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1943 Philadelphia Athletics Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1942 / 1944)
49-105, Finished 8th in American League
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Scored 497 runs, Allowed 717 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 52-102
Manager: Connie Mack (49-105)
Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com)
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 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 Hal Wagner* 27 111 330 289 22 69 17 1 1 26 3 3 36 17 .239 .327 .315 .642 89 91 9 2 3
2 1B Dick Siebert* 31 146 594 558 50 140 26 7 1 72 6 7 33 21 .251 .295 .328 .623 83 183 19 2 1
3 2B Pete Suder 27 131 496 475 30 105 14 5 3 41 1 1 14 40 .221 .243 .291 .534 57 138 14 0 7
4 SS Irv Hall 24 151 582 544 37 139 15 4 0 54 10 7 22 42 .256 .292 .298 .590 73 162 11 6 10
5 3B Eddie Mayo* 33 128 533 471 49 103 10 1 0 28 2 0 34 32 .219 .278 .244 .523 54 115 7 5 23
6 OF Jo-Jo White* 34 139 577 500 69 124 17 7 1 30 12 4 61 51 .248 .335 .316 .651 91 158 7 4 12
7 OF Bobby Estalella 32 117 424 367 43 95 14 4 11 63 1 3 52 44 .259 .352 .409 .761 123 150 16 1 4
8 OF Johnny Welaj 29 93 299 281 45 68 16 1 0 15 12 5 15 17 .242 .280 .306 .586 72 86 5 0 3
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 Elmer Valo* 22 77 287 249 31 55 6 2 3 18 2 6 35 13 .221 .319 .297 .616 81 74 6 1 2
10 C Bob Swift 28 77 262 224 16 43 5 1 1 11 0 0 35 16 .192 .301 .237 .538 59 53 10 0 3
11 2B Don Heffner 32 52 198 178 17 37 6 0 0 8 3 2 18 12 .208 .284 .242 .526 55 43 4 1 1
12 OF Jim Tyack* 32 54 171 155 11 40 8 1 0 23 1 1 14 9 .258 .320 .323 .642 89 50 3 0 2
13 OF Jimmy Ripple* 33 32 138 126 8 30 3 1 0 15 0 0 7 7 .238 .284 .278 .561 65 35 1 1 4
14 OF George Staller* 27 21 93 85 14 23 1 3 3 12 1 0 5 6 .271 .326 .459 .785 130 39 1 2 1
15 OF Bill Burgo 23 17 76 70 12 26 4 2 1 9 0 2 4 1 .371 .421 .529 .950 178 37 0 2 0
16 1B Frank Skaff 32 32 71 64 8 18 2 1 1 8 0 0 6 11 .281 .343 .391 .733 115 25 0 0 1
17 2B Joe Rullo 27 16 64 55 2 16 3 0 0 6 0 0 8 7 .291 .381 .345 .726 114 19 1 0 1
18 OF Woody Wheaton* 28 7 34 30 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 .200 .294 .267 .561 65 8 1 1 0
19 SS Ed Busch 25 4 19 17 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .294 .368 .294 .663 96 5 0 1 0
20 C Tony Parisse 32 6 19 17 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .176 .263 .176 .440 30 3 1 0 0
21 OF Felix Mackiewicz 25 9 18 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .063 .167 .063 .229 -32 1 0 0 0
22 OF Lew Flick* 28 1 5 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 .600 1.200 253 3 0 0 0
23 3B George Kell 20 1 5 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .600 .800 131 3 0 0 0
24 Vern Benson* 18 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
25 Bruce Konopka* 23 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
26 Earle Brucker 42 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 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
27 P Jesse Flores 28 31 88 80 5 14 1 2 0 5 0 0 3 8 .175 .205 .238 .442 30 19 5 0 5
28 P Roger Wolff 32 41 81 74 4 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 17 .122 .167 .122 .288 -15 9 4 0 3
29 P Lum Harris 28 32 78 70 3 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 4 16 .171 .216 .200 .416 23 14 3 0 4
30 P Don Black 26 33 73 69 5 13 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 16 .188 .211 .188 .400 18 13 1 0 2
31 P Orie Arntzen 33 32 54 50 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 16 .160 .192 .180 .372 10 9 1 0 2
32 P Russ Christopher 25 24 48 45 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 13 .156 .191 .178 .369 9 8 1 0 1
33 P Lou Ciola 20 12 18 18 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -2 3 0 0 0
34 P Everett Fagan 25 18 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .000 .300 .000 .300 -9 0 1 0 0
35 P Herman Besse* 31 7 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
36 P Charlie Bowles 26 3 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -26 1 0 0 0
37 P Bert Kuczynski 23 6 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 -24 0 0 0 0
38 P Sam Lowry 23 5 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -2 1 0 0 0
39 P Carl Scheib 16 6 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
40 P Tal Abernathy 21 5 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 47 1 0 0 0
41 P Norm Brown# 24 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
42 P Jim Mains 21 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 1 0 0 0 0
43 P Tom Clyde 19 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
44 P John Burrows 29 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.2 155 5798 5244 497 1219 174 44 26 462 55 42 430 465 .232 .294 .297 .592 74 1559 132 29 95
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 8 8 8 6 8 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
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 Jesse Flores 28 12 14 .462 3.11 31 27 4 13 0 0 231.1 208 88 80 13 70 113 5 0 2 959 109 1.202 8.1 0.5 2.7 4.4 1.61
2 SP Roger Wolff 32 10 15 .400 3.54 41 26 14 13 2 6 221.0 232 97 87 11 72 91 4 1 3 937 96 1.376 9.4 0.4 2.9 3.7 1.26
3 SP Lum Harris 28 7 21 .250 4.20 32 27 3 15 1 1 216.1 241 122 101 17 63 55 3 0 8 940 81 1.405 10.0 0.7 2.6 2.3 0.87
4 SP Don Black 26 6 16 .273 4.20 33 26 4 12 1 1 208.0 193 105 97 8 110 65 6 0 4 917 81 1.457 8.4 0.3 4.8 2.8 0.59
5 SP Orie Arntzen 33 4 13 .235 4.22 32 20 7 9 0 0 164.1 172 85 77 5 69 66 5 0 2 708 80 1.467 9.4 0.3 3.8 3.6 0.96
6 SP Russ Christopher 25 5 8 .385 3.45 24 15 8 5 0 2 133.0 120 58 51 3 58 56 3 1 2 569 98 1.338 8.1 0.2 3.9 3.8 0.97
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 Lou Ciola 20 1 3 .250 5.56 12 3 7 2 0 0 43.2 48 33 27 2 22 7 1 0 0 203 61 1.603 9.9 0.4 4.5 1.4 0.32
8 RP Everett Fagan 25 2 6 .250 6.27 18 2 10 0 0 3 37.1 41 28 26 4 14 9 2 1 0 165 54 1.473 9.9 1.0 3.4 2.2 0.64
9 RP Bert Kuczynski 23 0 1 .000 4.01 6 1 5 0 0 0 24.2 36 15 11 2 9 8 2 0 3 119 85 1.824 13.1 0.7 3.3 2.9 0.89
10 RP Carl Scheib 16 0 1 .000 4.34 6 0 5 0 0 0 18.2 24 14 9 4 3 3 1 0 0 85 78 1.446 11.6 1.9 1.4 1.4 1.00
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 Sam Lowry 23 0 0 5.00 5 0 5 0 0 0 18.0 18 10 10 1 9 3 0 0 0 79 68 1.500 9.0 0.5 4.5 1.5 0.33
12 Charlie Bowles 26 1 1 .500 3.00 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 17 10 6 0 4 6 0 0 0 72 113 1.167 8.5 0.0 2.0 3.0 1.50
13 Herman Besse* 31 1 1 .500 3.31 5 1 4 0 0 0 16.1 18 6 6 2 4 3 1 0 0 68 103 1.347 9.9 1.1 2.2 1.7 0.75
14 Tal Abernathy* 21 0 3 .000 12.89 5 2 2 1 0 0 14.2 24 22 21 0 13 10 0 0 0 82 26 2.523 14.7 0.0 8.0 6.1 0.77
15 Jim Mains 21 0 1 .000 5.62 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 9 5 5 0 3 4 0 1 0 36 60 1.500 10.1 0.0 3.4 4.5 1.33
16 John Burrows* 29 0 1 .000 8.22 4 1 3 0 0 0 7.2 8 7 7 0 9 3 1 0 0 40 41 2.217 9.4 0.0 10.6 3.5 0.33
17 Norm Brown 24 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 0.714 6.4 0.0 0.0 1.3
18 Tom Clyde 19 0 0 9.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 7 8 6 1 4 0 1 0 0 32 38 1.833 10.5 1.5 6.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 27.8 49 105 .318 4.05 155 155 82 73 4 13 1394.0 1421 717 627 73 536 503 35 4 24 6038 84 1.404 9.2 0.5 3.5 3.2 0.94
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 1 2 8 7 6 8 8 8 7 4 6
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 21 5 6 2 3 1 0 .833 1.00 P
Orie Arntzen 33 32 29 7 19 3 4 .897 0.81 P
Herman Besse 31 5 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.80 P
Don Black 26 33 56 15 41 0 3 1.000 1.70 P
Charlie Bowles 26 2 6 2 3 1 2 .833 2.50 P
Norm Brown 24 1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 P
Bill Burgo 23 17 17 0 0 48 45 2 1 1 .979 2.76 OF
John Burrows 29 4 3 0 2 1 0 .667 0.50 P
Ed Busch 25 4 17 10 6 1 1 .941 4.00 SS
Russ Christopher 25 24 73 11 61 1 5 .986 3.00 P
Lou Ciola 20 12 13 2 9 2 0 .846 0.92 P
Tom Clyde 19 4 3 0 1 2 0 .333 0.25 P
Bobby Estalella 32 97 95 1 1 236 225 5 6 1 .975 2.37 OF
Everett Fagan 25 18 13 2 10 1 0 .923 0.67 P
Lew Flick 28 1 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 OF
Jesse Flores 28 31 64 11 50 3 5 .953 1.97 P
Irv Hall 24 150 781 300 440 41 93 .948 4.93 SS-2B-3B
Lum Harris 28 32 56 9 45 2 6 .964 1.69 P
Don Heffner 32 48 231 99 127 5 27 .978 4.71 2B-1B
George Kell 20 1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 3B
Bert Kuczynski 23 6 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.83 P
Sam Lowry 23 5 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.20 P
Felix Mackiewicz 25 3 0 2 1 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 OF
Jim Mains 21 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Eddie Mayo 33 123 409 176 223 10 18 .976 3.24 3B
Tony Parisse 32 5 23 16 7 0 0 1.000 4.60 2 C
Jimmy Ripple 33 31 10 0 21 55 55 0 0 0 1.000 1.77 OF
Joe Rullo 27 16 81 27 51 3 10 .963 4.88 2B
Carl Scheib 16 6 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Dick Siebert 31 145 1458 1332 111 15 117 .990 9.95 1B
Frank Skaff 32 22 140 116 20 4 12 .971 6.18 1B-3B-SS
George Staller 27 20 0 0 20 44 42 1 1 0 .977 2.15 OF
Pete Suder 27 132 612 272 323 17 68 .972 4.51 2B-3B-SS
Bob Swift 28 77 339 278 53 8 9 .976 4.30 4 C
Jim Tyack 32 38 9 2 27 88 82 4 2 0 .977 2.26 OF
Elmer Valo 22 63 9 0 54 140 134 4 2 0 .986 2.19 OF
Hal Wagner 27 99 404 340 56 8 3 .980 4.00 13 C
Johnny Welaj 29 72 15 27 32 198 187 3 8 0 .960 2.64 OF
Woody Wheaton 28 7 0 7 0 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 OF
Jo-Jo White 34 133 2 131 0 355 335 8 12 2 .966 2.58 OF
Roger Wolff 32 41 43 12 30 1 0 .977 1.02 P
Team Totals 28.9 155 6083 4180 1741 162 387 .973 3.78 19
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 5 5
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1942 / 1944 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics