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1944 Philadelphia Athletics

1944 > Class Major League > 1944 American League
Overall: 72-82
Scored 525 runs, Allowed 594 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-86

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Connie Mack
Represented: Philadelphia, PA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1943 / 1945

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1	Ted Abernathy	22	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
2	Joe Berry*	39	53	30	25	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	.120	.185	.120	.305	3	0	0	3
3	Don Black	27	29	64	59	2	11	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	13	.186	.213	.203	.417	12	2	0	3
4	Bill Burgo	24	27	98	88	6	21	2	0	1	3	1	3	7	3	.239	.316	.295	.612	26	2	3	0
5	Joe Burns	28	28	81	75	5	18	2	0	1	8	0	1	4	8	.240	.278	.307	.585	23	0	0	2
6	Ed Busch	26	140	523	484	41	131	11	3	0	40	5	3	29	17	.271	.313	.306	.619	148	20	1	9
7	Russ Christopher	26	35	84	81	4	18	5	1	1	6	0	0	2	18	.222	.241	.346	.587	28	0	0	1
8	Bobby Estalella	33	140	574	506	54	151	17	9	7	60	3	3	59	60	.298	.374	.409	.783	207	13	2	7
9	Lew Flick*	29	19	36	35	1	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	.114	.139	.114	.253	4	3	0	0
10	Jesse Flores	29	27	73	64	4	11	3	0	0	6	0	0	3	13	.172	.209	.219	.428	14	1	0	6
11	Bob Garbark	34	18	25	23	2	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.261	.292	.348	.639	8	1	0	1
12	Irv Hall	25	143	600	559	60	150	20	8	0	45	2	5	31	46	.268	.309	.333	.642	186	14	2	8
13	Luke Hamlin*	39	29	69	56	5	13	0	0	0	6	0	0	9	12	.232	.338	.232	.571	13	0	0	4
14	Lum Harris	29	23	65	59	4	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	18	.169	.222	.186	.409	11	1	0	2
15	Frankie Hayes	29	155	647	581	62	144	18	6	13	78	2	1	57	59	.248	.315	.367	.682	213	15	0	9
16	George Kell	21	139	556	514	51	138	15	3	0	44	5	2	22	23	.268	.300	.309	.609	159	28	1	19
17	Bill McGhee*	38	77	308	287	27	83	12	0	1	19	2	1	21	20	.289	.338	.341	.679	98	10	0	0
18	Bill Mills	24	5	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	1	1	0	0
19	Bobo Newsom	36	37	97	88	4	10	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	20	.114	.114	.136	.250	12	3	0	9
20	Tony Parisse	33	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
21	Hal Peck*	27	2	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	0	0	0
22	Jim Pruett	26	3	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.500	.250	.750	1	1	1	0
23	Joe Rullo	28	35	105	96	5	16	0	0	0	5	1	0	6	19	.167	.223	.167	.390	16	4	1	2
24	Carl Scheib	17	15	10	10	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.300	.300	.500	.800	5	0	0	0
25	Dick Siebert*	32	132	535	468	52	143	27	5	6	52	2	0	62	17	.306	.387	.423	.810	198	5	0	5
26	Al Simmons	42	4	6	6	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	3	1	0	0
27	Woody Wheaton*	29	30	65	59	1	11	2	0	0	5	1	2	5	3	.186	.250	.220	.470	13	3	0	1
28	Jo-Jo White*	35	85	312	267	30	59	4	2	1	21	5	4	40	27	.221	.329	.262	.591	70	2	3	2
29	Bobby Wilkins	21	24	28	25	7	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	4	.240	.296	.240	.536	6	1	1	1
	29 Players	29.1	155	5873	5312	525	1364	169	47	36	475	42	32	422	490	.257	.314	.327	.640	1735	146	17	122

