1948 Philadelphia Athletics season explained

The 1948 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing fourth in the American League with a record of 84 wins and 70 losses.

Regular season

June 4, 1948: George Binks and $20,000 was traded by the Athletics to the St. Louis Browns for Ray Coleman.^[1]

1948 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	90	302	77	.255	4	41
1B	145	520	146	.281	7	88
2B	148	519	125	.241	7	60
SS	135	509	127	.250	16	55
3B	148	590	183	.310	12	120
OF	113	383	117	.305	3	46
OF	135	515	168	.326	0	46
OF	123	445	115	.258	13	70

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
86	253	62	.245	1	28
68	210	51	.243	0	21
53	142	30	.211	1	23
40	98	22	.224	1	14
23	54	8	.148	0	3
31	51	8	.157	0	6
17	41	4	.098	0	2
18	29	5	.172	0	1
3	13	2	.154	0	0
4	10	2	.200	0	0
2	6	1	.167	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
33	226.1	9	15	4.53	66
33	215.2	14	13	4.09	86
29	204.2	15	8	3.78	50
32	198.2	14	8	3.94	44
17	86.2	4	7	5.71	20

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
39	194.0	14	10	4.13	127
5	17.1	1	2	5.71	3
4	15.1	1	2	5.87	5

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
45	5	2	5	4.13	32
33	5	1	5	6.21	26
13	0	0	0	7.83	14
8	2	2	1	4.00	13