1946 Philadelphia Athletics season

Major League Baseball team season

1946 Philadelphia Athletics

League| American League
Ballpark| Shibe Park
City| Philadelphia
Owners| Connie Mack
Managers| Connie Mack
Radio| WIBG
(By Saam, Claude Haring)

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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

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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]

### Season standings

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American League Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Boston Red Sox | 104 | 50  | .675  | —  | 61‍–‍16  | 43‍–‍34
Detroit Tigers | 92 | 62  | .597  | 12  | 48‍–‍30  | 44‍–‍32
New York Yankees | 87 | 67  | .565  | 17  | 47‍–‍30  | 40‍–‍37
Washington Senators | 76 | 78  | .494  | 28  | 38‍–‍38  | 38‍–‍40
Chicago White Sox | 74 | 80  | .481  | 30  | 40‍–‍38  | 34‍–‍42
Cleveland Indians | 68 | 86  | .442  | 36  | 36‍–‍41  | 32‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns | 66 | 88  | .429  | 38  | 35‍–‍41  | 31‍–‍47
Philadelphia Athletics | 49 | 105  | .318  | 55  | 31‍–‍46  | 18‍–‍59

### Record vs. opponents

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1946 American League record

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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 | —

### Roster

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1946 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster
Pitchers

* 20 Joe Berry
* 24 Herman Besse
* 31 Norm Brown
* 17 Russ Christopher
* 36 Joe Coleman
* 28 Pat Cooper
* 38 Everett Fagan
* 19 Jesse Flores
* 25 Dick Fowler
* 31 Lee Griffeth
* 18 Lum Harris
* 30 Lou Knerr
* 35 Jack Knott
* 23 Phil Marchildon
* 40 Bill McCahan
* 16 Bobo Newsom
* 37 Bob Savage
* 28 Porter Vaughan

|  | Catchers

* 33 George Armstrong
* \-- Joe Astroth
* 9 Gene Desautels
* 8 Buddy Rosar

Infielders

* 14 Jake Caulfield
* 22 Oscar Grimes
* 6 Irv Hall
* 15 Gene Handley
* 7 George Kell
* 36,37 Bruce Konopka
* 3 Hank Majeski
* 5 George McQuinn
* \-- Don Richmond
* 12 Pete Suder
* 10,11 Jack Wallaesa

|  | Outfielders

* 38 Vern Benson
* 4 Sam Chapman
* 2 Russ Derry
* 1 Ford Garrison
* 7 Barney McCosky
* 3 Hal Peck
* 1 Tuck Stainback
* 21 Elmer Valo

|  | Manager

* \-- Connie Mack

Coaches

* 26 Earle Brucker
* 29 Dave Keefe
* 27 Earle Mack
* 32 Al Simmons

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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

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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

#### Other batters

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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

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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

### Pitching

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#### Starting pitchers

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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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

#### Other pitchers

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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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

#### Relief pitchers

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

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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Everett Fagan | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.80 | 12
Lee Griffeth | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.93 | 4
Joe Berry | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.77 | 5
Norm Brown | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.14 | 3
Pat Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0
Porter Vaughan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | \
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## Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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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

## References

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1. ^ Buddy Rosar at Baseball Reference
2. ^ Buddy Rosar at The Encyclopedia of Catchers

## External links

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* 1946 Philadelphia Athletics team at Baseball-Reference
* 1946 Philadelphia Athletics team page at baseball-almanac.com

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1946 MLB season by team

Major League Baseball|

| American League|

* Boston
* Chicago
* Cleveland
* Detroit
* New York
* Philadelphia
* St. Louis
* Washington

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National League|

* Boston
* Brooklyn
* Chicago
* Cincinnati
* New York
* Philadelphia
* Pittsburgh
* St. Louis

Negro American League|

* Birmingham
* Chicago
* Cleveland
* Indianapolis
* Kansas City
* Memphis

Negro National League|

* Baltimore
* Homestead
* New York Black Yankees
* New York Cubans
* Newark
* Philadelphia

* 1946 All-Star Game
* 1946 World Series
* 1946 East–West All-Star Game
* 1946 Negro World Series

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