4.38	154	154	154	1362.0	1423	1299	105	19	123	.987
League Average	3	4.14	156	156	151	1384	1516	1388	114	15	143	.990
	21	4.14	1246	1246	1208	11072.0	12130	11101	908	121	1142	.990

Team Advanced Fielding - 1B*

Team Advanced Fielding - 1B* Table
								Putouts					Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Tm	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	3U	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	363	361	36	GB	GBs	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
Boston Red Sox	4703	57%	78%	26%	277	95%	3	1114	56	1039	17	132	82	62	13	1	5	11	2	8	1	8	132	1	0	3	116	6	16	3	13	19	84%
Chicago White Sox	4438	60%	79%	27%	234	93%	2	1039	36	992	10	111	76	47	23	2	3	8	1	5	2	5	140	4	1	3	123	8	17	1	16	19	74%
Cleveland Indians	5916	54%	77%	27%	365	96%	0	1470	66	1393	12	180	116	72	32	1	5	13	1	12	0	11	159	7	2	1	143	12	15	2	12	24	96%
Detroit Tigers	3945	59%	77%	25%	226	94%	3	887	43	839	8	101	81	56	18	1	3	11	3	6	2	5	98	3	0	2	85	5	13	7	6	27	93%
New York Yankees	5535	54%	75%	23%	328	94%	1	1236	78	1148	9	155	83	50	27	0	3	8	0	8	0	8	134	7	1	1	122	9	12	2	10	21	76%
Philadelphia Athletics	4562	52%	79%	25%	309	91%	3	1021	66	941	13	142	89	45	30	3	1	18	1	13	4	15	115	2	2	1	104	5	11	9	2	20	70%
St. Louis Browns	4268	59%	78%	24%	219	92%	2	904	56	845	4	90	63	35	21	0	6	15	4	9	2	9	108	5	0	4	92	9	16	3	13	17	76%
Washington Senators	4981	58%	79%	25%	299	91%	2	1067	71	990	6	127	81	52	23	1	0	18	2	14	2	14	107	4	1	1	98	6	9	3	6	17	59%
League Average	4794	56%	78%	25%	282	93%	2	1092	59	1023	10	130	84	52	23	1	3	13	2	9	2	9	124	4	1	2	110	8	14	4	10	20	80%
	38348	56%	78%	25%	2257	93%	16	8738	472	8187	79	1038	671	419	187	9	26	102	14	75	13	75	993	33	7	16	883	60	109	30	78	164	80%

* - Disclaimer & Completeness Note

* Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 to 1972 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1973 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Player Fielding - 1B

Player Fielding - 1B Table
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1	Dick Adams	27	PHA	24	17	15	171.0	188	170	17	1	19	.995	7.79
2	George Binks	32	PHA	13	8	7	80.0	90	82	7	1	4	.989	6.85
3	Pat Cooper	29	PHA	1	1	1	9.0	8	8	0	0	1	1.000	8.00
4	Roy Cullenbine	33	DET	138	137	133	1206.0	1338	1184	139	15	111	.989	9.59
5	Larry Doby	23	CLE	1	1	1	9.0	8	8	0	0	1	1.000	8.00
6	Ferris Fain	26	PHA	132	130	121	1131.0	1261	1141	101	19	118	.985	9.41
7	Les Fleming	31	CLE	77	75	68	660.0	733	662	63	8	78	.989	9.42
8	Tommy Henrich	34	NYY	6	6	5	48.0	60	59	1	0	6	1.000	10.00
9	Billy Hitchcock	30	SLB	5	3	3	37.0	49	45	2	2	4	.959	9.40
10	Jake Jones	26	TOT	152	152	151	1360.0	1582	1462	104	16	159	.990	10.30
11	Jake Jones	26	CHW	43	43	43	395.0	481	444	31	6	49	.988	11.05
12	Jake Jones	26	BOS	109	109	108	965.0	1101	1018	73	10	110	.991	10.01
13	Wally Judnich	31	SLB	129	128	122	1110.0	1156	1067	76	13	118	.989	8.86
14	Don Kolloway	28	CHW	11	10	10	90.0	108	99	8	1	9	.991	9.73
15	John McHale	25	DET	25	21	20	193.0	208	195	12	1	12	.995	8.28
16	George McQuinn	37	NYY	142	141	139	1251.0	1299	1198	93	8	120	.994	9.09
17	Sam Mele	25	BOS	1	0	0	4.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.00
18	George Metkovich	26	CLE	1	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.00
19	Jack Phillips	25	NYY	10	8	8	74.0	73	71	1	1	8	.986	7.20
20	Eddie Robinson	26	CLE	87	81	79	731.0	860	800	55	5	79	.994	9.83
21	Mickey Vernon	29	WSH	154	154	154	1362.0	1423	1299	105	19	123	.987	9.12
22	Jerry Witte	31	SLB	27	23	22	217.0	238	218	16	4	21	.983	8.67
23	Rudy York	33	TOT	150	150	149	1327.0	1441	1327	107	7	151	.995	9.56
24	Rudy York	33	BOS	48	48	48	422.0	433	395	36	2	45	.995	8.98
25	Rudy York	33	CHW	102	102	101	905.0	1008	932	71	5	106	.995	9.83
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G

