1946 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 49-105
Finished 8th in the AL
Attendance: 621,793, Avg. 11,143
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Connie Mack (49-105)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1946 Philadelphia Athletics Roster
1946 Philadelphia Athletics Results

The Philadelphia Athletics of the American League ended the 1946 season with a record of 49 wins and 105 losses, finishing eighth in the AL.

The Athletics tallied 529 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 680 runs. Sam Chapman paced Philadelphia with 20 home runs and drove in 67 runs. Buddy Rosar led batters with significant playing time with a .283 average. Phil Marchildon topped the squad with 13 wins, while Jesse Flores recorded a 2.32 ERA, leading 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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Phil Marchildon	13	16	.448	3.49	36	29	6	16	1	1	226.7	197	104	88	14	114	95	4	2	7	963
Jesse Flores	9	7	.563	2.32	29	15	11	8	4	1	155.0	147	51	40	8	38	48	1	1	0	638
Dick Fowler	9	16	.360	3.28	32	28	3	14	1	0	205.7	213	101	75	16	75	89	2	0	2	900
Russ Christopher	5	7	.417	4.30	30	13	13	1	0	0	119.3	119	71	57	5	44	79	3	0	0	520
Bobo Newsom	3	5	.375	3.38	10	9	0	3	1	0	58.7	61	27	22	2	30	32	5	0	0	267
Lum Harris	3	14	.176	5.24	34	12	13	4	0	0	125.3	153	78	73	11	48	33	0	0	2	556
Bob Savage	3	15	.167	4.06	40	19	14	7	1	2	164.0	164	80	74	5	93	78	2	0	0	746
Lou Knerr	3	16	.158	5.40	30	22	5	6	0	0	148.3	171	95	89	13	67	58	1	1	1	674
Bill McCahan	1	1	.500	1.00	4	2	1	2	1	0	18.0	16	2	2	0	9	6	0	0	1	77
Porter Vaughan	0	0			1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Pat Cooper	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
Lee Griffeth	0	0		2.93	10	0	7	0	0	0	15.3	13	7	5	1	6	4	2	0	0	64
Joe Berry	0	1	.000	2.77	5	0	4	0	0	0	13.0	15	5	4	1	3	5	1	0	0	57
Everett Fagan	0	1	.000	4.80	20	0	9	0	0	0	45.0	47	27	24	2	24	12	3	1	0	209
Jack Knott	0	1	.000	5.68	3	1	1	0	0	0	6.3	7	4	4	1	1	2	1	1	0	28
Norm Brown	0	1	.000	6.14	4	0	1	0	0	0	7.3	8	8	5	2	6	3	0	0	0	37
Herman Besse	0	2	.000	5.23	7	3	2	0	0	1	20.7	19	12	12	1	9	10	0	0	0	89
Joe Coleman	0	2	.000	5.54	4	2	2	0	0	0	13.0	19	8	8	1	8	8	0	0	0	64
Totals	49	105	.318	3.90	300	155	94	61	9	5	1342.7	1371	680	582	83	577	562	25	6	13	5896

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Sam Chapman	146	601	545	77	142	22	5	20	67	1	3	54	66	.261	.327	.429	.757	234	22	0	2
Pete Suder	128	484	455	38	128	20	3	2	50	1	1	18	37	.281	.309	.352	.660	160	13	0	11
Buddy Rosar	121	464	424	34	120	22	2	2	47	1	3	36	17	.283	.339	.358	.698	152	20	0	4
Barney McCosky	92	362	308	33	109	17	4	1	34	2	2	43	13	.354	.433	.445	.878	137	5	0	11
George McQuinn	136	556	484	47	109	23	6	3	35	4	2	64	62	.225	.317	.316	.633	153	6	1	7
Elmer Valo	108	411	348	59	107	21	6	1	31	9	8	60	18	.307	.411	.411	.822	143	3	1	2
Tuck Stainback	91	300	291	35	71	10	2	0	20	3	2	7	20	.244	.264	.292	.556	85	1	1	1
Hank Majeski	78	293	264	25	66	14	3	1	25	3	2	26	13	.250	.320	.337	.657	89	7	1	2
Gene Handley	89	279	251	31	63	8	5	0	21	8	3	22	25	.251	.311	.323	.634	81	6	0	6
Oscar Grimes	59	230	191	28	50	5	0	1	20	2	0	27	29	.262	.356	.304	.660	58	7	1	11
Irv Hall	63	202	185	19	46	6	2	0	19	1	1	9	18	.249	.287	.303	.590	56	6	1	7
Russ Derry	69	214	184	17	38	8	5	0	14	0	0	27	54	.207	.311	.304	.616	56	2	1	2
Jack Wallaesa	63	210	194	16	38	4	2	5	11	1	0	14	47	.196	.250	.314	.564	61	2	0	2
Hal Peck	48	168	150	14	37	8	2	2	11	1	2	16	14	.247	.319	.367	.686	55	2	0	2
Gene Desautels	52	145	130	10	28	3	1	0	13	1	1	12	16	.215	.282	.254	.536	33	3	0	3
George Kell	26	100	87	3	26	6	1	0	11	0	0	10	6	.299	.378	.391	.768	34	1	1	2
Jake Caulfield	44	98	94	13	26	8	0	0	10	0	0	4	11	.277	.306	.362	.668	34	2	0	0
Bruce Konopka	38	98	93	7	22	4	1	0	9	0	0	4	8	.237	.268	.301	.569	28	3	0	1
Don Richmond	16	64	62	3	18	3	0	1	9	1	0	0	10	.290	.290	.387	.677	24	0	0	2
Dick Fowler	32	73	71	1	13	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	.183	.183	.197	.380	14	1	0	2
Jesse Flores	29	56	44	3	11	1	0	0	7	0	0	7	7	.250	.353	.273	.626	12	0	0	5
Lou Knerr	30	53	50	1	9	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	.180	.212	.220	.432	11	2	1	1
Lum Harris	34	41	36	1	8	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	5	.222	.243	.306	.549	11	1	0	4
Russ Christopher	30	38	36	2	5	1	1	0	5	0	0	1	9	.139	.162	.222	.384	8	1	0	1
Bob Savage	40	53	41	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	22	.122	.308	.122	.430	5	0	0	1
Phil Marchildon	36	84	75	3	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	21	.067	.091	.080	.171	6	0	0	7
Everett Fagan	20	15	14	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.286	.333	.286	.619	4	1	0	0
Ford Garrison	9	37	37	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.108	.108	.108	.216	4	2	0	0
Joe Coleman	4	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	0
Bill McCahan	4	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.400	.500	.400	.900	2	0	0	0
Bobo Newsom	10	23	19	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.105	.105	.158	.263	3	0	0	4
Joe Berry	5	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	1
George Armstrong	8	7	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.167	.286	.333	.619	2	0	0	0
Joe Astroth	4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	1	0	0
Vern Benson	7	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0
Lee Griffeth	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0
Herman Besse	7	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0
Jack Knott	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1
Pat Cooper	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Porter Vaughan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Norm Brown	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1795	5796	5200	529	1317	220	51	40	483	39	30	482	596	.253	.318	.338	.656	1759	120	9	105

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Pete Suder	1B	3	25	0	1	1	.962	8.333	0
George McQuinn	1B	134	1098	99	15	107	.988	8.933	0
Bruce Konopka	1B	20	148	17	1	13	.994	8.250	0
Pete Suder	2B	12	35	23	1	7	.983	4.833	0
Gene Handley	2B	68	159	146	17	32	.947	4.485	0
Irv Hall	2B	40	105	113	6	20	.973	5.450	0
Oscar Grimes	2B	43	98	105	9	30	.958	4.721	0
Pete Suder	3B	33	34	57	3	9	.968	2.758	0
Don Richmond	3B	16	19	28	3	1	.940	2.938	0
Hank Majeski	3B	72	78	159	8	22	.967	3.292	0
George Kell	3B	26	36	57	2	5	.979	3.577	0
Gene Handley	3B	4	1	5	0	1	1.000	1.500	0
Oscar Grimes	3B	6	6	19	2	0	.926	4.167	0
Jake Caulfield	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Buddy Rosar	C	117	532	73	0	9	1.000	5.171	5
Gene Desautels	C	52	151	31	2	4	.989	3.500	2
Joe Astroth	C	4	7	1	1	0	.889	2.000	0
George Armstrong	C	4	4	1	0	1	1.000	1.250	0
Elmer Valo	OF	90	182	7	5	0	.974	2.100	0
Pete Suder	OF	2	2	0	2	0	.500	1.000	0
Tuck Stainback	OF	66	153	5	6	1	.963	2.394	0
Hal Peck	OF	35	47	4	1	1	.981	1.457	0
Barney McCosky	OF	85	207	2	4	0	.981	2.459	0
Bruce Konopka	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Ford Garrison	OF	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Russ Derry	OF	50	127	3	2	2	.985	2.600	0
Sam Chapman	OF	145	369	13	12	4	.970	2.634	0
Vern Benson	OF	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Porter Vaughan	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Bob Savage	P	40	4	14	1	1	.947	.450	0
Bobo Newsom	P	10	1	7	0	1	1.000	.800	0
Bill McCahan	P	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Phil Marchildon	P	36	9	33	4	0	.913	1.167	0
Jack Knott	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Lou Knerr	P	30	4	26	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Lum Harris	P	34	10	36	1	2	.979	1.353	0
Lee Griffeth	P	10	2	1	0	0	1.000	.300	0
Dick Fowler	P	32	13	29	3	2	.933	1.313	0
Jesse Flores	P	29	8	18	3	1	.897	.897	0
Everett Fagan	P	20	2	7	1	0	.900	.450	0
Pat Cooper	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Joe Coleman	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250	0
Russ Christopher	P	30	7	38	1	1	.978	1.500	0
Norm Brown	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250	0
Herman Besse	P	7	0	3	0	0	1.000	.429	0
Joe Berry	P	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Jack Wallaesa	SS	59	111	130	22	31	.916	4.085	0
Pete Suder	SS	67	151	204	15	39	.959	5.299	0
Gene Handley	SS	1	3	1	0	0	1.000	4.000	0
Irv Hall	SS	7	10	9	1	3	.950	2.714	0
Oscar Grimes	SS	4	7	6	4	1	.765	3.250	0
Jake Caulfield	SS	31	49	55	8	13	.929	3.355	0
Totals		1608	4028	1595	167	365	.971	3.497	7

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