1948 Oakland Athletics
Record: 79-83
Finish: 4th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 808
Runs Allowed: 815
Exp W-L: 80-82
 
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Attendance: 2,340,949
Manager: Pat Flaherty

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 3rd in the AL
AA: 48-89, 8th in the AL
A: 57-80, 7th in the AL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF  Carl Furillo 26 154 591 86 204 42 3 16 112 0 0 45 29 .345 .388 .508 .896 103.4 18.8 3.8
1B *Ted Kluszewski 23 153 580 82 165 28 1 25 113 1 0 51 24 .284 .338 .466 .804 86.9 12.3 4.4
SS  Lou Klein 29 155 572 81 171 31 4 7 77 0 0 48 55 .299 .352 .404 .755 73.8 10.2 7.1
C *Hal Wagner 32 144 505 79 147 19 0 12 61 0 0 96 38 .291 .406 .400 .806 85.3 13.8 6.6
LF *Ron Northey 28 149 506 89 151 29 1 20 95 1 0 64 32 .298 .376 .478 .854 86.4 14.0 2.5
1B *Ed Stevens 23 129 439 80 131 28 3 12 63 0 1 50 32 .298 .369 .458 .826 71.6 11.8 2.0
3B  Ken Keltner 31 125 387 44 96 22 1 8 54 2 1 29 31 .248 .299 .372 .671 40.0 3.4 3.9
SS  Willie Jones 22 96 312 49 79 17 3 9 40 0 0 32 17 .253 .321 .413 .734 41.7 5.0 3.2
SS  Steve Mesner 30 96 287 52 79 12 3 6 30 0 0 25 3 .275 .333 .401 .734 35.9 4.6 1.6
LF *Roy Weatherly 33 105 252 35 70 12 3 2 31 3 4 19 9 .278 .325 .373 .698 27.9 2.7 2.8
3B *Joe Garagiola 22 96 214 38 73 15 1 3 30 0 0 36 15 .341 .434 .463 .897 40.9 7.7 2.3
SS  Jerry Priddy 28 78 158 22 28 7 1 0 12 0 0 24 28 .177 .284 .234 .518 10.9 0.0 1.5
RF  Carden Gillenwater 30 96 150 15 29 4 0 1 18 0 1 32 26 .193 .333 .240 .573 13.9 0.5 0.9
P  Charley Schanz 29 43 107 5 12 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 32 .112 .126 .150 .276 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Dave Koslo 28 42 109 7 14 2 0 1 6 0 1 4 37 .128 .159 .174 .334 0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Head 30 39 94 8 20 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 19 .213 .253 .223 .476 5.1 0.0 0.0
P  Tommy Hughes 28 35 79 8 8 1 0 1 7 0 0 2 22 .101 .123 .152 .275 -0.4 0.0 0.0
RF  Hank Bauer 25 31 65 5 9 3 0 0 2 0 0 7 9 .138 .222 .185 .407 2.1 0.0 0.3
C  Chico Hernandez 32 21 47 7 11 1 1 0 5 0 0 10 6 .234 .368 .298 .666 6.0 0.6 0.6
CF  Don Lund 25 19 39 3 10 3 0 0 3 0 0 5 4 .256 .341 .333 .674 4.3 0.5 0.1
P  Harry Dorish 26 57 15 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .067 .067 .067 .133 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Harry Eisenstat 32 54 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Vic Raschi 29 43 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Joyce 33 59 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.7 0.2 0.0
  Team Totals 28.1 2019 5519 795 1510 279 25 124 770 7 8 586 478 .274 .342 .401 .742 736.2 106.2 43.7
  Rank among 8 AL teams 5 4 4 2 8 4 4 7 2 7 2 3 5 4 4 4  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Charley Schanz 29 16 18 .471 43 43 0 333.0 317 181 40 145 177 4.89 15.1
*Dave Koslo 28 19 12 .613 42 42 0 308.7 311 172 34 131 142 5.02 15.8
 Ed Head 30 13 20 .394 39 39 0 284.0 288 137 35 142 165 4.34 18.4
 Tommy Hughes 28 11 15 .423 35 35 0 236.7 222 114 12 147 131 4.34 14.3
 Harry Dorish 26 4 3 .571 57 1 2 84.7 99 35 8 34 24 3.72 7.6
*Harry Eisenstat 32 6 3 .667 54 0 1 68.0 86 39 8 26 17 5.16 4.0
 Bob Joyce 33 6 3 .667 59 0 4 64.7 77 33 8 13 24 4.59 6.0
 Vic Raschi 29 4 9 .308 43 2 24 45.0 57 31 4 22 15 6.20 2.8
 Earl Harrist 28 0 0 .000 11 0 2 16.3 9 3 1 8 5 1.65 3.1
 Carden Gillenwater 30 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 2 4 1 4 0 36.00 0.0
Team Totals 29.3 79 83 .488 384 162 33 1442.0 1468 749 151 672 700 4.67 87.2
Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 3 4 5 3 5 3 4 2 3  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 31.3
H.Wagner 1122.3 125 134 560 57 4 1 .994 32.0
J.Garagiola 226.0 27 27 111 11 1 0 .992 23.1
C.Hernandez 93.7 10 14 51 6 1 0 .983 45.5
Team Total 1442.0 162 175 722 74 6 1 .993 32.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.11
T.Kluszewski 1284.0 146 150 1525 130 7 155 .996 11.60
J.Garagiola 42.0 5 6 52 1 1 5 .981 11.36
S.Mesner 37.0 5 6 48 3 0 5 1.000 12.41
J.Priddy 33.7 4 5 43 0 1 2 .977 11.50
C.Gillenwater 21.3 2 5 26 3 0 2 1.000 12.24
R.Weatherly 14.0 0 6 22 1 0 2 1.000 14.79
H.Wagner 5.0 0 3 5 2 0 1 1.000 12.60
R.Northey 4.0 0 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
E.Stevens 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1442.0 162 184 1729 140 9 173 .995 11.67
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.22
L.Klein 998.3 113 118 232 414 8 95 .988 5.82
R.Weatherly 350.7 40 44 95 145 3 31 .988 6.16
J.Priddy 38.0 4 7 7 15 0 2 1.000 5.21
S.Mesner 34.0 3 10 5 13 0 1 1.000 4.76
K.Keltner 8.0 1 1 4 2 0 1 1.000 6.75
C.Gillenwater 8.0 1 1 3 5 1 1 .889 9.00
W.Jones 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.0 162 183 346 594 12 131 .987 5.87
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 3.04
K.Keltner 860.3 102 111 64 229 15 25 .951 3.07
W.Jones 238.0 30 30 15 66 5 6 .942 3.06
J.Garagiola 203.3 17 48 15 52 2 3 .971 2.97
S.Mesner 43.3 3 15 3 7 1 1 .909 2.08
J.Priddy 43.0 4 6 1 15 1 2 .941 3.35
H.Wagner 12.0 1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1400.0 157 214 99 372 24 37 .952 3.03
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 5.53
W.Jones 534.3 66 66 91 211 6 43 .981 5.09
L.Klein 278.3 32 35 46 125 6 22 .966 5.53
J.Priddy 242.3 26 38 37 103 6 19 .959 5.20
S.Mesner 98.0 9 18 15 34 2 7 .961 4.50
C.Gillenwater 43.7 2 16 5 22 1 2 .964 5.57
K.Keltner 18.0 0 9 4 11 0 2 1.000 7.50
J.Garagiola 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Stevens 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1217.0 135 184 198 506 22 95 .970 5.21
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.97
R.Northey 1055.7 118 126 246 4 3 2 .988 2.13
H.Bauer 151.0 19 20 30 2 1 0 .970 1.91
C.Gillenwater 91.3 10 15 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.07
D.Lund 85.0 10 12 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.38
R.Weatherly 32.0 3 7 9 0 1 0 .900 2.53
S.Mesner 23.0 2 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.74
E.Stevens 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1442.0 162 188 326 7 5 2 .985 2.08
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.76
C.Furillo 1289.3 146 148 356 13 10 3 .974 2.58
R.Weatherly 91.3 10 13 34 1 2 0 .946 3.45
C.Gillenwater 47.0 5 9 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.87
S.Mesner 8.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
R.Northey 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Garagiola 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Lund 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1442.0 162 175 407 14 12 3 .972 2.63
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.14
E.Stevens 863.7 96 111 201 5 4 2 .981 2.15
S.Mesner 377.3 46 47 83 0 0 0 1.000 1.98
C.Gillenwater 91.0 10 17 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.88
R.Northey 61.0 6 13 9 0 1 0 .900 1.33
R.Weatherly 27.0 3 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
C.Furillo 11.0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27
H.Bauer 7.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
D.Lund 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.0 162 200 325 6 5 2 .985 2.07
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.30
C.Schanz 333.0 43 43 28 57 2 6 .977 2.30
D.Koslo 308.7 42 42 27 52 2 3 .975 2.30
E.Head 284.0 39 39 19 46 2 4 .970 2.06
T.Hughes 236.7 35 35 13 34 0 4 1.000 1.79
H.Dorish 84.7 1 57 3 14 0 0 1.000 1.81
H.Eisenstat 68.0 0 54 3 16 1 2 .950 2.51
B.Joyce 64.7 0 59 5 13 0 2 1.000 2.51
V.Raschi 45.0 2 43 6 15 0 2 1.000 4.20
E.Harrist 16.3 0 11 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.20
C.Gillenwater 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.0 162 384 104 251 7 23 .981 2.22
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Furillo .345
On-Base Pct Wagner .406
Slugging Pct Furillo .508
OPS Furillo .896
XR Furillo 103.4
Games Klein 155
At-Bats Furillo 591
Runs Northey 89
Hits Furillo 204
Total Bases Furillo 300
Singles Furillo 143
Doubles Furillo 42
Triples Klein 4
Homeruns Kluszewski 25
RBIs Kluszewski 113
Stolen Bases Weatherly 3
Caught Stealing Weatherly 4
Walks Wagner 96
Strikeouts Klein 55
ERA Hughes 4.34
Wins Koslo 19
Losses Head 20
Winning Pct Koslo .613
Saves Raschi 24
Games Pitched Joyce 59
Games Started Schanz 43
Complete Games Schanz 14
Shutouts Head 2
Innings Pitched Schanz 333.0
Hits Allowed Schanz 317
Homeruns Allowed Schanz 40
Strikeouts Schanz 177
Walks Allowed Hughes 147
Walks per 9IP Koslo 3.8
Hits per 9IP Hughes 8.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Head 5.2
WHiP Schanz 1.39
OAVG Hughes .251
OOBP Schanz .329
OSLG Hughes .344
OOPS Hughes .700
Team All-Stars
Carl Furillo
Lou Klein
Ted Kluszewski
Dave Koslo
Charley Schanz
Hal Wagner
Player Salaries
Dave Koslo $ 11,500,000
Ed Head $ 10,000,000
Hal Wagner $ 6,750,000
Roy Weatherly $ 3,350,000
Charley Schanz $ 3,221,429
Lou Klein $ 2,685,714
Ken Keltner $ 2,660,000
Bob Joyce $ 2,500,000
Tommy Hughes $ 2,120,000
Jerry Priddy $ 1,272,857
Carden Gillenwater $ 1,000,000
Ron Northey $ 650,000
Steve Mesner $ 544,000
Harry Danning $ 410,000
Harry Eisenstat $ 350,000
Chico Hernandez $ 330,000
Harry Dorish $ 300,000
Carl Furillo $ 300,000
Joe Garagiola $ 300,000
Willie Jones $ 300,000
Ed Stevens $ 300,000
Don Lund $ 300,000
Hank Bauer $ 300,000
Vic Raschi $ 300,000
Ted Kluszewski $ 300,000
Earl Harrist $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Glenn Elliott New York (A) Lou Klein
8/11 Released Stan Hack