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1944 Philadelphia Athletics

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1943 / 1945

72-82, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Connie Mack (72-82)
Scored 525 runs, Allowed 594 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-86

Ballparks: Shibe Park · Attendance: 505,322 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101


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1943 / 1945 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 22 R L 6' 2" 210 Oct 30, 1921 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Joe Berry 39 L R 5' 10" 145 Dec 16, 1904 2 53 0 53 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5
Don Black 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 20, 1916 2 29 27 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Bill Burgo 24 R R 5' 8" 185 Nov 15, 1919 2 27 20 27 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 8 22 6 0 0.0
Joe Burns 28 R R 5' 10" 175 Jun 17, 1916 2 28 18 28 25 0 0 0 9 17 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 -0.5
Ed Busch 26 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 16, 1917 2 140 133 140 139 0 0 0 27 3 111 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.4
Russ Christopher 26 R R 6' 3" 170 Sep 12, 1917 3 35 24 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2
Hal Epps 30 L L 6' 0" 175 Mar 26, 1914 4 67 56 67 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 16 60 8 0 0.0
Bobby Estalella 33 R R 5' 8" 180 Apr 25, 1911 7 140 127 140 130 0 0 6 0 0 0 5 103 25 128 12 0 2.2
Lew Flick 29 L L 5' 9" 155 Feb 18, 1915 2 19 5 19 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 13 0 -0.5
Jesse Flores 29 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 2, 1914 3 27 25 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Bob Garbark 34 R R 5' 11" 178 Nov 13, 1909 6 18 0 18 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.1
Ford Garrison 28 R R 5' 10" 180 Aug 29, 1915 2 121 109 121 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 0 25 119 3 1 0.8
Irv Hall 25 R R 5' 10" 160 Oct 7, 1918 2 143 137 143 141 0 0 4 97 0 40 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.1
Luke Hamlin 39 L R 6' 2" 168 Jul 3, 1904 9 29 23 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Lum Harris 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 17, 1915 4 23 22 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9
Frankie Hayes 29 R R 6' 0" 185 Oct 13, 1914 11 155 155 155 155 0 155 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 All-Star
George Kell HOF 21 R R 5' 9" 175 Aug 23, 1922 2 139 137 139 139 0 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.7
Bill McGhee 38 L L 5' 10" 185 Sep 5, 1905 1st 77 75 77 75 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1
John McGillen 26 L L 6' 1" 175 Aug 6, 1917 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Charlie Metro 26 R R 5' 11" 178 Apr 28, 1918 2 24 9 24 18 0 0 0 2 5 0 9 0 2 11 5 3 -0.5
Bill Mills 24 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 2, 1919 1st 5 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0
Bobo Newsom 36 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 11, 1907 14 37 33 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 All-Star
Tony Parisse 33 R R 5' 10" 165 Jun 25, 1911 2 4 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1
Hal Peck 27 L L 5' 11" 175 Apr 20, 1917 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 -0.2
Jim Pruett 26 R R 5' 10" 178 Dec 16, 1917 1st 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Larry Rosenthal 34 L L 6' 0" 190 May 21, 1910 7 32 11 32 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 16 20 11 2 -0.5
Joe Rullo 28 R R 5' 11" 168 Jun 16, 1916 2 35 32 35 35 0 0 1 33 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 -1.1
Carl Scheib 17 R R 6' 1" 192 Jan 1, 1927 2 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Dick Siebert 32 L L 6' 0" 170 Feb 19, 1912 10 132 132 132 132 0 0 74 0 0 0 42 0 17 58 0 0 2.5
Al Simmons HOF 42 R R 5' 11" 190 May 22, 1902 20 4 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0.1
Hal Wagner 28 L R 6' 0" 165 Jul 2, 1915 8 5 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0
Woody Wheaton 29 L L 5' 8" 160 Oct 3, 1914 2 30 9 30 19 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 12 0 -0.1
Jo-Jo White 35 L R 5' 11" 165 Jun 1, 1909 9 85 66 85 75 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 10 56 74 6 6 -0.6
Bobby Wilkins 21 R R 5' 9" 165 Aug 11, 1922 1st 24 7 24 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 3 13 0.2
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Hal Peck
Jim Pruett

Jo-Jo White

Ed Busch

Hal Epps
John McGillen

Bobby Estalella

Dick Siebert

Irv Hall

George Kell

Frankie Hayes

Ford Garrison
Hal Wagner

Tony Parisse

Bill Burgo
Bill McGhee

Larry Rosenthal
Joe Rullo

Joe Burns

Lew Flick
Charlie Metro

Bob Garbark

Bobo Newsom

Russ Christopher

Lum Harris

Jesse Flores

Joe Berry

Don Black

Joe Burns
Bill Mills

Bill Mills
Bobby Wilkins

Carl Scheib

Ted Abernathy

Woody Wheaton

Luke Hamlin

John McGillen
Al Simmons

1943 / 1945 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers