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1946 Philadelphia Athletics Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1945 / 1947)
49-105, Finished 8th in American League
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Scored 529 runs, Allowed 680 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 60-94
Manager: Connie Mack (49-105)
Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 621,793 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 107

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1945 / 1947 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
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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 31 121 464 424 34 120 22 2 2 47 1 3 36 17 .283 .339 .358 .698 96 152 20 0 4
2 1B George McQuinn* 36 136 556 484 47 109 23 6 3 35 4 2 64 62 .225 .317 .316 .633 78 153 6 1 7
3 2B Gene Handley 31 89 279 251 31 63 8 5 0 21 8 3 22 25 .251 .311 .323 .634 78 81 6 0 6
4 SS Pete Suder 30 128 484 455 38 128 20 3 2 50 1 1 18 37 .281 .309 .352 .660 85 160 13 0 11
5 3B Hank Majeski 29 78 293 264 25 66 14 3 1 25 3 2 26 13 .250 .320 .337 .657 84 89 7 1 2
6 OF Elmer Valo* 25 108 411 348 59 107 21 6 1 31 9 8 60 18 .307 .411 .411 .822 131 143 3 1 2
7 OF Barney McCosky* 29 92 362 308 33 109 17 4 1 34 2 2 43 13 .354 .433 .445 .878 146 137 5 0 11
8 OF Sam Chapman 30 146 601 545 77 142 22 5 20 67 1 3 54 66 .261 .327 .429 .757 111 234 22 0 2
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 Tuck Stainback 34 91 300 291 35 71 10 2 0 20 3 2 7 20 .244 .264 .292 .556 56 85 1 1 1
10 2B Oscar Grimes 31 59 230 191 28 50 5 0 1 20 2 0 27 29 .262 .356 .304 .660 86 58 7 1 11
11 OF Russ Derry* 29 69 214 184 17 38 8 5 0 14 0 0 27 54 .207 .311 .304 .616 73 56 2 1 2
12 SS Jack Wallaesa# 26 63 210 194 16 38 4 2 5 11 1 0 14 47 .196 .250 .314 .564 58 61 2 0 2
13 2B Irv Hall 27 63 202 185 19 46 6 2 0 19 1 1 9 18 .249 .287 .303 .590 65 56 6 1 7
14 OF Hal Peck* 29 48 168 150 14 37 8 2 2 11 1 2 16 14 .247 .319 .367 .686 92 55 2 0 2
15 C Gene Desautels 39 52 145 130 10 28 3 1 0 13 1 1 12 16 .215 .282 .254 .536 51 33 3 0 3
16 3B George Kell 23 26 100 87 3 26 6 1 0 11 0 0 10 6 .299 .378 .391 .768 116 34 1 1 2
17 SS Jake Caulfield 28 44 98 94 13 26 8 0 0 10 0 0 4 11 .277 .306 .362 .668 87 34 2 0 0
18 1B Bruce Konopka* 26 38 98 93 7 22 4 1 0 9 0 0 4 8 .237 .268 .301 .569 59 28 3 0 1
19 3B Don Richmond* 26 16 64 62 3 18 3 0 1 9 1 0 0 10 .290 .290 .387 .677 89 24 0 0 2
20 OF Ford Garrison 30 9 37 37 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .108 .108 .108 .216 -39 4 2 0 0
21 C Joe Astroth 23 4 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -20 1 1 0 0
22 C George Armstrong 22 8 7 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .333 .619 73 2 0 0 0
23 OF Vern Benson* 21 7 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 -50 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 Phil Marchildon 32 36 84 75 3 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 21 .067 .091 .080 .171 -52 6 0 0 7
25 P Dick Fowler 25 32 73 71 1 13 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 .183 .183 .197 .380 7 14 1 0 2
