1939 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1939 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing seventh in the American League with a record of 55 wins and 97 losses.

1939 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1909) Philadelphia (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
Local radio	WIP (By Saam, Stoney McLinn) WCAU (Bill Dyer)
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Offseason

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

Regular season

Season standings

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	88	0.425	42	37–40	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

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 35 Bill Beckmann 16 George Caster 19 Chubby Dean 15 Bob Joyce -- Walt Masters 31 Les McCrabb 22 Lynn Nelson 20 Sam Page 21 Roy Parmelee 25 Cotton Pippen 24 Nels Potter 21 Jim Reninger 17 Buck Ross 21 Jim Schelle 31 Dave Smith 18 Eddie Smith 20 Bud Thomas		Catchers  9 Earle Brucker  8 Frankie Hayes 30,36 Harry O'Neill 26 Hal Wagner Infielders 14 Wayne Ambler  6 Al Brancato 25 Fred Chapman 36 Nick Etten 12 Joe Gantenbein  3 Bill Lillard  7 Dario Lodigiani 23 Bob McNamara 34 Bill Nagel  2 Skeeter Newsome  5 Dick Siebert		Outfielders 10 Sam Chapman 26 Eddie Collins  6 Lou Finney  4 Bob Johnson 11 Dee Miles  1 Wally Moses 18 Eric Tipton		Manager Connie Mack Coaches 29 Charlie Berry 28 Lena Blackburne 32 Dave Keefe 27 Earle Mack

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	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

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
Earle Brucker	62	172	50	.291	3	31
Fred Chapman	15	49	14	.286	0	1
Eddie Collins	32	21	5	.238	0	0
Bob McNamara	9	9	2	.222	0	3
Harry 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
Lynn Nelson	35	197.2	10	13	4.78	75
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	3	6.95	11
Bud 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
George Caster	28	136	9	9	4.90	59
Roy Parmelee	14	44.2	1	6	4.45	13
Jim 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
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
Jim Schelle	1	0	0	0	∞	0
Dave Smith	1	0	0	0	----	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

[2]

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

External links

• 1939 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1939 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com