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1948 Philadelphia Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947/1949) 84-70, Finished 4th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 729 runs, Allowed 735 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-78 Managed by Connie Mack Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com) Attendance: 945,076 (5th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 100   (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 102   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         33   90  302   30   77  13  0   4   41  39   12  .255  .344  .338   0   2   3   2   6           82
1B *Ferris Fain         27  145  520   81  146  27  6   7   88 113   37  .281  .412  .396  10   5  17   3   8          115
2B  Pete Suder          32  148  519   64  125  23  5   7   60  60   60  .241  .321  .345   1   3  10   1  13           77
3B  Hank Majeski        31  148  590   88  183  41  4  12  120  48   43  .310  .368  .454   2   1  19   6   2          118
SS  Eddie Joost         32  135  509   99  127  22  2  16   55 119   87  .250  .393  .395   2   4   4   1   8          110
OF *Barney McCosky      31  135  515   95  168  21  5   0   46  68   22  .326  .405  .386   1   3  10   0  22          111
OF  Sam Chapman         32  123  445   58  115  18  6  13   70  55   50  .258  .341  .413   6   1  18   1   5          100
OF *Elmer Valo          27  113  383   72  117  17  4   3   46  81   13  .305  .432  .394  10   6  11   4   7          120
    Don White           29   86  253   29   62  14  2   1   28  19   16  .245  .303  .328   0   1   6   2   6           68
   *Ray Coleman         26   68  210   32   51   6  6   0   21  31   17  .243  .340  .329   4   3  11   0   8           78
    Mike Guerra         35   53  142   18   30   4  2   1   23  18   13  .211  .300  .289   2   3   6   0   5           57
   *Herman Franks       34   40   98   10   22   7  1   1   14  16   11  .224  .345  .347   0   0   4   2   4           84
    Skeeter Webb        38   23   54    5    8   2  0   0    3   0    9  .148  .148  .185   0   0   2   0   1          -12
    Rudy York           34   31   51    4    8   0  0   0    6   7   15  .157  .259  .157   0   0   2   0   0           12
   *George Binks        33   17   41    2    4   1  0   0    2   2    2  .098  .140  .122   1   0   1   0   1          -30
    Billy DeMars        22   18   29    3    5   0  0   0    1   5    3  .172  .294  .172   0   0   0   0   1           26
   *Nellie Fox          20    3   13    0    2   0  0   0    0   1    0  .154  .214  .154   1   0   0   0   0           -1
    Bob Wellman         22    4   10    1    2   0  1   0    0   3    2  .200  .385  .400   0   0   0   0   0          109
   *Earle Brucker       22    2    6    0    1   1  0   0    0   1    1  .167  .286  .333   0   0   0   0   0           64

    Carl Scheib         21   52  104   14   31   8  3   2   21   8   17  .298  .348  .490   0   0   3   0   0          122
    Dick Fowler         27   29   82    5   14   1  0   1    8   3   10  .171  .200  .220   0   0   2   0   4           12
   *Lou Brissie         24   39   76    3   18   1  0   0   10   2    8  .237  .256  .250   0   0   3   0   5           35
    Joe Coleman         25   33   74    2    9   2  0   0    7   5   29  .122  .177  .149   0   0   2   0   6          -13
    Phil Marchildon     34   33   72    3    5   0  0   0    2  10   30  .069  .183  .069   0   0   2   0   3          -31
    Bill McCahan        27   17   31    4    8   1  0   0    8   2    2  .258  .303  .290   0   0   0   0   0           58
    Bubba Harris        22   45   24    4    3   0  0   0    1   3    5  .125  .222  .125   0   0   0   0   2           -6
    Bob Savage          26   33   13    2    1   0  0   0    0   3    6  .077  .250  .077   0   0   0   0   2          -11
    Alex Kellner        23   13    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Wally Holborow      34    5    4    1    2   1  0   0    3   1    1  .500  .600  .750   0   0   0   0   1          258
   *Nels Potter         36    8    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    0  .250  .400  .250   0   0   1   0   0           75
    Bill Dietrich       38    4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   0   0           -7
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.0  154 5181  729 1345 231 47  68  684 726  523  .260  .351  .362  40  32 137  22 120           96
    Rank among 8 AL teams          7    4    6   5  6   5        2    6     6     4     6   5   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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     34  33   4.53   9  15  0  30   3  12   1  226.3  214  133  114  19  131   66 1007   7   4  0      94
SP  Joe Coleman         25  33   4.09  14  13  0  29   2  13   3  215.7  224  105   98  11   90   86  944   6   1  1     105
SP  Dick Fowler         27  29   3.78  15   8  2  26   2  16   2  204.7  221   93   86  15   76   50  879   0   4  1     113
SP *Lou Brissie         24  39   4.13  14  10  5  25  13  11   0  194.0  202  100   89   6   95  127  862   7   2  0     104
SP  Carl Scheib         21  32   3.94  14   8  0  24   7  15   1  198.7  219   90   87  14   76   44  855   2   1  0     109
SP  Bill McCahan        27  17   5.71   4   7  0  15   2   5   0   86.7   98   58   55   8   65   20  417   3   0  0      75

