1947 Philadelphia Athletics Batting Statistics

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1947 Philadelphia Athletics Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946 / 1948)
78-76, Finished 5th in American League
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Scored 633 runs, Allowed 614 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-75
Manager: Connie Mack (78-76)
Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 911,566 (6th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 103; one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

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1946 / 1948 Batting 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	32	102	409	359	40	93	20	2	1	33	1	3	40	13	.259	.335	.334	.669	85	120	11	1	9
2	1B	Ferris Fain*	26	136	567	461	70	134	28	6	7	71	4	5	95	34	.291	.414	.423	.837	131	195	15	2	9
3	2B	Pete Suder	31	145	579	528	45	127	28	4	5	60	0	3	35	44	.241	.290	.337	.627	73	178	14	2	14
4	SS	Eddie Joost	31	151	682	540	76	111	22	3	13	64	6	6	114	110	.206	.348	.330	.678	87	178	5	4	24
5	3B	Hank Majeski	30	141	545	479	54	134	26	5	8	72	1	0	53	31	.280	.358	.405	.763	110	194	18	5	8
6	OF	Elmer Valo*	26	112	450	370	60	111	12	6	5	36	11	3	64	21	.300	.406	.405	.811	124	150	4	2	14
7	OF	Barney McCosky*	30	137	616	546	77	179	22	7	1	52	1	4	57	29	.328	.395	.399	.795	119	218	5	4	9
8	OF	Sam Chapman	31	149	624	551	84	139	18	5	14	83	3	4	65	70	.252	.331	.379	.710	96	209	14	0	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
9	OF	George Binks*	32	104	363	333	33	86	19	4	2	34	8	2	23	36	.258	.308	.357	.665	83	119	6	1	6
10	C	Mike Guerra	34	72	225	209	20	45	2	2	0	18	1	2	10	15	.215	.251	.244	.495	37	51	4	0	6
11	IF	Gene Handley	32	36	100	90	10	23	2	1	0	8	1	0	10	2	.256	.330	.300	.630	74	27	3	0	0
12	1B	Dick Adams	27	37	93	89	9	18	2	3	2	11	0	0	2	18	.202	.220	.360	.579	58	32	0	0	2
13	OF	Austin Knickerbocker	28	21	53	48	8	12	3	2	0	2	0	1	3	4	.250	.294	.396	.690	89	19	1	0	2
14	3B	Mickey Rutner	27	12	52	48	4	12	1	0	1	4	0	0	3	2	.250	.294	.333	.627	73	16	4	0	1
15	OF	Chet Laabs	35	15	36	32	5	7	1	0	1	5	0	0	4	4	.219	.306	.344	.649	79	11	0	0	0
16	IF	Don Richmond*	27	19	24	21	2	4	1	1	0	4	0	0	3	3	.190	.292	.333	.625	72	7	1	0	0
17	C	Herman Franks*	33	8	19	15	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	4	.200	.368	.333	.702	94	5	1	0	0
18	1B	Pat Cooper	29	13	16	16	0	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	.250	.250	.375	.625	71	6	0	0	0
19		Ray Poole*	27	13	14	13	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.231	.286	.231	.516	43	3	1	0	0
20	2B	Nellie Fox*	19	7	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-28	0	0	0	0
21		Tom Kirk*	19	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.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
22	P	Phil Marchildon	33	35	115	98	8	15	3	0	1	9	0	0	4	25	.153	.194	.214	.408	13	21	2	1	12
23	P	Dick Fowler	26	36	86	82	3	14	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	17	.171	.171	.183	.354	-2	15	3	0	4
24	P	Bill McCahan	26	29	61	55	8	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	.164	.207	.200	.407	12	11	1	0	3
25	P	Joe Coleman	24	32	55	48	3	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	25	.146	.212	.188	.399	11	9	1	0	3
26	P	Jesse Flores	32	28	49	44	2	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.227	.277	.250	.527	46	11	0	2	2
27	P	Carl Scheib	20	22	46	45	4	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	.133	.152	.133	.286	-21	6	3	0	0
28	P	Bob Savage	25	44	44	40	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	18	.050	.095	.050	.145	-59	2	0	0	2
