1946 Philadelphia Athletics season

1946 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1909)
Philadelphia (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
Local radio	WIBG (By Saam, Claude Haring)
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The 1946 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th 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.

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Boston Red Sox	104	50	.675	--
Detroit Tigers	92	62	.597	12
New York Yankees	87	67	.565	17
Washington Senators	76	78	.494	28
Chicago White Sox	74	80	.481	30
Cleveland Indians	68	86	.442	36
St. Louis Browns	66	88	.429	38
Philadelphia Athletics	49	105	.318	55

Record vs. opponents

1946 American League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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

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, Sr. 29 Dave Keefe 27 Earle Mack 32 Al Simmons

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Other batters

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
George Kell	26	87	26	.299	0	11
George Armstrong	8	6	1	.167	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bobo Newsom	10	58.2	3	5	3.38	32

Other pitchers

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	3	15	4.06	78
Herman Besse	7	20.2	0	2	5.23	10
Joe Coleman	4	13	0	2	5.54	8

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Everett Fagan	20	0	1	0	4.80	12
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	----	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

External links

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