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 Yankees 106 45 .702 --
Boston Red Sox 89 62 .589 17
Cleveland Indians 87 67 .565 20.5
Chicago White Sox 85 69 .552 22.5
Detroit Tigers 81 73 .526 26.5
Washington Senators 65 87 .428 41.5
Philadelphia Athletics 55 97 .362 51.5
St. Louis Browns 43 111 .279 64.5

Record vs. opponents

1939 American League Records

Sources:

Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston — 8–14 11–11 10–12 11–8–1 18–4 16–6 15–7
Chicago 14–8 — 12–10 12–10 4–18 11–11 18–4 14–8–1
Cleveland 11–11 10–12 — 11–11 7–15 18–4 16–6 14–8
Detroit 12–10 10–12 11–11 — 9–13 11–11 14–8–1 14–8
New York 8–11–1 18–4 15–7 13–9 — 18–4 19–3 15–7
Philadelphia 4–18 11–11 4–18 11–11 4–18 — 13–9–1 8–12
St. Louis 6–16 4–18 6–16 8–14–1 3–19 9–13–1 — 7–15
Washington 7–15 8–14–1 8–14 8–14 7–15 12–8 15–7 —

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
C Hayes, FrankieFrankie Hayes 124 431 122 .283 20 83
1B Siebert, DickDick Siebert 101 402 118 .294 6 47
2B Gantenbein, JoeJoe Gantenbein 111 348 101 .290 4 36
OF Moses, WallyWally Moses 115 437 134 .307 3 33
OF Johnson, BobBob Johnson 150 544 184 .338 23 114
OF Chapman, SamSam Chapman 140 498 134 .269 15 64

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
Brucker, EarleEarle Brucker 62 172 50 .291 3 31
Chapman, FredFred Chapman 15 49 14 .286 0 1
Collins, EddieEddie Collins 32 21 5 .238 0 0
McNamara, BobBob McNamara 9 9 2 .222 0 3
O'Neill, HarryHarry O'Neill 1 0 0 ---- 0 0

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
Nelson, LynnLynn Nelson 35 197.2 10 13 4.78 75
Beckmann, BillBill Beckmann 27 155.1 7 11 5.39 20
McCrabb, LesLes McCrabb 5 35.2 1 2 4.04 11
Page, SamSam Page 4 22 0 3 6.95 11
Thomas, BudBud Thomas 2 4 0 1 15.75 0

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
Caster, GeorgeGeorge Caster 28 136 9 9 4.90 59
Parmelee, RoyRoy Parmelee 14 44.2 1 6 4.45 13
Reninger, JimJim Reninger 4 16.1 0 2 7.71 3

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
Dean, ChubbyChubby Dean 54 5 8 7 5.25 39
Joyce, BobBob Joyce 30 3 5 0 6.69 25
Masters, WaltWalt Masters 4 0 0 0 6.55 2
Schelle, JimJim Schelle 1 0 0 0 ∞ 0
Smith, DaveDave Smith 1 0 0 0 ---- 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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