1949 Philadelphia Athletics season explained

The 1949 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 81 wins and 73 losses.

Offseason

• November 10, 1948: Tod Davis was drafted by the Athletics from the Chicago White Sox in the 1948 rule 5 draft.^[1]
• December 16, 1948: Bob Savage was selected off waivers from the Athletics by the St. Louis Browns.^[2]
• Prior to 1949 season: Skeeter Kell was signed as an amateur free agent by the Athletics.^[3]

Regular season

The 1949 Philadelphia Athletics team set a major league team record of executing 217 double plays, a record which still presently stands.^{[4] [5]}

Notable transactions

• September 28, 1949: Bill McCahan and $25,000 were traded by the Athletics to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Kermit Wahl.^[6]

Roster

1949 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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		98	298	79	.265	3	31
1B		150	525	138	.263	3	78
2B		118	445	119	.267	10	75
SS		144	525	138	.263	23	81
3B		114	448	124	.277	9	67
OF		150	547	155	.283	5	85
OF		110	308	85	.276	1	25
OF		154	589	164	.278	24	108

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
	88	247	63	.255	0	21
	57	169	36	.213	0	10
	59	149	35	.235	2	25
	55	148	36	.243	0	12
	32	95	19	.200	0	6
	31	75	20	.267	1	6
	12	26	8	.308	0	0
	21	24	2	.083	0	2
	8	20	5	.250	0	3

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
	38	245.0	20	12	3.75	94
	33	240.1	13	14	3.86	109
	34	229.1	16	11	4.28	118
	31	213.1	15	11	3.75	43

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
	38	182.2	9	12	5.12	43
	33	127.0	6	8	3.40	58
	7	20.2	1	1	2.61	3
	7	16.0	0	3	11.81	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
	37	1	1	3	5.44	18
	2	0	0	0	14.40	2
	1	0	0	0	9.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Kewanee, Red Springs

External links

• 1949 Philadelphia Athletics team at Baseball-Reference
• 1949 Philadelphia Athletics team page at baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. http://baseball-reference.com/players/d/davisto01.shtml Tod Davis
2. http://baseball-reference.com/players/s/savagbo01.shtml Bob Savage
3. http://baseball-reference.com/k/kellsk01.shtml Skeeter Kell
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=YTQDAAAAMBAJ&dq=hank+majeski+baseball+digest&pg=PA68 Old A's Were Masters of the Double Play, by Norman L. Macht, Baseball Digest, December 1989, Vol. 48, No. 12, ISSN 0005-609X
5. Web site: A Record with Legs: Most Double Plays Turned in a Season . philadelphiaathletics.org . 23 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160129015953/http://philadelphiaathletics.org/a-record-with-legs-most-double-plays-turned-in-a-season/ . January 29, 2016 . dead . mdy-all .
6. http://baseball-reference.com/w/wahlke01.shtml Kermit Wahl