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.Lou Brissie at Baseball-Reference December 13, 1946: Hal Epps was selected off waivers from the Athletics by the St. Louis Cardinals.Hal Epps at Baseball-Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1947 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

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 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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: SavannahJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

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