1949 Philadelphia Athletics

81-73 • 0.526 Win% • 5th in AL

📊 Season Record

81 Wins
73 Losses
0.526 Win %
5th Rank
726 R 725 RA
Diff +1

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⚡ Quick Stats

726 Runs Scored
725 Runs Allowed
+1 Run Diff
805K Attendance

📈 vs. 1949 AL Average

Batting Avg .259 1% below the 1949 league average (.263)
OBP .357 2% above the 1949 league average (.350)
SLG .307 3% below the 1949 league average (.318)
Team ERA 4.23 1% worse than the 1949 league average (4.20)
Runs Scored 726 1% above the 1949 league average (722 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShibe Park
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 805,598
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Avg per Game 10,462

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Elmer Valo 0.283 2 Sam Chapman 0.278 3 Hank Majeski 0.277 4 Wally Moses 0.276 5 Pete Suder 0.267

Home Runs

1 Sam Chapman 24 2 Eddie Joost 23 3 Pete Suder 10 4 Hank Majeski 9 5 Elmer Valo 5

RBI

1 Sam Chapman 108 2 Elmer Valo 85 3 Eddie Joost 81 4 Ferris Fain 78 5 Pete Suder 75
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Sam Chapman 154 589 89 164 0 0 24 108 80 68 3 0.278
Elmer Valo 150 547 86 155 0 0 5 85 119 32 14 0.283
Ferris Fain 150 525 81 138 0 0 3 78 136 51 8 0.263
Eddie Joost 144 525 128 138 0 0 23 81 149 80 2 0.263
Hank Majeski 114 448 62 124 0 0 9 67 29 23 0 0.277
Pete Suder 118 445 44 119 0 0 10 75 23 35 0 0.267
Wally Moses 110 308 49 85 0 0 1 25 51 19 1 0.276
Mike Guerra 98 298 41 79 0 0 3 31 37 26 3 0.265
Nellie Fox 88 247 42 63 0 0 0 21 32 9 2 0.255
Don White 57 169 12 36 0 0 0 10 14 12 2 0.213
Taffy Wright 59 149 14 35 0 0 2 25 16 6 0 0.235
Joe Astroth 55 148 18 36 0 0 0 12 21 13 1 0.243
Buddy Rosar 32 95 7 19 0 0 0 6 16 5 0 0.200
Alex Kellner 38 92 7 20 0 0 0 10 7 15 0 0.217
Lou Brissie 34 90 7 24 0 0 0 6 1 8 0 0.267
Joe Coleman 33 79 4 14 0 0 1 5 5 29 0 0.177
Dick Fowler 31 77 5 18 0 0 0 11 7 10 0 0.234
Tod Davis 31 75 7 20 0 0 1 6 9 16 0 0.267
Carl Scheib 47 72 9 17 0 0 0 10 8 10 0 0.236
Bobby Shantz 33 37 2 7 0 0 0 2 5 6 0 0.189
Augie Galan 12 26 4 8 0 0 0 0 9 2 0 0.308
Hank Biasatti 21 24 6 2 0 0 0 2 8 5 0 0.083
Bubba Harris 37 24 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.125
Bobby Estalella 8 20 2 5 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0.250
Phil Marchildon 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.167
Bill McCahan 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.200
Jim Wilson 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Clem Hausmann 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Bobby Shantz 3.40 2 Dick Fowler 3.75 3 Alex Kellner 3.75 4 Joe Coleman 3.86 5 Lou Brissie 4.28

Wins

1 Alex Kellner 20 2 Lou Brissie 16 3 Dick Fowler 15 4 Joe Coleman 13 5 Carl Scheib 9

Strikeouts

1 Lou Brissie 118 2 Joe Coleman 109 3 Alex Kellner 94 4 Bobby Shantz 58 5 Dick Fowler 43
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Alex Kellner 20 12 3.75 38 27 1 245.0 129 94
Joe Coleman 13 14 3.86 33 30 1 240.1 127 109
Lou Brissie 16 11 4.28 34 29 3 229.1 118 118
Dick Fowler 15 11 3.75 31 28 1 213.2 115 43
Carl Scheib 9 12 5.12 38 23 0 182.2 118 43
Bobby Shantz 6 8 3.40 33 7 2 127.0 74 58
Bubba Harris 1 1 5.44 37 0 3 84.1 42 18
Bill McCahan 1 1 2.61 7 4 0 20.2 9 3
Phil Marchildon 0 3 11.81 7 6 0 16.0 19 2
Jim Wilson 0 0 14.40 2 0 0 5.0 5 2
Clem Hausmann 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 0

👥 Roster (28)

Joe Astroth Hank Biasatti Lou Brissie Sam Chapman Joe Coleman Tod Davis Bobby Estalella Ferris Fain Dick Fowler Nellie Fox Augie Galan Mike Guerra +16 more

28 players

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