1948 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS

| Level: MLB

Location:
Team Record: 84-70 .545
Result: 4th in American League
Manager(s): Connie Mack
General Manager:
Stadium: Shibe Park
Attendance: 945,076
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Philadelphia Athletics affiliate history

Oldest Player: Skeeter Webb (38)
Youngest Player: Nellie Fox (20)
Longest Tenure: Sam Chapman (8)
Top Hitter: Hank Majeski (9)
Top Pitcher: Lou Brissie (13)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 84.74%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Cleveland	97	58	.626	--
Boston	96	59	.619	1.0
NY Yankees	94	60	.610	2.5
Philadelphia	84	70	.545	12.5
Detroit	78	76	.506	18.5
St. Louis	59	94	.386	37.0
Washington	56	97	.366	40.0
Chi White Sox	51	101	.336	44.5

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
3	Hank Majeski	3b	9	31	-	MLB	148	590	88	183	41	4	12	120	2	1	48	43	6		2		19	.310	.000	.454	454	268			-	-
5	Ferris Fain	1b	25	27	-	MLB	145	520	81	146	27	6	7	88	10	5	113	37	3		8		17	.281	.000	.396	396	206			-	-
12	Pete Suder	2b-3b	35	32	-	MLB	148	519	64	125	23	5	7	60	1	3	60	60	1		13		10	.241	.000	.345	345	179			-	-
7	Barney McCosky	of	22	31	-	MLB	135	515	95	168	21	5	0	46	1	3	68	22	0		22		10	.326	.000	.386	386	199			-	-
1	Eddie Joost	ss	15	32	-	MLB	135	509	99	127	22	2	16	55	2	4	119	87	1		8		4	.250	.000	.395	395	201			-	-
4	Sam Chapman	of	47	32	-	MLB	123	445	58	115	18	6	13	70	6	1	55	50	1		5		18	.258	.000	.413	413	184			-	-
10	Elmer Valo	of	41	27	-	MLB	113	383	72	117	17	4	3	46	10	6	81	13	4		7		11	.305	.000	.394	394	151			-	-
8	Buddy Rosar	c	-	33	-	MLB	90	302	30	77	13	0	4	41	0	2	39	12	2		6		3	.255	.000	.338	338	102			-	-
15	Don White	of-3b	-	29	-	MLB	86	253	29	62	14	2	1	28	0	1	19	16	2		6		6	.245	.000	.328	328	83			-	-
11	Ray Coleman	of	59	26	-	MLB	68	210	32	51	6	6	0	21	4	3	31	17	0		8		11	.243	.000	.329	329	69			-	-
9	Mike Guerra	c	-	35	-	MLB	53	142	18	30	4	2	1	23	2	3	18	13	0		5		6	.211	.000	.289	289	41			-	-
24	Carl Scheib	p	-	21	-	MLB	52	104	14	31	8	3	2	21	0	0	8	17	0		0		3	.298	.000	.490	490	51			-	-
14	Herman Franks	c	-	34	-	MLB	40	98	10	22	7	1	1	14	0	0	16	11	2		4		4	.224	.000	.347	347	34			-	-
25	Dick Fowler	p	-	27	-	MLB	29	82	5	14	1	0	1	8	0	0	3	10	0		4		2	.171	.000	.220	220	18			-	-
19	Lou Brissie	p	-	24	-	MLB	39	76	3	18	1	0	0	10	0	0	2	8	0		5		3	.237	.000	.250	250	19			-	-
20	Joe Coleman	p	-	25	-	MLB	33	74	2	9	2	0	0	7	0	0	5	29	0		6		2	.122	.000	.149	149	11			-	-
21	Phil Marchildon	p	-	34	-	MLB	33	72	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	10	30	0		3		2	.069	.000	.069	69	5			-	-
2	Skeeter Webb	ss-2b	-	38	-	MLB	23	54	5	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	0		1		2	.148	.000	.185	185	10			-	-
6	Rudy York	1b	-	34	-	MLB	31	51	4	8	0	0	0	6	0	0	7	15	0		0		2	.157	.000	.157	157	8			-	-
11	George Binks	of	-	31	-	MLB	17	41	2	4	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	2	0		1		1	.098	.000	.122	122	5			-	-
23	Bill McCahan	p	-	27	-	MLB	17	31	4	8	1	0	0	8	0	0	2	2	0		0		0	.258	.000	.290	290	9			-	-
30	Billy DeMars	ss	-	22	-	MLB	18	29	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	3	0		1		0	.172	.000	.172	172	5			-	-
17	Bubba Harris	p	-	22	-	MLB	45	24	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	0		2		0	.125	.000	.125	125	3			-	-
16	Bob Savage	p	-	26	-	MLB	33	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	0		2		0	.077	.000	.077	77	1			-	-
41	Nellie Fox	2b	-	20	-	MLB	3	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	.154	.000	.154	154	2			-	-
56	Bob Wellman	of-1b	-	22	-	MLB	4	10	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	0		0		0	.200	.000	.400	400	4			-	-
28	Earle Brucker	c	-	22	-	MLB	2	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	.167	.000	.333	333	2			-	-
22	Alex Kellner	p	-	23	-	MLB	13	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
18	Wally Holborow	p	-	34	-	MLB	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0		1		0	.500	.000	.750	750	3			-	-
22	Nels Potter	p	-	36	-	MLB	8	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		1	.250	.000	.250	250	1			-	-
18	Bill Dietrich	p	-	38	-	MLB	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
21	Phil Marchildon	22	34	-	MLB	9	15	4.53	33	30	12	1	3	0	226.1	214	133	114	19	131	66	7	0	1.52	8.51	0.76	5.21	2.62	1.98	--	--
20	Joe Coleman	18	25	-	MLB	14	13	4.09	33	29	13	3	2	0	215.2	224	105	98	11	90	86	6	1	1.46	9.35	0.46	3.76	3.59	1.05	--	--
25	Dick Fowler	20	27	-	MLB	15	8	3.78	29	26	16	2	2	2	204.2	221	93	86	15	76	50	0	1	1.45	9.72	0.66	3.34	2.20	1.52	--	--
24	Carl Scheib	27	21	-	MLB	14	8	3.94	32	24	15	1	7	0	198.2	219	90	87	14	76	44	2	0	1.48	9.92	0.63	3.44	1.99	1.73	--	--
19	Lou Brissie	13	24	-	MLB	14	10	4.13	39	25	11	0	13	5	194.0	202	100	89	6	95	127	7	0	1.53	9.37	0.28	4.41	5.89	0.75	--	--
17	Bubba Harris	33	22	-	MLB	5	2	4.13	45	0	0	0	19	5	93.2	89	51	43	2	35	32	1	1	1.32	8.55	0.19	3.36	3.07	1.09	--	--
23	Bill McCahan	-	27	-	MLB	4	7	5.71	17	15	5	0	2	0	86.2	98	58	55	8	65	20	3	0	1.88	10.18	0.83	6.75	2.08	3.25	--	--
16	Bob Savage	42	26	-	MLB	5	1	6.21	33	1	1	0	19	5	75.1	98	55	52	9	33	26	5	1	1.74	11.71	1.08	3.94	3.11	1.27	--	--
22	Alex Kellner	-	23	-	MLB	0	0	7.83	13	1	0	0	5	0	23.0	21	20	20	0	16	14	3	0	1.61	8.22	0.00	6.26	5.48	1.14	--	--
22	Nels Potter	-	36	-	MLB	2	2	4.00	8	0	0	0	5	1	18.0	17	8	8	1	5	13	0	0	1.22	8.50	0.50	2.50	6.50	0.38	--	--
18	Wally Holborow	-	34	-	MLB	1	2	5.71	5	1	1	0	1	0	17.1	32	12	11	1	7	3	0	0	2.25	16.62	0.52	3.63	1.56	2.33	--	--
18	Bill Dietrich	-	38	-	MLB	1	2	5.87	4	2	0	0	2	0	15.1	21	10	10	0	9	5	1	0	1.96	12.33	0.00	5.28	2.93	1.80	--	--
Totals: (31 players)						84	70	4.43	154	154	74	7	80	18	1,369	1456	735	673	68	638	486	35	4	1.51	9.57	0.57	4.20	3.20	1.31	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Buddy Rosar	C	90		335	39	1	10	.997	0.00
Mike Guerra	C	47		163	20	5	1	.973	0.00
Herman Franks	C	27		113	17	3	2	.977	0.00
Earle Brucker	C	2		6	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ferris Fain	1B	145		1284	120	16	148	.989	0.00
Rudy York	1B	14		77	5	1	10	.988	0.00
Bob Wellman	1B	2		22	1	0	2	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Pete Suder	2B	148		342	461	10	114	.988	0.00
Skeeter Webb	2B	9		12	14	0	7	1.000	0.00
Nellie Fox	2B	3		13	6	1	1	.950	0.00
Billy DeMars	2B	1		2	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Hank Majeski	3B	142		163	268	11	19	.975	0.00
Don White	3B	17		14	34	4	5	.923	0.00
Billy DeMars	3B	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Eddie Joost	SS	135		325	409	20	115	.973	0.00
Billy DeMars	SS	9		16	22	3	7	.927	0.00
Hank Majeski	SS	8		13	24	1	4	.974	0.00
Skeeter Webb	SS	8		12	28	2	5	.952	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Barney McCosky	OF	134		277	9	3	1	.990	0.00
Sam Chapman	OF	118		368	8	7	2	.982	0.00
Elmer Valo	OF	109		231	4	4	1	.983	0.00
Don White	OF	54		108	3	5	1	.957	0.00
Ray Coleman	OF	53		126	7	3	3	.978	0.00
George Binks	OF	14		18	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Carl Scheib	OF	2		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bob Wellman	OF	1		4	0	1	0	.800	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bubba Harris	P	45	93	4	15	1	1	.950	1.83
Lou Brissie	P	39	194	8	22	0	1	1.000	1.39
Joe Coleman	P	33	215	6	33	3	3	.929	1.63
Phil Marchildon	P	33	226	10	36	4	5	.920	1.83
Bob Savage	P	33	75	1	11	0	0	1.000	1.44
Carl Scheib	P	32	198	14	36	1	5	.980	2.27
Dick Fowler	P	29	204	10	30	1	4	.976	1.76
Bill McCahan	P	17	86	6	10	1	0	.941	1.67
Alex Kellner	P	13	23	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.78
Nels Potter	P	8	18	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.00
Wally Holborow	P	5	17	2	6	1	1	.889	4.21
Bill Dietrich	P	4	15	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.79

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