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1948 Philadelphia Athletics Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947 / 1949)
84-70, Finished 4th in American League
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Scored 729 runs, Allowed 735 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-78
Manager: Connie Mack (84-70)
Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 945,076 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102

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1947 / 1949 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 33 90 349 302 30 77 13 0 4 41 0 2 39 12 .255 .344 .338 .682 82 102 3 2 6
2 1B Ferris Fain* 27 145 644 520 81 146 27 6 7 88 10 5 113 37 .281 .412 .396 .808 115 206 17 3 8
3 2B Pete Suder 32 148 593 519 64 125 23 5 7 60 1 3 60 60 .241 .321 .345 .666 77 179 10 1 13
4 SS Eddie Joost 32 135 637 509 99 127 22 2 16 55 2 4 119 87 .250 .393 .395 .788 110 201 4 1 8
5 3B Hank Majeski 31 148 646 590 88 183 41 4 12 120 2 1 48 43 .310 .368 .454 .822 118 268 19 6 2
6 OF Elmer Valo* 27 113 475 383 72 117 17 4 3 46 10 6 81 13 .305 .432 .394 .826 120 151 11 4 7
7 OF Barney McCosky* 31 135 605 515 95 168 21 5 0 46 1 3 68 22 .326 .405 .386 .791 111 199 10 0 22
8 OF Sam Chapman 32 123 506 445 58 115 18 6 13 70 6 1 55 50 .258 .341 .413 .755 100 184 18 1 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
9 UT Don White 29 86 280 253 29 62 14 2 1 28 0 1 19 16 .245 .303 .328 .631 68 83 6 2 6
10 OF Ray Coleman* 26 68 249 210 32 51 6 6 0 21 4 3 31 17 .243 .340 .329 .669 78 69 11 0 8
11 C Mike Guerra 35 53 165 142 18 30 4 2 1 23 2 3 18 13 .211 .300 .289 .589 57 41 6 0 5
12 C Herman Franks* 34 40 120 98 10 22 7 1 1 14 0 0 16 11 .224 .345 .347 .692 84 34 4 2 4
13 1B Rudy York 34 31 58 51 4 8 0 0 0 6 0 0 7 15 .157 .259 .157 .415 12 8 2 0 0
14 MI Skeeter Webb 38 23 55 54 5 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 .148 .148 .185 .333 -12 10 2 0 1
15 OF George Binks* 33 17 44 41 2 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 .098 .140 .122 .261 -30 5 1 0 1
16 IF Billy DeMars 22 18 35 29 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 3 .172 .294 .172 .467 26 5 0 0 1
17 2B Nellie Fox* 20 3 14 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .154 .214 .154 .368 -1 2 0 0 0
18 UT Bob Wellman 22 4 13 10 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 .200 .385 .400 .785 109 4 0 0 0
19 C Earle Brucker* 22 2 7 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .333 .619 64 2 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
20 P Carl Scheib 21 52 112 104 14 31 8 3 2 21 0 0 8 17 .298 .348 .490 .839 122 51 3 0 0
21 P Dick Fowler 27 29 89 82 5 14 1 0 1 8 0 0 3 10 .171 .200 .220 .420 12 18 2 0 4
22 P Joe Coleman 25 33 85 74 2 9 2 0 0 7 0 0 5 29 .122 .177 .149 .326 -13 11 2 0 6
23 P Phil Marchildon 34 33 85 72 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 30 .069 .183 .069 .252 -31 5 2 0 3
24 P Lou Brissie* 24 39 83 76 3 18 1 0 0 10 0 0 2 8 .237 .256 .250 .506 35 19 3 0 5
25 P Bill McCahan 27 17 33 31 4 8 1 0 0 8 0 0 2 2 .258 .303 .290 .593 58 9 0 0 0
26 P Bubba Harris 22 45 29 24 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .125 .222 .125 .347 -6 3 0 0 2
27 P Bob Savage 26 33 18 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .077 .250 .077 .327 -11 1 0 0 2
28 P Wally Holborow 34 5 6 4 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .500 .600 .750 1.350 258 3 0 0 1
29 P Nels Potter* 36 8 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 75 1 1 0 0
