1943 Philadelphia Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Philadelphia Athletics 1943 Philadelphia Athletics Jersey Logo (1928 to 1949).svg American League Shibe Park Philadelphia 49 105 y 8th Connie Mack Connie Mack WIBG(By Saam, Roy Neal) The 1943 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 49 wins and 105 losses. Offseason November 2, 1942: Johnny Welaj was drafted by the Athletics from the Detroit Tigers in the 1942 rule 5 draft.Johnny Welaj page at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings Philadelphia Athletics Record vs. opponents PHA Notable transactions April 14, 1943: Dave Odom was released by the Athletics.Dave Odom page at Baseball-Reference Roster 1943 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers 23 Tal Abernathy 18,23 Orie Arntzen 20 Herman Besse 23 Don Black -- Charlie Bowles -- Norm Brown 28,31 John Burrows 17 Russ Christopher  7 Lou Ciola 25 Tom Clyde 24,25 Everett Fagan 16,19 Jesse Flores 18,22 Lum Harris 14 Bert Kuczynski 22,29 Sam Lowry -- Jim Mains -- Carl Scheib 16,19 Roger Wolff Catchers -- Tony Parisse  8 Bob Swift  9 Hal Wagner Infielders -- Ed Busch  6 Irv Hall 22 Don Heffner -- George Kell  2 Eddie Mayo -- Joe Rullo  5 Dick Siebert 10 Frank Skaff  3 Pete Suder Outfielders -- Bill Burgo  4 Bobby Estalella -- Lew Flick  7 Felix Mackiewicz 12 Jimmy Ripple -- George Staller 12 Jim Tyack 15 Elmer Valo 11 Johnny Welaj -- Woody Wheaton  1 Jo-Jo White Other batters -- Vern Benson 26 Earle Brucker 14 Bruce Konopka Manager Connie Mack Coaches 28 Lena Blackburne 26 Earle Brucker 29 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 Hal Wagner 111 289 69 .239 1 26 1B Dick Siebert 146 558 140 .251 1 72 2B Pete Suder 131 475 105 .221 3 41 SS Irv Hall 151 544 139 .256 0 54 3B Eddie Mayo 128 471 103 .219 0 28 OF Jo-Jo White 139 500 124 .248 1 30 OF Bobby Estalella Bobby Estalella (outfielder) 117 367 95 .259 11 63 OF Johnny Welaj 93 281 68 .242 0 15 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 Elmer Valo 77 249 55 .221 3 18 Bob Swift 77 224 43 .192 1 11 Don Heffner 52 178 37 .208 0 8 Jim Tyack 54 155 40 .258 0 23 Jimmy Ripple 32 126 30 .238 0 15 George Staller 21 85 23 .271 3 12 Bill Burgo 17 70 26 .371 1 9 Frank Skaff 32 64 18 .281 1 8 Joe Rullo 16 55 16 .291 0 6 Woody Wheaton 7 30 6 .200 0 2 Ed Busch 4 17 5 .294 0 0 Tony Parisse 6 17 3 .176 0 1 Felix Mackiewicz 9 16 1 .063 0 0 Lew Flick 1 5 3 .600 0 0 George Kell 1 5 1 .200 0 1 Vern Benson 2 2 0 .000 0 0 Bruce Konopka 2 2 0 .000 0 0 Earle Brucker Earle Brucker, Sr. 1 1 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 Jesse Flores 31 231.1 12 14 3.11 113 Lum Harris 32 216.1 7 21 4.20 55 Don Black Don Black (baseball) 33 208.0 6 16 4.20 65 Charlie Bowles 2 18.0 1 1 3.00 6 Jim Mains 1 8.0 0 1 5.63 4 Norm Brown Norm Brown (baseball) 1 7.0 0 0 0.00 1 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 Roger Wolff 41 221.0 10 15 3.54 91 Orie Arntzen 32 164.1 4 13 4.22 66 Russ Christopher 24 133.0 5 8 3.45 56 Lou Ciola 12 43.2 1 3 5.56 7 Bert Kuczynski 6 24.2 0 1 4.01 8 Herman Besse 5 16.1 1 1 3.31 3 Tal Abernathy 5 14.2 0 3 12.89 10 John Burrows 4 7.2 0 1 8.22 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 Everett Fagan 18 2 6 3 6.27 9 Carl Scheib 6 0 1 0 4.34 3 Sam Lowry 5 0 0 0 5.00 4 Tom Clyde 4 0 0 0 9.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball A Elmira Pioneers Eastern League Ray Brubaker B Wilmington Blue Rocks Interstate League Dutch Dorman LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: ElmiraJohnson, 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 1943 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1943 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Philadelphia Athletics seasons Philadelphia Athletics season Oakland Category:1940s in Philadelphia