1947 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 78-76
Finished 5th in the AL
Attendance: 911,566, Avg. 14,817
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Connie Mack (78-76)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1947 Philadelphia Athletics RosterTeam Record: 78-76
Finished 5th in the AL
Attendance: 911,566, Avg. 14,817
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Connie Mack (78-76)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1947 Philadelphia Athletics Results
The Philadelphia Athletics of the American League ended the 1947 season with a record of 78 wins and 76 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.
The Athletics scored 633 runs and surrendered 614 runs. Sam Chapman led Philadelphia with 14 home runs and drove in 83 runs. Barney McCosky paced hitters with significant playing time with a .328 average. Phil Marchildon topped the team with 19 wins, while Dick Fowler recorded a 2.81 ERA, best 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Marchildon | 19 | 9 | .679 | 3.22 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 276.7 | 228 | 110 | 99 | 15 | 141 | 0 | 128 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1172 |
| Dick Fowler | 12 | 11 | .522 | 2.81 | 36 | 31 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 227.3 | 210 | 77 | 71 | 12 | 85 | 0 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 943 |
| Bill McCahan | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.32 | 29 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 165.3 | 160 | 73 | 61 | 7 | 62 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 703 |
| Russ Christopher | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.90 | 44 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 80.7 | 70 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 333 |
| Bob Savage | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.76 | 44 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 146.0 | 135 | 71 | 61 | 8 | 55 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 614 |
| Joe Coleman | 6 | 12 | .333 | 4.32 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 160.3 | 171 | 84 | 77 | 17 | 62 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 689 |
| Bill Dietrich | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.12 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 60.7 | 48 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 259 |
| Carl Scheib | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.04 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 116.0 | 121 | 68 | 65 | 11 | 55 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 505 |
| Jesse Flores | 4 | 13 | .235 | 3.39 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 151.3 | 139 | 72 | 57 | 10 | 59 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 633 |
| Lou Brissie | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 |
| Totals | 78 | 76 | .506 | 3.51 | 281 | 156 | 86 | 70 | 12 | 15 | 1391.3 | 1291 | 614 | 543 | 85 | 597 | 0 | 493 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 5885 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barney McCosky | 137 | 616 | 546 | 77 | 179 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 52 | 1 | 4 | 57 | 29 | .328 | .395 | .399 | .795 | 218 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Chapman | 149 | 624 | 551 | 84 | 139 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 83 | 3 | 4 | 65 | 70 | .252 | .331 | .379 | .710 | 209 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Ferris Fain | 136 | 567 | 461 | 70 | 134 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 71 | 4 | 5 | 95 | 34 | .291 | .414 | .423 | .837 | 195 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Majeski | 141 | 545 | 479 | 54 | 134 | 26 | 5 | 8 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 31 | .280 | .358 | .405 | .763 | 194 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Suder | 145 | 579 | 528 | 45 | 127 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 44 | .241 | .290 | .337 | .627 | 178 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Valo | 112 | 450 | 370 | 60 | 111 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 64 | 21 | .300 | .406 | .405 | .811 | 150 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Joost | 151 | 682 | 540 | 76 | 111 | 22 | 3 | 13 | 64 | 6 | 6 | 114 | 110 | .206 | .348 | .330 | .678 | 178 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Buddy Rosar | 102 | 409 | 359 | 40 | 93 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 13 | .259 | .335 | .334 | .669 | 120 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| George Binks | 104 | 363 | 333 | 33 | 86 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 36 | .258 | .308 | .357 | .665 | 119 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Guerra | 72 | 225 | 209 | 20 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 15 | .215 | .251 | .244 | .495 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Handley | 36 | 100 | 90 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | .256 | .330 | .300 | .630 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Adams | 37 | 93 | 89 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .202 | .220 | .360 | .579 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Marchildon | 35 | 115 | 98 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | .153 | .194 | .214 | .408 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Fowler | 36 | 86 | 82 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .171 | .171 | .183 | .354 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Knickerbocker | 21 | 53 | 48 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .250 | .294 | .396 | .690 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mickey Rutner | 12 | 52 | 48 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .250 | .294 | .333 | .627 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Flores | 28 | 49 | 44 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .227 | .277 | .250 | .527 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill McCahan | 29 | 61 | 55 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .164 | .207 | .200 | .407 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Chet Laabs | 15 | 36 | 32 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .219 | .306 | .344 | .649 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Coleman | 32 | 55 | 48 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | .146 | .212 | .188 | .399 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Scheib | 22 | 46 | 45 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .133 | .152 | .133 | .286 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Cooper | 13 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .250 | .250 | .375 | .625 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Richmond | 19 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .190 | .292 | .333 | .625 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Poole | 13 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .231 | .286 | .231 | .516 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herman Franks | 8 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .200 | .368 | .333 | .702 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Russ Christopher | 44 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .125 | .263 | .125 | .388 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Savage | 44 | 44 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .050 | .095 | .050 | .145 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Dietrich | 11 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .063 | .063 | .063 | .125 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Brissie | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Kirk | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nellie Fox | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1713 | 5971 | 5198 | 633 | 1311 | 218 | 52 | 61 | 581 | 37 | 33 | 605 | 563 | .252 | .333 | .349 | .682 | 1816 | 117 | 24 | 144 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferris Fain | 1B | 132 | 0 | 0.0 | 1141 | 101 | 19 | 118 | .985 | 9.409 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Cooper | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Binks | 1B | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 82 | 7 | 1 | 4 | .989 | 6.846 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Adams | 1B | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 170 | 17 | 1 | 19 | .995 | 7.792 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Suder | 2B | 140 | 0 | 0.0 | 304 | 413 | 10 | 94 | .986 | 5.121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Richmond | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Majeski | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gene Handley | 2B | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 41 | 2 | 10 | .973 | 4.235 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nellie Fox | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Suder | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mickey Rutner | 3B | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 2 | .885 | 2.091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Richmond | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Majeski | 3B | 134 | 0 | 0.0 | 160 | 263 | 5 | 28 | .988 | 3.157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Handley | 3B | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 1 | .844 | 2.700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buddy Rosar | C | 102 | 0 | 0.0 | 406 | 70 | 2 | 12 | .996 | 4.667 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Guerra | C | 62 | 0 | 0.0 | 203 | 36 | 9 | 5 | .964 | 3.855 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herman Franks | C | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elmer Valo | OF | 104 | 0 | 0.0 | 205 | 9 | 6 | 0 | .973 | 2.058 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barney McCosky | OF | 136 | 0 | 0.0 | 346 | 8 | 6 | 2 | .983 | 2.603 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chet Laabs | OF | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Austin Knickerbocker | OF | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 2.357 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Chapman | OF | 146 | 0 | 0.0 | 428 | 16 | 6 | 2 | .987 | 3.041 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Binks | OF | 75 | 0 | 0.0 | 157 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .965 | 2.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Adams | OF | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Scheib | P | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .941 | .762 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Savage | P | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .917 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill McCahan | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 33 | 1 | 4 | .976 | 1.379 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Marchildon | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 34 | 3 | 2 | .932 | 1.171 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Fowler | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 29 | 2 | 1 | .956 | 1.194 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jesse Flores | P | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 3 | .912 | 1.107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Dietrich | P | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | .692 | .818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Coleman | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .656 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russ Christopher | P | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .958 | .523 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Brissie | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Suder | SS | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .778 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Majeski | SS | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 7.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Joost | SS | 151 | 0 | 0.0 | 370 | 452 | 38 | 100 | .956 | 5.444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Handley | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1584 | 0 | 0.0 | 4174 | 1689 | 143 | 420 | .976 | 3.701 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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