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1947 American League Left Field

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, NAL, NL, NN2

Pennant Winner: New York Yankees

AL Most Valuable Player: Joe DiMaggio

ML Rookie of the Year: Jackie Robinson

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Team Fielding - LF

Team Fielding - LF Table
Tm	#Fld	RA/G	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
Boston Red Sox	3	4.26	157	157	150	352	333	10	9	2	.974
Chicago White Sox	6	4.26	155	155	152	335	316	13	6	2	.982
Cleveland Indians	6	3.75	157	157	135	343	324	13	6	3	.983
Detroit Tigers	6	4.06	158	158	142	306	280	11	15	2	.951
New York Yankees	7	3.66	155	155	145	370	353	7	10	0	.973
Philadelphia Athletics	6	3.94	156	156	151	377	359	11	7	2	.981
St. Louis Browns	4	4.83	154	154	121	315	304	7	4	4	.987
Washington Senators	5	4.38	154	154	141	387	362	11	14	1	.964
League Average	5	4.14	156	156	142	348	329	10	9	2	.975
	43	4.14	1246	1246	1137	2785	2631	83	71	16	.975

Team Advanced Fielding - LF*

Team Advanced Fielding - LF* Table
	Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Tm	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
Boston Red Sox	6	0	5	1	1	9	0	5	0	3	45	33	0	32	9	1	23	14	0	13	2	1	22	22	0	135	80	59.3%	53	2	1.5%	7	4703	57%	78%	29%	533	50%
Chicago White Sox	6	0	6	0	1	9	0	4	1	1	55	42	2	36	3	0	20	12	0	21	4	1	29	26	1	161	87	54.0%	70	4	2.5%	5	4438	60%	79%	27%	513	50%
Cleveland Indians	6	0	6	0	2	13	0	7	0	4	96	77	1	55	11	1	32	16	1	22	6	2	26	26	0	231	136	58.9%	90	5	2.2%	8	5916	54%	77%	29%	714	47%
Detroit Tigers	11	0	11	0	4	6	0	3	1	2	48	40	0	25	4	1	21	9	1	3	0	0	22	21	0	119	74	62.2%	43	2	1.7%	4	3945	59%	77%	27%	388	51%
New York Yankees	9	0	9	0	2	7	0	3	0	3	51	36	2	32	7	1	21	13	1	13	3	0	42	42	0	159	101	63.5%	54	4	2.5%	3	5535	54%	75%	31%	565	61%
Philadelphia Athletics	7	0	7	0	2	9	0	6	1	2	44	33	1	16	1	0	19	11	0	20	6	2	24	24	0	123	75	61.0%	45	3	2.4%	6	4562	52%	79%	31%	519	59%
St. Louis Browns	2	0	2	0	1	6	0	3	1	1	56	44	1	41	5	1	14	5	0	13	4	1	32	30	1	156	88	56.4%	64	4	2.6%	2	4268	59%	78%	29%	442	55%
Washington Senators	10	0	9	1	2	9	0	3	1	4	62	53	0	49	8	0	27	12	3	21	2	1	40	36	0	199	111	55.8%	84	4	2.0%	5	4981	58%	79%	30%	621	52%
League Average	7	0	7	0	2	8	0	4	1	2	57	45	1	36	6	1	22	12	1	16	3	1	30	28	0	160	94	58.6%	63	4	2.2%	5	4794	56%	78%	29%	537	53%
	57	0	55	2	15	68	0	34	5	20	457	358	7	286	48	5	177	92	6	126	27	8	237	227	2	1283	752	58.6%	503	28	2.2%	40	38348	56%	78%	29%	4295	53%

