1945 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 52-98
Finished 8th in the AL
Attendance: 462,631, Avg. 10,016
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Connie Mack (52-98)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1945 Philadelphia Athletics RosterTeam Record: 52-98
Finished 8th in the AL
Attendance: 462,631, Avg. 10,016
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Connie Mack (52-98)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1945 Philadelphia Athletics Results
The Philadelphia Athletics of the American League ended the 1945 season with a record of 52 wins and 98 losses, finishing eighth in the AL.
The Athletics scored 494 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 638 runs. George Kell drove in 56 runs. Bobby Estalella paced all regular batters with a .299 average. Russ Christopher topped the squad with 13 wins, while Joe Berry earned a 2.35 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Connie Mack coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ Christopher | 13 | 13 | .500 | 3.17 | 33 | 27 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 227.3 | 213 | 92 | 80 | 9 | 75 | 0 | 100 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 949 |
| Joe Berry | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.35 | 52 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 130.3 | 114 | 40 | 34 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 537 |
| Bobo Newsom | 8 | 20 | .286 | 3.29 | 36 | 34 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 257.3 | 255 | 111 | 94 | 12 | 103 | 0 | 127 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1116 |
| Jesse Flores | 7 | 10 | .412 | 3.43 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 191.3 | 180 | 79 | 73 | 6 | 63 | 0 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 800 |
| Lou Knerr | 5 | 11 | .313 | 4.22 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 130.0 | 142 | 77 | 61 | 6 | 74 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 595 |
| Don Black | 5 | 11 | .313 | 5.17 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 125.3 | 154 | 77 | 72 | 5 | 69 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 583 |
| Charlie Gassaway | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.74 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 118.0 | 114 | 59 | 49 | 4 | 55 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 514 |
| Bill Connelly | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.50 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Dick Fowler | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.82 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37.3 | 41 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 167 |
| Carl Scheib | 0 | 0 | 3.12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | |
| Woody Crowson | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Phil Marchildon | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.00 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 |
| Charlie Bowles | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 35 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154 |
| Steve Gerkin | 0 | 12 | .000 | 3.62 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 102.0 | 112 | 49 | 41 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 433 |
| Totals | 52 | 98 | .347 | 3.62 | 273 | 153 | 88 | 65 | 10 | 8 | 1381.0 | 1380 | 638 | 556 | 55 | 571 | 0 | 531 | 22 | 1 | 18 | 5972 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irv Hall | 151 | 668 | 616 | 62 | 161 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 50 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 42 | .261 | .307 | .305 | .613 | 188 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| George Kell | 147 | 602 | 567 | 50 | 154 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 15 | .272 | .306 | .356 | .662 | 202 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Siebert | 147 | 633 | 573 | 62 | 153 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 51 | 2 | 7 | 50 | 33 | .267 | .328 | .358 | .686 | 205 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Estalella | 126 | 527 | 451 | 45 | 135 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 52 | 1 | 6 | 74 | 46 | .299 | .399 | .435 | .834 | 196 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Peck | 112 | 493 | 449 | 51 | 124 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 28 | .276 | .331 | .399 | .730 | 179 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Busch | 126 | 458 | 416 | 37 | 104 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 9 | .250 | .305 | .288 | .594 | 120 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill McGhee | 93 | 275 | 250 | 24 | 63 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 | .252 | .320 | .284 | .604 | 71 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buddy Rosar | 92 | 325 | 300 | 23 | 63 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 16 | .210 | .262 | .267 | .528 | 80 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Mayo Smith | 73 | 244 | 203 | 18 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 13 | .212 | .333 | .236 | .570 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Metro | 65 | 227 | 200 | 18 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 33 | .210 | .291 | .315 | .606 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Wilkins | 62 | 165 | 154 | 22 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | .260 | .305 | .299 | .604 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Kish | 43 | 127 | 110 | 10 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | .245 | .320 | .309 | .629 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Frankie Hayes | 32 | 129 | 110 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 14 | .227 | .336 | .345 | .681 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles George | 51 | 159 | 138 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 29 | .174 | .265 | .217 | .482 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Burns | 31 | 96 | 90 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 17 | .256 | .287 | .289 | .576 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Rosenthal | 28 | 86 | 75 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | .200 | .286 | .293 | .579 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobo Newsom | 36 | 94 | 86 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .163 | .172 | .174 | .347 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Russ Christopher | 34 | 88 | 76 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 28 | .171 | .232 | .224 | .455 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Knerr | 28 | 48 | 47 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .191 | .191 | .213 | .404 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Flores | 29 | 73 | 61 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .148 | .212 | .164 | .376 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Fowler | 11 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .444 | .444 | .667 | 1.111 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ford Garrison | 6 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .304 | .407 | .478 | .886 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Chapman | 9 | 32 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .200 | .250 | .267 | .517 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Black | 26 | 39 | 37 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .162 | .184 | .162 | .346 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Gassaway | 24 | 40 | 39 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .154 | .175 | .154 | .329 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Bowles | 13 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .238 | .238 | .286 | .524 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Berry | 52 | 39 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .143 | .189 | .200 | .389 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Brancato | 10 | 35 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .118 | .143 | .147 | .290 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Cicero | 12 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .158 | .238 | .158 | .396 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Pruett | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Gerkin | 21 | 35 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Marchildon | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Astroth | 10 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .059 | .111 | .059 | .170 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Connelly | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Scheib | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Woody Crowson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Drake | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1717 | 5862 | 5296 | 494 | 1297 | 201 | 37 | 33 | 439 | 25 | 45 | 450 | 460 | .245 | .306 | .316 | .622 | 1671 | 105 | 20 | 96 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Siebert | 1B | 147 | 0 | 0.0 | 1427 | 135 | 14 | 129 | .991 | 1.626 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill McGhee | 1B | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 59 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 8.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Busch | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Burns | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Irv Hall | 2B | 151 | 0 | 0.0 | 422 | 498 | 21 | 108 | .978 | 6.093 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Busch | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .889 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Kell | 3B | 147 | 0 | 0.0 | 186 | 345 | 20 | 32 | .964 | 3.612 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Busch | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .889 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Burns | 3B | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buddy Rosar | C | 85 | 0 | 0.0 | 338 | 54 | 5 | 6 | .987 | 4.612 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Pruett | C | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frankie Hayes | C | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 131 | 28 | 1 | 6 | .994 | 4.969 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles George | C | 46 | 0 | 0.0 | 161 | 14 | 5 | 3 | .972 | 3.804 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Astroth | C | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .857 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Wilkins | OF | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mayo Smith | OF | 65 | 0 | 0.0 | 120 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .976 | 1.908 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Rosenthal | OF | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Peck | OF | 110 | 0 | 0.0 | 190 | 9 | 12 | 3 | .943 | 1.809 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Metro | OF | 57 | 0 | 0.0 | 100 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .972 | 1.842 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill McGhee | OF | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 84 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .989 | 1.792 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Kish | OF | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 52 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .932 | 1.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ford Garrison | OF | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Estalella | OF | 124 | 0 | 0.0 | 314 | 10 | 4 | 3 | .988 | 2.613 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Drake | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Cicero | OF | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Chapman | OF | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Burns | OF | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.421 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Scheib | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobo Newsom | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 28 | 2 | 1 | .952 | 1.111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Marchildon | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Knerr | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 3 | .971 | 1.259 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Gerkin | P | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .906 | 1.381 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Gassaway | P | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 1 | .793 | .958 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Fowler | P | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jesse Flores | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 3 | .902 | 1.276 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Woody Crowson | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Connelly | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russ Christopher | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 71 | 1 | 4 | .990 | 2.939 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Bowles | P | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Black | P | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Berry | P | 52 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 30 | 1 | 0 | .976 | .788 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Wilkins | SS | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 74 | 118 | 16 | 23 | .923 | 4.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Busch | SS | 116 | 0 | 0.0 | 209 | 370 | 29 | 67 | .952 | 4.991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Brancato | SS | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 25 | 2 | 5 | .959 | 4.700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1577 | 0 | 0.0 | 4140 | 1903 | 168 | 411 | .973 | 3.832 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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