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1947 American League Shortstop

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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 - SS

Team Fielding - SS Table
Tm	#Fld	RA/G	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
Boston Red Sox	2	4.26	157	157	154	1391.0	779	290	467	22	100	.972
Chicago White Sox	4	4.26	155	155	151	1390.0	852	290	522	40	108	.953
Cleveland Indians	4	3.75	157	157	140	1400.0	862	327	513	22	130	.974
Detroit Tigers	2	4.06	158	158	152	1398.0	757	268	445	44	95	.942
New York Yankees	3	3.66	155	155	147	1374.0	851	353	470	28	116	.967
Philadelphia Athletics	4	3.94	156	156	153	1390.0	901	384	477	40	106	.956
St. Louis Browns	4	4.83	154	154	149	1364.0	839	297	517	25	120	.970
Washington Senators	3	4.38	154	154	147	1362.0	795	311	463	21	111	.974
League Average	3	4.14	156	156	149	1384	830	315	484	30	111	.964
	26	4.14	1246	1246	1193	11069.0	6636	2520	3874	242	886	.964

Team Advanced Fielding - SS*

Team Advanced Fielding - SS* Table
								Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Tm	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
Boston Red Sox	4703	57%	78%	26%	470	93%	4	219	122	79	18	348	241	93	4	6	18	2	13	3	14	83	40	5	18	6	1	76	46	26	6	3	3
Chicago White Sox	4438	60%	79%	27%	458	90%	3	220	96	111	13	370	274	81	2	4	35	1	24	10	26	96	27	9	32	9	5	89	36	47	5	4	1
Cleveland Indians	5916	54%	77%	27%	599	97%	2	329	145	142	43	516	392	98	1	9	22	2	20	0	15	130	41	9	39	12	9	116	53	60	10	5	3
Detroit Tigers	3945	59%	77%	25%	333	90%	4	154	54	88	12	281	217	56	2	3	28	1	21	6	19	72	24	6	21	7	3	66	30	32	4	1	3
New York Yankees	5535	54%	75%	23%	594	92%	7	328	174	121	33	443	338	84	0	11	28	1	24	3	22	117	36	7	48	4	8	104	43	60	10	7	2
Philadelphia Athletics	4562	52%	79%	25%	492	91%	6	273	118	113	42	365	277	71	3	7	32	2	23	7	19	84	31	9	20	8	4	76	41	33	5	1	4
St. Louis Browns	4268	59%	78%	24%	412	93%	7	203	76	101	26	358	261	82	3	4	18	3	15	0	14	91	28	7	27	8	5	81	37	40	6	6	0
Washington Senators	4981	58%	79%	25%	485	90%	10	251	105	119	27	389	255	113	1	9	20	0	19	1	18	99	30	7	34	6	5	90	39	45	2	1	1
League Average	4794	56%	78%	25%	480	92%	5	247	111	109	27	384	282	85	2	7	25	2	20	4	18	96	32	7	30	8	5	87	41	43	6	4	2
	38348	56%	78%	25%	3843	92%	43	1977	890	874	214	3070	2255	678	16	53	201	12	159	30	147	772	257	59	239	60	40	698	325	343	48	28	17

* - 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 - SS

Player Fielding - SS Table
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1	Luke Appling	40	CHW	129	128	126	1150.0	689	232	422	35	86	.949	5.07
2	Floyd Baker	30	CHW	1	1	0	7.0	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	4.00
3	Eddie Bockman	26	CLE	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00
4	Lou Boudreau	29	CLE	148	147	132	1287.0	794	305	475	14	120	.982	5.27
5	Bobby Brown	22	NYY	11	4	4	55.0	36	13	20	3	5	.917	3.00
6	Mark Christman	33	WSH	106	103	99	908.0	505	203	291	11	75	.978	4.66
7	Jack Conway	28	CLE	24	10	8	107.0	65	20	37	8	10	.877	2.38
8	Frankie Crosetti	36	NYY	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00
9	Perry Currin	18	SLB	1	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	0	2	1.000	4.00
10	Larry Doby	23	CLE	1	0	0	4.0	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.00
11	Gene Handley	32	PHA	1	0	0	2.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.00
12	Billy Hitchcock	30	SLB	7	5	5	47.0	32	12	19	1	5	.969	4.43
13	Eddie Joost	31	PHA	151	151	148	1340.0	860	370	452	38	100	.956	5.44
14	Eddie Lake	31	DET	158	158	152	1387.0	752	268	441	43	94	.943	4.49
15	Hank Majeski	30	PHA	4	4	4	35.0	30	10	20	0	4	1.000	7.50
16	Cass Michaels	21	CHW	2	1	0	10.0	5	2	3	0	0	1.000	2.50
17	Eddie Pellagrini	29	BOS	26	23	23	214.0	121	39	76	6	10	.950	4.42
18	Johnny Pesky	28	BOS	133	134	131	1177.0	658	251	391	16	90	.976	4.83
19	Rusty Peters	32	SLB	2	0	0	4.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.00
20	Phil Rizzuto	29	NYY	151	151	143	1317.0	815	340	450	25	111	.969	5.23
21	Vern Stephens	26	SLB	149	149	144	1311.0	801	283	494	24	113	.970	5.21
22	Pete Suder	31	PHA	3	1	1	13.0	9	4	3	2	2	.778	2.33
23	John Sullivan	26	WSH	40	38	36	340.0	219	83	128	8	27	.963	5.28
24	Cecil Travis	33	WSH	15	13	12	114.0	71	25	44	2	9	.972	4.60
25	Jack Wallaesa	27	CHW	27	25	25	223.0	154	55	94	5	22	.968	5.52
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
26	Skeeter Webb	37	DET	6	0	0	11.0	5	0	4	1	1	.800	0.67

