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1938 Philadelphia Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937/1939) 53-99, Finished 8th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 726 runs, Allowed 956 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-95 Managed by Connie Mack Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com) Attendance: 385,357 (6th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 101   (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 104   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 Stats (1937/1939) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Frankie Hayes       23   99  316   56   92  19  3  11   55  54   51  .291  .396  .475   2   3       1   2          120
1B *Lou Finney          27  122  454   61  125  21 12  10   48  39   25  .275  .333  .441   5   8       0   9           94
2B  Dario Lodigiani     22   93  325   36   91  15  1   6   44  34   25  .280  .361  .388   3   0       7   6           90
3B  Billy Werber        30  134  499   92  129  22  7  11   69  93   37  .259  .377  .397  19  15       2   5           96
SS  Wayne Ambler        22  120  393   42   92  21  2   0   38  48   31  .234  .317  .298   2   1       0  11           57
OF  Bob Johnson         32  152  563  114  176  27  9  30  113  87   73  .313  .406  .552   9   8       2   0          141
OF *Wally Moses         27  142  589   86  181  29  8   8   49  58   31  .307  .369  .424  15   5       0   3          101
OF  Sam Chapman         22  114  406   60  105  17  7  17   63  55   94  .259  .353  .461   3   4       4   1          105
   *Stan Sperry         24   60  253   28   69   6  3   0   27  15    9  .273  .313  .320   1   2       0   4           61
   *Dick Siebert        26   48  194   24   55   8  3   0   28  10    9  .284  .329  .356   2   3       3   2           73
    Earle Brucker       37   53  171   26   64  21  1   3   35  19   16  .374  .437  .561   1   1       0   1          151
    Ace Parker          26   56  113   12   26   5  0   0   12  10   16  .230  .293  .274   1   2       0   5           45
   *Hal Wagner          22   33   88   10   20   2  1   0    8   8    9  .227  .299  .273   0   0       1   3           46
   *Nick Etten          24   22   81    6   21   6  2   0   11   9    7  .259  .333  .383   1   0       0   0           81
   *Mule Haas           34   40   78    7   16   2  0   0   12  12   10  .205  .311  .231   0   0       0   3           39
   *Gene Hasson         22   19   69   10   19   6  2   1   12  12    7  .275  .383  .464   0   0       0   1          114
    Skeeter Newsome     27   17   48    7   13   4  0   0    7   1    4  .271  .286  .354   1   1       0   2           61
    Irv Bartling        24   14   46    5    8   1  1   0    5   3    7  .174  .224  .239   0   0       0   2           18
   *Babe Barna          23    9   30    4    4   0  0   0    2   3    5  .133  .212  .133   0   0       0   0          -11
    Paul Easterling     32    4    7    1    2   0  0   0    0   1    2  .286  .375  .286   0   0       0   0           70
    Rusty Peters        23    2    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0       0   0         -100
    Charlie Berry       35    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0       0   0         -100

   *Lynn Nelson         33   67  112   12   31   0  0   0   15   7   12  .277  .319  .277   0   0       0   0           52
    George Caster       30   42  101    9   20   5  0   0   10   8   28  .198  .264  .248   0   0       1   2           30
    Bud Thomas          27   42   69    4    9   1  0   0    5   5   30  .130  .189  .145   0   0       0   7          -14
    Buck Ross           23   29   63    4   12   0  0   1    5   2   17  .190  .227  .238   0   0       1   5           18
   #Eddie Smith         24   43   42    4   12   2  0   0    5   3    8  .286  .333  .333   0   0       0   2           70
   *Nels Potter         26   38   39    1   10   1  0   0    6   1    3  .256  .275  .282   0   0       0   1           42
    Al Williams         24   30   25    0    1   0  0   0    0   2    9  .040  .111  .040   0   0       0   1          -60
   *Chubby Dean         21   16   20    3    6   2  0   0    1   1    4  .300  .333  .400   0   0       0   0           85
    Dave Smith          23   21   12    0    0   0  0   0    0   2    6  .000  .143  .000   0   0       0   0          -61
    Jim Reninger        23    4    7    1    0   0  0   0    0   2    2  .000  .222  .000   0   0       0   0          -39
    Randy Gumpert       20    4    4    1    1   0  0   0    1   1    1  .250  .400  .250   0   0       0   0           68
    Harry Kelley        32    4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0       0   0         -100
    Ralph Buxton        24    5    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0       0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.5  154 5229  726 1410 243 62  98  686 605  590  .270  .345  .396  65  53      22  78           95
    Rank among 8 AL teams          6    7    8   6  4   4        4    3     8     7     7   4   1                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  George Caster       30  42   4.35  16  20  1  40   2  20   2  281.3  310  156  136  25  117  112 1250   5   3  0     111
SP  Bud Thomas          27  42   4.92   9  14  0  29   9   7   1  212.3  259  138  116  23   62   48  945   5   2  1      98
SP  Buck Ross           23  29   5.32   9  16  0  28   1  10   0  184.3  218  132  109  23   80   54  849   1   0  1      91
SP  Lynn Nelson         33  32   5.65  10  11  2  23   8  13   0  191.0  215  142  120  29   79   75  870   5   5  0      86

CL  Nels Potter         26  35   6.47   2  12  5   9  20   4   0  111.3  139   95   80  15   49   43  517   0   2  0      75
RP *Eddie Smith         24  43   5.92   3  10  4   7  27   0   0  130.7  151  102   86  13   76   78  614   4   4  0      82
RP  Al Williams         24  30   6.94   0   7  0   8   7   1   0   93.3  128   93   72   6   54   25  456   4   1  1      70
RP  Dave Smith          23  21   5.08   2   1  0   0  15   0   0   44.3   50   29   25   0   28   13  207   2   1  0      95
RP  Ralph Buxton        24   5   4.82   0   1  0   0   3   0   0    9.3   12    7    5   1    5    9   43   0   0  0     100

   *Chubby Dean         21   6   3.52   2   1  0   1   4   0   0   23.0   22   10    9   3   15    3  103   1   0  1     137
    Jim Reninger        23   4   7.15   0   2  0   4   0   1   0   22.7   28   18   18   3   14    9  110   0   0  0      68
    Randy Gumpert       20   4  10.95   0   2  0   2   1   0   0   12.3   24   18   15   1   10    1   72   1   0  0      44
    Harry Kelley        32   4  16.88   0   2  0   3   1   0   0    8.0   17   16   15   0   10    3   49   0   0  0      29
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.0 154   5.48  53  99 12 154  98  56   4 1324.0 1573  956  806 142  599  473 6085  28  18  4      88
    Rank among 8 AL teams           7   8   1  4           8   6      6    7    7        8    4    6

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- FHayes 90 319 38 9 2 .975 10 EBrucker 44 188 20 3 1 .986 3 HWagner 30 87 16 3 2 .972 2 CBerry 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 595 75 15 6 .978 15 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.56 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LFinney 64 574 24 6 35 .990 9.34 DSiebert 46 403 41 0 35 1.000 9.65 NEtten 22 212 10 3 20 .987 10.09 GHasson 19 154 6 7 17 .958 8.42 MHaas 6 48 1 0 2 1.000 8.17 EBrucker 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1391 82 16 109 .989 10.01 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .967 5.32 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DLodigiani 80 193 233 21 45 .953 5.33 SSperry 60 121 185 13 26 .959 5.10 AParker 9 22 19 2 3 .953 4.56 WAmbler 4 12 16 0 4 1.000 7.00 BJohnson 3 6 6 2 3 .857 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 354 459 38 81 .955 5.53 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .941 3.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BWerber 134 168 266 30 21 .935 3.24 DLodigiani 13 17 26 4 3 .915 3.31 AParker 9 3 16 1 1 .950 2.11 IBartling 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BJohnson 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 188 308 35 25 .934 3.37 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop G PO A E DP .953 4.99 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WAmbler 116 209 310 32 54 .942 4.47 AParker 26 29 40 2 6 .972 2.65 SNewsome 15 24 43 2 7 .971 4.47 IBartling 13 29 35 6 8 .914 4.92 RPeters 2 3 2 2 0 .714 2.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 294 430 44 75 .943 4.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield G PO A E DP .972 2.28 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BJohnson 150 400 21 16 3 .963 2.81 29 122 0 WMoses 139 304 11 11 3 .966 2.27 0 0 139 SChapman 110 229 8 12 0 .952 2.15 103 8 0 LFinney 46 124 4 3 0 .977 2.78 19 21 6 MHaas 12 19 1 0 1 1.000 1.67 0 5 7 BBarna 7 10 1 1 0 .917 1.57 4 0 3 PEasterling 1 3 0 1 0 .750 3.00 0 1 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1089 46 44 7 .963 2.57 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .952 2.11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GCaster 42 12 44 4 1 .933 1.79 BThomas 42 7 39 2 1 .958 1.95 LNelson 32 4 36 2 0 .952 1.88 BRoss 29 5 36 2 2 .953 2.00 ESmith 43 10 20 1 1 .968 2.07 NPotter 35 8 16 1 0 .960 1.94 AWilliams 30 4 18 2 0 .917 2.12 DSmith 21 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.03 CDean 6 0 8 0 0 1.000 3.13 JReninger 4 0 6 0 0 1.000 2.38 RGumpert 4 1 5 0 0 1.000 4.39 RBuxton 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.97 HKelley 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 53 237 14 5 .954 1.97 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Johnson .313 On-base % Johnson .406 Slugging % Johnson .552 OPS Johnson .958 Games Johnson 152 At Bats Moses 589 Plate Appearances (approx.) Johnson 652 Runs Johnson 114 Hits Moses 181 Total Bases Johnson 311 Doubles Moses 29 Triples Finney 12 Home Runs Johnson 30 RBI Johnson 113 Bases on Balls Werber 93 Strikeouts Chapman 94 Stolen Bases Werber 19 Singles Moses 136 Adjusted OPS+ Johnson 141 Runs Created Johnson 124 Adjusted Batting Runs Johnson 36 Batting Wins Johnson 3.2 Extra-Base Hits Johnson 66 Times on Base Johnson 265 Offensive Win% Johnson .694 Hit By Pitch Lodigiani 7 Sac. Hits Ambler 11 Caught Stealing Werber 15 Power/Speed Number Werber 13.9 At Bats per Strikeout Moses 19.0 At Bats per Home Run Johnson 18.8 Outs Moses 416

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Caster 4.35 Wins Caster 16 Won-Loss % Nelson .476 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Thomas 1.512 Hits Allowed/9IP Caster 9.92 Bases on Balls/9IP Thomas 2.63 Strikeouts/9IP Caster 3.58 Games Smith 43 Saves Potter 5 Innings Caster 281.3 Strikeouts Caster 112 Games Started Caster 40 Comp. Games Caster 20 Shutouts Caster 2 Home Runs Allow. Nelson 29 Bases On Balls Allow. Caster 117 Hits Allowed Caster 310 SO to Walk Caster 0.96 Losses Caster 20 Earned Runs Allow. Caster 136 Wild Pitches Caster, Nelson, and Thomas 5 Hit Batsmen Nelson 5 Batters Faced Caster 1250 Games Finished Smith 27 Adjusted ERA+ Caster 111

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