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1949 Philadelphia A's  (1948)  (1950) 84-70, 2nd in American League Scored 790 runs, Allowed 728 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .706 Park Factor: Batting - 101 / Pitching - 100 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 76-78   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 81-73 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          33  154  626  105  205  35   1  28  148   4   0   81   86  .327  .400  .521  130   7.8  2(-1)e10   99  
 SS  Eddie Joost          33  154  583  115  165  28   5  26  108   2   1  141  108  .283  .420  .482  130   7.8  2e26       19  
 OF *Elmer Valo           28  154  581  101  166  21  12  10  100  14   2  121   47  .286  .405  .415  104   6.2  3(0)e8      3  
 1B *Ferris Fain          28  152  587  107  152  22   6   1   56  10   3  141   75  .259  .402  .322   92   5.5  1e22      -29  
 2B  Pete Suder           33  140  479   60  129  19   4  11   62   0   0   36   45  .269  .324  .395   60   4.4  2e22       -4  
 3B  Hank Majeski         32  132  440   41  127  26   5   5   57   0   0   22   38  .289  .327  .405   57   4.8  4e20      -12  
 OF *Wally Moses          38  129  354   67   96  21   2   3   31   0   0   43   34  .271  .353  .367   47   4.6  2(0)e7    -27  
 C   Mike Guerra          36  105  327   35   81  14   1   3   33   2   3   42   28  .248  .334  .324   36   3.8  3(+1)e5   -37  
 C   Charlie Silvera      24   45  146   21   52   3   0   0   15   0   0   19    8  .356  .425  .377   24   6.4  3(+1)e5    68  
 3B  Buddy Blattner       29   61  108   18   27   6   0   6   23   0   0   24   26  .250  .387  .472   21   6.5  4e24       24  
 UT  Lou Klein            30   54  126   19   34   7   0   3   22   0   1   24   24  .270  .390  .397   19   5.1            107  
 OF  Roberto Ortiz        34   45  145   11   43   2   0   1   18   0   0    7   20  .297  .323  .331   15   3.9  3(-1)e14    2  
 OF *Herb Adams           21   71  152    9   39   3   2   0   17   0   0   13   13  .257  .318  .303   14   3.3  4(-1)e9   -48  
 2B  Tod Davis            24   53   84    7   21   0   0   2   10   0   0    8   26  .250  .315  .321    7   3.2  4e22      -42  
 OF #Augie Galan          37   47   45    7   11   2   0   0    6   0   0   17    7  .244  .444  .289    7   5.4  3(+1)e7    51  
 C   Joe Astroth          26   45  116    6   24   0   0   0    4   0   1   14   17  .207  .292  .207    6   1.9  3(0)e7   -122  
 1B *Hank Biasatti        27   23   19    4    5   3   0   0    2   0   0    7    2  .263  .464  .421    4   8.9  4e19      406  
 OF  Johnny Blatnik       28    9    8    4    4   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    1  .500  .692  .625    4  29.4  3(-1)e9   776  
 PH *Hal Peck             32   37   31    3    9   0   0   0    6   0   0    4    4  .290  .361  .290    3   3.4            -68  
 2B  Bobby Avila          25    6   16    2    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .312  .312  .375    1   3.4  3e22      207  
 OF  Don White            30   15   12    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .167  .167  .250    0    .6  3(+1)e7  -105  
 3B  Bob Ramazzotti       32   27   13    5    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .077  .077  .077    0    .2  2e24     -260  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 31                                                                           792                    9

