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1949 Philadelphia Athletics Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948 / 1950)
81-73, Finished 5th in American League
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Scored 726 runs, Allowed 725 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-77
Manager: Connie Mack (81-73)
Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 816,514 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 98;   one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99

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1948 / 1950 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 Mike Guerra 36 98 344 298 41 79 14 1 3 31 3 0 37 26 .265 .346 .349 .695 87 104 11 0 9
2 1B Ferris Fain* 28 150 672 525 81 138 21 5 3 78 8 1 136 51 .263 .415 .339 .754 103 178 15 0 11
3 2B Pete Suder 33 118 477 445 44 119 24 6 10 75 0 1 23 35 .267 .306 .416 .722 93 185 20 2 7
4 SS Eddie Joost 33 144 682 525 128 138 25 3 23 81 2 1 149 80 .263 .429 .453 .883 137 238 6 4 4
5 3B Hank Majeski 32 114 487 448 62 124 26 5 9 67 0 1 29 23 .277 .326 .417 .744 99 187 18 4 6
6 OF Elmer Valo* 28 150 680 547 86 155 27 12 5 85 14 11 119 32 .283 .413 .404 .817 119 221 11 2 12
7 OF Wally Moses* 38 110 370 308 49 85 19 3 1 25 1 3 51 19 .276 .381 .367 .747 101 113 3 1 10
8 OF Sam Chapman 33 154 674 589 89 164 24 4 24 108 3 4 80 68 .278 .367 .455 .822 120 268 23 2 3
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 2B Nellie Fox* 21 88 296 247 42 63 6 2 0 21 2 2 32 9 .255 .354 .296 .650 75 73 10 6 11
10 OF Don White 30 57 187 169 12 36 6 0 0 10 2 0 14 12 .213 .273 .249 .522 40 42 4 0 4
11 OF Taffy Wright* 37 59 172 149 14 35 2 5 2 25 0 0 16 6 .235 .321 .356 .677 81 53 8 3 4
12 C Joe Astroth 26 55 170 148 18 36 4 1 0 12 1 0 21 13 .243 .337 .284 .621 67 42 6 0 1
13 C Buddy Rosar 34 32 114 95 7 19 2 0 0 6 0 0 16 5 .200 .315 .221 .536 45 21 3 0 3
14 IF Tod Davis 24 31 87 75 7 20 0 1 1 6 0 0 9 16 .267 .345 .333 .679 82 25 1 0 3
15 OF Augie Galan# 37 12 36 26 4 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 .308 .486 .385 .870 135 10 1 0 1
16 1B Hank Biasatti* 27 21 33 24 6 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 8 5 .083 .313 .167 .479 30 4 0 0 1
17 OF Bobby Estalella 38 8 21 20 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 .250 .286 .250 .536 44 5 5 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
18 P Alex Kellner 24 38 103 92 7 20 1 0 0 10 0 0 7 15 .217 .273 .228 .501 35 21 2 0 4
19 P Lou Brissie* 25 34 97 90 7 24 2 1 0 6 0 0 1 8 .267 .275 .311 .586 57 28 4 0 6
20 P Joe Coleman 26 33 91 79 4 14 3 0 1 5 0 0 5 29 .177 .226 .253 .479 28 20 4 0 7
21 P Dick Fowler 28 31 86 77 5 18 2 0 0 11 0 1 7 10 .234 .298 .260 .557 50 20 3 0 2
22 P Carl Scheib 22 47 82 72 9 17 2 0 0 10 0 0 8 10 .236 .313 .264 .576 55 19 2 0 2
23 P Bobby Shantz 23 33 46 37 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 6 .189 .302 .189 .492 33 7 0 1 3
24 P Bubba Harris 23 37 27 24 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .125 .125 .125 .250 -33 3 0 0 3
25 P Phil Marchildon 35 7 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 -11 1 0 0 0
