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1937 Philadelphia Athletics Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1936 / 1938)
54-97, Finished 7th in American League
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Scored 699 runs, Allowed 854 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 62-89
Manager: Connie Mack (39-80) and Earle Mack (15-17)
Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 430,738 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 102;   one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 96

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1936 / 1938 Batting Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Earle Brucker 36 102 368 317 40 82 16 5 6 37 1 2 48 30 .259 .356 .397 .754 91 126 0 3
2 1B Chubby Dean* 20 104 358 309 36 81 14 4 2 31 2 1 42 10 .262 .350 .353 .703 79 109 0 7
3 2B Rusty Peters 22 116 385 339 39 88 17 6 3 43 4 4 41 59 .260 .339 .372 .711 81 126 0 5
4 SS Skeeter Newsome 26 122 489 438 53 111 22 1 1 30 11 5 37 22 .253 .312 .315 .627 60 138 0 14
5 3B Billy Werber 29 128 576 493 85 144 31 4 7 70 35 13 74 39 .292 .386 .414 .799 103 204 1 8
6 OF Jesse Hill 30 70 275 242 32 71 12 3 1 37 16 3 31 20 .293 .374 .380 .754 92 92 0 2
7 OF Wally Moses* 26 154 712 649 113 208 48 13 25 86 9 7 54 38 .320 .374 .550 .925 132 357 2 7
8 OF Bob Johnson 31 138 576 477 91 146 32 6 25 108 9 7 98 65 .306 .425 .556 .981 147 265 1 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 UT Lou Finney* 26 92 404 379 53 95 14 9 1 20 2 5 20 16 .251 .288 .343 .631 60 130 0 5
10 OF Jack Rothrock# 32 88 260 232 28 62 15 0 0 21 1 0 28 15 .267 .346 .332 .678 73 77 0 0
11 C Frankie Hayes 22 60 217 188 24 49 11 1 10 38 0 0 29 34 .261 .359 .489 .849 114 92 0 0
12 2B Wayne Ambler 21 56 175 162 3 35 5 0 0 11 1 0 13 8 .216 .274 .247 .521 33 40 0 0
13 2B Bill Cissell 33 34 135 117 15 31 7 0 1 14 0 0 17 10 .265 .358 .350 .709 81 41 0 1
14 1B Gene Hasson* 21 28 111 98 12 30 6 3 3 14 0 0 13 14 .306 .387 .520 .908 129 51 0 0
15 MI Ace Parker 25 38 100 94 8 11 0 1 2 13 0 0 4 17 .117 .153 .202 .355 -11 19 0 2
16 C Bill Conroy 22 26 67 60 4 12 1 1 0 3 1 0 7 9 .200 .284 .250 .534 37 15 0 0
17 MI Warren Huston 23 38 57 54 5 7 3 0 0 3 0 1 2 9 .130 .161 .185 .346 -12 10 0 1
18 UT Babe Barna* 22 14 38 36 10 14 2 0 2 9 1 0 2 6 .389 .421 .611 1.032 159 22 0 0
19 OF Doyt Morris 20 6 13 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .154 .154 .154 .308 -22 2 0 0
20 OF Eddie Yount 21 4 7 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 46 2 0 0
21 C Hal Wagner* 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 P Lynn Nelson* 32 74 120 113 18 40 6 2 4 29 1 0 6 13 .354 .387 .549 .935 135 62 0 1
23 P George Caster 29 37 93 90 6 19 4 0 0 11 0 0 2 24 .211 .228 .256 .484 23 23 0 1
24 P Eddie Smith# 23 40 77 73 4 17 6 0 0 3 1 0 2 11 .233 .253 .315 .568 44 23 0 2
25 P Harry Kelley 31 41 75 71 6 16 5 0 0 8 0 0 2 5 .225 .257 .296 .553 40 21 1 1
26 P Bud Thomas 26 35 58 47 3 6 1 0 1 5 0 0 4 25 .128 .196 .213 .409 4 10 0 7
27 P Buck Ross 22 28 54 49 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 24 .102 .185 .102 .287 -25 5 0 0
28 P Al Williams 23 16 28 24 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13 .083 .120 .083 .203 -47 2 0 3
29 P George Turbeville 22 31 26 26 3 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 .231 .231 .308 .538 36 8 0 0
30 P Herman Fink 25 28 24 24 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .208 .208 .208 .417 6 5 0 0
31 P Bill Kalfass 21 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
32 P Randy Gumpert 19 10 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 70 1 0 0
33 P Fred Archer* 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.0 154 5886 5228 699 1398 278 60 94 649 95 48 583 557 .267 .341 .397 .739 87 2078 5 70
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 8 8 6 7 5 1 3 5 3 8 8 7 7 8
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Wayne Ambler 21 175 127 11 2.3 115 .227 .216 .287 .274 .362 .247 .428 .521 .790 33 .180 -16.6 -1.5 .425 .117 .031 .0 4
*Fred Archer 27 1 0 0 1.000 .362 0.3 0.0 /1
*Babe Barna 22 38 22 9 10.8 115 .429 .389 .287 .421 .362 .611 .428 1.032 .790 159 .789 3.1 0.3 1.136 .306 .222 1.3 /O3
Earle Brucker 36 368 240 44 4.8 115 .270 .259 .287 .356 .362 .397 .428 .754 .790 91 .463 -3.8 -0.3 .730 .287 .139 1.7 2
George Caster 29 93 72 5 1.8 115 .288 .211 .287 .228 .362 .256 .428 .484 .790 23 .127 -10.9 -1.0 .352 .067 .044 1
Bill Cissell 33 135 87 15 4.6 115 .283 .265 .287 .358 .362 .350 .428 .709 .790 81 .435 -2.8 -0.3 .674 .231 .085 .0 4
Bill Conroy 22 67 48 4 2.2 115 .235 .200 .287 .284 .362 .250 .428 .534 .790 37 .169 -6.0 -0.6 .479 .183 .050 .0 2/3
*Chubby Dean 20 358 236 38 4.2 115 .266 .262 .287 .350 .362 .353 .428 .703 .790 79 .405 -9.1 -0.8 .664 .230 .091 2.0 3/1
Herman Fink 25 24 19 1 1.4 115 .313 .208 .287 .208 .362 .208 .428 .417 .790 6 .081 -3.5 -0.3 .263 .000 .000 1
*Lou Finney 26 404 294 36 3.2 115 .260 .251 .287 .288 .362 .343 .428 .631 .790 60 .291 -25.4 -2.4 .509 .137 .092 1.3 3O/4
Randy Gumpert 19 3 2 0 0.0 115 .500 .333 .287 .333 .362 .333 .428 .667 .790 70 .000 -0.2 0.0 .500 .000 .000 1
*Gene Hasson 21 111 68 20 7.8 115 .333 .306 .287 .387 .362 .520 .428 .908 .790 129 .672 4.1 0.4 .941 .347 .214 .0 3
Frankie Hayes 22 217 139 33 6.3 115 .271 .261 .287 .359 .362 .489 .428 .849 .790 114 .581 3.7 0.3 .871 .383 .229 .0 2
Jesse Hill 30 275 176 37 5.6 115 .317 .293 .287 .374 .362 .380 .428 .754 .790 92 .525 -2.0 -0.2 .782 .269 .087 1.9 O
Warren Huston 23 57 49 1 0.5 115 .156 .130 .287 .161 .362 .185 .428 .346 .790 -12 .015 -9.5 -0.9 .229 .074 .056 46/5
Bob Johnson 31 576 338 111 8.7 115 .313 .306 .287 .425 .362 .556 .428 .981 .790 147 .715 38.0 3.4 1.083 .459 .249 13.2 *O/4
Bill Kalfass 21 4 4 0 0.0 115 .000 .000 .287 .000 .362 .000 .428 .000 .790 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Harry Kelley 31 75 56 5 2.4 115 .242 .225 .287 .257 .362 .296 .428 .553 .790 40 .188 -6.6 -0.6 .436 .099 .070 1
Doyt Morris 20 13 11 0 0.0 115 .200 .154 .287 .154 .362 .154 .428 .308 .790 -22 .000 -2.5 -0.2 .182 .000 .000 /O
*Wally Moses 26 712 455 131 7.6 115 .312 .320 .287 .374 .362 .550 .428 .925 .790 132 .663 28.8 2.6 .926 .316 .230 13.2 *O
*Lynn Nelson 32 120 74 24 8.6 115 .375 .354 .287 .387 .362 .549 .428 .935 .790 135 .710 5.4 0.5 .945 .257 .195 1.6 1/O
Skeeter Newsome 26 489 346 43 3.3 115 .265 .253 .287 .312 .362 .315 .428 .627 .790 60 .297 -26.8 -2.5 .545 .160 .062 1.8 *6
Ace Parker 25 100 85 3 0.9 115 .120 .117 .287 .153 .362 .202 .428 .355 .790 -11 .040 -16.8 -1.6 .277 .128 .085 .0 6/4O
Rusty Peters 22 385 260 42 4.3 115 .307 .260 .287 .339 .362 .372 .428 .711 .790 81 .407 -10.1 -0.9 .655 .233 .112 3.4 456
Buck Ross 22 54 44 1 0.6 115 .200 .102 .287 .185 .362 .102 .428 .287 .790 -25 .019 -9.6 -0.9 .227 .102 .000 1
#Jack Rothrock 32 260 170 27 4.2 115 .286 .267 .287 .346 .362 .332 .428 .678 .790 73 .398 -8.4 -0.8 .624 .190 .065 .0 O/4
