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1946 Philadelphia Athletics Season
The 1946 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 49 wins and 105 losses. Regular season Buddy Rosar led the American League in assists and set the record for errorless games by a catcher, posting a 1.000 fielding percentage in 117 games. at ''The Encyclopedia of Catchers'' Season standings Record vs. opponents Roster 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''Other batters ''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batt ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shibe Park
Shibe Park, known later as Connie Mack Stadium, was a ballpark located in Philadelphia. It was the home of the Philadelphia Athletics of the American League (AL) and the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League (NL). When it opened April 12, 1909, it became baseball's first reinforced concrete, steel-and-concrete stadium. In different eras it was home to $100,000 infield, "The $100,000 Infield", Whiz Kids (baseball), "The Whiz Kids", and 1964 Philadelphia Phillies season, "The 1964 Phold". The venue's two home teams won both the first and last games at the stadium: the Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox 8–1 on opening day 1909, while the Phillies beat the Montreal Expos 2–1 on October 1, 1970, in the park's final contest. Shibe Park stood on the block bounded by Lehigh Avenue, 20th Street, Somerset Street and 21st Street. It was five blocks west, corner-to-corner, from the Baker Bowl, the Phillies' home from 1887 to 1938. The stadium hosted eight World Series and two Major L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Cooper (baseball)
Orge Patterson Cooper (November 26, 1917 – March 15, 1993) was a professional baseball player. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball, 1946 and 1947, for the Philadelphia Athletics. Cooper's minor league career spanned fifteen seasons, from 1936 until 1950. In 1946, Cooper appeared in one game as a pitcher, pitching one scoreless inning in a game on May 11. In 1947, he appeared in 13 games, one as a first baseman and the rest as a pinch hitter In baseball, a pinch hitter is a substitute Batting (baseball), batter. Batters can be substituted at any time while the dead ball (baseball), ball is dead (not in active play); the manager (baseball), manager may use any player who has not yet .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cooper, Pat Major League Baseball pitchers Major League Baseball first basemen Philadelphia Athletics players Greensburg Red Wings players Kinston Eagles players Decatur Commodores players Lynchburg Grays players Mount Airy Graniteers p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Armstrong (baseball)
Noble George "Dodo" Armstrong (June 3, 1924 – July 24, 1993) was an American professional baseball player, a catcher whose nine-season (1943–1951) career included eight games played in the Major Leagues for the Philadelphia Athletics. The native of Orange, New Jersey, threw and batted right-handed. He stood tall and weighed . Apart from those eight games in the Majors, and 15 games played for the 1946 Savannah Indians of the Class A Sally League, Armstrong's professional career took place at the Class B level, or lower, of minor league baseball. His only MLB hit, a double, came in his first big-league at bat as a pinch hitter against Dave Ferriss of the Boston Red Sox at Shibe Park on April 26, 1946. During his debut, Armstrong relieved starting catcher Gene Desautels and stayed in the game to record three errorless chances in the field. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porter Vaughan
Cecil Porter Vaughan (May 11, 1919 – July 30, 2008) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics. ''Baseball Reference''. Retrieved January 5, 2011. He was in the military during World War II from 1942 to 1945. References External links 1919 births 2008 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Philadelphia Athletics players Toronto Maple Leafs (International League) players Kansas City Blues (baseball) players Baseball players from Virginia American military personnel of World War II Richmond Spiders baseball players People from King and Queen County, Virginia {{US-baseball-pitcher-1910s-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Savage
John Robert Savage (December 1, 1921 – July 26, 2013) was a professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Browns of Major League Baseball (MLB) in parts of five seasons spanning 1942–1949. Listed at and , he batted and threw right-handed. Biography Savage was born in 1921 in Manchester, New Hampshire. He originally signed with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1942, making his major league debut on June 24. Like many other players of the era, his career was interrupted by World War II. He served in the United States Army with the 3rd Infantry Regiment, where he received three Purple Heart awards. Following his discharge from military service, Savage returned to the Athletics in 1946, pitching for them during three seasons before joining the St. Louis Browns in 1949, his last major league season. He then continued to pitch in the minor leagues until 1953. After retiring from baseball, Savage worked for Wilson Sporting Goods before openi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobo Newsom
Louis Norman "Bobo" Newsom (August 11, 1907 – December 7, 1962) was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. Also known as "Buck", Newsom played for nine of the 16 then-existing big-league teams from 1929 through 1953 over all or parts of 20 seasons, appearing in an even 600 games pitched and 3,759 innings pitched. He batted and threw right-handed, stood tall and weighed . Life and career Born in Hartsville, South Carolina, Newsom was known to possess a somewhat eccentric and emotional personality, typically referring to everyone in the third person, including referring to himself as "Bobo". Newsom pitched valiantly in a losing cause in Game Seven of the 1940 World Series with the Detroit Tigers, two days after pitching a shutout in honor of his father, who had died while visiting from South Carolina and watching his son win the opener. Bobo had said before pitching Game Five, "I'll win this one for my daddy." When manager Del Baker named Newsom to take the mou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill McCahan
William Glenn McCahan (June 7, 1921 – July 3, 1986) was an American professional baseball baseball, player and right-handed pitcher in the Major League Baseball, Major Leagues with the History of the Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Athletics from to . Born in Philadelphia, he was listed as tall and . He graduated from Duke University and served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, attaining the rank of second lieutenant and earning his pilot's wings. McCahan also played professional basketball for the Syracuse Nationals of the National Basketball League (United States), National Basketball League. Early baseball career McCahan had begun his professional baseball career in 1942 with the Class B Wilmington Blue Rocks (1940–52), Wilmington Blue Rocks before entering the military. He resumed it in 1946 with the Triple-A (baseball), Triple-A Toronto Maple Leafs (International League), Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League, winning 11 of 18 dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Marchildon
Philip Joseph "Babe" Marchildon (October 25, 1913 – January 10, 1997) was a Canadian Major League Baseball pitcher. A right-hander, he stood tall and was listed at . Born in Penetanguishene, Ontario, Marchildon pitched 1,214 innings with a won-lost record of 68 wins and 75 losses and a career ERA of 3.93 for the Philadelphia Athletics and the Boston Red Sox from 1940 to 1942 and from 1945 to 1950. All but one of his 185 MLB games pitched came in an A's uniform. Marchildon had two standout seasons for Philadelphia, going 17–14 for the 1942 Athletics and 19–9 (3.22) for the 1947 edition. His 17 victories in 1942 accounting for nearly a third of all of Philadelphia's season total of 55 wins; the A's finished eighth and last in the American League that season. He led the league in bases on balls and placed ninth in Most Valuable Player Award balloting in both 1942 and 1947. During World War II Marchildon served in the Royal Canadian Air Force as a tail gunner in a Hali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Knott
John Henry Knott (March 2, 1907 – October 13, 1981) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the St. Louis Browns (1933-1938), Chicago White Sox (1938-1940) and Philadelphia Athletics (1941-1942, 1946). Knott batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Dallas, Texas. He led the American League in saves (7) in 1935 and earned runs allowed (156) in 1936, and home runs allowed (25) in 1937. In 11 seasons he had an 82–103 win–loss record in 325 games, with 192 games started, 62 complete games, 4 shutouts, 19 saves, 484 strikeouts, and a 4.97 ERA. Knott served in the military during World War II, and he was wounded on January 10, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge. He was an alumnus of Southern Methodist University and died in Brownwood, Texas, at the age of 74. See also * List of Major League Baseball annual saves leaders References External links Interview with Jack Knottby Eugene Murdock Eugene Converse Murdock (April 30, 1921 – July 23, 1992) wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Knerr
Wallace Luther Knerr (August 21, 1921 – March 23, 1980) was a Major League Baseball player who played pitcher from 1945 to 1947. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics The Philadelphia Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Philadelphia from 1901 to 1954, when they moved to Kansas City, Missouri, and became the Kansas City Athletics. Following another move in 1967, the team became the Oaklan ... and Washington Senators. External links 1921 births 1980 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Philadelphia Athletics players Washington Senators (1901–1960) players Muhlenberg Mules baseball players Baseball players from Pennsylvania People from Strasburg, Pennsylvania Sportspeople from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Albany Senators players Chattanooga Lookouts players Danville Leafs players Jersey City Giants players Newport News Pilots players Petersburg Rebels players Sherbrooke Athletics players Shreveport Sports players Toronto Maple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lum Harris
Chalmer Luman Harris (January 17, 1915 – November 11, 1996) was an American right-handed pitcher, coach, manager, and scout in Major League Baseball. Born in New Castle, Alabama, Harris began his playing career with the Atlanta Crackers of the Southern Association in 1937. His catcher that season was Paul Richards, who in 1938 became Atlanta's player-manager. Richards and Harris would form a decades-long association in baseball at the minor and Major League levels. Playing career The , Harris compiled a 35–63 record with a 4.16 earned-run average in 151 American League games with the Philadelphia Athletics (1941–1944 and 1946) and Washington Senators (1947). He missed the 1945 season while serving in the United States Navy in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. As a big leaguer, Harris allowed 874 hits and 265 bases on balls in 820 innings pitched and 151 games, with 232 strikeouts. He pitched at the Triple-A level during his last three activ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Griffeth
Leon Clifford Griffeth (May 20, 1925 – August 3, 2007) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. Listed at 5' 11", 180 lb., he was a switch-hitter and threw left-handed. Born in Carmel, New York, Griffeth pitched briefly for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1946 season. In a ten-game career, he posted a 2.93 earned run average In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the average of earned runs allowed by a pitcher per nine innings pitched (i.e. the traditional length of a game). It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number ... with four strikeouts and six walks in 15⅓ innings of work, and did not have a decision. He also played eight minor league seasons from 1946 through 1953, posting a 44-52 record and a 4.15 ERA in 197 pitching appearances. Griffeth died in Durham, North Carolina, at the age of 82. References External links Major League Baseball pitchers Philadelphia Athletics players Elmira Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
