1948 Philadelphia Athletics

84-70 • 0.545 Win% • 4th in AL

📊 Season Record

84 Wins
70 Losses
0.545 Win %
4th Rank
729 R 735 RA
Diff -6

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⚡ Quick Stats

729 Runs Scored
735 Runs Allowed
-6 Run Diff
936K Attendance

📈 vs. 1948 AL Average

Batting Avg .259 2% below the 1948 league average (.265)
OBP .350 1% above the 1948 league average (.346)
SLG .298 6% below the 1948 league average (.316)
Team ERA 4.43 3% worse than the 1948 league average (4.29)
Runs Scored 729 equal to the 1948 league average (730 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShibe Park
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 936,605
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Avg per Game 12,163

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Barney McCosky 0.326 2 Hank Majeski 0.310 3 Elmer Valo 0.305 4 Carl Scheib 0.298 5 Ferris Fain 0.281

Home Runs

1 Eddie Joost 16 2 Sam Chapman 13 3 Hank Majeski 12 4 Ferris Fain 7 5 Pete Suder 7

RBI

1 Hank Majeski 120 2 Ferris Fain 88 3 Sam Chapman 70 4 Pete Suder 60 5 Eddie Joost 55
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Hank Majeski 148 590 88 183 0 0 12 120 48 43 2 0.310
Ferris Fain 145 520 81 146 0 0 7 88 113 37 10 0.281
Pete Suder 148 519 64 125 0 0 7 60 60 60 1 0.241
Barney McCosky 135 515 95 168 0 0 0 46 68 22 1 0.326
Eddie Joost 135 509 99 127 0 0 16 55 119 87 2 0.250
Sam Chapman 123 445 58 115 0 0 13 70 55 50 6 0.258
Elmer Valo 113 383 72 117 0 0 3 46 81 13 10 0.305
Buddy Rosar 90 302 30 77 0 0 4 41 39 12 0 0.255
Don White 86 253 29 62 0 0 1 28 19 16 0 0.245
Ray Coleman 68 210 32 51 0 0 0 21 31 17 4 0.243
Mike Guerra 53 142 18 30 0 0 1 23 18 13 2 0.211
Carl Scheib 52 104 14 31 0 0 2 21 8 17 0 0.298
Herman Franks 40 98 10 22 0 0 1 14 16 11 0 0.224
Dick Fowler 29 82 5 14 0 0 1 8 3 10 0 0.171
Lou Brissie 39 76 3 18 0 0 0 10 2 8 0 0.237
Joe Coleman 33 74 2 9 0 0 0 7 5 29 0 0.122
Phil Marchildon 33 72 3 5 0 0 0 2 10 30 0 0.069
Skeeter Webb 23 54 5 8 0 0 0 3 0 9 0 0.148
Rudy York 31 51 4 8 0 0 0 6 7 15 0 0.157
George Binks 17 41 2 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 0.098
Bill McCahan 17 31 4 8 0 0 0 8 2 2 0 0.258
Billy DeMars 18 29 3 5 0 0 0 1 5 3 0 0.172
Bubba Harris 45 24 4 3 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 0.125
Nellie Fox 3 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.154
Bob Savage 33 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 0.077
Bob Wellman 4 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0.200
Earle Brucker 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.167
Alex Kellner 13 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Wally Holborow 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0.500
Nels Potter 8 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.250
Bill Dietrich 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Dick Fowler 3.78 2 Carl Scheib 3.94 3 Joe Coleman 4.09 4 Lou Brissie 4.13 5 Bubba Harris 4.13

Wins

1 Dick Fowler 15 2 Lou Brissie 14 3 Joe Coleman 14 4 Carl Scheib 14 5 Phil Marchildon 9

Strikeouts

1 Lou Brissie 127 2 Joe Coleman 86 3 Phil Marchildon 66 4 Dick Fowler 50 5 Carl Scheib 44
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Phil Marchildon 9 15 4.53 33 30 0 226.1 131 66
Joe Coleman 14 13 4.09 33 29 0 215.2 90 86
Dick Fowler 15 8 3.78 29 26 2 204.2 76 50
Carl Scheib 14 8 3.94 32 24 0 198.2 76 44
Lou Brissie 14 10 4.13 39 25 5 194.0 95 127
Bubba Harris 5 2 4.13 45 0 5 93.2 35 32
Bill McCahan 4 7 5.71 17 15 0 86.2 65 20
Bob Savage 5 1 6.21 33 1 5 75.1 33 26
Alex Kellner 0 0 7.83 13 1 0 23.0 16 14
Nels Potter 2 2 4.00 8 0 1 18.0 5 13
Wally Holborow 1 2 5.71 5 1 0 17.1 7 3
Bill Dietrich 1 2 5.87 4 2 0 15.1 9 5

👥 Roster (31)

George Binks Lou Brissie Earle Brucker Sam Chapman Joe Coleman Ray Coleman Billy DeMars Bill Dietrich Ferris Fain Dick Fowler Nellie Fox Herman Franks +19 more

31 players

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