The 1943 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth 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.Johnny Welaj page at Baseball-Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions April 14, 1943: Dave Odom was released by the Athletics.Dave Odom page at Baseball-Reference

Roster 1943 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Player stats = Indicates team leader 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 111 289 69 .239 1 26 1B Dick Siebert 146 558 140 .251 1 72 2B Pete Suder 131 475 105 .221 3 41 SS Irv Hall 151 544 139 .256 0 54 3B Eddie Mayo 128 471 103 .219 0 28 OF Jo-Jo White 139 500 124 .248 1 30 OF 117 367 95 .259 11 63 OF 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 Elmer Valo 77 249 55 .221 3 18 Bob Swift 77 224 43 .192 1 11 Don Heffner 52 178 37 .208 0 8 Jim Tyack 54 155 40 .258 0 23 Jimmy Ripple 32 126 30 .238 0 15 George Staller 21 85 23 .271 3 12 Bill Burgo 17 70 26 .371 1 9 Frank Skaff 32 64 18 .281 1 8 Joe Rullo 16 55 16 .291 0 6 Woody Wheaton 7 30 6 .200 0 2 Ed Busch 4 17 5 .294 0 0 Tony Parisse 6 17 3 .176 0 1 Felix Mackiewicz 9 16 1 .063 0 0 1 5 3 .600 0 0 1 5 1 .200 0 1 Vern Benson 2 2 0 .000 0 0 Bruce Konopka 2 2 0 .000 0 0 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 Jesse Flores 31 231.1 12 14 3.11 113 Lum Harris 32 216.1 7 21 4.20 55 33 208.0 6 16 4.20 65 2 18.0 1 1 3.00 6 Jim Mains 1 8.0 0 1 5.63 4 1 7.0 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 Roger Wolff 41 221.0 10 15 3.54 91 32 164.1 4 13 4.22 66 Russ Christopher 24 133.0 5 8 3.45 56 Lou Ciola 12 43.2 1 3 5.56 7 Bert Kuczynski 6 24.2 0 1 4.01 8 5 16.1 1 1 3.31 3 5 14.2 0 3 12.89 10 John Burrows 4 7.2 0 1 8.22 3

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 Everett Fagan 18 2 6 3 6.27 9 Carl Scheib 6 0 1 0 4.34 3 Sam Lowry 5 0 0 0 5.00 4 Tom Clyde 4 0 0 0 9.00 0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: ElmiraJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

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