1942 Philadelphia Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Philadelphia Athletics 1942 Philadelphia Athletics Jersey Logo (1928 to 1949).svg American League Shibe Park Philadelphia 55 99 y 8th Connie Mack Connie Mack WIBG(By Saam, Taylor Grant) The 1942 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 55 wins and 99 losses. Offseason November 26, 1941: Fred Chapman was traded by the Athletics to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Walter Klimczak (minors).Fred Chapman page at Baseball Reference December 9, 1941: Wally Moses was traded by the Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Mike Kreevich and Jack Hallett.Wally Moses page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Philadelphia Athletics Record vs. opponents PHA Notable transactions June 1, 1942: Frankie Hayes was traded by the Athletics to the St. Louis Browns for Bob Harris and Bob Swift.Frankie Hayes page at Baseball Reference Roster 1942 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers -- Tal Abernathy 25 Bill Beckmann 20 Herman Besse 23 Fred Caligiuri 24 Russ Christopher -- Joe Coleman 22,32 Dick Fowler 25 Bob Harris 18 Lum Harris 35,45 Jack Knott -- Sam Lowry 19,21 Phil Marchildon 29 Les McCrabb 29 Bob Savage 17 Tex Shirley 30,36 Roger Wolff Catchers 34 Jim Castiglia  8 Frankie Hayes  8 Bob Swift  9 Hal Wagner 11 George Yankowski Infielders -- Dick Adkins  6 Buddy Blair 12 Crash Davis 16 Larry Eschen  2 Bill Knickerbocker 11 Bruce Konopka 14 Eric McNair  5 Dick Siebert  3 Pete Suder 10 Jack Wallaesa Outfielders 14 Eddie Collins  4 Bob Johnson  1 Mike Kreevich 19 Felix Mackiewicz  7 Dee Miles 11 Ken Richardson 15 Elmer Valo Manager -- Connie Mack Coaches 33 Lena Blackburne 26 Earle Brucker 31 Dave Keefe 27 Earle Mack 28 Al Simmons Player stats = Indicates team leader 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 Hal Wagner 104 288 68 .236 1 30 1B Dick Siebert 153 612 159 .260 2 74 2B Bill Knickerbocker 87 289 73 .253 1 19 SS Pete Suder 128 476 122 .256 4 54 3B Buddy Blair 137 484 135 .279 5 66 OF Elmer Valo 133 459 115 .251 2 40 OF Mike Kreevich 116 444 113 .255 1 30 OF Bob Johnson Bob Johnson (outfielder) 149 550 160 .291 13 80 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 Dee Miles 99 346 94 .272 0 22 Crash Davis 86 272 61 .224 2 26 Bob Swift 60 192 44 .229 0 15 Jack Wallaesa 36 117 30 .256 2 13 Eric McNair 34 103 25 .243 0 4 Frankie Hayes 21 63 15 .238 0 5 Eddie Collins Eddie Collins, Jr. 20 34 8 .235 0 7 Jim Castiglia 16 18 7 .389 0 2 Ken Richardson Ken Richardson (baseball) 6 15 1 .067 0 0 Felix Mackiewicz 6 14 3 .214 0 2 George Yankowski 6 13 2 .154 0 2 Larry Eschen 12 11 0 .000 0 0 Bruce Konopka 5 10 3 .300 0 1 Dick Adkins 3 7 1 .143 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 Phil Marchildon 38 244.0 17 14 4.20 110 Roger Wolff 32 214.1 12 15 3.32 94 Lum Harris 26 166.0 11 15 3.74 60 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 Russ Christopher 30 165.0 4 13 3.82 58 Dick Fowler 31 140.0 6 11 4.95 38 Herman Besse 30 133.0 2 9 6.16 78 Jack Knott 20 95.1 2 10 5.57 31 Bob Harris Bob Harris (baseball) 16 78.0 1 5 2.88 26 Bob Savage 8 30.2 0 1 3.23 10 Bill Beckmann 5 20.1 0 1 7.08 10 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 Tex Shirley 15 0 1 1 5.30 10 Fred Caligiuri 13 0 3 1 6.38 20 Joe Coleman 1 0 1 0 3.00 0 Les McCrabb 1 0 0 0 31.50 0 Sam Lowry 1 0 0 0 6.00 0 Tal Abernathy 1 0 0 0 10.12 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Toronto Maple Leafs International League Burleigh Grimes A Williamsport Grays Eastern League Spencer Abbott B Wilmington Blue Rocks Interstate League Herb Brett C Newport News Builders Virginia League Harry Chozen LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: WilmingtonToronto affiliation shared with Pittsburgh PiratesJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1942 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1942 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Philadelphia Athletics seasons Philadelphia Athletics season Oakland Category:1940s in Philadelphia