1941 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1941 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 64 wins and 90 losses.

1941 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Connie Mack
Manager(s)Connie Mack
Local radioWIP
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Offseason
  • November 16, 1940: George Caster was selected off waivers from the Athletics by the St. Louis Browns.[1]
  • Prior to 1941 season: Sam Zoldak was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.[2]

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10153 0.656 — 51–26 50–27
Boston Red Sox 8470 0.545 17 47–30 37–40
Chicago White Sox 7777 0.500 24 38–39 39–38
Cleveland Indians 7579 0.487 26 42–35 33–44
Detroit Tigers 7579 0.487 26 43–34 32–45
St. Louis Browns 7084 0.455 31 40–37 30–47
Washington Senators 7084 0.455 31 40–37 30–47
Philadelphia Athletics 6490 0.416 37 36–41 28–49

Record vs. opponents
1941 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —16–69–1311–119–13–116–69–1314–8
Chicago 6–16—17–512–10–18–1410–1211–11–113–9
Cleveland 13–95–17—10–127–1515–713–9–112–10
Detroit 11–1110–12–112–10—11–1113–911–117–15
New York 13–9–114–815–711–11—14–818–416–6–1
Philadelphia 6–1612–107–159–138–14—11–1111–11
St. Louis 13–911–11–19–13–111–114–1811–11—11–11–1
Washington 8–149–1310–1215–76–16–111–1111–11–1—

Roster
1941 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers
  • 15 Rankin Johnson
 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders
  • 14 Eddie Collins

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

  • 26 Earle Brucker

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 Hayes126439123.2801263
1BDick Siebert123467156.334579
OFBob Johnson149552152.27522107
OFSam Chapman143552178.32225106

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
Eddie Collins8021953.242012
Fred Chapman356911.15904
Al Simmons9243.12501

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
Bill Beckmann22130594.5728
Johnny Babich1678.1276.0919
Fred Caligiuri543222.937
Dick Fowler424123.388

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
Lum Harris33131.2444.7849
Bump Hadley25102.1465.0131
Chubby Dean1875.2246.1922
Herman Besse619.22010.078

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
Tom Ferrick3681073.7730
Rankin Johnson71003.600
Pat Tobin100036.000

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Toronto Maple Leafs International League Lena Blackburne
A Williamsport Grays Eastern League Spencer Abbott
B Wilmington Blue Rocks Interstate League Tom Oliver
C Newport News Builders Virginia League Chief Bender
D Federalsburg A's Eastern Shore League Joe O'Rourke

[3]

References
  1. George Caster page at Baseball Reference
  2. Sam Zoldak page at Baseball Reference
  3. 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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