The Philadelphia Athletics

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 season involved the A's finishing fifth in the American League

American League

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 with a record of 78 wins and 76 losses.

Except for a fifth-place finish in 1944

1944 Philadelphia Athletics season

The Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 5th in the American League with a record of 72 wins and 82 losses.- Spring training :...

, the A’s finished in last or next-to-last place every year from 1935

1935 Philadelphia Athletics season

The Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 58 wins and 91 losses.Before 1935, 20th Street residents could see games for free over the 12-foot right-field fence of Shibe Park and fans could see the laundry lines on the roofs of 20th...

–1946

1946 Philadelphia Athletics season

The Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 49 wins and 105 losses.- Regular season :...

. In 1947, Connie Mack

Connie Mack

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 not only got the A’s out of last place, but actually finished with a winning record for the first time in 14 years.

Offseason

• December, 1946: Lou Brissie
  Lou Brissie
  Leland Victor Brissie is a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1947 to 1951 and the Cleveland Indians from 1951-1953....
  
   was signed as an amateur free agent by the Athletics.
• December 13, 1946: Hal Epps
  Hal Epps
  Harold Franklin "Hal" Epps was an outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Browns, and Philadelphia Athletics.Although he only spent parts of four seasons in the majors, Epps had an 18-year professional baseball career...
  
   was selected off waivers from the Athletics by the St. Louis Cardinals
  St. Louis Cardinals
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  .

Roster

1947 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders Other batters		Manager Coaches

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		102	359	93	.259	1	33
1B		136	461	134	.291	7	71
2B		145	528	127	.241	5	60
3B		141	479	134	.280	8	72
SS		151	540	111	.206	13	64
OF		112	370	111	.300	5	36
OF		137	546	179	.328	1	52
OF		149	551	139	.252	14	83

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
	37	89	18	.202	2	11
	13	16	4	.250	0	3
	13	13	3	.231	0	1
	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
	32	160.1	6	12	4.32	65
	28	151.1	4	13	3.39	41
	11	60.2	5	2	3.12	18
	1	7	0	1	6.43	4

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
	44	146	8	10	3.76	56

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
	44	10	7	12	2.90	33

Farm system

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