30 P Alex Kellner 23 13 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
31 P Bill Dietrich 38 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -7 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 30.1 154 6048 5181 729 1345 231 47 68 684 40 32 725 523 .260 .353 .362 .715 90 1874 137 22 120
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 4 6 5 6 5 5 5 2 6 6 4 6 6 6
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 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
*George Binks 33 44 39 1 0.7 105 .103 .098 .273 .140 .358 .122 .394 .261 .752 -30 .029 -7.9 -0.8 .211 .098 .024 .0 O
*Lou Brissie 24 83 66 5 2.0 105 .265 .237 .273 .256 .358 .250 .394 .506 .752 35 .181 -7.4 -0.7 .344 .039 .013 1
*Earle Brucker 22 7 5 1 5.3 105 .200 .167 .273 .286 .358 .333 .394 .619 .752 64 .566 -0.3 0.0 .600 .333 .167 /2
Sam Chapman 32 506 354 63 4.7 105 .267 .258 .273 .341 .358 .413 .394 .755 .752 100 .513 -1.5 -0.2 .702 .290 .155 8.2 *O
Joe Coleman 25 85 73 2 0.7 105 .200 .122 .273 .177 .358 .149 .394 .326 .753 -13 .033 -12.3 -1.2 .239 .095 .027 1
*Ray Coleman 26 249 181 23 3.4 105 .264 .243 .273 .340 .358 .329 .394 .669 .752 78 .362 -6.6 -0.7 .584 .238 .086 .0 O
Billy DeMars 22 35 25 1 1.1 105 .192 .172 .273 .294 .358 .172 .394 .467 .753 26 .065 -3.0 -0.3 .417 .172 .000 /645
Bill Dietrich 38 3 2 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .273 .333 .358 .000 .394 .333 .752 -7 .000 -0.2 0.0 .500 .500 .000 /1
*Ferris Fain 27 644 404 85 5.6 105 .292 .281 .273 .412 .358 .396 .394 .808 .753 115 .588 17.8 1.7 .826 .342 .115 8.2 *3
Dick Fowler 27 89 74 4 1.4 105 .183 .171 .273 .200 .358 .220 .394 .420 .752 12 .106 -11.0 -1.1 .300 .085 .049 .0 1
*Nellie Fox 20 14 11 1 2.4 105 .154 .154 .273 .214 .358 .154 .394 .368 .752 -1 .235 -1.9 -0.2 .364 .154 .000 .0 /4
*Herman Franks 34 120 84 11 3.5 105 .244 .224 .273 .345 .358 .347 .394 .692 .753 84 .375 -1.8 -0.2 .650 .286 .122 .0 2
Mike Guerra 35 165 126 12 2.5 105 .227 .211 .273 .300 .358 .289 .394 .589 .753 57 .251 -9.1 -0.9 .479 .197 .077 1.3 2
Bubba Harris 22 29 23 1 1.2 106 .158 .125 .273 .222 .358 .125 .394 .347 .753 -6 .074 -3.7 -0.4 .286 .125 .000 1
Wally Holborow 34 6 3 2 17.8 105 .667 .500 .273 .600 .358 .750 .394 1.350 .752 258 .922 1.1 0.1 2.000 .500 .250 /1
Eddie Joost 32 637 398 78 5.2 105 .273 .250 .273 .393 .358 .395 .394 .788 .753 110 .557 12.2 1.2 .818 .375 .145 3.6 *6
Alex Kellner 23 5 5 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .273 .000 .358 .000 .394 .000 .752 -100 .000 -1.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 1
Hank Majeski 31 646 429 97 6.0 105 .320 .310 .273 .368 .358 .454 .394 .822 .752 118 .620 14.0 1.4 .756 .227 .144 3.4 *5/6
Phil Marchildon 34 85 72 1 0.4 105 .119 .069 .273 .183 .358 .069 .394 .252 .753 -31 .010 -13.9 -1.4 .217 .139 .000 1
Bill McCahan 27 33 23 3 3.5 105 .276 .258 .273 .303 .358 .290 .394 .593 .752 58 .373 -1.9 -0.2 .478 .097 .032 1
*Barney McCosky 31 605 382 80 5.6 105 .341 .326 .273 .405 .358 .386 .394 .791 .752 111 .586 10.9 1.1 .736 .188 .060 .0 *O
*Nels Potter 36 5 4 0 0.0 105 .250 .250 .273 .400 .358 .250 .394 .650 .752 75 .000 -0.1 0.0 .500 .250 .000 /1
Buddy Rosar 33 349 236 34 3.8 105 .255 .255 .273 .344 .358 .338 .394 .682 .752 82 .417 -7.3 -0.7 .613 .205 .083 .0 2
Bob Savage 26 18 14 0 0.0 105 .143 .077 .273 .250 .358 .077 .394 .327 .753 -11 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .333 .231 .000 1
