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1950 Philadelphia A's  (1949)  (1951) 67-87, 7th in American League Scored 711 runs, Allowed 848 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-90 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .687 Park Factor: Batting - 106 / Pitching - 107 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 60-94   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 52-102 Manager(s): Drew Kennedy

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B *Ferris Fain          29  153  585  111  166  28   7  14   63   0   0  134   34  .284  .419  .427  113   7.1  1e21       13  
 OF  Sam Chapman          34  154  584   89  154  27   8  24  106   0   0   92   74  .264  .365  .461  101   6.0  3(-1)e12   54  
 SS  Eddie Joost          34  147  526  101  122  23   6  22   70   1   0  109   69  .232  .367  .424   87   5.6  2e36       33  
 OF *Paul Lehner          30  126  420   61  131  22   3   9   53   0   0   42   36  .312  .374  .443   67   6.1  3(0)e8     24  
 3B  Willie Jones         24  105  429   63  116  27   7  20   78   1   0   42   28  .270  .335  .506   66   5.2  1e26       49  
 OF *Elmer Valo           29  146  498   59  126  17   5   7   59   2   0   83   26  .253  .362  .349   65   4.5  2(-1)e7   -94  
 C   Mike Guerra          37   92  271   30   80  18   4   3   40   0   0   20   12  .295  .341  .424   38   5.2  3(+1)e3    64  
 2B  Kermit Wahl          27  115  304   33   74   8   6   2   23   0   0   36   23  .243  .325  .329   31   3.5  3e41      -21  
 2B  Pete Suder           34  125  278   25   66   8   0  11   31   0   0   21   52  .237  .290  .385   29   3.6  2e19      -18  
 3B  Hank Majeski         33   46  180   23   55   7   3   5   31   0   0   11   15  .306  .347  .461   25   5.0  4e17       26  
 OF *Wally Moses          39   83  126   16   34   8   3   2   13   0   0   18   14  .270  .363  .429   20   5.9  4(0)e5     42  
 OF  Mike McCormick       33   75  156   12   46  11   3   0   17   0   0    4    4  .295  .311  .404   18   4.5  2(0)e9    115  
 C   Ray Murray           32   57  146   13   40  11   7   0   18   0   0   13   14  .274  .333  .445   18   4.3  4(0)e12    66  
 C   Joe Astroth          27   50  113   14   31   3   0   0   10   0   0   28    2  .274  .415  .301   16   5.1  3(0)e5   -105  
 UT  Bob Ramazzotti       33   25   69    5   16   5   1   0    5   0   0    0    7  .232  .243  .333    5   2.8            -55  
 OF  Roberto Ortiz        35   44   91    6   16   1   0   0    5   0   0    8   14  .176  .238  .187    4   1.4  3(0)e12   -91  
 C  *Carl Sawatski        22   36   87    6   12   0   0   2    7   0   0    8   11  .138  .208  .207    4   1.4  4(0)e4    -53  
 1B *Jack Harshman        22   18   31    4    6   0   0   2    6   0   0    4   11  .194  .286  .387    3   4.0  4e19      160  
 OF  Jim Busby            23   35   44    7    6   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    5  .136  .174  .159    1    .9  3(-2)e16 -100  
 3B  Leo Thomas           26    5   19    1    3   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .158  .200  .158    0   1.1  4e18     -227  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                           721                    9

