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1947 Philadelphia Athletics Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Dick Adams 27 R L 6' 0" 185 Apr 8, 1920 1st 37 37 37 0 0 24 0 0 0 1 0 2 3
George Binks 32 L L 6' 0" 175 Jul 11, 1914 4 104 104 104 0 0 13 0 0 0 25 0 51 75
Lou Brissie 23 L L 6' 4" 215 Jun 5, 1924 1st 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sam Chapman 31 R R 6' 1" 190 Apr 11, 1916 7 149 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 134 0 146
Russ Christopher 29 R R 6' 3" 180 Sep 12, 1917 6 44 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Coleman 24 R R 200 Jul 30, 1922 3 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Cooper 29 R R 6' 3" 180 Nov 26, 1917 2 13 13 13 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Dietrich 37 R R 6' 0" 185 Mar 29, 1910 15 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ferris Fain 26 L L 5' 11" 186 Mar 29, 1921 1st 136 136 136 0 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jesse Flores 32 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 2, 1914 6 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Fowler 26 R R 215 Mar 30, 1921 5 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nellie Fox HOF 19 L R 5' 9" 150 Dec 25, 1927 1st 7 7 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Herman Franks 33 L R 187 Jan 4, 1914 4 8 8 8 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Guerra 34 R R 5' 9" 162 Oct 11, 1912 5 72 72 72 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Handley 32 R R 165 Nov 25, 1914 2 36 36 36 0 0 0 17 10 1 0 0 0 0
Eddie Joost 31 R R 6' 0" 175 Jun 5, 1916 9 151 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0
Tom Kirk 19 L L 182 Sep 27, 1927 1st 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Austin Knickerbocker 28 R R 5' 11" 185 Oct 15, 1918 1st 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10 14
Chet Laabs 35 R R 5' 8" 175 Apr 30, 1912 11 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 7
Hank Majeski 30 R R 5' 9" 180 Dec 13, 1916 5 141 141 141 0 0 0 1 134 4 0 0 0 0
Phil Marchildon 33 R R 5' 11" 175 Oct 25, 1913 6 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill McCahan 26 R R 5' 11" 200 Jun 7, 1921 2 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barney McCosky 30 L R 6' 1" 184 Apr 11, 1917 6 137 137 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 114 23 0 136
Ray Poole 27 L R 6' 0" 180 Jan 16, 1920 2 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Richmond 27 L R 6' 1" 175 Oct 27, 1919 3 19 19 19 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
Buddy Rosar 32 R R 5' 9" 190 Jul 3, 1914 9 102 102 102 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Mickey Rutner 27 R R 5' 11" 190 Mar 18, 1920 1st 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Savage 25 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 1, 1921 3 44 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carl Scheib 20 R R 6' 1" 192 Jan 1, 1927 4 22 22 22 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Suder 31 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 16, 1916 5 145 145 145 0 0 0 140 2 3 0 0 0 0
Elmer Valo 26 L R 5' 11" 190 Mar 5, 1921 6 112 112 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 104
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1946 / 1948 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played