1948 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 84-70
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 945,076, Avg. 14,867
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Connie Mack (84-70)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1948 Philadelphia Athletics RosterTeam Record: 84-70
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 945,076, Avg. 14,867
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Connie Mack (84-70)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1948 Philadelphia Athletics Results
The Philadelphia Athletics of the American League ended the 1948 season with a record of 84 wins and 70 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.
The Athletics tallied 729 runs and yielded 735 runs. Eddie Joost paced Philadelphia with 16 home runs Hank Majeski drove in 120 runs. Barney McCosky topped all regular hitters with a .326 average. Dick Fowler led the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.78 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 | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Fowler | 15 | 8 | .652 | 3.78 | 29 | 26 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 204.7 | 221 | 93 | 86 | 15 | 76 | 0 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 879 |
| Carl Scheib | 14 | 8 | .636 | 3.94 | 32 | 24 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 198.7 | 219 | 90 | 87 | 14 | 76 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 855 |
| Lou Brissie | 14 | 10 | .583 | 4.13 | 39 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 194.0 | 202 | 100 | 89 | 6 | 95 | 0 | 127 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 862 |
| Joe Coleman | 14 | 13 | .519 | 4.09 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 215.7 | 224 | 105 | 98 | 11 | 90 | 0 | 86 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 944 |
| Phil Marchildon | 9 | 15 | .375 | 4.53 | 33 | 30 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 226.3 | 214 | 133 | 114 | 19 | 131 | 0 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1007 |
| Bob Savage | 5 | 1 | .833 | 6.21 | 33 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 75.3 | 98 | 55 | 52 | 9 | 33 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 346 |
| Bubba Harris | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.13 | 45 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 93.7 | 89 | 51 | 43 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 398 |
| Bill McCahan | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.71 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 86.7 | 98 | 58 | 55 | 8 | 65 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 417 |
| Nels Potter | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.00 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| Wally Holborow | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.71 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 32 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 |
| Bill Dietrich | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.87 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.3 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 70 |
| Alex Kellner | 0 | 0 | 7.83 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 107 | |
| Totals | 84 | 70 | .545 | 4.43 | 291 | 154 | 80 | 74 | 7 | 18 | 1368.7 | 1456 | 735 | 673 | 86 | 638 | 0 | 486 | 15 | 4 | 35 | 6048 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Majeski | 148 | 646 | 590 | 88 | 183 | 41 | 4 | 12 | 120 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 43 | .310 | .368 | .454 | .822 | 268 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Barney McCosky | 135 | 605 | 515 | 95 | 168 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 3 | 68 | 22 | .326 | .405 | .386 | .791 | 199 | 10 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Ferris Fain | 145 | 644 | 520 | 81 | 146 | 27 | 6 | 7 | 88 | 10 | 5 | 113 | 37 | .281 | .412 | .396 | .808 | 206 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Joost | 135 | 637 | 509 | 99 | 127 | 22 | 2 | 16 | 55 | 2 | 4 | 119 | 87 | .250 | .393 | .395 | .788 | 201 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Suder | 148 | 593 | 519 | 64 | 125 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 60 | 1 | 3 | 60 | 60 | .241 | .321 | .345 | .666 | 179 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Valo | 113 | 475 | 383 | 72 | 117 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 10 | 6 | 81 | 13 | .305 | .432 | .394 | .826 | 151 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Chapman | 123 | 506 | 445 | 58 | 115 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 70 | 6 | 1 | 55 | 50 | .258 | .341 | .413 | .755 | 184 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Buddy Rosar | 90 | 349 | 302 | 30 | 77 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 12 | .255 | .344 | .338 | .682 | 102 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Don White | 86 | 280 | 253 | 29 | 62 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 16 | .245 | .303 | .328 | .631 | 83 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Coleman | 68 | 249 | 210 | 32 | 51 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 17 | .243 | .340 | .329 | .669 | 69 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Scheib | 52 | 112 | 104 | 14 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 17 | .298 | .348 | .490 | .839 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Guerra | 53 | 165 | 142 | 18 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | .211 | .300 | .289 | .589 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Herman Franks | 40 | 120 | 98 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11 | .224 | .345 | .347 | .692 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Brissie | 39 | 83 | 76 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .237 | .256 | .250 | .506 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Fowler | 29 | 89 | 82 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .171 | .200 | .220 | .420 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Coleman | 33 | 85 | 74 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 29 | .122 | .177 | .149 | .326 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill McCahan | 17 | 33 | 31 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .258 | .303 | .290 | .593 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rudy York | 31 | 58 | 51 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .157 | .259 | .157 | .415 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Skeeter Webb | 23 | 55 | 54 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .148 | .148 | .185 | .333 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy DeMars | 18 | 35 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .172 | .294 | .172 | .467 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Marchildon | 33 | 85 | 72 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 30 | .069 | .183 | .069 | .252 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| George Binks | 17 | 44 | 41 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .098 | .140 | .122 | .261 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bubba Harris | 45 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Holborow | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .600 | .750 | 1.350 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Wellman | 4 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .200 | .385 | .400 | .785 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nellie Fox | 3 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nels Potter | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Earle Brucker | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .286 | .333 | .619 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Savage | 33 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .077 | .250 | .077 | .327 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Dietrich | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Kellner | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1693 | 6048 | 5181 | 729 | 1345 | 231 | 47 | 68 | 684 | 40 | 32 | 725 | 523 | .260 | .353 | .362 | .715 | 1874 | 137 | 22 | 120 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy York | 1B | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 77 | 5 | 1 | 10 | .988 | 5.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Wellman | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 11.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ferris Fain | 1B | 145 | 0 | 0.0 | 1284 | 120 | 16 | 148 | .989 | 9.683 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Skeeter Webb | 2B | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 2.889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Suder | 2B | 148 | 0 | 0.0 | 342 | 461 | 10 | 114 | .988 | 5.426 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nellie Fox | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 6.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy DeMars | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don White | 3B | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 34 | 4 | 5 | .923 | 2.824 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Majeski | 3B | 142 | 0 | 0.0 | 163 | 268 | 11 | 19 | .975 | 3.035 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy DeMars | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buddy Rosar | C | 90 | 0 | 0.0 | 335 | 39 | 1 | 10 | .997 | 4.156 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Guerra | C | 47 | 0 | 0.0 | 163 | 20 | 5 | 1 | .973 | 3.894 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herman Franks | C | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 113 | 17 | 3 | 2 | .977 | 4.815 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earle Brucker | C | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don White | OF | 54 | 0 | 0.0 | 108 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .957 | 2.056 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Wellman | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elmer Valo | OF | 109 | 0 | 0.0 | 231 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .983 | 2.156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Scheib | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barney McCosky | OF | 134 | 0 | 0.0 | 277 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .990 | 2.134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Coleman | OF | 53 | 0 | 0.0 | 126 | 7 | 3 | 3 | .978 | 2.509 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Chapman | OF | 118 | 0 | 0.0 | 368 | 8 | 7 | 2 | .982 | 3.186 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Binks | OF | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.357 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Scheib | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 36 | 1 | 5 | .980 | 1.563 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Savage | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nels Potter | P | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill McCahan | P | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .941 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Marchildon | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 36 | 4 | 5 | .920 | 1.394 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alex Kellner | P | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Holborow | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 1.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bubba Harris | P | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .950 | .422 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Fowler | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 4 | .976 | 1.379 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Dietrich | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Coleman | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 33 | 3 | 3 | .929 | 1.182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Brissie | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .769 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Skeeter Webb | SS | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 28 | 2 | 5 | .952 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Majeski | SS | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 4 | .974 | 4.625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Joost | SS | 135 | 0 | 0.0 | 325 | 409 | 20 | 115 | .973 | 5.437 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy DeMars | SS | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 22 | 3 | 7 | .927 | 4.222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1584 | 0 | 0.0 | 4108 | 1709 | 113 | 479 | .981 | 3.672 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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