1942 Philadelphia Athletics season

1942 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1909)
Philadelphia (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
Local radio	WIBG (By Saam, Taylor Grant)
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The 1942 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 55 wins and 99 losses.

Offseason

• November 26, 1941: Fred Chapman was traded by the Athletics to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Walter Klimczak (minors).^[1]
• December 9, 1941: Wally Moses was traded by the Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Mike Kreevich and Jack Hallett.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	103	51	.669	--
Boston Red Sox	93	59	.612	9
St. Louis Browns	82	69	.543	19.5
Cleveland Indians	75	79	.487	28
Detroit Tigers	73	81	.474	30
Chicago White Sox	66	82	.446	34
Washington Senators	62	89	.411	39.5
Philadelphia Athletics	55	99	.357	48

Record vs. opponents

1942 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	13–8	14–8	15–7	12–10	14–8	11–11	14–7
Chicago	8–13	—	11–11	9–13	7–15	12–10	6–13	13–7
Cleveland	8–14	11–11	—	9–13–2	7–15	16–6	9–13	15–7
Detroit	7–15	13–9	13–9–2	—	7–15	13–9	11–11	9–13
New York	10–12	15–7	15–7	15–7	—	16–6	15–7	17–5
Philadelphia	8–14	10–12	6–16	9–13	6–16	—	6–16	10–12
St. Louis	11–11	13–6	13–9	11–11	7–15	16–6	—	11–11
Washington	7–14	7–13	7–15	13–9	5–17	12–10	11–11	—

Notable transactions

• June 1, 1942: Frankie Hayes was traded by the Athletics to the St. Louis Browns for Bob Harris and Bob Swift.^[3]

Roster

1942 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers -- Tal Abernathy 25 Bill Beckmann 20 Herman Besse 23 Fred Caligiuri 24 Russ Christopher -- Joe Coleman 22,32 Dick Fowler 25 Bob Harris 18 Lum Harris 35,45 Jack Knott -- Sam Lowry 19,21 Phil Marchildon 29 Les McCrabb 29 Bob Savage 17 Tex Shirley 30,36 Roger Wolff		Catchers 34 Jim Castiglia  8 Frankie Hayes  8 Bob Swift  9 Hal Wagner 11 George Yankowski Infielders -- Dick Adkins  6 Buddy Blair 12 Crash Davis 16 Larry Eschen  2 Bill Knickerbocker 11 Bruce Konopka 14 Eric McNair  5 Dick Siebert  3 Pete Suder 10 Jack Wallaesa		Outfielders 14 Eddie Collins  4 Bob Johnson  1 Mike Kreevich 19 Felix Mackiewicz  7 Dee Miles 11 Ken Richardson 15 Elmer Valo		Manager -- Connie Mack Coaches 33 Lena Blackburne 26 Earle Brucker, Sr. 31 Dave Keefe 27 Earle Mack 28 Al Simmons

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
OF	Kreevich, MikeMike Kreevich	116	444	113	.255	1	30
OF	Johnson, BobBob Johnson	149	550	160	.291	13	80

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
Davis, CrashCrash Davis	86	272	61	.224	2	26
Swift, BobBob Swift	60	192	44	.229	0	15
Hayes, FrankieFrankie Hayes	21	63	15	.238	0	5
Collins, EddieEddie Collins	20	34	8	.235	0	7
Richardson, KenKen Richardson	6	15	1	.067	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

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
Christopher, RussRuss Christopher	30	165	4	13	3.82	58
Besse, HermanHerman Besse	30	133	2	9	6.16	78
Harris, BobBob Harris	16	78	1	5	2.88	26
Savage, BobBob Savage	8	30.2	0	1	3.23	10
Beckmann, BillBill Beckmann	5	20.1	0	1	7.08	10

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
Caligiuri, FredFred Caligiuri	13	0	3	1	6.38	20
Abernathy, TalTal Abernathy	1	0	0	0	10.12	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Toronto Maple Leafs	International League	Burleigh Grimes
A	Williamsport Grays	Eastern League	Spencer Abbott
B	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Interstate League	Herb Brett
C	Newport News Builders	Virginia League	Harry Chozen

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wilmington

Toronto affiliation shared with Pittsburgh Pirates^[4]

References

1. Fred Chapman page at Baseball Reference
2. Wally Moses page at Baseball Reference
3. Frankie Hayes page at Baseball Reference
4. 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

• 1942 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1942 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com