Carl Scheib 21 112 76 18 6.3 105 .341 .298 .273 .348 .358 .490 .394 .839 .753 122 .640 2.5 0.2 .776 .269 .192 .0 1/O
Pete Suder 32 593 420 56 3.6 105 .261 .241 .273 .321 .358 .345 .394 .666 .753 77 .383 -18.1 -1.8 .585 .216 .104 1.8 *4
*Elmer Valo 27 475 290 65 6.0 105 .311 .305 .273 .432 .358 .394 .394 .826 .752 120 .616 16.9 1.6 .848 .311 .089 4.6 *O
Skeeter Webb 38 55 49 1 0.5 105 .178 .148 .273 .148 .358 .185 .394 .333 .752 -12 .019 -8.9 -0.9 .208 .037 .037 /46
Bob Wellman 22 13 8 2 6.7 105 .250 .200 .273 .385 .358 .400 .394 .785 .752 109 .662 0.2 0.0 .875 .500 .200 /3O
Don White 29 280 204 24 3.1 105 .258 .245 .273 .303 .358 .328 .394 .631 .752 68 .330 -12.3 -1.2 .520 .154 .083 .0 O5
Rudy York 34 58 45 2 1.2 105 .222 .157 .273 .259 .358 .157 .394 .415 .752 12 .076 -6.5 -0.6 .333 .137 .000 3
League Average 4.6 106 .282 .265 .273 .348 .358 .381 .394 .729 .753 94 .495 .665 .241 .116
Team Total 6048 4125 673 4.3 105 .278 .260 .273 .353 .358 .362 .394 .715 .752 90 .473 -63.8 -6.5 .656 .244 .102 50.4
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
*George Binks 33 33 71 67 4 10 1 0 0 3 1 4 3 .149 .197 .164 .361 2 32 32
*Lou Brissie 24 41 82 80 3 19 1 0 0 11 0 2 8 .238 .256 .250 .506 5 39 39
*Earle Brucker 22 2 7 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .333 .619 1 2 2
Sam Chapman 32 129 517 461 56 116 18 6 13 68 6 55 52 .252 .333 .401 .734 62 123 123
Joe Coleman 25 34 84 78 2 10 2 0 0 8 0 6 30 .128 .190 .154 .344 2 33 33
*Ray Coleman 26 89 280 247 33 56 6 7 0 22 5 33 23 .227 .318 .308 .626 24 85 85
Billy DeMars 22 19 33 29 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 .138 .242 .138 .380 1 18 18
Bill Dietrich 38 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 4 4
*Ferris Fain 27 152 655 538 79 147 27 6 7 86 10 114 39 .273 .403 .385 .788 83 145 145
Dick Fowler 27 30 87 84 4 13 1 0 1 7 0 3 10 .155 .184 .202 .386 3 29 29
*Nellie Fox 20 3 16 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 .214 .313 .214 .527 1 3 3
*Herman Franks 34 42 121 102 10 23 7 1 1 14 0 17 11 .225 .347 .343 .690 11 40 40
Mike Guerra 35 55 163 146 17 29 4 2 1 22 2 17 14 .199 .282 .274 .556 11 53 53
Bubba Harris 22 47 30 26 6 4 0 0 0 2 0 4 5 .154 .267 .154 .421 1 45 45
Wally Holborow 34 5 5 4 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 .500 .600 .750 1.350 2 5 5
Eddie Joost 32 141 646 526 97 127 22 2 16 54 2 119 91 .241 .382 .382 .764 76 135 135
Alex Kellner 23 14 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 13 13
Hank Majeski 31 155 663 609 86 184 41 4 12 118 2 48 45 .302 .359 .442 .801 95 148 148
Phil Marchildon 34 34 85 75 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 10 31 .067 .176 .067 .243 1 33 33
Bill McCahan 27 18 35 33 5 9 1 0 0 9 0 2 2 .273 .314 .303 .617 3 17 17
*Barney McCosky 31 141 599 531 93 168 21 5 0 45 1 68 23 .316 .394 .375 .769 78 135 135
*Nels Potter 36 29 40 39 1 15 1 0 0 4 0 1 3 .385 .400 .410 .810 6 28 28
Buddy Rosar 33 94 353 312 29 77 13 0 4 40 0 39 13 .247 .334 .327 .661 33 90 90
Bob Savage 26 34 17 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .000 .176 .000 .176 0 33 33
Carl Scheib 21 54 116 108 14 32 8 3 2 21 0 8 18 .296 .345 .481 .826 18 52 52
Pete Suder 32 155 598 537 63 125 23 5 7 59 1 60 63 .233 .311 .333 .644 55 148 148
*Elmer Valo 27 118 482 396 71 118 17 4 3 45 10 82 14 .298 .423 .384 .807 64 113 113
Skeeter Webb 38 24 56 56 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 23 23
Bob Wellman 22 4 13 10 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 .200 .385 .400 .785 1 4 4
