1941 Philadelphia Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Philadelphia Athletics 1941 Philadelphia Athletics Jersey Logo (1928 to 1949).svg American League Shibe Park Philadelphia 64 90 y 8th Connie Mack Connie Mack WIP(By Saam, Stoney McLinn) The 1941 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 64 wins and 90 losses. Offseason November 16, 1940: George Caster was selected off waivers from the Athletics by the St. Louis Browns.George Caster page at Baseball Reference Prior to 1941 season: Sam Zoldak was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.Sam Zoldak page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Philadelphia Athletics Record vs. opponents PHA Roster 1941 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers 30 Johnny Babich 25 Bill Beckmann 20 Herman Besse 23 Fred Caligiuri 19 Chubby Dean 34 Tom Ferrick 42 Dick Fowler 32 Bump Hadley 18 Lum Harris 15 Rankin Johnson 16 Jack Knott 21 Phil Marchildon 29 Les McCrabb 24 Nels Potter 17 Buck Ross 17 Tex Shirley 24 Pat Tobin 22 Porter Vaughan 30 Roger Wolff Catchers  8 Frankie Hayes 33 John Leovich  9 Hal Wagner Infielders 10 Al Brancato 11 Fred Chapman 12 Crash Davis  2 Benny McCoy -- Don Richmond 34 Al Rubeling  5 Dick Siebert  3 Pete Suder Outfielders  6 Sam Chapman 14 Eddie Collins  4 Bob Johnson 19,32 Felix Mackiewicz  7 Dee Miles  1 Wally Moses 28 Al Simmons 38 Eric Tipton 15 Elmer Valo Other batters 35 Ray Poole Manager Connie Mack Coaches 26 Earle Brucker 31 Dave Keefe 27 Earle Mack 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 Frankie Hayes 126 439 123 .280 12 63 1B Dick Siebert 123 467 156 .334 5 79 2B Benny McCoy 141 517 140 .271 8 61 SS Al Brancato 144 530 124 .234 2 49 3B Pete Suder 139 531 130 .245 4 52 OF Wally Moses 116 438 132 .301 4 35 OF Bob Johnson Bob Johnson (outfielder) 149 552 152 .275 22 107 OF Sam Chapman 143 552 178 .322 25 106 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 Eddie Collins Eddie Collins, Jr. 80 219 53 .242 0 12 Dee Miles 80 170 53 .312 0 15 Hal Wagner 46 131 29 .221 1 15 Crash Davis 39 105 23 .219 0 8 Fred Chapman Fred Chapman (baseball) 35 69 11 .159 0 4 Elmer Valo 15 50 21 .420 2 6 Don Richmond 9 35 7 .200 0 5 Al Simmons 9 24 3 .125 0 1 Al Rubeling 6 19 5 .263 0 2 Felix Mackiewicz 5 14 4 .286 0 0 Eric Tipton 1 4 2 .500 0 0 John Leovich 1 2 1 .500 0 0 Ray Poole 2 2 0 .000 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 30 204.1 10 15 3.57 74 Jack Knott 27 194.1 13 11 4.40 54 Les McCrabb 26 157.1 9 13 5.49 40 Bill Beckmann 22 130.0 5 9 4.57 28 Johnny Babich 16 78.1 2 7 6.09 19 Fred Caligiuri 5 43.0 2 2 2.93 7 Dick Fowler Dick Fowler (baseball) 4 24.0 1 2 3.38 8 Roger Wolff 2 17.0 0 2 3.18 2 Buck Ross 1 4.0 0 1 18.00 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 Lum Harris 33 131.2 4 4 4.78 49 Bump Hadley 25 102.1 4 6 5.01 31 Chubby Dean 18 75.2 2 4 6.19 22 Nels Potter 10 23.1 1 1 9.26 7 Porter Vaughan 5 22.2 0 2 7.94 6 Herman Besse 6 19.2 2 0 10.07 8 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 Tom Ferrick Tom Ferrick (baseball) 36 8 10 7 3.77 30 Rankin Johnson Rankin Johnson, Jr. 7 1 0 0 3.60 0 Tex Shirley 5 0 1 1 2.45 1 Pat Tobin Pat Tobin (baseball) 1 0 0 0 36.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Toronto Maple Leafs International League Lena Blackburne A Williamsport Grays Eastern League Spencer Abbott B Wilmington Blue Rocks Interstate League Tom Oliver C Newport News Builders Virginia League Chief Bender D Federalsburg A's Eastern Shore League Joe O'RourkeJohnson, 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 1941 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1941 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Philadelphia Athletics seasons Philadelphia Athletics season Oakland Category:1940s in Philadelphia