1946 Philadelphia Athletics season
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Ballpark | Shibe Park |
City | Philadelphia |
Owners | Connie Mack |
Managers | Connie Mack |
Radio | WIBG (By Saam, Claude Haring) |
The 1946 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 49 wins and 105 losses.
Regular season
Buddy Rosar led the American League in assists and set the record for errorless games by a catcher, posting a 1.000 fielding percentage in 117 games.[1][2]
Season standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Red Sox | 104 | 50 | .675 | — | 61–16 | 43–34 |
Detroit Tigers | 92 | 62 | .597 | 12 | 48–30 | 44–32 |
New York Yankees | 87 | 67 | .565 | 17 | 47–30 | 40–37 |
Washington Senators | 76 | 78 | .494 | 28 | 38–38 | 38–40 |
Chicago White Sox | 74 | 80 | .481 | 30 | 40–38 | 34–42 |
Cleveland Indians | 68 | 86 | .442 | 36 | 36–41 | 32–45 |
St. Louis Browns | 66 | 88 | .429 | 38 | 35–41 | 31–47 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 49 | 105 | .318 | 55 | 31–46 | 18–59 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 13–9 | 15–7 | 15–7–1 | 14–8 | 17–5 | 14–8–1 | 16–6 | |||||
Chicago | 9–13 | — | 13–9–1 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 10–12 | |||||
Cleveland | 7–15 | 9–13–1 | — | 5–17 | 10–12 | 15–7 | 15–7–1 | 7–15 | |||||
Detroit | 7–15–1 | 12–10 | 17–5 | — | 13–9 | 17–5 | 14–8 | 12–10 | |||||
New York | 8–14 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 9–13 | — | 16–6 | 14–8 | 14–8 | |||||
Philadelphia | 5–17 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 5–17 | 6–16 | — | 10–12 | 6–16–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 8–14–1 | 10–12 | 7–15–1 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 12–10 | — | 13–9 | |||||
Washington | 6–16 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 16–6–1 | 9–13 | — |
Roster
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Outfielders
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Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Buddy Rosar | 121 | 424 | 120 | .283 | 2 | 47 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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George Kell | 26 | 87 | 26 | .299 | 0 | 11 |
George Armstrong | 8 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bobo Newsom | 10 | 58.2 | 3 | 5 | 3.38 | 32 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bob Savage | 40 | 164 | 3 | 15 | 4.06 | 78 |
Herman Besse | 7 | 20.2 | 0 | 2 | 5.23 | 10 |
Joe Coleman | 4 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 5.54 | 8 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Everett Fagan | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.80 | 12 |
Joe Berry | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.77 | 5 |
Norm Brown | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.14 | 3 |
Pat Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
Porter Vaughan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 |
Farm system
References
- ^ Buddy Rosar at Baseball Reference
- ^ Buddy Rosar at The Encyclopedia of Catchers
External links
- 1946 Philadelphia Athletics team at Baseball-Reference
- 1946 Philadelphia Athletics team page at baseball-almanac.com