#Eddie Smith 23 77 58 6 2.7 115 .274 .233 .287 .253 .362 .315 .428 .568 .790 44 .232 -6.4 -0.6 .464 .123 .082 .0 1/O
Bud Thomas 26 58 48 2 1.1 115 .238 .128 .287 .196 .362 .213 .428 .409 .790 4 .054 -7.2 -0.7 .341 .170 .085 .0 1
George Turbeville 22 26 20 2 2.6 115 .300 .231 .287 .231 .362 .308 .428 .538 .790 36 .221 -2.8 -0.3 .400 .077 .077 1
*Hal Wagner 21 0 0 0.0 0.0 /2
Billy Werber 29 576 370 81 5.8 115 .306 .292 .287 .386 .362 .414 .428 .799 .790 103 .544 5.2 0.5 .831 .316 .122 11.7 *5/O
Al Williams 23 28 25 0 0.0 115 .182 .083 .287 .120 .362 .083 .428 .203 .790 -47 .000 -5.5 -0.5 .136 .042 .000 1
Eddie Yount 21 7 5 1 5.3 115 .333 .286 .287 .286 .362 .286 .428 .571 .790 46 .503 -0.6 -0.1 .400 .000 .000 /O
League Average 5.3 117 .299 .281 .289 .355 .365 .413 .431 .768 .796 93 .508 .734 .249 .132
Team Total 5886 3948 733 4.9 115 .285 .267 .287 .341 .362 .397 .428 .739 .790 87 .469 -105.7 -10.1 .700 .251 .130 94.5
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Wayne Ambler 21 58 179 166 3 34 5 0 0 10 1 13 8 .205 .263 .235 .498 10 56 56
*Fred Archer 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 1
*Babe Barna 22 15 38 36 9 13 2 0 2 8 1 2 6 .361 .395 .583 .978 8 14 14
Earle Brucker 36 106 366 321 36 77 15 5 6 33 1 45 31 .240 .333 .374 .707 39 102 102
George Caster 29 38 95 93 6 19 4 0 0 11 0 2 25 .204 .221 .247 .468 5 37 37
Bill Cissell 33 35 135 119 14 30 7 0 1 13 0 16 10 .252 .341 .336 .677 14 34 34
Bill Conroy 22 27 69 62 4 12 1 1 0 3 1 7 9 .194 .275 .242 .517 4 26 26
*Chubby Dean 20 108 354 314 32 77 13 4 2 28 2 40 10 .245 .331 .331 .662 34 104 104
Herman Fink 25 29 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 28 28
*Lou Finney 26 96 402 383 47 88 13 8 1 18 2 19 17 .230 .266 .313 .579 32 92 92
Randy Gumpert 19 10 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 10 10
*Gene Hasson 21 29 111 99 11 28 6 3 3 13 0 12 15 .283 .360 .495 .855 18 28 28
Frankie Hayes 22 62 219 191 22 47 11 1 10 35 0 28 35 .246 .342 .471 .814 30 60 60
Jesse Hill 30 107 386 342 50 90 14 4 2 37 18 44 37 .263 .347 .345 .692 40 103 103
Warren Huston 23 39 57 55 4 6 3 0 0 2 0 2 9 .109 .140 .164 .304 1 38 38
Bob Johnson 31 143 574 481 82 137 30 6 23 97 8 92 68 .285 .401 .516 .916 100 138 138
Bill Kalfass 21 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
Harry Kelley 31 43 74 71 5 14 4 0 0 6 0 2 5 .197 .230 .254 .483 4 41 41
Doyt Morris 20 6 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6 6
*Wally Moses 26 160 707 654 101 196 45 12 24 77 8 51 39 .300 .352 .515 .867 117 154 154
*Lynn Nelson 32 77 120 114 16 38 6 2 4 26 1 6 14 .333 .367 .526 .893 22 74 74
Skeeter Newsome 26 127 481 446 47 106 21 1 1 27 11 35 23 .238 .293 .296 .589 38 122 122
Ace Parker 25 39 102 98 9 12 0 1 2 14 0 4 18 .122 .157 .204 .361 3 38 38
Rusty Peters 22 120 381 343 35 82 16 6 3 38 4 38 61 .239 .315 .347 .662 37 116 116
Buck Ross 22 29 56 51 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 25 .098 .179 .098 .277 1 28 28
#Jack Rothrock 32 91 263 236 25 59 14 0 0 19 1 27 16 .250 .327 .309 .636 24 88 88
#Eddie Smith 23 42 76 74 3 16 6 0 0 3 1 2 11 .216 .237 .297 .534 5 40 40
Bud Thomas 26 36 53 49 3 6 1 0 1 5 0 4 26 .122 .189 .204 .393 2 35 35
George Turbeville 22 32 27 27 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 31 31
Billy Werber 29 133 573 501 77 139 30 4 7 63 34 71 40 .277 .368 .395 .763 73 128 128
