The 1939 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing seventh in the American League with a record of 55 wins and 97 losses.

Offseason October 4, 1938: Bill Beckmann was drafted by the Athletics from the Atlanta Crackers in the 1938 rule 5 draft.Bill Beckmann page at Baseball-Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1939 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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 124 431 122 .283 20 83 1B 101 402 118 .294 6 47 2B 111 348 101 .290 4 36 SS 99 248 55 .222 0 17 3B 121 393 102 .260 6 44 OF 115 437 134 .307 3 33 OF 150 544 184 .338 23 114 OF 140 498 134 .269 15 64

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 Bill Nagel 105 341 86 .252 12 39 Dee Miles 106 320 96 .300 1 37 Wayne Ambler 95 227 48 .211 0 24 62 172 50 .291 3 31 Nick Etten 43 155 39 .252 3 29 Eric Tipton 47 104 24 .231 1 14 Al Brancato 21 68 14 .206 1 8 15 49 14 .286 0 1 Lou Finney 9 22 3 .136 0 1 32 21 5 .238 0 0 Bill Lillard 7 19 6 .316 0 1 9 9 2 .222 0 3 Hal Wagner 5 8 1 .125 0 0 1 0 0 ---- 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 35 197.2 10 13 4.78 75 Buck Ross 29 174.0 6 14 6.00 43 27 155.1 7 11 5.39 20 5 35.2 1 2 4.04 11 4 22.0 0 3 6.95 11 2 4.0 0 1 15.75 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 Nels Potter 41 196.1 8 12 6.60 60 28 136.0 9 9 4.90 59 Cotton Pippen 25 118.2 4 11 5.99 33 14 44.2 1 6 4.45 13 4 16.1 0 2 7.71 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 54 5 8 7 5.25 39 30 3 5 0 6.69 25 4 0 0 0 6.55 2 Eddie Smith 3 1 0 0 9.82 3 Bill Nagel 1 0 0 0 12.00 0 1 0 0 0 inf 0 1 0 0 0 --- 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 1939 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1939 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com