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1939 Philadelphia Athletics Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 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 24 124 486 431 66 122 28 5 20 83 4 1 40 55 .283 .348 .510 .859 119 220 10 3 12
2 1B Dick Siebert* 27 101 433 402 58 118 28 3 6 47 4 1 21 22 .294 .329 .423 .751 92 170 6 0 10
3 2B Joe Gantenbein* 22 111 387 348 47 101 14 4 4 36 1 5 32 22 .290 .353 .388 .741 91 135 4 2 5
4 SS Skeeter Newsome 28 99 282 248 22 55 9 1 0 17 5 7 19 12 .222 .277 .266 .543 41 66 8 0 15
5 3B Dario Lodigiani 23 121 446 393 46 102 22 4 6 44 2 0 42 18 .260 .337 .382 .719 85 150 9 4 7
6 OF Wally Moses* 28 115 486 437 68 134 28 7 3 33 7 4 44 23 .307 .370 .423 .793 104 185 4 0 5
7 OF Bob Johnson 33 150 653 544 115 184 30 9 23 114 15 5 99 59 .338 .440 .553 .993 155 301 12 0 10
8 OF Sam Chapman 23 140 554 498 74 134 24 6 15 64 11 4 51 62 .269 .338 .432 .770 97 215 11 1 4
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 IF Bill Nagel 23 105 374 341 39 86 19 4 12 39 2 1 25 86 .252 .307 .437 .744 90 149 15 2 6
10 OF Dee Miles* 30 106 343 320 49 96 17 6 1 37 3 4 15 17 .300 .331 .400 .731 88 128 3 0 8
11 MI Wayne Ambler 23 95 263 227 15 48 13 0 0 24 1 0 22 25 .211 .281 .269 .550 42 61 10 0 14
12 C Earle Brucker 38 62 199 172 18 50 15 1 3 31 0 1 24 16 .291 .381 .442 .823 111 76 7 1 2
13 1B Nick Etten* 25 43 174 155 20 39 11 2 3 29 0 0 16 11 .252 .322 .406 .728 87 63 4 0 3
14 OF Eric Tipton 24 47 121 104 12 24 4 2 1 14 2 0 13 7 .231 .316 .337 .653 68 35 4 0 4
15 3B Al Brancato 20 21 79 68 12 14 5 0 1 8 1 0 8 4 .206 .299 .324 .622 60 22 3 1 2
16 SS Fred Chapman 22 15 51 49 5 14 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 .286 .300 .347 .647 66 17 0 0 1
17 OF Lou Finney* 28 9 24 22 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .136 .208 .136 .345 -9 3 0 0 0
18 SS Bill Lillard 21 7 23 19 4 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .316 .409 .368 .778 102 7 0 0 1
19 UT Eddie Collins* 22 32 21 21 6 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .238 .238 .286 .524 34 6 0 0 0
20 IF Bob McNamara 22 9 10 9 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .222 .300 .333 .633 63 3 0 0 0
21 C Hal Wagner* 23 5 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -35 1 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
22 P Chubby Dean* 22 80 88 77 12 27 4 0 0 19 0 0 8 4 .351 .412 .403 .814 111 31 5 0 3
23 P Lynn Nelson* 34 40 83 80 3 15 2 0 0 5 0 1 2 13 .188 .217 .213 .429 11 17 1 1 0
24 P Nels Potter* 27 41 76 67 6 12 2 0 0 4 0 0 5 6 .179 .236 .209 .445 16 14 1 0 4
25 P Buck Ross 24 29 66 58 2 12 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 19 .207 .220 .241 .462 19 14 2 0 7
26 P Bill Beckmann 31 27 60 52 5 13 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 .250 .278 .250 .528 37 13 1 0 6
27 P George Caster 31 28 45 43 2 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 .209 .209 .209 .419 8 9 0 0 2
28 P Cotton Pippen 28 25 42 35 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 5 .086 .179 .086 .265 -30 3 0 0 3
29 P Bob Joyce 24 30 37 35 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .086 .111 .114 .225 -42 4 1 0 1
30 P Roy Parmelee 32 16 16 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .133 .188 .133 .321 -16 2 0 0 0
31 P Les McCrabb 24 5 15 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2
32 P Sam Page* 23 4 9 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .429 .500 .429 .929 141 3 1 0 1
33 P Jim Reninger 24 4 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -14 1 0 0 0
34 P Bud Thomas 28 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
35 P Walt Masters 32 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.4 153 5965 5309 711 1438 282 55 98 667 60 34 503 531 .271 .336 .400 .736 89 2124 122 15 138 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 7 8 3 6 4 6 8 8 5 7 8 5 5 5
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 Lynn Nelson 34 10 13 .435 4.78 35 24 11 12 2 1 197.2 233 117 105 27 64 75 3 0 0 877 99 1.503 10.6 1.2 2.9 3.4 1.17
2 SP Nels Potter 27 8 12 .400 6.60 41 25 12 9 0 2 196.1 258 163 144 26 88 60 5 2 12 922 71 1.762 11.8 1.2 4.0 2.8 0.68
3 SP Buck Ross 24 6 14 .300 6.00 29 28 0 6 1 0 174.0 216 143 116 17 95 43 0 0 5 833 79 1.787 11.2 0.9 4.9 2.2 0.45
4 SP Bill Beckmann 31 7 11 .389 5.39 27 19 5 7 2 0 155.1 198 104 93 15 41 20 1 0 1 692 87 1.539 11.5 0.9 2.4 1.2 0.49
5 SP George Caster 31 9 9 .500 4.90 28 17 8 7 1 0 136.0 144 82 74 16 45 59 3 1 1 583 96 1.390 9.5 1.1 3.0 3.9 1.31
6 SP Cotton Pippen 28 4 11 .267 5.99 25 17 4 5 0 1 118.2 169 97 79 13 40 33 1 0 4 566 79 1.761 12.8 1.0 3.0 2.5 0.83
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
7 CL Chubby Dean* 22 5 8 .385 5.25 54 1 38 0 0 7 116.2 132 93 68 8 80 39 0 0 2 556 90 1.817 10.2 0.6 6.2 3.0 0.49
8 RP Bob Joyce 24 3 5 .375 6.69 30 6 11 1 0 0 107.2 156 91 80 13 37 25 1 0 3 517 70 1.793 13.0 1.1 3.1 2.1 0.68
9 RP Roy Parmelee 32 1 6 .143 6.45 14 5 8 0 0 1 44.2 42 41 32 2 35 13 3 0 4 220 73 1.724 8.5 0.4 7.1 2.6 0.37
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 Les McCrabb 24 1 2 .333 4.04 5 4 1 2 0 0 35.2 42 20 16 4 10 11 1 0 0 160 117 1.458 10.6 1.0 2.5 2.8 1.10
11 Sam Page 23 0 3 .000 6.95 4 3 0 1 0 0 22.0 34 27 17 1 15 11 0 0 0 115 68 2.227 13.9 0.4 6.1 4.5 0.73
12 Jim Reninger 24 0 2 .000 7.71 4 2 0 0 0 0 16.1 24 15 14 3 12 3 0 0 3 82 61 2.204 13.2 1.7 6.6 1.7 0.25
13 Walt Masters 32 0 0 6.55 4 0 4 0 0 0 11.0 15 9 8 0 8 2 0 0 0 58 72 2.091 12.3 0.0 6.5 1.6 0.25
14 Bud Thomas 28 0 1 .000 15.75 2 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 8 8 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 21 30 2.250 18.0 4.5 2.3 0.0 0.00
15 Eddie Smith* 25 1 0 1.000 9.82 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 7 4 4 0 2 3 0 1 0 20 48 2.455 17.2 0.0 4.9 7.4 1.50
16 Bill Nagel 23 0 0 12.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 7 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 18 39 2.667 21.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 0.00
17 Jim Schelle 22 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 3 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 5 0.00
18 Dave Smith 24 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0.00
Team Totals 27.9 55 97 .362 5.79 153 153 103 50 6 12 1342.2 1687 1022 864 148 579 397 19 4 35 6248 81 1.688 11.3 1.0 3.9 2.7 0.69
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 2 8 4 6 8 7 7 7 8 5 8
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 23 96 376 150 208 18 34 .952 3.73 SS-2B
Bill Beckmann 31 27 29 10 19 0 0 1.000 1.07 P
Al Brancato 20 21 66 20 42 4 2 .939 2.95 3B-SS
Earle Brucker 38 47 168 150 18 0 5 1.000 3.57 2 C
George Caster 31 28 31 9 21 1 4 .968 1.07 P
Fred Chapman 22 15 69 24 38 7 5 .899 4.13 SS
Sam Chapman 23 136 0 117 0 534 497 16 21 8 .961 3.77 OF-1B
Eddie Collins 22 7 0 0 6 13 11 1 1 0 .923 1.71 OF-2B
Chubby Dean 22 54 31 3 26 2 4 .935 0.54 P
Nick Etten 25 41 399 376 19 4 29 .990 9.63 1B
Lou Finney 28 4 0 3 1 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 OF
Joe Gantenbein 22 95 404 178 203 23 30 .943 4.01 2B-3B-SS
Frankie Hayes 24 114 450 380 60 10 12 .978 3.86 12 C
Bob Johnson 33 151 138 14 0 397 369 15 13 3 .967 2.54 OF-2B
Bob Joyce 24 30 27 3 24 0 1 1.000 0.90 P
Bill Lillard 21 7 38 12 25 1 3 .974 5.29 SS
Dario Lodigiani 23 117 449 159 263 27 24 .940 3.61 3B-2B
Walt Masters 32 4 4 0 3 1 0 .750 0.75 P
Les McCrabb 24 5 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.40 P
Bob McNamara 22 9 10 5 5 0 0 1.000 1.11 3B-SS-2B-1B
Dee Miles 30 77 1 20 57 155 146 4 5 1 .968 1.95 OF
Wally Moses 28 103 0 5 100 227 209 10 8 2 .965 2.13 OF
Bill Nagel 23 100 373 134 218 21 32 .944 3.52 2B-3B-P
Lynn Nelson 34 35 40 11 27 2 6 .950 1.09 P
Skeeter Newsome 28 95 420 178 221 21 44 .950 4.20 SS-2B
Harry O'Neill 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 C
Sam Page 23 4 6 0 6 0 1 1.000 1.50 P
Roy Parmelee 32 14 13 2 10 1 0 .923 0.86 P
Cotton Pippen 28 25 38 9 26 3 4 .921 1.40 P
Nels Potter 27 41 43 8 34 1 0 .977 1.02 P
Jim Reninger 24 4 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.25 P
Buck Ross 24 29 31 9 20 2 1 .935 1.00 P
Jim Schelle 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Dick Siebert 27 99 957 874 74 9 73 .991 9.58 1B
Dave Smith 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Eddie Smith 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Bud Thomas 28 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Eric Tipton 24 34 33 0 2 69 65 0 4 0 .942 1.91 OF
Hal Wagner 23 5 14 11 3 0 0 1.000 2.80 0 C
Team Totals 26.3 153 5906 4028 1668 210 328 .964 3.39 14
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

1938 / 1940 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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