1939 Philadelphia Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Philadelphia Athletics 1939 Philadelphia Athletics Jersey Logo (1928 to 1949).svg American League Shibe Park Philadelphia 55 97 y 7th Connie Mack Connie Mack WIP(By Saam, Stoney McLinn)WCAU(Bill Dyer) 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.Bill Beckmann page at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings Philadelphia Athletics Record vs. opponents PHA 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 Bob Johnson (outfielder) 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 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 Earle Brucker, Sr. 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 Fred Chapman (baseball) 15 49 14 .286 0 1 Lou Finney 9 22 3 .136 0 1 Eddie Collins Eddie Collins, Jr. 32 21 5 .238 0 0 Bill Lillard 7 19 6 .316 0 1 Bob McNamara Bob McNamara (baseball) 9 9 2 .222 0 3 Hal Wagner 5 8 1 .125 0 0 Harry O'Neill Harry O'Neill (catcher) 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 baseball 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 Sam Page (baseball) 4 22.0 0 3 6.95 11 Bud Thomas Bud Thomas (pitcher) 2 4.0 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 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 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 baseball 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 Dave Smith (pitcher, born 1914) 1 0 0 0 --- 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball A Williamsport Grays Eastern League Marty McManus D Federalsburg Athletics Eastern Shore League Sammy Holbrook D Lexington Indians North Carolina State League Joe ByrdJohnson, 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 1939 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1939 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Philadelphia Athletics seasons Philadelphia Athletics season Philadelphia Athletics Category:1939 in Philadelphia