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1946 Philadelphia Athletics

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1945 / 1947

49-105, Finished 8th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Connie Mack (49-105)
Scored 529 runs, Allowed 680 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 60-94

Ballparks: Shibe Park · Attendance: 621,793 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 107


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1945 / 1947 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
George Armstrong 22 R R 5' 10" 190 Jun 3, 1924 1st 8 0 8 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.0 $
Joe Astroth 23 R R 5' 9" 187 Sep 1, 1922 2 4 2 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Vern Benson 21 L R 5' 10" 160 Sep 19, 1924 2 7 1 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 4 -0.1 $
Joe Berry 41 L R 5' 10" 145 Dec 16, 1904 4 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Herman Besse 34 L L 6' 2" 190 Aug 16, 1911 5 7 3 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Norm Brown 27 B R 6' 3" 180 Feb 1, 1919 2 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Jake Caulfield 28 R R 5' 11" 170 Nov 23, 1917 1st 44 26 44 32 0 0 0 0 1 31 0 0 0 0 3 9 -0.2 $
Sam Chapman 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Apr 11, 1916 6 146 145 146 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 65 0 145 1 0 2.0 $ All-Star
Russ Christopher 28 R R 6' 3" 170 Sep 12, 1917 5 30 13 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Joe Coleman 23 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 30, 1922 2 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Pat Cooper 28 R R 6' 3" 180 Nov 26, 1917 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Russ Derry 29 L R 6' 1" 180 Oct 7, 1916 3 69 42 69 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 2 5 50 17 2 -0.2 $
Gene Desautels 39 R R 5' 11" 170 Jun 13, 1907 13 52 39 52 52 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Everett Fagan 28 R R 6' 0" 195 Jan 13, 1918 2 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Jesse Flores 31 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 2, 1914 5 29 15 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 $
Dick Fowler 25 R R 6' 4" 215 Mar 30, 1921 4 32 28 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Ford Garrison 30 R R 5' 10" 180 Aug 29, 1915 4 9 8 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 8 1 0 -0.7 $
Lee Griffeth 21 B L 5' 11" 180 May 20, 1925 1st 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Oscar Grimes 31 R R 5' 11" 178 Apr 13, 1915 9 59 51 59 53 0 0 0 43 6 4 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.0 $
Irv Hall 27 R R 5' 10" 160 Oct 7, 1918 4 63 42 63 47 0 0 0 40 0 7 0 0 0 0 16 1 -0.8 $
Gene Handley 31 R R 5' 10" 165 Nov 25, 1914 1st 89 69 89 72 0 0 0 68 4 1 0 0 0 0 9 9 -0.5 $
Lum Harris 31 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 17, 1915 5 34 12 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
George Kell HOF 23 R R 5' 9" 175 Aug 23, 1922 4 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Lou Knerr 24 R R 6' 1" 210 Aug 21, 1921 2 30 22 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $
Jack Knott 39 R R 6' 2" 200 Mar 2, 1907 11 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Bruce Konopka 26 L L 6' 2" 190 Sep 16, 1919 3 38 20 38 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18 0 -0.3 $
Hank Majeski 29 R R 5' 9" 174 Dec 13, 1916 4 78 72 78 72 0 0 0 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.5 $
Phil Marchildon 32 R R 5' 10" 170 Oct 25, 1913 5 36 29 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $
Bill McCahan 25 R R 5' 11" 200 Jun 7, 1921 1st 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Barney McCosky 29 L R 6' 1" 184 Apr 11, 1917 5 92 85 92 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 78 0 85 7 0 2.3 $
George McQuinn 36 L L 5' 11" 165 May 29, 1910 10 136 133 136 134 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.9 $
Bobo Newsom 38 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 11, 1907 16 10 9 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Hal Peck 29 L L 5' 11" 175 Apr 20, 1917 4 48 34 48 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 35 13 0 -0.5 $
Don Richmond 26 L R 6' 1" 175 Oct 27, 1919 2 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Buddy Rosar 31 R R 5' 9" 190 Jul 3, 1914 8 121 114 121 117 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.5 $ All-Star
Bob Savage 24 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 1, 1921 2 40 19 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
Tuck Stainback 34 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 4, 1911 13 91 59 91 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 18 36 66 24 1 -1.2 $
Pete Suder 30 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 16, 1916 4 128 113 128 117 0 0 3 12 33 67 0 0 2 2 11 0 -0.5 $
Elmer Valo 25 L R 5' 11" 190 Mar 5, 1921 5 108 89 108 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 86 90 17 1 2.3 $
Porter Vaughan 27 R L 6' 1" 178 May 11, 1919 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Jack Wallaesa 26 B R 6' 3" 191 Aug 31, 1919 3 63 54 63 59 0 0 0 0 0 59 0 0 0 0 3 2 -1.2 $2,000
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Ford Garrison
Tuck Stainback

Russ Derry

Hank Majeski
Hal Peck

Sam Chapman

George McQuinn

Irv Hall

George Kell
Barney McCosky

Buddy Rosar

Gene Desautels

Jack Wallaesa

Pete Suder

Joe Astroth
Jake Caulfield

Gene Handley

Bobo Newsom

Russ Christopher

Lum Harris

Jesse Flores

Joe Berry

Elmer Valo

Oscar Grimes

Phil Marchildon

Herman Besse

Dick Fowler

Pat Cooper
Porter Vaughan

Lou Knerr

Lee Griffeth

George Armstrong

Norm Brown

Jack Knott

Joe Coleman
Bruce Konopka

Bob Savage

Vern Benson
Everett Fagan

Bill McCahan

Don Richmond

1945 / 1947 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers