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1947 Philadelphia Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946/1948) 78-76, Finished 5th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 633 runs, Allowed 614 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-75 Managed by Connie Mack Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com) Attendance: 911,566 (6th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 103   (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 100   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Buddy Rosar         32  102  359   40   93  20  2   1   33  40   13  .259  .335  .334   1   3  11   1   9           85
1B *Ferris Fain         26  136  461   70  134  28  6   7   71  95   34  .291  .414  .423   4   5  15   2   9          131
2B  Pete Suder          31  145  528   45  127  28  4   5   60  35   44  .241  .290  .337   0   3  14   2  14           73
3B  Hank Majeski        30  141  479   54  134  26  5   8   72  53   31  .280  .358  .405   1   0  18   5   8          110
SS  Eddie Joost         31  151  540   76  111  22  3  13   64 114  110  .206  .348  .330   6   6   5   4  24           87
OF  Sam Chapman         31  149  551   84  139  18  5  14   83  65   70  .252  .331  .379   3   4  14   0   8           96
OF *Barney McCosky      30  137  546   77  179  22  7   1   52  57   29  .328  .395  .399   1   4   5   4   9          119
OF *Elmer Valo          26  112  370   60  111  12  6   5   36  64   21  .300  .406  .405  11   3   4   2  14          124
   *George Binks        32  104  333   33   86  19  4   2   34  23   36  .258  .308  .357   8   2   6   1   6           83
    Mike Guerra         34   72  209   20   45   2  2   0   18  10   15  .215  .251  .244   1   2   4   0   6           37
    Gene Handley        32   36   90   10   23   2  1   0    8  10    2  .256  .330  .300   1   0   3   0   0           74
    Dick Adams          27   37   89    9   18   2  3   2   11   2   18  .202  .220  .360   0   0   0   0   2           58
    Austin Knickerbocker28   21   48    8   12   3  2   0    2   3    4  .250  .294  .396   0   1   1   0   2           89
    Mickey Rutner       27   12   48    4   12   1  0   1    4   3    2  .250  .294  .333   0   0   4   0   1           73
    Chet Laabs          35   15   32    5    7   1  0   1    5   4    4  .219  .306  .344   0   0   0   0   0           79
   *Don Richmond        27   19   21    2    4   1  1   0    4   3    3  .190  .292  .333   0   0   1   0   0           72
    Pat Cooper          29   13   16    0    4   2  0   0    3   0    5  .250  .250  .375   0   0   0   0   0           71
   *Herman Franks       33    8   15    2    3   0  1   0    1   4    4  .200  .368  .333   0   0   1   0   0           94
   *Ray Poole           27   13   13    1    3   0  0   0    1   1    4  .231  .286  .231   0   0   1   0   0           43
   *Nellie Fox          19    7    3    2    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .250  .000   0   0   0   0   0          -28
   *Tom Kirk            19    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100

    Phil Marchildon     33   35   98    8   15   3  0   1    9   4   25  .153  .194  .214   0   0   2   1  12           13
    Dick Fowler         26   36   82    3   14   1  0   0    2   0   17  .171  .171  .183   0   0   3   0   4           -2
    Bill McCahan        26   29   55    8    9   2  0   0    1   3    5  .164  .207  .200   0   0   1   0   3           12
    Joe Coleman         24   32   48    3    7   2  0   0    1   4   25  .146  .212  .188   0   0   1   0   3           11
    Carl Scheib         20   22   45    4    6   0  0   0    3   1    3  .133  .152  .133   0   0   3   0   0          -21
    Jesse Flores        32   28   44    2   10   1  0   0    0   1    5  .227  .277  .250   0   0   0   2   2           46
    Bob Savage          25   44   40    1    2   0  0   0    0   2   18  .050  .095  .050   0   0   0   0   2          -59
    Russ Christopher    29   44   16    1    2   0  0   0    2   3    7  .125  .263  .125   0   0   0   0   2            9
    Bill Dietrich       37   11   16    1    1   0  0   0    1   0    8  .063  .063  .063   0   0   0   0   4          -65
   *Lou Brissie         23    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.8  156 5198  633 1311 218 52  61  581 605  563  .252  .330  .349  37  33 117  24 144           96
    Rank among 8 AL teams          6    5    6   4  3   6        4    6     6     4     6   6   6                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Phil Marchildon     33  35   3.22  19   9  0  35   0  21   2  276.7  228  110   99  15  141  128 1172   1   7  0     119
SP  Dick Fowler         26  36   2.81  12  11  0  31   2  16   3  227.3  210   77   71  12   85   75  943   0   3  0     136
SP  Joe Coleman         24  32   4.32   6  12  1  21   9   9   2  160.3  171   84   77  17   62   65  689   0   0  0      88
SP  Jesse Flores        32  28   3.39   4  13  0  20   5   4   0  151.3  139   72   57  10   59   41  633   0   0  0     113
SP  Bill McCahan        26  29   3.32  10   5  0  19   5  10   1  165.3  160   73   61   7   62   47  703   3   0  0     115
SP  Carl Scheib         20  21   5.04   4   6  0  12   6   6   2  116.0  121   68   65  11   55   26  505   6   2  2      76
SP  Bill Dietrich       37  11   3.12   5   2  0   9   1   2   1   60.7   48   24   21   0   40   18  259   0   2  0     123

