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1942 Philadelphia Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1941/1943) 55-99, Finished 8th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 549 runs, Allowed 801 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 51-103 Managed by Connie Mack Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com) Attendance: 423,487 (6th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 103   (one-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 101   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Hal Wagner          26  104  288   26   68  17  1   1   30  24   29  .236  .304  .313   1   0   7   4   4           74
1B *Dick Siebert        30  153  612   57  159  25  7   2   74  24   17  .260  .291  .333   4   5   8   3   3           76
2B  Bill Knickerbocker  30   87  289   25   73  12  0   1   19  29   30  .253  .323  .304   1   2  11   1   9           78
3B *Buddy Blair         31  137  484   48  135  26  8   5   66  30   30  .279  .325  .397   1   6  14   3   6          103
SS  Pete Suder          26  128  476   46  122  20  4   4   54  24   39  .256  .293  .340   4   4  20   1  10           79
OF  Bob Johnson         36  149  550   78  160  35  7  13   80  82   61  .291  .384  .451   3   2  16   1   1          135
OF *Elmer Valo          21  133  459   64  115  13 10   2   40  70   21  .251  .355  .336  13   8  14   4   9           95
OF  Mike Kreevich       34  116  444   57  113  19  1   1   30  47   31  .255  .326  .309   7   9   8   0   3           80
   *Dee Miles           33   99  346   41   94  12  5   0   22  12   10  .272  .300  .335   5   3   3   2   2           79
    Crash Davis         22   86  272   31   61   8  1   2   26  21   30  .224  .282  .283   1   0   8   1   7           60
    Bob Swift           27   60  192    9   44   3  0   0   15  13   17  .229  .278  .245   1   2   4   0   1           48
   #Jack Wallaesa       22   36  117   13   30   4  1   2   13   8   26  .256  .315  .359   0   1   1   2   0           90
    Eric McNair         33   34  103    8   25   2  0   0    4  11    5  .243  .316  .262   1   0   2   0   0           64
    Frankie Hayes       27   21   63    8   15   4  0   0    5   9    8  .238  .333  .302   1   1   3   0   0           80
   *Eddie Collins       25   20   34    6    8   2  0   0    4   4    2  .235  .316  .294   1   0   0   0   0           73
   *Jim Castiglia       23   16   18    2    7   0  0   0    2   1    3  .389  .421  .389   0   0   0   0   0          129
    Ken Richardson      27    6   15    1    1   0  0   0    0   2    0  .067  .176  .067   0   0   0   0   1          -30
    Felix Mackiewicz    24    6   14    3    3   2  0   0    2   0    4  .214  .214  .357   0   0   0   0   0           60
    George Yankowski    19    6   13    0    2   1  0   0    2   0    2  .154  .154  .231   0   0   1   0   0            8
    Larry Eschen        21   12   11    0    0   0  0   0    0   4    6  .000  .267  .000   0   0   0   0   0          -21
   *Bruce Konopka       22    5   10    2    3   0  0   0    1   1    0  .300  .364  .300   0   0   0   0   0           88
    Dick Adkins         22    3    7    2    1   0  0   0    0   2    2  .143  .333  .143   0   0   0   0   0           37

    Phil Marchildon     28   38   84    3   20   2  0   0    7   4   13  .238  .273  .262   0   1   2   0   5           51
    Roger Wolff         31   32   68    4    6   1  0   0    4   7   19  .088  .173  .103   0   1   3   0   4          -21
    Lum Harris          27   26   62    0   10   1  0   0    2   0   14  .161  .161  .177   0   0   2   0   1           -4
    Russ Christopher    24   30   56    2    5   0  1   0    3   1   17  .089  .105  .125   0   0   0   0   3          -35
   *Herman Besse        30   34   53    7   12   1  0   0    7   4   10  .226  .281  .245   0   0   0   0   0           49
    Dick Fowler         21   32   50    1    8   0  0   0    2   0   10  .160  .176  .160   0   0   0   1   1           -5
    Jack Knott          35   20   29    3    4   0  0   0    1   2   17  .138  .194  .138   0   0   0   0   2           -6
    Bob Harris          27   16   26    1    7   1  0   0    1   0    4  .269  .269  .308   0   0   2   0   0           63
    Fred Caligiuri      23   13   12    0    1   1  0   0    0   1    3  .083  .154  .167   0   0   0   0   0          -10
    Bob Savage          20    8    9    0    1   0  0   0    0   2    4  .111  .273  .111   0   0   0   0   0           11
   #Tex Shirley         24   15    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1         -100
    Bill Beckmann       34    5    4    1    2   1  0   0    1   1    0  .500  .600  .750   0   0   0   0   1          280
    Joe Coleman         19    1    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Sam Lowry           22    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Les McCrabb         27    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Tal Abernathy       20    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0       1.000         0   0   0   0   0             
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.7  154 5285  549 1315 213 46  33  517 440  490  .249  .307  .325  44  45 129  23  74           86
    Rank among 8 AL teams          5    7    6   8  6   7        8    6     6     8     7   6   4                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Phil Marchildon     28  38   4.20  17  14  1  31   7  18   1  244.0  215  126  114  14  140  110 1081  13   4  0      90
SP  Roger Wolff         31  32   3.32  12  15  3  25   7  15   2  214.3  206   99   79  16   69   94  912   5   3  0     114
SP  Lum Harris          27  26   3.74  11  15  0  20   5  10   1  166.0  146   80   69  14   70   60  705   2   1  2     101
SP  Russ Christopher    24  30   3.82   4  13  1  18  10  10   0  165.0  154   78   70   8   99   58  718   2   3  0      99
SP  Dick Fowler         21  31   4.95   6  11  1  17  13   4   0  140.0  159   90   77  13   45   38  605   3   0  0      76
SP  Jack Knott          35  20   5.57   2  10  0  14   2   4   0   95.3  127   84   59   7   36   31  456   2   1  0      68

RP *Herman Besse        30  30   6.16   2   9  1  14  12   4   0  133.0  163   99   91   7   69   78  629   2   4  0      61
RP  Tex Shirley         24  15   5.30   0   1  1   1   7   0   0   35.7   37   30   21   0   22   10  162   0   2  0      71
RP  Fred Caligiuri      23  13   6.38   0   3  1   2   9   0   0   36.7   45   27   26   2   18   20  172   2   2  1      59
RP  Bob Harris          27  16   2.88   1   5  0   8   6   2   1   78.0   77   31   25   5   24   26  334   1   0  0     131

    Bob Savage          20   8   3.23   0   1  0   3   4   0   0   30.7   24   16   11   0   31   10  141   1   0  0     117
    Bill Beckmann       34   5   7.08   0   1  0   1   3   0   0   20.3   24   17   16   1    9   10   92   0   0  0      53
    Joe Coleman         19   1   3.00   0   1  0   0   0   0   0    6.0    8    5    2   0    1    0   28   0   0  0     126
    Les McCrabb         27   1  31.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.0   14   14   14   2    2    0   29   1   1  0      12
    Sam Lowry           22   1   6.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    3.0    3    2    2   0    1    0   13   0   0  0      63
   *Tal Abernathy       20   1  10.13   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.7    2    3    3   0    3    1   12   1   0  0      37
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.4 154   4.45  55  99  9 154  87  67   5 1374.0 1404  801  679  89  639  546 6089  35  21  3      85
    Rank among 8 AL teams           7   8   1  7           6   8      4    7    7        8    8    3

