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.Buddy Rosar at Baseball ReferenceBuddy Rosar at The Encyclopedia of Catchers
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1946 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders 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 121 424 120 .283 2 47 1B George McQuinn 136 484 109 .225 3 35 2B Gene Handley 89 251 63 .251 0 21 SS Pete Suder 128 455 128 .281 2 50 3B Hank Majeski 78 264 66 .250 1 25 OF Elmer Valo 108 348 107 .307 1 31 OF Barney McCosky 92 308 109 .354 1 34 OF Sam Chapman 146 545 142 .261 20 67
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 Tuck Stainback 91 291 71 .244 0 20 Jack Wallaesa 63 194 38 .196 5 11 Oscar Grimes 59 191 50 .262 1 20 Irv Hall 63 185 46 .249 0 19 Russ Derry 69 184 38 .207 0 14 Hal Peck 48 150 37 .247 2 11 Gene Desautels 52 130 28 .215 0 13 Jake Caulfield 44 94 26 .277 0 10 Bruce Konopka 38 93 22 .237 0 9 26 87 26 .299 0 11 Don Richmond 16 62 18 .290 1 9 Ford Garrison 9 37 4 .108 0 0 Joe Astroth 4 7 1 .143 0 0 8 6 1 .167 0 0 Vern Benson 7 5 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 36 226.2 13 16 3.49 95 Dick Fowler 32 205.2 9 16 3.28 89 Lou Knerr 30 148.1 3 16 5.40 58 10 58.2 3 5 3.38 32
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 40 164.0 3 15 4.06 78 Jesse Flores 29 155.0 9 7 2.32 48 Lum Harris 34 125.1 3 14 5.24 33 Russ Christopher 30 119.1 5 7 4.30 79 7 20.2 0 2 5.23 10 Bill McCahan 4 18.0 1 1 1.00 6 4 13.0 0 2 5.54 8 Jack Knott 3 6.1 0 1 5.68 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 20 0 1 0 4.80 12 Lee Griffeth 10 0 0 0 2.93 4 5 0 1 0 2.77 5 4 0 1 0 6.14 3 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0 ---- 0
Farm system
References
External links 1946 Philadelphia Athletics team at Baseball-Reference 1946 Philadelphia Athletics team page at baseball-almanac.com