1947 Philadelphia Athletics

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946 / 1948

78-76, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Connie Mack (78-76)
Scored 633 runs, Allowed 614 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-75

Ballparks: Shibe Park · 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 - 101, Pitching - 100

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1946 / 1948 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
Dick Adams	27	R	L	6' 0"	185	Apr 8, 1920	1st	37	18	37	27	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	10	0	-0.2
George Binks	32	L	L	6' 0"	175	Jul 11, 1914	4	104	77	104	87	0	0	13	0	0	0	25	0	51	75	16	1	0.0
Lou Brissie	23	L	L	6' 4"	210	Jun 5, 1924	1st	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Sam Chapman	31	R	R	6' 0"	180	Apr 11, 1916	7	149	145	149	146	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	134	0	146	4	0	1.8
Russ Christopher	29	R	R	6' 3"	170	Sep 12, 1917	6	44	0	44	44	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.4
Joe Coleman	24	R	R	6' 2"	200	Jul 30, 1922	3	32	21	32	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Pat Cooper	29	R	R	6' 3"	180	Nov 26, 1917	2	13	1	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	-0.1
Bill Dietrich	37	R	R	6' 0"	185	Mar 29, 1910	15	11	9	11	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6
Ferris Fain	26	L	L	5' 11"	180	Mar 29, 1921	1st	136	130	136	131	0	0	131	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	3.8
Jesse Flores	32	R	R	5' 10"	175	Nov 2, 1914	6	28	20	28	28	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.2
Dick Fowler	26	R	R	6' 4"	215	Mar 30, 1921	5	36	31	36	36	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5
Nellie Fox HOF	19	L	R	5' 10"	160	Dec 25, 1927	1st	7	0	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0.0
Herman Franks	33	L	R	5' 10"	187	Jan 4, 1914	4	8	4	8	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.1
Mike Guerra	34	R	R	5' 10"	155	Oct 11, 1912	5	72	54	72	62	0	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	7	-1.2
Gene Handley	32	R	R	5' 10"	165	Nov 25, 1914	2	36	25	36	28	0	0	0	17	10	1	0	0	0	0	3	6	-0.1
Eddie Joost	31	R	R	6' 0"	175	Jun 5, 1916	9	151	151	151	151	0	0	0	0	0	151	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.7
Tom Kirk	19	L	L	5' 10"	182	Sep 27, 1927	1st	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0
Austin Knickerbocker	28	R	R	5' 11"	185	Oct 15, 1918	1st	21	10	21	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	10	14	2	6	-0.1
Chet Laabs	35	R	R	5' 8"	175	Apr 30, 1912	11	15	7	15	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	7	8	0	0.0
Hank Majeski	30	R	R	5' 9"	174	Dec 13, 1916	5	141	136	141	138	0	0	0	1	134	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	3.0
Phil Marchildon	33	R	R	5' 10"	170	Oct 25, 1913	6	35	35	35	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.9
Bill McCahan	26	R	R	5' 11"	200	Jun 7, 1921	2	29	19	29	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.8
Barney McCosky	30	L	R	6' 1"	184	Apr 11, 1917	6	137	134	137	136	0	0	0	0	0	0	115	22	0	136	1	1	3.4
Ray Poole	27	L	R	6' 0"	180	Jan 16, 1920	2	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	-0.1
Don Richmond	27	L	R	6' 1"	175	Oct 27, 1919	3	19	3	19	5	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	13	2	0.0
Buddy Rosar	32	R	R	5' 9"	190	Jul 3, 1914	9	102	98	102	102	0	102	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.9	All-Star
Mickey Rutner	28	R	R	5' 11"	190	Mar 18, 1919	1st	12	11	12	11	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.1
Bob Savage	25	R	R	6' 2"	180	Dec 1, 1921	3	44	8	44	44	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Carl Scheib	20	R	R	6' 1"	192	Jan 1, 1927	4	22	12	22	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.9
Pete Suder	31	R	R	6' 0"	175	Apr 16, 1916	5	145	142	145	144	0	0	0	140	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.5
Elmer Valo	26	L	R	5' 11"	190	Mar 5, 1921	6	112	102	112	104	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	104	104	8	0	2.8
	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Eddie Joost	Gene Handley	Hank Majeski	Sam Chapman	Ferris Fain	Dick Adams	Barney McCosky	Buddy Rosar
Mike Guerra	Elmer Valo	George Binks	Pete Suder	Herman Franks Don Richmond	Pat Cooper Gene Handley Austin Knickerbocker	Bob Savage	Lou Brissie Russ Christopher
Bill Dietrich	Jesse Flores	Joe Coleman	Phil Marchildon	Bill McCahan	Carl Scheib	Dick Fowler	Nellie Fox Chet Laabs
Tom Kirk Austin Knickerbocker	Ray Poole Mickey Rutner	Dick Adams

1946 / 1948 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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