1939 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics

1938 Season 1940 Season

Record: 55-97-1, Finished 7th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Connie Mack (25-37) and Earle Mack (30-60-1)

Ballpark: Shibe Park

Attendance: 395,022 (6th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 101
One-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 101

Pythagorean W-L: 52-100, 711 Runs, 1022 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	24	124	487	431	66	122	28	5	20	83	4	1	40	55	.283	.348	.510	.859	120	220	10	3	12		0
2	1B	Dick Siebert*	27	101	433	402	58	118	28	3	6	47	4	1	21	22	.294	.329	.423	.751	93	170	6	0	10		1
3	2B	Joe Gantenbein*	23	111	387	348	47	101	14	4	4	36	1	5	32	22	.290	.353	.388	.741	92	135	4	2	5		0
4	SS	Skeeter Newsome	28	99	282	248	22	55	9	1	0	17	5	7	19	12	.222	.277	.266	.543	41	66	8	0	15		0
5	3B	Dario Lodigiani	23	121	446	393	46	102	22	4	6	44	2	0	42	18	.260	.337	.382	.719	86	150	9	4	7		7
6	OF	Wally Moses*	28	115	486	437	68	134	28	7	3	33	7	4	44	23	.307	.370	.423	.793	105	185	4	0	5		1
7	OF	Bob Johnson	33	150	653	544	115	184	30	9	23	114	15	5	99	59	.338	.440	.553	.993	156	301	12	0	10		3
8	OF	Sam Chapman	23	140	554	498	74	134	24	6	15	64	11	4	51	62	.269	.338	.432	.770	98	215	10	1	4		4
Rk	Pos	Name	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	IF	Bill Nagel	23	105	374	341	39	86	19	4	12	39	2	1	25	86	.252	.307	.437	.744	91	149	15	2	6		1
10	OF	Dee Miles*	30	106	343	320	49	96	17	6	1	37	3	4	15	17	.300	.331	.400	.731	89	128	3	0	8		0
11	SS	Wayne Ambler	23	95	263	227	15	48	13	0	0	24	1	0	22	25	.211	.281	.269	.550	43	61	10	0	14		0
12	C	Earle Brucker	38	62	199	172	18	50	15	1	3	31	0	1	24	16	.291	.381	.442	.823	112	76	7	1	2		0
13	1B	Nick Etten*	25	43	174	155	20	39	11	2	3	29	0	0	16	11	.252	.322	.406	.728	87	63	4	0	3		0
14	OF	Eric Tipton	24	47	121	104	12	24	4	2	1	14	2	0	13	7	.231	.316	.337	.653	69	35	4	0	4		0
15	3B	Al Brancato	20	21	79	68	12	14	5	0	1	8	1	0	8	4	.206	.299	.324	.622	61	22	3	1	2		0
16	SS	Fred Chapman	22	15	51	49	5	14	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	3	.286	.300	.347	.647	67	17	0	0	1		0
17	OF	Lou Finney*	28	9	24	22	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	.136	.208	.136	.345	-9	3	0	0	0		0
18	SS	Bill Lillard	21	7	23	19	4	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	.316	.409	.368	.778	103	7	0	0	1		0
19	UT	Eddie Collins*	22	32	21	21	6	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.238	.238	.286	.524	35	6	0	0	0		0
20	IF	Bob McNamara	22	9	10	9	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	.222	.300	.333	.633	64	3	0	0	0		0
21	C	Hal Wagner*	23	5	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	-35	1	0	0	0		0
22	C	Harry O'Neill	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
23	P	Chubby Dean*	23	80	88	77	12	27	4	0	0	19	0	0	8	4	.351	.412	.403	.814	112	31	5	0	3		0
24	P	Lynn Nelson*	34	40	83	80	3	15	2	0	0	5	0	1	2	13	.188	.217	.213	.429	12	17	1	1	0		1
25	P	Nels Potter*	27	41	76	67	6	12	2	0	0	4	0	0	5	6	.179	.236	.209	.445	16	14	1	0	4		0
26	P	Buck Ross	24	29	67	58	2	12	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	19	.207	.220	.241	.462	19	14	2	0	7		0
27	P	Bill Beckmann	31	27	60	52	5	13	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	3	.250	.278	.250	.528	38	13	1	0	6		0
28	P	George Caster	31	28	45	43	2	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	.209	.209	.209	.419	9	9	0	0	2		0
29	P	Cotton Pippen	28	25	42	35	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	5	.086	.179	.086	.265	-29	3	0	0	3		0
30	P	Bob Joyce	24	30	37	35	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.086	.111	.114	.225	-42	4	1	0	1		0
31	P	Roy Parmelee	32	16	16	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.133	.188	.133	.321	-16	2	0	0	0		0
32	P	Les McCrabb	24	5	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2		0
