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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
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 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
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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 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 5 8 7 7 6 8 8 8 8 7
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
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-OF-3B-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