1949 Philadelphia Athletics season

1949 Philadelphia Athletics
1949 Philadelphia Athletics
League	American League
Ballpark	Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Connie Mack
Managers	Connie Mack
Television	WPTZ/WCAU/WFIL
Radio	WIBG; (By Saam, George Walsh, Claude Haring)
	← 1948 1950 →

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.^[1]
December 16, 1948: Bob Savage was selected off waivers from the Athletics by the St. Louis Browns.^[2]
Prior to 1949 season: Skeeter Kell was signed as an amateur free agent by the Athletics.^[3]

Regular season

The 1949 Philadelphia Athletics team set a major league team record of executing 217 double plays, a record which still presently stands.^[4]^[5]

Season standings

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American League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	97	57	.630	—	54‍–‍23	43‍–‍34
Boston Red Sox	96	58	.623	1	61‍–‍16	35‍–‍42
Cleveland Indians	89	65	.578	8	49‍–‍28	40‍–‍37
Detroit Tigers	87	67	.565	10	50‍–‍27	37‍–‍40
Philadelphia Athletics	81	73	.526	16	52‍–‍25	29‍–‍48
Chicago White Sox	63	91	.409	34	32‍–‍45	31‍–‍46
St. Louis Browns	53	101	.344	44	36‍–‍41	17‍–‍60
Washington Senators	50	104	.325	47	26‍–‍51	24‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

1949 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	17–5	8–14	15–7–1	9–13	14–8	15–7	18–4
Chicago	5–17	—	7–15	8–14	7–15	6–16	15–7	15–7
Cleveland	14–8	15–7	—	13–9	10–12	9–13	15–7	13–9
Detroit	7–15–1	14–8	9–13	—	11–11	14–8	14–8	18–4
New York	13–9	15–7	12–10	11–11	—	14–8	17–5–1	15–7
Philadelphia	8–14	16–6	13–9	8–14	8–14	—	12–10	16–6
St. Louis	7–15	7–15	7–15	8–14	5–17–1	10–12	—	9–13
Washington	4–18	7–15	9–13	4–18	7–15	6–16	13–9	—

Notable transactions

September 28, 1949: Bill McCahan and $25,000 were traded by the Athletics to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Kermit Wahl.^[6]

Roster

1949 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

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	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
Don White	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
Tod Davis	31	75	20	.267	1	6
Augie Galan	12	26	8	.308	0	0
Hank Biasatti	21	24	2	.083	0	2
Bobby Estalella	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
Joe Coleman	33	240.1	13	14	3.86	109
Lou Brissie	34	229.1	16	11	4.28	118
Dick Fowler	31	213.1	15	11	3.75	43

Other pitchers