33	P	Sam Page*	23	4	9	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.429	.500	.429	.929	143	3	1	0	1		0
34	P	Jim Reninger	24	4	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-13	1	0	0	0		0
35	P	Bud Thomas	28	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
36	P	Walt Masters	32	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
37	P	Jim Schelle	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
38	P	Eddie Smith#	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
39	P	Dave Smith	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	26.6	153	5968	5309	711	1438	282	55	98	667	60	34	503	531	.271	.336	.400	.736	90	2124	121	15	138		18
		Rank in 8 AL teams				5	7	8	3	6	4		6	1	8	4	7	8	5	5		5		5
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.4	153	5418	4816	677	1338	271	55	98	626	60	33	478	450	.278	.345	.418	.763	97	2013	109	14	109		17
		Pitcher Totals	27.7	153	550	493	34	100	11	0	0	41	0	1	25	81	.203	.243	.225	.468	22	111	12	1	29		1
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Lynn Nelson	34	10	13	.435	4.78	35	24	11	12	2	1	197.2	233	117	105	27	64	1	75	3	0	0	877	98	4.63	1.503	10.6	1.2	2.9	3.4	1.17
2	SP	Nels Potter	27	8	12	.400	6.60	41	25	12	9	0	2	196.1	258	163	144	26	88	0	60	5	2	12	922	71	5.12	1.762	11.8	1.2	4.0	2.8	0.68
3	SP	Buck Ross	24	6	14	.300	6.00	29	28	0	6	1	0	174.0	216	143	116	17	95	0	43	0	0	5	833	78	5.01	1.787	11.2	0.9	4.9	2.2	0.45
4	SP	Bill Beckmann	31	7	11	.389	5.39	27	19	5	7	2	0	155.1	198	104	93	15	41	0	20	1	0	1	692	87	4.40	1.539	11.5	0.9	2.4	1.2	0.49
5	SP	George Caster	31	9	9	.500	4.90	28	17	8	7	1	0	136.0	144	82	74	16	45	0	59	3	1	1	583	96	4.31	1.390	9.5	1.1	3.0	3.9	1.31
6	SP	Cotton Pippen	28	4	11	.267	5.99	25	17	4	5	0	1	118.2	169	97	79	13	40	0	33	1	0	4	566	78	4.50	1.761	12.8	1.0	3.0	2.5	0.83
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	CL	Chubby Dean*	23	5	8	.385	5.25	54	1	38	0	0	7	116.2	132	93	68	8	80	3	39	0	0	2	556	89	4.87	1.817	10.2	0.6	6.2	3.0	0.49
8	RP	Bob Joyce	24	3	5	.375	6.69	30	6	11	1	0	0	107.2	156	91	80	13	37	1	25	1	0	3	517	70	4.76	1.793	13.0	1.1	3.1	2.1	0.68
9	RP	Roy Parmelee	32	1	6	.143	6.45	14	5	8	0	0	1	44.2	42	41	32	2	35	0	13	3	0	4	220	73	5.15	1.724	8.5	0.4	7.1	2.6	0.37
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
10		Les McCrabb	24	1	2	.333	4.04	5	4	1	2	0	0	35.2	42	20	16	4	10	0	11	1	0	0	160	117	4.36	1.458	10.6	1.0	2.5	2.8	1.10
11		Sam Page	23	0	3	.000	6.95	4	3	0	1	0	0	22.0	34	27	17	1	15	0	11	0	0	0	115	68	4.23	2.227	13.9	0.4	6.1	4.5	0.73
12		Jim Reninger	24	0	2	.000	7.71	4	2	0	0	0	0	16.1	24	15	14	3	12	0	3	0	0	3	82	62	6.82	2.204	13.2	1.7	6.6	1.7	0.25
13		Walt Masters	32	0	0		6.55	4	0	4	0	0	0	11.0	15	9	8	0	8	0	2	0	0	0	58	73	4.41	2.091	12.3	0.0	6.5	1.6	0.25
14		Bud Thomas	28	0	1	.000	15.75	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	8	8	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	32	9.84	2.250	18.0	4.5	2.3	0.0	0.00
15		Eddie Smith*	25	1	0	1.000	9.82	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	7	4	4	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	20	52	2.59	2.455	17.2	0.0	4.9	7.4	1.50
16		Bill Nagel	23	0	0		12.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	7	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	43	7.93	2.667	21.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.00
17		Dave Smith	24	0	0			1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3								0.00
18		Jim Schelle	22	0	0		inf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	3	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	5	6							0.00
		Team Totals	28.0	55	97	.362	5.79	153	153	103	50	6	12	1342.2	1687	1022	864	148	579	5	397	19	4	35	6248	81	4.76	1.688	11.3	1.0	3.9	2.7	0.69
		Rank in 8 AL teams		7	2		7				8	4	6	8	7	7	7	8	5		8
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W