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P *Cliff Chambers       28  17  16  .515  42  35  13   7   3   0   1  272.0  299  144  127  28  103  112  4.20  155   5.1   11  
  P *Al Sima              28   9   8  .529  34  26   3   7   1   0   2  173.2  187   80   60  19   43   70  3.11   84   4.2  -85  
  P *Chuck Stobbs         21   9   9  .500  35  23   3   8   4   1   0  183.1  174   97   82  20   89   85  4.03   94   4.6  -36  
  P  Russ Meyer           26   8  17  .320  34  30   0   3   0   1   0  173.1  230  133  115  22   69   76  5.97  125   6.4  -22  
  P  Jack Kramer          32   6   5  .545  51   1   0  26   9   3   0   95.2  113   59   51   9   42   33  4.80   63   5.9    9  
  P  Hank Wyse            32   6  10  .375  19  19   3   0   0   0   2  104.1  114   60   57  11   51   23  4.92   64   5.5  -53  
  P  Cloyd Boyer          22   4   7  .364  50  11   0  22   3   2   0  128.0  125   66   55  21   43   88  3.87   72   5.0   26  
  P  Bud Byerly           30   2   1  .667  13   0   0   5   3   1   0   17.0   12    6    5   3    5    6  2.65    6   3.2   32  
  P  Don Johnson          23   2   2  .500  12   2   0   3   0   0   0   30.1   40   22   18   8   15   25  5.34   25   7.4  -47  
  P *Joe Murray           29   1   0 1.000   9   1   0   4   0   0   0   19.2   26   19   16   2   16    9  7.32   17   8.0   84  
  P  Johnny Kucab         30   1   2  .333  17   0   0   5   3   3   0   28.0   34   11   10   4    7    5  3.21   20   6.9   28  
  P  Dick Fowler          29   1   4  .200  12   6   0   2   0   0   0   43.2   43   37   30   7   46   11  6.18   34   7.1  -63  
  P  Carl Scheib          23   1   6  .143  64   0   0  40   2   2   0  108.2  157  114   94  19   64   35  7.79  103   8.4    2  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      868        -17

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Mike Guerra 610 67 84 317 32 4 4 .989 17 13 Ray Murray 291 32 38 137 17 8 0 .951 10 9 Joe Astroth 261 30 35 113 11 3 2 .976 3 4 Carl Sawatski 214 25 30 124 7 2 2 .985 6 1 Wally Moses 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ferris Fain 1324 149 149 1324 148 28 174 .981 10.01 Jack Harshman 50 5 6 47 3 1 3 .980 9.00 Paul Lehner 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Pete Suder 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Kermit Wahl 718 83 101 240 228 13 74 .973 5.87 Pete Suder 638 66 101 219 202 18 63 .959 5.94 Bob Ramazzotti 19 5 8 3 7 1 0 .909 4.74 Jim Busby 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Mike McCormick 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Ray Murray 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie Jones 939 105 105 95 197 15 31 .951 2.80 Hank Majeski 395 45 45 43 88 4 15 .970 2.98 Leo Thomas 37 4 5 6 9 1 3 .938 3.65 Pete Suder 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Bob Ramazzotti 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 9.00 Kermit Wahl 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Joost 1184 134 137 278 448 31 104 .959 5.52 Bob Ramazzotti 116 13 15 18 33 2 6 .962 3.96 Wally Moses 53 6 6 11 17 3 2 .903 4.75 Kermit Wahl 16 1 6 1 7 0 0 1.000 4.50 Pete Suder 3 0 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00 Leo Thomas 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 6.00 Roberto Ortiz 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 Jim Busby 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Paul Lehner 824 97 106 170 9 6 3 .968 1.95 Mike McCormick 349 34 62 76 5 6 0 .931 2.09 Roberto Ortiz 176 23 24 33 0 1 0 .971 1.69 Wally Moses 15 0 9 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Elmer Valo 11 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 Jim Busby 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.37 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sam Chapman 1378 154 154 455 24 16 2 .968 3.13 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Elmer Valo 1199 135 137 274 11 13 3 .956 2.14 Wally Moses 103 11 14 23 1 0 0 1.000 2.10 Jim Busby 68 8 9 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.72 Roberto Ortiz 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Mike McCormick 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Paul Lehner 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1950 Draft

Round 1 (#2):	Cliff Chambers
Round 2 (#24):	Jack Kramer
Round 4 (#51):	Ray Murray
Round 5 (#61):	Mike McCormick
Round 6 (#72):	Carl Sawatski
Round 7 (#76):	Jack Harshman

Transactions

• 1950-01: acquired Bud Byerly as a free agent
• 1950-11: acquired Don Johnson as a free agent
• 1950-11: traded Willie Jones to CHA for Hank Majeski
• 1950-11: traded Hank Wyse to CHN for Bob Ramazzotti, CHN#3
• 1950-17: released Bud Byerly
• 1950-17: acquired Leo Thomas as a free agent

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