1949 Oakland Athletics
Record: 78-84
Finish: 4th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 838
Runs Allowed: 863
Exp W-L: 79-83
 
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Attendance: 2,004,865
Manager: Pat Flaherty

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 50-87, 8th in the AL
AA: 49-88, 8th in the AL
A: 64-73, 6th 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
SS  Lou Klein 30 152 599 101 184 34 7 9 61 0 1 50 56 .307 .358 .432 .790 87.7 13.3 5.9
1B *Ted Kluszewski 24 157 587 100 198 38 1 34 140 0 0 56 19 .337 .391 .579 .970 117.3 21.9 3.0
CF  Carl Furillo 27 148 528 68 150 25 5 6 63 1 1 48 28 .284 .350 .384 .734 63.5 7.7 4.2
SS  Willie Jones 23 149 506 83 126 20 2 20 86 0 0 63 19 .249 .334 .415 .749 70.3 8.9 5.7
LF *Ron Northey 29 143 477 70 130 29 2 12 73 0 0 60 24 .273 .350 .417 .768 67.1 8.7 2.7
C *Hal Wagner 33 136 441 83 122 25 4 11 57 0 0 97 40 .277 .406 .426 .833 80.7 13.5 9.0
1B *Ed Stevens 24 132 441 74 146 34 4 6 74 1 1 63 32 .331 .415 .467 .882 78.8 14.9 2.4
3B  Ken Keltner 32 127 388 45 101 15 1 8 62 0 0 31 27 .260 .313 .366 .679 42.4 3.8 2.0
3B *Joe Garagiola 23 116 332 39 88 12 3 8 47 0 1 30 34 .265 .326 .392 .718 39.4 4.1 2.9
SS  Steve Mesner 31 118 299 43 75 12 0 2 27 0 0 21 19 .251 .296 .311 .607 25.6 0.6 1.9
RF  Hank Bauer 26 110 272 48 64 14 2 7 33 1 1 17 30 .235 .281 .379 .660 30.1 2.2 1.7
C  Bruce Edwards 25 77 210 28 51 8 1 10 38 0 1 26 30 .243 .321 .433 .754 30.4 3.4 1.4
LF *Roy Weatherly 34 94 129 11 33 6 0 1 16 2 0 16 6 .256 .333 .326 .659 14.8 1.3 0.7
P *Dave Koslo 29 41 106 14 17 3 0 0 8 0 0 4 26 .160 .191 .189 .380 2.7 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Head 31 42 100 13 21 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 16 .210 .208 .240 .448 3.7 0.0 0.0
P  Tommy Hughes 29 37 77 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 24 .078 .101 .078 .179 -2.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bobby Shantz 23 33 73 5 11 1 0 1 8 0 0 3 10 .151 .184 .205 .390 2.6 0.0 0.0
C  Chico Hernandez 33 27 50 4 18 4 0 0 10 0 0 1 3 .360 .365 .440 .805 7.3 1.1 0.8
P  Joe Coleman 26 75 26 3 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 8 .192 .192 .308 .500 1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Vic Raschi 30 46 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .154 .154 .154 .308 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Humphries 34 38 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.1 0.0
P *Harry Eisenstat 33 76 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Harry Dorish 27 62 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.7 0.2 0.0
  Team Totals 28.5 2136 5664 838 1551 282 33 136 813 5 6 588 460 .274 .341 .407 .748 764.5 105.9 44.5
  Rank among 8 AL teams 2 4 4 5 8 5 4 7 1 6 1 4 4 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
*Dave Koslo 29 17 12 .586 41 41 0 314.7 299 132 32 106 121 3.78 26.4
 Ed Head 31 18 18 .500 42 42 0 276.0 283 172 39 179 159 5.61 9.1
 Tommy Hughes 29 9 16 .360 37 37 0 240.3 218 98 14 140 128 3.67 17.9
*Bobby Shantz 23 12 15 .444 33 33 0 225.3 262 132 24 78 88 5.27 9.9
 Joe Coleman 26 8 5 .615 75 8 1 128.7 141 77 15 65 57 5.39 6.7
*Harry Eisenstat 33 3 6 .333 76 0 3 84.3 134 73 10 42 27 7.79 0.0
 Harry Dorish 27 2 5 .286 62 0 2 74.0 95 48 10 36 22 5.84 2.0
 Vic Raschi 30 8 6 .571 46 1 14 60.3 48 22 2 37 21 3.28 11.3
 Johnny Humphries 34 1 1 .500 38 0 5 47.3 63 37 7 31 14 7.04 0.3
Team Totals 29.1 78 84 .481 450 162 25 1451.0 1543 791 153 714 637 4.91 83.6
Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 5 4 3 4 5 5 5 2 5  
* - 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 33.3
H.Wagner 1058.7 118 128 488 53 0 1 1.000 43.2
B.Edwards 174.0 21 22 81 6 3 0 .967 16.7
J.Garagiola 138.3 15 20 78 10 0 0 1.000 37.5
C.Hernandez 80.0 8 13 31 8 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1451.0 162 183 678 77 3 1 .996 40.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 12.18
T.Kluszewski 1286.3 147 155 1543 154 13 163 .992 11.87
R.Weatherly 62.0 6 16 70 4 1 7 .987 10.74
H.Bauer 40.0 5 5 51 2 1 5 .981 11.93
S.Mesner 27.0 2 6 40 2 0 3 1.000 14.00
K.Keltner 15.0 2 2 20 2 0 2 1.000 13.20
J.Garagiola 11.7 0 6 8 2 1 1 .909 7.72
E.Stevens 5.0 0 3 5 1 0 0 1.000 10.80
B.Edwards 4.0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1451.0 162 197 1741 167 16 181 .992 11.83
