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1939 Philadelphia Athletics

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 .859 120 220 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 93 170 6 0 10
3 2B Joe Gantenbein* 23 111 387 348 47 101 14 4 4 36 1 5 32 22 .290 .353 .388 .741 92 135 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 86 150 9 4 7
6 OF Wally Moses* 28 115 486 437 68 134 28 7 3 33 7 4 44 23 .307 .370 .423 .793 105 185 4 0 5
7 OF Bob Johnson 33 150 653 544 115 184 30 9 23 114 15 5 99 59 .338 .440 .553 .993 156 301 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 98 215 10 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 43 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 .823 112 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 69 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 61 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 67 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 .778 103 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 35 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 64 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
22 C Harry O'Neill 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 P Chubby Dean* 23 80 88 77 12 27 4 0 0 19 0 0 8 4 .351 .412 .403 .814 112 31 5 0 3
24 P Lynn Nelson* 34 40 83 80 3 15 2 0 0 5 0 1 2 13 .188 .217 .213 .429 12 17 1 1 0
25 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
26 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
27 P Bill Beckmann 31 27 60 52 5 13 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 .250 .278 .250 .528 38 13 1 0 6
28 P George Caster 31 28 45 43 2 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 .209 .209 .209 .419 9 9 0 0 2
29 P Cotton Pippen 28 25 42 35 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 5 .086 .179 .086 .265 -29 3 0 0 3
30 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
31 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
32 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
33 P Sam Page* 23 4 9 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .429 .500 .429 .929 142 3 1 0 1
34 P Jim Reninger 24 4 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -13 1 0 0 0
35 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
36 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
37 P Jim Schelle 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 P Eddie Smith# 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 P Dave Smith 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.5 153 5965 5309 711 1438 282 55 98 667 60 34 503 531 .271 .336 .400 .736 90 2124 121 15 138
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 7 8 3 6 4 6 8 8 5 7 8 5 5 5 5 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
* - 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 98 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 78 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 78 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* 23 5 8 .385 5.25 54 1 38 0 0 7 116.2 132 93 68 8 80 39 0 0 2 556 89 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 62 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 73 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 32 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 52 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 43 2.667 21.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 0.00
17 Jim Schelle 22 0 0 inf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 3 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 5 6 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 28.0 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 7 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
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Wayne Ambler 23 95 66 45 376 150 208 18 34 .952 3.73 SS-2B
Bill Beckmann 31 27 19 7 29 10 19 0 0 1.000 1.07 P
Al Brancato 20 21 19 11 66 20 42 4 2 .939 2.95 3B-SS
Earle Brucker 38 47 42 38 168 150 18 0 5 1.000 3.57 2 28 13 32% C
George Caster 31 28 17 7 31 9 21 1 4 .968 1.07 P
Fred Chapman 22 15 14 9 69 24 38 7 5 .899 4.13 SS
Sam Chapman 23 134 129 121 534 497 16 21 8 .961 3.77 OF-1B
Eddie Collins 22 7 0 0 13 11 1 1 0 .923 1.71 OF-2B
Chubby Dean 23 54 1 0 31 3 26 2 4 .935 0.54 P
Nick Etten 25 41 41 40 399 376 19 4 29 .990 9.63 1B
Lou Finney 28 4 3 3 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 OF
Joe Gantenbein 23 94 79 71 404 178 203 23 30 .943 4.01 2B-3B-SS
Frankie Hayes 24 114 108 100 450 380 60 10 12 .978 3.86 12 71 26 27% C
Bob Johnson 33 150 149 134 397 369 15 13 3 .967 2.54 OF-2B
Bob Joyce 24 30 6 1 27 3 24 0 1 1.000 0.90 P
Bill Lillard 21 7 5 4 38 12 25 1 3 .974 5.29 SS
Dario Lodigiani 23 116 110 102 449 159 263 27 24 .940 3.61 3B-2B
Walt Masters 32 4 0 0 4 0 3 1 0 .750 0.75 P
Les McCrabb 24 5 4 2 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.40 P
Bob McNamara 22 9 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 1.000 1.11 3B-SS-2B-1B
Dee Miles 30 77 65 64 155 146 4 5 1 .968 1.95 OF
Wally Moses 28 103 103 92 227 209 10 8 2 .965 2.13 OF
Bill Nagel 23 100 96 73 373 134 218 21 32 .944 3.52 P-2B-3B
Lynn Nelson 34 35 24 12 40 11 27 2 6 .950 1.09 P
Skeeter Newsome 28 95 70 52 420 178 221 21 44 .950 4.20 SS-2B
Harry O'Neill 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 C
Sam Page 23 4 3 1 6 0 6 0 1 1.000 1.50 P
Roy Parmelee 32 14 5 0 13 2 10 1 0 .923 0.86 P
Cotton Pippen 28 25 17 5 38 9 26 3 4 .921 1.40 P
Nels Potter 27 41 25 9 43 8 34 1 0 .977 1.02 P
Jim Reninger 24 4 2 0 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.25 P
Buck Ross 24 29 28 6 31 9 20 2 1 .935 1.00 P
Jim Schelle 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Dick Siebert 27 99 98 92 957 874 74 9 73 .991 9.58 1B
Dave Smith 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Eddie Smith 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Bud Thomas 28 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Eric Tipton 24 34 24 21 69 65 0 4 0 .942 1.91 OF
Hal Wagner 23 5 3 1 14 11 3 0 0 1.000 2.80 0 4 3 43% C
Team Totals 26.4 153 1377 1123 5906 4028 1668 210 328 .964 3.39 14 103 42 29%
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 8 8
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Wayne Ambler 23 263 -21 -1 0 0 -8 6 8 -16 -1.4 -8 -0.7 -0.7 $ 64
Bill Beckmann 31 60 -5 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Al Brancato 20 79 -4 0 0 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 5/6
Earle Brucker 38 199 2 -2 0 0 2 2 7 11 1.1 9 0.8 0.3 $ Rule 5 Draft 2
George Caster 31 45 -6 0 0 0 0 4 1 -1 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ 1
Fred Chapman 22 51 -3 0 0 0 -2 1 2 -2 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ 6
Sam Chapman 23 554 -7 1 0 0 -8 -2 18 2 0.3 10 0.9 -0.6 $ Amateur Free Agent *8O3
Eddie Collins* 22 21 -2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /O947
Chubby Dean* 23 88 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 8 0.8 8 0.7 0.1 $ 1
Nick Etten* 25 174 -4 0 0 0 -2 -2 6 -2 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ 3
Lou Finney* 28 24 -4 0 0 0 0 0 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ /O89
Joe Gantenbein* 23 387 -6 -2 0 0 -15 3 13 -7 -0.7 8 0.7 -1.4 $ Rule 5 Draft 45/6
Frankie Hayes 24 486 7 0 0 0 0 4 16 27 2.7 27 2.5 0.2 $ *2
Bob Johnson 33 653 45 2 0 0 2 -6 20 63 6.0 61 5.7 0.3 $ *O78/4
Bob Joyce 24 37 -8 0 0 0 0 3 1 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ Purchased 1
Bill Lillard 21 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /6
Dario Lodigiani 23 446 -10 -1 0 0 -9 3 15 -2 -0.2 7 0.7 -0.9 $ Traded 54
Walt Masters 32 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Les McCrabb 24 15 -4 0 0 0 0 1 0 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ Minor Lg Working Ag /1
Bob McNamara 22 10 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /5634
Dee Miles* 30 343 -8 0 0 0 -7 -3 11 -7 -0.6 0 0.0 -0.6 $ Traded O98/7
Wally Moses* 28 486 1 0 0 0 -2 -5 15 9 0.9 11 1.0 -0.1 $ Purchased *O9/8
Bill Nagel 23 374 -11 -1 0 0 -8 3 12 -5 -0.4 3 0.3 -0.7 $ Rule 5 Draft 45/1
Lynn Nelson* 34 83 -11 -1 0 0 0 6 3 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ Traded 1
Skeeter Newsome 28 282 -23 -3 0 0 -12 6 9 -23 -2.1 -11 -1.0 -1.1 $ 6/4
Sam Page* 23 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
Roy Parmelee 32 16 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Cotton Pippen 28 42 -7 0 0 0 0 3 1 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Nels Potter* 27 76 -9 0 0 0 0 6 2 -1 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Jim Reninger 24 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded /1
Buck Ross 24 66 -8 0 0 0 0 5 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Dick Siebert* 27 433 -8 1 0 0 1 -4 14 4 0.4 3 0.3 0.1 $ Traded 3
Bud Thomas 28 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Eric Tipton 24 121 -5 0 0 0 -2 -2 4 -5 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $ O7/9
Hal Wagner* 23 8 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /2
Team Total 26.5 5965 -127 -6 0 0 -70 42 192 31 4.1 101 9.2 -5.1 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Bill Beckmann 31 155.1 19 104 106 -6 1.0 2 0.9 $ Rule 5 Draft
George Caster 31 136.0 17 82 93 -5 1.0 11 1.6 $
Chubby Dean* 23 116.2 1 93 80 -4 1.0 -13 -0.7 $
Bob Joyce 24 107.2 6 91 73 -4 1.0 -18 -1.1 $ Purchased
Walt Masters 32 11.0 0 9 7 0 1.0 -2 -0.1 $
Les McCrabb 24 35.2 4 20 24 -1 1.0 4 0.6 $ Minor Lg Working Ag
Bill Nagel 23 3.0 0 5 2 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $ Rule 5 Draft
Lynn Nelson 34 197.2 24 117 135 -7 1.0 18 2.5 $ Traded
Sam Page 23 22.0 3 27 15 -1 1.0 -12 -1.0 $
Roy Parmelee 32 44.2 5 41 30 -2 1.0 -11 -0.8 $ Rule 5 Draft
Cotton Pippen 28 118.2 17 97 81 -4 1.0 -16 -0.9 $ Rule 5 Draft
Nels Potter 27 196.1 25 163 134 -7 1.0 -29 -1.7 $ Rule 5 Draft
Jim Reninger 24 16.1 2 15 11 -1 1.0 -4 -0.3 $ Traded
Buck Ross 24 174.0 28 143 119 -6 1.0 -24 -1.4 $
Jim Schelle 22 0.0 0 3 0 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $
Dave Smith 24 0.0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0.0 $
Eddie Smith* 25 3.2 0 4 2 0 1.0 -2 -0.1 $
Bud Thomas 28 4.0 2 8 3 0 1.0 -5 -0.5 $
Team Total 28.0 1342.2 153 1022 915 -48 1.0 -107 -3.6 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1938 / 1940 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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