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1948 Philadelphia Athletics

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947 / 1949

84-70, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Connie Mack (84-70)
Scored 729 runs, Allowed 735 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-78

Ballparks: Shibe Park · Attendance: 945,076 (5th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102

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1947 / 1949 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	Salary
George Binks	33	L	L	6' 0"	175	Jul 11, 1914	5	17	10	17	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12	14	3	1	-0.9	$
Lou Brissie	24	L	L	6' 4"	210	Jun 5, 1924	2	39	25	39	39	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.8	$
Earle Brucker	22	L	R	6' 2"	210	Aug 25, 1925	1st	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$
Sam Chapman	32	R	R	6' 0"	180	Apr 11, 1916	8	123	117	123	118	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	118	0	118	6	0	1.0	$
Joe Coleman	25	R	R	6' 2"	200	Jul 30, 1922	4	33	29	33	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.9	$	All-Star
Ray Coleman	26	L	R	5' 11"	170	Jun 4, 1922	2	68	50	68	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	21	53	17	1	-0.4	$
Billy DeMars	22	R	R	5' 10"	160	Aug 26, 1925	1st	18	5	18	11	0	0	0	1	1	9	0	0	0	0	3	5	-0.3	$
Bill Dietrich	38	R	R	6' 0"	185	Mar 29, 1910	16	4	2	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$
Ferris Fain	27	L	L	5' 11"	180	Mar 29, 1921	2	145	145	145	145	0	0	145	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.6	$
Dick Fowler	27	R	R	6' 4"	215	Mar 30, 1921	6	29	26	29	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.3	$
Nellie Fox HOF	20	L	R	5' 10"	160	Dec 25, 1927	2	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$
Herman Franks	34	L	R	5' 10"	187	Jan 4, 1914	5	40	25	40	27	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0.2	$
Mike Guerra	35	R	R	5' 10"	155	Oct 11, 1912	6	53	40	53	48	0	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	-0.6	$
Bubba Harris	22	R	R	6' 4"	204	Feb 15, 1926	1st	45	0	45	45	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	$
Wally Holborow	34	R	R	5' 11"	187	Nov 30, 1913	3	5	1	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	$
Eddie Joost	32	R	R	6' 0"	175	Jun 5, 1916	10	135	135	135	135	0	0	0	0	0	135	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.9	$
Alex Kellner	23	R	L	6' 0"	200	Aug 26, 1924	1st	13	1	13	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4	$
Hank Majeski	31	R	R	5' 9"	174	Dec 13, 1916	6	148	148	148	148	0	0	0	0	142	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.9	$
Phil Marchildon	34	R	R	5' 10"	170	Oct 25, 1913	7	33	30	33	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5	$
Bill McCahan	27	R	R	5' 11"	200	Jun 7, 1921	3	17	15	17	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5	$
Barney McCosky	31	L	R	6' 1"	184	Apr 11, 1917	7	135	131	135	134	0	0	0	0	0	0	134	0	0	134	1	0	2.0	$
Nels Potter	36	L	R	5' 11"	180	Aug 23, 1911	11	8	0	8	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	$
Buddy Rosar	33	R	R	5' 9"	190	Jul 3, 1914	10	90	87	90	90	0	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	$	All-Star
Bob Savage	26	R	R	6' 2"	180	Dec 1, 1921	4	33	1	33	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.0	$
Carl Scheib	21	R	R	6' 1"	192	Jan 1, 1927	5	52	26	52	34	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	19	0	3.9	$
Pete Suder	32	R	R	6' 0"	175	Apr 16, 1916	6	148	148	148	148	0	0	0	148	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	$
Elmer Valo	27	L	R	5' 11"	190	Mar 5, 1921	7	113	109	113	109	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	109	109	3	1	2.6	$8,500
Skeeter Webb	38	R	R	5' 9"	150	Nov 4, 1909	12	23	11	23	17	0	0	0	9	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	7	-0.6	$
Bob Wellman	22	R	R	6' 4"	210	Jul 15, 1925	1st	4	3	4	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	$
Don White	29	R	R	6' 1"	195	Jan 8, 1919	1st	86	54	86	70	0	0	0	0	17	0	33	7	17	54	17	2	-1.0	$
Rudy York	34	R	R	6' 1"	209	Aug 17, 1913	13	31	7	31	14	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	-0.6	$
	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

1 Eddie Joost	2 Skeeter Webb	3 Hank Majeski	4 Sam Chapman	5 Ferris Fain	6 Rudy York	7 Barney McCosky	8 Buddy Rosar
9 Mike Guerra	10 Elmer Valo	11 George Binks Ray Coleman	12 Pete Suder	14 Herman Franks	15 Don White	16 Bob Savage	17 Bubba Harris
18 Bill Dietrich Wally Holborow	19 Lou Brissie	20 Joe Coleman	21 Phil Marchildon	22 Alex Kellner Nels Potter	23 Bill McCahan	24 Carl Scheib	25 Dick Fowler
26 Earle Brucker	30 Billy DeMars	41 Nellie Fox	56 Bob Wellman

1947 / 1949 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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