1949 Philadelphia Athletics season

1949 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
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Owner(s) Connie Mack
Manager(s) Connie Mack
Local television WPTZ/WCAU/WFIL
Local radio WIBG
(By Saam, George Walsh, Claude Haring)
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The 1949 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 5th in the American League with a record of 81 wins and 73 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

The 1949 Philadelphia Athletics team set a major league team record of 217 double plays, a record which still stands as of 2010.[4][5]

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees9757.630--
Boston Red Sox9658.6231
Cleveland Indians8965.5788
Detroit Tigers8767.56510
Philadelphia Athletics8173.52616
Chicago White Sox6391.40934
St. Louis Browns53101.34444
Washington Senators50104.32547

Record vs. opponents

1949 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —17–58–1415–7–19–1314–815–718–4
Chicago 5–17—7–158–147–156–1615–715–7
Cleveland 14–815–7—13–910–129–1315–713–9
Detroit 7–15–114–89–13—11–1114–814–818–4
New York 13–915–712–1011–11—14–817–5–115–7
Philadelphia 8–1416–613–98–148–14—12–1016–6
St. Louis 7–157–157–158–145–17–110–12—9–13
Washington 4–187–159–134–187–156–1613–9—

Notable transactions

Roster

1949 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

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
Don White5716936.213010
Tod Davis317520.26716
Bobby Estalella8205.25003

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 Coleman33240.113143.86109
Lou Brissie34229.116114.28118
Dick Fowler31213.115113.7543

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
Bill McCahan720.2112.613

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
Bubba Harris371135.4418

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
A Savannah Indians Sally League Frank Skaff
A Lincoln Athletics Western League Jimmie DeShong
B Martinsville Athletics Carolina League George Staller
C Kewanee A's Central Association Harold Hoffman
C Youngstown Athletics Middle Atlantic League Eddie Morgan
D Welch Miners Appalachian League Bill Hoffner and Emil Kreshka
D Tarboro Athletics Coastal Plain League Joe Antolick
D Moultrie Athletics Georgia–Florida League Bill Peterman
D Lexington Indians North Carolina State League Archie Templeton and Walt Van Grofski
D Portsmouth A's Ohio–Indiana League Homer Lee Cox
D Red Springs Red Robins Tobacco State League Red Norris

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Kewanee, Red Springs

References

  1. ↑ Tod Davis at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ Bob Savage at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Skeeter Kell at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ Old A's Were Masters of the Double Play, by Norman L. Macht, Baseball Digest, December 1989, Vol. 48, No. 12, ISSN 0005-609X
  5. ↑ "A Record with Legs: Most Double Plays Turned in a Season". philadelphiaathletics.org. Archived from the original on January 29, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  6. ↑ Kermit Wahl at Baseball-Reference
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