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 6.52
L.Klein 858.7 97 98 253 374 14 94 .978 6.57
W.Jones 445.7 51 52 103 182 3 38 .990 5.76
S.Mesner 74.0 7 14 22 30 0 7 1.000 6.32
R.Weatherly 72.7 7 12 17 37 1 8 .982 6.69
Team Total 1451.0 162 176 395 623 18 147 .983 6.31
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.91
K.Keltner 805.7 96 98 52 197 18 19 .933 2.78
J.Garagiola 575.7 62 79 38 143 6 17 .968 2.83
S.Mesner 54.7 4 15 2 16 2 2 .900 2.96
H.Wagner 14.0 0 4 1 4 0 0 1.000 3.21
H.Bauer 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.0 162 197 93 360 27 38 .944 2.81
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.51
W.Jones 808.3 98 98 139 354 10 73 .980 5.49
L.Klein 448.3 50 53 94 187 7 36 .976 5.64
S.Mesner 126.0 10 28 24 41 0 8 1.000 4.64
K.Keltner 56.0 3 19 10 21 1 5 .969 4.98
R.Weatherly 10.0 1 2 1 4 1 3 .833 4.50
C.Furillo 2.3 0 1 2 3 0 0 1.000 19.31
Team Total 1451.0 162 201 270 610 19 125 .979 5.46
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 1.99
R.Northey 1016.3 115 121 233 6 1 1 .996 2.12
B.Edwards 290.3 35 36 44 1 0 0 1.000 1.39
H.Bauer 102.0 11 18 26 2 0 1 1.000 2.47
E.Stevens 13.7 0 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.29
S.Mesner 10.7 0 5 3 1 0 0 1.000 3.38
R.Weatherly 10.0 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
C.Furillo 8.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1451.0 162 192 317 10 1 2 .997 2.03
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.67
C.Furillo 1147.7 132 140 341 9 5 2 .986 2.74
H.Bauer 235.0 25 33 61 0 0 0 1.000 2.34
R.Weatherly 67.3 5 16 15 0 1 0 .938 2.01
S.Mesner 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.0 162 190 417 9 6 2 .986 2.64
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.12
E.Stevens 889.3 96 106 199 6 0 1 1.000 2.07
S.Mesner 291.0 38 40 76 0 0 0 1.000 2.35
H.Bauer 226.0 27 29 46 2 0 0 1.000 1.91
R.Northey 29.0 0 13 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.17
C.Furillo 8.0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
R.Weatherly 4.7 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
B.Edwards 3.0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.0 162 197 331 8 1 1 .997 2.10
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.37
D.Koslo 314.7 41 41 16 46 2 4 .969 1.77
E.Head 276.0 42 42 19 60 4 3 .952 2.58
T.Hughes 240.3 37 37 12 42 0 6 1.000 2.02
B.Shantz 225.3 33 33 12 52 1 2 .985 2.56
J.Coleman 128.7 8 75 11 28 0 1 1.000 2.73
H.Eisenstat 84.3 0 76 6 14 0 2 1.000 2.13
H.Dorish 74.0 0 62 13 10 1 0 .958 2.80
V.Raschi 60.3 1 46 8 13 0 1 1.000 3.13
J.Humphries 47.3 0 38 3 9 0 0 1.000 2.28
Team Total 1451.0 162 450 100 274 8 19 .979 2.32
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Kluszewski .337
On-Base Pct Stevens .415
Slugging Pct Kluszewski .579
OPS Kluszewski .970
XR Kluszewski 117.3
Games Kluszewski 157
At-Bats Klein 599
Runs Klein 101
Hits Kluszewski 198
Total Bases Kluszewski 340
Singles Klein 134
Doubles Kluszewski 38
Triples Klein 7
Homeruns Kluszewski 34
RBIs Kluszewski 140
Stolen Bases Weatherly 2
Caught Stealing Bauer, Edwards, Furillo, Garagiola, Klein, Stevens 1
Walks Wagner 97
Strikeouts Klein 56
ERA Hughes 3.67
Wins Head 18
Losses Head 18
Winning Pct Koslo .586
Saves Raschi 14
Games Pitched Eisenstat 76
Games Started Head 42
Complete Games Koslo 12
Shutouts Koslo, Shantz 1
Innings Pitched Koslo 314.7
Hits Allowed Koslo 299
Homeruns Allowed Head 39
Strikeouts Head 159
Walks Allowed Head 179
Walks per 9IP Koslo 3.0
Hits per 9IP Hughes 8.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Head 5.2
WHiP Koslo 1.29
OAVG Hughes .247
OOBP Koslo .313
OSLG Hughes .351
OOPS Hughes .700
Team All-Stars
Joe Coleman
Ed Head
Ted Kluszewski
Vic Raschi
Player Salaries
Dave Koslo $ 11,500,000
Ed Head $ 10,000,000
Hal Wagner $ 6,750,000
Charley Schanz $ 3,500,000
Lou Klein $ 3,420,000
Ken Keltner $ 2,660,000
Tommy Hughes $ 2,120,000
Roy Weatherly $ 770,000
Ron Northey $ 650,000
Harry Eisenstat $ 580,000
Steve Mesner $ 544,000
Johnny Humphries $ 350,000
Chico Hernandez $ 330,000
Ted Kluszewski $ 300,000
Hank Bauer $ 300,000
Vic Raschi $ 300,000
Bobby Shantz $ 300,000
Earl Harrist $ 300,000
Joe Garagiola $ 300,000
Carl Furillo $ 300,000
Ed Stevens $ 300,000
Bruce Edwards $ 300,000
Harry Dorish $ 300,000
Joe Coleman $ 300,000
Willie Jones $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Red Borom Detroit Joe Coleman
Johnny Humphries