The 1941 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 64 wins and 90 losses.
Offseason November 16, 1940: George Caster was selected off waivers from the Athletics by the St. Louis Browns.George Caster page at Baseball Reference Prior to 1941 season: Sam Zoldak was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.Sam Zoldak page at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1941 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 126 439 123 .280 12 63 1B 123 467 156 .334 5 79 2B Benny McCoy 141 517 140 .271 8 61 SS Al Brancato 144 530 124 .234 2 49 3B Pete Suder 139 531 130 .245 4 52 OF Wally Moses 116 438 132 .301 4 35 OF 149 552 152 .275 22 107 OF 143 552 178 .322 25 106
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 80 219 53 .242 0 12 Dee Miles 80 170 53 .312 0 15 Hal Wagner 46 131 29 .221 1 15 Crash Davis 39 105 23 .219 0 8 35 69 11 .159 0 4 Elmer Valo 15 50 21 .420 2 6 Don Richmond 9 35 7 .200 0 5 9 24 3 .125 0 1 Al Rubeling 6 19 5 .263 0 2 Felix Mackiewicz 5 14 4 .286 0 0 Eric Tipton 1 4 2 .500 0 0 John Leovich 1 2 1 .500 0 0 Ray Poole 2 2 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 Phil Marchildon 30 204.1 10 15 3.57 74 Jack Knott 27 194.1 13 11 4.40 54 Les McCrabb 26 157.1 9 13 5.49 40 22 130.0 5 9 4.57 28 16 78.1 2 7 6.09 19 5 43.0 2 2 2.93 7 4 24.0 1 2 3.38 8 Roger Wolff 2 17.0 0 2 3.18 2 Buck Ross 1 4.0 0 1 18.00 0
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 33 131.2 4 4 4.78 49 25 102.1 4 6 5.01 31 18 75.2 2 4 6.19 22 Nels Potter 10 23.1 1 1 9.26 7 Porter Vaughan 5 22.2 0 2 7.94 6 6 19.2 2 0 10.07 8
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 36 8 10 7 3.77 30 7 1 0 0 3.60 0 Tex Shirley 5 0 1 1 2.45 1 1 0 0 0 36.00 0
Farm system
Johnson, 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 1941 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1941 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com