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- HWagner 94 371 47 6 7 .986 15 BSwift 60 253 39 9 3 .970 3 FHayes 20 66 11 0 0 1.000 4 GYankowski 6 14 3 0 0 1.000 0 JCastiglia 3 6 1 1 0 .875 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 710 101 16 10 .981 23 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 9.85 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DSiebert 152 1345 104 16 109 .989 9.53 CDavis 3 4 1 0 1 1.000 1.67 BKonopka 3 17 1 0 2 1.000 6.00 KRichardson 1 14 0 1 1 .933 14.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1380 106 17 113 .989 9.73 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .969 5.39 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BKnickerboc 81 178 220 15 45 .964 4.91 CDavis 57 131 142 10 19 .965 4.79 PSuder 31 63 95 2 20 .987 5.10 LEschen 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 EMcNair 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 373 458 28 84 .967 5.44 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .939 3.03 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BBlair 126 143 234 28 21 .931 2.99 PSuder 34 38 56 4 8 .959 2.76 KRichardson 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 181 291 32 29 .937 3.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .949 4.78 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PSuder 69 141 193 16 31 .954 4.84 JWallaesa 36 62 76 12 16 .920 3.83 EMcNair 29 50 68 6 10 .952 4.07 CDavis 26 44 68 9 11 .926 4.31 LEschen 7 10 4 3 0 .824 2.00 DAdkins 3 2 5 1 1 .875 2.33 BKnickerboc 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 309 414 48 69 .938 4.74 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .976 2.31 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BJohnson 149 318 18 13 1 .963 2.26 148 0 1 EValo 122 264 5 10 0 .964 2.20 1 1 120 MKreevich 107 314 4 6 0 .981 2.97 0 107 0 DMiles 81 177 6 3 0 .984 2.26 9 46 28 ECollins 9 8 0 2 0 .800 0.89 1 3 6 FMackiewicz 3 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.33 0 2 1 KRichardson 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.67 1 0 2 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1091 35 34 1 .971 2.46 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .957 2.31 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PMarchildon 38 13 35 2 3 .960 1.77 RWolff 32 17 38 2 5 .965 2.31 LHarris 26 7 31 1 3 .974 2.06 RChristophe 30 10 60 2 5 .972 3.82 DFowler 31 8 18 3 2 .897 1.67 HBesse 30 0 18 1 0 .947 1.22 JKnott 20 7 24 1 3 .969 2.93 BHarris 16 5 27 0 0 1.000 3.69 FCaligiuri 13 0 8 1 0 .889 1.96 TShirley 15 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.51 BSavage 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 2.35 BBeckmann 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.89 JColeman 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 LMcCrabb 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 SLowry 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 TAbernathy 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 73 274 13 21 .964 2.27 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Johnson .291 On-base % Johnson .384 Slugging % Johnson .451 OPS Johnson .835 Games Siebert 153 At Bats Siebert 612 Plate Appearances (approx.) Siebert 642 Runs Johnson 78 Hits Johnson 160 Total Bases Johnson 248 Doubles Johnson 35 Triples Valo 10 Home Runs Johnson 13 RBI Johnson 80 Bases on Balls Johnson 82 Strikeouts Johnson 61 Stolen Bases Valo 13 Singles Siebert 125 Adjusted OPS+ Johnson 135 Runs Created Johnson 95 Adjusted Batting Runs Johnson 28 Batting Wins Johnson 2.9 Extra-Base Hits Johnson 55 Times on Base Johnson 243 Offensive Win% Johnson .681 Hit By Pitch Valo and Wagner 4 Sac. Hits Suder 10 Grounded into Double Plays Suder 20 Caught Stealing Kreevich 9 Power/Speed Number Johnson 4.9 At Bats per Strikeout Siebert 36.0 At Bats per Home Run Johnson 42.3 Outs Siebert 469

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Wolff 3.32 Wins Marchildon 17 Won-Loss % Marchildon .548 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Wolff 1.283 Hits Allowed/9IP Harris 7.92 Bases on Balls/9IP Wolff 2.90 Strikeouts/9IP Marchildon 4.06 Games Marchildon 38 Saves Wolff 3 Innings Marchildon 244.0 Strikeouts Marchildon 110 Games Started Marchildon 31 Comp. Games Marchildon 18 Shutouts Wolff 2 Home Runs Allow. Wolff 16 Bases On Balls Allow. Marchildon 140 Hits Allowed Marchildon 215 SO to Walk Wolff 1.36 Losses Harris and Wolff 15 Earned Runs Allow. Marchildon 114 Wild Pitches Marchildon 13 Hit Batsmen Besse and Marchildon 4 Batters Faced Marchildon 1081 Games Finished Fowler 13 Adjusted ERA+ Wolff 114

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