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1942 Philadelphia Athletics Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1941 / 1943)
55-99, Finished 8th in American League
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Scored 549 runs, Allowed 801 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 51-103
Manager: Connie Mack (55-99)
Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 423,487 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 103;   one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 101

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1941 / 1943 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 Hal Wagner* 26 104 320 288 26 68 17 1 1 30 1 0 24 29 .236 .304 .313 .616 74 90 7 4 4
2 1B Dick Siebert* 30 153 642 612 57 159 25 7 2 74 4 5 24 17 .260 .291 .333 .624 76 204 8 3 3
3 2B Bill Knickerbocker 30 87 328 289 25 73 12 0 1 19 1 2 29 30 .253 .323 .304 .627 78 88 11 1 9
4 SS Pete Suder 26 128 511 476 46 122 20 4 4 54 4 4 24 39 .256 .293 .340 .634 79 162 20 1 10
5 3B Buddy Blair* 31 137 523 484 48 135 26 8 5 66 1 6 30 30 .279 .325 .397 .722 103 192 14 3 6
6 OF Elmer Valo* 21 133 542 459 64 115 13 10 2 40 13 8 70 21 .251 .355 .336 .690 95 154 14 4 9
7 OF Mike Kreevich 34 116 494 444 57 113 19 1 1 30 7 9 47 31 .255 .326 .309 .634 80 137 8 0 3
8 OF Bob Johnson 36 149 634 550 78 160 35 7 13 80 3 2 82 61 .291 .384 .451 .835 135 248 16 1 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
9 OF Dee Miles* 33 99 362 346 41 94 12 5 0 22 5 3 12 10 .272 .300 .335 .635 79 116 3 2 2
10 MI Crash Davis 22 86 301 272 31 61 8 1 2 26 1 0 21 30 .224 .282 .283 .565 60 77 8 1 7
11 C Bob Swift 27 60 206 192 9 44 3 0 0 15 1 2 13 17 .229 .278 .245 .523 48 47 4 0 1
12 SS Jack Wallaesa# 22 36 127 117 13 30 4 1 2 13 0 1 8 26 .256 .315 .359 .674 90 42 1 2 0
13 SS Eric McNair 33 34 114 103 8 25 2 0 0 4 1 0 11 5 .243 .316 .262 .578 64 27 2 0 0
14 C Frankie Hayes 27 21 72 63 8 15 4 0 0 5 1 1 9 8 .238 .333 .302 .635 80 19 3 0 0
15 OF Eddie Collins* 25 20 38 34 6 8 2 0 0 4 1 0 4 2 .235 .316 .294 .610 73 10 0 0 0
16 C Jim Castiglia* 23 16 19 18 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .389 .421 .389 .810 129 7 0 0 0
17 UT Ken Richardson 27 6 18 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .067 .176 .067 .243 -30 1 0 0 1
18 MI Larry Eschen 21 12 15 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 .000 .267 .000 .267 -21 0 0 0 0
19 OF Felix Mackiewicz 24 6 14 14 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .214 .214 .357 .571 60 5 0 0 0
20 C George Yankowski 19 6 13 13 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .154 .154 .231 .385 8 3 1 0 0
21 1B Bruce Konopka* 22 5 11 10 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .300 .364 .300 .664 88 3 0 0 0
22 SS Dick Adkins 22 3 9 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .143 .333 .143 .476 37 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
23 P Phil Marchildon 28 38 93 84 3 20 2 0 0 7 0 1 4 13 .238 .273 .262 .535 51 22 2 0 5
24 P Roger Wolff 31 32 79 68 4 6 1 0 0 4 0 1 7 19 .088 .173 .103 .276 -21 7 3 0 4
25 P Lum Harris 27 26 63 62 0 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 .161 .161 .177 .339 -4 11 2 0 1
26 P Russ Christopher 24 30 60 56 2 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 17 .089 .105 .125 .230 -35 7 0 0 3
27 P Herman Besse* 30 34 57 53 7 12 1 0 0 7 0 0 4 10 .226 .281 .245 .526 49 13 0 0 0
28 P Dick Fowler 21 32 52 50 1 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .160 .176 .160 .336 -5 8 0 1 1
29 P Jack Knott 35 20 33 29 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 17 .138 .194 .138 .331 -6 4 0 0 2
30 P Bob Harris 27 16 26 26 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .269 .269 .308 .577 63 8 2 0 0
31 P Fred Caligiuri 23 13 13 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .083 .154 .167 .321 -10 2 0 0 0
32 P Bob Savage 20 8 11 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .111 .273 .111 .384 11 1 0 0 0
33 P Tex Shirley# 24 15 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
34 P Bill Beckmann 34 5 6 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .500 .600 .750 1.350 280 3 0 0 1
35 P Joe Coleman 19 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
36 P Sam Lowry 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
37 P Les McCrabb 27 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
38 P Tal Abernathy 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.8 154 5823 5285 549 1315 213 46 33 517 44 45 441 489 .249 .309 .325 .635 79 1719 129 23 74
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 7 6 8 6 7 6 4 8 6 6 8 7 7 7
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 Phil Marchildon 28 17 14 .548 4.20 38 31 7 18 1 1 244.0 215 126 114 14 140 110 4 0 13 1081 90 1.455 7.9 0.5 5.2 4.1 0.79
2 SP Roger Wolff 31 12 15 .444 3.32 32 25 7 15 2 3 214.1 206 99 79 16 69 94 3 0 5 912 114 1.283 8.7 0.7 2.9 3.9 1.36
3 SP Lum Harris 27 11 15 .423 3.74 26 20 5 10 1 0 166.0 146 80 69 14 70 60 1 2 2 705 101 1.301 7.9 0.8 3.8 3.3 0.86
4 SP Russ Christopher 24 4 13 .235 3.82 30 18 10 10 0 1 165.0 154 78 70 8 99 58 3 0 2 718 99 1.533 8.4 0.4 5.4 3.2 0.59
5 SP Dick Fowler 21 6 11 .353 4.95 31 17 13 4 0 1 140.0 159 90 77 13 45 38 0 0 3 605 76 1.457 10.2 0.8 2.9 2.4 0.84
6 SP Jack Knott 35 2 10 .167 5.57 20 14 2 4 0 0 95.1 127 84 59 7 36 31 1 0 2 456 68 1.710 12.0 0.7 3.4 2.9 0.86
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 RP Herman Besse* 30 2 9 .182 6.16 30 14 12 4 0 1 133.0 163 99 91 7 69 78 4 0 2 629 61 1.744 11.0 0.5 4.7 5.3 1.13
8 RP Bob Harris 27 1 5 .167 2.88 16 8 6 2 1 0 78.0 77 31 25 5 24 26 0 0 1 334 131 1.295 8.9 0.6 2.8 3.0 1.08
9 RP Fred Caligiuri 23 0 3 .000 6.38 13 2 9 0 0 1 36.2 45 27 26 2 18 20 2 1 2 172 59 1.718 11.0 0.5 4.4 4.9 1.11
10 RP Tex Shirley 24 0 1 .000 5.30 15 1 7 0 0 1 35.2 37 30 21 0 22 10 2 0 0 162 71 1.654 9.3 0.0 5.6 2.5 0.45
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
11 Bob Savage 20 0 1 .000 3.23 8 3 4 0 0 0 30.2 24 16 11 0 31 10 0 0 1 141 117 1.793 7.0 0.0 9.1 2.9 0.32
12 Bill Beckmann 34 0 1 .000 7.08 5 1 3 0 0 0 20.1 24 17 16 1 9 10 0 0 0 92 53 1.623 10.6 0.4 4.0 4.4 1.11
13 Joe Coleman 19 0 1 .000 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 8 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 28 126 1.500 12.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.00
14 Les McCrabb 27 0 0 31.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 14 14 14 2 2 0 1 0 1 29 12 4.000 31.5 4.5 4.5 0.0 0.00
15 Sam Lowry 22 0 0 6.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 63 1.333 9.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.00
16 Tal Abernathy* 20 0 0 10.12 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 2 3 3 0 3 1 0 0 1 12 37 1.875 6.8 0.0 10.1 3.4 0.33
Team Totals 27.4 55 99 .357 4.45 154 154 87 67 5 9 1374.2 1404 801 679 89 639 546 21 3 35 6089 85 1.486 9.2 0.6 4.2 3.6 0.85
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 1 7 6 8 7 4 7 7 7 8 8 4140
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
Tal Abernathy 20 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Dick Adkins 22 3 8 2 5 1 1 .875 2.33 SS
Bill Beckmann 34 5 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.40 P
Herman Besse 30 30 19 0 18 1 0 .947 0.60 P
Buddy Blair 31 126 405 143 234 28 21 .931 2.99 3B
Fred Caligiuri 23 13 9 0 8 1 0 .889 0.62 P
Jim Castiglia 23 3 8 6 1 1 0 .875 2.33 1 C
Russ Christopher 24 30 72 10 60 2 5 .972 2.33 P
Joe Coleman 19 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Eddie Collins 25 9 1 3 6 10 8 0 2 0 .800 0.89 OF
Crash Davis 22 86 409 179 211 19 31 .954 4.53 2B-SS-1B
Larry Eschen 21 8 18 11 4 3 0 .833 1.88 SS-2B
Dick Fowler 21 31 29 8 18 3 2 .897 0.84 P
Bob Harris 27 16 32 5 27 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Lum Harris 27 26 39 7 31 1 3 .974 1.46 P
Frankie Hayes 27 20 77 66 11 0 0 1.000 3.85 4 C
Bob Johnson 36 149 148 0 1 349 318 18 13 1 .963 2.26 OF
Bill Knickerbocker 30 82 414 178 220 16 45 .961 4.85 2B-SS
Jack Knott 35 20 32 7 24 1 3 .969 1.55 P
Bruce Konopka 22 3 18 17 1 0 2 1.000 6.00 1B
Mike Kreevich 34 107 0 107 0 324 314 4 6 0 .981 2.97 OF
Sam Lowry 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Felix Mackiewicz 24 3 0 2 1 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.33 OF
Phil Marchildon 28 38 50 13 35 2 3 .960 1.26 P
Les McCrabb 27 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Eric McNair 33 30 126 50 69 7 10 .944 3.97 SS-2B
Dee Miles 33 81 9 46 28 186 177 6 3 0 .984 2.26 OF
Ken Richardson 27 5 1 0 2 21 18 2 1 1 .952 4.00 OF-3B-1B
Bob Savage 20 8 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Tex Shirley 24 15 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.40 P
Dick Siebert 30 152 1465 1345 104 16 109 .989 9.53 1B
Pete Suder 26 134 608 242 344 22 59 .964 4.37 SS-3B-2B
Bob Swift 27 60 301 253 39 9 3 .970 4.87 3 C
Elmer Valo 21 122 1 1 120 279 264 5 10 0 .964 2.20 OF
Hal Wagner 26 94 424 371 47 6 7 .986 4.45 15 C
Jack Wallaesa 22 36 150 62 76 12 16 .920 3.83 SS
Roger Wolff 31 32 57 17 38 2 5 .965 1.72 P
George Yankowski 19 6 17 14 3 0 0 1.000 2.83 0 C
Team Totals 28.4 154 5984 4117 1679 188 327 .969 3.65 23
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 8 6
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1941 / 1943 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics