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1939 Philadelphia A's  (1938)  (1940)
84-70, 3rd in American League
Scored 888 runs, Allowed 755 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-65
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .698
Park Factor: Batting - 102 / Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 86-68   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 55-97
Manager(s): David Dick

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos
 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 2B  Bob Johnson          33  148  581  148  213  33  10  35  139  18   2  105   74  .367  .462  .639  178  12.3  4e30      108  
 1B  Zeke Bonura          30  123  483   81  175  39  10  12  103   2   0   54   36  .362  .423  .559  114   9.4  4e14      117  
 3B *Buddy Lewis          22  140  572  121  173  25  15  13   65  19   4   78   45  .302  .390  .467  109   6.9  4e36      -22  
 SS *Arky Vaughan         27  150  636  116  168  24  14   4   52  18   3   69   31  .264  .339  .365   83   4.5  2e34     -104  
 OF  Hank Leiber          28  102  392   77  114  15   3  26   95   2   1   58   53  .291  .380  .543   83   7.7  3(+1)e9   -44  
 OF  Sam Chapman          23  143  538   70  135  25   5  17   87  10   4   56   74  .251  .318  .411   70   4.4  2(-1)e22  -41  
 OF *Jeff Heath           24  119  433   79  112  28   5  16   80   8   3   35   87  .259  .317  .457   60   4.7  4(0)e14   -73  
 OF  Bobby Estalella      28   84  302   51   81  17   7  13   44   4   0   46   31  .268  .365  .500   56   6.6  3(-1)e12   29  
 C   Earle Brucker        38   56  171   19   45  12   1   7   30   0   0   22   20  .263  .340  .468   28   5.9  4(-1)e7   -15  
 C   Spud Davis           34   62  210   25   59   6   0   0   25   0   0   27   28  .281  .358  .310   25   4.3  4(0)e6    -72  
 1B *Dick Siebert         27   75  153   14   45  10   1   1   19   2   3    8   12  .294  .331  .392   19   4.7  2e15      -28  
 UT  Bill Nagel           23   27   72   11   21   2   2   3    8   1   0    8   25  .292  .378  .500   14   7.8            134  
 C   Ray Berres           31   54  203   15   47  11   1   0   19   2   0    8   32  .232  .257  .296   14   2.3  2(+1)e6    21  
 OF *Mel Mazzera          25   39   91   10   28   6   1   2   13   0   0    6   17  .308  .347  .462   13   5.3  3(-3)e12  -19  
 2B *Joe Gantenbein       23   36  108   13   29   6   1   1   11   0   1    6    9  .269  .313  .370   12   4.1  4e38      -58  
 3B  Al Brancato          20   21   29    5    6   3   0   1    3   0   0    0    2  .207  .207  .414    2   2.3  3e30       -2  
 UT  Wayne Ambler         23   20   45    1    6   0   0   0    5   2   0    3    8  .133  .200  .133    1   1.0           -217  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           890                   -8

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Dutch Leonard        30  20  10  .667  36  36  14   0   0   0   0  292.1  310  135  115  23   63  108  3.54  139   4.2  -11  
  P  Bill Lee             29  15  14  .517  34  34  11   0   0   0   1  263.1  260  140  114  19   94  112  3.90  121   4.1  -30  
  P  Steve Sundra         29  12   3  .800  18  17   6   1   0   0   1  125.0  101   50   42  12   53   32  3.02   46   3.4  -63  
  P  Bump Hadley          35  11  10  .524  22  22   8   0   0   0   0  167.0  159   83   68  16   72   94  3.66   85   4.6   27  
  P  Bob Bowman           28  10   7  .588  23  23   6   0   0   0   2  160.0  145   70   65  11   69   92  3.66   67   3.8   20  
  P  Lynn Nelson          34   6   6  .500  37   4   1  22   3   1   1   96.2  122   69   63  22   26   40  5.87   73   6.8   44  
  P  Bill Beckmann        31   5   5  .500  25  11   4  12   0   0   1  104.1  134   74   63  13   33   22  5.43   77   6.6   -7  
  P  Joe Heving           38   4   6  .400  29   6   0  16   4   2   0   62.1   85   57   53   8   23   19  7.65   50   7.1   72  
  P *Bob Weiland          33   1   8  .111  43   1   0  36  12   7   0   88.0  109   50   41   4   45   50  4.19   57   5.8   74  
  P  Willis Hudlin        33   0   1  .000  22   0   0  17   1   1   0   33.1   48   27   18   1   15   13  4.86   28   7.5  108  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 31                                                                                      747          6

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed


Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

 Catchers              Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP  OSB OCS
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---
 Spud Davis            533  59  60  250   28   6   2  .979  32  16
 Ray Berres            454  49  54  209   35   7   2  .972  42  23
 Earle Brucker         405  46  52  209   23   4   1  .983  21  16
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Zeke Bonura 1105 123 123 1138 111 10 89 .992 10.18 Dick Siebert 250 26 31 273 34 4 21 .987 11.07 Sam Chapman 38 5 5 39 3 0 2 1.000 9.95 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Johnson 1082 120 121 328 321 30 71 .956 5.40 Joe Gantenbein 189 20 24 55 63 5 15 .959 5.62 Wayne Ambler 66 8 8 21 23 1 5 .978 5.97 Bill Nagel 55 6 10 18 16 3 2 .919 5.56 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Buddy Lewis 1249 139 139 122 306 25 26 .945 3.08 Bill Nagel 90 10 11 10 28 0 2 1.000 3.80 Al Brancato 35 3 7 3 3 1 1 .857 1.54 Joe Gantenbein 18 2 2 4 5 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Arky Vaughan 1343 150 150 290 484 25 77 .969 5.19 Wayne Ambler 33 2 8 10 13 0 3 1.000 6.34 Joe Gantenbein 16 2 2 2 8 0 0 1.000 5.62 Al Brancato 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Jeff Heath            864  95  96  177    7   8   0  .958  1.92
 Bobby Estalella       267  30  34   63    1   6   0  .914  2.15
 Bob Johnson           248  28  29   47    0   1   0  .979  1.71
 Hank Leiber            12   1   4    7    0   1   0  .875  5.25
 Mel Mazzera             1   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sam Chapman 1223 138 138 337 19 15 1 .960 2.62 Mel Mazzera 117 12 18 29 2 1 0 .969 2.39 Jeff Heath 39 4 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.33 Bobby Estalella 14 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.32 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hank Leiber 888 99 100 260 10 7 3 .975 2.74 Bobby Estalella 407 45 49 130 0 5 0 .963 2.87 Mel Mazzera 51 5 9 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.95 Jeff Heath 47 5 8 20 1 0 0 1.000 4.02 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1939 Draft


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