29	P	Russ Christopher	29	44	21	16	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	7	.125	.263	.125	.388	9	2	0	0	2
30	P	Bill Dietrich	37	11	20	16	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.063	.063	.063	.125	-65	1	0	0	4
31	P	Lou Brissie*	23	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.8	156	5971	5198	633	1311	218	52	61	581	37	33	605	563	.252	.333	.349	.682	88	1816	117	24	144
		Rank in 8 AL teams				6	5	6	4	3	6		6	6	4	6	6	4	6	5		5
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 Advanced Batting

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	Age	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd	Pos. Summary
Dick Adams	27	93	73	7	2.6	98	.232	.202	.265	.220	.345	.360	.381	.579	.726	58	.290	-6.2	-0.6	.479	.180	.157	.0	3/O
*George Binks	32	363	261	37	3.8	98	.285	.258	.265	.308	.345	.357	.381	.665	.726	83	.455	-8.6	-0.9	.584	.186	.099	3.2	O3
*Lou Brissie	23	2	2	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.265	.000	.345	.000	.380	.000	.726	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000		/1
Sam Chapman	31	624	438	68	4.1	98	.268	.252	.265	.331	.345	.379	.381	.710	.726	96	.497	-4.4	-0.5	.635	.243	.127	4.9	*O
Russ Christopher	29	21	16	1	1.7	98	.222	.125	.265	.263	.345	.125	.381	.388	.726	9	.158	-1.9	-0.2	.357	.188	.000		1
Joe Coleman	24	55	45	2	1.2	98	.304	.146	.265	.212	.345	.188	.381	.399	.726	11	.092	-5.9	-0.6	.310	.125	.042		1
Pat Cooper	29	16	12	2	4.4	98	.364	.250	.265	.250	.345	.375	.381	.625	.726	71	.529	-0.7	-0.1	.500	.125	.125		/3
Bill Dietrich	37	20	19	0	0.0	98	.125	.063	.265	.063	.345	.063	.381	.125	.726	-65	.000	-3.7	-0.4	.067	.000	.000		1
*Ferris Fain	26	567	356	79	5.9	98	.302	.291	.265	.414	.345	.423	.381	.837	.726	131	.655	24.9	2.6	.839	.336	.132	5.1	*3
Jesse Flores	32	49	36	3	2.2	98	.256	.227	.265	.277	.345	.250	.381	.527	.726	46	.240	-3.3	-0.4	.412	.045	.023		1
Dick Fowler	26	86	75	3	1.1	98	.215	.171	.265	.171	.345	.183	.381	.354	.726	-2	.077	-11.8	-1.2	.211	.012	.012		1
*Nellie Fox	19	4	3	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.265	.250	.345	.000	.381	.250	.726	-28	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.333	.333	.000		/4
*Herman Franks	33	19	13	2	4.1	98	.273	.200	.265	.368	.345	.333	.381	.702	.726	94	.492	-0.0	0.0	.692	.400	.133		/2
Mike Guerra	34	225	176	12	1.8	98	.232	.215	.265	.251	.345	.244	.381	.495	.726	37	.180	-19.0	-2.0	.353	.072	.029	.0	2
Gene Handley	32	100	70	9	3.4	98	.261	.256	.265	.330	.345	.300	.381	.630	.726	74	.412	-3.1	-0.3	.543	.167	.044	.0	45/6
Eddie Joost	31	682	464	61	3.5	98	.235	.206	.265	.348	.345	.330	.381	.678	.726	87	.422	-5.4	-0.6	.673	.335	.124	8.2	*6
*Tom Kirk	19	1	1	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.265	.000	.345	.000	.381	.000	.726	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
Austin Knickerbocker	28	53	40	5	3.3	98	.273	.250	.265	.294	.345	.396	.381	.690	.726	89	.398	-1.1	-0.1	.553	.188	.146		O
Chet Laabs	35	36	25	3	3.2	98	.222	.219	.265	.306	.345	.344	.381	.649	.726	79	.381	-1.0	-0.1	.600	.250	.125	.0	/O
Hank Majeski	30	545	371	68	4.9	98	.286	.280	.265	.358	.345	.405	.381	.763	.726	110	.572	6.8	0.7	.697	.238	.125	1.8	*5/64
Phil Marchildon	33	115	97	4	1.1	98	.194	.153	.265	.194	.345	.214	.381	.408	.726	13	.080	-12.1	-1.3	.306	.102	.061	.0	1
Bill McCahan	26	61	50	2	1.1	98	.180	.164	.265	.207	.345	.200	.381	.407	.726	12	.077	-6.7	-0.7	.298	.091	.036		1
*Barney McCosky	30	616	385	84	5.8	98	.345	.328	.265	.395	.345	.399	.381	.795	.726	119	.648	15.9	1.6	.734	.170	.071	1.0	*O
*Ray Poole	27	14	11	1	2.4	98	.333	.231	.265	.286	.345	.231	.381	.516	.726	43	.270	-1.0	-0.1	.364	.077	.000
