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1949 Philadelphia Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948/1950) 81-73, Finished 5th in American League View League Standings and Leaders 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. 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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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1949 Stats (1948/1950) / Schedule / Transactions

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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   Mike Guerra         36   98  298   41   79  14  1   3   31  37   26  .265  .346  .349   3   0  11   0   9           87
1B *Ferris Fain         28  150  525   81  138  21  5   3   78 136   51  .263  .415  .339   8   1  15   0  11          103
2B  Pete Suder          33  118  445   44  119  24  6  10   75  23   35  .267  .306  .416   0   1  20   2   7           93
3B  Hank Majeski        32  114  448   62  124  26  5   9   67  29   23  .277  .326  .417   0   1  18   4   6           99
SS  Eddie Joost         33  144  525  128  138  25  3  23   81 149   80  .263  .429  .453   2   1   6   4   4          137
OF  Sam Chapman         33  154  589   89  164  24  4  24  108  80   68  .278  .367  .455   3   4  23   2   3          120
OF *Elmer Valo          28  150  547   86  155  27 12   5   85 119   32  .283  .413  .404  14  11  11   2  12          119
OF *Wally Moses         38  110  308   49   85  19  3   1   25  51   19  .276  .381  .367   1   3   3   1  10          101
   *Nellie Fox          21   88  247   42   63   6  2   0   21  32    9  .255  .354  .296   2   2  10   6  11           75
    Don White           30   57  169   12   36   6  0   0   10  14   12  .213  .273  .249   2   0   4   0   4           40
   *Taffy Wright        37   59  149   14   35   2  5   2   25  16    6  .235  .321  .356   0   0   8   3   4           81
    Joe Astroth         26   55  148   18   36   4  1   0   12  21   13  .243  .337  .284   1   0   6   0   1           67
    Buddy Rosar         34   32   95    7   19   2  0   0    6  16    5  .200  .315  .221   0   0   3   0   3           45
    Tod Davis           24   31   75    7   20   0  1   1    6   9   16  .267  .345  .333   0   0   1   0   3           82
   #Augie Galan         37   12   26    4    8   2  0   0    0   9    2  .308  .486  .385   0   0   1   0   1          135
   *Hank Biasatti       27   21   24    6    2   2  0   0    2   8    5  .083  .313  .167   0   0   0   0   1           30
    Bobby Estalella     38    8   20    2    5   0  0   0    3   1    2  .250  .286  .250   0   0   5   0   0           44

    Alex Kellner        24   38   92    7   20   1  0   0   10   7   15  .217  .273  .228   0   0   2   0   4           35
   *Lou Brissie         25   34   90    7   24   2  1   0    6   1    8  .267  .275  .311   0   0   4   0   6           57
    Joe Coleman         26   33   79    4   14   3  0   1    5   5   29  .177  .226  .253   0   0   4   0   7           28
    Dick Fowler         28   31   77    5   18   2  0   0   11   7   10  .234  .298  .260   0   1   3   0   2           50
    Carl Scheib         22   47   72    9   17   2  0   0   10   8   10  .236  .313  .264   0   0   2   0   2           55
    Bobby Shantz        23   33   37    2    7   0  0   0    2   5    6  .189  .302  .189   0   0   0   1   3           33
    Bubba Harris        23   37   24    0    3   0  0   0    1   0    5  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   3          -33
    Phil Marchildon     35    7    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    3  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   0          -11
    Bill McCahan        28    7    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0            7
    Jim Wilson          27    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.6  154 5123  726 1331 214 49  82  680 783  493  .260  .358  .369  36  25 160  25 117          101
    Rank among 8 AL teams          7    4    6   4  5   6        2    8     4     4     6   8   7                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Joe Coleman         26  33   3.86  13  14  1  30   3  18   1  240.3  249  119  103  12  127  109 1063   3   3  1     107
SP *Lou Brissie         25  34   4.28  16  11  3  29   5  18   0  229.3  220  113  109  20  118  118 1005  10   5  1      96
SP  Dick Fowler         28  31   3.75  15  11  1  28   3  15   4  213.7  210  108   89  13  115   43  929   2   2  0     110
SP *Alex Kellner        24  38   3.75  20  12  1  27   9  19   0  245.0  243  120  102  18  129   94 1069   7   2  3     110
SP  Carl Scheib         22  38   5.12   9  12  0  23  13  11   2  182.7  191  117  104  16  118   43  821   3   2  0      80
SP  Phil Marchildon     35   7  11.81   0   3  0   6   1   0   0   16.0   24   23   21   3   19    2   89   2   1  0      35

RP  Bubba Harris        23  37   5.44   1   1  3   0  17   0   0   84.3   92   57   51  12   42   18  373   1   1  0      76
RP *Bobby Shantz        23  33   3.40   6   8  2   7  16   4   1  127.0  100   50   48   9   74   58  537   3   3  0     121