CL  Russ Christopher    29  44   2.90  10   7 12   0  38   0   0   80.7   70   30   26   4   33   33  333   1   0  0     132
RP  Bob Savage          25  44   3.76   8  10  2   8  20   2   1  146.0  135   71   61   8   55   56  614   1   0  0     101

   *Lou Brissie         23   1   6.43   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    7.0    9    5    5   1    5    4   34   2   0  0      59
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.9 156   3.51  78  76 15 156  86  70  12 1391.0 1291  614  542  85  597  493 5885  14  14  2     109
    Rank among 8 AL teams           3   5   4  6           3   6      3    3    3        5    4    8

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BRosar 102 406 70 2 12 .996 3 MGuerra 62 203 36 9 5 .964 1 HFranks 4 12 1 0 0 1.000 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 156 621 107 11 17 .985 5 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.34 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FFain 132 1141 101 19 118 .985 9.41 DAdams 24 170 17 1 19 .995 7.79 GBinks 13 82 7 1 4 .989 6.85 PCooper 1 8 0 0 1 1.000 8.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 1401 125 21 142 .986 9.87 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .978 5.19 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PSuder 140 304 413 10 94 .986 5.12 GHandley 17 31 41 2 10 .973 4.24 NFox 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 HMajeski 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DRichmond 1 1 2 1 0 .750 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 337 456 13 104 .984 5.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .959 2.91 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HMajeski 134 160 263 5 28 .988 3.16 MRutner 11 5 18 3 2 .885 2.09 GHandley 10 12 15 5 1 .844 2.70 DRichmond 4 0 1 1 0 .500 0.25 PSuder 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 179 299 14 31 .972 3.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop G PO A E DP .964 4.93 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EJoost 151 370 452 38 100 .956 5.44 HMajeski 4 10 20 0 4 1.000 7.50 PSuder 3 4 3 2 2 .778 2.33 GHandley 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 384 477 40 106 .956 5.57 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield G PO A E DP .979 2.35 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- SChapman 146 428 16 6 2 .987 3.04 12 134 0 BMcCosky 136 346 8 6 2 .983 2.60 114 23 0 EValo 104 205 9 6 0 .973 2.06 0 0 104 GBinks 75 157 8 6 1 .965 2.20 25 0 51 AKnickerboc 14 32 1 2 0 .943 2.36 2 2 10 CLaabs 7 17 1 0 0 1.000 2.57 6 0 1 DAdams 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 1 0 2 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 156 1186 43 26 5 .979 2.65 156 156 156 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .955 1.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PMarchildon 35 7 34 3 2 .932 1.33 DFowler 36 14 29 2 1 .956 1.70 BMcCahan 29 7 33 1 4 .976 2.18 JColeman 32 5 16 1 0 .955 1.18 JFlores 28 12 19 3 3 .912 1.84 BSavage 44 6 16 2 0 .917 1.36 CScheib 21 3 13 1 2 .941 1.24 RChristophe 44 10 13 1 0 .958 2.57 BDietrich 11 1 8 4 3 .692 1.33 LBrissie 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 66 182 18 15 .932 1.60 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average McCosky .328 On-base % Fain .414 Slugging % Fain .423 OPS Fain .837 Games Joost 151 At Bats Chapman 551 Plate Appearances (approx.) Joost 682 Runs Chapman 84 Hits McCosky 179 Total Bases McCosky 218 Doubles Fain and Suder 28 Triples McCosky 7 Home Runs Chapman 14 RBI Chapman 83 Bases on Balls Joost 114 Strikeouts Joost 110 Stolen Bases Valo 11 Singles McCosky 149 Adjusted OPS+ Fain 131 Runs Created McCosky 84 Adjusted Batting Runs Fain 25 Batting Wins Fain 2.5 Extra-Base Hits Fain 41 Times on Base McCosky 240 Offensive Win% Fain .655 Hit By Pitch Majeski 5 Sac. Hits Joost 24 Grounded into Double Plays Majeski 18 Caught Stealing Joost 6 Power/Speed Number Joost 8.2 At Bats per Strikeout McCosky 18.8 At Bats per Home Run Chapman 39.4 Outs Joost 464

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Fowler 2.81 Wins Marchildon 19 Won-Loss % Marchildon .679 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Fowler 1.298 Hits Allowed/9IP Marchildon 7.42 Bases on Balls/9IP Fowler 3.37 Strikeouts/9IP Marchildon 4.16 Games Christopher and Savage 44 Saves Christopher 12 Innings Marchildon 276.7 Strikeouts Marchildon 128 Games Started Marchildon 35 Comp. Games Marchildon 21 Shutouts Fowler 3 Home Runs Allow. Coleman 17 Bases On Balls Allow. Marchildon 141 Hits Allowed Marchildon 228 SO to Walk Coleman 1.05 Losses Flores 13 Earned Runs Allow. Marchildon 99 Wild Pitches Scheib 6 Hit Batsmen Marchildon 7 Batters Faced Marchildon 1172 Games Finished Christopher 38 Adjusted ERA+ Fowler 136

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