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1945 Philadelphia Athletics Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1944 / 1946)
52-98, Finished 8th in American League
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Scored 494 runs, Allowed 638 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-92
Manager: Connie Mack (52-98)
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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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 73 120 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
6 OF 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
7 OF Bobby Estalella 34 126 527 451 45 135 25 6 8 52 1 6 74 46 .299 .399 .435 .834 142 196 15 1 1
8 OF 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
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
9 OF Bill McGhee* 39 93 275 250 24 63 6 1 0 19 3 2 24 16 .252 .320 .284 .604 76 71 3 1 0
10 OF 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 98 38 2 0 1
14 OF Ernie Kish* 27 43 127 110 10 27 5 1 0 10 0 3 9 9 .245 .320 .309 .629 83 34 2 3 5
15 OF 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 OF 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 OF 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 OF Ford Garrison 29 6 27 23 3 7 1 0 1 6 1 0 4 3 .304 .407 .478 .886 157 11 0 0 0
20 OF 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 OF 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 10 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 52 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 1.111 221 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 1.500 331 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 81 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
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* - 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 8 6 7 5 6 7 7 4 7 4
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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB 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 25 0 0 19 41 32 7 2 1 .951 1.56 OF-3B-1B
Ed Busch 27 121 629 220 378 31 72 .951 4.94 SS-2B-3B-1B
Sam Chapman 29 8 0 8 0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 OF
Russ Christopher 27 33 98 26 71 1 4 .990 2.94 P
Joe Cicero 34 7 1 0 6 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 OF
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
Larry Drake 24 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 OF
Bobby Estalella 34 124 9 118 0 328 314 10 4 3 .988 2.61 OF
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
Ford Garrison 29 5 5 0 0 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.40 OF
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
Ernie Kish 27 30 13 8 11 59 52 3 4 0 .932 1.83 OF
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 56 40 0 9 153 143 9 1 7 .993 2.71 OF-1B
Charlie Metro 26 57 53 1 4 108 100 5 3 0 .972 1.84 OF
Bobo Newsom 37 36 42 12 28 2 1 .952 1.11 P
Hal Peck 28 110 0 0 110 211 190 9 12 3 .943 1.81 OF
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
Larry Rosenthal 35 21 21 0 0 36 35 1 0 0 1.000 1.71 OF
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
Mayo Smith 30 65 33 27 7 127 120 4 3 0 .976 1.91 OF
Bobby Wilkins 22 44 4 0 0 213 79 118 16 23 .925 4.48 SS-OF
Team Totals 29.2 153 6211 4140 1903 168 411 .973 3.83 9
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 4 3
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1944 / 1946 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics