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1939 Philadelphia Athletics

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940

55-97, Finished 7th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Connie Mack (25-37) and Earle Mack (30-60)
Scored 711 runs, Allowed 1022 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 52-100

Ballparks: Shibe Park · Attendance: 395,022 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 101


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1938 / 1940 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Wayne Ambler 23 R R 5' 8" 165 Nov 8, 1915 3 95 66 95 95 0 0 0 19 0 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.4
Bill Beckmann 31 R R 6' 0" 175 Dec 8, 1907 1st 27 19 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Al Brancato 20 R R 5' 9" 188 May 29, 1919 1st 21 19 21 21 0 0 0 0 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Earle Brucker 38 R R 5' 11" 175 May 6, 1901 3 62 42 62 47 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 1.1
George Caster 31 R R 6' 1" 180 Aug 4, 1907 5 28 17 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6
Fred Chapman 22 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 17, 1916 1st 15 14 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Sam Chapman 23 R R 6' 0" 180 Apr 11, 1916 2 140 129 140 134 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 117 0 117 7 0 0.3
Eddie Collins 22 L R 5' 10" 175 Nov 23, 1916 1st 32 0 32 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 6 10 16 0.0
Chubby Dean 23 L L 5' 11" 181 Aug 24, 1915 4 80 1 80 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 0.1
Nick Etten 25 L L 6' 2" 198 Sep 19, 1913 2 43 41 43 41 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.2
Lou Finney 28 L R 6' 0" 180 Aug 13, 1910 8 9 3 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 5 0 -0.3
Joe Gantenbein 23 L R 5' 9" 168 Aug 25, 1915 1st 111 79 111 94 0 0 0 76 14 5 0 0 0 0 19 1 -0.7
Frankie Hayes 24 R R 6' 0" 185 Oct 13, 1914 6 124 108 124 114 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 2.7 All-Star
Bob Johnson 33 R R 6' 0" 180 Nov 26, 1905 7 150 149 150 150 0 0 0 1 0 0 133 20 0 150 0 0 6.0 All-Star
Bob Joyce 24 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 14, 1915 1st 30 6 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.4
Bill Lillard 21 R R 5' 10" 170 Jan 10, 1918 1st 7 5 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Dario Lodigiani 23 R R 5' 8" 150 Jun 6, 1916 2 121 110 121 116 0 0 0 28 89 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 -0.2
Walt Masters 32 R R 5' 10" 180 Mar 28, 1907 3 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Les McCrabb 24 R R 5' 11" 175 Nov 4, 1914 1st 5 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Bob McNamara 22 R R 5' 10" 170 Sep 19, 1916 1st 9 0 9 9 0 0 1 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Dee Miles 30 L R 6' 0" 175 Feb 15, 1909 3 106 65 106 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 57 77 29 1 -0.6
Wally Moses 28 L L 5' 10" 160 Oct 8, 1910 5 115 103 115 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 100 103 12 0 0.9
Bill Nagel 23 R R 6' 1" 190 Aug 19, 1915 1st 105 96 105 100 1 0 0 55 44 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.7
Lynn Nelson 34 L R 5' 10" 170 Feb 24, 1905 6 40 24 40 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2.3
Skeeter Newsome 28 R R 5' 9" 155 Oct 18, 1910 5 99 70 99 95 0 0 0 2 0 93 0 0 0 0 1 4 -2.1
Harry O'Neill 22 R R 6' 3" 205 May 8, 1917 1st 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sam Page 23 L R 6' 0" 172 Feb 11, 1916 1st 4 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9
Roy Parmelee 32 R R 6' 1" 190 Apr 25, 1907 10 16 5 16 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.9
Cotton Pippen 28 R R 6' 2" 180 Apr 2, 1911 2 25 17 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1
Nels Potter 27 L R 5' 11" 180 Aug 23, 1911 3 41 25 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.7
Jim Reninger 24 R R 6' 3" 210 Mar 7, 1915 2 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Buck Ross 24 R R 6' 2" 170 Feb 3, 1915 4 29 28 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5
Jim Schelle 22 R R 6' 3" 204 Apr 13, 1917 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Dick Siebert 27 L L 6' 0" 170 Feb 19, 1912 5 101 98 101 99 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.4
Dave Smith 24 R R 5' 10" 170 Dec 17, 1914 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Eddie Smith 25 B L 5' 10" 174 Dec 14, 1913 4 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Bud Thomas 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Sep 9, 1910 5 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Eric Tipton 24 R R 5' 11" 190 Apr 20, 1915 1st 47 24 47 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 2 34 12 1 -0.5
Hal Wagner 23 L R 6' 0" 165 Jul 2, 1915 3 5 3 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Wally Moses
Skeeter Newsome
Bill Lillard
Bob McNamara
Bob Johnson
Dick Siebert
Al Brancato
Lou Finney
Dario Lodigiani
Frankie Hayes

Earle Brucker
Sam Chapman
Dee Miles
Joe Gantenbein
Bill Beckmann
Wayne Ambler
Bob Joyce
George Caster

Buck Ross
Eddie Smith
Eric Tipton
Chubby Dean
Walt Masters
Sam Page
Bud Thomas
Roy Parmelee
Jim Reninger
Jim Schelle
Lynn Nelson
Bob McNamara
Dave Smith
Nels Potter

Fred Chapman
Cotton Pippen
Eddie Collins
Hal Wagner
Harry O'Neill
Jim Reninger
Les McCrabb
Dave Smith
Bill Nagel
Bill Beckmann
Nick Etten
Harry O'Neill

1938 / 1940 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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