1947 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1947 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 78 wins and 76 losses.

1947 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Connie Mack
Manager(s)Connie Mack
Local televisionWPTZ
Local radioWIBG
(By Saam, Chuck Thompson)
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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 in a season that would be the first to be aired on television, sharing the same station (WPTZ) as their NL counterparts, the Phillies.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9757 0.630 — 55–22 42–35
Detroit Tigers 8569 0.552 12 46–31 39–38
Boston Red Sox 8371 0.539 14 49–30 34–41
Cleveland Indians 8074 0.519 17 38–39 42–35
Philadelphia Athletics 7876 0.506 19 39–38 39–38
Chicago White Sox 7084 0.455 27 32–43 38–41
Washington Senators 6490 0.416 33 36–41 28–49
St. Louis Browns 5995 0.383 38 29–48 30–47

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
  • 10,20 Joe Coleman
 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

  • 26 Earle Brucker, Sr.

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
Phil Marchildon35276.21993.88128
Dick Fowler36227.112112.8175

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
Lou Brissie17016.434

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
Bob Savage4481023.7656

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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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