*Don Richmond	27	24	18	2	3.0	98	.222	.190	.265	.292	.345	.333	.381	.625	.726	72	.348	-0.9	-0.1	.556	.286	.143		/54
Buddy Rosar	32	409	289	39	3.6	98	.267	.259	.265	.335	.345	.334	.381	.669	.726	85	.433	-6.6	-0.7	.568	.181	.075	1.0	2
Mickey Rutner	27	52	41	5	3.2	98	.244	.250	.265	.294	.345	.333	.381	.627	.726	73	.388	-2.0	-0.2	.475	.146	.083	.0	5
Bob Savage	25	44	40	0	0.0	98	.091	.050	.265	.095	.345	.050	.381	.145	.726	-59	.000	-8.9	-0.9	.105	.050	.000		1
Carl Scheib	20	46	42	1	0.6	98	.143	.133	.265	.152	.345	.133	.381	.286	.726	-21	.030	-7.6	-0.8	.167	.022	.000		1
Pete Suder	31	579	432	50	3.1	98	.255	.241	.265	.290	.345	.337	.381	.627	.726	73	.366	-21.3	-2.2	.507	.157	.097	.0	*4/65
*Elmer Valo	26	450	280	62	5.9	98	.308	.300	.265	.406	.345	.405	.381	.811	.726	124	.654	14.8	1.5	.842	.300	.105	6.9	*O
League Average					4.1	97	.273	.255	.263	.332	.343	.364	.378	.696	.721	93	.495			.618	.222	.109
Team Total		5971	4181	612	3.9	98	.273	.252	.265	.333	.345	.349	.381	.682	.726	88	.470	-82.3	-8.7	.607	.214	.097	46.1
	Age	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd	Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact	Gact
Dick Adams	27	38	95	93	9	19	2	3	2	11	0		2	19	.204	.221	.355	.576	7	37	37
*George Binks	32	108	376	350	36	93	21	4	2	37	9		25	37	.266	.316	.366	.682	40	104	104
*Lou Brissie	23	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	1
Sam Chapman	31	155	645	576	92	148	19	5	15	91	3		69	73	.257	.336	.385	.722	75	149	149
Russ Christopher	29	46	22	18	2	3	0	0	0	4	0		4	7	.167	.318	.167	.485	1	44	44
Joe Coleman	24	33	54	50	3	7	2	0	0	1	0		4	26	.140	.204	.180	.384	2	32	32
Pat Cooper	29	14	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	13	13
Bill Dietrich	37	11	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	11	11
*Ferris Fain	26	141	585	482	76	142	30	6	7	77	4		101	35	.295	.419	.425	.844	86	136	136
Jesse Flores	32	29	49	46	2	11	1	0	0	0	0		1	5	.239	.286	.261	.547	3	28	28
Dick Fowler	26	37	85	85	4	0	0	0	0	2	0		0	18	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	36	36
*Nellie Fox	19	7	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	7	7
*Herman Franks	33	8	19	15	2	3	0	1	0	1	0		4	4	.200	.368	.333	.702	2	8	8
Mike Guerra	34	75	227	217	22	47	2	2	0	19	1		10	16	.217	.251	.244	.495	14	72	72
Gene Handley	32	37	107	96	11	26	2	1	0	9	1		11	2	.271	.346	.313	.658	10	36	36
Eddie Joost	31	157	689	564	83	118	23	3	14	70	6		121	114	.209	.353	.335	.688	66	151	151
*Tom Kirk	19	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	1
Austin Knickerbocker	28	22	52	49	8	12	3	2	0	2	0		3	4	.245	.288	.388	.676	5	21	21
Chet Laabs	35	16	39	34	6	8	1	0	1	6	0		5	4	.235	.333	.353	.686	4	15	15
Hank Majeski	30	146	564	502	59	144	28	5	9	79	1		57	32	.287	.365	.416	.782	75	141	141
Phil Marchildon	33	36	107	102	8	16	3	0	1	10	0		4	26	.157	.196	.216	.412	4	35	35
Bill McCahan	26	30	60	57	7	9	2	0	0	1	0		3	5	.158	.200	.193	.393	2	29	29
*Barney McCosky	30	142	634	570	84	189	23	7	1	57	1		60	30	.332	.399	.402	.801	91	137	137
*Ray Poole	27	14	14	13	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		1	4	.231	.286	.231	.516	1	13	13
*Don Richmond	27	20	25	22	2	4	1	1	0	4	0		3	3	.182	.280	.318	.598	2	19	19
Buddy Rosar	32	106	417	374	43	98	21	2	1	36	1		42	14	.262	.338	.337	.675	43	102	102
Mickey Rutner	27	12	53	50	4	13	1	0	1	4	0		3	2	.260	.302	.340	.642	5	12	12
Bob Savage	25	46	44	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	19	.000	.045	.000	.045	0	44	44
Carl Scheib	20	23	49	48	5	7	0	0	0	3	0		1	3	.146	.163	.146	.309	1	22	22
Pete Suder	31	151	590	551	49	135	30	4	5	66	0		37	46	.245	.295	.341	.636	55	145	145