Player Advanced Fielding - 1b

Player Advanced Fielding - 1b Table
											Putouts					Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	3U	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	363	361	36	GB	GBs	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1	Dick Adams	27	PHA	610	54%	79%	28%	43	93%	1	147	10	135	2	19	13	8	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	18	2	0	0	17	2	1	1	0	5	80%
2	George Binks	32	PHA	300	61%	81%	24%	23	87%	0	67	2	64	1	12	6	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	33%
3	Pat Cooper	29	PHA	38	55%	76%	18%	1	100%	0	7	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	Roy Cullenbine	33	DET	3301	59%	77%	25%	195	94%	3	731	39	688	7	86	70	47	16	1	3	10	3	5	2	4	86	3	0	2	75	5	11	6	5	26	92%
5	Larry Doby	23	CLE	34	50%	82%	26%	2	100%	0	8	1	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
6	Ferris Fain	26	PHA	3614	50%	79%	25%	242	91%	2	800	54	735	10	110	70	32	26	3	1	16	1	11	4	13	94	0	2	1	84	3	10	8	2	12	75%
7	Les Fleming	31	CLE	2751	56%	77%	27%	159	94%	0	662	22	637	5	69	62	43	16	0	1	8	1	7	0	7	79	4	2	0	74	6	5	1	4	14	93%
8	Tommy Henrich	34	NYY	193	53%	80%	23%	15	93%	0	52	8	44	0	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	3	1	100%
9	Billy Hitchcock	30	SLB	136	63%	79%	37%	12	92%	0	45	2	44	0	7	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0
10	Jake Jones	26	BOS	3162	57%	80%	26%	193	94%	2	780	39	728	12	95	54	41	9	1	3	9	2	6	1	6	90	0	0	3	80	5	10	2	8	11	82%
11	Jake Jones	26	CHW	1245	60%	78%	28%	66	92%	1	315	9	305	1	35	19	12	6	1	1	3	0	2	1	2	42	1	0	1	37	2	5	1	4	4	50%
12	Wally Judnich	31	SLB	3418	59%	78%	23%	167	93%	2	689	50	635	4	60	51	29	16	0	6	10	2	8	0	7	86	3	0	2	73	5	13	2	11	11	73%
13	Don Kolloway	28	CHW	351	62%	77%	29%	26	96%	0	93	4	89	1	16	5	3	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	7	0	2	0	2	3	67%
14	John McHale	25	DET	644	60%	78%	27%	31	97%	0	156	4	151	1	15	11	9	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	12	0	0	0	10	0	2	1	1	1	100%
15	George McQuinn	37	NYY	5076	55%	75%	23%	305	94%	1	1131	66	1055	9	147	82	49	27	0	2	7	0	7	0	7	121	7	1	1	112	9	9	2	7	20	75%
16	Sam Mele	25	BOS	15	60%	67%	20%	0		0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	George Metkovich	26	CLE	7	29%	86%	29%	1	100%	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Jack Phillips	25	NYY	266	53%	75%	21%	8	88%	0	53	4	49	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
19	Eddie Robinson	26	CLE	3124	53%	78%	27%	203	98%	0	799	43	748	7	110	53	28	16	1	4	5	0	5	0	4	79	3	0	1	68	6	10	1	8	10	100%
20	Mickey Vernon	29	WSH	4981	58%	79%	25%	299	91%	2	1067	71	990	6	127	81	52	23	1	0	18	2	14	2	14	107	4	1	1	98	6	9	3	6	17	59%
21	Jerry Witte	31	SLB	714	60%	76%	27%	40	88%	0	170	4	166	0	23	10	5	4	0	0	3	1	0	2	2	18	1	0	2	15	3	3	1	2	6	83%
22	Rudy York	33	BOS	1526	55%	76%	25%	84	95%	1	330	17	307	5	37	28	21	4	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	42	1	0	0	36	1	6	1	5	8	88%
23	Rudy York	33	CHW	2842	60%	80%	26%	142	92%	1	631	23	598	8	60	52	32	16	1	1	4	0	3	1	3	89	3	1	2	79	6	10	0	10	12	83%
	LgAvg			533	56%	78%	25%	31	93%	0	121	7	114	1	14	9	6	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	14	0	0	0	12	1	2	0	1	2	80%