Don White 29 90 283 262 29 62 14 2 1 28 0 19 17 .237 .293 .317 .610 24 86 86
Rudy York 34 32 60 53 4 8 0 0 0 6 0 7 16 .151 .250 .151 .401 2 31 31
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
*George Binks 33 5 1181 351 1181 1093 112 277 55 10 8 130 21 9 67 108 .253 .299 .344 .643 85 376 21 4 17
*Lou Brissie 24 2 85 40 85 78 3 18 1 0 0 10 0 0 2 9 .231 .250 .244 .494 32 19 3 0 5
*Earle Brucker 22 1 7 2 7 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .333 .619 64 2 0 0 0
Sam Chapman 32 8 3947 958 3947 3535 541 959 156 41 127 529 32 31 375 491 .271 .343 .446 .789 109 1578 92 9 28
Joe Coleman 25 4 149 70 149 131 5 18 4 0 0 8 0 0 9 58 .137 .193 .168 .361 -2 22 3 0 9
*Ray Coleman 26 2 651 195 651 582 68 145 15 14 2 53 7 8 59 54 .249 .319 .333 .653 77 194 28 1 9
Billy DeMars 22 1 35 18 35 29 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 3 .172 .294 .172 .467 26 5 0 0 1
Bill Dietrich 38 16 736 368 736 627 56 94 12 3 5 43 0 0 60 260 .150 .226 .203 .429 16 127 5 2 47 0 0
*Ferris Fain 27 2 1211 281 1211 981 151 280 55 12 14 159 14 10 208 71 .285 .413 .409 .822 123 401 32 5 17
Dick Fowler 27 6 327 144 327 312 13 57 5 1 1 17 0 0 3 49 .183 .193 .215 .408 12 67 7 1 11
*Nellie Fox 20 2 18 10 18 16 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .125 .222 .125 .347 -6 2 0 0 0
*Herman Franks 34 5 470 187 470 400 34 78 18 2 3 43 2 0 57 37 .195 .300 .273 .573 56 109 11 3 10
Mike Guerra 35 6 863 298 863 785 81 184 16 8 3 89 16 8 56 62 .234 .286 .287 .573 62 225 23 1 21
Bubba Harris 22 1 29 45 29 24 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .125 .222 .125 .347 -6 3 0 0 2
Wally Holborow 34 3 10 21 10 6 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .333 .429 .500 .929 156 3 0 0 3 0 0
Eddie Joost 32 10 3754 888 3754 3169 405 714 136 21 42 268 36 10 491 460 .225 .332 .321 .653 83 1018 47 14 80
Alex Kellner 23 1 5 13 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Hank Majeski 31 6 1949 503 1949 1770 208 492 102 14 28 274 8 3 146 133 .278 .338 .399 .737 101 706 54 14 19
Phil Marchildon 34 7 463 177 463 399 21 57 7 1 1 26 0 1 27 107 .143 .199 .173 .372 3 69 7 1 36
Bill McCahan 27 3 100 50 100 91 12 19 3 0 0 9 0 0 6 9 .209 .258 .242 .499 37 22 1 0 3
*Barney McCosky 31 7 4289 960 4289 3754 614 1200 190 68 21 363 56 30 451 229 .320 .394 .423 .817 114 1589 54 10 74
*Nels Potter 36 11 601 311 601 539 25 125 14 0 0 37 0 0 33 43 .232 .277 .258 .535 46 139 13 1 28 0 0
Buddy Rosar 33 10 3175 871 3175 2849 304 753 136 15 16 336 17 18 273 138 .264 .331 .339 .670 87 967 88 10 43
Bob Savage 26 4 126 125 126 103 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 50 .087 .223 .087 .311 -12 9 0 0 5
Carl Scheib 21 5 175 99 175 166 19 40 10 3 2 24 0 0 9 25 .241 .280 .373 .653 76 62 6 0 0
Pete Suder 32 6 3221 819 3221 2984 268 737 125 30 25 317 8 15 170 267 .247 .288 .334 .623 72 997 94 4 63
*Elmer Valo 27 7 2245 564 2245 1882 305 534 69 29 16 177 47 31 317 88 .284 .390 .377 .767 114 709 39 12 34
Skeeter Webb 38 12 2453 699 2453 2274 216 498 73 15 3 166 33 26 132 215 .219 .263 .268 .531 46 610 40 3 44
Bob Wellman 22 1 13 4 13 10 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 .200 .385 .400 .785 109 4 0 0 0
Don White 29 1 280 86 280 253 29 62 14 2 1 28 0 1 19 16 .245 .303 .328 .631 68 83 6 2 6
Rudy York 34 13 6720 1603 6720 5891 876 1621 291 52 277 1152 38 26 792 867 .275 .362 .483 .845 123 2847 155 12 25
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

1947 / 1949 Batting Statistics

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