1948 Philadelphia Athletics
84 - 70
1947 / 1949 (Organization)
4th place in the AL (12.5 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		36 - 41 (.468)
48 - 29 (.623)		 -3.2 wins
+10.2 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 729 / 723 ( +6 )
Allowed/Expected: 735 / 726 ( -9 )
Pyth Record: 76 - 78 (+8)
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Attendance: 945,076 Avg Att: 12,274 (0.68)
Att Rank: 5 / 8 Lg Avg: 18,042
       
Park Factor: 1.00    
HR Factor: 0.99 R/L HR: 1.13 / 0.78
Notes:


Defensive Regression Analysis

Filters
Positions
    Multi-Year   1-Year
#
G
Inn
 
Arm
A2
PB
 
Arm
GO2
CS
A2
PB
1 Pete Suder
2B
148
1,289.0
 
3.8
3.0
3.8
 
-1.9
-1.9
2 Ferris Fain
1B
145
1,263.0
 
8.1
6.4
8.1
 
13.0
13.0
3 Hank Majeski
3B
142
1,219.7
 
3.4
2.8
3.4
 
-1.2
-1.2
4 Eddie Joost
SS
135
1,175.7
 
2.7
2.3
2.7
 
-1.1
-1.1
5 Barney McCosky
LF
134
1,166.7
 
-3.7
-3.2
-3.2
-0.5
 
-14.9
-14.2
-0.6
6 Sam Chapman
CF
118
1,027.7
 
7.8
7.5
6.9
0.8
 
2.6
3.8
-1.2
7 Elmer Valo
RF
109
949.7
 
3.3
3.5
4.1
-0.8
 
0.3
2.4
-2.2
8 Buddy Rosar
C
90
743.0
 
2.9
3.9
0.8
2.1
 
0.5
0.0
0.0
-2.8
3.3
9 Mike Guerra
C
47
366.7
 
-0.1
-0.2
1.2
-1.3
 
-4.9
0.0
0.0
-0.9
-3.9
10 Ray Coleman
CF
32
279.7
 
-1.2
-4.4
-1.2
0.0
 
-7.5
-8.4
0.9
11 Herman Franks
C
27
245.0
 
0.5
2.2
0.2
0.3
 
3.0
0.0
0.0
0.7
2.3
12 Don White
LF
33
185.0
 
0.3
1.8
0.4
-0.1
 
0.4
0.8
-0.3
13 Ray Coleman
RF
21
169.3
 
-2.1
-12.1
-2.2
0.1
 
-9.7
-10.3
0.6
14 Don White
3B
17
144.3
 
-0.0
-0.1
-0.0
 
-0.2
-0.2
15 Don White
RF
17
137.0
 
1.2
8.6
1.1
0.0
 
1.0
0.9
0.1
16 George Binks
RF
12
96.7
 
0.2
1.9
0.1
0.1
 
-2.4
-2.5
0.1
17 Rudy York
1B
14
84.3
 
-0.0
-0.5
-0.0
 
-0.6
-0.6
18 Billy DeMars
SS
9
66.7
 
-0.5
-6.9
-0.5
 
-0.1
-0.1
19 Skeeter Webb
SS
8
65.3
 
-0.1
-1.3
-0.1
 
-0.1
-0.1
20 Don White
CF
7
61.3
 
0.3
5.3
0.3
0.0
 
1.9
1.8
0.0
21 Hank Majeski
SS
8
61.0
 
0.0
0.7
0.0
 
-0.1
-0.1
22 Skeeter Webb
2B
9
46.0
 
-0.0
-0.6
-0.0
 
-0.1
-0.1
23 Nellie Fox
2B
3
27.3
 
0.0
0.8
0.0
 
-0.0
-0.0
24 Bob Wellman
1B
2
21.3
 
-0.0
-1.9
-0.0
 
-0.4
-0.4
25 Earle Brucker
C
2
14.0
 
-0.1
-9.0
0.0
-0.1
 
-1.6
0.0
0.0
0.1
-1.7
26 George Binks
LF
2
11.3
 
0.0
0.4
0.0
0.0
 
-0.3
-0.3
0.0
27 Bob Wellman
RF
1
8.0
 
0.0
5.0
0.0
-0.0
 
1.6
1.6
-0.0
28 Carl Scheib
RF
1
8.0
 
-0.0
-5.8
-0.0
-0.0
 
-0.8
-0.7
-0.1
29 Billy DeMars
2B
1
6.3
 
-0.0
-0.1
-0.0
 
-0.0
-0.0
30 Carl Scheib
LF
1
5.7
 
-0.0
-5.2
-0.0
-0.0
 
-0.6
-0.6
-0.0
31 Billy DeMars
3B
1
4.7
 
-0.0
-2.2
-0.0
 
-0.0
-0.0
  20        
26.6
2.4
23.7
-0.3
2.3
1.0
  
-24.0
-18.4
-2.6
0.0
0.0
-3.0
0.0
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