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1944 Philadelphia Athletics Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1943 / 1945)
72-82, Finished 5th in American League
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Scored 525 runs, Allowed 594 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-86
Manager: Connie Mack (72-82)
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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1943 / 1945 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 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
6 OF 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
7 OF 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
8 OF 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
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 UT 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
10 OF 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 OF 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 OF 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 UT 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 OF 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 OF 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 OF 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 BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ 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
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 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 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 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 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 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
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 4 4 5 3 1 3 3 4 1 3
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 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
Bill Burgo 24 22 14 0 8 66 62 1 3 0 .955 2.86 OF
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
Hal Epps 30 60 0 44 16 149 141 4 4 1 .973 2.42 OF
Bobby Estalella 33 134 5 103 25 366 346 16 4 5 .989 2.70 OF-1B
Lew Flick 29 6 0 1 5 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 OF
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
Ford Garrison 28 119 95 0 24 299 289 6 4 0 .987 2.48 OF
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 18 9 0 2 32 21 10 1 3 .969 1.72 OF-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
Hal Peck 27 2 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 OF
Jim Pruett 26 2 8 7 1 0 1 1.000 4.00 0 C
Larry Rosenthal 34 19 5 0 15 25 24 0 1 0 .960 1.26 OF
Joe Rullo 28 35 0 1 0 175 78 88 9 22 .949 4.74 2B-OF-1B
Carl Scheib 17 15 13 0 13 0 0 1.000 0.87 P
Dick Siebert 32 132 42 0 17 822 759 53 10 60 .988 6.15 1B-OF
Al Simmons 42 2 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 OF
Hal Wagner 28 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 C
Woody Wheaton 29 19 0 8 0 36 29 6 1 1 .972 1.84 P-OF
Jo-Jo White 35 75 10 9 57 176 162 5 9 2 .949 2.23 OF-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 G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1943 / 1945 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics