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1938 Philadelphia Athletics Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937 / 1939)
53-99, Finished 8th in American League
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Scored 726 runs, Allowed 956 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-95
Manager: Connie Mack (53-99)
Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 385,357 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 104

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1937 / 1939 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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 .871 120 150 1 2
2 1B Lou Finney* 27 122 502 454 61 125 21 12 10 48 5 8 39 25 .275 .333 .441 .773 94 200 0 9
3 2B Dario Lodigiani 22 93 372 325 36 91 15 1 6 44 3 0 34 25 .280 .361 .388 .748 90 126 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 96 198 2 5
6 OF Wally Moses* 27 142 650 589 86 181 29 8 8 49 15 5 58 31 .307 .369 .424 .794 101 250 0 3
7 OF Bob Johnson 32 152 652 563 114 176 27 9 30 113 9 8 87 73 .313 .406 .552 .959 141 311 2 0
8 OF Sam Chapman 22 114 466 406 60 105 17 7 17 63 3 4 55 94 .259 .353 .461 .813 105 187 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 61 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 73 69 3 2
11 C Earle Brucker 37 53 191 171 26 64 21 1 3 35 1 1 19 16 .374 .437 .561 .998 151 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 46 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 39 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 81 31 0 0
16 1B Gene Hasson* 22 19 82 69 10 19 6 2 1 12 0 0 12 7 .275 .383 .464 .846 114 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 61 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 -11 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 67 119 112 12 31 0 0 0 15 0 0 7 12 .277 .319 .277 .596 52 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 30 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 18 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* 21 16 21 20 3 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .300 .333 .400 .733 85 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 68 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 24 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 88 2071 22 78
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 7 8 6 4 4 4 1 4 3 8 7 7 7 7
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 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 111 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 86 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 91 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 75 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 82 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 70 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* 21 2 1 .667 3.52 6 1 4 0 0 0 23.0 22 10 9 3 15 3 0 1 1 103 137 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 44 2.757 17.5 0.7 7.3 0.7 0.10
12 Ralph Buxton 24 0 1 .000 4.82 5 0 3 0 0 0 9.1 12 7 5 1 5 9 0 0 0 43 100 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 29 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 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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Wayne Ambler 22 120 579 221 326 32 58 .945 4.56 SS-2B
Babe Barna 23 7 4 0 3 12 10 1 1 0 .917 1.57 OF
Irv Bartling 24 14 70 29 35 6 8 .914 4.57 SS-3B
Charlie Berry 35 1 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.00 0 C
Earle Brucker 37 45 211 188 20 3 1 .986 4.62 3 C-1B
Ralph Buxton 24 5 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.20 P
George Caster 30 42 60 12 44 4 1 .933 1.33 P
Sam Chapman 22 110 103 8 0 249 229 8 12 0 .952 2.15 OF
Chubby Dean 21 6 8 0 8 0 0 1.000 1.33 P
Paul Easterling 32 1 0 1 0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 3.00 OF
Nick Etten 24 22 225 212 10 3 20 .987 10.09 1B
Lou Finney 27 110 19 21 6 735 698 28 9 35 .988 6.60 1B-OF
Randy Gumpert 20 4 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.50 P
Mule Haas 34 18 0 5 7 69 67 2 0 3 1.000 3.83 OF-1B
Gene Hasson 22 19 167 154 6 7 17 .958 8.42 1B
Frankie Hayes 23 90 366 319 38 9 2 .975 3.97 10 C
Bob Johnson 32 154 29 122 0 451 406 27 18 6 .960 2.81 OF-2B-3B
Harry Kelley 32 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Dario Lodigiani 22 93 494 210 259 25 48 .949 5.04 2B-3B
Wally Moses 27 139 0 0 139 326 304 11 11 3 .966 2.27 OF
Lynn Nelson 33 32 42 4 36 2 0 .952 1.25 P
Skeeter Newsome 27 15 69 24 43 2 7 .971 4.47 SS
Ace Parker 26 44 134 54 75 5 10 .963 2.93 SS-2B-3B
Rusty Peters 23 2 7 3 2 2 0 .714 2.50 SS
Nels Potter 26 35 25 8 16 1 0 .960 0.69 P
Jim Reninger 23 4 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 1.50 P
Buck Ross 23 29 43 5 36 2 2 .953 1.41 P
Dick Siebert 26 46 444 403 41 0 35 1.000 9.65 1B
Dave Smith 23 21 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 0.48 P
Eddie Smith 24 43 31 10 20 1 1 .968 0.70 P
Stan Sperry 24 60 319 121 185 13 26 .959 5.10 2B
Bud Thomas 27 42 48 7 39 2 1 .958 1.10 P
Hal Wagner 22 30 106 87 16 3 2 .972 3.43 2 C
Billy Werber 30 134 464 168 266 30 21 .935 3.24 3B
Al Williams 24 30 24 4 18 2 0 .917 0.73 P
Team Totals 26.3 154 5807 3964 1637 206 308 .965 3.57 15
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 8 8
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1937 / 1939 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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