1947 Philadelphia Athletics

78-76 • 0.506 Win% • 5th in AL

📊 Season Record

78 Wins
76 Losses
0.506 Win %
5th Rank
633 R 614 RA
Diff +19

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⚡ Quick Stats

633 Runs Scored
614 Runs Allowed
+19 Run Diff
948K Attendance

📈 vs. 1947 AL Average

Batting Avg .252 1% below the 1947 league average (.255)
OBP .330 equal to the 1947 league average (.331)
SLG .287 6% below the 1947 league average (.304)
Team ERA 3.51 5% better than the 1947 league average (3.71)
Runs Scored 633 2% below the 1947 league average (645 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShibe Park
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 948,300
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Avg per Game 12,157

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Barney McCosky 0.328 2 Elmer Valo 0.300 3 Ferris Fain 0.291 4 Hank Majeski 0.280 5 Buddy Rosar 0.259

Home Runs

1 Sam Chapman 14 2 Eddie Joost 13 3 Hank Majeski 8 4 Ferris Fain 7 5 Pete Suder 5

RBI

1 Sam Chapman 83 2 Hank Majeski 72 3 Ferris Fain 71 4 Eddie Joost 64 5 Pete Suder 60
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Sam Chapman 149 551 84 139 0 0 14 83 65 70 3 0.252
Barney McCosky 137 546 77 179 0 0 1 52 57 29 1 0.328
Eddie Joost 151 540 76 111 0 0 13 64 114 110 6 0.206
Pete Suder 145 528 45 127 0 0 5 60 35 44 0 0.241
Hank Majeski 141 479 54 134 0 0 8 72 53 31 1 0.280
Ferris Fain 136 461 70 134 0 0 7 71 95 34 4 0.291
Elmer Valo 112 370 60 111 0 0 5 36 64 21 11 0.300
Buddy Rosar 102 359 40 93 0 0 1 33 40 13 1 0.259
George Binks 104 333 33 86 0 0 2 34 23 36 8 0.258
Mike Guerra 72 209 20 45 0 0 0 18 10 15 1 0.215
Phil Marchildon 35 98 8 15 0 0 1 9 4 25 0 0.153
Gene Handley 36 90 10 23 0 0 0 8 10 2 1 0.256
Dick Adams 37 89 9 18 0 0 2 11 2 18 0 0.202
Dick Fowler 36 82 3 14 0 0 0 2 0 17 0 0.171
Bill McCahan 29 55 8 9 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 0.164
Joe Coleman 32 48 3 7 0 0 0 1 4 25 0 0.146
Austin Knickerbocker 21 48 8 12 0 0 0 2 3 4 0 0.250
Mickey Rutner 12 48 4 12 0 0 1 4 3 2 0 0.250
Carl Scheib 22 45 4 6 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0.133
Jesse Flores 28 44 2 10 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.227
Bob Savage 44 40 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 18 0 0.050
Chet Laabs 15 32 5 7 0 0 1 5 4 4 0 0.219
Don Richmond 19 21 2 4 0 0 0 4 3 3 0 0.190
Russ Christopher 44 16 1 2 0 0 0 2 3 7 0 0.125
Pat Cooper 13 16 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0.250
Bill Dietrich 11 16 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0.062
Herman Franks 8 15 2 3 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 0.200
Ray Poole 13 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0.231
Nellie Fox 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Lou Brissie 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Tom Kirk 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Dick Fowler 2.81 2 Russ Christopher 2.90 3 Bill Dietrich 3.12 4 Phil Marchildon 3.22 5 Bill McCahan 3.32

Wins

1 Phil Marchildon 19 2 Dick Fowler 12 3 Russ Christopher 10 4 Bill McCahan 10 5 Bob Savage 8

Strikeouts

1 Phil Marchildon 128 2 Dick Fowler 75 3 Joe Coleman 65 4 Bob Savage 56 5 Bill McCahan 47
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Phil Marchildon 19 9 3.22 35 35 0 276.2 141 128
Dick Fowler 12 11 2.81 36 31 0 227.1 85 75
Bill McCahan 10 5 3.32 29 19 0 165.1 62 47
Joe Coleman 6 12 4.32 32 21 1 160.1 62 65
Jesse Flores 4 13 3.39 28 20 0 151.1 59 41
Bob Savage 8 10 3.76 44 8 2 146.0 55 56
Carl Scheib 4 6 5.04 21 12 0 116.0 55 26
Russ Christopher 10 7 2.90 44 0 12 80.2 33 33
Bill Dietrich 5 2 3.12 11 9 0 60.2 40 18
Lou Brissie 0 1 6.43 1 1 0 7.0 5 4

👥 Roster (31)

Dick Adams George Binks Lou Brissie Sam Chapman Russ Christopher Joe Coleman Pat Cooper Bill Dietrich Ferris Fain Jesse Flores Dick Fowler Nellie Fox +19 more

31 players

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