* - 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 - LF

Player Fielding - LF Table
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1	Dick Adams	27	PHA	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0.00
2	Yogi Berra	22	NYY	13	8	8		26	26	0	0	0	1.000	2.00
3	George Binks	32	PHA	25	24	21		49	45	2	2	0	.959	1.88
4	Eddie Bockman	26	CLE	1	1	0		7	5	2	0	2	1.000	7.00
5	George Case	31	WSH	12	11	11		28	25	1	2	0	.929	2.17
6	Sam Chapman	31	PHA	12	11	11		34	31	3	0	0	1.000	2.83
7	Loyd Christopher	27	CHW	7	7	6		20	19	1	0	1	1.000	2.86
8	Allie Clark	24	NYY	5	5	5		10	10	0	0	0	1.000	2.00
9	Ray Coleman	25	SLB	21	9	9		28	28	0	0	0	1.000	1.33
10	Frank Colman	29	NYY	6	3	2		8	7	1	0	0	1.000	1.33
11	Leon Culberson	28	BOS	5	0	0		4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0.80
12	Hank Edwards	28	CLE	47	44	34		99	98	0	1	0	.990	2.09
13	Hoot Evers	26	DET	2	2	2		1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
14	Joe Grace	33	WSH	56	54	48		141	134	4	3	0	.979	2.46
15	Johnny Groth	20	DET	1	1	1		5	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.00
16	Jeff Heath	32	SLB	140	140	107		272	261	7	4	4	.985	1.91
17	Tommy Henrich	34	NYY	1	1	1		1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
18	Ralph Hodgin	32	CHW	39	39	39		85	82	2	1	0	.988	2.15
19	Charlie Keller	30	NYY	43	43	42		84	79	2	3	0	.964	1.88
20	Bob Kennedy	26	CHW	15	15	15		34	30	2	2	1	.941	2.13
21	Austin Knickerbocker	28	PHA	2	1	1		7	7	0	0	0	1.000	3.50
22	Chet Laabs	35	PHA	6	6	6		16	16	0	0	0	1.000	2.67
23	Paul Lehner	26	SLB	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0.00
24	Johnny Lindell	30	NYY	96	95	87		240	229	4	7	0	.971	2.43
25	Al Lyons	28	NYY	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
26	Tom McBride	32	WSH	43	35	31		73	70	1	2	0	.973	1.65
27	Barney McCosky	30	PHA	115	114	112		271	260	6	5	2	.982	2.31
28	Sam Mele	25	BOS	3	1	1		3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
29	Ed Mierkowicz	23	DET	10	8	6		18	17	0	1	0	.944	1.70
30	Dale Mitchell	25	CLE	75	65	60		142	135	5	2	0	.986	1.87
31	Jimmy Outlaw	34	DET	21	10	10		26	26	0	0	0	1.000	1.24
32	Hal Peck	30	CLE	3	2	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.33
33	Dave Philley	27	CHW	41	40	39		73	69	4	0	0	1.000	1.78
34	Sherry Robertson	28	WSH	55	54	51		142	130	5	7	1	.951	2.45
35	Al Rosen	23	CLE	1	1	0		2	1	1	0	1	1.000	2.00
36	Pat Seerey	24	CLE	53	44	41		92	84	5	3	0	.967	1.68
37	Dick Wakefield	26	DET	101	100	88		184	164	9	11	2	.940	1.71
38	Jack Wallaesa	27	CHW	22	22	21		72	71	1	0	0	1.000	3.27
39	Vic Wertz	22	DET	39	37	35		72	68	2	2	0	.972	1.79
40	Ted Williams	28	BOS	156	156	149		345	326	10	9	2	.974	2.15
41	Junior Wooten	23	WSH	1	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.00
42	Taffy Wright	35	CHW	34	32	32		51	45	3	3	0	.941	1.41
43	Al Zarilla	28	SLB	24	5	5		15	15	0	0	0	1.000	0.63

Player Advanced Fielding - lf

Player Advanced Fielding - lf Table
				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1	Yogi Berra	22	NYY	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	4	1	25.0%	3	0	0.0%	0	332	64%	78%	34%	37	70%
2	George Binks	32	PHA	2	0	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	7	6	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	3	2	0	3	3	0	18	13	72.2%	4	1	5.6%	1	685	51%	76%	32%	72	57%
3	Eddie Bockman	26	CLE	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	33.3%	1	1	33.3%	1	25	44%	96%	44%	7	71%
4	George Case	31	WSH	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0%	1	1	50.0%	0	265	51%	80%	27%	21	81%
5	Sam Chapman	31	PHA	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	0	3	3	0	11	8	72.7%	3	0	0.0%	2	351	50%	77%	32%	43	65%
6	Loyd Christopher	27	CHW	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	3	60.0%	1	1	20.0%	0	203	52%	81%	25%	27	63%
7	Allie Clark	24	NYY	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	5	4	80.0%	1	0	0.0%	0	178	61%	71%	26%	15	67%
8	Ray Coleman	25	SLB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	0	6	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	4	4	0	19	11	57.9%	8	0	0.0%	0	441	66%	77%	27%	54	46%
9	Frank Colman	29	NYY	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	4	4	0	10	7	70.0%	2	1	10.0%	0	131	46%	73%	34%	13	62%
10	Leon Culberson	28	BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	22	68%	86%	36%	5	80%
11	Hank Edwards	28	CLE	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	23	0	21	7	0	7	5	0	7	2	0	8	8	0	71	45	63.4%	26	0	0.0%	0	1611	52%	79%	30%	202	49%
12	Hoot Evers	26	DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	20	55%	55%	0%	0
13	Joe Grace	33	WSH	2	0	1	1	0	4	0	1	1	2	21	19	0	14	2	0	9	3	2	9	2	0	14	11	0	67	37	55.2%	28	2	3.0%	2	1759	61%	78%	31%	212	57%
14	Johnny Groth	20	DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	36	61%	97%	42%	7	71%
15	Jeff Heath	32	SLB	2	0	2	0	1	6	0	3	1	1	44	33	1	29	4	1	12	4	0	11	4	1	26	24	1	122	69	56.6%	49	4	3.3%	2	3507	58%	78%	29%	356	57%
16	Tommy Henrich	34	NYY	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	36	53%	58%	22%	1	100%
17	Ralph Hodgin	32	CHW	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	12	0	5	1	0	5	3	0	6	2	0	9	9	0	41	27	65.9%	14	0	0.0%	0	1264	57%	83%	30%	139	54%
18	Charlie Keller	30	NYY	3	0	3	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	16	14	0	8	1	0	7	4	1	0	0	0	7	7	0	38	26	68.4%	11	1	2.6%	1	1523	56%	75%	29%	149	54%
19	Bob Kennedy	26	CHW	2	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	7	5	1	4	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	16	7	43.8%	7	2	12.5%	0	372	62%	81%	28%	42	50%
20	Austin Knickerbocker	28	PHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	43	49%	79%	40%	8	88%
21	Chet Laabs	35	PHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	7	6	85.7%	1	0	0.0%	0	228	51%	81%	37%	28	57%
22	Paul Lehner	26	SLB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	7	57%	57%	29%	0
23	Johnny Lindell	30	NYY	6	0	6	0	1	4	0	2	0	2	31	20	1	22	5	1	12	9	0	10	2	0	27	27	0	102	63	61.8%	37	2	2.0%	2	3318	53%	75%	31%	349	63%
24	Al Lyons	28	NYY	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	17	41%	82%	29%	1	100%
25	Tom McBride	32	WSH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	10	0	9	3	0	5	2	0	4	0	0	9	9	0	40	24	60.0%	16	0	0.0%	0	965	54%	78%	27%	116	48%
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
26	Barney McCosky	30	PHA	5	0	5	0	1	5	0	3	0	2	30	21	0	14	1	0	12	7	0	14	2	2	17	17	0	87	48	55.2%	37	2	2.3%	3	3255	52%	80%	30%	368	58%
27	Sam Mele	25	BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	36	72%	81%	39%	6	50%
28	Ed Mierkowicz	23	DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	11	9	81.8%	2	0	0.0%	0	194	64%	78%	24%	23	39%
29	Dale Mitchell	25	CLE	2	0	2	0	0	5	0	3	0	1	49	39	1	25	4	1	15	7	0	8	3	0	14	14	0	111	67	60.4%	42	2	1.8%	3	2532	58%	78%	29%	315	44%
30	Jimmy Outlaw	34	DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	15	8	53.3%	7	0	0.0%	0	358	58%	78%	25%	39	56%
31	Hal Peck	30	CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	57	46%	70%	32%	4	25%
32	Dave Philley	27	CHW	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	11	8	1	12	2	0	5	3	0	5	0	0	6	5	0	39	18	46.2%	20	1	2.6%	2	914	61%	78%	22%	105	40%
33	Sherry Robertson	28	WSH	7	0	7	0	2	4	0	2	0	1	28	24	0	24	3	0	12	7	0	8	0	1	17	16	0	89	50	56.2%	38	1	1.1%	3	1975	57%	81%	30%	267	48%
34	Al Rosen	23	CLE	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	2	66.7%	0	1	33.3%	0	25	56%	72%	16%	3	33%
35	Pat Seerey	24	CLE	3	0	3	0	2	5	0	4	0	1	18	14	0	9	0	0	8	3	1	4	0	0	3	3	0	42	20	47.6%	21	1	2.4%	4	1666	51%	76%	29%	183	49%
36	Dick Wakefield	26	DET	9	0	9	0	3	5	0	2	1	2	29	24	0	16	3	1	14	6	1	2	0	0	14	13	0	75	46	61.3%	27	2	2.7%	3	2442	60%	77%	27%	240	49%
37	Jack Wallaesa	27	CHW	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	7	7	0	6	0	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	6	5	0	26	13	50.0%	13	0	0.0%	1	645	62%	76%	28%	94	64%
38	Vic Wertz	22	DET	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	8	6	0	4	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	17	10	58.8%	7	0	0.0%	1	895	58%	77%	30%	79	54%
39	Ted Williams	28	BOS	6	0	5	1	1	9	0	5	0	3	45	33	0	32	9	1	23	14	0	13	2	1	22	22	0	135	80	59.3%	53	2	1.5%	7	4645	56%	78%	29%	522	50%
40	Junior Wooten	23	WSH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0%	1	0	0.0%	0	17	59%	94%	47%	5	60%
41	Taffy Wright	35	CHW	3	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	14	10	0	8	0	0	5	3	0	2	1	0	5	5	0	34	19	55.9%	15	0	0.0%	2	1040	63%	76%	26%	106	37%
42	Al Zarilla	28	SLB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	15	8	53.3%	7	0	0.0%	0	313	55%	79%	28%	32	47%
	LgAvg			1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	5	0	4	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	3	3	0	18	10	58.6%	7	0	2.2%	1	533	56%	78%	29%	60	53%