1943 Philadelphia Athletics season

1943 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, Roy Neal)
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The 1943 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 49 wins and 105 losses.

Offseason

• November 2, 1942: Johnny Welaj was drafted by the Athletics from the Detroit Tigers in the 1942 rule 5 draft.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	98	56	.636	--
Washington Senators	84	69	.549	13.5
Cleveland Indians	82	71	.536	15.5
Chicago White Sox	82	72	.532	16
Detroit Tigers	78	76	.506	20
St. Louis Browns	72	80	.474	25
Boston Red Sox	68	84	.447	29
Philadelphia Athletics	49	105	.318	49

Record vs. opponents

1943 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	8–14	12–10	11–11–1	5–17–1	11–11	11–9–1	10–12
Chicago	14–8	—	7–15	9–13	10–12	18–4–1	10–12	14–8
Cleveland	10–12	15–7	—	15–7	9–13	16–6	9–13	8–13
Detroit	11–11–1	13–9	7–15	—	10–12	13–9	11–11	13–9
New York	17–5–1	12–10	13–9	12–10	—	16–6	17–5	11–11
Philadelphia	11–11	4–18–1	6–16	9–13	6–16	—	8–14	5–17
St. Louis	9–11–1	12–10	13–9	11–11	5–17	14–8	—	8–14
Washington	12–10	8–14	13–8	9–13	11–11	17–5	14–8	—

Notable transactions

• April 14, 1943: Dave Odom was released by the Athletics.^[2]

Roster

1943 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers 23 Tal Abernathy 18,23 Orie Arntzen 20 Herman Besse 23 Don Black -- Charlie Bowles -- Norm Brown 28,31 John Burrows 17 Russ Christopher  7 Lou Ciola 25 Tom Clyde 24,25 Everett Fagan 16,19 Jesse Flores 18,22 Lum Harris 14 Bert Kuczynski 22,29 Sam Lowry -- Jim Mains -- Carl Scheib 16,19 Roger Wolff		Catchers -- Tony Parisse  8 Bob Swift  9 Hal Wagner Infielders -- Ed Busch  6 Irv Hall 22 Don Heffner -- George Kell  2 Eddie Mayo -- Joe Rullo  5 Dick Siebert 10 Frank Skaff  3 Pete Suder		Outfielders -- Bill Burgo  4 Bobby Estalella -- Lew Flick  7 Felix Mackiewicz 12 Jimmy Ripple -- George Staller 12 Jim Tyack 15 Elmer Valo 11 Johnny Welaj -- Woody Wheaton  1 Jo-Jo White Other batters -- Vern Benson 26 Earle Brucker 14 Bruce Konopka		Manager Connie Mack Coaches 28 Lena Blackburne 26 Earle Brucker 29 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	Wagner, HalHal Wagner	111	289	69	.239	1	26
OF	Estalella, BobbyBobby Estalella	117	367	95	.259	11	63
OF	Welaj, JohnnyJohnny Welaj	93	281	68	.242	0	15

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
Flick, LewLew Flick	1	5	3	.600	0	0
Kell, GeorgeGeorge Kell	1	5	1	.200	0	1
Brucker, EarleEarle Brucker	1	1	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
Black, DonDon Black	33	208	6	16	4.20	65
Bowles, CharlieCharlie Bowles	2	18	1	1	3.00	6
Brown, NormNorm Brown	1	7	0	0	0.00	1

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
Arntzen, OrieOrie Arntzen	32	164.1	4	13	4.22	66
Besse, HermanHerman Besse	5	16.1	1	1	3.31	3
Abernathy, TalTal Abernathy	5	14.2	0	3	12.89	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

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Elmira Pioneers	Eastern League	Ray Brubaker
B	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Interstate League	Dutch Dorman

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Elmira^[3]

References

1. Johnny Welaj page at Baseball-Reference
2. Dave Odom 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

External links

• 1943 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1943 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com