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1939 Philadelphia Phillies

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940

45-106, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Doc Prothro (45-106)
Scored 553 runs, Allowed 856 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 47-104

Ballparks: Shibe Park · Attendance: 277,973 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 94, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 99


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1938 / 1940 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
Morrie Arnovich 28 R R 5' 10" 168 Nov 16, 1910 4 134 132 134 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 131 2 0 132 2 0 3.6 All-Star
Bill Atwood 27 R R 5' 11" 190 Sep 25, 1911 4 4 2 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0
Bud Bates 27 R R 6' 0" 165 Mar 16, 1912 1st 15 14 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 0 14 0 1 -0.1
Boom-Boom Beck 34 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 16, 1904 6 34 16 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Stan Benjamin 25 R R 6' 2" 194 May 20, 1914 1st 12 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 2 2 8 0 0 -0.6
Jack Bolling 22 L L 5' 11" 168 Feb 20, 1917 1st 69 44 69 48 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 3 0.3
Gibby Brack 31 R R 5' 9" 170 Mar 29, 1908 3 91 63 91 67 0 0 19 0 0 0 2 6 40 48 24 0 0.8
Roy Bruner 22 R R 6' 0" 165 Feb 10, 1917 1st 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Elmer Burkart 22 R R 6' 2" 190 Feb 1, 1917 4 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Max Butcher 28 R R 6' 2" 220 Sep 21, 1910 4 20 16 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
Dave Coble 26 R R 6' 1" 183 Dec 24, 1912 1st 15 3 15 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1
Spud Davis 34 R R 6' 1" 197 Dec 20, 1904 12 87 66 87 85 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.2
Eddie Feinberg 21 B R 5' 9" 165 Sep 29, 1917 2 6 5 6 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Len Gabrielson 23 L L 6' 3" 210 Sep 8, 1915 1st 5 4 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bud Hafey 26 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 6, 1912 3 18 12 18 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 9 13 3 0 -0.9
Ray Harrell 27 R R 6' 1" 185 Feb 16, 1912 4 22 10 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.7
Jim Henry 29 R R 6' 2" 175 Jun 26, 1910 3 9 1 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Kirby Higbe 24 R R 5' 11" 190 Apr 8, 1915 3 34 26 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Bill Hoffman 21 L L 5' 9" 170 Mar 3, 1918 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Al Hollingsworth 31 L L 6' 0" 174 Feb 25, 1908 5 15 10 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1
Roy Hughes 28 R R 5' 10" 167 Jan 11, 1911 5 65 65 65 65 0 0 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9
Syl Johnson 38 R R 5' 11" 180 Dec 31, 1900 18 22 13 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4
Bill Kerksieck 25 R R 6' 1" 183 Dec 6, 1913 1st 26 2 26 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 -1.2
Chuck Klein HOF 34 L R 6' 0" 185 Oct 7, 1904 12 25 10 25 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 13 0 0.0
Joe Kracher 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 4, 1913 1st 5 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0
Charlie Letchas 23 R R 5' 10" 150 Oct 3, 1915 1st 12 11 12 12 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Hersh Martin 29 B R 6' 2" 190 Sep 19, 1909 3 111 94 111 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 73 13 95 15 1 1.6
Joe Marty 25 R R 6' 0" 182 Sep 1, 1913 3 91 76 91 80 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 56 18 79 11 0 0.3
Pinky May 28 R R 5' 11" 165 Jan 18, 1911 1st 135 131 135 132 0 0 0 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.6
Wally Millies 32 R R 5' 10" 170 Oct 18, 1906 4 84 64 84 84 0 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8
Heinie Mueller 26 B R 5' 6" 167 Jul 20, 1912 2 116 78 116 85 0 0 0 51 17 1 4 0 13 17 30 1 1.0
Hugh Mulcahy 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Sep 9, 1913 5 38 32 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
Claude Passeau 30 R R 6' 3" 198 Apr 9, 1909 5 8 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
Ike Pearson 22 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 1, 1917 1st 27 13 27 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1.0
Jennings Poindexter 28 L L 5' 10" 165 Sep 30, 1910 2 11 1 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Les Powers 29 L L 6' 0" 175 Nov 5, 1909 2 19 13 19 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.2
George Scharein 24 R R 6' 1" 174 Nov 21, 1914 3 118 114 118 117 0 0 0 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2.1
Gene Schott 25 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 14, 1913 5 8 0 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.1
LeGrant Scott 28 L L 5' 8" 170 Jul 25, 1910 1st 76 53 76 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 54 55 21 0 0.1
Jim Shilling 25 R R 5' 11" 175 May 14, 1914 1st 11 7 11 11 0 0 0 5 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.1
Al Smith 31 L L 5' 11" 180 Oct 12, 1907 6 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Gus Suhr 33 L R 6' 0" 180 Jan 3, 1906 10 60 59 60 60 0 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6
Bennie Warren 27 R R 6' 1" 184 Mar 2, 1912 1st 18 17 18 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Johnny Watwood 33 L L 6' 1" 186 Aug 17, 1905 6 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Pinky Whitney 34 R R 5' 10" 165 Jan 2, 1905 12 34 16 34 21 0 0 12 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 -0.2
Del Young 27 B R 5' 11" 168 Mar 11, 1912 3 77 49 77 70 0 0 0 17 0 55 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.1
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

1938 / 1940 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers