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).Fred Chapman page at Baseball Reference December 9, 1941: Wally Moses was traded by the Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Mike Kreevich and Jack Hallett.Wally Moses page at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions June 1, 1942: Frankie Hayes was traded by the Athletics to the St. Louis Browns for Bob Harris and Bob Swift.Frankie Hayes page at Baseball Reference
Roster 1942 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders 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 Hal Wagner 104 288 68 .236 1 30 1B Dick Siebert 153 612 159 .260 2 74 2B Bill Knickerbocker 87 289 73 .253 1 19 SS Pete Suder 128 476 122 .256 4 54 3B Buddy Blair 137 484 135 .279 5 66 OF Elmer Valo 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 Dee Miles 99 346 94 .272 0 22 86 272 61 .224 2 26 60 192 44 .229 0 15 Jack Wallaesa 36 117 30 .256 2 13 Eric McNair 34 103 25 .243 0 4 21 63 15 .238 0 5 20 34 8 .235 0 7 Jim Castiglia 16 18 7 .389 0 2 6 15 1 .067 0 0 Felix Mackiewicz 6 14 3 .214 0 2 George Yankowski 6 13 2 .154 0 2 Larry Eschen 12 11 0 .000 0 0 Bruce Konopka 5 10 3 .300 0 1 Dick Adkins 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 Phil Marchildon 38 244.0 17 14 4.20 110 Roger Wolff 32 214.1 12 15 3.32 94 Lum Harris 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 Dick Fowler 31 140.0 6 11 4.95 38 30 133.0 2 9 6.16 78 Jack Knott 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 Tex Shirley 15 0 1 1 5.30 10 13 0 3 1 6.38 20 Joe Coleman 1 0 1 0 3.00 0 Les McCrabb 1 0 0 0 31.50 0 Sam Lowry 1 0 0 0 6.00 0 1 0 0 0 10.12 1
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: WilmingtonToronto affiliation shared with Pittsburgh PiratesJohnson, 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 1942 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1942 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com