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1938 Philadelphia Athletics

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937 / 1939

53-99, Finished 8th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Connie Mack (53-99)
Scored 726 runs, Allowed 956 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-95

Ballparks: Shibe Park · Attendance: 385,357 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 104


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1937 / 1939 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 Frankie Hayes 23 99 373 316 56 92 19 3 11 55 2 3 54 51 .291 .396 .475 .871 121 150 1 2
2 1B Lou Finney* 27 122 502 454 61 125 21 12 10 48 5 8 39 25 .275 .333 .441 .773 95 200 0 9
3 2B Dario Lodigiani 22 93 372 325 36 91 15 1 6 44 3 0 34 25 .280 .361 .388 .748 91 126 7 6
4 SS Wayne Ambler 22 120 452 393 42 92 21 2 0 38 2 1 48 31 .234 .317 .298 .615 57 117 0 11
5 3B Billy Werber 30 134 599 499 92 129 22 7 11 69 19 15 93 37 .259 .377 .397 .774 97 198 2 5
6 OF Wally Moses* 27 142 651 589 86 181 29 8 8 49 15 5 58 31 .307 .369 .424 .794 102 250 0 3
7 OF Bob Johnson 32 152 652 563 114 176 27 9 30 113 9 8 87 73 .313 .406 .552 .959 142 311 2 0
8 OF Sam Chapman 22 114 466 406 60 105 17 7 17 63 3 4 55 94 .259 .353 .461 .813 106 187 4 1
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 2B Stan Sperry* 24 60 272 253 28 69 6 3 0 27 1 2 15 9 .273 .313 .320 .634 62 81 0 4
10 1B Dick Siebert* 26 48 209 194 24 55 8 3 0 28 2 3 10 9 .284 .329 .356 .684 74 69 3 2
11 C Earle Brucker 37 53 191 171 26 64 21 1 3 35 1 1 19 16 .374 .437 .561 .998 152 96 0 1
12 SS Ace Parker 26 56 128 113 12 26 5 0 0 12 1 2 10 16 .230 .293 .274 .567 45 31 0 5
13 C Hal Wagner* 22 33 100 88 10 20 2 1 0 8 0 0 8 9 .227 .299 .273 .572 47 24 1 3
14 UT Mule Haas* 34 40 93 78 7 16 2 0 0 12 0 0 12 10 .205 .311 .231 .542 40 18 0 3
15 1B Nick Etten* 24 22 90 81 6 21 6 2 0 11 1 0 9 7 .259 .333 .383 .716 82 31 0 0
16 1B Gene Hasson* 22 19 82 69 10 19 6 2 1 12 0 0 12 7 .275 .383 .464 .846 115 32 0 1
17 SS Irv Bartling 24 14 51 46 5 8 1 1 0 5 0 0 3 7 .174 .224 .239 .464 18 11 0 2
18 SS Skeeter Newsome 27 17 51 48 7 13 4 0 0 7 1 1 1 4 .271 .286 .354 .640 62 17 0 2
19 OF Babe Barna* 23 9 33 30 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 .133 .212 .133 .345 -10 4 0 0
20 OF Paul Easterling 32 4 8 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .286 .375 .286 .661 70 2 0 0
21 SS Rusty Peters 23 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
22 C Charlie Berry 35 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 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
23 P Lynn Nelson* 33 67 118 112 12 31 0 0 0 15 0 0 7 12 .277 .319 .277 .596 53 31 0 0
24 P George Caster 30 42 112 101 9 20 5 0 0 10 0 0 8 28 .198 .264 .248 .511 31 25 1 2
25 P Bud Thomas 27 42 81 69 4 9 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 30 .130 .189 .145 .334 -14 10 0 7
26 P Buck Ross 23 29 71 63 4 12 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 17 .190 .227 .238 .465 19 15 1 5
27 P Eddie Smith# 24 43 47 42 4 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 8 .286 .333 .333 .667 70 14 0 2
28 P Nels Potter* 26 38 41 39 1 10 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 3 .256 .275 .282 .557 42 11 0 1
29 P Al Williams 24 30 28 25 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .040 .111 .040 .151 -60 1 0 1
30 P Chubby Dean* 22 16 21 20 3 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .300 .333 .400 .733 86 8 0 0
31 P Dave Smith 23 21 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .000 .143 .000 .143 -61 0 0 0
32 P Jim Reninger 23 4 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .222 .000 .222 -39 0 0 0
33 P Randy Gumpert 20 4 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 69 1 0 0
34 P Harry Kelley 32 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
35 P Ralph Buxton 27 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.6 154 5934 5229 726 1410 243 62 98 686 65 53 605 590 .270 .348 .396 .744 89 2071 22 78
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 7 8 6 4 4 4 1 4 3 8 7 7 7 7 2 1
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
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP George Caster 30 16 20 .444 4.35 42 40 2 20 2 1 281.1 310 156 136 25 117 112 3 0 5 1250 110 1.518 9.9 0.8 3.7 3.6 0.96
2 SP Bud Thomas 27 9 14 .391 4.92 42 29 9 7 1 0 212.1 259 138 116 23 62 48 2 1 5 945 98 1.512 11.0 1.0 2.6 2.0 0.77
3 SP Lynn Nelson 33 10 11 .476 5.65 32 23 8 13 0 2 191.0 215 142 120 29 79 75 5 0 5 870 85 1.539 10.1 1.4 3.7 3.5 0.95
4 SP Buck Ross 23 9 16 .360 5.32 29 28 1 10 0 0 184.1 218 132 109 23 80 54 0 1 1 849 90 1.617 10.6 1.1 3.9 2.6 0.68
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
5 CL Nels Potter 26 2 12 .143 6.47 35 9 20 4 0 5 111.1 139 95 80 15 49 43 2 0 0 517 74 1.689 11.2 1.2 4.0 3.5 0.88
6 RP Eddie Smith* 24 3 10 .231 5.92 43 7 27 0 0 4 130.2 151 102 86 13 76 78 4 0 4 614 81 1.737 10.4 0.9 5.2 5.4 1.03
7 RP Al Williams 24 0 7 .000 6.94 30 8 7 1 0 0 93.1 128 93 72 6 54 25 1 1 4 456 69 1.950 12.3 0.6 5.2 2.4 0.46
8 RP Dave Smith 23 2 1 .667 5.08 21 0 15 0 0 0 44.1 50 29 25 0 28 13 1 0 2 207 95 1.759 10.2 0.0 5.7 2.6 0.46
9 RP Chubby Dean* 22 2 1 .667 3.52 6 1 4 0 0 0 23.0 22 10 9 3 15 3 0 1 1 103 138 1.609 8.6 1.2 5.9 1.2 0.20
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Jim Reninger 23 0 2 .000 7.15 4 4 0 1 0 0 22.2 28 18 18 3 14 9 0 0 0 110 68 1.853 11.1 1.2 5.6 3.6 0.64
11 Randy Gumpert 20 0 2 .000 10.95 4 2 1 0 0 0 12.1 24 18 15 1 10 1 0 0 1 72 45 2.757 17.5 0.7 7.3 0.7 0.10
12 Ralph Buxton 27 0 1 .000 4.82 5 0 3 0 0 0 9.1 12 7 5 1 5 9 0 0 0 43 103 1.821 11.6 1.0 4.8 8.7 1.80
13 Harry Kelley 32 0 2 .000 16.88 4 3 1 0 0 0 8.0 17 16 15 0 10 3 0 0 0 49 30 3.375 19.1 0.0 11.3 3.4 0.30
Team Totals 27.0 53 99 .349 5.48 154 154 98 56 3 12 1324.0 1573 956 806 142 599 473 18 4 28 6085 88 1.640 10.7 1.0 4.1 3.2 0.79
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 1 7 8 6 4 6 7 7 7 8 4 6
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary
Wayne Ambler 22 120 118 103 579 221 326 32 58 .945 4.56 SS-2B
Babe Barna 23 7 7 7 12 10 1 1 0 .917 1.57 OF
Irv Bartling 24 14 13 12 70 29 35 6 8 .914 4.57 SS-3B
Charlie Berry 35 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.00 0 0 0 C
Earle Brucker 37 45 43 40 211 188 20 3 1 .986 4.62 3 27 12 31% 37% C-1B
Ralph Buxton 27 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.20 P
George Caster 30 42 40 20 60 12 44 4 1 .933 1.33 P
Sam Chapman 22 110 110 109 249 229 8 12 0 .952 2.15 OF
Chubby Dean 22 6 1 0 8 0 8 0 0 1.000 1.33 P
Paul Easterling 32 1 1 1 4 3 0 1 0 .750 3.00 OF
Nick Etten 24 22 22 22 225 212 10 3 20 .987 10.09 1B
Lou Finney 27 109 106 104 735 698 28 9 35 .988 6.60 1B-OF
Randy Gumpert 20 4 2 0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.50 P
