1944 Philadelphia Athletics

72-82 • 0.468 Win% • 5th in AL

📊 Season Record

72 Wins
82 Losses
0.468 Win %
5th Rank
525 R 594 RA
Diff -69

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⚡ Quick Stats

525 Runs Scored
594 Runs Allowed
-69 Run Diff
666K Attendance

📈 vs. 1944 AL Average

Batting Avg .256 1% below the 1944 league average (.259)
OBP .311 3% below the 1944 league average (.322)
SLG .277 5% below the 1944 league average (.292)
Team ERA 3.26 5% better than the 1944 league average (3.43)
Runs Scored 525 17% below the 1944 league average (632 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShibe Park
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Home Games 76
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Total Attendance 666,357
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Avg per Game 8,767

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Dick Siebert 0.306 2 Bobby Estalella 0.298 3 Bill McGhee 0.289 4 Ed Busch 0.271 5 Ford Garrison 0.269

Home Runs

1 Frankie Hayes 13 2 Bobby Estalella 7 3 Dick Siebert 6 4 Ford Garrison 4 5 Bill Burgo 1

RBI

1 Frankie Hayes 78 2 Bobby Estalella 60 3 Dick Siebert 52 4 Irv Hall 45 5 George Kell 44
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Frankie Hayes 155 581 62 144 0 0 13 78 57 59 2 0.248
Irv Hall 143 559 60 150 0 0 0 45 31 46 2 0.268
George Kell 139 514 51 138 0 0 0 44 22 23 5 0.268
Bobby Estalella 140 506 54 151 0 0 7 60 59 60 3 0.298
Ed Busch 140 484 41 131 0 0 0 40 29 17 5 0.271
Dick Siebert 132 468 52 143 0 0 6 52 62 17 2 0.306
Ford Garrison 121 449 58 121 0 0 4 37 22 40 10 0.269
Bill McGhee 77 287 27 83 0 0 1 19 21 20 2 0.289
Jo-Jo White 85 267 30 59 0 0 1 21 40 27 5 0.221
Hal Epps 67 229 27 60 0 0 0 13 18 18 2 0.262
Joe Rullo 35 96 5 16 0 0 0 5 6 19 1 0.167
Bill Burgo 27 88 6 21 0 0 1 3 7 3 1 0.239
Bobo Newsom 37 88 4 10 0 0 0 2 0 20 0 0.114
Russ Christopher 35 81 4 18 0 0 1 6 2 18 0 0.222
Joe Burns 28 75 5 18 0 0 1 8 4 8 0 0.240
Jesse Flores 27 64 4 11 0 0 0 6 3 13 0 0.172
Don Black 29 59 2 11 0 0 0 4 2 13 0 0.186
Lum Harris 23 59 4 10 0 0 0 3 4 18 0 0.169
Woody Wheaton 30 59 1 11 0 0 0 5 5 3 1 0.186
Luke Hamlin 29 56 5 13 0 0 0 6 9 12 0 0.232
Larry Rosenthal 32 54 5 11 0 0 1 6 5 9 0 0.204
Charlie Metro 24 40 4 4 0 0 0 1 7 6 0 0.100
Lew Flick 19 35 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0.114
Joe Berry 53 25 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 8 0 0.120
Bobby Wilkins 24 25 7 6 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0.240
Bob Garbark 18 23 2 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0.261
Carl Scheib 15 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.300
Hal Peck 2 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.250
Al Simmons 4 6 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.500
Bill Mills 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.250
Tony Parisse 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jim Pruett 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.250
Hal Wagner 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
Ted Abernathy 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
John McGillen 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Joe Berry 1.94 2 Bobo Newsom 2.82 3 Russ Christopher 2.97 4 Lum Harris 3.30 5 Jesse Flores 3.39

Wins

1 Russ Christopher 14 2 Bobo Newsom 13 3 Joe Berry 10 4 Don Black 10 5 Lum Harris 10

Strikeouts

1 Bobo Newsom 142 2 Russ Christopher 84 3 Don Black 78 4 Jesse Flores 65 5 Luke Hamlin 58
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bobo Newsom 13 15 2.82 37 33 1 265.0 82 142
Russ Christopher 14 14 2.97 35 24 1 215.1 63 84
Luke Hamlin 6 12 3.74 29 23 0 190.0 38 58
Jesse Flores 9 11 3.39 27 25 0 185.2 49 65
Don Black 10 12 4.06 29 27 0 177.1 75 78
Lum Harris 10 9 3.30 23 22 0 174.1 26 33
Joe Berry 10 8 1.94 53 0 12 111.1 23 44
Woody Wheaton 0 1 3.55 11 1 0 38.0 20 15
Carl Scheib 0 0 4.21 15 0 0 36.1 11 13
Ted Abernathy 0 0 3.00 1 0 0 3.0 1 2
John McGillen 0 0 18.00 2 0 0 1.0 2 0

👥 Roster (35)

Ted Abernathy Joe Berry Don Black Bill Burgo Joe Burns Ed Busch Russ Christopher Hal Epps Bobby Estalella Lew Flick Jesse Flores Bob Garbark +23 more

35 players

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