1949 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 81-73
Finished 5th in the AL
Attendance: 816,514, Avg. 13,207
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Connie Mack (81-73)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1949 Philadelphia Athletics Roster
1949 Philadelphia Athletics Results

The Philadelphia Athletics of the American League ended the 1949 season with a record of 81 wins and 73 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.

The Athletics plated 726 runs and yielded 725 runs. Sam Chapman paced Philadelphia with 24 home runs, while Eddie Joost walloped 20 or more, too. Sam Chapman drove in 108 runs. Elmer Valo led all regular hitters with a .283 average. Alex Kellner topped the squad with 20 wins, and Lou Brissie and Dick Fowler also added 15 or more victories also Bobby Shantz recorded a 3.40 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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Alex Kellner	20	12	.625	3.75	38	27	9	19	0	1	245.0	243	120	102	18	129	94	2	3	7	1069
Lou Brissie	16	11	.593	4.28	34	29	5	18	0	3	229.3	220	113	109	20	118	118	5	1	10	1005
Dick Fowler	15	11	.577	3.75	31	28	3	15	4	1	213.7	210	108	89	13	115	43	2	0	2	929
Joe Coleman	13	14	.481	3.86	33	30	3	18	1	1	240.3	249	119	103	12	127	109	3	1	3	1063
Carl Scheib	9	12	.429	5.12	38	23	13	11	2	0	182.7	191	117	104	16	118	43	2	0	3	821
Bobby Shantz	6	8	.429	3.40	33	7	16	4	1	2	127.0	100	50	48	9	74	58	3	0	3	537
Bill McCahan	1	1	.500	2.61	7	4	1	0	0	0	20.7	23	9	6	0	9	3	0	0	1	91
Bubba Harris	1	1	.500	5.44	37	0	17	0	0	3	84.3	92	57	51	12	42	18	1	0	1	373
Clem Hausmann	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	4
Jim Wilson	0	0		14.40	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	7	8	8	2	5	2	0	0	0	25
Phil Marchildon	0	3	.000	11.81	7	6	1	0	0	0	16.0	24	23	21	3	19	2	1	0	2	89
Totals	81	73	.526	4.23	261	154	69	85	8	11	1365.0	1359	725	642	105	758	490	19	5	33	6006

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	154	674	589	89	164	24	4	24	108	3	4	80	68	.278	.367	.455	.822	268	23	2	3
Elmer Valo	150	680	547	86	155	27	12	5	85	14	11	119	32	.283	.413	.404	.817	221	11	2	12
Eddie Joost	144	682	525	128	138	25	3	23	81	2	1	149	80	.263	.429	.453	.883	238	6	4	4
Ferris Fain	150	672	525	81	138	21	5	3	78	8	1	136	51	.263	.415	.339	.754	178	15	0	11
Hank Majeski	114	487	448	62	124	26	5	9	67	0	1	29	23	.277	.326	.417	.744	187	18	4	6
Pete Suder	118	477	445	44	119	24	6	10	75	0	1	23	35	.267	.306	.416	.722	185	20	2	7
Wally Moses	110	370	308	49	85	19	3	1	25	1	3	51	19	.276	.381	.367	.747	113	3	1	10
Mike Guerra	98	344	298	41	79	14	1	3	31	3	0	37	26	.265	.346	.349	.695	104	11	0	9
Nellie Fox	88	296	247	42	63	6	2	0	21	2	2	32	9	.255	.354	.296	.650	73	10	6	11
Joe Astroth	55	170	148	18	36	4	1	0	12	1	0	21	13	.243	.337	.284	.621	42	6	0	1
Don White	57	187	169	12	36	6	0	0	10	2	0	14	12	.213	.273	.249	.522	42	4	0	4
Taffy Wright	59	172	149	14	35	2	5	2	25	0	0	16	6	.235	.321	.356	.677	53	8	3	4
Lou Brissie	34	97	90	7	24	2	1	0	6	0	0	1	8	.267	.275	.311	.586	28	4	0	6
Tod Davis	31	87	75	7	20	0	1	1	6	0	0	9	16	.267	.345	.333	.679	25	1	0	3
Alex Kellner	38	103	92	7	20	1	0	0	10	0	0	7	15	.217	.273	.228	.501	21	2	0	4
Buddy Rosar	32	114	95	7	19	2	0	0	6	0	0	16	5	.200	.315	.221	.536	21	3	0	3
Dick Fowler	31	86	77	5	18	2	0	0	11	0	1	7	10	.234	.298	.260	.557	20	3	0	2
Carl Scheib	47	82	72	9	17	2	0	0	10	0	0	8	10	.236	.313	.264	.576	19	2	0	2
Joe Coleman	33	91	79	4	14	3	0	1	5	0	0	5	29	.177	.226	.253	.479	20	4	0	7
Augie Galan	12	36	26	4	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	2	.308	.486	.385	.870	10	1	0	1
Bobby Shantz	33	46	37	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	6	.189	.302	.189	.492	7	0	1	3
Bobby Estalella	8	21	20	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	.250	.286	.250	.536	5	5	0	0
Bubba Harris	37	27	24	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	3	0	0	3
Hank Biasatti	21	33	24	6	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	8	5	.083	.313	.167	.479	4	0	0	1
Bill McCahan	7	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0
Phil Marchildon	7	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0
Jim Wilson	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Clem Hausmann	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1671	6048	5123	726	1331	214	49	82	680	36	25	783	493	.260	.361	.369	.729	1889	160	25	117

