1947 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1947 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 78 wins and 76 losses.

History

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 as their NL counterparts, the Phillies.

Offseason

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

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		102	359	93	.259	1	33
1B		136	461	134	.291	7	71
2B		145	528	127	.241	5	60
3B		141	479	134	.280	8	72
SS		151	540	111	.206	13	64
OF		112	370	111	.300	5	36
OF		137	546	179	.328	1	52
OF		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
	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
	13	16	4	.250	0	3
Herman Franks	8	15	3	.200	0	1
	13	13	3	.231	0	1
Nellie Fox	7	3	0	.000	0	0
	1	1	0	.000	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
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
	32	160.1	6	12	4.32	65
	28	151.1	4	13	3.39	41
	11	60.2	5	2	3.12	18
Lou Brissie	1	7.0	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
	44	146.0	8	10	3.76	56
Carl Scheib	21	116.0	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
	44	10	7	12	2.90	33

Farm system

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