1948 Athletics roster

28 players appeared for the Athletics in the 1948 MLB season.

1948 Athletics roster: batting

1948 Athletics batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Hank Majeski14859088183121202.310.368.822
Ferris Fain1455208114678810.281.412.808
Pete Suder148519641257601.241.321.666
Barney McCosky135515951680461.326.405.791
Eddie Joost1355099912716552.250.393.788
Sam Chapman1234455811513706.258.341.755
Elmer Valo1133837211734610.305.432.826
Buddy Rosar9030230774410.255.344.682
Don White8625329621280.245.303.631
Mike Guerra5314218301232.211.300.589
Herman Franks409810221140.224.345.692
Skeeter Webb235458030.148.148.333
Rudy York315148060.157.259.415
Billy Demars182935010.172.294.467
Nellie Fox31302001.154.214.368
Bob Wellman41012000.200.385.785
Earle Brucker2601000.167.286.619

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1948 Athletics roster: pitching

1948 Athletics pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Phil MarchildonP33309154.53226.1661.520
Joe ColemanP332914134.09215.2861.460
Dick FowlerP29261583.78204.2501.452
Carl ScheibP32241483.94198.2441.480
Lou BrissieP392514104.13194.01271.535
Bubba HarrisP450524.1393.2321.325
Bill McCahanP1715475.7186.2201.880
Bob SavageP331516.2175.1261.745
Alex KellnerP131007.8323.0141.610
Wally HolborowP51125.7117.132.250
Bill DietrichP42125.8715.151.960

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.