Player Advanced Fielding - ss

Player Advanced Fielding - ss Table
											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1	Luke Appling	40	CHW	3763	61%	79%	26%	382	90%	1	180	78	91	11	307	228	69	1	4	31	1	22	8	22	76	22	8	24	6	5	72	30	36	4	3	1
2	Floyd Baker	30	CHW	26	54%	85%	46%	4	100%	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Eddie Bockman	26	CLE	5	60%	100%	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
4	Lou Boudreau	29	CLE	5384	54%	77%	27%	550	97%	2	304	134	131	40	478	359	94	1	9	14	2	12	0	9	120	40	8	36	10	9	107	50	55	9	4	3
5	Bobby Brown	22	NYY	193	50%	77%	20%	26	77%	1	14	7	4	3	16	11	4	0	0	3	0	3	0	2	5	2	0	3	0	0	5	2	3	0	0	0
6	Mark Christman	33	WSH	3222	57%	79%	24%	287	89%	9	163	61	81	21	238	150	70	1	9	11	0	11	0	10	68	18	5	25	3	4	62	25	32	1	1	0
7	Jack Conway	28	CLE	506	55%	80%	27%	47	87%	0	23	10	10	3	37	32	4	0	0	8	0	8	0	6	10	1	1	3	2	0	9	3	5	1	1	0
8	Frankie Crosetti	36	NYY	6	100%	67%	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
9	Perry Currin	18	SLB	12	50%	83%	42%	0		0	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0
10	Larry Doby	23	CLE	21	62%	81%	33%	2	100%	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Gene Handley	32	PHA	13	62%	62%	15%	2	100%	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Billy Hitchcock	30	SLB	229	65%	76%	22%	22	86%	1	12	5	5	2	18	11	5	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	1	0	4	1	3	0	0	0
13	Eddie Joost	31	PHA	4326	52%	79%	25%	460	91%	6	259	113	107	39	340	259	64	3	7	30	1	22	7	18	78	29	8	19	7	4	71	38	31	5	1	4
14	Eddie Lake	31	DET	3896	59%	77%	25%	328	91%	4	154	54	88	12	277	214	55	2	3	27	1	20	6	18	71	23	6	21	7	3	65	29	32	4	1	3
15	Hank Majeski	30	PHA	158	49%	78%	32%	25	92%	0	10	4	5	1	20	15	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	1	0	4	3	1	0	0	0
16	Cass Michaels	21	CHW	7	71%	57%	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	Eddie Pellagrini	29	BOS	823	56%	76%	25%	86	93%	1	35	22	11	2	60	39	19	1	3	6	1	5	0	4	10	6	1	2	0	0	10	8	2	0	0	0
18	Johnny Pesky	28	BOS	3880	57%	79%	26%	384	93%	3	184	100	68	16	288	202	74	3	3	12	1	8	3	10	73	34	4	16	6	1	66	38	24	6	3	3
19	Rusty Peters	32	SLB	12	42%	83%	8%	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	Phil Rizzuto	29	NYY	5336	54%	75%	23%	568	93%	6	314	167	117	30	427	327	80	0	11	25	1	21	3	20	112	34	7	45	4	8	99	41	57	10	7	2
21	Vern Stephens	26	SLB	4015	59%	78%	24%	390	93%	6	189	71	94	24	338	248	77	3	3	17	2	15	0	14	84	28	7	24	7	4	75	36	35	6	6	0
22	Pete Suder	31	PHA	65	42%	74%	20%	5	60%	0	4	1	1	2	3	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	John Sullivan	26	WSH	1483	58%	81%	28%	175	90%	1	79	40	35	4	130	92	36	0	0	9	0	8	1	8	27	11	2	8	3	0	25	13	11	1	0	1
24	Cecil Travis	33	WSH	276	66%	79%	21%	23	100%	0	9	4	3	2	21	13	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	0
25	Jack Wallaesa	27	CHW	642	58%	79%	29%	72	88%	2	39	17	20	2	60	43	12	1	0	4	0	2	2	4	20	5	1	8	3	0	17	6	11	1	1	0
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
26	Skeeter Webb	37	DET	49	65%	71%	24%	5	80%	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	LgAvg			533	56%	78%	25%	53	92%	1	27	12	12	3	43	31	9	0	1	3	0	2	0	2	11	4	1	3	1	1	10	5	5	1	0	0