1945 Philadelphia Athletics

52-98 • 0.347 Win% • 8th in AL

📊 Season Record

52 Wins
98 Losses
0.347 Win %
8th Rank
494 R 638 RA
Diff -144

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⚡ Quick Stats

494 Runs Scored
638 Runs Allowed
-144 Run Diff
560K Attendance

📈 vs. 1945 AL Average

Batting Avg .244 4% below the 1945 league average (.255)
OBP .303 6% below the 1945 league average (.322)
SLG .263 8% below the 1945 league average (.286)
Team ERA 3.62 8% worse than the 1945 league average (3.36)
Runs Scored 494 17% below the 1945 league average (597 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShibe Park
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 560,890
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Avg per Game 7,284

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Bobby Estalella 0.299 2 Hal Peck 0.276 3 George Kell 0.272 4 Dick Siebert 0.267 5 Irv Hall 0.261

Home Runs

1 Bobby Estalella 8 2 Dick Siebert 7 3 Hal Peck 5 4 George Kell 4 5 Frankie Hayes 3

RBI

1 George Kell 56 2 Bobby Estalella 52 3 Dick Siebert 51 4 Irv Hall 50 5 Hal Peck 39
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Irv Hall 151 616 62 161 0 0 0 50 35 42 3 0.261
Dick Siebert 147 573 62 153 0 0 7 51 50 33 2 0.267
George Kell 147 567 50 154 0 0 4 56 27 15 2 0.272
Bobby Estalella 126 451 45 135 0 0 8 52 74 46 1 0.299
Hal Peck 112 449 51 124 0 0 5 39 37 28 5 0.276
Ed Busch 126 416 37 104 0 0 0 35 32 9 2 0.250
Buddy Rosar 92 300 23 63 0 0 1 25 20 16 2 0.210
Bill McGhee 93 250 24 63 0 0 0 19 24 16 3 0.252
Mayo Smith 73 203 18 43 0 0 0 11 36 13 0 0.212
Charlie Metro 65 200 18 42 0 0 3 15 23 33 1 0.210
Bobby Wilkins 62 154 22 40 0 0 0 4 10 17 2 0.260
Charles George 51 138 8 24 0 0 0 11 17 29 0 0.174
Frankie Hayes 32 110 12 25 0 0 3 14 18 14 1 0.227
Ernie Kish 43 110 10 27 0 0 0 10 9 9 0 0.245
Joe Burns 31 90 7 23 0 0 0 3 4 17 0 0.256
Bobo Newsom 36 86 3 14 0 0 0 2 1 21 0 0.163
Russ Christopher 34 76 5 13 0 0 1 4 6 28 0 0.171
Larry Rosenthal 28 75 6 15 0 0 0 5 9 8 0 0.200
Jesse Flores 29 61 4 9 0 0 0 4 5 11 0 0.148
Lou Knerr 28 47 3 9 0 0 0 8 0 5 0 0.191
Charlie Gassaway 24 39 2 6 0 0 0 4 1 13 0 0.154
Don Black 26 37 0 6 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0.162
Joe Berry 52 35 3 5 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0.143
Al Brancato 10 34 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.118
Steve Gerkin 21 34 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.059
Sam Chapman 9 30 3 6 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0.200
Ford Garrison 6 23 3 7 0 0 1 6 4 3 1 0.304
Charlie Bowles 13 21 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0.238
Joe Cicero 12 19 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.158
Dick Fowler 11 18 3 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.444
Joe Astroth 10 17 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.059
Jim Pruett 6 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.222
Larry Drake 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Phil Marchildon 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Carl Scheib 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Connelly 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Woody Crowson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Joe Berry 2.35 2 Russ Christopher 3.17 3 Bobo Newsom 3.29 4 Jesse Flores 3.43 5 Steve Gerkin 3.62

Wins

1 Russ Christopher 13 2 Joe Berry 8 3 Bobo Newsom 8 4 Jesse Flores 7 5 Don Black 5

Strikeouts

1 Bobo Newsom 127 2 Russ Christopher 100 3 Jesse Flores 52 4 Joe Berry 51 5 Charlie Gassaway 50
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bobo Newsom 8 20 3.29 36 34 0 257.1 103 127
Russ Christopher 13 13 3.17 33 27 2 227.1 75 100
Jesse Flores 7 10 3.43 29 24 1 191.1 63 52
Joe Berry 8 7 2.35 52 0 5 130.1 38 51
Lou Knerr 5 11 4.22 27 17 0 130.0 74 41
Don Black 5 11 5.17 26 18 0 125.1 69 47
Charlie Gassaway 4 7 3.74 24 11 0 118.0 55 50
Steve Gerkin 0 12 3.62 21 12 0 102.0 27 25
Dick Fowler 1 2 4.82 7 3 0 37.1 18 21
Charlie Bowles 0 3 5.13 8 4 0 33.1 23 11
Phil Marchildon 0 1 4.00 3 2 0 9.0 11 2
Carl Scheib 0 0 3.12 4 0 0 8.2 4 2
Bill Connelly 1 1 4.50 2 1 0 8.0 8 0
Woody Crowson 0 0 6.00 1 0 0 3.0 3 2

👥 Roster (37)

Joe Astroth Joe Berry Don Black Charlie Bowles Al Brancato Joe Burns Ed Busch Sam Chapman Russ Christopher Joe Cicero Bill Connelly Woody Crowson +25 more

37 players

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