26 P Bill McCahan 28 7 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 7 1 0 0 0
27 P Jim Wilson 27 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
28 P Clem Hausmann 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 30.7 154 6048 5123 726 1331 214 49 82 680 36 25 783 493 .260 .361 .369 .729 96 1889 160 25 117 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 4 6 4 5 6 8 7 2 8 4 4 6 4 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
Joe Astroth 26 170 119 14 3.1 104 .267 .243 .267 .337 .358 .284 .388 .621 .747 67 .332 -6.5 -0.6 .542 .189 .041 .0 2
*Hank Biasatti 27 33 23 1 1.2 104 .105 .083 .267 .313 .358 .167 .388 .479 .746 30 .074 -2.0 -0.2 .545 .417 .083 /3
*Lou Brissie 25 97 76 8 2.8 104 .293 .267 .267 .275 .358 .311 .388 .586 .746 57 .288 -6.2 -0.6 .414 .056 .044 1
Sam Chapman 33 674 455 97 5.7 104 .282 .278 .267 .367 .358 .455 .388 .822 .746 120 .597 14.8 1.4 .772 .311 .177 5.3 *O
Joe Coleman 26 91 76 5 1.8 104 .265 .177 .267 .226 .358 .253 .388 .479 .747 28 .147 -8.5 -0.8 .362 .139 .076 .0 1
Tod Davis 24 87 59 9 4.0 104 .328 .267 .267 .345 .358 .333 .388 .679 .747 82 .445 -2.1 -0.2 .607 .187 .067 .0 65/4
Bobby Estalella 38 21 20 1 1.3 104 .278 .250 .267 .286 .358 .250 .388 .536 .746 44 .095 -1.7 -0.2 .300 .050 .000 /O
*Ferris Fain 28 672 414 75 4.8 104 .287 .263 .267 .415 .358 .339 .388 .754 .746 103 .523 11.5 1.1 .797 .349 .076 4.4 *3
Dick Fowler 28 86 65 6 2.4 104 .269 .234 .267 .298 .358 .260 .388 .557 .747 50 .242 -5.6 -0.6 .413 .104 .026 1
*Nellie Fox 21 296 207 25 3.2 104 .265 .255 .267 .354 .358 .296 .388 .650 .747 75 .344 -7.7 -0.8 .566 .170 .040 .0 4
#Augie Galan 37 36 20 5 6.6 104 .333 .308 .267 .486 .358 .385 .388 .870 .747 135 .665 2.3 0.2 1.000 .423 .077 /O
Mike Guerra 36 344 239 37 4.1 104 .283 .265 .267 .346 .358 .349 .388 .695 .747 87 .452 -5.4 -0.5 .626 .218 .084 3.0 2
Bubba Harris 23 27 24 0 0.0 104 .158 .125 .267 .125 .358 .125 .388 .250 .746 -33 .000 -4.7 -0.5 .143 .000 .000 1
Clem Hausmann 29 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Eddie Joost 33 682 398 101 6.7 104 .273 .263 .267 .429 .358 .453 .388 .883 .746 137 .671 36.2 3.5 .995 .476 .190 3.7 *6
Alex Kellner 24 103 78 6 2.0 104 .260 .217 .267 .273 .358 .228 .388 .501 .747 35 .186 -8.8 -0.9 .378 .087 .011 1
Hank Majeski 32 487 349 60 4.6 104 .276 .277 .267 .326 .358 .417 .388 .744 .746 99 .499 -3.6 -0.4 .638 .203 .141 .0 *5
Phil Marchildon 35 6 5 0 0.0 104 .333 .167 .267 .167 .358 .167 .388 .333 .746 -11 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .200 .000 .000 /1
Bill McCahan 28 5 4 0 0.0 104 .333 .200 .267 .200 .358 .200 .388 .400 .746 7 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .250 .000 .000 /1
*Wally Moses 38 370 239 42 4.7 104 .292 .276 .267 .381 .358 .367 .388 .747 .747 101 .510 2.5 0.2 .712 .250 .091 1.0 O
Buddy Rosar 34 114 82 7 2.3 104 .211 .200 .267 .315 .358 .221 .388 .536 .747 45 .218 -7.0 -0.7 .468 .189 .021 2
Carl Scheib 22 82 59 6 2.7 104 .274 .236 .267 .313 .358 .264 .388 .576 .746 55 .276 -4.5 -0.4 .474 .139 .028 1
