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1947 Philadelphia Athletics (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
Managed by Connie Mack

Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 911,566 (6th of 8)
Park Factors
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Batting - 102, Pitching - 103
  (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 100
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947 Stats / Schedule (1946/1948) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   78-76 , Final Rank: 5, GB:   19.0
Days in First:                   1 (last on April 15, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:           7 (last on August 26)
Most Games under .500:           6 (last on May 4)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       19.5 (last on September 23)

Longest Winning Streak:          4 (August 15 to August 17 and September 16 to September 20)
Longest Losing Streak:           7 (August 27 to September 2)

Most Runs Allowed:              13 (July 26)
Most Runs Scored:               16 (July 17)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      13
Times Opponent Shutout:         12

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        78  76     633     614    .506

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           39  38     296     324    .506
Road           39  38     337     290    .506

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           4   6      45      47    .400
May            14  13      94      84    .519
June           15  13     116     115    .536
July           16  16     136     135    .500
August         16  14     114     106    .533
September      13  14     128     127    .481

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     36  36     283     288    .500
Second Half    42  40     350     326    .512
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        17  29     145     157    .370

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        13  15     136     148    .464

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BOS            12  10     105     106    .545
CHW            11  11      84      70    .500
CLE            11  11      85      84    .500
DET            11  11     105     100    .500
NYY             9  13      65      96    .409
SLB            13   9     104      87    .591
WSH            11  11      85      71    .500

