1946 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1946 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 49 wins and 105 losses.

Regular season

Buddy Rosar led the American League in assists and set the record for errorless games by a catcher, posting a 1.000 fielding percentage in 117 games.^[1]^[2]

1946 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	13–9	15–7	15–7–1	14–8	17–5	14–8–1	16–6
Chicago	9–13	—	13–9–1	10–12	8–14	12–10	12–10	10–12
Cleveland	7–15	9–13–1	—	5–17	10–12	15–7	15–7–1	7–15
Detroit	7–15–1	12–10	17–5	—	13–9	17–5	14–8	12–10
New York	8–14	14–8	12–10	9–13	—	16–6	14–8	14–8
Philadelphia	5–17	10–12	7–15	5–17	6–16	—	10–12	6–16–1
St. Louis	8–14–1	10–12	7–15–1	8–14	8–14	12–10	—	13–9
Washington	6–16	12–10	15–7	10–12	8–14	16–6–1	9–13	—

1946 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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
C	Buddy Rosar	121	424	120	.283	2	47
1B	George McQuinn	136	484	109	.225	3	35
2B	Gene Handley	89	251	63	.251	0	21
SS	Pete Suder	128	455	128	.281	2	50
3B	Hank Majeski	78	264	66	.250	1	25
OF	Elmer Valo	108	348	107	.307	1	31
OF	Barney McCosky	92	308	109	.354	1	34
OF	Sam Chapman	146	545	142	.261	20	67

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
Tuck Stainback	91	291	71	.244	0	20
Jack Wallaesa	63	194	38	.196	5	11
Oscar Grimes	59	191	50	.262	1	20
Irv Hall	63	185	46	.249	0	19
Russ Derry	69	184	38	.207	0	14
Hal Peck	48	150	37	.247	2	11
Gene Desautels	52	130	28	.215	0	13
Jake Caulfield	44	94	26	.277	0	10
Bruce Konopka	38	93	22	.237	0	9
George Kell	26	87	26	.299	0	11
Don Richmond	16	62	18	.290	1	9
Ford Garrison	9	37	4	.108	0	0
Joe Astroth	4	7	1	.143	0	0
George Armstrong	8	6	1	.167	0	0
Vern Benson	7	5	0	.000	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Phil Marchildon	36	226.2	13	16	3.49	95
Dick Fowler	32	205.2	9	16	3.28	89
Lou Knerr	30	148.1	3	16	5.40	58
Bobo Newsom	10	58.2	3	5	3.38	32

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 Savage	40	164.0	3	15	4.06	78
Jesse Flores	29	155.0	9	7	2.32	48
Lum Harris	34	125.1	3	14	5.24	33
Russ Christopher	30	119.1	5	7	4.30	79
Herman Besse	7	20.2	0	2	5.23	10
Bill McCahan	4	18.0	1	1	1.00	6
Joe Coleman	4	13.0	0	2	5.54	8
Jack Knott	3	6.1	0	1	5.68	2

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	L	ERA	SO
Everett Fagan	20	1	4.80	12
Lee Griffeth	10	0	2.93	4
Joe Berry	5	1	2.77	5
Norm Brown	4	1	6.14	3
Pat Cooper	1	0	0.00	0
Porter Vaughan	1	0	----	0

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Toronto Maple Leafs	International League	Harry Davis and Bill Norman
A	Savannah Indians	Sally League	Chief Bender and Lena Blackburne
B	Lancaster Red Roses	Interstate League	Tom Oliver
C	Kingston Ponies	Border League	Ben Lady
C	Martinsville Athletics	Carolina League	Cliff Bolton
D	Federalsburg A's	Eastern Shore League	Lew Krausse, Sr.
D	Lexington A's	North Carolina State League	Jimmy Maus

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