1947 New York Yankees Roster

The 1947 New York Yankees team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1947 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1947 New York Yankees Opening Day starters list, a 1947 New York Yankees salary list, a 1947 New York Yankees uniform number breakdown and a 1947 New York Yankees primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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Complete Roster  
 

14 Rugger Ardizoia 5-11 180 Right Right 1919-11-20
16 Bill Bevens 6-03½ 210 Right Right 1916-10-21
28 Tommy Byrne 6-01 182 Left Left 1919-12-31
21 Spud Chandler 6-00 181 Right Right 1907-09-12
19, 38 Karl Drews 6-04 198 Right Right 1920-02-22
18 Randy Gumpert 6-03 205 Right Right 1918-01-23
26 Don Johnson 6-03 200 Right Right 1926-11-12
36 Al Lyons 6-02 195 Right Right 1918-07-18
34 Bobo Newsom 6-02 220 Right Right 1907-08-11
11 Joe Page 6-02 205 Left Left 1917-10-28
17 Mel Queen 6-00½ 204 Right Right 1918-03-04
17, 19, 43 Vic Raschi 6-01 205 Right Right 1919-03-28
22 Allie Reynolds 6-00 195 Right Right 1917-02-10
20 Spec Shea 6-00 195 Right Right 1920-10-02
30 Dick Starr 6-03 190 Right Right 1921-03-02
25, 42 Butch Wensloff 5-11 185 Right Right 1915-12-03
28 Bill Wight 6-01 180 Left Left 1922-04-12
35 Yogi Berra 5-08 194 Right Left 1925-05-12
32, 50 Ralph Houk 5-11 193 Right Right 1919-08-09
29 Sherm Lollar 6-01 185 Right Right 1924-08-23
8 Aaron Robinson 6-02 205 Right Left 1915-06-23
34 Ken Silvestri 6-01 200 Right Both 1916-05-03
6 Bobby Brown 6-01 180 Right Left 1924-10-25
2 Frankie Crosetti 5-10 165 Right Right 1910-10-04
14 Lonny Frey 5-10 160 Right Left 1910-08-23
24 Billy Johnson 5-10 180 Right Right 1918-08-30
29, 52 Johnny Lucadello 5-11 160 Right Both 1919-02-22
9, 51 George McQuinn 5-11 165 Left Left 1910-05-29
36 Jack Phillips 6-04 193 Right Right 1921-09-06
10 Phil Rizzuto 5-06 160 Right Right 1916-09-25
1 Snuffy Stirnweiss 5-08½ 175 Right Right 1918-10-26
3 Allie Clark 5-11 185 Right Right 1923-06-16
3, 48 Frank Colman 5-11 188 Left Left 1918-03-02
5 Joe DiMaggio 6-02 193 Right Right 1914-11-25
15 Tommy Henrich 6-00 180 Left Left 1913-02-20
12 Charlie Keller 5-10 190 Right Left 1916-09-12
27 Johnny Lindell 6-04½ 217 Right Right 1916-08-30
25 Ray Mack 6-00 200 Right Right 1916-08-31
14 Ted Sepkowski 5-11 190 Right Left 1923-11-09
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The 1947 New York Yankees played 154 games during the regular season, won 97 games, lost 57 games, and finished in first position. They played their home games at Yankee Stadium (Park Factors: 99/95) where 2,178,937 fans witnessed their 1947 Yankees finish the season with a .630 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1947 New York Yankees Opening Day starters list, a 1947 New York Yankees salary list, a 1947 New York Yankees uniform number breakdown and a 1947 New York Yankees primary starters list:

1947 New York Yankees
Opening Day Starters


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1947 New York Yankees
Most Games by Position

C Aaron Robinson (74)
1B George McQuinn (142)
2B Snuffy Stirnweiss (148)
3B Billy Johnson (132)
SS Phil Rizzuto (151)
LF Johnny Lindell (102)
CF Joe DiMaggio (139)
RF Tommy Henrich (125)
  
SP Bill Bevens
SP Spud Chandler
SP Bobo Newsom
SP Allie Reynolds
SP Spec Shea
  
RP Randy Gumpert
CL Joe Page


1947 New York Yankees
Salaries

Joe DiMaggio $43,750.00


1947 New York Yankees
Uniform Numbers

#1 Snuffy Stirnweiss
#2 Frankie Crosetti
#3 Allie Clark
#3 Frank Colman
#5 Joe DiMaggio
#6 Bobby Brown
#8 Aaron Robinson
#9 George McQuinn
#10 Phil Rizzuto
#11 Joe Page
#12 Charlie Keller
#14 Rugger Ardizoia
#14 Lonny Frey
#14 Ted Sepkowski
#15 Tommy Henrich
#16 Bill Bevens
#17 Mel Queen
#17 Vic Raschi
#18 Randy Gumpert
#19 Karl Drews
#19 Vic Raschi
#20 Spec Shea
#21 Spud Chandler
#22 Allie Reynolds
#24 Billy Johnson
#25 Ray Mack
#25 Butch Wensloff
#26 Don Johnson
#27 Johnny Lindell
#28 Tommy Byrne
#28 Bill Wight
#29 Sherm Lollar
#29 Johnny Lucadello
#30 Dick Starr
#32 Ralph Houk
#34 Bobo Newsom
#34 Ken Silvestri
#35 Yogi Berra
#36 Al Lyons
#36 Jack Phillips
#38 Karl Drews
#42 Butch Wensloff
#43 Vic Raschi
#48 Frank Colman
#50 Ralph Houk
#51 George McQuinn
#52 Johnny Lucadello

Did you know that a 1947 New York Yankees Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?