1947 Philadelphia Athletics season

1947 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 television	WPTZ
Local radio	WIBG; (By Saam, Chuck Thompson)
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The 1947 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 78 wins and 76 losses.

Except for a fifth-place finish in 1944, the A's finished in last or next-to-last place every year from 1935–1946. In 1947, Connie Mack not only got the A's out of last place, but actually finished with a winning record for the first time in 14 years in a season that would be the first to be aired on television, sharing the same station (WPTZ) as their NL counterparts, the Phillies.

Offseason

December 1946: Lou Brissie was signed as an amateur free agent by the Athletics.[1]
December 13, 1946: Hal Epps was selected off waivers from the Athletics by the St. Louis Cardinals.[2]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	97	57	0.630	—	55–22	42–35
Detroit Tigers	85	69	0.552	12	46–31	39–38
Boston Red Sox	83	71	0.539	14	49–30	34–41
Cleveland Indians	80	74	0.519	17	38–39	42–35
Philadelphia Athletics	78	76	0.506	19	39–38	39–38
Chicago White Sox	70	84	0.455	27	32–43	38–41
Washington Senators	64	90	0.416	33	36–41	28–49
St. Louis Browns	59	95	0.383	38	29–48	30–47

Record vs. opponents

1947 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	16–6–1	9–13	12–10–1	9–13	10–12–1	15–7	12–10
Chicago	6–16–1	—	11–11	7–15	10–12	11–11	11–11	14–8
Cleveland	13–9	11–11	—	8–14–2	7–15	11–11–1	17–5	13–9
Detroit	10–12–1	15–7	14–8–2	—	8–14–1	11–11	15–7	12–10
New York	13–9	12–10	15–7	14–8–1	—	13–9	15–7	15–7
Philadelphia	12–10–1	11–11	11–11–1	11–11	9–13	—	13–9	11–11
St. Louis	7–15	11–11	5–17	7–15	7–15	9–13	—	13–9
Washington	10–12	8–14	9–13	10–12	7–15	11–11	9–13	—

Roster

1947 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

28 Lou Brissie

17 Russ Christopher

10,20 Joe Coleman

16,18 Bill Dietrich

19 Jesse Flores

25 Dick Fowler

21,23 Phil Marchildon

23,36 Bill McCahan

16,37 Bob Savage

11,24 Carl Scheib

Catchers

14 Herman Franks

9 Mike Guerra

8 Buddy Rosar

Infielders

6,41 Dick Adams

15 Pat Cooper

5 Ferris Fain

28 Nellie Fox

2,15 Gene Handley

1 Eddie Joost

3 Hank Majeski

6,14 Don Richmond

31 Mickey Rutner

12 Pete Suder

Outfielders

11,47 George Binks

4 Sam Chapman

15,30,39 Austin Knickerbocker

28 Chet Laabs

7 Barney McCosky

10,21 Elmer Valo

Other batters

20,30 Tom Kirk

31,45 Ray Poole

Manager

-- Connie Mack

Coaches

-- Lena Blackburne

26 Earle Brucker, Sr.

29 Dave Keefe

27 Earle Mack

32 Al Simmons

Player stats

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	102	359	93	.259	1	33
1B	Ferris Fain	136	461	134	.291	7	71
2B	Pete Suder	145	528	127	.241	5	60
3B	Hank Majeski	141	479	134	.280	8	72
SS	Eddie Joost	151	540	111	.206	13	64
OF	Elmer Valo	112	370	111	.300	5	36
OF	Barney McCosky	137	546	179	.328	1	52
OF	Sam Chapman	149	551	139	.252	14	83

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 Binks	104	333	86	.258	2	34
Mike Guerra	72	209	45	.215	0	18
Gene Handley	36	90	23	.256	0	8
Dick Adams	37	89	18	.202	2	11
Austin Knickerbocker	21	48	12	.250	0	2
Mickey Rutner	12	48	12	.250	1	4
Chet Laabs	15	32	7	.219	1	5
Don Richmond	19	21	4	.190	0	4
Pat Cooper	13	16	4	.250	0	3
Herman Franks	8	15	3	.200	0	1
Ray Poole	13	13	3	.231	0	1
Nellie Fox	7	3	0	.000	0	0
Tom Kirk	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
Phil Marchildon	35	276.2	19	9	3.88	128
Dick Fowler	36	227.1	12	11	2.81	75
Bill McCahan	29	165.1	10	5	3.32	47
Joe Coleman	32	160.1	6	12	4.32	65
Jesse Flores	28	151.1	4	13	3.39	41
Bill Dietrich	11	60.2	5	2	3.12	18
Lou Brissie	1	7	0	1	6.43	4

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	44	146	8	10	3.76	56
Carl Scheib	21	116	4	6	5.04	26

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
Russ Christopher	44	10	7	12	2.90	33

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Birmingham Barons	Southern Association	Dick Porter
A	Savannah Indians	Sally League	Tom Oliver and Jimmy Adair
A	Lincoln Athletics	Western League	Ham Schulte and Tom Oliver
B	Lancaster Red Roses	Interstate League	Charlie English and Clayton Sheedy
C	Martinsville Athletics	Carolina League	Joe Glenn and Woody Wheaton
C	Moline A's	Central Association	Woody Wheaton and Joe Glenn
C	Niagara Falls Fronters	Middle Atlantic League	Steve Mizerak
D	Welch Miners	Appalachian League	Walter Youse and Joe Bird
D	Federalsburg A's	Eastern Shore League	Pep Rambert
D	Nyack Rockies	North Atlantic League	Emil Schwab
D	Lexington Indians	North Carolina State League	Homer Lee Cox
D	Red Springs Red Robins	Tobacco State League	Red Norris

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Savannah[3]

References

Lou Brissie at Baseball-Reference
Hal Epps at Baseball-Reference
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

1947 Philadelphia Athletics team at Baseball-Reference
1947 Philadelphia Athletics team page at baseball-almanac.com

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[1] Lou Brissie at Baseball-Reference

[2] Hal Epps at Baseball-Reference

[3] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

1947 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1947 All-Star Game 1947 World Series