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1939 Philadelphia Phillies Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940)
45-106, Finished 8th in National League
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Scored 553 runs, Allowed 856 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 47-104
Manager: Doc Prothro (45-106)
Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 277,973 (8th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 101; one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 99

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1938 / 1940 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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	Spud Davis	34	87	234	202	10	62	8	1	0	23	0		24	20	.307	.383	.356	.740	103	72	5	1	7
2	1B	Gus Suhr*	33	60	234	198	21	63	12	2	3	24	1		34	14	.318	.421	.444	.865	137	88	1	1	1
3	2B	Roy Hughes	28	65	266	237	22	54	5	1	1	16	4		21	18	.228	.291	.270	.561	54	64	9	0	8
4	SS	George Scharein	24	118	425	399	35	95	17	1	1	33	4		13	40	.238	.262	.293	.555	52	117	6	0	13
5	3B	Pinky May	28	135	531	464	49	133	27	3	2	62	4		41	20	.287	.346	.371	.717	96	172	16	1	25
6	OF	Joe Marty	25	91	328	299	32	76	12	6	9	44	1		24	27	.254	.310	.425	.734	99	127	9	0	5
7	OF	Hersh Martin#	29	111	442	393	59	111	28	5	1	22	4		42	27	.282	.355	.387	.741	103	152	5	2	5
8	OF	Morrie Arnovich	28	134	560	491	68	159	25	2	5	67	7		58	28	.324	.397	.413	.811	122	203	10	2	9
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	Heinie Mueller#	26	115	380	341	46	95	19	4	9	43	4		33	34	.279	.342	.437	.779	112	149	12	0	6
10	UT	Gibby Brack	31	91	300	270	40	78	21	4	6	41	1		26	49	.289	.351	.463	.814	121	125	4	0	4
11	OF	Le Grant Scott*	28	76	260	232	31	65	15	1	1	26	5		22	14	.280	.343	.366	.709	94	85	6	0	6
12	MI	Del Young#	27	77	229	217	22	57	9	2	3	20	1		8	24	.263	.289	.364	.653	77	79	5	0	4
13	1B	Jack Bolling*	22	69	222	211	27	61	11	0	3	13	6		11	10	.289	.324	.384	.708	93	81	5	0	0
14	C	Wally Millies	32	84	219	205	12	48	3	0	0	12	0		9	5	.234	.270	.249	.519	42	51	7	1	4
15	IF	Pinky Whitney	34	34	88	75	9	14	0	1	1	6	0		7	4	.187	.256	.253	.509	40	19	3	0	6
16	C	Bennie Warren	27	18	65	56	4	13	0	0	1	7	0		7	7	.232	.317	.286	.603	66	16	1	0	2
17	OF	Bud Bates	27	15	62	58	8	15	2	0	1	2	1		2	8	.259	.283	.345	.628	71	20	3	0	2
18	1B	Les Powers*	29	19	60	52	7	18	1	1	0	2	0		4	6	.346	.393	.404	.797	118	21	0	0	4
19	UT	Chuck Klein*	34	25	59	47	8	9	2	1	1	9	1		10	4	.191	.333	.340	.674	84	16	0	0	2
20	OF	Bud Hafey	26	18	55	51	3	9	1	0	0	3	1		3	12	.176	.222	.196	.418	15	10	2	0	1
21	UT	Stan Benjamin	25	12	52	50	4	7	2	1	0	2	1		1	6	.140	.157	.220	.377	2	11	5	0	1
22	2B	Charlie Letchas	23	12	45	44	2	10	2	0	1	3	0		1	2	.227	.244	.341	.585	58	15	2	0	0
23	UT	Jim Shilling	25	11	34	33	3	10	1	3	0	4	0		1	4	.303	.324	.515	.839	126	17	2	0	0
24	C	Dave Coble	26	15	25	25	2	7	1	0	0	0	0		0	3	.280	.280	.320	.600	64	8	1	0	0
25	MI	Eddie Feinberg#	21	6	22	18	2	4	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	.222	.300	.278	.578	59	5	0	0	2
26	1B	Len Gabrielson*	23	5	20	18	3	4	0	0	0	1	0		2	3	.222	.300	.222	.522	45	4	0	0	0
27	C	Bill Atwood	27	4	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		2	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	-27	0	0	0	0
28	C	Joe Kracher	25	5	7	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	.200	.429	.200	.629	77	1	0	0	0
29	1B	Johnny Watwood*	33	2	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-9	1	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
30	P	Hugh Mulcahy	25	38	83	76	3	12	1	0	0	5	0		2	12	.158	.179	.171	.351	-4	13	0	0	5
31	P	Boom-Boom Beck	34	34	73	68	3	9	3	0	0	3	0		1	6	.132	.145	.176	.321	-13	12	4	0	4
32	P	Kirby Higbe	24	34	72	66	5	11	1	0	0	5	0		0	15	.167	.167	.182	.348	-5	12	2	0	6
33	P	Ike Pearson	22	27	43	37	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		2	12	.054	.103	.054	.157	-56	2	1	0	4
34	P	Max Butcher	28	19	41	38	1	7	0	0	0	3	0		0	6	.184	.184	.184	.368	1	7	1	0	3
35	P	Syl Johnson	38	22	39	33	0	5	0	0	0	2	0		2	11	.152	.200	.152	.352	-3	5	4	0	4
36	P	Ray Harrell	27	22	28	26	1	3	1	0	0	1	0		2	10	.115	.179	.154	.332	-8	4	0	0	0
37	P	Al Hollingsworth*	31	15	21	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.100	.143	.100	.243	-33	2	0	0	0
38	P	Claude Passeau	30	8	20	20	0	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	7	.200	.200	.200	.400	10	4	0	0	0
39	P	Bill Kerksieck	25	25	14	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	6	.083	.214	.083	.298	-16	1	0	1	0
40	P	Roy Bruner	22	4	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222	-39	1	1	0	1
41	P	Jennings Poindexter*	28	11	10	10	1	2	0	0	0	2	0		0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	10	2	1	0	0
42	P	Gene Schott	25	8	6	6	3	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	167	4	0	0	0
43	P	Jim Henry	29	9	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
44	P	Al Smith*	31	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
45	P	Bill Hoffman*	21	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
46	P	Elmer Burkart	22	5	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	702	2	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.9	152	5707	5133	553	1341	232	40	49	510	47		421	486	.261	.318	.351	.669	83	1800	133	9	144
		Rank in 8 NL teams				7	8	8	6	6	8		3		7	7	8	7	7	7		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

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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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	Hugh Mulcahy	25	9	16	.360	4.99	38	31	7	14	1	4	225.2	246	144	125	19	93		59	11	0	11	1006	79	1.502	9.8	0.8	3.7	2.4	0.63
2	SP	Kirby Higbe	24	10	14	.417	4.85	34	26	7	14	1	2	187.1	208	113	101	10	101		79	10	0	7	864	82	1.649	10.0	0.5	4.9	3.8	0.78
3	SP	Syl Johnson	38	8	8	.500	3.81	22	14	4	6	0	2	111.0	112	50	47	10	15		37	1	0	0	453	104	1.144	9.1	0.8	1.2	3.0	2.47
4	SP	Max Butcher	28	2	13	.133	5.61	19	16	3	3	0	0	104.1	131	72	65	10	51		27	1	1	2	491	71	1.744	11.3	0.9	4.4	2.3	0.53
5	SP	Al Hollingsworth*	31	1	9	.100	5.85	15	10	0	3	0	0	60.0	78	48	39	2	27		24	0	0	3	283	68	1.750	11.7	0.3	4.1	3.6	0.89
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
6	RP	Boom-Boom Beck	34	7	14	.333	4.73	34	16	13	12	0	3	182.2	203	104	96	11	64		77	3	0	1	812	84	1.462	10.0	0.5	3.2	3.8	1.20
7	RP	Ike Pearson	22	2	13	.133	5.76	26	13	10	4	0	0	125.0	144	84	80	15	56		29	5	0	2	570	69	1.600	10.4	1.1	4.0	2.1	0.52
8	RP	Ray Harrell	27	3	7	.300	5.42	22	10	5	4	0	0	94.2	101	77	57	6	56		35	4	0	4	445	73	1.658	9.6	0.6	5.3	3.3	0.63
9	RP	Bill Kerksieck	25	0	2	.000	7.18	23	2	16	1	0	0	62.2	81	52	50	13	32		13	0	0	4	290	55	1.803	11.6	1.9	4.6	1.9	0.41
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		Claude Passeau	30	2	4	.333	4.22	8	8	0	4	1	0	53.1	54	26	25	1	25		29	1	0	0	236	94	1.481	9.1	0.2	4.2	4.9	1.16
11		Jennings Poindexter*	28	0	0		4.15	11	1	7	0	0	0	30.1	29	19	14	0	15		12	0	0	0	134	95	1.451	8.6	0.0	4.5	3.6	0.80
12		Roy Bruner	22	0	4	.000	6.67	4	4	0	2	0	0	27.0	38	22	20	3	13		11	0	0	0	127	59	1.889	12.7	1.0	4.3	3.7	0.85
13		Jim Henry	29	0	1	.000	5.09	9	1	4	0	0	1	23.0	24	13	13	3	8		7	1	0	1	99	78	1.391	9.4	1.2	3.1	2.7	0.88
14		Gene Schott	25	0	1	.000	4.91	4	0	1	0	0	0	11.0	14	7	6	0	5		1	2	0	0	54	81	1.727	11.5	0.0	4.1	0.8	0.20
15		Al Smith*	31	0	0		4.00	5	0	1	0	0	0	9.0	11	5	4	1	5		2	2	0	0	42	99	1.778	11.0	1.0	5.0	2.0	0.40
16		Elmer Burkart	22	1	0	1.000	4.32	5	0	3	0	0	0	8.1	11	4	4	0	2		2	0	0	0	35	92	1.560	11.9	0.0	2.2	2.2	1.00
17		Bill Hoffman*	21	0	0		13.50	3	0	2	0	0	0	6.0	8	9	9	2	7		1	3	0	3	34	29	2.500	12.0	3.0	10.5	1.5	0.14
18		Joe Marty	25	0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	2	2	0	3		1	0	0	0	17	88	1.250	4.5	0.0	6.8	2.3	0.33
19		Bud Hafey	26	0	0		33.75	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.1	7	5	5	0	1		1	0	0	0	11	12	6.000	47.3	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00
		Team Totals	27.8	45	106	.298	5.17	152	152	85	67	3	12	1326.2	1502	856	762	106	579		447	44	1	38	6003	77	1.569	10.2	0.7	3.9	3.0	0.77
		Rank in 8 NL teams		8	1		8				5	8	7	7	6	8	8	8	8		4199
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

* - 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
Morrie Arnovich	28	132	131	2	0	351	335	10	6	0	.983	2.61		OF
Bill Atwood	27	2				7	7	0	0	1	1.000	3.50	0	C
Bud Bates	27	14	1	13	0	46	44	1	1	1	.978	3.21		OF
Boom-Boom Beck	34	34				51	8	37	6	1	.882	1.32		P
Stan Benjamin	25	12	4	2	2	34	18	12	4	1	.882	2.50		OF-3B
Jack Bolling	22	48				438	392	38	8	35	.982	8.96		1B
Gibby Brack	31	67	2	6	40	266	247	11	8	12	.970	3.85		OF-1B
Roy Bruner	22	4				4	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.00		P
Elmer Burkart	22	5				1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.20		P
Max Butcher	28	19				15	2	13	0	0	1.000	0.79		P
Dave Coble	26	13				32	27	3	2	0	.938	2.31	1	C
Spud Davis	34	85				300	260	40	0	1	1.000	3.53	5	C
Eddie Feinberg	21	5				11	4	6	1	2	.909	2.00		2B-SS
Len Gabrielson	23	5				44	34	9	1	3	.977	8.60		1B
Bud Hafey	26	15	3	1	9	31	30	1	0	0	1.000	2.07		OF-P
Ray Harrell	27	22				12	3	7	2	0	.833	0.45		P
Jim Henry	29	9				4	0	3	1	0	.750	0.33		P
Kirby Higbe	24	34				24	8	16	0	0	1.000	0.71		P
Bill Hoffman	21	3				1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.33		P
Al Hollingsworth	31	15				13	2	11	0	0	1.000	0.87		P
Roy Hughes	28	65				373	183	184	6	30	.984	5.65		2B
Syl Johnson	38	22				20	3	17	0	1	1.000	0.91		P
Bill Kerksieck	25	23				12	1	11	0	1	1.000	0.52		P
Chuck Klein	34	12	0	0	11	21	20	1	0	1	1.000	1.75		OF-1B
Joe Kracher	25	2				1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50	0	C
Charlie Letchas	23	12				60	24	32	4	9	.933	4.67		2B
Hersh Martin	29	95	9	73	13	288	276	5	7	1	.976	2.96		OF
Joe Marty	25	80	6	56	18	190	176	9	5	3	.974	2.31		OF-P
Pinky May	28	132				435	153	263	19	28	.956	3.15		3B
Wally Millies	32	84				276	229	37	10	3	.964	3.17	2	C
Heinie Mueller	26	86	4	0	13	340	163	166	11	38	.968	3.83		2B-3B-OF-SS
Hugh Mulcahy	25	38				66	12	48	6	1	.909	1.58		P
Claude Passeau	30	8				13	4	9	0	0	1.000	1.63		P
Ike Pearson	22	26				37	6	30	1	1	.973	1.38		P
Jennings Poindexter	28	11				6	1	5	0	0	1.000	0.55		P
Les Powers	29	13				118	112	4	2	10	.983	8.92		1B
George Scharein	24	117				615	258	331	26	69	.958	5.03		SS
Gene Schott	25	4				2	1	0	1	0	.500	0.25		P
Le Grant Scott	28	55	1	1	54	121	109	7	5	1	.959	2.11		OF
Jim Shilling	25	12	1	0	0	40	20	16	4	6	.900	3.00		2B-SS-3B-OF
Al Smith	31	5				3	1	2	0	0	1.000	0.60		P
Gus Suhr	33	60				560	520	37	3	50	.995	9.28		1B
Bennie Warren	27	17				71	60	8	3	2	.958	4.00	1	C
Johnny Watwood	33	2				15	14	0	1	0	.933	7.00		1B
Pinky Whitney	34	22				137	106	30	1	13	.993	6.18		1B-2B-3B
Del Young	27	72				279	109	154	16	28	.943	3.65		SS-2B
Team Totals	28.0	152				5784	3984	1629	171	353	.970	3.47	9
Rank in 8 NL teams									5	7	7
	Age	G	G_LF	G_CF	G_RF	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	Pos. Summary

1938 / 1940 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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