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1946 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1909)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (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.

1 Regular season
2 Player stats
- 2.1 Batting
  - 2.1.1 Starters by position
  - 2.1.2 Other batters
- 2.2 Pitching
3 Farm system
4 References
5 External links

Regular season[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

1946 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

-- Connie Mack

Coaches

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

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	Rosar, BuddyBuddy Rosar	121	424	120	.283	2	47

Other batters[edit]

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

Pitching[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

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

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

Other pitchers[edit]

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Savage, BobBob Savage	40	164	3	15	4.06	78
Besse, HermanHerman Besse	7	20.2	0	2	5.23	10
Coleman, JoeJoe Coleman	4	13	0	2	5.54	8

Relief pitchers[edit]

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

Player	G	L	ERA	SO
Fagan, EverettEverett Fagan	20	1	4.80	12
Berry, JoeJoe Berry	5	1	2.77	5
Brown, NormNorm Brown	4	1	6.14	3
Cooper, PatPat Cooper	1	0	0.00	0
Vaughan, PorterPorter Vaughan	1	0	----	0

Farm system[edit]

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

References[edit]

External links[edit]

1946 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

1946 All-Star Game 1946 World Series

Oakland Athletics

Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics
Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)

The Franchise

Ballparks

Spring Training: Barrs Field; Terry Park Ballfield; Wilmington Park; McCurdy Field; Connie Mack Field; McKechnie Field; Rendezvous Park; Scottsdale Stadium I; Phoenix Municipal Stadium; Hohokam Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owners: John J. Fisher & Lewis Wolff
President: Michael Crowley
Executive vice president: Billy Beane
General manager: David Forst
Manager: Bob Melvin

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Home Run Baker Chief Bender Mickey Cochrane Eddie Collins Dennis Eckersley Rollie Fingers Jimmie Foxx Lefty Grove Rickey Henderson Catfish Hunter Reggie Jackson Nap Lajoie Connie Mack Eddie Plank Al Simmons Rube Waddell Dick Williams

Wall of Fame members	Sam Chapman Jack Coombs Jimmy Dykes George Earnshaw Ferris Fain Bob Johnson Eddie Joost Bing Miller Wally Moses Rube Oldring Bobby Shantz Eddie Rommel Elmer Valo Rube Walberg Gus Zernial

World Series
Champions (9)

American League
Championships (15)

AL West Division
Championships (16)

AL Wild Card (2)

2001
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Minors

AAA: Nashville Sounds
AA: Midland RockHounds
A: Stockton Ports; Beloit Snappers; Vermont Lake Monsters
Rookie: Arizona League Athletics; DSL Athletics

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source: https://web.archive.org/web/20151112092628/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946_Philadelphia_Athletics_season

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