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1949 Philadelphia Athletics season

Field	Value
name	Philadelphia Athletics
season	1949
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/WCAU/WFIL
radio	WIBG
(By Saam, George Walsh, Claude Haring)

(By Saam, George Walsh, Claude Haring) |}} The 1949 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 81 wins and 73 losses.

Offseason

November 10, 1948: Tod Davis was drafted by the Athletics from the Chicago White Sox in the 1948 rule 5 draft.
December 16, 1948: Bob Savage was selected off waivers from the Athletics by the St. Louis Browns.
Prior to 1949 season: Skeeter Kell was signed as an amateur free agent by the Athletics.

Regular season

The 1949 Philadelphia Athletics team set a major league team record of executing 217 double plays, a record which still presently stands.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

September 28, 1949: Bill McCahan and $25,000 were traded by the Athletics to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Kermit Wahl.

Roster

1949 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

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	GP	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Mike Guerra	98	298	79	.265	3	31
1B	Ferris Fain	150	525	138	.263	3	78
2B	Pete Suder	118	445	119	.267	10	75
SS	Eddie Joost	144	525	138	.263	23	81
3B	Hank Majeski	114	448	124	.277	9	67
OF	Elmer Valo	150	547	155	.283	5	85
OF	Wally Moses	110	308	85	.276	1	25
OF	Sam Chapman	154	589	164	.278	24	108

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
Nellie Fox	88	247	63	.255	0	21
	57	169	36	.213	0	10
Taffy Wright	59	149	35	.235	2	25
Joe Astroth	55	148	36	.243	0	12
Buddy Rosar	32	95	19	.200	0	6
	31	75	20	.267	1	6
Augie Galan	12	26	8	.308	0	0
Hank Biasatti	21	24	2	.083	0	2
	8	20	5	.250	0	3

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
Alex Kellner	38	245.0	20	12	3.75	94
	33	240.1	13	14	3.86	109
	34	229.1	16	11	4.28	118
	31	213.1	15	11	3.75	43

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
Carl Scheib	38	182.2	9	12	5.12	43
Bobby Shantz	33	127.0	6	8	3.40	58
	7	20.2	1	1	2.61	3
Phil Marchildon	7	16.0	0	3	11.81	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
	37	1	1	3	5.44	18
Jim Wilson	2	0	0	0	14.40	2
Clem Hausmann	1	0	0	0	9.00	0

Farm system

References

[http://baseball-reference.com/players/d/davisto01.shtml Tod Davis] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[http://baseball-reference.com/players/s/savagbo01.shtml Bob Savage] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[http://baseball-reference.com/k/kellsk01.shtml Skeeter Kell] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://books.google.com/books?id=YTQDAAAAMBAJ&dq=hank+majeski+baseball+digest&pg=PA68 ''Old A's Were Masters of the Double Play'', by Norman L. Macht, Baseball Digest, December 1989, Vol. 48, No. 12, ISSN 0005-609X]
"A Record with Legs: Most Double Plays Turned in a Season". philadelphiaathletics.org.
[http://baseball-reference.com/w/wahlke01.shtml Kermit Wahl] at ''Baseball-Reference''

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