Mule Haas 34 18 16 16 69 67 2 0 3 1.000 3.83 OF-1B
Gene Hasson 22 19 19 19 167 154 6 7 17 .958 8.42 1B
Frankie Hayes 23 90 86 81 366 319 38 9 2 .975 3.97 10 46 20 30% 37% C
Bob Johnson 32 152 152 149 451 406 27 18 6 .960 2.81 OF-2B-3B
Harry Kelley 32 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Dario Lodigiani 22 93 91 90 494 210 259 25 48 .949 5.04 2B-3B
Wally Moses 27 139 139 138 326 304 11 11 3 .966 2.27 OF
Lynn Nelson 33 32 23 13 42 4 36 2 0 .952 1.25 P
Skeeter Newsome 27 15 13 13 69 24 43 2 7 .971 4.47 SS
Ace Parker 26 42 29 26 134 54 75 5 10 .963 2.93 SS-3B-2B
Rusty Peters 23 2 2 1 7 3 2 2 0 .714 2.50 SS
Nels Potter 26 35 9 4 25 8 16 1 0 .960 0.69 P
Jim Reninger 23 4 4 1 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 1.50 P
Buck Ross 23 29 28 10 43 5 36 2 2 .953 1.41 P
Dick Siebert 26 46 46 44 444 403 41 0 35 1.000 9.65 1B
Dave Smith 23 21 0 0 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 0.48 P
Eddie Smith 24 43 7 0 31 10 20 1 1 .968 0.70 P
Stan Sperry 24 60 60 60 319 121 185 13 26 .959 5.10 2B
Bud Thomas 27 42 29 7 48 7 39 2 1 .958 1.10 P
Hal Wagner 22 30 25 22 106 87 16 3 2 .972 3.43 2 13 7 35% 37% C
Billy Werber 30 134 134 131 464 168 266 30 21 .935 3.24 3B
Al Williams 24 30 8 1 24 4 18 2 0 .917 0.73 P
Team Totals 26.3 154 1386 1244 5807 3964 1637 206 308 .965 3.57 15 86 39 31% 37%
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 8 8
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary
Wayne Ambler 22 120 452 -25 0 0 -15 8 -32 -2.8 14 -17 -1.4 .476 .482 -0.1 -0.6 -2 $ *6/4
Babe Barna* 23 9 33 -5 0 0 0 -0 -6 -0.5 1 -4 -0.4 .443 .497 -0.4 -0.0 -4 $ /O79
Irv Bartling 24 14 51 -6 0 0 -3 1 -8 -0.8 2 -7 -0.6 .445 .495 -0.3 -0.2 -4 $ 6/5
Charlie Berry 35 1 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .444 .500 0.0 0.0 -1 $ Free Agency /2
Earle Brucker 37 53 191 14 -0 0 0 1 16 1.4 6 22 2.0 .526 .509 2.0 0.2 22 $ Rule 5 Draft 2/3
Ralph Buxton 27 5 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .495 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ Rule 5 Draft /1
George Caster 30 42 112 -12 0 0 0 13 1 0.1 4 5 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 5 $ 1
Sam Chapman 22 114 466 0 -1 0 -2 -5 -8 -0.6 15 7 0.8 .494 .496 1.0 -0.6 9 $ Amateur Free Agent *O7/8
Chubby Dean* 22 16 21 -1 0 0 0 2 2 0.2 1 2 0.2 .510 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ /1
Paul Easterling 32 4 8 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .493 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ Purchased /8O
Nick Etten* 24 22 90 -2 0 0 -2 -1 -5 -0.4 3 -2 -0.2 .480 .497 0.0 -0.3 -0 $ 3
Lou Finney* 27 122 502 -4 -2 0 -3 -4 -14 -1.2 16 2 0.3 .489 .492 0.6 -0.6 5 $ 3O87/9
Randy Gumpert 20 4 5 -0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .511 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Mule Haas* 34 40 93 -7 0 0 -2 -1 -10 -0.9 3 -7 -0.6 .478 .495 -0.4 -0.2 -5 $ Free Agency O/938
Gene Hasson* 22 19 82 2 0 0 -3 -1 -2 -0.2 3 1 0.1 .491 .499 0.3 -0.3 4 $ 3
Frankie Hayes 23 99 373 11 -1 0 -3 3 10 0.9 12 22 2.1 .509 .506 2.4 0.1 25 $ 2
Bob Johnson 32 152 652 36 -1 0 -3 -2 29 2.6 20 50 4.7 .517 .516 4.9 -0.4 53 $ *O87/45
Harry Kelley 32 4 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .491 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ Rule 5 Draft /1
Dario Lodigiani 22 93 372 -3 1 0 -13 3 -12 -1.0 12 -0 0.1 .489 .493 1.3 -0.8 13 $ Traded 45
