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1943 Philadelphia Athletics

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1942 / 1944

49-105, Finished 8th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Connie Mack (49-105)
Scored 497 runs, Allowed 717 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 52-102

Ballparks: Shibe Park · Attendance: 376,735 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 106


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1942 / 1944 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Ted Abernathy 21 R L 6' 2" 210 Oct 30, 1921 2 5 2 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.6
Orie Arntzen 33 R R 6' 1" 200 Oct 18, 1909 1st 32 20 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Vern Benson 18 L R 5' 10" 160 Sep 19, 1924 1st 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0
Herman Besse 31 L L 6' 2" 190 Aug 16, 1911 4 7 1 7 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.1
Don Black 26 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 20, 1916 1st 33 26 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Charlie Bowles 26 R R 6' 3" 180 Mar 15, 1917 1st 3 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2
Norm Brown 24 B R 6' 3" 180 Feb 1, 1919 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Earle Brucker 42 R R 5' 11" 175 May 6, 1901 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Bill Burgo 23 R R 5' 8" 185 Nov 15, 1919 1st 17 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 17 0 0 0.9
John Burrows 29 R L 5' 10" 200 Oct 30, 1913 1st 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Ed Busch 25 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 16, 1917 1st 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Russ Christopher 25 R R 6' 3" 170 Sep 12, 1917 2 24 15 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
Lou Ciola 20 R R 5' 9" 165 Sep 6, 1922 1st 12 3 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3
Tom Clyde 19 R R 6' 3" 195 Aug 17, 1923 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Bobby Estalella 32 R R 5' 8" 180 Apr 25, 1911 6 117 96 117 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 1 1 97 21 0 1.5
Everett Fagan 25 R R 6' 0" 195 Jan 13, 1918 1st 18 2 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0
Lew Flick 28 L L 5' 9" 155 Feb 18, 1915 1st 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.1
Jesse Flores 28 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 2, 1914 2 31 27 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1
Irv Hall 24 R R 5' 10" 160 Oct 7, 1918 1st 151 150 151 150 0 0 0 1 1 148 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1.2
Lum Harris 28 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 17, 1915 3 32 27 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5
Don Heffner 32 R R 5' 10" 155 Feb 8, 1911 10 52 46 52 48 0 0 1 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 -0.6
George Kell HOF 20 R R 5' 9" 175 Aug 23, 1922 1st 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bruce Konopka 23 L L 6' 2" 190 Sep 16, 1919 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0
Bert Kuczynski 23 R R 6' 0" 195 Jan 8, 1920 1st 6 1 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Sam Lowry 23 R R 5' 11" 170 Mar 25, 1920 2 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Felix Mackiewicz 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Nov 20, 1917 3 9 3 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 3 3 -0.3
Jim Mains 21 R R 6' 2" 190 Jun 12, 1922 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Eddie Mayo 33 L R 5' 11" 178 Apr 15, 1910 4 128 120 128 123 0 0 0 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -1.8
Tony Parisse 32 R R 5' 10" 165 Jun 25, 1911 1st 6 5 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1
Jimmy Ripple 33 L R 5' 10" 170 Oct 14, 1909 7 32 31 32 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 21 31 1 0 -0.7
Joe Rullo 27 R R 5' 11" 168 Jun 16, 1916 1st 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Carl Scheib 16 R R 6' 1" 192 Jan 1, 1927 1st 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Dick Siebert 31 L L 6' 0" 170 Feb 19, 1912 9 146 145 146 145 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.5 All-Star
Frank Skaff 32 R R 5' 10" 185 Sep 30, 1910 2 32 13 32 22 0 0 18 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 8 2 0.2
George Staller 27 L L 5' 11" 190 Apr 1, 1916 1st 21 20 21 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 1 0 0.6
Pete Suder 27 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 16, 1916 3 131 125 131 131 0 0 0 95 32 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.0
Bob Swift 28 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 6, 1915 4 77 73 77 77 0 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Jim Tyack 32 L R 6' 2" 195 Jan 9, 1911 1st 54 36 54 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 27 38 15 1 -0.2
Elmer Valo 22 L R 5' 11" 190 Mar 5, 1921 4 77 61 77 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 54 63 13 1 -0.3
Hal Wagner 27 L R 6' 0" 165 Jul 2, 1915 7 111 77 111 99 0 98 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0.3
Johnny Welaj 29 R R 6' 0" 164 May 27, 1914 4 93 61 93 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 28 32 72 11 10 -0.2
Woody Wheaton 28 L L 5' 8" 160 Oct 3, 1914 1st 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 0 0 -0.1
Jo-Jo White 34 L R 5' 11" 165 Jun 1, 1909 8 139 132 139 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 128 0 133 5 1 0.5
Roger Wolff 32 R R 6' 0" 208 Apr 10, 1911 3 41 26 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Charlie Bowles
Norm Brown
George Staller

Jo-Jo White

Ed Busch
Eddie Mayo

Pete Suder

Bobby Estalella

Dick Siebert

Irv Hall

Lou Ciola
George Kell
Felix Mackiewicz

Bob Swift

Hal Wagner

Tony Parisse
Frank Skaff

Bill Burgo
Bruce Konopka
Johnny Welaj

Jimmy Ripple
Joe Rullo
Jim Tyack

Vern Benson
Lew Flick
Bruce Konopka
Bert Kuczynski
Carl Scheib

Elmer Valo

Roger Wolff

Russ Christopher

Lum Harris

Jesse Flores
Felix Mackiewicz

Herman Besse

Don Black

Don Heffner
Sam Lowry

Orie Arntzen

Everett Fagan

Tom Clyde
Jim Mains

Woody Wheaton
Roger Wolff

John Burrows

Ted Abernathy

1942 / 1944 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers