1939 Philadelphia Athletics season

1939 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Connie Mack
Manager(s) Connie Mack
Local radio WIP
(By Saam, Stoney McLinn)
WCAU
(Bill Dyer)
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The 1939 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing seventh in the American League with a record of 55 wins and 97 losses.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees10645.702--
Boston Red Sox8962.58917
Cleveland Indians8767.56520.5
Chicago White Sox8569.55222.5
Detroit Tigers8173.52626.5
Washington Senators6587.42841.5
Philadelphia Athletics5597.36251.5
St. Louis Browns43111.27964.5

Record vs. opponents

1939 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —8–1411–1110–1211–8–118–416–615–7
Chicago 14–8—12–1012–104–1811–1118–414–8–1
Cleveland 11–1110–12—11–117–1518–416–614–8
Detroit 12–1010–1211–11—9–1311–1114–8–114–8
New York 8–11–118–415–713–9—18–419–315–7
Philadelphia 4–1811–114–1811–114–18—13–9–18–12
St. Louis 6–164–186–168–14–13–199–13–1—7–15
Washington 7–158–14–18–148–147–1512–815–7—

Roster

1939 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CFrankie Hayes124431122.2832083
1BDick Siebert101402118.294647
2BJoe Gantenbein111348101.290436
SSSkeeter Newsome9924855.222017
3BDario Lodigiani121393102.260644
OFWally Moses115437134.307333
OFBob Johnson150544184.33823114
OFSam Chapman140498134.2691564

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Earle Brucker6217250.291331
Fred Chapman154914.28601
Eddie Collins32215.23800
Bob McNamara992.22203
Harry O'Neill100----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Lynn Nelson35197.210134.7875
Bill Beckmann27155.17115.3920
Les McCrabb535.2124.0411
Sam Page422036.9511
Bud Thomas240115.750

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
George Caster28136994.9059
Roy Parmelee1444.2164.4513
Jim Reninger416.1027.713

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Chubby Dean545875.2539
Bob Joyce303506.6925
Walt Masters40006.552
Jim Schelle1000∞0
Dave Smith1000----0

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
A Williamsport Grays Eastern League Marty McManus
D Federalsburg Athletics Eastern Shore League Sammy Holbrook
D Lexington Indians North Carolina State League Joe Byrd

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References

  1. ↑ Bill Beckmann page at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007


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