1939 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 55-97
Finished 7th in the AL
Attendance: 550,448, Avg. 8,737
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Connie Mack (25-37)
Manager: Earle Mack (30-60)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1939 Philadelphia Athletics Roster
1939 Philadelphia Athletics Results

The Philadelphia Athletics of the American League ended the 1939 season with a record of 55 wins and 97 losses, finishing seventh in the AL.

The Athletics scored 711 runs and allowed 1022 runs. Bob Johnson led Philadelphia with 23 home runs, while Frankie Hayes and Sam Chapman walloped 20 or more as well. Bob Johnson drove in 114 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .338 average. Lynn Nelson paced the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 4.78 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Connie Mack and Earle Mack coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Lynn Nelson1013.4354.783524111221197.72331171052764075300877
George Caster99.5004.9028178710136.014482741645059311583
Nels Potter812.4006.60412512902196.325816314426880605212922
Bill Beckmann711.3895.3927195720155.3198104931541020101692
Buck Ross614.3006.0029280610174.02161431161795043005833
Chubby Dean58.3855.2554138007116.71329368880039002556
Cotton Pippen411.2675.9925174501118.716997791340033104566
Bob Joyce35.3756.6930611100107.715691801337025103517
Eddie Smith101.0009.823000003.7744020301020
Les McCrabb12.3334.0454120035.7422016410011100160
Roy Parmelee16.1436.45145800144.7424132235013304220
Jim Schelle001000000.013303001005
Dave Smith001000000.010002000003
Walt Masters006.5540400011.01598080200058
Bill Nagel0012.001010003.0754110000018
Bud Thomas01.00015.752200004.0887210000021
Jim Reninger02.0007.7142000016.32415143120300382
Sam Page03.0006.9543010022.0342717115011000115
Totals5597.3625.79308153103506121342.7168710228641485790397194356248

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Bob Johnson150653544115184309231141559959.338.440.553.9933011201000
Wally Moses11548643768134287333744423.307.370.423.79318540500
Sam Chapman1405544987413424615641145162.269.338.432.770215111400
Frankie Hayes124486431661222852083414055.283.348.510.8592201031200
Dick Siebert10143340258118283647412122.294.329.423.751170601000
Dario Lodigiani12144639346102224644204218.260.337.382.71915094700
Joe Gantenbein11138734847101144436153222.290.353.388.74113542500
Dee Miles1063433204996176137341517.300.331.400.73112830800
Bill Nagel10537434139861941239212586.252.307.437.744149152600
Skeeter Newsome99282248225591017571912.222.277.266.54366801500
Earle Brucker621991721850151331012416.291.381.442.8237671200
Wayne Ambler952632271548130024102225.211.281.269.550611001400
Nick Etten431741552039112329001611.252.322.406.7286340300
Chubby Dean8088771227400190084.351.412.403.8143150300
Eric Tipton4712110412244211420137.231.316.337.6533540400
Lynn Nelson408380315200501213.188.217.213.4291711000
Fred Chapman15514951411011013.286.300.347.6471700100
Al Brancato217968121450181084.206.299.324.6222231200
Bill Beckmann27605251300030023.250.278.250.5281310600
Buck Ross296658212200400119.207.220.241.4621420700
Nels Potter41766761220040056.179.236.209.4451410400
George Caster2845432900030008.209.209.209.419900200
Bill Lillard723194610010031.316.409.368.778700100
Eddie Collins3221216510001003.238.238.286.524600000
Sam Page4970300000013.429.500.429.929310100
Lou Finney924221300010020.136.208.136.345300000
Bob Joyce3037352310010018.086.111.114.225410100
Cotton Pippen2542351300020045.086.179.086.265300300
Bob McNamara91090210030011.222.300.333.633300000
Roy Parmelee1616151200000014.133.188.133.321200000
Jim Reninger4660100000001.167.167.167.333100000
Hal Wagner5880100000003.125.125.125.250100000
Bud Thomas2330000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Walt Masters4220000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Les McCrabb515130000000005.000.000.000.000000200
Jim Schelle1000000000000000000
Harry O'Neill1000000000000000000
Dave Smith1000000000000000000
Eddie Smith3000000000000000000
Totals185859655309711143828255986676034503531.271.336.400.73621241221513800


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Dick Siebert1B9900.087474973.9919.5760000
Bob McNamara1B100.010001.0001.0000000
Nick Etten1B4100.037619429.9909.6340000
Sam Chapman1B1900.0147546.9748.0000000
Skeeter Newsome2B200.020001.0001.0000000
Bill Nagel2B5600.01001371428.9444.2320000
Bob McNamara2B100.010001.0001.0000000
Dario Lodigiani2B2800.056821016.9324.9290000
Bob Johnson2B100.00000.0000000
Joe Gantenbein2B7600.01651791926.9484.5260000
Eddie Collins2B100.01110.6672.0000000
Wayne Ambler2B1900.0242433.9412.5260000
Bill Nagel3B4300.0348174.9432.6740000
Bob McNamara3B500.024001.0001.2000000
Dario Lodigiani3B8900.0103181178.9443.1910000
Joe Gantenbein3B1400.081312.9551.5000000
Al Brancato3B2000.0204242.9393.1000000
Hal WagnerC500.0113001.0002.8000000
Harry O'NeillC100.00000.0000000
Frankie HayesC11400.0380601012.9783.86012000
Earle BruckerC4700.015018051.0003.5742000
Eric TiptonOF3400.065040.9421.9120000
Wally MosesOF10300.02091082.9652.1260000
Dee MilesOF7700.0146451.9681.9480000
Bob JohnsonOF15000.036915133.9672.5600000
Lou FinneyOF400.0120001.0003.0000000
Eddie CollinsOF600.0100001.0001.6670000
Sam ChapmanOF11700.035011172.9553.0850000
Bud ThomasP200.001001.000.5000000
Eddie SmithP300.00000.0000000
Dave SmithP100.00000.0000000
Jim SchelleP100.00000.0000000
Buck RossP2900.092021.9351.0000000
Jim ReningerP400.032001.0001.2500000
Nels PotterP4100.083410.9771.0240000
Cotton PippenP2500.092634.9211.4000000
Roy ParmeleeP1400.021010.923.8570000
Sam PageP400.006011.0001.5000000
Lynn NelsonP3500.0112726.9501.0860000
Bill NagelP100.00000.0000000
Les McCrabbP500.016001.0001.4000000
Walt MastersP400.00310.750.7500000
Bob JoyceP3000.0324011.000.9000000
Chubby DeanP5400.032624.935.5370000
George CasterP2800.092114.9681.0710000
Bill BeckmannP2700.01019001.0001.0740000
Skeeter NewsomeSS9300.01762212144.9504.2690000
Bob McNamaraSS200.011001.0001.0000000
Bill LillardSS700.0122513.9745.2860000
Joe GantenbeinSS500.051132.8423.2000000
Fred ChapmanSS1500.0243875.8994.1330000
Al BrancatoSS100.00000.0000000
Wayne AmblerSS7700.01261841531.9544.0260000
Totals168100.040281668210328.9643.38814000




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