    Bill McCahan        28   7   2.61   1   1  0   4   1   0   0   20.7   23    9    6   0    9    3   91   1   0  0     157
    Jim Wilson          27   2  14.40   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    5.0    7    8    8   2    5    2   25   0   0  0      29
    Clem Hausmann       29   1   9.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.0    0    1    1   0    2    0    4   1   0  0      46
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.2 154   4.23  81  73 11 154  69  85   9 1365.0 1359  725  642 105  758  490 6006  33  19  5      97
    Rank among 8 AL teams           5   5   4  7           1   6      5    4    5        6    6    6

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- MGuerra 95 328 48 7 3 .982 7 JAstroth 44 163 24 4 4 .979 2 BRosar 31 112 9 1 2 .992 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 603 81 12 9 .983 10 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 9.15 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FFain 150 1275 122 22 194 .984 9.31 HBiasatti 8 44 2 1 4 .979 5.75 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1319 124 23 198 .984 9.51 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .974 5.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PSuder 89 203 259 12 85 .975 5.19 NFox 77 191 196 7 68 .982 5.03 TDavis 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 394 455 19 153 .978 5.60 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .960 2.95 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HMajeski 113 117 219 15 37 .957 2.97 PSuder 36 37 70 5 9 .955 2.97 TDavis 12 5 20 1 6 .962 2.08 DWhite 4 2 5 1 2 .875 1.75 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 161 314 22 54 .956 3.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .963 4.79 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EJoost 144 352 442 25 126 .969 5.51 TDavis 14 26 26 5 9 .912 3.71 PSuder 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 378 470 30 135 .966 5.59 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .980 2.27 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- SChapman 154 450 11 10 3 .979 2.99 0 154 0 EValo 150 395 8 8 0 .981 2.69 150 0 0 WMoses 92 169 7 3 3 .983 1.91 1 1 91 DWhite 48 89 4 1 0 .989 1.94 6 0 43 TWright 35 60 5 2 0 .970 1.86 0 0 35 AGalan 9 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.78 7 0 2 BEstalella 6 9 1 0 1 1.000 1.67 0 0 6 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1188 36 24 7 .981 2.69 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .962 2.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AKellner 38 9 46 3 4 .948 2.02 JColeman 33 7 23 2 3 .937 1.12 LBrissie 34 6 21 0 3 1.000 1.06 DFowler 31 15 46 1 5 .984 2.57 CScheib 38 6 24 3 3 .909 1.48 BShantz 33 12 36 0 5 1.000 3.40 BHarris 37 3 27 0 3 1.000 3.20 BMcCahan 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.30 PMarchildon 7 1 3 1 0 .800 2.25 JWilson 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CHausmann 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 59 230 10 27 .967 1.91 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Valo .283 On-base % Joost .429 Slugging % Chapman .455 OPS Joost .882 Games Chapman 154 At Bats Chapman 589 Plate Appearances (approx.) Joost 682 Runs Joost 128 Hits Chapman 164 Total Bases Chapman 268 Doubles Valo 27 Triples Valo 12 Home Runs Chapman 24 RBI Chapman 108 Bases on Balls Joost 149 Strikeouts Joost 80 Stolen Bases Valo 14 Singles Chapman 112 Adjusted OPS+ Joost 137 Runs Created Joost 101 Adjusted Batting Runs Joost 36 Batting Wins Joost 3.5 Extra-Base Hits Chapman 52 Times on Base Joost 291 Offensive Win% Joost .671 Hit By Pitch Fox 6 Sac. Hits Valo 12 Grounded into Double Plays Chapman 23 Caught Stealing Valo 11 Power/Speed Number Valo 7.4 At Bats per Strikeout Majeski 19.5 At Bats per Home Run Joost 22.8 Outs Chapman 455

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Fowler and Kellner 3.75 Wins Kellner 20 Won-Loss % Kellner .625 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Brissie 1.474 Hits Allowed/9IP Brissie 8.63 Bases on Balls/9IP Brissie 4.63 Strikeouts/9IP Brissie 4.63 Games Kellner and Scheib 38 Saves Brissie and Harris 3 Innings Kellner 245.0 Strikeouts Brissie 118 Games Started Coleman 30 Comp. Games Kellner 19 Shutouts Fowler 4 Home Runs Allow. Brissie 20 Bases On Balls Allow. Kellner 129 Hits Allowed Coleman 249 SO to Walk Brissie 1.00 Losses Coleman 14 Earned Runs Allow. Brissie 109 Wild Pitches Brissie 10 Hit Batsmen Brissie 5 Batters Faced Kellner 1069 Games Finished Harris 17 Adjusted ERA+ Kellner and Fowler 110

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Lou Brissie
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Alex Kellner

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