1941 Philadelphia Athletics season
1941 Philadelphia Athletics | |
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Owner(s) | Connie Mack |
Manager(s) | Connie Mack |
Local radio | WIP (By Saam, Stoney McLinn) |
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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]
Regular season[]
Season standings[]
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 101 | 53 | 0.656 | — | 51–26 | 50–27 |
Boston Red Sox | 84 | 70 | 0.545 | 17 | 47–30 | 37–40 |
Chicago White Sox | 77 | 77 | 0.500 | 24 | 38–39 | 39–38 |
Cleveland Indians | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 26 | 42–35 | 33–44 |
Detroit Tigers | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 26 | 43–34 | 32–45 |
St. Louis Browns | 70 | 84 | 0.455 | 31 | 40–37 | 30–47 |
Washington Senators | 70 | 84 | 0.455 | 31 | 40–37 | 30–47 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 64 | 90 | 0.416 | 37 | 36–41 | 28–49 |
Record vs. opponents[]
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | 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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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 |
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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[]
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 |
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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[]
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 |
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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 | 5 | 9 | 4.57 | 28 |
Johnny Babich | 16 | 78.1 | 2 | 7 | 6.09 | 19 |
Fred Caligiuri | 5 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 2.93 | 7 |
Dick Fowler | 4 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 3.38 | 8 |
Roger Wolff | 2 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 3.18 | 2 |
Buck Ross | 1 | 4 | 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 |
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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 |
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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[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Toronto Maple Leafs | International League | Lena Blackburne |
A | Williamsport Grays | Eastern League | Spencer Abbott |
B | Wilmington Blue Rocks | Interstate League | Tom Oliver |
C | Virginia League | Chief Bender | |
D | Federalsburg A's | Eastern Shore League | Joe O'Rourke |
References[]
- ^ 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
External links[]
- 1941 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
- 1941 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
Categories:
- Oakland Athletics seasons
- 1941 Major League Baseball season
- 1941 in sports in Pennsylvania
- Oakland Athletics season stubs
- Philadelphia sport stubs