Wally Moses* 27 142 651 4 1 0 2 -6 0 0.1 20 21 2.1 .500 .500 1.9 -0.3 19 $ Purchased *O9
Lynn Nelson* 33 67 118 -8 0 0 0 14 6 0.6 4 10 0.6 .508 .503 0.6 0.0 10 $ Traded 1
Skeeter Newsome 27 17 51 -3 -0 0 -1 1 -3 -0.3 2 -2 -0.2 .482 .498 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ 6
Ace Parker 26 56 128 -10 -1 0 -2 2 -10 -0.9 4 -6 -0.5 .483 .494 -0.3 0.1 -4 $ 6/45
Rusty Peters 23 2 7 -2 0 0 -1 0 -3 -0.3 0 -3 -0.3 .358 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $ /6
Nels Potter* 26 38 41 -4 0 0 0 5 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Jim Reninger 23 4 9 -2 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .489 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ Traded /1
Buck Ross 23 29 71 -9 0 0 0 8 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
Dick Siebert* 26 48 209 -7 -1 0 3 -2 -7 -0.6 7 -0 0.0 .487 .496 -0.2 0.1 -3 $ Traded 3
Dave Smith 23 21 14 -3 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
Eddie Smith# 24 43 47 -2 0 0 0 5 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .507 .502 0.3 0.0 5 $ 1
Stan Sperry* 24 60 272 -14 -0 0 -5 2 -17 -1.5 9 -9 -0.7 .474 .490 -0.3 -0.2 -4 $ Purchased 4
Bud Thomas 27 42 81 -14 0 0 0 9 -5 -0.4 2 -3 -0.4 .489 .497 -0.5 0.0 -3 $ 1
Hal Wagner* 22 33 100 -7 0 0 0 1 -6 -0.6 3 -3 -0.2 .483 .496 -0.2 0.1 -3 $ 2
Billy Werber 30 134 599 2 -3 0 -4 2 -3 -0.2 19 16 1.6 .498 .498 2.0 -0.1 20 $10,000 Traded *5
Al Williams 24 30 28 -7 0 0 0 3 -4 -0.3 1 -3 -0.3 .489 .498 -0.3 0.0 -3 $ 1
Team Total 26.6 1699 5934 -90 -7 0 -57 64 -90 -7.7 187 97 8.9 .495 .499 14.0 -4.1 154 $10,000
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired
Ralph Buxton 27 9.1 5 0 7 6.75 5.44 -0.31 0.00 104.6 6.02 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.0 0 .485 .500 $ Rule 5 Draft
George Caster 30 280.2 42 40 156 5.00 5.52 -0.37 0.00 99.7 5.87 24 2.3 1.0 -0.1 4.6 63 .554 .514 $
Chubby Dean* 22 23.0 6 1 10 3.91 5.60 -0.37 0.00 100.1 5.98 5 0.5 1.0 -0.0 0.7 8 .580 .503 $
Randy Gumpert 20 12.1 4 2 18 13.14 5.32 -0.51 0.00 105.0 6.13 -10 -0.7 1.0 -0.0 -0.6 -8 .317 .495 $ Amateur Free Agent
Harry Kelley 32 8.0 4 3 16 18.00 5.88 -0.47 0.00 99.8 6.34 -10 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.7 -9 .306 .495 $ Rule 5 Draft
Lynn Nelson 33 191.0 32 23 142 6.69 5.72 -0.38 0.00 100.5 6.13 -14 -1.2 1.0 -0.1 0.4 13 .462 .492 $ Traded
Nels Potter 26 111.1 35 9 95 7.68 5.60 -0.39 0.00 100.3 6.01 -22 -1.9 1.0 -0.1 -0.9 -6 .446 .488 $ Rule 5 Draft
Jim Reninger 23 23.1 4 4 18 6.94 5.56 -0.38 0.00 100.0 5.94 -3 -0.2 -0.0 0.0 0 .439 .498 $ Traded
Buck Ross 23 184.1 29 28 132 6.44 5.61 -0.40 0.00 100.0 6.00 -11 -1.0 1.0 -0.1 0.6 15 .467 .494 $
Dave Smith 23 44.1 21 0 29 5.89 5.67 -0.39 0.00 100.5 6.09 1 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.4 7 .502 .500 $
Eddie Smith* 24 130.2 43 7 102 7.03 5.58 -0.36 0.00 99.6 5.92 -17 -1.5 1.0 -0.1 -0.4 1 .465 .491 $
Bud Thomas 27 212.1 42 29 138 5.85 5.56 -0.40 0.00 99.5 5.93 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.1 1.8 29 .500 .500 $
Al Williams 24 93.1 30 8 93 8.97 5.54 -0.42 0.00 101.3 6.04 -31 -2.6 1.0 -0.0 -1.8 -18 .412 .484 $
Team Total 27.0 1324.0 297 154 956 6.50 5.59 -0.39 0.00 100.1 5.98 -90 -7.3 1.0 -0.7 4.1 94 .476 .497 $
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1937 / 1939 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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