1946 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1946 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 49 wins and 105 losses.

1946 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Connie Mack
Manager(s)Connie Mack
Local radioWIBG
(By Saam, Claude Haring)
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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 10450 0.675 — 61–16 43–34
Detroit Tigers 9262 0.597 12 48–30 44–32
New York Yankees 8767 0.565 17 47–30 40–37
Washington Senators 7678 0.494 28 38–38 38–40
Chicago White Sox 7480 0.481 30 40–38 34–42
Cleveland Indians 6886 0.442 36 36–41 32–45
St. Louis Browns 6688 0.429 38 35–41 31–47
Philadelphia Athletics 49105 0.318 55 31–46 18–59

Record vs. opponents
1946 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —13–915–715–7–114–817–514–8–116–6
Chicago 9–13—13–9–110–128–1412–1012–1010–12
Cleveland 7–159–13–1—5–1710–1215–715–7–17–15
Detroit 7–15–112–1017–5—13–917–514–812–10
New York 8–1414–812–109–13—16–614–814–8
Philadelphia 5–1710–127–155–176–16—10–126–16–1
St. Louis 8–14–110–127–15–18–148–1412–10—13–9
Washington 6–1612–1015–710–128–1416–6–19–13—

Roster
1946 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers
  • 36 Joe Coleman
 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  • 26 Earle Brucker

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 Rosar121424120.283247

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
George Kell268726.299011
George Armstrong861.16700

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
Bobo Newsom1058.2353.3832

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 Savage401643154.0678
Herman Besse720.2025.2310
Joe Coleman413025.548

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 Fagan200104.8012
Joe Berry50102.775
Norm Brown40106.143
Pat Cooper10000.000
Porter Vaughan1000----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


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