BIG FOUR INTERCITY LEAGUE :
Calgary Buffaloes outfielder Alex Uffleman captured the batting title in the inaugural season of the Big Four League compiling a .306 batting mark to best Ernie Beland of the Calgary Purity 99s who finished at .293. Uffleman also tied Walt Gully of Purity for the lead in home runs, with 7. Gully, who hit .286, was tops in runs scored, 51, hits, 76, and triples, 5. Roy Sheppard of the Calgary Buffaloes led in RBI, 43. Tony Chulla of Edmonton Cubs was the top base stealer, with 40.
Ray Humble, the ace hurler of the Buffaloes batted at a .392 clip, to top Uffleman, but had just 120 at bats, not enough to qualify for the title. Ralph Morgan of the Edmonton Eskimos was third, at .287.
AVE : Uffleman Alex CGB - .306
RUNS : Gully C99 - 51
HITS : Gully C99 - 76
2B : Beland, Morgan, Roeder - 12
3B : Gully C99 - 5
HR : Uffleman CGB, Gully C99 - 7
RBI : Sheppard CGB - 43
SB : Chulla EDC - 40
BIG FOUR INTER-CITY G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
1947 BFIL Humble Ray CGB 120 21 47 .392
1947 BFIL Darrah Doug EDE 44 7 14 .318
1947 BFIL Douziech Leo EDE 22 2 7 .318
1947 BFIL Gibson Jimmy CGB 172 27 54 .314
1947 BFIL Uffleman Alex CGB 193 26 59 7 38 .306
1947 BFIL Beland Ernie C99 211 35 62 12 6 36 .294
1947 BFIL Thomas Cy EDE 62 12 18 .290
1947 BFIL McGill Jack EDE 99 18 30 .289 (1)
1947 BFIL McLellan Greg C99 177 23 51 .288
1947 BFIL Morgan Ralph EDE 210 20 58 12 32 .287 (1)
1947 BFIL Maze Tony C99 191 31 55 42 .282 (1)
1947 BFIL Gully Walt C99 266 51 76 5 7 .282 (1)
1947 BFIL Brockie Dave EDE 162 28 45 .278
1947 BFIL Johnston Cliff EDC 226 10 61 .270
1947 BFIL Seaman Jerry EDE 195 35 51 .262
1947 BFIL Superstein Albert EDC 138 16 36 .261
1947 BFIL Roeder Charlie EDE 184 26 48 12 34 .261
1947 BFIL Masikewich Nick EDC 150 22 39 .260
1947 BFIL Weaver Walter C99 154 24 40 .260
1947 BFIL Work Babe CGB 228 26 59 .259
1947 BFIL Stewart Doug EDE 205 26 53 .259
1947 BFIL Carpenter John C99 51 4 13 .255
1947 BFIL Sheppard Roy CGB 267 47 68 43 .255
1947 BFIL Stevenson Doug EDE 198 27 50 .253
1947 BFIL Dawson EDC 182 32 45 26 .247
1947 BFIL Price Bill EDE 256 48 63 24 .246
1947 BFIL Gonzales Frank EDE 211 37 50 .237
1947 BFIL Noon Dick C99 221 25 52 .235
1947 BFIL O'Connor Des CGB 207 39 44 20 .232 (1)
1947 BFIL Kanik Joe C99 95 8 22 .232
1947 BFIL Reneuld CGB 26 2 6 .231
1947 BFIL Chulla Tony EDC 252 48 58 40 .230
1947 BFIL Garnett Toad C99 195 37 45 .231
1947 BFIL Martin Arnold EDC 182 14 40 .220
1947 BFIL Samis Ken EDE 82 5 18 .220
1947 BFIL Stover Jack CGB 59 8 13 .220
1947 BFIL Gray Johnny EDC 69 4 15 .217
1947 BFIL Garrett Terry EDE 266 26 55 .214 (1)
1947 BFIL Demarco Ralph EDC 217 25 46 .212
1947 BFIL Gilbert Larry CGB 128 21 27 .211
1947 BFIL O'Grady Gene C99 214 22 45 .210
1947 BFIL Lane Doug EDC 231 11 27 .203 (1)
1947 BFIL Bradley Lloyd CGB 94 15 19 .202
1947 BFIL Clovechok Andy EDC 188 13 38 .202
1947 BFIL Dann Ben CGB 166 26 33 .199
1947 BFIL Lippincott Don EDC 236 24 47 .199
1947 BFIL Sullivan Leo EDC 37 2 7 .189
1947 BFIL Whitney Gerry CGB 32 0 6 .188
1947 BFIL English Ronnie CGB 231 26 43 .186
1947 BFIL Sahm Johnny C99 27 2 5 .185
1947 BFIL Curry/Currey Stan EDC 33 0 6 .182
1947 BFIL Burke Slim C99 50 0 9 .180
1947 BFIL Pertrunia George CGB 238 23 43 .181
1947 BFIL Alexander George C99 28 5 5 .179
1947 BFIL Lewis Art C99 132 13 22 .167
1947 BFIL Belter Ed EDE 63 9 10 .159
(1) With the at bats and hits published, McGill should have been at .303, Morgan at .276, Maze .288, Gully .286, O'Connor .213, Garrett .207 and Lane .117)
Source : Calgary Herald, August 30, 1947
CGB=Calgary Buffaloes, C99=Calgary Purity, EDD=Edmonton Cubs, EDE=Edmonton Eskimos
INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE :
George Miskimmons of Stratford batted .415 to win the 1947 batting championship of the Intercounty League in Southern Ontario. Teammates Russ Evon and Red Kane of London Majors tied for the home run lead, each with four. Evon knocked in the most runs, 28, and John Bain of Kitchener stole the most bases, 21.
Tommy White of London Majors, with an 11-1 record, led the pitchers.
Average : Miskimmons STR - .415 Hits : Kalmusky Jo Jo STR - 46 Home Runs : Evon Russ LDN, Kane Red LDN - 4 RBI : Evon LDN - 28 Stolen Bases : Bain John KR - 21 INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE G AB R H 2B 3B HR SB BB SO RBI PCT
1947 IC Miskimmons George STR .415 Source : Intercounty Record Book
Wins : White LDN - 11
Won-Lost Pct : White LDN - .917
Strikeouts : Hammond Ralph GU - 88 INTERCOUNTY LEAGUE G GS CG W L PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB WP ERA
1947 IC White Tom LDN 11 1 .917 Source : Intercounty Record Book BRS= Brantford Red Sox, GT=Galt Terriers, GU=Guelph Maple Leafs, HM=Hamilton Thurstons, KR=Kitchener Panthers, LDN=London Majors, STR=Stratford Nationals, WAT=Waterloo Tigers