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1941 Philadelphia Athletics season

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1941 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkShibe Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersConnie Mack
ManagersConnie Mack
RadioWIP
(By Saam, Stoney McLinn)
← 1940
1942 →

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

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Regular season

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 101 53 .656 51‍–‍26 50‍–‍27
Boston Red Sox 84 70 .545 17 47‍–‍30 37‍–‍40
Chicago White Sox 77 77 .500 24 38‍–‍39 39‍–‍38
Cleveland Indians 75 79 .487 26 42‍–‍35 33‍–‍44
Detroit Tigers 75 79 .487 26 43‍–‍34 32‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns 70 84 .455 31 40‍–‍37 30‍–‍47
Washington Senators 70 84 .455 31 40‍–‍37 30‍–‍47
Philadelphia Athletics 64 90 .416 37 36‍–‍41 28‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

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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


Roster

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1941 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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

Other batters

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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

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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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

Other pitchers

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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

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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

Farm system

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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

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References

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  1. ^ George Caster page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Sam Zoldak page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ 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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