1949 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS

| Level: MLB

Location:
Team Record: 81-73 .526
Result: 5th in American League
Manager(s): Connie Mack
General Manager:
Stadium: Shibe Park
Attendance: 816,514
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Philadelphia Athletics affiliate history

Oldest Player: Wally Moses (38)
Youngest Player: Nellie Fox (21)
Longest Tenure: Sam Chapman (9)
Top Hitter: Eddie Joost (6)
Top Pitcher: Lou Brissie (13)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 80.74%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Yankees	97	57	.630	--
Boston	96	58	.623	1.0
Cleveland	89	65	.578	8.0
Detroit	87	67	.565	10.0
Philadelphia	81	73	.526	16.0
Chi White Sox	63	91	.409	34.0
St. Louis	53	101	.344	44.0
Washington	50	104	.325	47.0

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
4	Sam Chapman	of	14	33	-	MLB	154	589	89	164	24	4	24	108	3	4	80	68	2		3		23	.278	.000	.455	455	268			-	-
10	Elmer Valo	of	11	28	-	MLB	150	547	86	155	27	12	5	85	14	11	119	32	2		12		11	.283	.000	.404	404	221			-	-
1	Eddie Joost	ss	6	33	-	MLB	144	525	128	138	25	3	23	81	2	1	149	80	4		4		6	.263	.000	.453	453	238			-	-
5	Ferris Fain	1b	25	28	-	MLB	150	525	81	138	21	5	3	78	8	1	136	51	0		11		15	.263	.000	.339	339	178			-	-
3	Hank Majeski	3b	41	32	-	MLB	114	448	62	124	26	5	9	67	0	1	29	23	4		6		18	.277	.000	.417	417	187			-	-
12	Pete Suder	2b-3b	57	33	-	MLB	118	445	44	119	24	6	10	75	0	1	23	35	2		7		20	.267	.000	.416	416	185			-	-
2	Wally Moses	of	53	38	-	MLB	110	308	49	85	19	3	1	25	1	3	51	19	1		10		3	.276	.000	.367	367	113			-	-
9	Mike Guerra	c	64	36	-	MLB	98	298	41	79	14	1	3	31	3	0	37	26	0		9		11	.265	.000	.349	349	104			-	-
41,18	Nellie Fox	2b	38	21	-	MLB	88	247	42	63	6	2	0	21	2	2	32	9	6		11		10	.255	.000	.296	296	73			-	-
13,15	Don White	of-3b	-	30	-	MLB	57	169	12	36	6	0	0	10	2	0	14	12	0		4		4	.213	.000	.249	249	42			-	-
6	Taffy Wright	of	63	37	-	MLB	59	149	14	35	2	5	2	25	0	0	16	6	3		4		8	.235	.000	.356	356	53			-	-
9,14	Joe Astroth	c	-	26	-	MLB	55	148	18	36	4	1	0	12	1	0	21	13	0		1		6	.243	.000	.284	284	42			-	-
8	Buddy Rosar	c	-	34	-	MLB	32	95	7	19	2	0	0	6	0	0	16	5	0		3		3	.200	.000	.221	221	21			-	-
22	Alex Kellner	p	-	24	-	MLB	38	92	7	20	1	0	0	10	0	0	7	15	0		4		2	.217	.000	.228	228	21			-	-
19	Lou Brissie	p	-	25	-	MLB	34	90	7	24	2	1	0	6	0	0	1	8	0		6		4	.267	.000	.311	311	28			-	-
20	Joe Coleman	p	-	26	-	MLB	33	79	4	14	3	0	1	5	0	0	5	29	0		7		4	.177	.000	.253	253	20			-	-
25	Dick Fowler	p	-	28	-	MLB	31	77	5	18	2	0	0	11	0	1	7	10	0		2		3	.234	.000	.260	260	20			-	-
16,31	Tod Davis	ss-3b	-	24	-	MLB	31	75	7	20	0	1	1	6	0	0	9	16	0		3		1	.267	.000	.333	333	25			-	-
24	Carl Scheib	p	-	22	-	MLB	47	72	9	17	2	0	0	10	0	0	8	10	0		2		2	.236	.000	.264	264	19			-	-
30	Bobby Shantz	p	-	23	-	MLB	33	37	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	6	1		3		0	.189	.000	.189	189	7			-	-
34	Augie Galan	of	-	37	-	MLB	12	26	4	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0		1		1	.308	.000	.385	385	10			-	-
17,11	Bubba Harris	p	-	23	-	MLB	37	24	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0		3		0	.125	.000	.125	125	3			-	-
11,39	Hank Biasatti	1b	-	27	-	MLB	21	24	6	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	8	5	0		1		0	.083	.000	.167	167	4			-	-
11	Bobby Estalella	of	-	38	-	MLB	8	20	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	0		0		5	.250	.000	.250	250	5			-	-
21	Phil Marchildon	p	-	35	-	MLB	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		0		0	.167	.000	.167	167	1			-	-