Bobby Shantz 23 46 33 2 1.6 104 .226 .189 .267 .302 .358 .189 .388 .492 .747 33 .129 -3.4 -0.3 .433 .135 .000 1
Pete Suder 33 477 354 56 4.2 104 .273 .267 .267 .306 .358 .416 .388 .722 .746 93 .462 -8.5 -0.8 .602 .198 .148 .0 45/6
*Elmer Valo 28 680 426 90 5.6 104 .294 .283 .267 .413 .358 .404 .388 .817 .747 119 .593 21.1 2.1 .833 .344 .121 7.4 *O
Don White 30 187 141 12 2.3 104 .229 .213 .267 .273 .358 .249 .388 .522 .746 40 .216 -14.7 -1.5 .423 .130 .036 .0 O/5
Jim Wilson 27 3 3 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .267 .000 .358 .000 .388 .000 .746 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Taffy Wright 37 172 126 16 3.4 104 .234 .235 .267 .321 .358 .356 .388 .677 .746 81 .364 -4.9 -0.5 .590 .228 .121 .0 O
League Average 4.5 107 .279 .263 .271 .352 .363 .378 .394 .730 .757 93 .496 .670 .251 .115
Team Total 6048 4094 681 4.4 104 .275 .260 .267 .361 .358 .369 .388 .729 .746 96 .484 -20.0 -2.1 .681 .264 .109 50.0
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
Joe Astroth 26 57 176 154 18 37 4 1 0 12 1 22 14 .240 .335 .279 .614 15 55 55
*Hank Biasatti 27 22 33 25 5 2 2 0 0 2 0 8 5 .080 .303 .160 .463 1 21 21
*Lou Brissie 25 36 96 95 8 26 2 1 0 7 0 1 8 .274 .281 .316 .597 8 34 34
Sam Chapman 33 161 694 611 90 167 24 4 24 110 3 81 71 .273 .360 .444 .804 98 154 154
Joe Coleman 26 34 87 82 4 14 3 0 1 5 0 5 30 .171 .218 .244 .462 4 33 33
Tod Davis 24 32 86 77 7 20 0 1 1 6 0 9 17 .260 .337 .325 .662 8 31 31
Bobby Estalella 38 8 21 20 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 .200 .238 .200 .438 1 8 8
*Ferris Fain 28 157 688 547 82 143 22 5 3 79 8 141 53 .261 .413 .336 .749 76 150 150
Dick Fowler 28 32 88 81 5 19 2 0 0 12 0 7 10 .235 .295 .259 .555 6 31 31
*Nellie Fox 21 92 295 256 43 64 6 2 0 21 2 33 9 .250 .349 .289 .638 25 88 88
#Augie Galan 37 35 61 45 4 10 3 0 0 2 0 16 5 .222 .426 .289 .715 5 34 34
Mike Guerra 36 102 351 312 42 83 15 1 3 32 3 39 27 .266 .348 .349 .697 38 98 98
Bubba Harris 23 39 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 37 37
Eddie Joost 33 151 703 546 131 142 26 3 24 83 2 153 84 .260 .425 .451 .876 103 144 144
Alex Kellner 24 40 103 96 8 21 1 0 0 11 0 7 16 .219 .272 .229 .501 6 38 38
Hank Majeski 32 119 500 466 63 127 27 5 9 68 0 30 24 .273 .322 .410 .732 61 114 114
Phil Marchildon 35 7 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7 7
Bill McCahan 28 7 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7 7
*Wally Moses 38 115 373 320 50 87 19 3 1 25 1 52 20 .272 .375 .359 .735 43 110 110
Buddy Rosar 34 33 114 98 7 19 2 0 0 6 0 16 5 .194 .307 .214 .521 6 32 32
Carl Scheib 22 49 83 75 10 18 2 0 0 11 0 8 10 .240 .313 .267 .580 6 47 47
Bobby Shantz 23 34 44 38 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 5 6 .184 .295 .184 .480 2 33 33
Pete Suder 33 123 489 463 45 122 25 6 10 76 0 24 37 .263 .303 .408 .711 56 118 118
*Elmer Valo 28 157 693 569 88 159 28 12 5 87 14 122 33 .279 .408 .397 .806 92 150 150
Don White 30 60 190 176 12 37 6 0 0 10 2 14 13 .210 .268 .244 .513 11 57 57
Jim Wilson 27 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