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 15     PHA @NYY  W   6-1        1-0     1    Tied  2:18 P Marchildon               39,344 +
  2 Thu, Apr 17     PHA @NYY  L   1-2        1-1     3     1.0  1:43 B Bevens                    8,350 -
  3 Fri, Apr 18     PHA  BOS  L   3-9        1-2     5     2.0  2:12 D Ferriss                   8,782 --
  4 Sat, Apr 19     PHA  BOS  L   2-4        1-3     7     3.0  2:04 H Dorish                   12,718 ---
  5 Sun, Apr 20     PHA  NYY  L   2-6        1-4     8     3.5  2:07 S Chandler                      0 ----
  6                 PHA  NYY  L   2-3        1-5     8     3.5  2:20 D Johnson                  33,446 -----
  7 Wed, Apr 23     PHA  WSH  L   3-4        1-6     8     4.5  2:16 E Wynn                      3,400 ------
  8 Fri, Apr 25     PHA @BOS  W  11-7        2-6     8     3.5  2:22 B Dietrich                  7,362 +
  9 Sat, Apr 26     PHA @BOS  W   5-2        3-6     7     3.5  2:10 R Christophe               14,418 ++
 10 Sun, Apr 27     PHA @BOS  -   6-6        3-6     8     3.0  2:30                            34,693 ++
 11 Tue, Apr 29     PHA @CLE  W   4-3        4-6     7     2.5  2:16 D Fowler                    4,310 +++
 12 Fri, May  2     PHA @DET  L   2-3        4-7     8     3.0  1:36 F Hutchinson                4,951 -
 13 Sat, May  3     PHA @DET  L   1-2        4-8     8     3.5  1:35 D Trout                    25,649 --
 14 Sun, May  4     PHA @CHW  L   7-8        4-9     8     5.5  2:25 H Bithorn                         ---
 15                 PHA @CHW  L   0-1        4-10    8     5.5  1:36 O Grove                    39,544 ----
 16 Tue, May  6     PHA @CHW  W   3-0        5-10    8     4.5  1:37 B Dietrich                  2,649 +
 17 Wed, May  7     PHA @SLB  W   6-1        6-10    7     4.0  2:14 D Fowler                    5,975 ++
 18 Thu, May  8     PHA @SLB  W   5-3        7-10    7     3.0  2:44 P Marchildon                2,703 +++
 19 Sat, May 10     PHA @WSH  L   3-4        7-11    7     3.5  1:53 E Wynn                      9,203 -
 20 Sun, May 11     PHA @WSH  W   4-0        8-11    7     4.5  2:05 B Savage                          +
 21                 PHA @WSH  L   1-2        8-12    7     4.5  1:57 W Masterson                22,811 -
 22 Mon, May 12     PHA @WSH  W   5-1        9-12    7     4.0  3:11 P Marchildon               18,329 +
 23 Tue, May 13     PHA  CLE  W   7-6       10-12    7     4.0  2:15 B Savage                   23,511 ++
 24 Thu, May 15     PHA  DET  L   2-4       10-13    6     5.5  3:14 D Trout                     3,510 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Fri, May 16     PHA  DET  W  11-5       11-13    6     4.5  2:13 B Savage                   10,777 +
 26 Sat, May 17     PHA  DET  L   1-2       11-14    7     5.5  1:59 H Newhouser                 7,615 -
 27 Sun, May 18     PHA  SLB  W   4-3       12-14    6     4.5  2:19 J Flores                        0 +
 28                 PHA  SLB  W   5-2       13-14    6     4.5  2:05 R Christophe               12,341 ++
 29 Tue, May 20     PHA  SLB  L   1-11      13-15    5     4.5  1:54 B Muncrief                  2,823 -
 30 Wed, May 21     PHA  CHW  W   5-2       14-15    5     3.5  1:47 J Flores                    9,846 +
 31 Fri, May 23     PHA  WSH  W   8-1       15-15    4     3.5  2:10 P Marchildon               17,429 ++
 32 Sat, May 24     PHA  WSH  L   0-5       15-16    5     4.5  2:11 M Pieretti                  6,081 -
 33 Sun, May 25     PHA  WSH  L   1-3       15-17    6     5.0  1:44 E Wynn                      9,702 --
 34 Tue, May 27     PHA  BOS  L   2-4       15-18    7     6.5  2:26 E Johnson                  23,843 ---
 35 Wed, May 28     PHA  BOS  L   2-9       15-19    7     7.0  1:59 D Ferriss                   3,433 ----
 36 Thu, May 29     PHA  BOS  W   3-2       16-19    6     6.0  2:11 R Christophe                3,751 +
 37 Fri, May 30     PHA  NYY  W   1-0       17-19    5     5.0  1:32 D Fowler                          ++