CL  Bubba Harris        22  45   4.13   5   2  5   0  19   0   0   93.7   89   51   43   2   35   32  398   1   1  1     104
RP  Bob Savage          26  33   6.21   5   1  5   1  19   1   0   75.3   98   55   52   9   33   26  346   5   0  1      69
RP *Alex Kellner        23  13   7.83   0   0  0   1   5   0   0   23.0   21   20   20   0   16   14  107   3   2  0      55
RP  Nels Potter         36   8   4.00   2   2  1   0   5   0   0   18.0   17    8    8   1    5   13   75   0   0  0     107

    Wally Holborow      34   5   5.71   1   2  0   1   1   1   0   17.3   32   12   11   1    7    3   88   0   0  0      75
    Bill Dietrich       38   4   5.87   1   2  0   2   2   0   0   15.3   21   10   10   0    9    5   70   1   0  0      73
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.4 154   4.43  84  70 18 154  80  74   7 1368.0 1456  735  673  86  638  486 6048  35  15  4      97
    Rank among 8 AL teams           5   4   5  7           1   4      5    7    5        4    4    6

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BRosar 90 335 39 1 10 .997 2 MGuerra 47 163 20 5 1 .973 4 HFranks 27 113 17 3 2 .977 0 EBrucker 2 6 1 0 0 1.000 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 617 77 9 13 .987 7 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 9.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FFain 145 1284 120 16 148 .989 9.68 RYork 14 77 5 1 10 .988 5.86 BWellman 2 22 1 0 2 1.000 11.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1383 126 17 160 .989 9.93 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .976 5.39 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PSuder 148 342 461 10 114 .988 5.43 SWebb 9 12 14 0 7 1.000 2.89 NFox 3 13 6 1 1 .950 6.33 BDeMars 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 369 483 11 123 .987 5.61 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .958 2.93 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HMajeski 142 163 268 11 19 .975 3.04 DWhite 17 14 34 4 5 .923 2.82 BDeMars 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 177 303 15 24 .970 3.16 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .964 4.85 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EJoost 135 325 409 20 115 .973 5.44 BDeMars 9 16 22 3 7 .927 4.22 HMajeski 8 13 24 1 4 .974 4.62 SWebb 8 12 28 2 5 .952 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 366 483 26 131 .970 5.59 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .975 2.36 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BMcCosky 134 277 9 3 1 .990 2.13 134 0 0 SChapman 118 368 8 7 2 .982 3.19 0 118 0 EValo 109 231 4 4 1 .983 2.16 0 0 109 DWhite 54 108 3 5 1 .957 2.06 33 7 17 RColeman 53 126 7 3 3 .978 2.51 0 32 21 GBinks 14 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.36 2 0 12 CScheib 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1 0 1 BWellman 1 4 0 1 0 .800 4.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1134 32 23 8 .981 2.56 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .963 2.02 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PMarchildon 33 10 36 4 5 .920 1.83 JColeman 33 6 33 3 3 .929 1.63 DFowler 29 10 30 1 4 .976 1.76 CScheib 32 14 36 1 5 .980 2.26 LBrissie 39 8 22 0 1 1.000 1.39 BHarris 45 4 15 1 1 .950 1.82 BMcCahan 17 6 10 1 0 .941 1.66 BSavage 33 1 11 0 0 1.000 1.43 AKellner 13 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.78 NPotter 8 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 WHolborow 5 2 6 1 1 .889 4.16 BDietrich 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.76 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 62 205 12 20 .957 1.76 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average McCosky .326 On-base % Fain .412 Slugging % Majeski .454 OPS Majeski .822 Games Majeski and Suder 148 At Bats Majeski 590 Plate Appearances (approx.) Majeski 646 Runs Joost 99 Hits Majeski 183 Total Bases Majeski 268 Doubles Majeski 41 Triples Chapman, Coleman, and Fain 6 Home Runs Joost 16 RBI Majeski 120 Bases on Balls Joost 119 Strikeouts Joost 87 Stolen Bases Fain and Valo 10 Singles McCosky 142 Adjusted OPS+ Majeski 118 Runs Created Majeski 97 Adjusted Batting Runs Fain 18 Batting Wins Fain 1.7 Extra-Base Hits Majeski 57 Times on Base Fain 262 Offensive Win% Majeski .620 Hit By Pitch Majeski 6 Sac. Hits McCosky 22 Grounded into Double Plays Majeski 19 Caught Stealing Valo 6 Power/Speed Number Fain and Chapman 8.2 At Bats per Strikeout McCosky 23.4 At Bats per Home Run Joost 31.8 Outs Majeski 429

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Fowler 3.78 Wins Fowler 15 Won-Loss % Fowler .652 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Fowler 1.451 Hits Allowed/9IP Marchildon 8.51 Bases on Balls/9IP Fowler 3.34 Strikeouts/9IP Brissie 5.89 Games Harris 45 Saves Brissie, Harris, and Savage 5 Innings Marchildon 226.3 Strikeouts Brissie 127 Games Started Marchildon 30 Comp. Games Fowler 16 Shutouts Coleman 3 Home Runs Allow. Marchildon 19 Bases On Balls Allow. Marchildon 131 Hits Allowed Coleman 224 SO to Walk Brissie 1.34 Losses Marchildon 15 Earned Runs Allow. Marchildon 114 Wild Pitches Brissie and Marchildon 7 Hit Batsmen Fowler and Marchildon 4 Batters Faced Marchildon 1007 Games Finished Harris and Savage 19 Adjusted ERA+ Fowler 113

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