1942 Philadelphia Athletics season explained

Philadelphia Athletics
Season:	1942
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Shibe Park
City:	Philadelphia
Owners:	Connie Mack
Managers:	Connie Mack
Radio:	WIBG (By Saam, Taylor Grant)

The 1942 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth 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

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		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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		104	288	68	.236	1	30
1B		153	612	159	.260	2	74
2B		87	289	73	.253	1	19
SS		128	476	122	.256	4	54
3B		137	484	135	.279	5	66
OF		133	459	115	.251	2	40
OF		116	444	113	.255	1	30
OF		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
	99	346	94	.272	0	22
	86	272	61	.224	2	26
	60	192	44	.229	0	15
	36	117	30	.256	2	13
	34	103	25	.243	0	4
	21	63	15	.238	0	5
	20	34	8	.235	0	7
	16	18	7	.389	0	2
	6	15	1	.067	0	0
	6	14	3	.214	0	2
	6	13	2	.154	0	2
	12	11	0	.000	0	0
	5	10	3	.300	0	1
	3	7	1	.143	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
	38	244.0	17	14	4.20	110
	32	214.1	12	15	3.32	94
	26	166.0	11	15	3.74	60

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
	30	165.0	4	13	3.82	58
	31	140.0	6	11	4.95	38
	30	133.0	2	9	6.16	78
	20	95.1	2	10	5.57	31
	16	78.0	1	5	2.88	26
	8	30.2	0	1	3.23	10
	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
	15	0	1	1	5.30	10
	13	0	3	1	6.38	20
	1	0	1	0	3.00	0
	1	0	0	0	31.50	0
	1	0	0	0	6.00	0
	1	0	0	0	10.12	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wilmington
Toronto affiliation shared with Pittsburgh Pirates^[4]

External links

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

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/chapmfr02.shtml Fred Chapman page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/moseswa01.shtml Wally Moses page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hayesfr01.shtml 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