 38                 PHA  NYY  W   4-0       18-19    5     5.0  2:01 J Coleman                  30,261 +++
 39 Sun, Jun  1     PHA @SLB  L   2-7       18-20    5     6.0  2:02 J Kramer                    7,188 -
 40 Mon, Jun  2     PHA @SLB  W   6-3       19-20    5     5.5  2:27 B Savage                    2,712 +
 41 Tue, Jun  3     PHA @CHW  L   0-3       19-21    5     5.5  1:41 F Papish                   11,270 -
 42 Wed, Jun  4     PHA @CHW  W  10-3       20-21    5     5.0  2:36 R Christophe                2,597 +
 43 Thu, Jun  5     PHA @CHW  W   5-2       21-21    3     4.0  2:01 J Flores                    2,624 ++
 44 Fri, Jun  6     PHA @CLE  L   4-7       21-22    5     4.5  2:00 M Harder                   19,983 -
 45 Sun, Jun  8     PHA @CLE  W   4-0       22-22    4     5.0  2:05 P Marchildon                      +
 46                 PHA @CLE  L   0-2       22-23    4     5.0  2:14 B Feller                   39,595 -
 47 Mon, Jun  9     PHA @DET  W  11-3       23-23    3     4.0  2:26 D Fowler                   10,471 +
 48 Tue, Jun 10     PHA @DET  W   9-8       24-23    3     3.0  2:19 B Savage                   36,143 ++
 49 Wed, Jun 11     PHA @DET  L   1-7       24-24    4     3.0  1:52 A Benton                          -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50                 PHA @DET  W   4-0       25-24    4     3.0  1:48 C Scheib                   21,802 +
 51 Fri, Jun 13     PHA  CLE  L   4-5       25-25    4     3.5  2:15 B Feller                   28,628 -
 52 Sun, Jun 15     PHA  CLE  L   2-5       25-26    4     3.5  2:10 M Harder                        0 --
 53                 PHA  CLE  W   6-4       26-26    4     3.5  2:09 B McCahan                  30,599 +
 54 Tue, Jun 17     PHA  DET  W   5-2       27-26    4     3.5  1:36 C Scheib                   24,261 ++
 55 Thu, Jun 19     PHA  DET  W   8-4       28-26    4     2.5  2:14 P Marchildon                7,253 +++
 56 Sat, Jun 21     PHA  CHW  L   2-6       28-27    3     4.5  2:29 F Papish                   10,957 -
 57 Sun, Jun 22     PHA  CHW  L   0-1       28-28    3     5.0  2:04 B Gillespie                       --
 58                 PHA  CHW  W   3-0       29-28    3     5.0  1:36 C Scheib                   28,852 +
 59 Tue, Jun 24     PHA  SLB  L   3-12      29-29    3     6.0  2:35 E Kinder                    8,707 -
 60 Wed, Jun 25     PHA  SLB  W   4-2       30-29    3     6.0  2:03 D Fowler                   12,580 +
 61 Thu, Jun 26     PHA  NYY  W   4-2       31-29    3     5.0  2:03 J Coleman                  11,873 ++
 62 Fri, Jun 27     PHA  NYY  L   1-7       31-30    3     6.0  2:05 S Chandler                 38,529 -
 63 Sat, Jun 28     PHA  NYY  L   2-5       31-31    4     7.0  1:47 R Gumpert                  12,908 --
 64 Sun, Jun 29     PHA  BOS  W   3-2       32-31    3     6.0  1:55 P Marchildon                      +
 65                 PHA  BOS  W   6-5       33-31    3     6.0  2:14 J Coleman                  29,112 ++
 66 Mon, Jun 30     PHA @WSH  L   7-8       33-32    3     7.0  2:00 S Cary                     18,155 -
 67 Wed, Jul  2     PHA @BOS  W   7-6       34-32    4     7.0  2:23 B Savage                   32,809 +
 68 Thu, Jul  3     PHA @BOS  W   8-4       35-32    3     6.5  2:25 P Marchildon               16,969 ++
 69 Fri, Jul  4     PHA @BOS  W   8-6       36-32    2     7.5  3:04 R Christophe                      +++
 70                 PHA @BOS  L   0-4       36-33    2     7.5  1:48 T Hughson                  29,181 -
 71 Sat, Jul  5     PHA @NYY  L   1-5       36-34    4     8.5  1:29 S Shea                     30,173 --
 72 Sun, Jul  6     PHA @NYY  L   2-8       36-35    4    10.5  2:16 R Gumpert                         ---
 73                 PHA @NYY  L   2-9       36-36    4    10.5  2:19 A Reynolds                 51,957 ----
 74 Thu, Jul 10     PHA @CLE  L   0-3       36-37    5    12.0  1:43 D Black                         0 -----

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75                 PHA @CLE  L   1-2       36-38    5    12.0  1:55 B Feller                   47,871 ------
 76 Fri, Jul 11     PHA @CLE  W   4-2       37-38    5    12.0  2:39 P Marchildon                2,932 +
 77 Sat, Jul 12     PHA @CLE  W   4-2       38-38    5    13.0  2:16 J Flores                          ++
 78                 PHA @CLE  L   4-5       38-39    5    13.0  2:16 E Klieman                  16,170 -
 79 Sun, Jul 13     PHA @DET  L   2-4       38-40    5    15.0  1:49 V Trucks                          --
 80                 PHA @DET  L   6-7       38-41    5    15.0  2:30 F Hutchinson               40,286 ---
 81 Tue, Jul 15     PHA @SLB  W   8-1       39-41    5    15.5  2:24 P Marchildon                3,503 +
 82 Wed, Jul 16     PHA @SLB  L   4-5       39-42    4    16.0  2:26 G Moulder                         -
 83                 PHA @SLB  W   4-1       40-42    4    16.0  2:03 B McCahan                   4,270 +
 84 Thu, Jul 17     PHA @SLB  W  16-2       41-42    4    16.5  2:10 D Fowler                    3,648 ++
 85 Fri, Jul 18     PHA @CHW  L   1-4       41-43    4    16.5  1:34 J Haynes                   17,988 -
 86 Sun, Jul 20     PHA @CHW  L   5-6       41-44    4    16.0  2:19 R Ruffing                         --
 87                 PHA @CHW  W   7-4       42-44    4    16.0  1:39 B Savage                   17,905 +
 88 Tue, Jul 22     PHA  CLE  W   5-3       43-44    4    16.0  1:56 B Dietrich                 15,749 ++
 89 Wed, Jul 23     PHA  CLE  W   6-3       44-44    4    15.0  1:57 D Fowler                   34,879 +++
 90 Thu, Jul 24     PHA  CLE  L   1-6       44-45    4    16.0  2:00 B Feller                    9,541 -
 91 Fri, Jul 25     PHA  DET  W   9-5       45-45    4    16.0  2:30 P Marchildon               18,057 +
 92 Sat, Jul 26     PHA  DET  L   0-13      45-46    4    16.0  1:59 V Trucks                    7,826 -
 93 Sun, Jul 27     PHA  DET  L   1-5       45-47    4    16.0  2:00 F Hutchinson                    0 --
 94                 PHA  DET  W   5-0       46-47    4    16.0  1:35 D Fowler                   25,571 +
 95 Mon, Jul 28     PHA  CHW  W   5-3       47-47    4    16.0  1:35 R Christophe                7,336 ++
 96 Tue, Jul 29     PHA  CHW  W   5-2       48-47    4    15.5  1:48 P Marchildon               15,305 +++
 97 Wed, Jul 30     PHA  CHW  L   2-3       48-48    4    16.5  1:58 F Papish                   13,104 -
 98 Thu, Jul 31     PHA  CHW  W   3-2       49-48    4    16.0  1:47 B Dietrich                  1,010 +
 99 Fri, Aug  1     PHA  SLB  L   1-4       49-49    4    16.0  2:12 B Muncrief                 16,083 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Sat, Aug  2     PHA  SLB  W   8-5       50-49    4    16.5  2:15 B McCahan                   5,878 +
101 Sun, Aug  3     PHA  SLB  W   2-0       51-49    4    17.0  2:07 P Marchildon                      ++
102                 PHA  SLB  L   3-4       51-50    4    17.0  1:58 F Sanford                  19,094 -
103 Mon, Aug  4     PHA @NYY  W   9-5       52-50    4    16.0  2:23 C Scheib                   45,612 +
104 Tue, Aug  5     PHA  NYY  L   5-8       52-51    4    17.0  2:30 A Reynolds                 29,442 -
105 Wed, Aug  6     PHA  NYY  W   5-3       53-51    4    16.0  1:43 B McCahan                  28,856 +
106 Sat, Aug  9     PHA  WSH  W   8-1       54-51    4    14.5  1:45 P Marchildon                8,042 ++
107 Sun, Aug 10     PHA  WSH  W   3-2       55-51    4    15.0  1:49 J Coleman                       0 +++
108                 PHA  WSH  L   2-5       55-52    4    15.0  2:02 R Scarboroug               19,496 -
109 Mon, Aug 11     PHA @NYY  W   3-2       56-52    4    14.0  1:58 B McCahan                  42,216 +
110 Wed, Aug 13     PHA @NYY  L   2-8       56-53    4    15.0  1:59 V Raschi                   16,454 -
111 Thu, Aug 14     PHA @NYY  L   5-8       56-54    4    16.0  2:08 A Reynolds                 13,130 --
112 Fri, Aug 15     PHA @WSH  W   3-0       57-54    4    16.0  2:02 J Coleman                  15,228 +
113 Sat, Aug 16     PHA @WSH  W   5-2       58-54    4    16.0  2:09 B McCahan                   3,428 ++
114 Sun, Aug 17     PHA @WSH  W   2-1       59-54    4    14.5  1:56 D Fowler                        0 +++
115                 PHA @WSH  W   5-2       60-54    4    14.5  2:02 P Marchildon               11,078 ++++
116 Tue, Aug 19     PHA @CHW  L   0-4       60-55    4    14.5  1:45 J Haynes                   16,139 -
117 Wed, Aug 20     PHA @CHW  W   5-2       61-55    4    14.5  2:24 R Christophe                3,806 +
118 Thu, Aug 21     PHA @SLB  W   8-5       62-55    3    14.5  2:04 B McCahan                   2,514 ++
119 Fri, Aug 22     PHA @SLB  L   5-7       62-56    4    14.0  2:15 W Brown                     2,287 -
120 Sat, Aug 23     PHA @SLB  W   7-0       63-56    3    14.0  2:13 D Fowler                    1,163 +
121 Sun, Aug 24     PHA @DET  L   2-6       63-57    4    15.0  1:57 V Trucks                          -
122                 PHA @DET  L   4-5       63-58    4    15.0  2:10 H Newhouser                41,913 --
123 Mon, Aug 25     PHA @DET  W   7-5       64-58    4    14.0  2:30 B McCahan                   6,344 +
124 Tue, Aug 26     PHA @CLE  W   2-1       65-58    4    13.0  2:47 P Marchildon               19,046 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Wed, Aug 27     PHA @CLE  L   1-2       65-59    4    14.0  1:49 B Feller                   29,446 -
126 Fri, Aug 29     PHA @BOS  L   1-2       65-60    4    15.0  1:45 M Harris                   34,683 --
127 Sat, Aug 30     PHA @BOS  L   0-2       65-61    4    16.0  1:49 T Hughson                  13,818 ---
128 Sun, Aug 31     PHA @BOS  L   1-5       65-62    4    17.5  2:00 J Dobson                   22,944 ----
129 Mon, Sep  1     PHA  WSH  L   0-4       65-63    5    17.5  1:53 M Haefner                       0 -----
130                 PHA  WSH  L   4-7       65-64    5    17.5  2:07 S Cary                     28,565 ------
131 Tue, Sep  2     PHA  WSH  L   4-7       65-65    5    18.0  2:16 E Wynn                      7,426 -------
132 Wed, Sep  3     PHA  WSH  W   3-0       66-65    5    18.5  1:26 B McCahan                   2,816 +
133 Fri, Sep  5     PHA  BOS  W   9-7       67-65    5    17.0  3:01 R Christophe               17,219 ++
134 Sat, Sep  6     PHA  BOS  L   3-4       67-66    5    17.0  1:53 E Johnson                   5,547 -
135 Sun, Sep  7     PHA  BOS  W   7-4       68-66    5    16.5  2:19 J Coleman                         +
136                 PHA  BOS  W   4-3       69-66    5    16.5  1:50 B McCahan                  32,464 ++
137 Tue, Sep  9     PHA  SLB  L   0-1       69-67    5    16.5  2:05 E Kinder                    9,001 -
138 Wed, Sep 10     PHA  SLB  L   2-8       69-68    5    17.5  1:55 F Sanford                   2,204 --
139 Thu, Sep 11     PHA  CHW  L   3-7       69-69    5    18.0  2:04 J Haynes                    7,445 ---
140 Fri, Sep 12     PHA  CHW  L   4-5       69-70    5    18.0  2:42 E Harrist                  11,612 ----
141 Sat, Sep 13     PHA  CHW  W   9-2       70-70    5    18.0  1:55 B Dietrich                  2,739 +
142 Sun, Sep 14     PHA  CLE  W  11-9       71-70    5    18.0  2:39 R Christophe                      ++
143                 PHA  CLE  -   4-4       71-70    5    18.0  2:03                            22,365 ++
144 Mon, Sep 15     PHA  CLE  L   1-2       71-71    5    18.5  2:11 B Lemon                    11,514 -
145 Tue, Sep 16     PHA  CLE  L   3-5       71-72    5    18.5  2:05 B Feller                          --
146                 PHA  CLE  W   7-3       72-72    5    18.5  1:55 B Savage                   10,665 +
147 Wed, Sep 17     PHA  DET  W   6-4       73-72    5    18.0  2:15 R Christophe                      ++
148                 PHA  DET  W   8-6       74-72    5    18.0  2:27 P Marchildon                6,654 +++
149 Sat, Sep 20     PHA  NYY  W   3-2       75-72    5    17.5  1:38 D Fowler                    6,134 ++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Sun, Sep 21     PHA  NYY  L   0-6       75-73    5    18.5  1:55 B Bevens                   18,333 -
151 Tue, Sep 23     PHA @BOS  W   9-3       76-73    5    19.5  2:20 P Marchildon                4,358 +
152                 PHA @BOS  L   5-6       76-74    5    19.5  1:50 E Johnson                   4,358 -
153 Fri, Sep 26     PHA @WSH  W  11-8       77-74    5    19.0  2:05 D Fowler                        0 +
154                 PHA @WSH  L   3-4       77-75    5    19.0  1:46 R Scarboroug                3,175 -
155 Sat, Sep 27     PHA @NYY  W   2-1       78-75    5    18.0  2:37 P Marchildon                8,284 +
156 Sun, Sep 28     PHA @NYY  L   3-5       78-76    5    19.0  1:49 B Wight                    23,085 -

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.


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