*Elmer Valo	26	116	462	390	65	121	13	7	5	39	12		70	22	.310	.418	.418	.836	68	112	112
	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact	Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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	Age	Yrs	PA	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Dick Adams	27	1	93	37	93	89	9	18	2	3	2	11	0	0	2	18	.202	.220	.360	.579	58	32	0	0	2
*George Binks	32	4	1110	319	1110	1029	108	268	54	10	8	127	20	9	63	105	.260	.306	.356	.661	92	366	20	4	14
*Lou Brissie	23	1	2	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
Sam Chapman	31	7	3441	835	3441	3090	483	844	138	35	114	459	26	30	320	441	.273	.343	.451	.794	110	1394	74	8	23
Russ Christopher	29	6	339	197	339	310	16	50	8	3	2	22	0	0	15	92	.161	.200	.226	.426	22	70	2	0	14
Joe Coleman	24	3	64	37	64	57	3	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	29	.158	.213	.193	.406	13	11	1	0	3
Pat Cooper	29	2	16	14	16	16	0	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	.250	.250	.375	.625	71	6	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Dietrich	37	15	733	364	733	625	56	94	12	3	5	43	0	0	59	259	.150	.226	.203	.429	16	127	5	2	47	0	0
*Ferris Fain	26	1	567	136	567	461	70	134	28	6	7	71	4	5	95	34	.291	.414	.423	.837	131	195	15	2	9
Jesse Flores	32	6	339	148	339	293	18	55	7	2	0	22	0	0	19	44	.188	.242	.225	.467	34	66	7	2	25	0	0
Dick Fowler	26	5	238	115	238	230	8	43	4	1	0	9	0	0	0	39	.187	.190	.213	.404	13	49	5	1	7
*Nellie Fox	19	1	4	7	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-28	0	0	0	0
*Herman Franks	33	4	350	147	350	302	24	56	11	1	2	29	2	0	41	26	.185	.285	.248	.533	46	75	7	1	6
Mike Guerra	34	5	698	245	698	643	63	154	12	6	2	66	14	5	38	49	.240	.283	.286	.569	63	184	17	1	16
Gene Handley	32	2	379	125	379	341	41	86	10	6	0	29	9	3	32	27	.252	.316	.317	.633	77	108	9	0	6
Eddie Joost	31	9	3117	753	3117	2660	306	587	114	19	26	213	34	6	372	373	.221	.319	.307	.626	77	817	43	13	72
*Tom Kirk	19	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
Austin Knickerbocker	28	1	53	21	53	48	8	12	3	2	0	2	0	1	3	4	.250	.294	.396	.690	89	19	1	0	2
Chet Laabs	35	11	3538	950	3538	3102	467	813	151	44	117	509	32	22	389	595	.262	.346	.452	.798	113	1403	60	10	37
Hank Majeski	30	5	1303	355	1303	1180	120	309	61	10	16	154	6	2	98	90	.262	.323	.371	.694	92	438	35	8	17
Phil Marchildon	33	6	378	144	378	327	18	52	7	1	1	24	0	1	17	77	.159	.203	.196	.399	11	64	5	1	33
Bill McCahan	26	2	67	33	67	60	8	11	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	7	.183	.234	.217	.451	25	13	1	0	3
*Barney McCosky	30	6	3684	825	3684	3239	519	1032	169	63	21	317	55	27	383	207	.319	.392	.429	.821	115	1390	44	10	52
*Ray Poole	27	2	16	15	16	15	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.200	.250	.200	.450	24	3	1	0	0
*Don Richmond	27	3	125	44	125	118	8	29	5	2	1	18	1	2	3	14	.246	.264	.347	.612	67	41	2	0	4
Buddy Rosar	32	9	2826	781	2826	2547	274	676	123	15	12	295	17	16	234	126	.265	.329	.340	.669	88	865	85	8	37
Mickey Rutner	27	1	52	12	52	48	4	12	1	0	1	4	0	0	3	2	.250	.294	.333	.627	73	16	4	0	1
Bob Savage	25	3	108	92	108	90	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	44	.089	.219	.089	.308	-12	8	0	0	3
Carl Scheib	20	4	63	47	63	62	5	9	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	8	.145	.159	.177	.336	-6	11	3	0	0
Pete Suder	31	5	2628	671	2628	2465	204	612	102	25	18	257	7	12	110	207	.248	.281	.332	.613	71	818	84	3	50
*Elmer Valo	26	6	1770	451	1770	1499	233	417	52	25	13	131	37	25	236	75	.278	.379	.372	.751	112	558	28	8	27
	Age	Yrs	PA	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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