1939 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS

| Level: MLB

Location:
Team Record: 55-97 .362
Result: 7th in American League
Manager(s): Earle Mack, Connie Mack
General Manager:
Stadium: Shibe Park
Attendance: 395,022
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Philadelphia Athletics affiliate history

Oldest Player: Earle Brucker (38)
Youngest Player: Al Brancato (20)
Longest Tenure: Lou Finney (8)
Top Hitter: Bob Johnson (5)
Top Pitcher: Lynn Nelson (17)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 80.05%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Yankees	106	45	.702	--
Boston	89	62	.589	17.0
Cleveland	87	67	.565	20.5
Chi White Sox	85	69	.552	22.5
Detroit	81	73	.526	26.5
Washington	65	87	.428	41.5
Philadelphia	55	97	.362	51.5
St. Louis	43	111	.279	64.5

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
4	Bob Johnson	of	5	33	-	MLB	150	544	115	184	30	9	23	114	15	5	99	59	0		10		12	.338	.000	.553	553	301			-	-
10	Sam Chapman	of	35	23	-	MLB	140	498	74	134	24	6	15	64	11	4	51	62	1		4		11	.269	.000	.432	432	215			-	-
1	Wally Moses	of	37	28	-	MLB	115	437	68	134	28	7	3	33	7	4	44	23	0		5		4	.307	.000	.423	423	185			-	-
8	Frankie Hayes	c	33	24	-	MLB	124	431	66	122	28	5	20	83	4	1	40	55	3		12		10	.283	.000	.510	510	220			-	-
5	Dick Siebert	1b	-	27	-	MLB	101	402	58	118	28	3	6	47	4	1	21	22	0		10		6	.294	.000	.423	423	170			-	-
7	Dario Lodigiani	3b-2b	43	23	-	MLB	121	393	46	102	22	4	6	44	2	0	42	18	4		7		9	.260	.000	.382	382	150			-	-
12	Joe Gantenbein	2b-3b	55	22	-	MLB	111	348	47	101	14	4	4	36	1	5	32	22	2		5		4	.290	.000	.388	388	135			-	-
34	Bill Nagel	2b-1b	41	23	-	MLB	105	341	39	86	19	4	12	39	2	1	25	86	2		6		15	.252	.000	.437	437	149			-	-
11	Dee Miles	of	-	30	-	MLB	106	320	49	96	17	6	1	37	3	4	15	17	0		8		3	.300	.000	.400	400	128			-	-
2	Skeeter Newsome	ss	44	28	-	MLB	99	248	22	55	9	1	0	17	5	7	19	12	0		15		8	.222	.000	.266	266	66			-	-
14	Wayne Ambler	ss-2b	50	23	-	MLB	95	227	15	48	13	0	0	24	1	0	22	25	0		14		10	.211	.000	.269	269	61			-	-
9	Earle Brucker	c	-	38	-	MLB	62	172	18	50	15	1	3	31	0	1	24	16	1		2		7	.291	.000	.442	442	76			-	-
36	Nick Etten	1b	-	25	-	MLB	43	155	20	39	11	2	3	29	0	0	16	11	0		3		4	.252	.000	.406	406	63			-	-
18	Eric Tipton	of	-	24	-	MLB	47	104	12	24	4	2	1	14	2	0	13	7	0		4		4	.231	.000	.337	337	35			-	-
22	Lynn Nelson	p	-	34	-	MLB	40	80	3	15	2	0	0	5	0	1	2	13	1		0		1	.187	.000	.212	212	17			-	-
19	Chubby Dean	p	-	22	-	MLB	80	77	12	27	4	0	0	19	0	0	8	4	0		3		5	.351	.000	.403	403	31			-	-
6	Al Brancato	ss-3b	-	20	-	MLB	21	68	12	14	5	0	1	8	1	0	8	4	1		2		3	.206	.000	.324	324	22			-	-
24	Nels Potter	p	-	27	-	MLB	41	67	6	12	2	0	0	4	0	0	5	6	0		4		1	.179	.000	.209	209	14			-	-
17	Buck Ross	p	-	24	-	MLB	29	58	2	12	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	19	0		7		2	.207	.000	.241	241	14			-	-
35	Bill Beckmann	p	-	31	-	MLB	27	52	5	13	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	3	0		6		1	.250	.000	.250	250	13			-	-
25	Fred Chapman	ss	-	22	-	MLB	15	49	5	14	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	3	0		1		0	.286	.000	.347	347	17			-	-
16	George Caster	p	-	31	-	MLB	28	43	2	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	0		2		0	.209	.000	.209	209	9			-	-
15	Bob Joyce	p	-	24	-	MLB	30	35	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	0		1		1	.086	.000	.114	114	4			-	-
25	Cotton Pippen	p	-	28	-	MLB	25	35	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	5	0		3		0	.086	.000	.086	86	3			-	-
6	Lou Finney	of-1b	-	28	-	MLB	9	22	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	.136	.000	.136	136	3			-	-
26	Eddie Collins	of	-	22	-	MLB	32	21	6	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0		0		0	.238	.000	.286	286	6			-	-
3	Bill Lillard	ss	-	21	-	MLB	7	19	4	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0		1		0	.316	.000	.368	368	7			-	-
21	Roy Parmelee	p	-	32	-	MLB	16	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0		0		0	.133	.000	.133	133	2			-	-
31	Les McCrabb	p	-	24	-	MLB	5	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0		2		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
23	Bob McNamara	3b-ss	-	22	-	MLB	9	9	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	.222	.000	.333	333	3			-	-
26	Hal Wagner	c	-	23	-	MLB	5	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		0		0	.125	.000	.125	125	1			-	-
20	Sam Page	p	-	23	-	MLB	4	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		1		1	.429	.000	.429	429	3			-	-
21	Jim Reninger	p	-	24	-	MLB	4	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.167	.000	.167	167	1			-	-
20	Bud Thomas	p	-	28	-	MLB	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
-	Walt Masters	p	-	32	-	MLB	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
22	Lynn Nelson	17	34	-	MLB	10	13	4.78	35	24	12	2	11	1	197.2	233	117	105	27	64	75	0	0	1.50	10.61	1.23	2.91	3.41	0.85	--	--
24	Nels Potter	24	27	-	MLB	8	12	6.60	41	25	9	0	12	2	196.1	258	163	144	26	88	60	12	2	1.76	11.83	1.19	4.03	2.75	1.47	--	--
17	Buck Ross	34	24	-	MLB	6	14	6.00	29	28	6	1	0	0	174.0	216	143	116	17	95	43	5	0	1.79	11.17	0.88	4.91	2.22	2.21	--	--
35	Bill Beckmann	37	31	-	MLB	7	11	5.39	27	19	7	2	5	0	155.1	198	104	93	15	41	20	1	0	1.54	11.47	0.87	2.38	1.16	2.05	--	--
16	George Caster	51	31	-	MLB	9	9	4.90	28	17	7	1	8	0	136.0	144	82	74	16	45	59	1	1	1.39	9.53	1.06	2.98	3.90	0.76	--	--
25	Cotton Pippen	43	28	-	MLB	4	11	5.99	25	17	5	0	4	1	118.2	169	97	79	13	40	33	4	0	1.76	12.82	0.99	3.03	2.50	1.21	--	--
19	Chubby Dean	25	22	-	MLB	5	8	5.25	54	1	0	0	38	7	116.2	132	93	68	8	80	39	2	0	1.82	10.18	0.62	6.17	3.01	2.05	--	--
15	Bob Joyce	-	24	-	MLB	3	5	6.69	30	6	1	0	11	0	107.2	156	91	80	13	37	25	3	0	1.79	13.04	1.09	3.09	2.09	1.48	--	--
21	Roy Parmelee	-	32	-	MLB	1	6	6.45	14	5	0	0	8	1	44.2	42	41	32	2	35	13	4	0	1.72	8.46	0.40	7.05	2.62	2.69	--	--
31	Les McCrabb	-	24	-	MLB	1	2	4.04	5	4	2	0	1	0	35.2	42	20	16	4	10	11	0	0	1.46	10.60	1.01	2.52	2.78	0.91	--	--
20	Sam Page	-	23	-	MLB	0	3	6.95	4	3	1	0	0	0	22.0	34	27	17	1	15	11	0	0	2.23	13.91	0.41	6.14	4.50	1.36	--	--
21	Jim Reninger	-	24	-	MLB	0	2	7.71	4	2	0	0	0	0	16.1	24	15	14	3	12	3	3	0	2.20	13.22	1.65	6.61	1.65	4.00	--	--
-	Walt Masters	-	32	-	MLB	0	0	6.55	4	0	0	0	4	0	11.0	15	9	8	0	8	2	0	0	2.09	12.27	0.00	6.55	1.64	4.00	--	--
20	Bud Thomas	49	28	-	MLB	0	1	15.75	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	8	8	7	2	1	0	0	0	2.25	18.00	4.50	2.25	0.00	--	--	--
18	Eddie Smith	29	25	-	MLB	1	0	9.82	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	7	4	4	0	2	3	0	1	2.45	17.18	0.00	4.91	7.36	0.67	--	--
34	Bill Nagel	-	23	-	MLB	0	0	12.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.0	7	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	2.67	21.00	3.00	3.00	0.00	--	--	--
21	Jim Schelle	-	22	-	MLB	0	0	--	1	0	0	0	0	0	--	1	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
31	Dave Smith	-	24	-	MLB	0	0	--	1	0	0	0	0	0	--	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Totals: (35 players)						55	97	5.79	152	152	50	6	102	12	1,343	1687	1022	864	98	579	397	35	4	1.45	11.31	0.99	3.88	2.66	1.46	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Frankie Hayes	C	114		380	60	10	12	.978	0.00
Earle Brucker	C	47		150	18	0	5	1.000	0.00
Hal Wagner	C	5		11	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Harry O'Neill	C	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dick Siebert	1B	99		874	74	9	73	.991	0.00
Nick Etten	1B	41		376	19	4	29	.990	0.00
Sam Chapman	1B	19		147	5	4	6	.974	0.00
Bob McNamara	1B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Gantenbein	2B	76		165	179	19	26	.948	0.00
Bill Nagel	2B	56		100	137	14	28	.944	0.00
Dario Lodigiani	2B	28		56	82	10	16	.932	0.00
Wayne Ambler	2B	19		24	24	3	3	.941	0.00
Skeeter Newsome	2B	2		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Eddie Collins	2B	1		1	1	1	0	.667	0.00
Bob Johnson	2B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Bob McNamara	2B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dario Lodigiani	3B	89		103	181	17	8	.944	0.00
Bill Nagel	3B	43		34	81	7	4	.943	0.00
Al Brancato	3B	20		20	42	4	2	.939	0.00
Joe Gantenbein	3B	14		8	13	1	2	.955	0.00
Bob McNamara	3B	5		2	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Skeeter Newsome	SS	93		176	221	21	44	.950	0.00
Wayne Ambler	SS	77		126	184	15	31	.954	0.00
Fred Chapman	SS	15		24	38	7	5	.899	0.00
Bill Lillard	SS	7		12	25	1	3	.974	0.00
Joe Gantenbein	SS	5		5	11	3	2	.842	0.00
Bob McNamara	SS	2		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Al Brancato	SS	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bob Johnson	OF	150		369	15	13	3	.967	0.00
Sam Chapman	OF	117		350	11	17	2	.955	0.00
Wally Moses	OF	103		209	10	8	2	.965	0.00
Dee Miles	OF	77		146	4	5	1	.968	0.00
Eric Tipton	OF	34		65	0	4	0	.942	0.00
Eddie Collins	OF	6		10	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Lou Finney	OF	4		12	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Chubby Dean	P	54	116	3	26	2	4	.935	2.25
Nels Potter	P	41	196	8	34	1	0	.977	1.93
Lynn Nelson	P	35	197	11	27	2	6	.950	1.73
Bob Joyce	P	30	107	3	24	0	1	1.000	2.27
Buck Ross	P	29	174	9	20	2	1	.935	1.50
George Caster	P	28	136	9	21	1	4	.968	1.99
Bill Beckmann	P	27	155	10	19	0	0	1.000	1.68
Cotton Pippen	P	25	118	9	26	3	4	.921	2.66
Roy Parmelee	P	14	44	2	10	1	0	.923	2.44
Les McCrabb	P	5	35	1	6	0	0	1.000	1.79
Walt Masters	P	4	11	0	3	1	0	.750	2.45
Sam Page	P	4	22	0	6	0	1	1.000	2.45
Jim Reninger	P	4	16	3	2	0	0	1.000	2.80
Eddie Smith	P	3	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Bud Thomas	P	2	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.25
Bill Nagel	P	1	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Jim Schelle	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Dave Smith	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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