23	Bill McCahan	p	-	28	-	MLB	7	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0		0	.200	.000	.200	200	1			-	-
28,34	Jim Wilson	p	-	27	-	MLB	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
22	Alex Kellner	16	24	-	MLB	20	12	3.75	38	27	19	0	9	1	245.0	243	120	102	18	129	94	7	3	1.52	8.93	0.66	4.74	3.45	1.37	--	--
20	Joe Coleman	19	26	-	MLB	13	14	3.86	33	30	18	1	3	1	240.1	249	119	103	12	127	109	3	1	1.56	9.32	0.45	4.76	4.08	1.17	--	--
19	Lou Brissie	13	25	-	MLB	16	11	4.28	34	29	18	0	5	3	229.1	220	113	109	20	118	118	10	1	1.47	8.63	0.78	4.63	4.63	1.00	--	--
25	Dick Fowler	22	28	-	MLB	15	11	3.75	31	28	15	4	3	1	213.2	210	108	89	13	115	43	2	0	1.52	8.85	0.55	4.84	1.81	2.67	--	--
24	Carl Scheib	40	22	-	MLB	9	12	5.12	38	23	11	2	13	0	182.2	191	117	104	16	118	43	3	0	1.69	9.41	0.79	5.81	2.12	2.74	--	--
30	Bobby Shantz	48	23	-	MLB	6	8	3.40	33	7	4	1	16	2	127.0	100	50	48	9	74	58	3	0	1.37	7.09	0.64	5.24	4.11	1.28	--	--
17,11	Bubba Harris	36	23	-	MLB	1	1	5.44	37	0	0	0	17	3	84.1	92	57	51	12	42	18	1	0	1.59	9.82	1.28	4.48	1.92	2.33	--	--
23	Bill McCahan	-	28	-	MLB	1	1	2.61	7	4	0	0	1	0	20.2	23	9	6	0	9	3	1	0	1.55	10.02	0.00	3.92	1.31	3.00	--	--
21	Phil Marchildon	-	35	-	MLB	0	3	11.81	7	6	0	0	1	0	16.0	24	23	21	3	19	2	2	0	2.69	13.50	1.69	10.69	1.13	9.50	--	--
28,34	Jim Wilson	-	27	-	MLB	0	0	14.40	2	0	0	0	1	0	5.0	7	8	8	2	5	2	0	0	2.40	12.60	3.60	9.00	3.60	2.50	--	--
36	Clem Hausmann	-	29	-	MLB	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	2.00	0.00	0.00	18.00	0.00	--	--	--
Totals: (27 players)						81	73	4.23	154	154	85	8	69	11	1,365	1359	725	642	82	758	490	33	5	1.55	8.96	0.69	5.00	3.23	1.55	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mike Guerra	C	95		328	48	7	3	.982	0.00
Joe Astroth	C	44		163	24	4	4	.979	0.00
Buddy Rosar	C	31		112	9	1	2	.992	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ferris Fain	1B	150		1275	122	22	194	.984	0.00
Hank Biasatti	1B	8		44	2	1	4	.979	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Pete Suder	2B	89		203	259	12	85	.975	0.00
Nellie Fox	2B	77		191	196	7	68	.982	0.00
Tod Davis	2B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Hank Majeski	3B	113		117	219	15	37	.957	0.00
Pete Suder	3B	36		37	70	5	9	.955	0.00
Tod Davis	3B	12		5	20	1	6	.962	0.00
Don White	3B	4		2	5	1	2	.875	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Eddie Joost	SS	144		352	442	25	126	.969	0.00
Tod Davis	SS	14		26	26	5	9	.912	0.00
Pete Suder	SS	2		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Sam Chapman	OF	154		450	11	10	3	.979	0.00
Elmer Valo	OF	150		395	8	8	0	.981	0.00
Wally Moses	OF	92		169	7	3	3	.983	0.00
Don White	OF	48		89	4	1	0	.989	0.00
Taffy Wright	OF	35		60	5	2	0	.970	0.00
Augie Galan	OF	9		16	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bobby Estalella	OF	6		9	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Alex Kellner	P	38	245	9	46	3	4	.948	2.02
Carl Scheib	P	38	182	6	24	3	3	.909	1.48
Bubba Harris	P	37	84	3	27	0	3	1.000	3.21
Lou Brissie	P	34	229	6	21	0	3	1.000	1.06
Joe Coleman	P	33	240	7	23	2	3	.937	1.12
Bobby Shantz	P	33	127	12	36	0	5	1.000	3.40
Dick Fowler	P	31	213	15	46	1	5	.984	2.58
Phil Marchildon	P	7	16	1	3	1	0	.800	2.25
Bill McCahan	P	7	20	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.34
Jim Wilson	P	2	5	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Clem Hausmann	P	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	9.00

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