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.

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.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Season standings
- 2.2 Roster
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Farm system
5 References
6 External links

Offseason

December 1946: Lou Brissie was signed as an amateur free agent by the Athletics.^[1]
December 13, 1946: Hal Epps was selected off waivers from the Athletics by the St. Louis Cardinals.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	97	57	.630	--
Detroit Tigers	85	69	.552	12
Boston Red Sox	83	71	.539	14
Cleveland Indians	80	74	.519	17
Philadelphia Athletics	78	76	.506	19
Chicago White Sox	70	84	.455	27
Washington Senators	64	90	.416	33
St. Louis Browns	59	95	.383	38

Roster

1947 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

11,47 George Binks
4 Sam Chapman
15,30,39 Austin Knickerbocker
28 Chet Laabs
7 Barney McCosky
10,21 Elmer Valo

Other batters

20,30 Tom Kirk
31,45 Ray Poole

Manager

-- Connie Mack

Coaches

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	Rosar, BuddyBuddy Rosar	102	359	93	.259	1	33
1B	Fain, FerrisFerris Fain	136	461	134	.291	7	71
2B	Suder, PetePete Suder	145	528	127	.241	5	60
3B	Majeski, HankHank Majeski	141	479	134	.280	8	72
SS	Joost, EddieEddie Joost	151	540	111	.206	13	64
OF	Valo, ElmerElmer Valo	112	370	111	.300	5	36
OF	McCosky, BarneyBarney McCosky	137	546	179	.328	1	52
OF	Chapman, SamSam Chapman	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
Adams, DickDick Adams	37	89	18	.202	2	11
Cooper, PatPat Cooper	13	16	4	.250	0	3
Poole, RayRay Poole	13	13	3	.231	0	1
Kirk, TomTom Kirk	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
Coleman, JoeJoe Coleman	32	160.1	6	12	4.32	65
Flores, JesseJesse Flores	28	151.1	4	13	3.39	41
Dietrich, BillBill Dietrich	11	60.2	5	2	3.12	18
Brissie, LouLou Brissie	1	7	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
Savage, BobBob Savage	44	146	8	10	3.76	56

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
Christopher, RussRuss Christopher	44	10	7	12	2.90	33

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Birmingham Barons	Southern Association	Dick Porter
A	Savannah Indians	Sally League	Tom Oliver and Jimmy Adair
A	Lincoln Athletics	Western League	Ham Schulte and Tom Oliver
B	Lancaster Red Roses	Interstate League	Charlie English and Clayton Sheedy
C	Martinsville Athletics	Carolina League	Joe Glenn and Woody Wheaton
C	Moline A's	Central Association	Woody Wheaton and Joe Glenn
C	Niagara Falls Fronters	Middle Atlantic League	Steve Mizerak
D	Welch Miners	Appalachian League	Walter Youse and Joe Bird
D	Federalsburg A's	Eastern Shore League	Pep Rambert
D	Nyack Rockies	North Atlantic League	Emil Schwab
D	Lexington Indians	North Carolina State League	Homer Lee Cox
D	Red Springs Red Robins	Tobacco State League	Red Norris

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Savannah^[3]

References

External links

1947 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
1947 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v t e 1947 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1947 All-Star Game 1947 World Series

Oakland Athletics

Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics
Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)

The Franchise

History in Philadelphia • History in Oakland • Seasons • Records • No-hitters • Players • Owners and executives • Managers • Broadcasters • Award winners and league leaders • First-round draft picks * Opening Day starting pitchers * Record holders

Ballparks

Columbia Park • Shibe Park • Municipal Stadium • Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum • Cashman Field • Cisco Field (proposed)

Spring Training: Barrs Field; Terry Park Ballfield; Wilmington Park; McCurdy Field; Connie Mack Field; McKechnie Field; Rendezvous Park; Scottsdale Stadium I; Phoenix Municipal Stadium; HoHoKam Stadium(2015)

Culture

Philadelphia Athletics (football) • Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame • Charlie-O • Stomper • $100,000 Infield • "Holy Toledo!" • Billyball • Celebration • Moneyball (book • film)

Lore

The Mack Attack • Catfish Hunter's perfect game • 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake • Dallas Braden's perfect game

Rivalries

City Series • Bay Bridge Series

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Home Run Baker Chief Bender Mickey Cochrane Eddie Collins Dennis Eckersley Rollie Fingers Jimmie Foxx Lefty Grove Rickey Henderson Catfish Hunter Reggie Jackson Nap Lajoie Connie Mack Eddie Plank Al Simmons Rube Waddell Dick Williams

Wall of Fame members	Sam Chapman Jack Coombs Jimmy Dykes George Earnshaw Ferris Fain Bob Johnson Eddie Joost Bing Miller Wally Moses Rube Oldring Bobby Shantz Eddie Rommel Elmer Valo Rube Walberg Gus Zernial

Retired numbers

World Series
Champions (9)

American League
Championships (15)

A.L. West Division
Championships (16)

1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1981
1988
1989
1990
1992
2000
2002
2003
2006
2012
2013

Minors

AAA: Sacramento River Cats
AA: Midland RockHounds
A: Stockton Ports; Beloit Snappers; Vermont Lake Monsters
Rookie: Arizona League Athletics, DSL Athletics

Seasons (114)

1900s-1910s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s-1930s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s-1950s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s-1970s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

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