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1947 Philadelphia Athletics season

Field	Value
name	Philadelphia Athletics
season	1947
image	Philadelphia Athletics Jersey Logo (1928 to 1949).svg
league	American League
ballpark	Shibe Park
city	Philadelphia
record
league_place	5th
owners	Connie Mack
managers	Connie Mack
television	WPTZ
radio	WIBG
(By Saam, Chuck Thompson)

(By Saam, Chuck Thompson) |}} 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 (WPTZ) 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.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1947 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers

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	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

References

[http://baseball-reference.com/b/brisslo01.shtml Lou Brissie] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[http://baseball-reference.com/e/eppsha01.shtml 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

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