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Ferris Fain	1B	150	1275	122	22	194	.984	9.313	0
Hank Biasatti	1B	8	44	2	1	4	.979	5.750	0
Pete Suder	2B	89	203	259	12	85	.975	5.191	0
Nellie Fox	2B	77	191	196	7	68	.982	5.026	0
Tod Davis	2B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Don White	3B	4	2	5	1	2	.875	1.750	0
Pete Suder	3B	36	37	70	5	9	.955	2.972	0
Hank Majeski	3B	113	117	219	15	37	.957	2.973	0
Tod Davis	3B	12	5	20	1	6	.962	2.083	0
Buddy Rosar	C	31	112	9	1	2	.992	3.903	1
Mike Guerra	C	95	328	48	7	3	.982	3.958	7
Joe Astroth	C	44	163	24	4	4	.979	4.250	2
Taffy Wright	OF	35	60	5	2	0	.970	1.857	0
Don White	OF	48	89	4	1	0	.989	1.938	0
Elmer Valo	OF	150	395	8	8	0	.981	2.687	0
Wally Moses	OF	92	169	7	3	3	.983	1.913	0
Augie Galan	OF	9	16	0	0	0	1.000	1.778	0
Bobby Estalella	OF	6	9	1	0	1	1.000	1.667	0
Sam Chapman	OF	154	450	11	10	3	.979	2.994	0
Jim Wilson	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Bobby Shantz	P	33	12	36	0	5	1.000	1.455	0
Carl Scheib	P	38	6	24	3	3	.909	.789	0
Bill McCahan	P	7	0	3	0	0	1.000	.429	0
Phil Marchildon	P	7	1	3	1	0	.800	.571	0
Alex Kellner	P	38	9	46	3	4	.948	1.447	0
Clem Hausmann	P	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.000	0
Bubba Harris	P	37	3	27	0	3	1.000	.811	0
Dick Fowler	P	31	15	46	1	5	.984	1.968	0
Joe Coleman	P	33	7	23	2	3	.938	.909	0
Lou Brissie	P	34	6	21	0	3	1.000	.794	0
Pete Suder	SS	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Eddie Joost	SS	144	352	442	25	126	.969	5.514	0
Tod Davis	SS	14	26	26	5	9	.912	3.714	0
Totals		1575	4102	1710	140	583	.976	3.690	10

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