1946 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkShibe Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersConnie Mack
ManagersConnie Mack
RadioWIBG
(By Saam, Claude Haring)
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The 1946 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth 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

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 104 50 0.675 — 61–16 43–34
Detroit Tigers 92 62 0.597 12 48–30 44–32
New York Yankees 87 67 0.565 17 47–30 40–37
Washington Senators 76 78 0.494 28 38–38 38–40
Chicago White Sox 74 80 0.481 30 40–38 34–42
Cleveland Indians 68 86 0.442 36 36–41 32–45
St. Louis Browns 66 88 0.429 38 35–41 31–47
Philadelphia Athletics 49 105 0.318 55 31–46 18–59

Record vs. opponents

1946 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

1946 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
C Buddy Rosar 121 424 120 .283 2 47
1B George McQuinn 136 484 109 .225 3 35
2B Gene Handley 89 251 63 .251 0 21
SS Pete Suder 128 455 128 .281 2 50
3B Hank Majeski 78 264 66 .250 1 25
OF Elmer Valo 108 348 107 .307 1 31
OF Barney McCosky 92 308 109 .354 1 34
OF Sam Chapman 146 545 142 .261 20 67

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
Tuck Stainback 91 291 71 .244 0 20
Jack Wallaesa 63 194 38 .196 5 11
Oscar Grimes 59 191 50 .262 1 20
Irv Hall 63 185 46 .249 0 19
Russ Derry 69 184 38 .207 0 14
Hal Peck 48 150 37 .247 2 11
Gene Desautels 52 130 28 .215 0 13
Jake Caulfield 44 94 26 .277 0 10
Bruce Konopka 38 93 22 .237 0 9
George Kell 26 87 26 .299 0 11
Don Richmond 16 62 18 .290 1 9
Ford Garrison 9 37 4 .108 0 0
Joe Astroth 4 7 1 .143 0 0
George Armstrong 8 6 1 .167 0 0
Vern Benson 7 5 0 .000 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
Phil Marchildon 36 226.2 13 16 3.49 95
Dick Fowler 32 205.2 9 16 3.28 89
Lou Knerr 30 148.1 3 16 5.40 58
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
Bob Savage 40 164.0 3 15 4.06 78
Jesse Flores 29 155.0 9 7 2.32 48
Lum Harris 34 125.1 3 14 5.24 33
Russ Christopher 30 119.1 5 7 4.30 79
Herman Besse 7 20.2 0 2 5.23 10
Bill McCahan 4 18.0 1 1 1.00 6
Joe Coleman 4 13.0 0 2 5.54 8
Jack Knott 3 6.1 0 1 5.68 2

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
Everett Fagan 20 0 1 0 4.80 12
Lee Griffeth 10 0 0 0 2.93 4
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

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Toronto Maple Leafs International League Harry Davis and Bill Norman
A Savannah Indians Sally League Chief Bender and Lena Blackburne
B Lancaster Red Roses Interstate League Tom Oliver
C Kingston Ponies Border League Ben Lady
C Martinsville Athletics Carolina League Cliff Bolton
D Federalsburg A's Eastern Shore League Lew Krausse, Sr.
D Lexington A's North Carolina State League Jimmy Maus

References

  1. ^ Buddy Rosar at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Buddy Rosar at The Encyclopedia of Catchers

External links


1946 MLB season by team
Oakland Athletics
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