1939 Philadelphia Athletics season

1939 Philadelphia Athletics
1939 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Shibe Park (since 1909); Philadelphia (since 1901);
Other information
Owners	Connie Mack
Managers	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

October 4, 1938: Bill Beckmann was drafted by the Athletics from the Atlanta Crackers in the 1938 rule 5 draft.[1]

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	106	45	0.702	—	52–25	54–20
Boston Red Sox	89	62	0.589	17	42–32	47–30
Cleveland Indians	87	67	0.565	20½	44–33	43–34
Chicago White Sox	86	69	0.555	22	50–27	36–42
Detroit Tigers	81	73	0.526	26½	42–35	39–38
Washington Senators	65	87	0.428	41½	37–39	28–48
Philadelphia Athletics	55	97	0.362	51½	28–48	27–49
St. Louis Browns	43	111	0.279	64½	18–59	25–52

1939 American League record Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	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	—

1939 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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	Frankie Hayes	124	431	122	.283	20	83
1B	Dick Siebert	101	402	118	.294	6	47
2B	Joe Gantenbein	111	348	101	.290	4	36
SS	Skeeter Newsome	99	248	55	.222	0	17
3B	Dario Lodigiani	121	393	102	.260	6	44
OF	Wally Moses	115	437	134	.307	3	33
OF	Bob Johnson	150	544	184	.338	23	114
OF	Sam Chapman	140	498	134	.269	15	64

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
Bill Nagel	105	341	86	.252	12	39
Dee Miles	106	320	96	.300	1	37
Wayne Ambler	95	227	48	.211	0	24
Earle Brucker	62	172	50	.291	3	31
Nick Etten	43	155	39	.252	3	29
Eric Tipton	47	104	24	.231	1	14
Al Brancato	21	68	14	.206	1	8
Fred Chapman	15	49	14	.286	0	1
Lou Finney	9	22	3	.136	0	1
Eddie Collins	32	21	5	.238	0	0
Bill Lillard	7	19	6	.316	0	1
Bob McNamara	9	9	2	.222	0	3
Hal Wagner	5	8	1	.125	0	0
Harry O'Neill	1	0	0	----	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Lynn Nelson	35	197.2	10	13	4.78	75
Buck Ross	29	174.0	6	14	6.00	43
Bill Beckmann	27	155.1	7	11	5.39	20
Les McCrabb	5	35.2	1	2	4.04	11
Sam Page	4	22.0	0	3	6.95	11
Bud Thomas	2	4.0	0	1	15.75	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Nels Potter	41	196.1	8	12	6.60	60
George Caster	28	136.0	9	9	4.90	59
Cotton Pippen	25	118.2	4	11	5.99	33
Roy Parmelee	14	44.2	1	6	4.45	13
Jim Reninger	4	16.1	0	2	7.71	3

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Chubby Dean	54	5	8	7	5.25	39
Bob Joyce	30	3	5	0	6.69	25
Walt Masters	4	0	0	0	6.55	2
Eddie Smith	3	1	0	0	9.82	3
Bill Nagel	1	0	0	0	12.00	0
Jim Schelle	1	0	0	0	inf	0
Dave Smith	1	0	0	0	---	0

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

Bill Beckmann page at Baseball-Reference
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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