Elmer Valo's 8th inning triple lead the way for a Brooklyn victory, 3-2, handing the franchise their first DBS championship over the heavily-favored North Dallas Forty in five games.
The Forty's Dutch Leonard dueled with Al Brazle, as both pitchers went six innings only allowing a single run. In the top of the eighth, North Dallas' Roy Cullenbine hit his second home run of the Series, to put North Dallas on top, 2-1. However, in the bottom of the frame, Valo's one-out triple scored Dixie Howell to tie the game, and he scored one batter later on Lou Boudreau's sacrifice fly to give Brooklyn the lead. North Dallas provided a little drama in the top of the ninth when Jeff Heath missed a game-tying homerun by 3 feet.
This was Brooklyn's first DBS title in the 20-year history of the league, failing to win the World Series in 1940 when they lost a 3-1 lead to Montgomery, and also lost the inaugural World Series in 1928 when the team was known as the Sahara Jihad. Prior to this season, Brooklyn had finished in second place six years in a row.
Brooklyn outfielder Dale Mitchell, who is the overwhelming favorite for the league's Rookie of the Year Award, wass named Series MVP. He batted
.412 with a .765 slugging percentage and 6 RBI.
10/9/1947, NDA47-BRK47, Ebbets Field
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1947 Forty 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 0 8 1
1947 Belligerents 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 x 3 7 0 3 1
Forty AB R H BI AVG Belligerents AB R H BI AVG
Galan lf 5 0 0 0 .348 Valo rf 4 1 1 1 .273
DiMaggioD cf 4 0 0 0 .190 Boudreau ss 3 0 2 2 .200
Cullenbine 1b 3 1 1 1 .333 Elliott 3b 4 0 0 0 .400
Henrich rf 4 0 2 0 .238 Mize 1b 3 0 0 0 .222
Miller ss 4 0 0 0 .227 McCosky lf 3 0 0 0 .167
Stanky 2b 4 1 2 0 .313 Mitchell cf 2 0 1 0 .412
Keltner 3b 3 0 1 0 .467 Clark ph 1 0 1 0 .500
Rosar c 3 0 1 1 .231 Lindell lf 0 0 0 0 .000
Leonard p 2 0 0 0 .000 Doerr 2b 3 0 0 0 .316
Ryan ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Howell c 3 2 2 0 .412
Schmitz p 0 0 0 0 .000 Brazle p 2 0 0 0 .400
Heath ph 1 0 1 0 1.000 Masterson p 0 0 0 0 .000
34 2 8 2 Westlake ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Rigney p 0 0 0 0 .000
29 3 7 3
Forty INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Leonard 6.0 4 1 1 0 3 66 47 1.35
Schmitz L 0-1 2.0 3 2 2 0 1 29 16 9.00
8.0 7 3 3 0 4 95 63
Belligerents INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Brazle 6.0 5 1 1 3 2 90 58 1.38
Masterson W 1-0 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 33 22 4.50
Rigney S 2 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 20 13 3.38
9.0 8 2 2 3 4 143 93
NDA: Ryan batted for Leonard in the 7th
Heath batted for Schmitz in the 9th
BRK: Clark batted for Mitchell in the 7th
Lindell inserted at lf in the 8th
McCosky moved to cf in the 8th
Westlake batted for Masterson in the 8th
2B-Stanky, Keltner. 3B-Valo. HR-Cullenbine(2). K-Cullenbine, Stanky 2,
Keltner, Elliott, Mize, Doerr, Westlake. BB-Cullenbine, Keltner, Rosar.
SF-Boudreau.
GWRBI: Boudreau
Temperature: 46, Sky: clear, Wind: none.