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1945 Philadelphia Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1944/1946) 52-98, Finished 8th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 494 runs, Allowed 638 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-92 Managed by Connie Mack Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com) Attendance: 462,631 (8th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 102   (one-year): Batting - 94, Pitching - 96   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Buddy Rosar         30   92  300   23   63  12  1   1   25  20   16  .210  .262  .267   2   1  11   1   4           53
1B *Dick Siebert        33  147  573   62  153  29  1   7   51  50   33  .267  .328  .358   2   7   8   2   8           99
2B  Irv Hall            26  151  616   62  161  17  5   0   50  35   42  .261  .307  .305   3  10   8   6  11           78
3B  George Kell         22  147  567   50  154  30  3   4   56  27   15  .272  .306  .356   2   0  13   1   7           92
SS  Ed Busch            27  126  416   37  104  10  3   0   35  32    9  .250  .305  .288   2   3  12   1   9           73
OF  Bobby Estalella     34  126  451   45  135  25  6   8   52  74   46  .299  .399  .435   1   6  15   1   1          142
OF *Hal Peck            28  112  449   51  124  22  9   5   39  37   28  .276  .331  .399   5   3   6   0   7          111
OF *Mayo Smith          30   73  203   18   43   5  0   0   11  36   13  .212  .333  .236   0   1   2   1   4           66
   *Bill McGhee         39   93  250   24   63   6  1   0   19  24   16  .252  .320  .284   3   2   3   1   0           76
    Charlie Metro       26   65  200   18   42  10  1   3   15  23   33  .210  .291  .315   1   1   2   0   4           76
    Bobby Wilkins       22   62  154   22   40   6  0   0    4  10   17  .260  .305  .299   2   4   5   0   1           75
    Greek George        32   51  138    8   24   4  1   0   11  17   29  .174  .265  .217   0   0   6   0   4           40
    Frankie Hayes       30   32  110   12   25   2  1   3   14  18   14  .227  .336  .345   1   0   2   0   1           98
   *Ernie Kish          27   43  110   10   27   5  1   0   10   9    9  .245  .320  .309   0   3   2   3   5           83
    Joe Burns           29   31   90    7   23   1  1   0    3   4   17  .256  .287  .289   0   1   2   0   2           67
   *Larry Rosenthal     35   28   75    6   15   3  2   0    5   9    8  .200  .286  .293   0   1   0   0   2           68
    Al Brancato         26   10   34    3    4   1  0   0    0   1    3  .118  .143  .147   0   0   0   0   0          -16
    Sam Chapman         29    9   30    3    6   2  0   0    1   2    4  .200  .250  .267   0   0   0   0   0           50
    Ford Garrison       29    6   23    3    7   1  0   1    6   4    3  .304  .407  .478   1   0   0   0   0          157
    Joe Cicero          34   12   19    3    3   0  0   0    0   1    6  .158  .238  .158   0   0   0   1   1           16
    Joe Astroth         22   10   17    1    1   0  0   0    1   0    1  .059  .111  .059   0   0   0   1   0          -50
    Jim Pruett          27    6    9    1    2   0  0   0    0   1    2  .222  .300  .222   0   1   0   0   0           52
   *Larry Drake         24    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100

    Bobo Newsom         37   36   86    3   14   1  0   0    2   1   21  .163  .172  .174   0   0   0   0   7            1
    Russ Christopher    27   34   76    5   13   1  0   1    4   6   28  .171  .232  .224   0   0   0   0   6           32
    Jesse Flores        30   29   61    4    9   1  0   0    4   5   11  .148  .212  .164   0   0   1   0   7           10
    Lou Knerr           23   28   47    3    9   1  0   0    8   0    5  .191  .191  .213   0   0   2   0   1           17
   *Charlie Gassaway    26   24   39    2    6   0  0   0    4   1   13  .154  .175  .154   0   0   3   0   0           -4
    Don Black           28   26   37    0    6   0  0   0    4   1    3  .162  .184  .162   0   1   0   0   1            1
   *Joe Berry           40   52   35    3    5   2  0   0    1   2    3  .143  .189  .200   0   0   0   0   2           13
    Steve Gerkin        32   21   34    2    2   0  0   0    0   0    7  .059  .059  .059   0   0   0   0   1          -66
    Charlie Bowles      28   13   21    0    5   1  0   0    2   0    3  .238  .238  .286   0   0   1   0   0           52
    Dick Fowler         24   11   18    3    8   2  1   0    2   0    0  .444  .444  .667   0   0   1   0   0          221
    Phil Marchildon     31    3    2    0    1   1  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500 1.000   0   0   0   0   0          331
    Carl Scheib         18    4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
   *Bill Connelly       20    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .500  .000   0   0   0   1   0           50
    Woody Crowson       26    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.1  153 5296  494 1297 201 37  33  439 449  463  .245  .304  .316  25  45 105  20  96           86
    Rank among 8 AL teams          3    8    7   6  7   6        8    8     8     8     8   6   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Bobo Newsom         37  36   3.29   8  20  0  34   1  16   3  257.3  255  111   94  12  103  127 1116   2   3  0     104
SP  Russ Christopher    27  33   3.17  13  13  2  27   5  17   2  227.3  213   92   80   9   75  100  949   0   9  0     108
SP  Jesse Flores        30  29   3.43   7  10  1  24   4   9   4  191.3  180   79   73   6   63   52  800   1   4  1     100
SP  Don Black           28  26   5.17   5  11  0  18   7   8   0  125.3  154   77   72   5   69   47  583   3   0  0      66
SP  Lou Knerr           23  27   4.22   5  11  0  17   5   5   0  130.0  142   77   61   6   74   41  595   7   1  0      81
SP  Steve Gerkin        32  21   3.62   0  12  0  12   7   3   0  102.0  112   49   41   4   27   25  433   0   3  0      95

CL  Joe Berry           40  52   2.35   8   7  5   0  40   0   0  130.3  114   40   34   5   38   51  537   1   0  0     146
RP *Charlie Gassaway    26  24   3.74   4   7  0  11   8   4   0  118.0  114   59   49   4   55   50  514   1   2  0      92

    Dick Fowler         24   7   4.82   1   2  0   3   3   2   1   37.3   41   21   20   1   18   21  167   2   0  0      71
    Charlie Bowles      28   8   5.13   0   3  0   4   4   1   0   33.3   35   19   19   3   23   11  154   0   0  0      67
    Phil Marchildon     31   3   4.00   0   1  0   2   0   0   0    9.0    5    5    4   0   11    2   41   1   0  0      86
    Carl Scheib         18   4   3.12   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    8.7    6    3    3   0    4    2   34   0   0  0     110
    Bill Connelly       20   2   4.50   1   1  0   1   1   0   0    8.0    7    4    4   0    8    0   35   0   0  0      76
    Woody Crowson       26   1   6.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    3.0    2    2    2   0    3    2   14   0   0  0      57
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.2 153   3.62  52  98  8 153  88  65  11 1381.0 1380  638  555  55  571  531 5972  18  22  1      95
    Rank among 8 AL teams           6   8   1  7           8   6      5    6    7        4    7    4

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BRosar 85 338 54 5 6 .987 4 GGeorge 46 161 14 5 3 .972 2 FHayes 32 131 28 1 6 .994 3 JAstroth 8 20 4 4 0 .857 0 JPruett 4 12 1 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 153 662 101 15 15 .981 9 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 9.81 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DSiebert 147 1427 135 14 129 .991 10.63 BMcGhee 8 59 7 0 7 1.000 8.25 JBurns 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 EBusch 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 1494 143 14 137 .992 10.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .970 5.35 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- IHall 151 422 498 21 108 .978 6.09 EBusch 2 4 4 1 2 .889 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 426 502 22 110 .977 6.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .948 2.97 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GKell 147 186 345 20 32 .964 3.61 JBurns 5 1 5 2 0 .750 1.20 EBusch 2 4 4 1 2 .889 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 191 354 23 34 .960 3.55 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .951 4.94 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EBusch 116 209 370 29 67 .952 4.99 BWilkins 40 74 118 16 23 .923 4.80 ABrancato 10 22 25 2 5 .959 4.70 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 305 513 47 95 .946 5.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .978 2.27 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BEstalella 124 314 10 4 3 .988 2.61 9 118 0 HPeck 110 190 9 12 3 .943 1.81 0 0 110 MSmith 65 120 4 3 0 .976 1.91 33 27 7 CMetro 57 100 5 3 0 .972 1.84 53 1 4 BMcGhee 48 84 2 1 0 .989 1.79 40 0 9 EKish 30 52 3 4 0 .932 1.83 13 8 11 LRosenthal 21 35 1 0 0 1.000 1.71 21 0 0 JBurns 19 26 1 0 1 1.000 1.42 0 0 19 SChapman 8 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 8 0 JCicero 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1 0 6 FGarrison 5 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.40 5 0 0 BWilkins 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.25 4 0 0 LDrake 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 153 964 36 27 7 .974 2.17 153 153 153 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .955 2.24 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BNewsom 36 12 28 2 1 .952 1.40 RChristophe 33 26 71 1 4 .990 3.84 JFlores 29 14 23 4 3 .902 1.74 JBerry 52 11 30 1 0 .976 2.83 LKnerr 27 10 24 1 3 .971 2.35 DBlack 26 8 18 1 0 .963 1.87 CGassaway 24 3 20 6 1 .793 1.75 SGerkin 21 5 24 3 1 .906 2.56 DFowler 7 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.21 CBowles 8 5 6 0 0 1.000 2.97 PMarchildon 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 CScheib 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.10 BConnelly 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.12 WCrowson 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 98 254 20 13 .946 2.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Estalella .299 On-base % Estalella .399 Slugging % Estalella .435 OPS Estalella .834 Games Hall 151 At Bats Hall 616 Plate Appearances (approx.) Hall 668 Runs Hall and Siebert 62 Hits Hall 161 Total Bases Siebert 205 Doubles Kell 30 Triples Peck 9 Home Runs Estalella 8 RBI Kell 56 Bases on Balls Estalella 74 Strikeouts Estalella 46 Stolen Bases Peck 5 Singles Hall 139 Adjusted OPS+ Estalella 142 Runs Created Estalella 76 Adjusted Batting Runs Estalella 27 Batting Wins Estalella 2.9 Extra-Base Hits Estalella 39 Times on Base Estalella 210 Offensive Win% Estalella .692 Hit By Pitch Hall 6 Sac. Hits Hall 11 Grounded into Double Plays Estalella 15 Caught Stealing Hall 10 Power/Speed Number Peck 5.0 At Bats per Strikeout Busch 46.2 At Bats per Home Run Estalella 56.4 Outs Hall 484

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Christopher 3.17 Wins Christopher 13 Won-Loss % Berry .533 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Christopher 1.267 Hits Allowed/9IP Christopher 8.43 Bases on Balls/9IP Flores 2.96 Strikeouts/9IP Newsom 4.44 Games Berry 52 Saves Berry 5 Innings Newsom 257.3 Strikeouts Newsom 127 Games Started Newsom 34 Comp. Games Christopher 17 Shutouts Flores 4 Home Runs Allow. Newsom 12 Bases On Balls Allow. Newsom 103 Hits Allowed Newsom 255 SO to Walk Christopher 1.33 Losses Newsom 20 Earned Runs Allow. Newsom 94 Wild Pitches Knerr 7 Hit Batsmen Christopher 9 Batters Faced Newsom 1116 Games Finished Berry 40 Adjusted ERA+ Christopher 108

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