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
Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 505,322 (5th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102
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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Frankie Hayes | 29 | 155 | 647 | 581 | 62 | 144 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 78 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 59 | .248 | .315 | .367 | .682 | 95 | 213 | 15 | 0 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 1B | Bill McGhee* | 38 | 77 | 308 | 287 | 27 | 83 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 20 | .289 | .338 | .341 | .679 | 95 | 98 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 2B | Irv Hall | 25 | 143 | 600 | 559 | 60 | 150 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 46 | .268 | .309 | .333 | .642 | 84 | 186 | 14 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 4 | SS | Ed Busch | 26 | 140 | 523 | 484 | 41 | 131 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 17 | .271 | .313 | .306 | .619 | 78 | 148 | 20 | 1 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 3B | George Kell | 21 | 139 | 556 | 514 | 51 | 138 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 23 | .268 | .300 | .309 | .609 | 75 | 159 | 28 | 1 | 19 | ||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | 1B | Bobby Estalella | 33 | 140 | 574 | 506 | 54 | 151 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 60 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 60 | .298 | .374 | .409 | .783 | 124 | 207 | 13 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 1B | Dick Siebert* | 32 | 132 | 535 | 468 | 52 | 143 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 17 | .306 | .387 | .423 | .810 | 132 | 198 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 8 | Ford Garrison | 28 | 121 | 492 | 449 | 58 | 121 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 40 | .269 | .307 | .334 | .641 | 84 | 150 | 10 | 2 | 19 | |||
| 9 | SS | Jo-Jo White* | 35 | 85 | 312 | 267 | 30 | 59 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 27 | .221 | .329 | .262 | .591 | 71 | 70 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 10 | Hal Epps* | 30 | 67 | 252 | 229 | 27 | 60 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 18 | .262 | .316 | .367 | .683 | 95 | 84 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 11 | 2B | Joe Rullo | 28 | 35 | 105 | 96 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 19 | .167 | .223 | .167 | .390 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12 | Bill Burgo | 24 | 27 | 98 | 88 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | .239 | .316 | .295 | .612 | 76 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 13 | IF | Joe Burns | 28 | 28 | 81 | 75 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | .240 | .278 | .307 | .585 | 68 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 14 | Larry Rosenthal* | 34 | 32 | 62 | 54 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .204 | .271 | .296 | .567 | 63 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 15 | IF | Charlie Metro | 25 | 24 | 47 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .100 | .234 | .100 | .334 | -2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | Lew Flick* | 29 | 19 | 36 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .114 | .139 | .114 | .253 | -27 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 17 | SS | Bobby Wilkins | 21 | 24 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .240 | .296 | .240 | .536 | 55 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 18 | C | Bob Garbark | 34 | 18 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .261 | .292 | .348 | .639 | 83 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 19 | Hal Peck* | 27 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 20 | Al Simmons | 42 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 187 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 21 | C | Jim Pruett | 26 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .500 | .250 | .750 | 119 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 22 | C | Bill Mills | 23 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 88 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 23 | C | Hal Wagner* | 28 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 | C | Tony Parisse | 33 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .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 | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 25 | P | Bobo Newsom | 36 | 37 | 97 | 88 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .114 | .114 | .136 | .250 | -29 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||
| 26 | P | Russ Christopher | 26 | 35 | 84 | 81 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .222 | .241 | .346 | .587 | 67 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 27 | P | Jesse Flores | 29 | 27 | 73 | 64 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .172 | .209 | .219 | .428 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 28 | P | Luke Hamlin* | 39 | 29 | 69 | 56 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | .232 | .338 | .232 | .571 | 65 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 29 | P | Woody Wheaton* | 29 | 30 | 65 | 59 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | .186 | .250 | .220 | .470 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 30 | P | Lum Harris | 29 | 23 | 65 | 59 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .169 | .222 | .186 | .409 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 31 | P | Don Black | 27 | 29 | 64 | 59 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .186 | .213 | .203 | .417 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 32 | P | Joe Berry* | 39 | 53 | 30 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .120 | .185 | .120 | .305 | -12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 33 | P | Carl Scheib | 17 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .300 | .300 | .500 | .800 | 127 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 34 | P | Tal Abernathy | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 35 | P | John McGillen* | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 29.1 | 155 | 5872 | 5312 | 525 | 1364 | 169 | 47 | 36 | 475 | 42 | 32 | 422 | 490 | .257 | .314 | .327 | .640 | 84 | 1735 | 146 | 17 | 121 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Bobo Newsom | 36 | 13 | 15 | .464 | 2.82 | 37 | 33 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 265.0 | 243 | 100 | 83 | 11 | 82 | 142 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1095 | 123 | 1.226 | 8.3 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 4.8 | 1.73 | |
| 2 | SP | Russ Christopher | 26 | 14 | 14 | .500 | 2.97 | 35 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 215.1 | 200 | 91 | 71 | 6 | 63 | 84 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 903 | 117 | 1.221 | 8.4 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 1.33 | |
| 3 | SP | Luke Hamlin | 39 | 6 | 12 | .333 | 3.74 | 29 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 190.0 | 204 | 94 | 79 | 13 | 38 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 809 | 93 | 1.274 | 9.7 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 1.53 | |
| 4 | SP | Jesse Flores | 29 | 9 | 11 | .450 | 3.39 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 185.2 | 172 | 75 | 70 | 8 | 49 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 771 | 102 | 1.190 | 8.3 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 1.33 | |
| 5 | SP | Don Black | 27 | 10 | 12 | .455 | 4.06 | 29 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 177.1 | 177 | 94 | 80 | 6 | 75 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 773 | 85 | 1.421 | 9.0 | 0.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 1.04 | |
| 6 | SP | Lum Harris | 29 | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.30 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 174.1 | 193 | 70 | 64 | 8 | 26 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 724 | 105 | 1.256 | 10.0 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.27 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 7 | CL | Joe Berry | 39 | 10 | 8 | .556 | 1.94 | 53 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 111.1 | 78 | 32 | 24 | 4 | 23 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 445 | 179 | 0.907 | 6.3 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 1.91 | |
| 8 | RP | Woody Wheaton* | 29 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.55 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 36 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 166 | 98 | 1.474 | 8.5 | 0.2 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 0.75 | |
| 9 | RP | Carl Scheib | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4.21 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.1 | 36 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 156 | 82 | 1.294 | 8.9 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 1.18 | ||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 10 | Tal Abernathy* | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 116 | 2.000 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | |||
| 11 | John McGillen* | 26 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 3.000 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 18.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | |||
| Team Totals | 31.4 | 72 | 82 | .468 | 3.26 | 155 | 155 | 83 | 72 | 9 | 14 | 1397.1 | 1345 | 594 | 506 | 58 | 390 | 534 | 31 | 4 | 30 | 5860 | 106 | 1.242 | 8.7 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 1.37 | |||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4245 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tal Abernathy | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Berry | 39 | 53 | 42 | 14 | 26 | 2 | 2 | .952 | 0.75 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Don Black | 27 | 29 | 40 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 3 | .975 | 1.34 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Burns | 28 | 26 | 72 | 28 | 37 | 7 | 5 | .903 | 2.50 | 3B-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Ed Busch | 26 | 142 | 691 | 257 | 393 | 41 | 62 | .941 | 4.58 | SS-2B-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Russ Christopher | 26 | 35 | 88 | 27 | 58 | 3 | 5 | .966 | 2.43 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Estalella | 33 | 6 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.33 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Jesse Flores | 29 | 27 | 43 | 9 | 33 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.56 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Garbark | 34 | 15 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.60 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Irv Hall | 25 | 141 | 811 | 366 | 419 | 26 | 71 | .968 | 5.57 | 2B-SS-1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Luke Hamlin | 39 | 29 | 24 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 0 | .833 | 0.69 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Lum Harris | 29 | 23 | 42 | 8 | 33 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 1.78 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Frankie Hayes | 29 | 156 | 739 | 637 | 89 | 13 | 11 | .982 | 4.65 | 12 | C-1B | |||||||||||||||
| George Kell | 21 | 139 | 476 | 167 | 289 | 20 | 25 | .958 | 3.28 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill McGhee | 38 | 75 | 755 | 701 | 46 | 8 | 51 | .989 | 9.96 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| John McGillen | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||||||||||||||
| Charlie Metro | 25 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | .933 | 2.00 | 3B-2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Mills | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | C | ||||||||||||||||
| Bobo Newsom | 36 | 37 | 48 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.30 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Tony Parisse | 33 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 0.50 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Jim Pruett | 26 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.00 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Joe Rullo | 28 | 34 | 175 | 78 | 88 | 9 | 22 | .949 | 4.88 | 2B-1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Carl Scheib | 17 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.87 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Dick Siebert | 32 | 74 | 714 | 661 | 48 | 5 | 60 | .993 | 9.58 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Hal Wagner | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Woody Wheaton | 29 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.36 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Jo-Jo White | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | SS | |||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Wilkins | 21 | 9 | 35 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 3 | .943 | 3.67 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 29.3 | 155 | 6116 | 4195 | 1745 | 176 | 334 | .971 | 3.71 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 4 | 8 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |