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1939 Philadelphia Athletics (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938/1940) 55-97, Finished 7th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 711 runs, Allowed 1022 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 52-100 Managed by Connie Mack and Earle Mack Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com) Attendance: 395,022 (6th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 102   (one-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 102   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 Stats (1938/1940) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Frankie Hayes       24  124  431   66  122  28  5  20   83  40   55  .283  .348  .510   4   1  10   3  12          119
1B *Dick Siebert        27  101  402   58  118  28  3   6   47  21   22  .294  .329  .423   4   1   6   0  10           92
2B *Joe Gantenbein      22  111  348   47  101  14  4   4   36  32   22  .290  .353  .388   1   5   4   2   5           91
3B  Dario Lodigiani     23  121  393   46  102  22  4   6   44  42   18  .260  .337  .382   2   0   9   4   7           85
SS  Skeeter Newsome     28   99  248   22   55   9  1   0   17  19   12  .222  .277  .266   5   7   8   0  15           41
OF  Bob Johnson         33  150  544  115  184  30  9  23  114  99   59  .338  .440  .553  15   5  12   0  10          155
OF  Sam Chapman         23  140  498   74  134  24  6  15   64  51   62  .269  .338  .432  11   4  11   1   4           97
OF *Wally Moses         28  115  437   68  134  28  7   3   33  44   23  .307  .370  .423   7   4   4   0   5          104
    Bill Nagel          23  105  341   39   86  19  4  12   39  25   86  .252  .307  .437   2   1  15   2   6           90
   *Dee Miles           30  106  320   49   96  17  6   1   37  15   17  .300  .331  .400   3   4   3   0   8           88
    Wayne Ambler        23   95  227   15   48  13  0   0   24  22   25  .211  .281  .269   1   0  10   0  14           42
    Earle Brucker       38   62  172   18   50  15  1   3   31  24   16  .291  .381  .442   0   1   7   1   2          111
   *Nick Etten          25   43  155   20   39  11  2   3   29  16   11  .252  .322  .406   0   0   4   0   3           87
    Eric Tipton         24   47  104   12   24   4  2   1   14  13    7  .231  .316  .337   2   0   4   0   4           68
    Al Brancato         20   21   68   12   14   5  0   1    8   8    4  .206  .299  .324   1   0   3   1   2           60
    Fred Chapman        22   15   49    5   14   1  1   0    1   1    3  .286  .300  .347   1   0   0   0   1           66
   *Lou Finney          28    9   22    1    3   0  0   0    1   2    0  .136  .208  .136   0   0   0   0   0           -9
   *Eddie Collins       22   32   21    6    5   1  0   0    0   0    3  .238  .238  .286   1   0   0   0   0           34
    Bill Lillard        21    7   19    4    6   1  0   0    1   3    1  .316  .409  .368   0   0   0   0   1          102
    Bob McNamara        22    9    9    0    2   1  0   0    3   1    1  .222  .300  .333   0   0   0   0   0           63
   *Hal Wagner          23    5    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    3  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   0          -35
    Harry O'Neill       22    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0             

   *Lynn Nelson         34   40   80    3   15   2  0   0    5   2   13  .188  .217  .213   0   1   1   1   0           11
   *Chubby Dean         22   80   77   12   27   4  0   0   19   8    4  .351  .412  .403   0   0   5   0   3          111
   *Nels Potter         27   41   67    6   12   2  0   0    4   5    6  .179  .236  .209   0   0   1   0   4           16
    Buck Ross           24   29   58    2   12   2  0   0    4   1   19  .207  .220  .241   0   0   2   0   7           19
    Bill Beckmann       31   27   52    5   13   0  0   0    3   2    3  .250  .278  .250   0   0   1   0   6           37
    George Caster       31   28   43    2    9   0  0   0    3   0    8  .209  .209  .209   0   0   0   0   2            8
    Bob Joyce           24   30   35    2    3   1  0   0    1   1    8  .086  .111  .114   0   0   1   0   1          -42
    Cotton Pippen       28   25   35    1    3   0  0   0    2   4    5  .086  .179  .086   0   0   0   0   3          -30
    Roy Parmelee        32   16   15    1    2   0  0   0    0   1    4  .133  .188  .133   0   0   0   0   0          -16
    Les McCrabb         24    5   13    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    5  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   2         -100
   *Sam Page            23    4    7    0    3   0  0   0    0   1    3  .429  .500  .429   0   0   1   0   1          141
    Jim Reninger        24    4    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   0          -14
    Bud Thomas          28    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Walt Masters        32    4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.3  153 5309  711 1438 282 55  98  667 503  532  .271  .334  .400  60  34 122  15 138           96
    Rank among 8 AL teams          5    7    8   3  6   4        8    5     7     8     5   6   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Buck Ross           24  29   6.00   6  14  0  28   0   6   1  174.0  216  143  116  17   95   43  833   5   0  0      79
SP  Nels Potter         27  41   6.60   8  12  2  25  12   9   0  196.3  258  163  144  26   88   60  922  12   5  2      71
SP  Lynn Nelson         34  35   4.78  10  13  1  24  11  12   2  197.7  233  117  105  27   64   75  877   0   3  0      99
SP  Bill Beckmann       31  27   5.39   7  11  0  19   5   7   2  155.3  198  104   93  15   41   20  692   1   1  0      87
SP  George Caster       31  28   4.90   9   9  0  17   8   7   1  136.0  144   82   74  16   45   59  583   1   3  1      96
SP  Cotton Pippen       28  25   5.99   4  11  1  17   4   5   0  118.7  169   97   79  13   40   33  566   4   1  0      79

CL *Chubby Dean         22  54   5.25   5   8  7   1  38   0   0  116.7  132   93   68   8   80   39  556   2   0  0      90
RP  Bob Joyce           24  30   6.69   3   5  0   6  11   1   0  107.7  156   91   80  13   37   25  517   3   1  0      70
RP  Roy Parmelee        32  14   6.45   1   6  1   5   8   0   0   44.7   42   41   32   2   35   13  220   4   3  0      73

    Les McCrabb         24   5   4.04   1   2  0   4   1   2   0   35.7   42   20   16   4   10   11  160   0   1  0     117
    Sam Page            23   4   6.95   0   3  0   3   0   1   0   22.0   34   27   17   1   15   11  115   0   0  0      68
    Jim Reninger        24   4   7.71   0   2  0   2   0   0   0   16.3   24   15   14   3   12    3   82   3   0  0      61
    Walt Masters        32   4   6.55   0   0  0   0   4   0   0   11.0   15    9    8   0    8    2   58   0   0  0      72
    Bud Thomas          28   2  15.75   0   1  0   2   0   0   0    4.0    8    8    7   2    1    0   21   0   0  0      30
   *Eddie Smith         25   3   9.82   1   0  0   0   0   0   0    3.7    7    4    4   0    2    3   20   0   0  1      48
    Bill Nagel          23   1  12.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    3.0    7    5    4   1    1    0   18   0   0  0      39
    Jim Schelle         22   1          0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0.0    1    3    3   0    3    0    5   0   1  0       0
    Dave Smith          24   1          0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0.0    1    0    0   0    2    0    3   0   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.9 153   5.79  55  97 12 153 103  50   6 1342.0 1687 1022  863 148  579  397 6248  35  19  4      81
    Rank among 8 AL teams           7   7   2  6           8   4      8    7    7        8    5    8

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- FHayes 114 380 60 10 12 .978 12 EBrucker 47 150 18 0 5 1.000 2 HWagner 5 11 3 0 0 1.000 0 HO'Neill 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 153 541 81 10 17 .984 14 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.43 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DSiebert 99 874 74 9 73 .991 9.58 NEtten 41 376 19 4 29 .990 9.63 SChapman 19 147 5 4 6 .974 8.00 BMcNamara 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 1398 98 17 108 .989 10.03 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .965 5.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JGantenbein 76 165 179 19 26 .948 4.53 BNagel 56 100 137 14 28 .944 4.23 DLodigiani 28 56 82 10 16 .932 4.93 WAmbler 19 24 24 3 3 .941 2.53 SNewsome 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 ECollins 1 1 1 1 0 .667 2.00 BJohnson 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BMcNamara 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 349 423 47 73 .943 5.18 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .943 3.03 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DLodigiani 89 103 181 17 8 .944 3.19 BNagel 43 34 81 7 4 .943 2.67 ABrancato 20 20 42 4 2 .939 3.10 JGantenbein 14 8 13 1 2 .955 1.50 BMcNamara 5 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.20 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 167 321 29 16 .944 3.27 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .950 4.68 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SNewsome 93 176 221 21 44 .950 4.27 WAmbler 77 126 184 15 31 .954 4.03 FChapman 15 24 38 7 5 .899 4.13 BLillard 7 12 25 1 3 .974 5.29 JGantenbein 5 5 11 3 2 .842 3.20 BMcNamara 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 ABrancato 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 344 480 47 85 .946 5.53 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .969 2.35 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BJohnson 150 369 15 13 3 .967 2.56 138 14 0 SChapman 117 350 11 17 2 .955 3.09 0 117 0 WMoses 103 209 10 8 2 .965 2.13 0 5 100 DMiles 77 146 4 5 1 .968 1.95 1 20 57 ETipton 34 65 0 4 0 .942 1.91 33 0 2 ECollins 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 0 0 6 LFinney 4 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 3 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 153 1161 40 47 8 .962 2.68 153 153 153 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .951 1.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LNelson 35 11 27 2 6 .950 1.73 NPotter 41 8 34 1 0 .977 1.93 BRoss 29 9 20 2 1 .935 1.50 BBeckmann 27 10 19 0 0 1.000 1.68 GCaster 28 9 21 1 4 .968 1.99 CPippen 25 9 26 3 4 .921 2.65 CDean 54 3 26 2 4 .935 2.24 BJoyce 30 3 24 0 1 1.000 2.26 RParmelee 14 2 10 1 0 .923 2.42 LMcCrabb 5 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.76 SPage 4 0 6 0 1 1.000 2.45 JReninger 4 3 2 0 0 1.000 2.76 WMasters 4 0 3 1 0 .750 2.45 BThomas 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 ESmith 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BNagel 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JSchelle 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DSmith 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 153 68 225 13 21 .958 1.96 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Johnson .338 On-base % Johnson .440 Slugging % Johnson .553 OPS Johnson .993 Games Johnson 150 At Bats Johnson 544 Plate Appearances (approx.) Johnson 653 Runs Johnson 115 Hits Johnson 184 Total Bases Johnson 301 Doubles Johnson 30 Triples Johnson 9 Home Runs Johnson 23 RBI Johnson 114 Bases on Balls Johnson 99 Strikeouts Nagel 86 Stolen Bases Johnson 15 Singles Johnson 122 Adjusted OPS+ Johnson 155 Runs Created Johnson 134 Adjusted Batting Runs Johnson 48 Batting Wins Johnson 4.4 Extra-Base Hits Johnson 62 Times on Base Johnson 283 Offensive Win% Johnson .748 Hit By Pitch Lodigiani 4 Sac. Hits Newsome 15 Grounded into Double Plays Nagel 15 Caught Stealing Newsome 7 Power/Speed Number Johnson 18.2 At Bats per Strikeout Lodigiani 21.8 At Bats per Home Run Hayes 21.6 Outs Johnson 387

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Nelson 4.78 Wins Nelson 10 Won-Loss % Caster .500 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Nelson 1.503 Hits Allowed/9IP Nelson 10.61 Bases on Balls/9IP Beckmann 2.38 Strikeouts/9IP Nelson 3.41 Games Dean 54 Saves Dean 7 Innings Nelson 197.7 Strikeouts Nelson 75 Games Started Ross 28 Comp. Games Nelson 12 Shutouts Beckmann and Nelson 2 Home Runs Allow. Nelson 27 Bases On Balls Allow. Ross 95 Hits Allowed Potter 258 SO to Walk Nelson 1.17 Losses Ross 14 Earned Runs Allow. Potter 144 Wild Pitches Potter 12 Hit Batsmen Potter 5 Batters Faced Potter 922 Games Finished Dean 38 Adjusted ERA+ Nelson 99

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