1947 Oakland Athletics
Record: 94-68
Finish: 3rd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 761
Runs Allowed: 724
Exp W-L: 85-77
 
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Attendance: 2,083,343
Manager: Pat Flaherty

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 3rd in the AL
AA: 50-87, 7th in the AL
A: 71-66, 4th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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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
LF *Ron Northey 27 157 558 81 152 29 3 20 93 0 1 56 41 .272 .338 .443 .780 80.9 15.6 3.2
3B  Ken Keltner 30 152 547 71 134 38 5 9 58 4 1 63 28 .245 .323 .382 .705 63.4 9.7 4.4
CF  Carl Furillo 25 151 560 80 168 27 5 11 75 0 0 34 30 .300 .340 .425 .765 74.5 14.3 4.0
C *Hal Wagner 31 149 493 81 133 30 3 12 76 1 0 94 32 .270 .386 .416 .802 81.5 17.3 12.7
SS  Al Cuccinello 32 143 526 76 163 15 5 15 86 0 1 31 74 .310 .351 .443 .794 76.2 15.7 6.0
2B *Stan Hack 37 142 498 63 129 27 3 5 60 6 5 45 56 .259 .318 .355 .674 55.5 7.7 3.5
1B *Hal Trosky 34 136 441 65 129 28 2 13 65 2 0 36 44 .293 .344 .454 .797 65.9 13.6 2.3
SS  Jerry Priddy 27 115 315 42 74 17 5 9 44 0 0 41 25 .235 .321 .406 .728 39.5 6.0 2.1
LF *Roy Weatherly 32 129 331 44 94 10 2 0 23 7 2 23 17 .284 .329 .326 .655 33.6 4.4 1.9
SS  Steve Mesner 29 104 256 25 76 14 1 1 32 0 0 18 9 .297 .345 .371 .716 32.1 6.0 1.7
RF  Carden Gillenwater 29 92 205 31 58 8 2 8 30 1 0 47 31 .283 .415 .459 .874 39.8 9.3 1.2
1B *Ed Stevens 22 61 191 31 64 10 0 2 25 0 1 17 22 .335 .386 .419 .805 29.6 6.6 0.9
RF  Joe Gallagher 33 89 162 27 44 5 1 8 26 0 0 8 22 .272 .302 .463 .765 21.6 3.6 0.8
P  Charley Schanz 28 44 115 9 17 3 2 1 7 0 0 7 40 .148 .197 .235 .432 5.0 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Head 29 44 114 7 25 3 0 0 10 0 0 1 13 .219 .226 .246 .472 4.3 0.0 0.0
C  Harry Danning 35 33 86 8 19 2 0 0 5 0 0 6 24 .221 .269 .244 .513 5.8 0.0 1.5
P *Dave Koslo 27 30 69 10 15 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 18 .217 .208 .261 .469 4.1 0.0 0.0
P  Tommy Hughes 27 31 64 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 17 .063 .104 .063 .167 -2.0 0.0 0.0
C  Chico Hernandez 31 27 70 9 20 2 0 3 13 0 0 3 6 .286 .324 .443 .767 10.1 2.1 1.3
P *Harry Eisenstat 31 48 23 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .217 .217 .217 .435 0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Vic Raschi 28 75 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Harry Dorish 25 40 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Mort Cooper 34 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Joyce 32 61 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.8 2060 5639 761 1525 271 39 117 738 21 11 533 559 .270 .333 .395 .727 722.2 132.0 47.7
  Rank among 8 AL teams 1 5 2 3 5 5 5 5 3 8 2 2 5 5 5 5  
* - 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 28 21 14 .600 44 44 0 352.0 342 165 30 128 188 4.22 21.0
 Ed Head 29 19 14 .576 44 44 0 325.0 277 134 29 161 176 3.71 24.5
*Dave Koslo 27 18 4 .818 30 30 0 217.7 214 82 22 72 93 3.39 20.4
 Tommy Hughes 27 6 13 .316 31 31 0 216.7 226 104 11 117 94 4.32 8.6
*Harry Eisenstat 31 5 5 .500 48 10 4 113.7 123 51 9 48 34 4.04 7.7
 Vic Raschi 28 13 10 .565 75 3 22 106.0 108 58 13 56 51 4.92 8.9
 Bob Joyce 32 9 4 .692 61 0 8 71.7 82 32 10 11 26 4.02 8.3
 Harry Dorish 25 3 3 .500 40 0 2 47.0 54 24 1 22 9 4.60 2.5
 Mort Cooper 34 0 1 .000 7 0 0 6.7 15 7 3 4 3 9.46 0.0
 Earl Harrist 27 0 0 .000 3 0 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.4
Team Totals 28.8 94 68 .580 383 162 36 1458.6 1442 657 128 619 675 4.05 102.3
Rank among 8 AL teams 3 3 1 3 1 4 4 2 5 2 2  
* - 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 .993 33.9
H.Wagner 1147.0 125 139 571 61 1 2 .998 50.8
H.Danning 184.3 22 26 79 3 0 1 1.000 18.2
C.Hernandez 127.3 15 18 71 4 1 0 .987 33.3
Team Total 1458.7 162 183 721 68 2 3 .997 45.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.07
H.Trosky 958.7 106 119 1130 81 9 113 .993 11.37
S.Mesner 251.0 31 32 265 29 1 22 .997 10.54
J.Priddy 162.0 18 20 180 24 3 17 .986 11.33
C.Gillenwater 39.0 4 8 51 4 0 5 1.000 12.69
J.Gallagher 25.0 3 3 33 3 0 6 1.000 12.96
R.Weatherly 14.0 0 8 15 1 0 1 1.000 10.29
R.Northey 5.0 0 5 5 1 0 0 1.000 10.80
H.Wagner 4.0 0 3 4 1 0 1 1.000 11.25
Team Total 1458.7 162 198 1683 144 13 165 .993 11.27
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.14
S.Hack 1010.0 118 119 230 409 14 92 .979 5.69
J.Priddy 353.3 38 53 90 131 9 33 .961 5.63
S.Mesner 56.0 5 13 19 19 2 3 .950 6.11
R.Weatherly 36.0 1 15 3 13 0 3 1.000 4.00
A.Cuccinello 2.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
E.Stevens 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 203 343 572 25 131 .973 5.65
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 3.03
K.Keltner 1225.3 141 145 94 317 26 26 .941 3.02
S.Mesner 123.7 12 19 10 38 2 7 .960 3.49
J.Priddy 76.3 7 16 4 19 2 2 .920 2.71
S.Hack 24.0 2 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.25
A.Cuccinello 5.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
H.Wagner 4.3 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08
Team Total 1458.7 162 192 111 379 30 35 .942 3.02
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.56
A.Cuccinello 1161.7 131 136 181 482 6 88 .991 5.14
J.Priddy 101.3 11 15 13 41 2 6 .964 4.80
S.Mesner 80.3 8 12 18 25 2 8 .956 4.82
K.Keltner 45.0 5 6 6 19 1 3 .962 5.00
S.Hack 37.0 4 6 8 14 1 2 .957 5.35
C.Gillenwater 33.3 3 8 6 9 1 3 .938 4.05
Team Total 1458.7 162 183 232 590 13 110 .984 5.07
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.12
R.Northey 1286.3 149 150 323 3 3 2 .991 2.28
C.Gillenwater 64.0 6 8 21 0 2 0 .913 2.95
J.Gallagher 52.3 3 17 11 1 1 0 .923 2.06
R.Weatherly 41.0 4 9 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.41
S.Mesner 12.0 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
H.Danning 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 191 369 4 6 2 .984 2.30
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.70
C.Furillo 1296.3 148 148 392 10 9 5 .978 2.79
C.Gillenwater 78.3 7 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.84
