1948 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics

1947 Season 1949 Season

Record: 84-70-0, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Connie Mack (84-70)

Ballpark: 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

Pythagorean W-L: 76-78, 729 Runs, 735 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	81	102	3	2	6		1
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		4
3	2B	Pete Suder	32	148	594	519	64	125	23	5	7	60	1	3	60	60	.241	.321	.345	.666	76	179	10	1	13		4
4	SS	Eddie Joost	32	135	637	509	99	127	22	2	16	55	2	4	119	87	.250	.393	.395	.788	109	201	4	1	8		0
5	3B	Hank Majeski	31	148	646	590	88	183	41	4	12	120	2	1	48	43	.310	.368	.454	.822	117	268	19	6	2		2
6	OF	Elmer Valo*	27	113	476	383	72	117	17	4	3	46	10	6	81	13	.305	.432	.394	.826	120	151	11	4	7		5
7	OF	Barney McCosky*	31	135	605	515	95	168	21	5	0	46	1	3	68	22	.326	.405	.386	.791	110	199	10	0	22		1
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		3
Rk	Pos	Name	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	OF	Don White	29	86	280	253	29	62	14	2	1	28	0	1	19	16	.245	.303	.328	.631	67	83	6	2	6		0
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		1
11	C	Mike Guerra	35	53	166	142	18	30	4	2	1	23	2	3	18	13	.211	.300	.289	.589	57	41	6	0	5		2
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		0
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		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		0
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		0
16	MI	Billy DeMars	22	18	35	29	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	3	.172	.294	.172	.467	25	5	0	0	1		0
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		0
18	UT	Bob Wellman	22	4	13	10	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	.200	.385	.400	.785	108	4	0	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		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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	121	51	3	0	0		1
21	P	Dick Fowler	27	29	89	82	5	14	1	0	1	8	0	0	3	10	.171	.200	.220	.420	11	18	2	0	4		0
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		0
23	P	Phil Marchildon	34	33	85	72	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	10	30	.069	.183	.069	.252	-32	5	2	0	3		0
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		0
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		0
26	P	Bubba Harris	22	45	29	24	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	.125	.222	.125	.347	-7	3	0	0	2		0
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		0
28	P	Wally Holborow	34	5	6	4	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	.500	.600	.750	1.350	257	3	0	0	1		0
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		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		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		0
		Team Totals	30.2	154	6051	5181	729	1345	231	47	68	684	40	32	725	523	.260	.353	.362	.715	90	1874	137	22	120		24
		Rank in 8 AL teams				7	4	6	5	6	5		5	3	2	3	6	4	6	6		6		5
		Non-Pitcher Totals	30.6	154	5498	4690	691	1253	217	44	65	624	40	32	686	413	.267	.363	.374	.737	96	1753	124	22	97		23
		Pitcher Totals	26.0	154	553	491	38	92	14	3	3	60	0	0	39	110	.187	.247	.246	.494	31	121	13	0	23		1
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Phil Marchildon	34	9	15	.375	4.53	33	30	3	12	1	0	226.1	214	133	114	19	131	7	66	4	0	7	1007	96	5.06	1.524	8.5	0.8	5.2	2.6	0.50
2	SP	Joe Coleman	25	14	13	.519	4.09	33	29	2	13	3	0	215.2	224	105	98	11	90	2	86	1	1	6	944	106	3.89	1.456	9.3	0.5	3.8	3.6	0.96
3	SP	Dick Fowler	27	15	8	.652	3.78	29	26	2	16	2	2	204.2	221	93	86	17	76	1	50	4	1	0	879	115	4.52	1.451	9.7	0.7	3.3	2.2	0.66
4	SP	Carl Scheib	21	14	8	.636	3.94	32	24	7	15	1	0	198.2	219	90	87	14	76	0	44	1	0	2	855	110	4.39	1.485	9.9	0.6	3.4	2.0	0.58
5	SP	Lou Brissie*	24	14	10	.583	4.13	39	25	13	11	0	5	194.0	202	100	89	6	95	2	127	2	0	7	862	105	3.35	1.531	9.4	0.3	4.4	5.9	1.34
6	SP	Bill McCahan	27	4	7	.364	5.71	17	15	2	5	0	0	86.2	98	58	55	8	65	1	20	0	0	3	417	76	5.75	1.881	10.2	0.8	6.8	2.1	0.31
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	CL	Bubba Harris	22	5	2	.714	4.13	45	0	19	0	0	5	93.2	89	51	43	2	35	0	32	1	1	1	398	105	3.51	1.324	8.6	0.2	3.4	3.1	0.91
8	RP	Bob Savage	26	5	1	.833	6.21	33	1	19	1	0	5	75.1	98	55	52	7	33	1	26	0	1	5	346	70	4.59	1.739	11.7	0.8	3.9	3.1	0.79
9	RP	Alex Kellner*	23	0	0		7.83	13	1	5	0	0	0	23.0	21	20	20	0	16	0	14	2	0	3	107	56	3.89	1.609	8.2	0.0	6.3	5.5	0.88
10	RP	Nels Potter	36	2	2	.500	4.00	8	0	5	0	0	1	18.0	17	8	8	1	5	1	13	0	0	0	75	110	2.87	1.222	8.5	0.5	2.5	6.5	2.60
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Wally Holborow	34	1	2	.333	5.71	5	1	1	1	0	0	17.1	32	12	11	1	7	0	3	0	0	0	88	77	4.37	2.250	16.6	0.5	3.6	1.6	0.43
12		Bill Dietrich	38	1	2	.333	5.87	4	2	2	0	0	0	15.1	21	10	10	0	9	0	5	0	0	1	70	75	3.87	1.957	12.3	0.0	5.3	2.9	0.56
		Team Totals	26.4	84	70	.545	4.43	154	154	80	74	7	18	1368.2	1456	735	673	86	638	15	486	15	4	35	6048	98	4.30	1.530	9.6	0.6	4.2	3.2	0.76
		Rank in 8 AL teams		4	5		5				1	4	7	5	7	5	5	4	4		6
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W