     * - 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 *Cliff Chambers       27  18   7  .720  32  25   6   5   0   2   0  196.0  189   79   73  16   41  121  3.35   77   3.6 -105  
  P  Hank Borowy          33  16   8  .667  33  31   6   0   0   0   2  207.2  238  111  103  22   59   79  4.46  119   5.1   41  
  P  Dick Fowler          28  11  10  .524  33  29   3   3   0   0   2  189.2  182   98   89  19  102   51  4.22  101   4.8  -15  
  P  Russ Meyer           25  10   9  .526  38  34   3   3   1   0   2  234.1  205   98   92  16  102   93  3.53   92   3.5  -55  
  P  Bubba Harris         23   7  11  .389  76   0   0  41   6   2   0  102.2  135   82   74  22   47   42  6.49   96   8.4  110  
  P  Tom Ferrick          34   6   6  .500  67   0   0  39  16  11   0  113.2  121   53   39  11   49   47  3.09   63   5.0   -3  
  P *Chuck Stobbs         20   6  10  .375  53  18   0   9   3   5   0  167.0  182   97   82  15   89   89  4.42   98   5.2   34  
  P  Bill McCahan         28   3   1  .750   9   2   0   4   0   0   0   22.1   18    1    1   0    8    2  0.40    5   2.3 -127  
  P  Monk Dubiel          31   3   5  .375  12  11   0   1   0   1   0   67.1   83   58   50  17   31   38  6.68   57   7.6  175  
  P  Bud Podbielan        25   2   0 1.000   5   0   0   2   0   0   0    6.1    5    1    1   1    3    3  1.42    2   4.1   48  
  P  Carl Scheib          22   2   3  .400  41   4   0  29   6   0   0   87.2  109   50   44  10   54   34  4.52   66   6.9   22  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      782          2

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Mike Guerra 794 90 102 377 52 4 0 .991 57 26 Charlie Silvera 311 33 44 160 26 2 1 .989 19 13 Joe Astroth 288 31 43 151 11 4 1 .976 14 5 Don White 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ferris Fain 1366 152 152 1462 116 13 145 .992 10.40 Hank Biasatti 19 2 5 21 2 0 1 1.000 10.89 Augie Galan 7 0 5 10 1 0 0 1.000 14.14 Don White 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pete Suder 1101 120 133 304 367 17 88 .975 5.48 Lou Klein 129 14 20 44 52 5 10 .950 6.70 Tod Davis 119 15 16 33 47 1 11 .988 6.07 Bobby Avila 32 5 6 13 9 0 3 1.000 6.19 Buddy Blattner 14 0 7 6 4 1 2 .909 6.59 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hank Majeski 938 111 122 179 284 14 25 .971 4.44 Buddy Blattner 215 25 28 31 58 3 3 .967 3.73 Lou Klein 170 18 28 26 30 2 7 .966 2.97 Bob Ramazzotti 56 0 21 7 29 0 2 1.000 5.75 Tod Davis 10 0 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.70 Pete Suder 5 0 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 7.20 Don White 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Joost 1389 154 154 286 525 19 98 .977 5.26 Pete Suder 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Buddy Blattner 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Wally Moses 712 74 104 157 3 4 0 .976 2.02 Roberto Ortiz 296 38 39 54 4 3 0 .951 1.77 Herb Adams 254 34 38 54 2 4 0 .933 1.98 Elmer Valo 48 0 10 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.81 Augie Galan 48 5 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.70 Don White 26 0 8 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.42 Hal Peck 6 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Johnny Blatnik 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sam Chapman 1395 154 154 396 15 9 1 .979 2.65 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Elmer Valo 1339 154 154 286 17 7 3 .977 2.04 Wally Moses 55 0 10 16 2 0 0 1.000 2.95 Johnny Blatnik 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1949 Draft

Round 1 (#1):	Hank Borowy
Round 2 (#15):	Tom Ferrick
Round 3 (#29):	Buddy Blattner
Round 3 (#38):	Lou Klein
Round 4 (#43):	Roberto Ortiz
Round 5 (#56):	Hal Peck

Transactions

• 1949-01: traded Taffy Wright to CHA for Herb Adams
• 1949-11: traded PHA#3 to CHN for Monk Dubiel
• 1949-11: acquired Johnny Blatnik as a free agent
• 1949-16: released Buddy Blattner
• 1949-16: acquired Bobby Avila as a free agent
• 1949-17: released Johnny Blatnik
• 1949-17: acquired Bud Podbielan as a free agent
• 1949 postseason: released Lou Klein, Roberto Ortiz, Skeeter Webb

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