Al Williams 23 17 26 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .000 .038 .000 .038 0 16 16
Eddie Yount 21 4 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4 4
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Wayne Ambler 21 1 175 56 175 162 3 35 5 0 0 11 1 0 13 8 .216 .274 .247 .521 33 40 0 0
*Fred Archer 27 2 17 7 17 15 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .267 .353 .267 .620 56 4 0 0
*Babe Barna 22 1 38 14 38 36 10 14 2 0 2 9 1 0 2 6 .389 .421 .611 1.032 159 22 0 0
Earle Brucker 36 1 368 102 368 317 40 82 16 5 6 37 1 2 48 30 .259 .356 .397 .754 91 126 0 3
George Caster 29 3 131 68 131 127 9 28 5 0 0 15 0 0 3 36 .220 .238 .260 .498 27 33 0 1
Bill Cissell 33 8 3843 918 3843 3558 497 950 167 43 27 405 112 63 206 239 .267 .309 .361 .670 72 1284 10 69
Bill Conroy 22 3 74 28 74 66 4 14 2 1 0 3 1 0 8 10 .212 .297 .273 .570 46 18 0 0
*Chubby Dean 20 2 733 215 733 651 77 179 35 7 3 79 5 3 66 34 .275 .344 .364 .708 78 237 2 14
Herman Fink 25 3 96 67 96 93 1 14 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 25 .151 .177 .161 .338 -15 15 1 0
*Lou Finney 26 6 2123 527 2123 1978 263 553 74 32 6 155 21 22 118 91 .280 .322 .358 .681 74 709 7 20
Randy Gumpert 19 2 25 32 25 25 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .280 .280 .280 .560 40 7 0 0
*Gene Hasson 21 1 111 28 111 98 12 30 6 3 3 14 0 0 13 14 .306 .387 .520 .908 129 51 0 0
Frankie Hayes 22 4 1048 299 1048 946 107 242 46 3 26 135 5 6 95 138 .256 .326 .393 .719 81 372 3 4
Jesse Hill 30 3 1091 295 1091 959 175 277 53 12 6 108 43 8 115 91 .289 .366 .388 .753 94 372 1 16
Warren Huston 23 1 57 38 57 54 5 7 3 0 0 3 0 1 2 9 .130 .161 .185 .346 -12 10 0 1
Bob Johnson 31 5 3131 721 3131 2707 499 808 160 35 133 523 37 28 407 346 .298 .391 .531 .922 136 1437 6 11
Bill Kalfass 21 1 4 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Harry Kelley 31 4 179 90 179 167 11 34 9 0 0 17 0 0 3 10 .204 .222 .257 .480 20 43 1 8
Doyt Morris 20 1 13 6 13 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .154 .154 .154 .308 -22 2 0 0
*Wally Moses 26 3 1740 385 1740 1579 271 522 104 27 37 187 24 17 141 88 .331 .388 .501 .889 124 791 7 13
*Lynn Nelson 32 4 162 142 162 152 23 49 8 4 4 32 1 0 7 17 .322 .352 .507 .859 117 77 0 0 3 0 0
Skeeter Newsome 26 3 1148 308 1148 1054 112 247 44 4 2 86 26 10 67 58 .234 .281 .289 .570 44 305 1 26
Ace Parker 25 1 100 38 100 94 8 11 0 1 2 13 0 0 4 17 .117 .153 .202 .355 -11 19 0 2
Rusty Peters 22 2 508 161 508 458 51 114 20 8 6 59 5 5 45 87 .249 .316 .367 .683 72 168 0 5
Buck Ross 22 2 132 58 132 120 10 17 4 0 0 4 0 0 7 54 .142 .195 .175 .370 -6 21 1 4
#Jack Rothrock 32 11 3719 1014 3719 3350 498 924 162 35 28 327 75 33 299 312 .276 .336 .370 .706 86 1240 12 6 64
#Eddie Smith 23 2 85 42 85 81 4 18 6 0 0 3 1 0 2 13 .222 .241 .296 .537 35 24 0 2
Bud Thomas 26 3 59 39 59 48 3 6 1 0 1 5 0 0 4 25 .125 .192 .208 .401 2 10 0 0 7 0 0
George Turbeville 22 3 62 62 62 59 3 10 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 12 .169 .183 .203 .387 -2 12 0 2
*Hal Wagner 21 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Werber 29 6 2970 664 2970 2554 456 723 161 29 45 306 142 53 345 194 .283 .371 .422 .792 99 1077 10 61
Al Williams 23 1 28 16 28 24 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13 .083 .120 .083 .203 -47 2 0 3
Eddie Yount 21 1 7 4 7 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 46 2 0 0
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1936 / 1938 Batting Statistics