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1939 Philadelphia Phillies Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

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

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 .865 136 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 51 117 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
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
6 Morrie Arnovich 28 134 560 491 68 159 25 2 5 67 7 58 28 .324 .397 .413 .811 122 203 10 2 9
7 Hersh Martin# 29 111 442 393 59 111 28 5 1 22 4 42 27 .282 .355 .387 .741 102 152 5 2 5
8 IF Heinie Mueller# 26 115 380 341 46 95 19 4 9 43 4 33 34 .279 .342 .437 .779 111 149 12 0 6
9 1B Gibby Brack 31 91 300 270 40 78 21 4 6 41 1 26 49 .289 .351 .463 .814 121 125 4 0 4
10 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
11 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
12 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
13 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
14 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
15 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
16 Bud Bates 27 15 62 58 8 15 2 0 1 2 1 2 8 .259 .283 .345 .628 71 20 3 0 2
17 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
18 1B Chuck Klein* 34 25 59 47 8 9 2 1 1 9 1 10 4 .191 .333 .340 .674 84 16 0 0 2
19 3B Stan Benjamin 25 12 52 50 4 7 2 1 0 2 1 1 6 .140 .157 .220 .377 2 11 5 0 1
20 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
21 IF Jim Shilling 25 11 34 33 3 10 1 3 0 4 0 1 4 .303 .324 .515 .839 126 17 2 0 0
22 C Dave Coble 26 15 25 25 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .280 .280 .320 .600 63 8 1 0 0
23 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
24 1B Len Gabrielson* 23 5 20 18 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 .222 .300 .222 .522 44 4 0 0 0
25 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
26 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
27 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
28 P Joe Marty 25 91 328 299 32 76 12 6 9 44 1 24 27 .254 .310 .425 .734 99 127 9 0 5
29 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
30 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
31 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
32 P Bud Hafey 26 18 55 51 3 9 1 0 0 3 1 3 12 .176 .222 .196 .418 15 10 2 0 1
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 -9 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 9 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 9 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 3.000 701 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 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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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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
Bill Atwood 27 2 7 7 0 0 1 1.000 3.50 0 C
Boom-Boom Beck 34 34 51 8 37 6 1 .882 1.32 P
Stan Benjamin 25 5 19 6 11 2 1 .895 3.40 3B
Jack Bolling 22 48 438 392 38 8 35 .982 8.96 1B
Gibby Brack 31 19 169 158 7 4 11 .976 8.68 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 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
Joe Marty 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 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 69 319 144 164 11 38 .966 4.46 2B-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
Jim Shilling 25 11 39 19 16 4 6 .897 3.18 2B-3B-SS
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 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

1938 / 1940 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics