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1941 Philadelphia A's  (1940)  (1942) 86-68, 3rd in American League Scored 831 runs, Allowed 770 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .700 Park Factor: Batting - 96 / Pitching - 95 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 82-72   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 64-90 Manager(s): David Dick

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Jeff Heath           26  154  608  113  210  34  22  32  140  11   4   59   84  .345  .403  .632  159  10.3  4(0)e16    53  
 OF  Bob Johnson          35  154  562  105  170  26   8  33  134   7   1  108   87  .302  .412  .553  133   8.6  3(-1)e4   102  
 OF  Sam Chapman          25  141  600  109  187  32  14  24  108   3   5   37   48  .312  .353  .532  103   6.3  2(+1)e16  -36  
 SS *Arky Vaughan         29   99  396   81  127  25   3  10   50   6   0   53   20  .321  .400  .475   82   8.0  3e33       22  
 1B *Dick Siebert         29  136  480   75  150  30  10   5   52   2   3   49   27  .312  .376  .448   79   6.1  2e16      -21  
 3B  Pinky Higgins        32  152  580   59  150  30   2  12   80   2   1   63   52  .259  .331  .379   70   4.2  3e28      -89  
 2B *Benny McCoy          25  153  559   94  130  14   5   5   47   2   1  120   57  .233  .365  .302   69   4.2  3e32      -84  
 C   Rick Ferrell         35  119  403   51  112  25   2   3   53   2   0   62   18  .278  .370  .372   59   5.2  2(+1)e3    41  
 SS  Al Brancato          22   70  239   26   60  15   3   1   33   0   2   28   17  .251  .324  .351   27   3.9  4e68       47  
 1B  Hank Leiber          30   54  158   29   43   4   0  12   29   0   0   19   18  .272  .348  .525   27   5.8  4e30      207  
 C   Bennie Warren        29   59  166   26   41  12   0   8   26   0   0   23   35  .247  .340  .464   24   4.9  4(+1)e8   153  
 PH *Elmer Valo           20   44   38   14   21   1   2   0    3   0   0    7    1  .553  .622  .684   15  20.9            263  
 OF *Eddie Collins        24   53   81    9   13   1   1   0    6   0   0    9   11  .160  .242  .198    3   1.4  3(+2)e11 -163  
 2B  Skeeter Newsome      30    8   10    2    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    1  .300  .364  .600    2   8.8  3e23      390  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           859                   11

     * - 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  Phil Marchildon      27  15   9  .625  26  26  10   0   0   0   1  202.1  151   82   66  10   94   92  2.94   74   3.3 -135  
  P  Johnny Gorsica       26  14   4  .778  26  26   5   0   0   0   2  175.0  184   79   67  13   45   68  3.45   84   4.3  -72  
  P  Jack Knott           34  11  11  .500  26  26   8   0   0   0   0  177.0  204  132  115  17   71   51  5.85  113   5.7    4  
  P  Lum Harris           26   9   5  .643  17  17   4   0   0   0   0  131.1  140   76   71  15   45   48  4.87   86   6.0   25  
  P  Paul Erickson        25   8   8  .500  22  22   4   0   0   0   2  150.1  140   70   64   8   68   90  3.83   72   4.3   25  
  P  Bill Beckmann        33   8  12  .400  65   0   0  52  13   6   0   94.2  102   46   40   9   14   22  3.80   47   4.4  -82  
  P  Bill Lee             31   8  12  .400  24  24   9   0   0   0   0  178.2  203  120   94   8   61   65  4.74  104   5.1   37  
  P  Ike Pearson          24   5   4  .556  27   0   0  20   5   6   0   46.2   55   36   35   4   30   12  6.75   29   5.7   21  
  P  Les McCrabb          26   3   0 1.000  21   3   2  14   2   0   0   62.0   73   32   27   3   17   21  3.92   33   4.9  -97  
  P  Johnny Babich        28   2   1  .667  13   4   1   7   0   0   0   41.2   46   22   20   1   20   14  4.32   24   5.4  -63  
  P  Dick Fowler          20   1   0 1.000   7   0   0   5   2   0   0   15.1   21   12   12   1    7    3  7.04   14   8.3  122  
  P  Bump Hadley          37   1   0 1.000  19   0   0  10   1   0   0   38.0   63   38   31  11   19   12  7.34   43  10.0  162  
  P  Fred Caligiuri       22   1   2  .333   7   6   2   1   0   0   0   47.1   45   25   19   2   10   11  3.61   19   3.5 -100  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      750        -25

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Rick Ferrell 993 112 115 450 52 4 5 .992 49 17 Bennie Warren 368 42 44 182 25 7 2 .967 27 9 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dick Siebert 1044 118 126 1221 119 7 108 .995 11.55 Hank Leiber 315 36 39 327 42 8 29 .979 10.54 Bob Johnson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Benny McCoy 1345 153 153 449 491 21 114 .978 6.29 Skeeter Newsome 16 1 5 4 7 0 1 1.000 6.32 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pinky Higgins 1336 152 152 99 320 31 15 .931 2.82 Al Brancato 24 2 5 1 4 2 0 .714 1.88 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Arky Vaughan 843 94 99 195 375 13 74 .978 6.09 Al Brancato 513 60 60 121 176 19 41 .940 5.21 Skeeter Newsome 4 0 2 3 4 0 2 1.000 15.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Johnson 1355 154 154 289 13 2 3 .993 2.01 Elmer Valo 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Eddie Collins 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Hank Leiber 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sam Chapman 1234 141 141 346 15 14 1 .963 2.63 Eddie Collins 127 13 19 28 1 1 0 .967 2.06 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jeff Heath 1357 154 154 266 8 21 1 .929 1.82 Bob Johnson 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1941 Draft

Round 1 (#1):	Arky Vaughan
Round 2 (#15):	Hank Leiber
Round 3 (#28):	Skeeter Newsome

Transactions

• 1941-01: traded Crash Davis, Harry Eisenstat, Pete Suder to DEA for Johnny Gorsica
• 1941-01: acquired Elmer Valo as a free agent

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