1946 Philadelphia Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Philadelphia Athletics 1946 Philadelphia Athletics Jersey Logo (1928 to 1949).svg American League Shibe Park Philadelphia 49 105 y 8th Connie Mack Connie Mack WIBG(By Saam, Claude Haring) 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 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.Buddy Rosar at Baseball ReferenceBuddy Rosar at The Encyclopedia of Catchers Season standings Philadelphia Athletics Record vs. opponents PHA 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 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 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 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 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 George Armstrong (baseball) 8 6 1 .167 0 0 Vern Benson 7 5 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 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 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 40 164.0 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 Joe Coleman (1950s pitcher) 4 13.0 0 2 5.54 8 Jack Knott 3 6.1 0 1 5.68 2 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 Lee Griffeth 10 0 0 0 2.93 4 Joe Berry Joe Berry (pitcher) 5 0 1 0 2.77 5 Norm Brown Norm Brown (baseball) 4 0 1 0 6.14 3 Pat Cooper Pat Cooper (baseball) 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Porter Vaughan 1 0 0 0 ---- 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 2 External links 1946 Philadelphia Athletics team at Baseball-Reference 1946 Philadelphia Athletics team page at baseball-almanac.com Category:Philadelphia Athletics seasons Philadelphia Athletics season Oak Category:1940s in Philadelphia