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1949 Philadelphia Athletics

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948 / 1950

81-73, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Connie Mack (81-73)
Scored 726 runs, Allowed 725 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-77

Ballparks: Shibe Park · 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 - 100, Pitching - 100


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1948 / 1950 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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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 Biasetti* 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
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
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 4 6 4 5 6 8 7 2 8 4 3 6 4 6 2 1
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
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Alex Kellner* 24 20 12 .625 3.75 38 27 9 19 0 1 245.0 243 120 102 18 129 94 2 3 7 1069 110 1.518 8.9 0.7 4.7 3.5 0.73
2 SP Joe Coleman 26 13 14 .481 3.86 33 30 3 18 1 1 240.1 249 119 103 12 127 109 3 1 3 1063 107 1.564 9.3 0.4 4.8 4.1 0.86
3 SP Lou Brissie* 25 16 11 .593 4.28 34 29 5 18 0 3 229.1 220 113 109 20 118 118 5 1 10 1005 96 1.474 8.6 0.8 4.6 4.6 1.00
4 SP Dick Fowler 28 15 11 .577 3.75 31 28 3 15 4 1 213.2 210 108 89 13 115 43 2 0 2 929 110 1.521 8.8 0.5 4.8 1.8 0.37
5 SP Carl Scheib 22 9 12 .429 5.12 38 23 13 11 2 0 182.2 191 117 104 16 118 43 2 0 3 821 80 1.692 9.4 0.8 5.8 2.1 0.36
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 RP Bobby Shantz* 23 6 8 .429 3.40 33 7 16 4 1 2 127.0 100 50 48 9 74 58 3 0 3 537 121 1.370 7.1 0.6 5.2 4.1 0.78
7 RP Bubba Harris 23 1 1 .500 5.44 37 0 17 0 0 3 84.1 92 57 51 12 42 18 1 0 1 373 76 1.589 9.8 1.3 4.5 1.9 0.43
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
8 Bill McCahan 28 1 1 .500 2.61 7 4 1 0 0 0 20.2 23 9 6 0 9 3 0 0 1 91 160 1.548 10.0 0.0 3.9 1.3 0.33
9 Phil Marchildon 35 0 3 .000 11.81 7 6 1 0 0 0 16.0 24 23 21 3 19 2 1 0 2 89 36 2.688 13.5 1.7 10.7 1.1 0.11
10 Jim Wilson 27 0 0 14.40 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 7 8 8 2 5 2 0 0 0 25 31 2.400 12.6 3.6 9.0 3.6 0.40
11 Clem Hausmann 29 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 63 2.000 0.0 0.0 18.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 24.9 81 73 .526 4.23 154 154 69 85 8 11 1365.0 1359 725 642 105 758 490 19 5 33 6006 97 1.551 9.0 0.7 5.0 3.2 0.65
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 4 5 1 6 7 5 4 5 5 6 6 6
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Joe Astroth 26 44 41 36 191 163 24 4 4 .979 4.25 2 8 13 62% C
Hank Biasetti 27 8 4 4 47 44 2 1 4 .979 5.75 1B
Lou Brissie 25 34 29 18 27 6 21 0 3 1.000 0.79 P
Sam Chapman 33 154 154 153 471 450 11 10 3 .979 2.99 OF
Joe Coleman 26 33 30 18 32 7 23 2 3 .938 0.91 P
Tod Davis 24 26 17 15 83 31 46 6 15 .928 2.85 SS-3B-2B
Bobby Estalella 38 6 4 2 10 9 1 0 1 1.000 1.67 OF
Ferris Fain 28 150 150 146 1419 1275 122 22 194 .984 9.31 1B
Dick Fowler 28 31 28 15 62 15 46 1 5 .984 1.97 P
Nellie Fox 21 77 73 64 394 191 196 7 68 .982 5.03 2B
Augie Galan 37 9 7 5 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.78 OF
Mike Guerra 36 95 86 80 383 328 48 7 3 .982 3.96 7 28 23 45% C
Bubba Harris 23 37 0 0 30 3 27 0 3 1.000 0.81 P
Clem Hausmann 29 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.00 P
Eddie Joost 33 144 144 140 819 352 442 25 126 .969 5.51 SS
Alex Kellner 24 38 27 19 58 9 46 3 4 .948 1.45 P
Hank Majeski 32 113 113 109 351 117 219 15 37 .957 2.97 3B
Phil Marchildon 35 7 6 0 5 1 3 1 0 .800 0.57 P
Bill McCahan 28 7 4 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.43 P
Wally Moses 38 92 74 72 179 169 7 3 3 .983 1.91 OF
Buddy Rosar 34 31 27 23 122 112 9 1 2 .992 3.90 1 10 4 29% C
Carl Scheib 22 38 23 11 33 6 24 3 3 .909 0.79 P
Bobby Shantz 23 33 7 4 48 12 36 0 5 1.000 1.45 P
Pete Suder 33 118 114 103 588 240 331 17 94 .971 4.50 2B-3B-SS
Elmer Valo 28 150 150 146 411 395 8 8 0 .981 2.69 OF
Don White 30 49 43 29 102 91 9 2 2 .980 1.92 OF-3B
Jim Wilson 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Taffy Wright 37 35 31 23 67 60 5 2 0 .970 1.86 OF
Team Totals 30.2 154 1386 1235 5952 4102 1710 140 583 .976 3.69 10 46 40 47%
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 1 4
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Joe Astroth 26 170 -6 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 2
Hank Biasetti* 27 33 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /3
Lou Brissie* 25 97 -6 0 0 0 0 7 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Sam Chapman 33 674 17 -1 0 0 2 -1 17 34 3.4 32 3.3 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent *8O
Joe Coleman 26 91 -9 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Tod Davis 24 87 -2 0 0 0 -1 1 2 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 65/4
Bobby Estalella 38 21 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Traded /O9
Ferris Fain* 28 672 12 1 0 0 0 -7 16 22 2.3 22 2.2 0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft *3
Dick Fowler 28 86 -6 -1 0 0 0 7 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Minor Lg Working Ag 1
Nellie Fox* 21 296 -7 1 0 0 4 4 8 10 1.0 6 0.6 0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent 4
Augie Galan# 37 36 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Purchased /O79
Mike Guerra 36 344 -5 1 0 0 -2 3 9 6 0.6 8 0.8 -0.2 $ Purchased 2
Bubba Harris 23 27 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Unknown 1
Eddie Joost 33 682 36 3 0 0 6 9 16 70 7.0 64 6.5 0.5 $ Purchased *6
Alex Kellner 24 103 -9 0 0 0 0 8 3 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Free Agency 1
Hank Majeski 32 487 -1 1 0 0 -1 0 12 11 1.1 12 1.2 -0.1 $ Purchased *5
Phil Marchildon 35 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Minor Lg Working Ag /1
Bill McCahan 28 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Wally Moses* 38 370 3 0 0 0 0 -4 10 9 0.9 9 0.9 0.0 $ Free Agency O9/87
Buddy Rosar 34 114 -7 0 0 0 0 1 3 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Traded 2
Carl Scheib 22 82 -5 0 0 0 0 6 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Bobby Shantz 23 46 -4 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Pete Suder 33 477 -6 -1 0 0 8 4 13 18 1.8 10 1.0 0.8 $ Rule 5 Draft 45/6
Elmer Valo* 28 680 24 -1 0 0 9 -7 16 41 4.2 32 3.3 0.9 $ Amateur Free Agent *O7/9
Don White 30 187 -15 0 0 0 0 -2 5 -12 -1.2 -12 -1.2 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft O9/75
Jim Wilson 27 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft /1
Taffy Wright* 37 172 -4 0 0 0 0 -2 5 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Purchased O9
Team Total 30.7 6048 -10 3 0 0 24 40 153 210 20.9 186 18.9 2.0 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Lou Brissie* 25 229.1 29 113 141 3 1.0 28 2.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Joe Coleman 26 240.1 30 119 148 3 1.0 29 2.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
Dick Fowler 28 213.2 28 108 132 3 1.0 24 1.9 $ Minor Lg Working Ag
Bubba Harris 23 84.1 0 57 52 1 1.0 -5 -0.7 $ Unknown
Clem Hausmann 29 1.0 0 1 1 0 1.0 0 0.0 $
Alex Kellner* 24 245.0 27 120 151 3 1.0 31 2.5 $ Free Agency
Phil Marchildon 35 16.0 6 23 10 0 1.0 -13 -1.4 $ Minor Lg Working Ag
Bill McCahan 28 20.2 4 9 13 0 1.0 4 0.3 $
Carl Scheib 22 182.2 23 117 113 2 1.0 -4 -0.9 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bobby Shantz* 23 127.0 7 50 78 2 1.0 28 2.6 $ Amateur Free Agent
Jim Wilson 27 5.0 0 8 3 0 1.0 -5 -0.5 $ Rule 5 Draft
Team Total 24.9 1365.0 154 725 842 17 1.0 117 8.5 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1948 / 1950 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics