1947 Philadelphia Athletics season

1947 Philadelphia Athletics
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Owner(s) Connie Mack
Manager(s) Connie Mack
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(By Saam, Chuck Thompson)
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The 1947 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 78 wins and 76 losses.

Except for a fifth-place finish in 1944, the A's finished in last or next-to-last place every year from 1935–1946. In 1947, Connie Mack not only got the A's out of last place, but actually finished with a winning record for the first time in 14 years.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees9757.630--
Detroit Tigers8569.55212
Boston Red Sox8371.53914
Cleveland Indians8074.51917
Philadelphia Athletics7876.50619
Chicago White Sox7084.45527
Washington Senators6490.41633
St. Louis Browns5995.38338

Record vs. opponents

1947 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —16–6–19–1312–10–19–1310–12–115–712–10
Chicago 6–16–1—11–117–1510–1211–1111–1114–8
Cleveland 13–911–11—8–14–27–1511–11–117–513–9
Detroit 10–12–115–714–8–2—8–14–111–1115–712–10
New York 13–912–1015–714–8–1—13–915–715–7
Philadelphia 12–10–111–1111–11–111–119–13—13–911–11
St. Louis 7–1511–115–177–157–159–13—13–9
Washington 10–128–149–1310–127–1511–119–13—

Roster

1947 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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
CBuddy Rosar10235993.259133
1BFerris Fain136461134.291771
2BPete Suder145528127.241560
3BHank Majeski141479134.280872
SSEddie Joost151540111.2061364
OFElmer Valo112370111.300536
OFBarney McCosky137546179.328152
OFSam Chapman149551139.2521483

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
Dick Adams378918.202211
Pat Cooper13164.25003
Ray Poole13133.23101
Tom Kirk110.00000

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
Joe Coleman32160.16124.3265
Jesse Flores28151.14133.3941
Bill Dietrich1160.2523.1218
Lou Brissie17016.434

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 Savage441468103.7656

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
Russ Christopher44107122.9033

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AA Birmingham Barons Southern Association Dick Porter
A Savannah Indians Sally League Tom Oliver and Jimmy Adair
A Lincoln Athletics Western League Ham Schulte and Tom Oliver
B Lancaster Red Roses Interstate League Charlie English and Clayton Sheedy
C Martinsville Athletics Carolina League Joe Glenn and Woody Wheaton
C Moline A's Central Association Woody Wheaton and Joe Glenn
C Niagara Falls Fronters Middle Atlantic League Steve Mizerak
D Welch Miners Appalachian League Walter Youse and Joe Bird
D Federalsburg A's Eastern Shore League Pep Rambert
D Nyack Rockies North Atlantic League Emil Schwab
D Lexington Indians North Carolina State League Homer Lee Cox
D Red Springs Red Robins Tobacco State League Red Norris

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Savannah[3]

References

  1. ↑ Lou Brissie at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ Hal Epps at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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