1941 Philadelphia Athletics season

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.^[1]
Prior to 1941 season: Sam Zoldak was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.^[2]

1941 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	16–6	9–13	11–11	9–13–1	16–6	9–13	14–8
Chicago	6–16	—	17–5	12–10–1	8–14	10–12	11–11–1	13–9
Cleveland	13–9	5–17	—	10–12	7–15	15–7	13–9–1	12–10
Detroit	11–11	10–12–1	12–10	—	11–11	13–9	11–11	7–15
New York	13–9–1	14–8	15–7	11–11	—	14–8	18–4	16–6–1
Philadelphia	6–16	12–10	7–15	9–13	8–14	—	11–11	11–11
St. Louis	13–9	11–11–1	9–13–1	11–11	4–18	11–11	—	11–11–1
Washington	8–14	9–13	10–12	15–7	6–16–1	11–11	11–11–1	—

1941 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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	149	552	152	.275	22	107
OF	Sam Chapman	143	552	178	.322	25	106

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	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	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

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	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

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

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	36	8	10	7	3.77	30
Rankin Johnson	7	1	0	0	3.60	0
Tex Shirley	5	0	1	1	2.45	1
Pat Tobin	1	0	0	0	36.00	0

Level	Team	League	Manager
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'Rourke

^ George Caster page at Baseball Reference
^ Sam Zoldak page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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