The 1947 New York Yankees season was the team's 45th season. The team finished with a record of 97–57, winning their 15th pennant, finishing 12 games ahead of the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Bucky Harris. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in 7 games. It was the first ever season of the Yankees to be broadcast live on television with WABD providing the television broadcast feed to viewers in the city.

Regular season Led by American League Most Valuable Player Joe DiMaggio, the 1947 Yankees won the AL pennant by 12 games over the Detroit Tigers. They then defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in seven games in the World Series. Notable plays included Cookie Lavagetto's walk-off double in Game 4 and Al Gionfriddo's catch of a drive by DiMaggio that might otherwise have been a home run.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1947 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Postseason

Game log

Legend Yankees win Yankees loss BoldYankees team member

|- style="background:#bfb;" | 1 || September 30 || Dodgers || 5–3 || Shea (1–0) || Branca (0–1) || Page (1) || 73,365 || 1–0 || W1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 2 || October 1 || Dodgers || 10–3 || Reynolds (1–0) || Lombardi (0–1) || – || 69,865 || 2–0 || W2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 3 || October 2 || @ Dodgers || 8–9 || Casey (1–0) || Newsom (0–1) || – || 33,098 || 2–1 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 4 || October 3 || @ Dodgers || 2–3 || Casey (2–0) || Bevens (0–1) || – || 33,443 || 2–2 || L2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 5 || October 4 || @ Dodgers || 2–1 || Shea (2–0) || Barney (0–1) || – || 34,379 || 3–2 || W1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 6 || October 5 || Dodgers || 6–8 || Ralph Branca (1–1) || Page (0–1) || Casey (1) || 74,065 || 3–3 || L1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 7 || October 6 || Dodgers || 5–2 || Page (1–1) || Hal Gregg (0–1) || – || 71,548 || 4–3 || W1

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C 82 252 68 .270 5 36 1B 144 517 157 .304 13 80 2B 148 571 146 .256 5 41 3B 132 494 141 .285 10 95 SS 153 549 150 .273 2 60 OF 141 534 168 .315 20 97 OF 142 440 158 .287 16 98 OF 127 476 131 .275 11 67

Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI 8329382.2801154 4515136.2381336 6915045.300118 419225.272012 246725.373114 163610.27812 11327.21916 22283.10726 24285.17902 12121.08300 3102.20000 310.00000 1 0 0 ---- 0 0 2 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 34 241.2 19 8 3.20 129 27 178.2 14 5 3.07 89 28 165.0 7 13 3.82 77 17 128.0 9 5 2.46 68 17 115.2 7 5 2.80 42 15 104.2 7 2 3.87 51 1 9.0 1 0 1.00 3

Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 30 91.2 6 6 4.91 45 24 56.1 4 1 5.43 25 15 54.1 4 3 3.64 16 11 51.2 3 1 2.61 18 4 12.1 1 0 1.46 1 4 4.1 0 0 4.15 2

Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO 56 14 8 16 2.48 116 6 1 0 0 9.00 7 5 0 0 0 9.45 2 1 0 0 0 9.00 0

1947 World Series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Brooklyn Dodgers (3) GameScoreDateAttendance1New York 5, Brooklyn 3September 3073,3652New York 10, Brooklyn 3October 169,8653Brooklyn 9, New York 8October 233,0984Brooklyn 3, New York 2October 333,4435New York 2, Brooklyn 1October 434,3796Brooklyn 8, New York 6October 574,0657New York 5, Brooklyn 2October 671,548

Awards and honors All-Star Game Spud Chandler Joe DiMaggio (starting CF) Tommy Henrich Billy Johnson Charlie Keller George McQuinn (starting 1B) Joe Page Aaron Robinson Spec Shea

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Twin FallsJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

External links 1947 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1947 World Series 1947 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com