26 P Jesse Flores 31 29 56 44 3 11 1 0 0 7 0 0 7 7 .250 .353 .273 .626 77 12 0 0 5
27 P Bob Savage 24 40 53 41 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 22 .122 .308 .122 .430 24 5 0 0 1
28 P Lou Knerr 24 30 53 50 1 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .180 .212 .220 .432 21 11 2 1 1
29 P Lum Harris 31 34 41 36 1 8 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 5 .222 .243 .306 .549 53 11 1 0 4
30 P Russ Christopher 28 30 38 36 2 5 1 1 0 5 0 0 1 9 .139 .162 .222 .384 7 8 1 0 1
31 P Bobo Newsom 38 10 23 19 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .105 .105 .158 .263 -27 3 0 0 4
32 P Everett Fagan 28 20 15 14 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .286 .333 .286 .619 75 4 1 0 0
33 P Herman Besse* 34 7 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 -50 0 0 0 0
34 P Bill McCahan 25 4 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .400 .500 .400 .900 154 2 0 0 0
35 P Joe Coleman 23 4 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .400 .400 .400 .800 125 2 0 0 0
36 P Joe Berry* 41 5 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 87 1 0 0 1
37 P Lee Griffeth# 21 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 49 0 0 0 0
38 P Jack Knott 39 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Team Totals 30.0 155 5796 5200 529 1317 220 51 40 483 39 30 482 596 .253 .318 .338 .656 84 1759 120 9 105 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 8 6 4 3 7 7 8 7 8 5 6 7 7 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 Phil Marchildon 32 13 16 .448 3.49 36 29 6 16 1 1 226.2 197 104 88 14 114 95 4 2 7 963 101 1.372 7.8 0.6 4.5 3.8 0.83
2 SP Dick Fowler 25 9 16 .360 3.28 32 28 3 14 1 0 205.2 213 101 75 16 75 89 2 0 2 900 108 1.400 9.3 0.7 3.3 3.9 1.19
3 SP Jesse Flores 31 9 7 .563 2.32 29 15 11 8 4 1 155.0 147 51 40 8 38 48 1 1 0 638 152 1.194 8.5 0.5 2.2 2.8 1.26
4 SP Lou Knerr 24 3 16 .158 5.40 30 22 5 6 0 0 148.1 171 95 89 13 67 58 1 1 1 674 66 1.604 10.4 0.8 4.1 3.5 0.87
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
5 RP Bob Savage 24 3 15 .167 4.06 40 19 14 7 1 2 164.0 164 80 74 5 93 78 2 0 0 746 87 1.567 9.0 0.3 5.1 4.3 0.84
6 RP Lum Harris 31 3 14 .176 5.24 34 12 13 4 0 0 125.1 153 78 73 11 48 33 0 0 2 556 68 1.604 11.0 0.8 3.4 2.4 0.69
7 RP Russ Christopher 28 5 7 .417 4.30 30 13 13 1 0 0 119.1 119 71 57 5 44 79 3 0 0 520 82 1.366 9.0 0.4 3.3 6.0 1.80
8 RP Everett Fagan 28 0 1 .000 4.80 20 0 9 0 0 0 45.0 47 27 24 2 24 12 3 1 0 209 74 1.578 9.4 0.4 4.8 2.4 0.50
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 Bobo Newsom 38 3 5 .375 3.38 10 9 0 3 1 0 58.2 61 27 22 2 30 32 5 0 0 267 105 1.551 9.4 0.3 4.6 4.9 1.07
10 Herman Besse* 34 0 2 .000 5.23 7 3 2 0 0 1 20.2 19 12 12 1 9 10 0 0 0 89 68 1.355 8.3 0.4 3.9 4.4 1.11
11 Bill McCahan 25 1 1 .500 1.00 4 2 1 2 1 0 18.0 16 2 2 0 9 6 0 0 1 77 354 1.389 8.0 0.0 4.5 3.0 0.67
12 Lee Griffeth* 21 0 0 2.93 10 0 7 0 0 0 15.1 13 7 5 1 6 4 2 0 0 64 121 1.239 7.6 0.6 3.5 2.3 0.67
13 Joe Berry 41 0 1 .000 2.77 5 0 4 0 0 0 13.0 15 5 4 1 3 5 1 0 0 57 128 1.385 10.4 0.7 2.1 3.5 1.67
14 Joe Coleman 23 0 2 .000 5.54 4 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 19 8 8 1 8 8 0 0 0 64 64 2.077 13.2 0.7 5.5 5.5 1.00