R.Weatherly 55.0 5 11 15 2 0 0 1.000 2.78
J.Gallagher 18.0 2 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50
R.Northey 11.0 0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 3.27
Team Total 1458.7 162 182 434 12 10 5 .978 2.75
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.17
R.Weatherly 528.3 57 72 136 7 2 3 .986 2.44
E.Stevens 400.0 50 53 102 0 2 0 .981 2.30
C.Gillenwater 306.0 34 40 73 1 2 0 .974 2.18
J.Gallagher 211.0 21 35 55 2 2 0 .966 2.43
S.Mesner 6.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Cuccinello 4.3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.16
C.Furillo 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Northey 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 207 368 10 8 3 .979 2.33
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.28
C.Schanz 352.0 44 44 14 52 2 4 .971 1.69
E.Head 325.0 44 44 33 68 5 2 .953 2.80
D.Koslo 217.7 30 30 10 36 2 1 .958 1.90
T.Hughes 216.7 31 31 8 43 0 3 1.000 2.12
H.Eisenstat 113.7 10 48 10 25 0 1 1.000 2.77
V.Raschi 106.0 3 75 10 16 1 2 .963 2.21
B.Joyce 71.7 0 61 7 13 1 0 .952 2.51
H.Dorish 47.0 0 40 1 11 0 1 1.000 2.30
M.Cooper 6.7 0 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.35
E.Harrist 2.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1458.6 162 383 94 265 11 14 .970 2.22
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Cuccinello .310
On-Base Pct Wagner .386
Slugging Pct Cuccinello .443
OPS Wagner .802
XR Wagner 81.5
Games Northey 157
At-Bats Furillo 560
Runs Northey, Wagner 81
Hits Furillo 168
Total Bases Northey 247
Singles Cuccinello 128
Doubles Keltner 38
Triples Cuccinello, Furillo, Keltner, Priddy 5
Homeruns Northey 20
RBIs Northey 93
Stolen Bases Weatherly 7
Caught Stealing Hack 5
Walks Wagner 94
Strikeouts Cuccinello 74
ERA Koslo 3.39
Wins Schanz 21
Losses Head, Schanz 14
Winning Pct Koslo .818
Saves Raschi 22
Games Pitched Raschi 75
Games Started Head, Schanz 44
Complete Games Schanz 15
Shutouts Schanz 2
Innings Pitched Schanz 352.0
Hits Allowed Schanz 342
Homeruns Allowed Schanz 30
Strikeouts Schanz 188
Walks Allowed Head 161
Walks per 9IP Koslo 3.0
Hits per 9IP Head 7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Head 4.9
WHiP Koslo 1.31
OAVG Head .228
OOBP Koslo .315
OSLG Head .354
OOPS Head .672
Team All-Stars
Al Cuccinello
Harry Eisenstat
Ed Head
Dave Koslo
Vic Raschi
Hal Wagner
Player Salaries
Hal Wagner $ 6,750,000
Mort Cooper $ 6,080,000
Stan Hack $ 5,250,000
Hal Trosky $ 4,350,000
Roy Weatherly $ 3,350,000
Dave Koslo $ 3,005,714
Joe Gallagher $ 3,000,000
Ed Head $ 2,720,000
Ken Keltner $ 2,660,000
Bob Joyce $ 2,500,000
Jerry Priddy $ 1,272,857
Carden Gillenwater $ 1,000,000
Harry Danning $ 1,000,000
Red Lynn $ 765,432
Al Cuccinello $ 650,000
Steve Mesner $ 544,000
Ron Northey $ 435,714
Harry Eisenstat $ 350,000
Chico Hernandez $ 350,000
Earl Harrist $ 300,000
Carl Furillo $ 300,000
Vic Raschi $ 300,000
Harry Dorish $ 300,000
Charley Schanz $ 300,000
Ed Stevens $ 300,000
Tommy Hughes $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
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