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1946 Philadelphia A's  (1945)  (1947) 48-106, 7th in American League Scored 554 runs, Allowed 810 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 49-105 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .676 Park Factor: Batting - 97 / Pitching - 100 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 58-96   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 49-105 Manager(s): Drew Kennedy

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Sam Chapman          30  153  604   86  170  25   9  26   87   0   0   56   90  .281  .341  .482   98   5.8  3(-1)e12   66  
 OF *Elmer Valo           25  143  392   50  129  22   9   6   44  11   1   52   30  .329  .407  .477   80   7.9  3(0)e8     63  
 C   Andy Seminick        25  129  452   53  133  14   5  24   71   5   2   34  113  .294  .343  .507   76   6.2  1(-1)e9   102  
 OF *Ron Northey          26  134  472   62  130  27   6  24   86   1   0   41   79  .275  .333  .511   74   5.5  4(-2)e8    89  
 3B  Pete Suder           30  134  497   46  135  17   3   1   36   1   1   25   44  .272  .309  .324   46   3.2  3e25      -27  
 1B *Hal Trosky           33  111  337   45   86  17   3   4   26   3   4   30   61  .255  .319  .359   35   3.6  4e15       13  
 SS  Roy Hughes           35  124  374   30   91  10   1   0   18  12   1   24   37  .243  .288  .275   30   2.8  3e35       -6  
 2B  Irv Hall             27  118  369   23   93   7   4   0   24   1   4   21   41  .252  .296  .293   28   2.6  1e26       -1  
 1B #Heinz Becker         30   88  169   15   51  10   0   0   14   0   0   26   17  .302  .393  .361   25   5.6  3e15      -23  
 3B  Hank Majeski         29   52  174   13   53  13   1   0   10   2   0   15    7  .305  .363  .391   25   5.5  4e25      110  
 OF *Hal Peck             29   62  158   18   43  12   4   0    9   2   0   15   16  .272  .335  .399   21   5.1  4(+1)e8    48  
 2B  Oscar Grimes         31   80  190   14   48   3   0   0    8   0   0   24   37  .253  .341  .268   18   3.3  3e31      -18  
 OF  Don Ross             31   77  164   11   36   6   0   3   16   0   0   21   21  .220  .312  .311   16   3.3  4(0)e8    -91  
 1B *Vance Dinges         31   64  113   13   32   4   0   1   20   0   2    8   16  .283  .325  .345   11   3.3  3e17      -96  
 C   Clyde Kluttz         28   47  148   14   36   5   0   0    6   0   0   10   16  .243  .298  .277   10   2.3  3(-1)e8   -62  
 1B *Bruce Konopka        26   36  127    7   30   5   3   0   13   0   0    1   10  .236  .248  .323    9   2.6  4e15        2  
 SS  John O'Neil          26   28   99   11   28   2   0   0    9   0   0    6   16  .283  .318  .303    8   3.1  4e38       20  
 SS  Jake Caulfield       28   50   92    4   23   6   0   0   11   0   1    1   13  .250  .255  .315    6   2.3  4e39      -97  
 OF  Tuck Stainback       34   69  127   14   22   3   1   0    7   0   0    0   11  .173  .186  .213    4   1.1  2(-1)e14 -158  
 OF *Russ Derry           29   32   27    4    7   3   0   0    1   0   0    2    7  .259  .333  .370    3   4.9  2(+3)e8    88  
 OF  Lou Novikoff         30    5   12    2    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .333  .429  .417    2   8.0  4(+1)e8   164  
 C   Gene Desautels       39    7   21    2    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .238  .261  .286    1   2.8  3(+1)e7    11  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           637                   20

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Phil Marchildon      32   8  19  .296  43  32   5   7   4   1   1  240.0  256  136  118  17  123  123  4.42  139   5.2   18  
  P  Tommy Hughes         26   7   4  .636  37  13   2  15   1   0   1  103.2  121   60   52   7   44   42  4.51   62   5.4   -1  
  P  Dick Fowler          25   7  18  .280  33  31   4   2   0   1   0  217.2  230  100   91  19   91  119  3.76  112   4.6  -18  
  P  Bob Savage           24   5   9  .357  41  19   0  14   2   2   0  142.0  146   71   56   6   65   70  3.55   72   4.6  -46  
  P  Lum Harris           31   4  10  .286  41  10   0  11   1   1   0  114.1  129   64   49   5   51   36  3.86   65   5.1 -103  
  P  Russ Christopher     28   4  12  .250  56  11   0  31   9   4   0  128.0  163   89   79  12   51  103  5.55   85   5.9  119  
  P *Bob Chipman          27   4  13  .235  55   8   0  23   6   1   0  118.2  118   72   63  11   69   61  4.78   68   5.1   15  
  P  Lou Knerr            24   3  12  .200  40  14   0  13   0   0   0  121.2  162  107   96  18   63   52  7.10  107   8.0   90  
  P  Bobo Newsom          38   2   3  .400   7   7   0   0   0   0   0   43.1   47   25   23   4   20   23  4.78   23   4.8   62  
  P  Everett Fagan        28   2   4  .333  58   0   0  24   1   2   0   87.2   90   57   48   6   66   25  4.93   55   5.6   33  
  P  Vic Raschi           27   1   0 1.000   2   2   1   0   0   0   0   15.0   17    7    7   1    1   10  4.20    8   4.7  151  
  P *Lefty Hoerst         28   1   2  .333   8   7   0   0   0   0   0   33.1   35   21   21   5   15   14  5.67   19   5.1   -4  
  P *Herman Besse         34   0   0  .000   4   0   0   2   1   0   0    7.2    5    1    1   1    3    7  1.17    2   3.0    1  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      824         14

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Andy Seminick 1003 111 118 590 55 16 2 .976 66 35 Clyde Kluttz 314 36 41 175 19 5 0 .975 10 6 Gene Desautels 55 7 7 31 3 0 0 1.000 1 1 Elmer Valo 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hal Trosky 668 76 85 709 69 12 76 .985 10.49 Bruce Konopka 275 34 34 283 29 2 29 .994 10.22 Heinz Becker 269 27 38 273 31 6 26 .981 10.17 Vance Dinges 155 17 21 181 14 5 15 .975 11.32 Roy Hughes 4 0 2 3 0 0 1 1.000 6.75 Pete Suder 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 Russ Derry 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Irv Hall 902 101 116 246 332 12 76 .980 5.77 Oscar Grimes 445 53 67 132 170 11 40 .965 6.11 Pete Suder 26 0 7 10 8 0 1 1.000 6.31 Roy Hughes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pete Suder 1001 112 122 143 226 20 31 .949 3.32 Hank Majeski 345 42 46 55 85 9 10 .940 3.66 Don Ross 12 0 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 4.63 Oscar Grimes 11 0 2 1 5 1 0 .857 4.76 Jake Caulfield 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.45 Clyde Kluttz 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roy Hughes 959 109 121 188 312 21 56 .960 4.69 John O'Neil 225 28 28 46 85 4 24 .970 5.23 Jake Caulfield 176 17 40 30 55 10 13 .895 4.35 Oscar Grimes 6 0 3 2 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 Irv Hall 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 .667 6.00 Pete Suder 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 7.71 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ron Northey 992 114 117 224 8 7 0 .971 2.10 Tuck Stainback 297 35 41 89 0 4 0 .957 2.70 Lou Novikoff 26 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73 Elmer Valo 21 1 8 8 1 0 0 1.000 3.86 Sam Chapman 15 0 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.93 Don Ross 10 1 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 Hal Peck 8 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Pete Suder 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Russ Derry 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Vance Dinges 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sam Chapman 1310 153 153 339 28 15 2 .961 2.52 Russ Derry 49 1 17 10 2 0 0 1.000 2.22 Vance Dinges 8 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17 Tuck Stainback 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Hal Peck 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Elmer Valo 762 82 99 140 7 6 0 .961 1.74 Don Ross 289 36 37 47 4 1 0 .981 1.59 Hal Peck 275 36 36 48 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 Sam Chapman 23 0 10 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 Vance Dinges 7 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.68 Ron Northey 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Russ Derry 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Tuck Stainback 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 Pete Suder 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1946 Draft

Round 1 (#11):	Ron Northey
Round 3 (#36):	Bob Chipman
Round 4 (#45):	Vance Dinges
Round 5 (#54):	Roy Hughes
Round 6 (#62):	Don Ross
Round 7 (#68):	Heinz Becker
Round 8 (#72):	Tommy Hughes
Round 9 (#75):	Clyde Kluttz

Transactions

• 1946-01: traded Gene Handley to CHA for Hal Trosky
• 1946-01: acquired Vic Raschi as a free agent
• 1946-02: acquired Mike Ryba as a free agent
• 1946-03: released Vic Raschi
• 1946-03: acquired Lou Novikoff as a free agent
• 1946-10: acquired Lefty Hoerst as a free agent
• 1946-10: released Lou Novikoff
• 1946-12: traded PHA#2 to SLA for Bobo Newsom
• 1946-13: released Mike Ryba
• 1946-13: acquired John O'Neil as a free agent
• 1946 postseason: released Charlie Bowles, Carl Scheib

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