1945 Philadelphia Athletics Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1944 / 1946

52-98, Finished 8th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Connie Mack (52-98)
Scored 494 runs, Allowed 638 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-92

Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 462,631 (8th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 96

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1944 / 1946 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Buddy Rosar	30	92	325	300	23	63	12	1	1	25	2	1	20	16	.210	.262	.267	.528	53	80	11	1	4
2	1B	Dick Siebert*	33	147	633	573	62	153	29	1	7	51	2	7	50	33	.267	.328	.358	.686	99	205	8	2	8
3	2B	Irv Hall	26	151	668	616	62	161	17	5	0	50	3	10	35	42	.261	.307	.305	.613	78	188	8	6	11
4	SS	Ed Busch	27	126	458	416	37	104	10	3	0	35	2	3	32	9	.250	.305	.288	.594	72	120	12	1	9
5	3B	George Kell	22	147	602	567	50	154	30	3	4	56	2	0	27	15	.272	.306	.356	.662	92	202	13	1	7
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
6		Bobby Estalella	34	126	527	451	45	135	25	6	8	52	1	6	74	46	.299	.399	.435	.834	141	196	15	1	1
7		Hal Peck*	28	112	493	449	51	124	22	9	5	39	5	3	37	28	.276	.331	.399	.730	111	179	6	0	7
8	1B	Bill McGhee*	39	93	275	250	24	63	6	1	0	19	3	2	24	16	.252	.320	.284	.604	75	71	3	1	0
9		Mayo Smith*	30	73	244	203	18	43	5	0	0	11	0	1	36	13	.212	.333	.236	.570	66	48	2	1	4
10		Charlie Metro	26	65	227	200	18	42	10	1	3	15	1	1	23	33	.210	.291	.315	.606	76	63	2	0	4
11	SS	Bobby Wilkins	22	62	165	154	22	40	6	0	0	4	2	4	10	17	.260	.305	.299	.604	75	46	5	0	1
12	C	Greek George	32	51	159	138	8	24	4	1	0	11	0	0	17	29	.174	.265	.217	.482	40	30	6	0	4
13	C	Frankie Hayes	30	32	129	110	12	25	2	1	3	14	1	0	18	14	.227	.336	.345	.681	97	38	2	0	1
14		Ernie Kish*	27	43	127	110	10	27	5	1	0	10	0	3	9	9	.245	.320	.309	.629	82	34	2	3	5
15	CI	Joe Burns	29	31	96	90	7	23	1	1	0	3	0	1	4	17	.256	.287	.289	.576	67	26	2	0	2
16		Larry Rosenthal*	35	28	86	75	6	15	3	2	0	5	0	1	9	8	.200	.286	.293	.579	68	22	0	0	2
17	SS	Al Brancato	26	10	35	34	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.118	.143	.147	.290	-16	5	0	0	0
18		Sam Chapman	29	9	32	30	3	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.200	.250	.267	.517	50	8	0	0	0
19		Ford Garrison	29	6	27	23	3	7	1	0	1	6	1	0	4	3	.304	.407	.478	.886	156	11	0	0	0
20		Joe Cicero	34	12	22	19	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.158	.238	.158	.396	16	3	0	1	1
21	C	Joe Astroth	22	10	18	17	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.059	.111	.059	.170	-50	1	0	1	0
22	C	Jim Pruett	27	6	10	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.222	.300	.222	.522	52	2	0	0	0
23		Larry Drake*	24	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
24	P	Bobo Newsom	37	36	94	86	3	14	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	21	.163	.172	.174	.347	1	15	0	0	7
25	P	Russ Christopher	27	34	88	76	5	13	1	0	1	4	0	0	6	28	.171	.232	.224	.455	32	17	0	0	6
26	P	Jesse Flores	30	29	73	61	4	9	1	0	0	4	0	0	5	11	.148	.212	.164	.376	9	10	1	0	7
27	P	Lou Knerr	23	28	48	47	3	9	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	5	.191	.191	.213	.404	17	10	2	0	1
28	P	Charlie Gassaway*	26	24	40	39	2	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	13	.154	.175	.154	.329	-4	6	3	0	0
29	P	Joe Berry*	40	52	39	35	3	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.143	.189	.200	.389	13	7	0	0	2
30	P	Don Black	28	26	39	37	0	6	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	3	.162	.184	.162	.346	1	6	0	0	1
31	P	Steve Gerkin	32	21	35	34	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.059	.059	.059	.118	-66	2	0	0	1
32	P	Charlie Bowles	28	13	21	21	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.238	.238	.286	.524	51	6	1	0	0
33	P	Dick Fowler	24	11	18	18	3	8	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	.444	.444	.667	1.111	220	12	1	0	0
34	P	Carl Scheib	18	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
35	P	Phil Marchildon	31	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	330	2	0	0	0
36	P	Bill Connelly*	20	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	50	0	0	1	0
37	P	Woody Crowson	26	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.1	153	5862	5296	494	1297	201	37	33	439	25	45	450	460	.245	.306	.316	.622	80	1671	105	20	96
		Rank in 8 AL teams				3	8	7	6	7	6		6	5	8	8	8	8	8	8		8
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Bobo Newsom	37	8	20	.286	3.29	36	34	1	16	3	0	257.1	255	111	94	12	103		127	3	0	2	1116	104	1.391	8.9	0.4	3.6	4.4	1.23
2	SP	Russ Christopher	27	13	13	.500	3.17	33	27	5	17	2	2	227.1	213	92	80	9	75		100	9	0	0	949	108	1.267	8.4	0.4	3.0	4.0	1.33
3	SP	Jesse Flores	30	7	10	.412	3.43	29	24	4	9	4	1	191.1	180	79	73	6	63		52	4	1	1	800	100	1.270	8.5	0.3	3.0	2.4	0.83
4	SP	Lou Knerr	23	5	11	.313	4.22	27	17	5	5	0	0	130.0	142	77	61	6	74		41	1	0	7	595	81	1.662	9.8	0.4	5.1	2.8	0.55
5	SP	Don Black	28	5	11	.313	5.17	26	18	7	8	0	0	125.1	154	77	72	5	69		47	0	0	3	583	66	1.779	11.1	0.4	5.0	3.4	0.68
6	SP	Steve Gerkin	32	0	12	.000	3.62	21	12	7	3	0	0	102.0	112	49	41	4	27		25	3	0	0	433	95	1.363	9.9	0.4	2.4	2.2	0.93
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
7	CL	Joe Berry	40	8	7	.533	2.35	52	0	40	0	0	5	130.1	114	40	34	5	38		51	0	0	1	537	146	1.166	7.9	0.3	2.6	3.5	1.34
8	RP	Charlie Gassaway*	26	4	7	.364	3.74	24	11	8	4	0	0	118.0	114	59	49	4	55		50	2	0	1	514	92	1.432	8.7	0.3	4.2	3.8	0.91
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
9		Dick Fowler	24	1	2	.333	4.82	7	3	3	2	1	0	37.1	41	21	20	1	18		21	0	0	2	167	71	1.580	9.9	0.2	4.3	5.1	1.17
10		Charlie Bowles	28	0	3	.000	5.13	8	4	4	1	0	0	33.1	35	19	19	3	23		11	0	0	0	154	67	1.740	9.5	0.8	6.2	3.0	0.48
11		Phil Marchildon	31	0	1	.000	4.00	3	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	5	5	4	0	11		2	0	0	1	41	86	1.778	5.0	0.0	11.0	2.0	0.18
12		Carl Scheib	18	0	0		3.12	4	0	3	0	0	0	8.2	6	3	3	0	4		2	0	0	0	34	110	1.154	6.2	0.0	4.2	2.1	0.50
13		Bill Connelly	20	1	1	.500	4.50	2	1	1	0	0	0	8.0	7	4	4	0	8		0	0	0	0	35	76	1.875	7.9	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
14		Woody Crowson	26	0	0		6.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	2	2	0	3		2	0	0	0	14	57	1.667	6.0	0.0	9.0	6.0	0.67
		Team Totals	30.4	52	98	.347	3.62	153	153	88	65	10	8	1381.0	1380	638	556	55	571		531	22	1	18	5972	95	1.413	9.0	0.4	3.7	3.5	0.93
		Rank in 8 AL teams		8	1		6				8	6	7	5	6	7	7	4	7		4187
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Joe Astroth	22	8			28	20	4	4	0	.857										3.00	0					C
Joe Berry	40	52			42	11	30	1	0	.976										0.79						P
Don Black	28	26			27	8	18	1	0	.963										1.00						P
Charlie Bowles	28	8			11	5	6	0	0	1.000										1.38						P
Al Brancato	26	10			49	22	25	2	5	.959										4.70						SS
Joe Burns	29	6			14	6	6	2	0	.857										2.00						3B-1B
Ed Busch	27	121			629	220	378	31	72	.951										4.94						SS-2B-3B-1B
Russ Christopher	27	33			98	26	71	1	4	.990										2.94						P
Bill Connelly	20	2			2	1	0	1	0	.500										0.50						P
Woody Crowson	26	1			2	0	2	0	0	1.000										2.00						P
Jesse Flores	30	29			41	14	23	4	3	.902										1.28						P
Dick Fowler	24	7			5	1	4	0	0	1.000										0.71						P
Charlie Gassaway	26	24			29	3	20	6	1	.793										0.96						P
Greek George	32	46			180	161	14	5	3	.972										3.80	2					C
Steve Gerkin	32	21			32	5	24	3	1	.906										1.38						P
Irv Hall	26	151			941	422	498	21	108	.978										6.09						2B
Frankie Hayes	30	32			160	131	28	1	6	.994										4.97	3					C
George Kell	22	147			551	186	345	20	32	.964										3.61						3B
Lou Knerr	23	27			35	10	24	1	3	.971										1.26						P
Phil Marchildon	31	3			3	1	2	0	0	1.000										1.00						P
Bill McGhee	39	8			66	59	7	0	7	1.000										8.25						1B
Bobo Newsom	37	36			42	12	28	2	1	.952										1.11						P
Jim Pruett	27	4			13	12	1	0	0	1.000										3.25	0					C
Buddy Rosar	30	85			397	338	54	5	6	.987										4.61	4					C
Carl Scheib	18	4			3	1	2	0	0	1.000										0.75						P
Dick Siebert	33	147			1576	1427	135	14	129	.991										10.63						1B
Bobby Wilkins	22	40			208	74	118	16	23	.923										4.80						SS
Team Totals	29.2	153			6211	4140	1903	168	411	.973										3.83	9
Rank in 8 AL teams								6	4	3
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1944 / 1946 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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