1946 Philadelphia Athletics Roster by Baseball Almanac

1946 Philadelphia Athletics Roster

The 1946 Philadelphia Athletics team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1946 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1946 Philadelphia Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1946 Philadelphia Athletics salary list, a 1946 Philadelphia Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1946 Philadelphia Athletics primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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1946 Philadelphia Athletics 1946 Philadelphia Athletics Official Logo Complete Roster Roster Schedule Statmaster
#	Pitchers	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
20	Joe Berry	5-10�	145	Right	Left	1904-12-16
24	Herman Besse	6-02	190	Left	Left	1911-08-16
31	Norm Brown	6-03	180	Right	Both	1919-02-01
17	Russ Christopher	6-03	180	Right	Right	1917-09-12
36	Joe Coleman	6-02�	200	Right	Right	1922-07-30
28	Pat Cooper	6-03	180	Right	Right	1917-11-26
38	Everett Fagan	6-00	195	Right	Right	1918-01-13
19	Jesse Flores	5-10	175	Right	Right	1914-11-02
25	Dick Fowler	6-04�	215	Right	Right	1921-03-30
31	Lee Griffeth	5-11�	180	Left	Both	1925-05-20
18	Lum Harris	6-01	180	Right	Right	1915-01-17
30	Lou Knerr	6-01	210	Right	Right	1921-08-21
35	Jack Knott	6-02�	200	Right	Right	1907-03-02
23	Phil Marchildon	5-11	175	Right	Right	1913-10-25
40	Bill McCahan	5-11	200	Right	Right	1921-06-07
16	Bobo Newsom	6-02	220	Right	Right	1907-08-11
37	Bob Savage	6-02	180	Right	Right	1921-12-01
28	Porter Vaughan	6-01	178	Left	Right	1919-05-11
#	Catchers	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
33	George Armstrong	5-10	190	Right	Right	1924-06-03
14	Joe Astroth	5-09	187	Right	Right	1922-09-01
9	Gene Desautels	5-11	170	Right	Right	1907-06-13
8	Buddy Rosar	5-09	190	Right	Right	1914-07-03
#	Infielders	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
14	Jake Caulfield	5-11	170	Right	Right	1917-11-23
22	Oscar Grimes	5-11	178	Right	Right	1915-04-13
6	Irv Hall	5-10�	160	Right	Right	1918-10-07
15	Gene Handley	5-10�	165	Right	Right	1914-11-25
7	George Kell	5-09	175	Right	Right	1922-08-23
36, 37	Bruce Konopka	6-02	190	Left	Left	1919-09-16
3	Hank Majeski	5-09	180	Right	Right	1916-12-13
5	George McQuinn	5-11	165	Left	Left	1910-05-29
41	Don Richmond	6-01	175	Right	Left	1919-10-27
12	Pete Suder	6-00	175	Right	Right	1916-04-16
10, 11	Jack Wallaesa	6-03	191	Right	Both	1919-08-31
#	Outfielders	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
38	Vern Benson	5-11	180	Right	Left	1924-09-19
4	Sam Chapman	6-01	190	Right	Right	1916-04-11
2	Russ Derry	6-01	180	Right	Left	1916-10-07
1	Ford Garrison	5-10�	180	Right	Right	1915-08-29
7	Barney McCosky	6-01	184	Right	Left	1917-04-11
3	Hal Peck	5-11	175	Left	Left	1917-04-20
1	Tuck Stainback	5-11�	175	Right	Right	1911-08-04
21	Elmer Valo	5-11	190	Right	Left	1921-03-05
1946 Philadelphia Athletics Roster

The 1946 Philadelphia Athletics played 154 games during the regular season, won 49 games, lost 105 games, and finished in eighth position. They played their home games at Shibe Park (Park Factors: 99/101) where 621,793 fans witnessed their 1946 Athletics finish the season with a .318 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1946 Philadelphia Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1946 Philadelphia Athletics salary list, a 1946 Philadelphia Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1946 Philadelphia Athletics primary starters list:

1946 Philadelphia Athletics
Opening Day Starters

No Opening Day Information Available
1946 Philadelphia Athletics
Most Games by Position
C Buddy Rosar (117)
1B George McQuinn (134)
2B Gene Handley (68)
3B Hank Majeski (72)
SS Pete Suder (67)
LF Sam Chapman (84)
CF Barney McCosky (85)
RF Elmer Valo (86)

SP Jesse Flores
SP Dick Fowler
SP Lou Knerr
SP Phil Marchildon

RP Everett Fagan
CL Bob Savage

1946 Philadelphia Athletics
Salaries
Buddy Rosar $11,000.00
Russ Christopher $10,000.00
George Kell $8,500.00
Ford Garrison $6,500.00
Irv Hall $6,000.00
Pete Suder $5,000.00
Elmer Valo $5,000.00
Joe Astroth $2,000.00

1946 Philadelphia Athletics
Uniform Numbers
#1 Ford Garrison
#1 Tuck Stainback
#2 Russ Derry
#3 Hank Majeski
#3 Hal Peck
#4 Sam Chapman
#5 George McQuinn
#6 Irv Hall
#7 George Kell
#7 Barney McCosky
#8 Buddy Rosar
#9 Gene Desautels
#10 Jack Wallaesa
#11 Jack Wallaesa
#12 Pete Suder
#14 Joe Astroth
#14 Jake Caulfield
#15 Gene Handley
#16 Bobo Newsom
#17 Russ Christopher
#18 Lum Harris
#19 Jesse Flores
#20 Joe Berry
#21 Elmer Valo
#22 Oscar Grimes
#23 Phil Marchildon
#24 Herman Besse
#25 Dick Fowler
#28 Pat Cooper
#28 Porter Vaughan
#30 Lou Knerr
#31 Norm Brown
#31 Lee Griffeth
#33 George Armstrong
#35 Jack Knott
#36 Joe Coleman
#36 Bruce Konopka
#37 Bruce Konopka
#37 Bob Savage
#38 Vern Benson
#38 Everett Fagan
#40 Bill McCahan
#41 Don Richmond

Did you know that a 1946 Philadelphia Athletics Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

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