# 1946 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1946 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 49 wins and 105 losses.

## Regular season

Buddy Rosar led the American League in assists and set the record for errorless games by a catcher, posting a 1.000 fielding percentage in 117 games.

### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Red Sox | 104 | 50 | .675 | — | 61‍–‍16 | 43‍–‍34 |
| Detroit Tigers | 92 | 62 | .597 | 12 | 48‍–‍30 | 44‍–‍32 |
| New York Yankees | 87 | 67 | .565 | 17 | 47‍–‍30 | 40‍–‍37 |
| Washington Senators | 76 | 78 | .494 | 28 | 38‍–‍38 | 38‍–‍40 |
| Chicago White Sox | 74 | 80 | .481 | 30 | 40‍–‍38 | 34‍–‍42 |
| Cleveland Indians | 68 | 86 | .442 | 36 | 36‍–‍41 | 32‍–‍45 |
| St. Louis Browns | 66 | 88 | .429 | 38 | 35‍–‍41 | 31‍–‍47 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 49 | 105 | .318 | 55 | 31‍–‍46 | 18‍–‍59 |

### Record vs. opponents

1946 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 13–9 | 15–7 | 15–7–1 | 14–8 | 17–5 | 14–8–1 | 16–6 |
| Chicago | 9–13 | — | 13–9–1 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 10–12 |
| Cleveland | 7–15 | 9–13–1 | — | 5–17 | 10–12 | 15–7 | 15–7–1 | 7–15 |
| Detroit | 7–15–1 | 12–10 | 17–5 | — | 13–9 | 17–5 | 14–8 | 12–10 |
| New York | 8–14 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 9–13 | — | 16–6 | 14–8 | 14–8 |
| Philadelphia | 5–17 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 5–17 | 6–16 | — | 10–12 | 6–16–1 |
| St. Louis | 8–14–1 | 10–12 | 7–15–1 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 12–10 | — | 13–9 |
| Washington | 6–16 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 16–6–1 | 9–13 | — |

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Buddy Rosar | 121 | 424 | 120 | .283 | 2 | 47 |
| 1B | George McQuinn | 136 | 484 | 109 | .225 | 3 | 35 |
| 2B | Gene Handley | 89 | 251 | 63 | .251 | 0 | 21 |
| SS | Pete Suder | 128 | 455 | 128 | .281 | 2 | 50 |
| 3B | Hank Majeski | 78 | 264 | 66 | .250 | 1 | 25 |
| OF | Elmer Valo | 108 | 348 | 107 | .307 | 1 | 31 |
| OF | Barney McCosky | 92 | 308 | 109 | .354 | 1 | 34 |
| OF | Sam Chapman | 146 | 545 | 142 | .261 | 20 | 67 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Tuck Stainback | 91 | 291 | 71 | .244 | 0 | 20 |
| Jack Wallaesa | 63 | 194 | 38 | .196 | 5 | 11 |
| Oscar Grimes | 59 | 191 | 50 | .262 | 1 | 20 |
| Irv Hall | 63 | 185 | 46 | .249 | 0 | 19 |
| Russ Derry | 69 | 184 | 38 | .207 | 0 | 14 |
| Hal Peck | 48 | 150 | 37 | .247 | 2 | 11 |
| Gene Desautels | 52 | 130 | 28 | .215 | 0 | 13 |
| Jake Caulfield | 44 | 94 | 26 | .277 | 0 | 10 |
| Bruce Konopka | 38 | 93 | 22 | .237 | 0 | 9 |
| George Kell | 26 | 87 | 26 | .299 | 0 | 11 |
| Don Richmond | 16 | 62 | 18 | .290 | 1 | 9 |
| Ford Garrison | 9 | 37 | 4 | .108 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Astroth | 4 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| George Armstrong | 8 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Vern Benson | 7 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Phil Marchildon | 36 | 226.2 | 13 | 16 | 3.49 | 95 |
| Dick Fowler | 32 | 205.2 | 9 | 16 | 3.28 | 89 |
| Lou Knerr | 30 | 148.1 | 3 | 16 | 5.40 | 58 |
| Bobo Newsom | 10 | 58.2 | 3 | 5 | 3.38 | 32 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Bob Savage | 40 | 164.0 | 3 | 15 | 4.06 | 78 |
| Jesse Flores | 29 | 155.0 | 9 | 7 | 2.32 | 48 |
| Lum Harris | 34 | 125.1 | 3 | 14 | 5.24 | 33 |
| Russ Christopher | 30 | 119.1 | 5 | 7 | 4.30 | 79 |
| Herman Besse | 7 | 20.2 | 0 | 2 | 5.23 | 10 |
| Bill McCahan | 4 | 18.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 6 |
| Joe Coleman | 4 | 13.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.54 | 8 |
| Jack Knott | 3 | 6.1 | 0 | 1 | 5.68 | 2 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Everett Fagan | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.80 | 12 |
| Lee Griffeth | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.93 | 4 |
| Joe Berry | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.77 | 5 |
| Norm Brown | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.14 | 3 |
| Pat Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Porter Vaughan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Toronto Maple Leafs | International League | Harry Davis and Bill Norman |
| A | Savannah Indians | Sally League | Chief Bender and Lena Blackburne |
| B | Lancaster Red Roses | Interstate League | Tom Oliver |
| C | Kingston Ponies | Border League | Ben Lady |
| C | Martinsville Athletics | Carolina League | Cliff Bolton |
| D | Federalsburg A's | Eastern Shore League | Lew Krausse, Sr. |
| D | Lexington A's | North Carolina State League | Jimmy Maus |