*Taffy Wright 37 62 174 155 14 36 2 5 2 26 0 16 6 .232 .316 .348 .664 17 59 59
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
Joe Astroth 26 3 195 69 195 172 19 38 4 1 0 13 1 0 21 16 .221 .309 .256 .565 54 44 7 1 1
*Hank Biasatti 27 1 33 21 33 24 6 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 8 5 .083 .313 .167 .479 30 4 0 0 1
*Lou Brissie 25 3 182 74 182 168 10 42 3 1 0 16 0 0 3 17 .250 .263 .280 .543 45 47 7 0 11
Sam Chapman 33 9 4621 1112 4621 4124 630 1123 180 45 151 637 35 35 455 559 .272 .346 .448 .794 110 1846 115 11 31
Joe Coleman 26 5 240 103 240 210 9 32 7 0 1 13 0 0 14 87 .152 .205 .200 .405 9 42 7 0 16
Tod Davis 24 1 87 31 87 75 7 20 0 1 1 6 0 0 9 16 .267 .345 .333 .679 82 25 1 0 3
Bobby Estalella 38 9 2569 680 2569 2196 279 620 106 33 44 308 13 17 350 246 .282 .383 .421 .804 127 924 79 8 15
*Ferris Fain 28 3 1883 431 1883 1506 232 418 76 17 17 237 22 11 344 122 .278 .413 .384 .798 116 579 47 5 28
Dick Fowler 28 7 413 175 413 389 18 75 7 1 1 28 0 1 10 59 .193 .215 .224 .439 20 87 10 1 13
*Nellie Fox 21 3 314 98 314 263 44 65 6 2 0 21 3 2 34 9 .247 .347 .285 .632 70 75 10 6 11
#Augie Galan 37 16 7003 1742 7003 5937 1004 1706 336 74 100 830 123 0 979 393 .287 .390 .419 .810 122 2490 72 25 62
Mike Guerra 36 7 1207 396 1207 1083 122 263 30 9 6 120 19 8 93 88 .243 .303 .304 .607 69 329 34 1 30
Bubba Harris 23 2 56 82 56 48 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 10 .125 .176 .125 .301 -19 6 0 0 5
Clem Hausmann 29 3 84 64 84 77 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 16 .091 .157 .091 .248 -28 7 4 0 1 0 0
Eddie Joost 33 11 4436 1032 4436 3694 533 852 161 24 65 349 38 11 640 540 .231 .347 .340 .687 91 1256 53 18 84
Alex Kellner 24 2 108 51 108 97 7 20 1 0 0 10 0 0 7 16 .206 .260 .216 .476 28 21 2 0 4
Hank Majeski 32 7 2436 617 2436 2218 270 616 128 19 37 341 8 4 175 156 .278 .336 .403 .738 101 893 72 18 25
Phil Marchildon 35 8 469 184 469 405 21 58 7 1 1 26 0 1 27 110 .143 .199 .173 .371 2 70 7 1 36
Bill McCahan 28 4 105 57 105 96 12 20 3 0 0 9 0 0 6 11 .208 .255 .240 .494 35 23 1 0 3
*Wally Moses 38 15 7786 1854 7786 6955 1060 2042 413 105 87 649 172 78 760 431 .294 .365 .421 .785 110 2926 47 18 53
Buddy Rosar 34 11 3289 903 3289 2944 311 772 138 15 16 342 17 18 289 143 .262 .330 .336 .666 86 988 91 10 46
Carl Scheib 22 6 257 146 257 238 28 57 12 3 2 34 0 0 17 35 .239 .290 .340 .631 70 81 8 0 2
Bobby Shantz 23 1 46 33 46 37 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 6 .189 .302 .189 .492 33 7 0 1 3
Pete Suder 33 7 3698 937 3698 3429 312 856 149 36 35 392 8 16 193 302 .250 .291 .345 .636 75 1182 114 6 70
*Elmer Valo 28 8 2925 714 2925 2429 391 689 96 41 21 262 61 42 436 120 .284 .396 .383 .778 115 930 50 14 46
Don White 30 2 467 143 467 422 41 98 20 2 1 38 2 1 33 28 .232 .291 .296 .587 57 125 10 2 10
Jim Wilson 27 4 61 32 61 56 5 13 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 8 .232 .271 .286 .557 60 16 1 1 2 0 0
*Taffy Wright 37 9 3981 1029 3981 3583 465 1115 175 55 38 553 32 33 346 155 .311 .376 .423 .799 115 1514 76 27 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

1948 / 1950 Batting Statistics