15 Norm Brown 27 0 1 .000 6.14 4 0 1 0 0 0 7.1 8 8 5 2 6 3 0 0 0 37 58 1.909 9.8 2.5 7.4 3.7 0.50
16 Jack Knott 39 0 1 .000 5.68 3 1 1 0 0 0 6.1 7 4 4 1 1 2 1 1 0 28 62 1.263 9.9 1.4 1.4 2.8 2.00
17 Pat Cooper 28 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
18 Porter Vaughan* 27 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
Team Totals 28.4 49 105 .318 3.90 155 155 94 61 9 5 1342.2 1371 680 582 83 577 562 25 6 13 5896 91 1.451 9.2 0.6 3.9 3.8 0.97
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 1 8 6 8 8 6 6 7 5 7 6
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
George Armstrong 22 4 5 4 1 0 1 1.000 1.25 0 C
Joe Astroth 23 4 9 7 1 1 0 .889 2.00 0 C
Vern Benson 21 2 2 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 OF
Joe Berry 41 5 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Herman Besse 34 7 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.43 P
Norm Brown 27 4 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 P
Jake Caulfield 28 32 112 49 55 8 13 .929 3.25 SS-3B
Sam Chapman 30 145 89 59 0 394 369 13 12 4 .970 2.63 OF
Russ Christopher 28 30 46 7 38 1 1 .978 1.50 P
Joe Coleman 23 4 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.25 P
Pat Cooper 28 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Russ Derry 29 50 45 2 5 132 127 3 2 2 .985 2.60 OF
Gene Desautels 39 52 184 151 31 2 4 .989 3.50 2 C
Everett Fagan 28 20 10 2 7 1 0 .900 0.45 P
Jesse Flores 31 29 29 8 18 3 1 .897 0.90 P
Dick Fowler 25 32 45 13 29 3 2 .933 1.31 P
Ford Garrison 30 8 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 OF
Lee Griffeth 21 10 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.30 P
Oscar Grimes 31 53 256 111 130 15 31 .941 4.55 2B-3B-SS
Irv Hall 27 47 244 115 122 7 23 .971 5.04 2B-SS
Gene Handley 31 73 332 163 152 17 33 .949 4.32 2B-3B-SS
Lum Harris 31 34 47 10 36 1 2 .979 1.35 P
George Kell 23 26 95 36 57 2 5 .979 3.58 3B
Lou Knerr 24 30 30 4 26 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Jack Knott 39 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Bruce Konopka 26 21 1 0 0 166 148 17 1 13 .994 7.86 1B-OF
Hank Majeski 29 72 245 78 159 8 22 .967 3.29 3B
Phil Marchildon 32 36 46 9 33 4 0 .913 1.17 P
Bill McCahan 25 4 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Barney McCosky 29 85 0 85 0 213 207 2 4 0 .981 2.46 OF
George McQuinn 36 134 1212 1098 99 15 107 .988 8.93 1B
Bobo Newsom 38 10 8 1 7 0 1 1.000 0.80 P
Hal Peck 29 35 0 0 35 52 47 4 1 1 .981 1.46 OF
Don Richmond 26 16 50 19 28 3 1 .940 2.94 3B
Buddy Rosar 31 117 605 532 73 0 9 1.000 5.17 5 C
Bob Savage 24 40 19 4 14 1 1 .947 0.45 P
Tuck Stainback 34 66 11 18 37 164 153 5 6 1 .963 2.39 OF
Pete Suder 30 117 0 0 2 553 247 284 22 56 .960 4.54 SS-3B-2B-1B-OF
Elmer Valo 25 90 5 0 85 194 182 7 5 0 .974 2.10 OF
Porter Vaughan 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Jack Wallaesa 26 59 263 111 130 22 31 .916 4.08 SS
Team Totals 29.8 155 5790 4028 1595 167 365 .971 3.50 7
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 7 7
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1945 / 1947 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics