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1949 Philadelphia Athletics (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
Managed by Connie Mack

Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 816,514 (6th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 97, Pitching - 98
  (one-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1949 Stats / Schedule (1948/1950) / Transactions

Game Results

Season Summary   81-73 , Final Rank: 5, GB:   16.0
Days in First:               never

Most Games over  .500:          14 (last on July 4)
Most Games under .500:           2 (last on May 12)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       16.0 (last on October 2)

Longest Winning Streak:          6 (July 24 to July 29)
Longest Losing Streak:           6 (July 7 to July 14 and September 1 to September 5)

Most Runs Allowed:              15 (July 21)
Most Runs Scored:               15 (May 1 and May 21)

Times Shutout by Opponent:      11
Times Opponent Shutout:          9

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        81  73     726     725    .526

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           52  25     389     326    .675
Road           29  48     337     399    .377

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           6   7      58      54    .462
May            15  12     140     131    .556
June           18  11     146     114    .621
July           14  16     142     175    .467
August         14  13     121     123    .519
September      13  13     112     121    .500
October         1   1       7       7    .500

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     44  35     406     354    .557
Second Half    37  38     320     371    .493
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        21  21     166     166    .500

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        20  17     223     227    .541

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BOS             8  14      93     130    .364
CHW            16   6      96      79    .727
CLE            13   9      91      78    .591
DET             8  14      87     108    .364
NYY             8  14      91     116    .364
SLB            12  10     123     132    .545
WSH            16   6     145      82    .727

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Mon, Apr 18     PHA @WSH  L   2-3        0-1     2     1.0  2:03 R Scarboroug               26,000 -
  2 Tue, Apr 19     PHA  BOS  W   3-2        1-1     4     0.5  2:00 L Brissie                  19,897 +
  3 Wed, Apr 20     PHA  BOS  W   3-2        2-1     3     0.5  2:38 J Coleman                   7,425 ++
  4 Thu, Apr 21     PHA  BOS  L   0-4        2-2     4     1.5  2:25 M Parnell                   7,396 -
  5 Fri, Apr 22     PHA @WSH  W   2-0        3-2     3     1.5  1:58 C Scheib                    9,011 +
  6 Sat, Apr 23     PHA @WSH  W  14-1        4-2     2     0.5  2:02 D Fowler                    8,158 ++
  7 Sun, Apr 24     PHA @WSH  W   8-3        5-2     2     0.5  2:17 L Brissie                  10,169 +++
  8 Mon, Apr 25     PHA @NYY  L   2-3        5-3     3     1.5       V Raschi                   24,704 -
  9 Tue, Apr 26     PHA @NYY  L   4-5        5-4     4     2.5  2:36 J Page                     12,507 --
 10 Wed, Apr 27     PHA @BOS  L   6-10       5-5     4     2.5  2:29 E Johnson                  12,677 ---
 11 Thu, Apr 28     PHA @BOS  L   5-12       5-6     6     3.5  2:25 M Harris                   10,823 ----
 12 Fri, Apr 29     PHA  WSH  W   6-5        6-6     3     3.5  2:29 L Brissie                   2,296 +
 13 Sat, Apr 30     PHA  WSH  L   3-4        6-7     5     4.5  2:11 P Calvert                   5,868 -
 14 Sun, May  1     PHA  WSH  W  15-9        7-7     5     3.0  2:48 J Coleman                  11,177 +
 15                 PHA  WSH  W   7-3        8-7     5     3.0  2:05 A Kellner                  11,177 ++
 16 Wed, May  4     PHA @CLE  L   3-4        8-8     5     4.5  2:38 G Bearden                  15,500 -
 17 Thu, May  5     PHA @DET  L   5-6        8-9     5     5.5  1:57 T Gray                     10,732 --
 18 Fri, May  6     PHA @DET  W   5-4        9-9     5     4.5  2:52 B Shantz                   10,458 +
 19 Sat, May  7     PHA @DET  L   2-4        9-10    5     5.5  1:46 F Hutchinson               20,770 -
 20 Sun, May  8     PHA @CHW  L   3-11       9-11    5     6.0  2:29 R Gumpert                         --
 21                 PHA @CHW  W   3-2       10-11    5     6.0  2:25 B McCahan                  23,158 +
 22 Tue, May 10     PHA @CHW  W   5-0       11-11    4     5.5  2:15 J Coleman                   9,361 ++
 23 Wed, May 11     PHA @SLB  L   4-5       11-12    6     5.5  2:00 K Drews                     3,748 -
 24 Thu, May 12     PHA @SLB  L   3-9       11-13    6     6.0  2:12 C Fannin                    4,419 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Sat, May 14     PHA  NYY  W   8-5       12-13    6     5.0  2:37 A Kellner                  11,946 +
 26 Sun, May 15     PHA  NYY  W   8-7       13-13    4     3.0  2:52 A Kellner                       0 ++
 27                 PHA  NYY  W   7-6       14-13    4     3.0  2:05 J Coleman                  35,004 +++
 28 Tue, May 17     PHA  SLB  W   9-2       15-13    3     3.0  2:32 A Kellner                   9,996 ++++
 29 Wed, May 18     PHA  SLB  L   6-8       15-14    3     4.0  2:25 T Ferrick                   9,063 -
 30 Fri, May 20     PHA  DET  W   2-1       16-14    3     3.0  2:20 J Coleman                   8,357 +
 31 Sat, May 21     PHA  DET  W  15-7       17-14    2     3.0  2:22 C Scheib                    9,766 ++
 32 Sun, May 22     PHA  CLE  W   5-4       18-14    2     2.0  2:22 A Kellner                       0 +++
 33                 PHA  CLE  W   7-3       19-14    2     2.0  2:00 L Brissie                  23,403 ++++
 34 Mon, May 23     PHA  CLE  L   3-7       19-15    2     3.0  2:14 E Wynn                     23,614 -
 35 Wed, May 25     PHA  CHW  W   6-4       20-15    2     3.5  2:25 D Fowler                   10,457 +
 36 Fri, May 27     PHA @NYY  L   0-3       20-16    2     4.5  1:57 E Lopat                    50,581 -
 37 Sat, May 28     PHA @NYY  L   1-2       20-17    2     5.5  3:26 J Page                     25,683 --
 38 Sun, May 29     PHA @NYY  W   3-1       21-17    2     4.5  2:10 A Kellner                  41,089 +
 39 Mon, May 30     PHA @BOS  L   2-10      21-18    3     5.5  2:08 J Dobson                        0 -
 40                 PHA @BOS  L   3-4       21-19    3     5.5  1:56 M Parnell                  36,133 --
 41 Wed, Jun  1     PHA @DET  L   4-5       21-20    5     6.5  2:12 V Trucks                   39,921 ---
 42 Thu, Jun  2     PHA @DET  L   4-5       21-21    5     7.5  2:20 A Houtteman                 7,740 ----
 43 Fri, Jun  3     PHA @DET  L   3-4       21-22    6     8.5  1:54 H Newhouser                 7,299 -----
 44 Sat, Jun  4     PHA @CLE  W  10-3       22-22    5     8.5  2:12 D Fowler                   16,443 +
 45 Sun, Jun  5     PHA @CLE  W   3-0       23-22    4     7.5  2:15 B Shantz                        0 ++
 46                 PHA @CLE  W   4-2       24-22    4     7.5  2:25 B Harris                   50,291 +++
 47 Mon, Jun  6     PHA @CLE  L   5-11      24-23    5     8.0  2:20 M Garcia                   17,920 -
 48 Tue, Jun  7     PHA @CHW  W   7-4       25-23    4     7.0  2:44 L Brissie                   8,388 +
 49 Wed, Jun  8     PHA @CHW  W   5-2       26-23    3     6.0  2:08 A Kellner                   3,321 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Thu, Jun  9     PHA @CHW  W   1-0       27-23    3     5.0  2:23 D Fowler                    2,863 +++
 51 Sun, Jun 12     PHA @SLB  L   4-6       27-24    3     5.0  2:40 T Ferrick                         -
 52                 PHA @SLB  W  13-10      28-24    3     5.0  3:10 A Kellner                   7,393 +
 53 Tue, Jun 14     PHA  DET  L   0-4       28-25    3     6.0  1:50 V Trucks                   19,028 -
 54 Wed, Jun 15     PHA  DET  W   2-1       29-25    3     6.0  1:40 D Fowler                   13,699 +
 55 Thu, Jun 16     PHA  DET  W   7-3       30-25    3     5.5  2:01 L Brissie                   5,664 ++
 56 Fri, Jun 17     PHA  SLB  W   6-5       31-25    3     4.5  2:10 J Coleman                   8,773 +++
 57 Sun, Jun 19     PHA  SLB  W   8-2       32-25    3     4.5  2:01 A Kellner                         ++++
 58                 PHA  SLB  L   3-7       32-26    3     4.5  1:52 J Ostrowski                14,554 -
 59 Mon, Jun 20     PHA  CLE  W   4-1       33-26    3     4.5  2:05 D Fowler                   10,561 +
 60 Tue, Jun 21     PHA  CLE  W   8-2       34-26    2     4.0  2:20 L Brissie                  28,627 ++
 61 Wed, Jun 22     PHA  CLE  L   3-7       34-27    3     4.5  4:01 B Lemon                    17,632 -
 62 Thu, Jun 23     PHA  CHW  W  11-4       35-27    2     4.5  2:15 A Kellner                   6,589 +
 63 Fri, Jun 24     PHA  CHW  L   1-2       35-28    2     5.5  2:03 R Gumpert                  10,002 -
 64 Sat, Jun 25     PHA  CHW  W   7-6       36-28    2     4.5  2:20 D Fowler                    5,628 +
 65 Sun, Jun 26     PHA  CHW  W   4-2       37-28    2     4.5  2:35 L Brissie                         ++
 66                 PHA  CHW  L   0-3       37-29    2     4.5  2:02 B Kuzava                   14,245 -
 67 Tue, Jun 28     PHA @WSH  W   6-1       38-29    2     4.5  2:30 A Kellner                   7,639 +
 68 Wed, Jun 29     PHA @WSH  W   7-4       39-29    2     4.5  2:34 C Scheib                    7,836 ++
 69 Thu, Jun 30     PHA @WSH  L   6-8       39-30    2     5.5  2:22 D Weik                      8,029 -
 70 Fri, Jul  1     PHA  BOS  W  11-5       40-30    2     5.5  2:22 L Brissie                  17,500 +
 71 Sat, Jul  2     PHA  BOS  W   3-1       41-30    2     5.5  1:51 J Coleman                  12,222 ++
 72 Sun, Jul  3     PHA  BOS  W   8-3       42-30    2     4.5  2:14 A Kellner                  15,521 +++
 73 Mon, Jul  4     PHA  WSH  W   9-7       43-30    2     4.5  2:41 D Fowler                   18,024 ++++
 74                 PHA  WSH  W   8-0       44-30    2     4.5  2:19 B Shantz                   18,024 +++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Thu, Jul  7     PHA  NYY  L   2-6       44-31    2     5.0  2:25 A Reynolds                 36,140 -
 76 Fri, Jul  8     PHA @BOS  L   1-7       44-32    2     6.0  2:08 J Dobson                   34,276 --
 77 Sat, Jul  9     PHA @BOS  L   5-7       44-33    2     6.0  2:25 M Parnell                  18,191 ---
 78 Sun, Jul 10     PHA @BOS  L   5-8       44-34    3     7.0  1:56 E Kinder                        0 ----
 79                 PHA @BOS  L  10-11      44-35    3     7.0  2:16 T Hughson                  32,108 -----
 80 Thu, Jul 14     PHA @CLE  L   1-7       44-36    3     8.0  2:09 B Lemon                    33,528 ------
 81 Fri, Jul 15     PHA @CLE  W   8-0       45-36    3     8.0  2:25 D Fowler                   45,693 +
 82 Sat, Jul 16     PHA @CLE  L   3-7       45-37    3     8.0  2:13 G Bearden                  25,610 -
 83 Sun, Jul 17     PHA @DET  L   0-8       45-38    4     9.0  2:01 T Gray                            --
 84                 PHA @DET  L   4-5       45-39    4     9.0  2:53 V Trucks                   32,427 ---
 85 Mon, Jul 18     PHA @DET  W  13-8       46-39    3     8.0  2:59 C Scheib                    9,356 +
 86 Tue, Jul 19     PHA @SLB  L   4-9       46-40    4     8.5  2:14 B Kennedy                         -
 87                 PHA @SLB  L   4-5       46-41    4     8.5  2:07 J Ostrowski                 6,991 --
 88 Thu, Jul 21     PHA @SLB  L   2-15      46-42    4     9.5  2:14 C Fannin                          ---
 89                 PHA @SLB  W   3-2       47-42    4     9.5  2:15 A Kellner                   7,115 +
 90 Fri, Jul 22     PHA @CHW  L   0-12      47-43    4    10.5  2:00 R Gumpert                  22,365 -
 91 Sun, Jul 24     PHA @CHW  W   7-2       48-43    4     9.5  2:54 J Coleman                         +
 92                 PHA @CHW  W   6-4       49-43    4     9.5  1:58 B Shantz                   25,087 ++
 93 Tue, Jul 26     PHA  SLB  W   5-4       50-43    4     8.5  2:15 A Kellner                   6,229 +++
 94 Wed, Jul 27     PHA  SLB  W   7-3       51-43    4     7.5  2:26 L Brissie                       0 ++++
 95                 PHA  SLB  W   8-6       52-43    4     7.5  2:24 C Scheib                   13,308 +++++
 96 Fri, Jul 29     PHA  DET  W   5-3       53-43    4     8.0  1:57 D Fowler                   11,835 ++++++
 97 Sat, Jul 30     PHA  DET  L   0-11      53-44    4     8.0  2:23 V Trucks                    6,134 -
 98 Sun, Jul 31     PHA  DET  L   0-3       53-45    5     9.0  1:51 T Gray                          0 --
 99                 PHA  DET  L   0-6       53-46    5     9.0  1:35 F Hutchinson               20,357 ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Tue, Aug  2     PHA  CHW  W   5-2       54-46    5     8.0  2:00 C Scheib                    4,970 +
101 Wed, Aug  3     PHA  CHW  W   3-2       55-46    4     8.0  2:01 J Coleman                   3,368 ++
102 Fri, Aug  5     PHA  CLE  L   2-3       55-47    4     9.0  2:27 M Garcia                   19,352 -
103 Sat, Aug  6     PHA  CLE  W   2-0       56-47    4     9.0  1:59 D Fowler                   12,297 +
104 Sun, Aug  7     PHA  CLE  W   5-4       57-47    4     8.5  2:06 L Brissie                       0 ++
105                 PHA  CLE  W   4-2       58-47    4     8.5  2:07 J Coleman                  30,305 +++
106 Tue, Aug  9     PHA @WSH  W   8-3       59-47    4     7.5  2:24 C Scheib                    8,946 ++++
107 Wed, Aug 10     PHA @WSH  L   7-8       59-48    4     8.5  2:16 S Hudson                    6,500 -
108 Fri, Aug 12     PHA  NYY  L   3-7       59-49    4     9.0  2:39 T Byrne                    24,935 --
109 Sat, Aug 13     PHA  NYY  L   7-9       59-50    5    10.0  2:37 J Page                     13,716 ---
110 Sun, Aug 14     PHA  NYY  L   2-4       59-51    5    10.0  2:21 B Porterfiel                      ----
111                 PHA  NYY  W   4-3       60-51    5    10.0  2:35 A Kellner                  34,355 +
112 Mon, Aug 15     PHA  NYY  W   9-5       61-51    5     9.0  2:38 C Scheib                   22,887 ++
113 Tue, Aug 16     PHA  BOS  W   7-4       62-51    4     8.5  2:30 J Coleman                  15,198 +++
114 Wed, Aug 17     PHA  BOS  L   1-5       62-52    4     9.5  2:11 C Stobbs                   17,002 -
115 Fri, Aug 19     PHA @NYY  L   4-7       62-53    5    11.0  2:44 D Pillette                 57,281 --
116 Sat, Aug 20     PHA @NYY  L   3-7       62-54    5    12.0  2:24 E Lopat                    63,577 ---
117 Sun, Aug 21     PHA @NYY  W   8-7       63-54    4    11.0  2:35 L Brissie                  64,323 +
118 Tue, Aug 23     PHA @CHW  W   4-2       64-54    4    10.0  2:11 J Coleman                  14,559 ++
119 Wed, Aug 24     PHA @CHW  W   5-0       65-54    4     9.0  1:47 D Fowler                    4,789 +++
120 Thu, Aug 25     PHA @SLB  W   9-5       66-54    4     9.0  2:48 A Kellner                   2,963 ++++
121 Fri, Aug 26     PHA @SLB  L   3-11      66-55    5     9.0  1:56 J Ostrowski                 5,150 -
122 Sat, Aug 27     PHA @SLB  L   1-5       66-56    5    10.0  1:52 N Garver                    1,615 --
123 Sun, Aug 28     PHA @DET  L   4-6       66-57    5    11.5  2:15 A Houtteman                30,766 ---
124 Mon, Aug 29     PHA @DET  L   3-4       66-58    5    12.0  2:08 H White                    36,037 ----

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Wed, Aug 31     PHA @CLE  L   6-7       66-59    5    11.0  3:20 A Benton                          -----
126                 PHA @CLE  W   2-1       67-59    5    11.0  2:15 L Brissie                  42,707 +
127 Thu, Sep  1     PHA @CLE  L   1-2       67-60    5    12.0  2:35 B Lemon                    19,515 -
128 Fri, Sep  2     PHA @BOS  L   4-8       67-61    5    12.5  2:31 J Dobson                   33,807 --
129 Sat, Sep  3     PHA @BOS  L   3-10      67-62    5    13.5  2:31 E Kinder                   21,269 ---
130 Sun, Sep  4     PHA @BOS  L   2-4       67-63    5    13.5  2:04 C Stobbs                   29,793 ----
131 Mon, Sep  5     PHA  NYY  L   4-13      67-64    5    15.5  2:52 V Raschi                        0 -----
132                 PHA  NYY  L   2-5       67-65    5    15.5  2:06 T Byrne                    32,844 ------
133 Thu, Sep  8     PHA  WSH  W   9-1       68-65    5    15.0  2:13 A Kellner                         +
134                 PHA  WSH  W   8-4       69-65    5    15.0  2:35 L Brissie                   3,482 ++
135 Fri, Sep  9     PHA  WSH  W   5-2       70-65    5    14.0  2:05 B Shantz                    1,518 +++
136 Sat, Sep 10     PHA  BOS  L   1-9       70-66    5    14.5  1:50 M Parnell                  23,733 -
137 Sun, Sep 11     PHA  BOS  W   6-4       71-66    5    14.5  2:10 J Coleman                         +
138                 PHA  BOS  W   4-0       72-66    5    14.5  1:54 C Scheib                   24,452 ++
139 Wed, Sep 14     PHA  CLE  W   2-1       73-66    5    15.0  2:02 B Shantz                    6,083 +++
140 Fri, Sep 16     PHA  CHW  W   5-1       74-66    5    15.0  2:23 D Fowler                    3,000 ++++
141                 PHA  CHW  L   3-6       74-67    5    15.0  1:50 B Wight                     4,049 -
142 Sat, Sep 17     PHA  CHW  L   5-8       74-68    5    16.0  2:16 M Haefner                   2,432 --
143 Sun, Sep 18     PHA  SLB  W   7-5       75-68    5    15.5  2:00 A Kellner                   5,000 +
144                 PHA  SLB  W   7-4       76-68    5    15.5  2:20 L Brissie                   5,667 ++
145 Mon, Sep 19     PHA  SLB  W   7-4       77-68    5    15.5  2:04 D Fowler                    2,034 +++
146 Tue, Sep 20     PHA  DET  W   8-6       78-68    5    15.5  2:16 L Brissie                   1,602 ++++
147 Wed, Sep 21     PHA  DET  L   1-4       78-69    5    15.5  1:46 A Houtteman                 1,926 -
148 Sun, Sep 25     PHA  WSH  W   8-5       79-69    5    14.5  2:08 A Kellner                         +
149                 PHA  WSH  L   0-4       79-70    5    14.5  1:30 D Weik                      4,714 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Tue, Sep 27     PHA @NYY  L   1-3       79-71    5    16.0  2:06 V Raschi                   10,278 --
151 Wed, Sep 28     PHA @NYY  L   5-7       79-72    5    16.0  2:42 J Page                      9,398 ---
152 Fri, Sep 30     PHA @NYY  W   4-1       80-72    5    16.0  2:11 D Fowler                   14,802 +
153 Sat, Oct  1     PHA @WSH  W   7-4       81-72    5    15.0  2:08 A Kellner                   1,819 ++
154 Sun, Oct  2     PHA @WSH  L   0-3       81-73    5    16.0  1:36 L Hittle                    3,432 -

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


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