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1939 Philadelphia Athletics Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940)
55-97, Finished 7th in American League
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Scored 711 runs, Allowed 1022 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 52-100
Manager: Connie Mack (25-37) and Earle Mack (30-60)
Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 395,022 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 102;   one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 102

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1938 / 1940 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Wayne Ambler 23 R R 165 Nov 8, 1915 3 95 95 95 0 0 0 19 0 77 0 0 0 0
Bill Beckmann 31 R R 6' 0" 175 Dec 8, 1907 1st 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Brancato 20 R R 188 May 29, 1919 1st 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 20 1 0 0 0 0
Earle Brucker 38 R R 5' 11" 175 May 6, 1901 3 62 62 62 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Caster 31 R R 180 Aug 4, 1907 5 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Chapman 22 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 17, 1916 1st 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0
Sam Chapman 23 R R 6' 1" 190 Apr 11, 1916 2 140 140 140 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 117 0 117
Eddie Collins 22 L R 5' 10" 175 Nov 23, 1916 1st 32 32 32 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 6
Chubby Dean 22 L L 5' 11" 181 Aug 24, 1916 4 80 80 80 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Etten 25 L L 6' 2" 198 Sep 19, 1913 2 43 43 43 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lou Finney 28 L R 6' 0" 180 Aug 13, 1910 8 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4
Joe Gantenbein 22 L R 5' 9" 168 Aug 25, 1916 1st 111 111 111 0 0 0 76 14 5 0 0 0 0
Frankie Hayes 24 R R 6' 0" 185 Oct 13, 1914 6 124 124 124 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Bob Johnson 33 R R 6' 0" 180 Nov 26, 1905 7 150 150 150 0 0 0 1 0 0 138 14 0 150 All-Star
Bob Joyce 24 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 14, 1915 1st 30 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Lillard 21 R R 5' 10" 170 Jan 10, 1918 1st 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
Dario Lodigiani 23 R R 5' 8" 150 Jun 6, 1916 2 121 121 121 0 0 0 28 89 0 0 0 0 0
Walt Masters 32 R R 180 Mar 28, 1907 3 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Les McCrabb 24 R R 5' 11" 175 Nov 4, 1914 1st 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob McNamara 22 R R 5' 10" 170 Sep 19, 1916 1st 9 9 9 0 0 1 1 5 2 0 0 0 0
Dee Miles 30 L R 6' 0" 175 Feb 15, 1909 3 106 106 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 57 77
Wally Moses 28 L L 5' 10" 160 Oct 8, 1910 5 115 115 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 100 103
Bill Nagel 23 R R 6' 1" 190 Aug 19, 1915 1st 105 105 105 1 0 0 56 43 0 0 0 0 0
Lynn Nelson 34 L R 170 Feb 24, 1905 6 40 40 40 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Skeeter Newsome 28 R R 5' 9" 170 Oct 18, 1910 5 99 99 99 0 0 0 2 0 93 0 0 0 0
Harry O'Neill 22 R R 6' 3" 205 May 8, 1917 1st 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sam Page 23 L R 6' 0" 172 Feb 11, 1916 1st 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Parmelee 32 R R 6' 1" 190 Apr 25, 1907 10 16 16 16 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cotton Pippen 28 R R 6' 2" 180 Apr 2, 1911 2 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nels Potter 27 L R 5' 11" 180 Aug 23, 1911 3 41 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Reninger 24 R R 6' 3" 210 Mar 7, 1915 2 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buck Ross 24 R R 6' 2" 170 Feb 3, 1915 4 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Schelle 22 R R 6' 3" 204 Apr 13, 1917 1st 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Siebert 27 L L 6' 0" 170 Feb 19, 1912 5 101 101 101 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Smith 24 R R 5' 10" 170 Dec 17, 1914 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Smith 25 B L 5' 10" 174 Dec 14, 1913 4 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bud Thomas 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Sep 9, 1910 5 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eric Tipton 24 R R 5' 11" 190 Apr 20, 1915 1st 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 2 34
Hal Wagner 23 L R 6' 0" 165 Jul 2, 1915 3 5 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1938 / 1940 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played