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Ted Abernathy*	22	0	0		3.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	5	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	13	2.000	15.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
2	Joe Berry	39	10	8	.556	1.94	53	0	47	0	0	12	111.1	78	32	24	4	23	44	2	0	1	445	0.907	6.3	0.3	1.9	3.6	1.91
3	Don Black	27	10	12	.455	4.06	29	27	1	8	0	0	177.1	177	94	80	6	75	78	4	0	2	773	1.421	9.0	0.3	3.8	4.0	1.04
4	Russ Christopher	26	14	14	.500	2.97	35	24	10	13	1	1	215.1	200	91	71	6	63	84	9	1	5	903	1.221	8.4	0.3	2.6	3.5	1.33
5	Jesse Flores	29	9	11	.450	3.39	27	25	1	11	2	0	185.2	172	75	70	8	49	65	4	0	2	771	1.190	8.3	0.4	2.4	3.2	1.33
6	Luke Hamlin	39	6	12	.333	3.74	29	23	2	9	2	0	190.0	204	94	79	13	38	58	3	0	4	809	1.274	9.7	0.6	1.8	2.7	1.53
7	Lum Harris	29	10	9	.526	3.30	23	22	1	12	2	0	174.1	193	70	64	8	26	33	0	0	6	724	1.256	10.0	0.4	1.3	1.7	1.27
8	John McGillen*	26	0	0		18.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	3.000	9.0	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.00
9	Bobo Newsom	36	13	15	.464	2.82	37	33	3	18	2	1	265.0	243	100	83	11	82	142	4	0	8	1095	1.226	8.3	0.4	2.8	4.8	1.73
10	Carl Scheib	17	0	0		4.21	15	0	9	0	0	0	36.1	36	18	17	1	11	13	4	2	1	156	1.294	8.9	0.2	2.7	3.2	1.18
11	Woody Wheaton*	29	0	1	.000	3.55	11	1	7	1	0	0	38.0	36	17	15	1	20	15	1	1	1	166	1.474	8.5	0.2	4.7	3.6	0.75
	11 Players	31.7	72	82	.468	3.26	155	155	83	72	10	14	1397.1	1345	594	506	58	390	534	31	4	30	5860	1.242	8.7	0.4	2.5	3.4	1.37

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Frankie Hayes	155	636	89	13	10	.982	4.68	12	98	50	34%
Bob Garbark	15	23	1	0	0	1.000	1.60	0	0	0
Tony Parisse	2	1	0	1	0	.500	0.50	0	0	0
Jim Pruett	2	7	1	0	1	1.000	4.00	0	0	0
Bill Mills	1	0	0	0	0		0.00	0	0	0

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Bill McGhee	75	701	46	8	51	.989	9.96
Dick Siebert	74	661	48	5	60	.993	9.58
Bobby Estalella	6	28	4	0	1	1.000	5.33
Irv Hall	4	32	1	0	2	1.000	8.25
Frankie Hayes	1	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
Joe Rullo	1	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Irv Hall	97	248	286	11	40	.980	5.51
Joe Rullo	33	78	88	8	22	.954	5.03
Ed Busch	27	51	62	7	12	.942	4.19
Joe Burns	9	14	17	4	3	.886	3.44

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
George Kell	139	167	289	20	25	.958	3.28
Joe Burns	17	14	20	3	2	.919	2.00
Ed Busch	4	2	1	0	0	1.000	0.75

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ed Busch	111	204	330	34	50	.940	4.81
Irv Hall	40	86	132	15	29	.936	5.45
Bobby Wilkins	9	12	21	2	3	.943	3.67
Jo-Jo White	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

LF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Dick Siebert	42							0.00
Bill Burgo	14							0.00
Jo-Jo White	10							0.00
Bobby Estalella	5							0.00
Al Simmons	2							0.00

CF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Bobby Estalella	103							0.00
Jo-Jo White	9							0.00
Woody Wheaton	8							0.00
Lew Flick	1							0.00
Joe Rullo	1							0.00

RF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Jo-Jo White	57							0.00
Bobby Estalella	25							0.00
Dick Siebert	17							0.00
Bill Burgo	8							0.00
Lew Flick	5							0.00
Hal Peck	2							0.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Bobby Estalella	128	318	12	4	4	.988	2.58
Jo-Jo White	74	162	5	9	2	.949	2.26
Dick Siebert	58	98	5	5	0	.954	1.78
Bill Burgo	22	62	1	3	0	.955	2.86
Woody Wheaton	8	29	2	1	1	.969	3.88
Lew Flick	6	9	0	0	0	1.000	1.50
Hal Peck	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.50
Al Simmons	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.50
Joe Rullo	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Joe Berry	53	14	26	2	2	.952	0.75
Bobo Newsom	37	3	45	0	0	1.000	1.30
Russ Christopher	35	27	58	3	5	.966	2.43
Don Black	29	7	32	1	3	.975	1.34
Luke Hamlin	29	1	19	4	0	.833	0.69
Jesse Flores	27	9	33	1	0	.977	1.56
Lum Harris	23	8	33	1	1	.976	1.78
Carl Scheib	15	0	13	0	0	1.000	0.87
Woody Wheaton	11	0	4	0	0	1.000	0.36
John McGillen	2	0	0	0	0		0.00
Ted Abernathy	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Ted Abernathy	22	R	L	6' 2.0"	210	Oct 30, 1921	Bynum, NC, US
Joe Berry	39	L	R	5' 10.0"	145	Dec 16, 1904	Huntsville, AR, US
Don Black	27	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Jul 20, 1916	Salix, IA, US
Bill Burgo	24	R	R	5' 8.0"	185	Nov 15, 1919	Johnstown, PA, US
Joe Burns	28	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Jun 17, 1916	Bryn Mawr, PA, US
Ed Busch	26	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Nov 16, 1917	Lebanon, IL, US
Russ Christopher	26	R	R	6' 3.0"	170	Sep 12, 1917	Richmond, CA, US
Hal Epps	30	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	Mar 26, 1914	Athens, GA, US
Bobby Estalella	33	R	R	5' 8.0"	180	Apr 25, 1911	Cardenas, Matanzas, CU
Lew Flick	29	L	L	5' 9.0"	155	Feb 18, 1915	Bristol, TN, US
Jesse Flores	29	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Nov 2, 1914	Guadalajara, Jalisco, MX
Bob Garbark	34	R	R	5' 11.0"	178	Nov 13, 1909	Houston, TX, US
Ford Garrison	28	R	R	5' 10.0"	180	Aug 29, 1915	Greenville, SC, US
Irv Hall	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	Oct 7, 1918	Alberton, MD, US
Luke Hamlin	39	L	R	6' 2.0"	168	Jul 3, 1904	Ferris Center, MI, US
Lum Harris	29	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Jan 17, 1915	New Castle, AL, US
Frankie Hayes	29	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Oct 13, 1914	Jamesburg, NJ, US
George Kell	21	R	R	5' 9.0"	175	Aug 23, 1922	Swifton, AR, US
Bill McGhee	38	L	L	5' 10.0"	185	Sep 5, 1905	Shawmut, AL, US
John McGillen	26	L	L	6' 1.0"	175	Aug 6, 1917	Eddystone, PA, US
Charlie Metro	26	R	R	5' 11.0"	178	Apr 28, 1918	Nanty Glo, PA, US
Bill Mills	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Nov 2, 1919	Boston, MA, US
Bobo Newsom	36	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	Aug 11, 1907	Hartsville, SC, US
Tony Parisse	33	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Jun 25, 1911	Philadelphia, PA, US
Hal Peck	27	L	L	5' 11.0"	175	Apr 20, 1917	Big Bend, WI, US
Jim Pruett	26	R	R	5' 10.0"	178	Dec 16, 1917	Nashville, TN, US
Larry Rosenthal	34	L	L	6' 0.0"	190	May 21, 1910	St. Paul, MN, US
Joe Rullo	28	R	R	5' 11.0"	168	Jun 16, 1916	New York, NY, US
Carl Scheib	17	R	R	6' 1.0"	192	Jan 1, 1927	Gratz, PA, US
Dick Siebert	32	L	L	6' 0.0"	170	Feb 19, 1912	Fall River, MA, US
Al Simmons	42	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	May 22, 1902	Milwaukee, WI, US
Hal Wagner	28	L	R	6' 0.0"	165	Jul 2, 1915	East Riverton, NJ, US
Woody Wheaton	29	L	L	5' 8.0"	160	Oct 3, 1914	Philadelphia, PA, US
Jo-Jo White	35	L	R	5' 11.0"	165	Jun 1, 1909	Red Oak, GA, US
Bobby Wilkins	21	R	R	5' 9.0"	165	Aug 11, 1922	Denton, NC, US

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