1942 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1942 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 55 wins and 99 losses.

1942 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Connie Mack
Manager(s)Connie Mack
Local radioWIBG
(By Saam, Taylor Grant)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10351 0.669 — 58–19 45–32
Boston Red Sox 9359 0.612 9 53–24 40–35
St. Louis Browns 8269 0.543 19½ 40–37 42–32
Cleveland Indians 7579 0.487 28 39–39 36–40
Detroit Tigers 7381 0.474 30 43–34 30–47
Chicago White Sox 6682 0.446 34 35–35 31–47
Washington Senators 6289 0.411 39½ 35–42 27–47
Philadelphia Athletics 5599 0.357 48 25–51 30–48

Record vs. opponents
1942 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —13–814–815–712–1014–811–1114–7
Chicago 8–13—11–119–137–1512–106–1313–7
Cleveland 8–1411–11—9–13–27–1516–69–1315–7
Detroit 7–1513–913–9–2—7–1513–911–119–13
New York 10–1215–715–715–7—16–615–717–5
Philadelphia 8–1410–126–169–136–16—6–1610–12
St. Louis 11–1113–613–911–117–1516–6—11–11
Washington 7–147–137–1513–95–1712–1011–11—

Notable transactions

Roster
1942 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers
  • -- Joe Coleman
 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders
  • 14 Eddie Collins
 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
OFMike Kreevich116444113.255130
OFBob Johnson149550160.2911380

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
Crash Davis8627261.224226
Bob Swift6019244.229015
Frankie Hayes216315.23805
Eddie Collins20348.23507
Ken Richardson6151.06700

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

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
Russ Christopher301654133.8258
Herman Besse30133296.1678
Bob Harris1678152.8826
Bob Savage830.2013.2310
Bill Beckmann520.1017.0810

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
Fred Caligiuri130316.3820
Tal Abernathy100010.121

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Toronto Maple Leafs International League Burleigh Grimes
A Williamsport Grays Eastern League Spencer Abbott
B Wilmington Blue Rocks Interstate League Herb Brett
C Newport News Builders Virginia League Harry Chozen

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wilmington
Toronto affiliation shared with Pittsburgh Pirates[4]

References
  1. Fred Chapman page at Baseball Reference
  2. Wally Moses page at Baseball Reference
  3. Frankie Hayes page at Baseball Reference
  4. 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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