1939 Philadelphia Athletics

55-97 • 0.362 Win% • 7th in AL

📊 Season Record

55 Wins
97 Losses
0.362 Win %
7th Rank
711 R 1022 RA
Diff -311

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⚡ Quick Stats

711 Runs Scored
1022 Runs Allowed
-311 Run Diff
550K Attendance

📈 vs. 1939 AL Average

Batting Avg .270 3% below the 1939 league average (.278)
OBP .333 4% below the 1939 league average (.349)
SLG .326 3% below the 1939 league average (.334)
Team ERA 5.79 25% worse than the 1939 league average (4.62)
Runs Scored 711 11% below the 1939 league average (800 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShibe Park
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Home Games 76
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Total Attendance 550,448
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Avg per Game 7,242

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Chubby Dean 0.351 2 Bob Johnson 0.338 3 Wally Moses 0.307 4 Dee Miles 0.300 5 Dick Siebert 0.294

Home Runs

1 Bob Johnson 23 2 Frankie Hayes 20 3 Sam Chapman 15 4 Bill Nagel 12 5 Dario Lodigiani 6

RBI

1 Bob Johnson 114 2 Frankie Hayes 83 3 Sam Chapman 64 4 Dick Siebert 47 5 Dario Lodigiani 44
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Bob Johnson 150 544 115 184 0 0 23 114 99 59 15 0.338
Sam Chapman 140 498 74 134 0 0 15 64 51 62 11 0.269
Wally Moses 115 437 68 134 0 0 3 33 44 23 7 0.307
Frankie Hayes 124 431 66 122 0 0 20 83 40 55 4 0.283
Dick Siebert 101 402 58 118 0 0 6 47 21 22 4 0.294
Dario Lodigiani 121 393 46 102 0 0 6 44 42 18 2 0.260
Joe Gantenbein 111 348 47 101 0 0 4 36 32 22 1 0.290
Bill Nagel 105 341 39 86 0 0 12 39 25 86 2 0.252
Dee Miles 106 320 49 96 0 0 1 37 15 17 3 0.300
Skeeter Newsome 99 248 22 55 0 0 0 17 19 12 5 0.222
Wayne Ambler 95 227 15 48 0 0 0 24 22 25 1 0.211
Earle Brucker 62 172 18 50 0 0 3 31 24 16 0 0.291
Nick Etten 43 155 20 39 0 0 3 29 16 11 0 0.252
Eric Tipton 47 104 12 24 0 0 1 14 13 7 2 0.231
Lynn Nelson 40 80 3 15 0 0 0 5 2 13 0 0.188
Chubby Dean 80 77 12 27 0 0 0 19 8 4 0 0.351
Al Brancato 21 68 12 14 0 0 1 8 8 4 1 0.206
Nels Potter 41 67 6 12 0 0 0 4 5 6 0 0.179
Buck Ross 29 58 2 12 0 0 0 4 1 19 0 0.207
Bill Beckmann 27 52 5 13 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 0.250
Fred Chapman 15 49 5 14 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0.286
George Caster 28 43 2 9 0 0 0 3 0 8 0 0.209
Bob Joyce 30 35 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 0.086
Cotton Pippen 25 35 1 3 0 0 0 2 4 5 0 0.086
Lou Finney 9 22 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0.136
Eddie Collins 32 21 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0.238
Bill Lillard 7 19 4 6 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0.316
Roy Parmelee 16 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.133
Les McCrabb 5 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Bob McNamara 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0.222
Hal Wagner 5 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.125
Sam Page 4 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.429
Jim Reninger 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.167
Bud Thomas 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Walt Masters 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Harry O'Neill 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Schelle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Eddie Smith 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Les McCrabb 4.04 2 Lynn Nelson 4.78 3 George Caster 4.90 4 Chubby Dean 5.25 5 Bill Beckmann 5.39

Wins

1 Lynn Nelson 10 2 George Caster 9 3 Nels Potter 8 4 Bill Beckmann 7 5 Buck Ross 6

Strikeouts

1 Lynn Nelson 75 2 Nels Potter 60 3 George Caster 59 4 Buck Ross 43 5 Chubby Dean 39
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Lynn Nelson 10 13 4.78 35 24 1 197.2 64 75
Nels Potter 8 12 6.60 41 25 2 196.1 88 60
Buck Ross 6 14 6.00 29 28 0 174.0 95 43
Bill Beckmann 7 11 5.39 27 19 0 155.1 41 20
George Caster 9 9 4.90 28 17 0 136.0 45 59
Cotton Pippen 4 11 5.99 25 17 1 118.2 40 33
Chubby Dean 5 8 5.25 54 1 7 116.2 80 39
Bob Joyce 3 5 6.69 30 6 0 107.2 37 25
Roy Parmelee 1 6 6.45 14 5 1 44.2 35 13
Les McCrabb 1 2 4.04 5 4 0 35.2 10 11
Sam Page 0 3 6.95 4 3 0 22.0 15 11
Jim Reninger 0 2 7.71 4 2 0 16.1 12 3
Walt Masters 0 0 6.55 4 0 0 11.0 8 2
Bud Thomas 0 1 15.75 2 2 0 4.0 1 0
Eddie Smith 1 0 9.82 3 0 0 3.2 2 3
Bill Nagel 0 0 12.00 1 0 0 3.0 1 0
Jim Schelle 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.0 3 0
Dave Smith 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.0 2 0

👥 Roster (39)

Wayne Ambler Bill Beckmann Al Brancato Earle Brucker George Caster Fred Chapman Sam Chapman Eddie Collins Chubby Dean Nick Etten Lou Finney Joe Gantenbein +27 more

39 players

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