1942 Philadelphia Athletics

55-99 • 0.357 Win% • 8th in AL

📊 Season Record

55 Wins
99 Losses
0.357 Win %
8th Rank
549 R 801 RA
Diff -252

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⚡ Quick Stats

549 Runs Scored
801 Runs Allowed
-252 Run Diff
546K Attendance

📈 vs. 1942 AL Average

Batting Avg .248 3% below the 1942 league average (.257)
OBP .306 6% below the 1942 league average (.326)
SLG .267 9% below the 1942 league average (.295)
Team ERA 4.45 22% worse than the 1942 league average (3.66)
Runs Scored 549 16% below the 1942 league average (651 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShibe Park
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Home Games 76
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Total Attendance 546,142
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Avg per Game 7,186

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Bob Johnson 0.291 2 Buddy Blair 0.279 3 Dee Miles 0.272 4 Dick Siebert 0.260 5 Jack Wallaesa 0.256

Home Runs

1 Bob Johnson 13 2 Buddy Blair 5 3 Pete Suder 4 4 Crash Davis 2 5 Dick Siebert 2

RBI

1 Bob Johnson 80 2 Dick Siebert 74 3 Buddy Blair 66 4 Pete Suder 54 5 Elmer Valo 40
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Dick Siebert 153 612 57 159 0 0 2 74 24 17 4 0.260
Bob Johnson 149 550 78 160 0 0 13 80 82 61 3 0.291
Buddy Blair 137 484 48 135 0 0 5 66 30 30 1 0.279
Pete Suder 128 476 46 122 0 0 4 54 24 39 4 0.256
Elmer Valo 133 459 64 115 0 0 2 40 70 21 13 0.251
Mike Kreevich 116 444 57 113 0 0 1 30 47 31 7 0.255
Dee Miles 99 346 41 94 0 0 0 22 12 10 5 0.272
Bill Knickerbocker 87 289 25 73 0 0 1 19 29 30 1 0.253
Hal Wagner 104 288 26 68 0 0 1 30 24 29 1 0.236
Crash Davis 86 272 31 61 0 0 2 26 21 30 1 0.224
Bob Swift 60 192 9 44 0 0 0 15 13 17 1 0.229
Jack Wallaesa 36 117 13 30 0 0 2 13 8 26 0 0.256
Eric McNair 34 103 8 25 0 0 0 4 11 5 1 0.243
Phil Marchildon 38 84 3 20 0 0 0 7 4 13 0 0.238
Roger Wolff 32 68 4 6 0 0 0 4 7 19 0 0.088
Frankie Hayes 21 63 8 15 0 0 0 5 9 8 1 0.238
Lum Harris 26 62 0 10 0 0 0 2 0 14 0 0.161
Russ Christopher 30 56 2 5 0 0 0 3 1 17 0 0.089
Herman Besse 34 53 7 12 0 0 0 7 4 10 0 0.226
Dick Fowler 32 50 1 8 0 0 0 2 0 10 0 0.160
Eddie Collins 20 34 6 8 0 0 0 4 4 2 1 0.235
Jack Knott 20 29 3 4 0 0 0 1 2 17 0 0.138
Bob Harris 16 26 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.269
Jim Castiglia 16 18 2 7 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0.389
Ken Richardson 6 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.067
Felix Mackiewicz 6 14 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0.214
George Yankowski 6 13 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.154
Fred Caligiuri 13 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.083
Larry Eschen 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 0.000
Bruce Konopka 5 10 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.300
Bob Savage 8 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0.111
Tex Shirley 15 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Dick Adkins 3 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.143
Bill Beckmann 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.500
Joe Coleman 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Sam Lowry 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Les McCrabb 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ted Abernathy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Bob Harris 2.88 2 Bob Savage 3.23 3 Roger Wolff 3.32 4 Lum Harris 3.74 5 Russ Christopher 3.82

Wins

1 Phil Marchildon 17 2 Roger Wolff 12 3 Lum Harris 11 4 Dick Fowler 6 5 Russ Christopher 4

Strikeouts

1 Phil Marchildon 110 2 Roger Wolff 94 3 Herman Besse 78 4 Lum Harris 60 5 Russ Christopher 58
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Phil Marchildon 17 14 4.20 38 31 1 244.0 140 110
Roger Wolff 12 15 3.32 32 25 3 214.1 69 94
Lum Harris 11 15 3.74 26 20 0 166.0 70 60
Russ Christopher 4 13 3.82 30 18 1 165.0 99 58
Dick Fowler 6 11 4.95 31 17 1 140.0 45 38
Herman Besse 2 9 6.16 30 14 1 133.0 69 78
Jack Knott 2 10 5.57 20 14 0 95.1 36 31
Bob Harris 1 5 2.88 16 8 0 78.0 24 26
Fred Caligiuri 0 3 6.38 13 2 1 36.2 18 20
Tex Shirley 0 1 5.30 15 1 1 35.2 22 10
Bob Savage 0 1 3.23 8 3 0 30.2 31 10
Bill Beckmann 0 1 7.08 5 1 0 20.1 9 10
Joe Coleman 0 1 3.00 1 0 0 6.0 1 0
Les McCrabb 0 0 31.50 1 0 0 4.0 2 0
Sam Lowry 0 0 6.00 1 0 0 3.0 1 0
Ted Abernathy 0 0 10.13 1 0 0 2.2 3 1

👥 Roster (38)

Ted Abernathy Dick Adkins Bill Beckmann Herman Besse Buddy Blair Fred Caligiuri Jim Castiglia Russ Christopher Joe Coleman Eddie Collins Crash Davis Larry Eschen +26 more

38 players

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