1939 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1939 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in Major League Baseball. The Phillies finished eighth in the National League with a record of 45 wins and 106 losses.

Offseason December 7, 1938: Les Powers was purchased by the Phillies from the New York Giants.Les Powers page at Baseball Reference

In November 1938, the Philadelphia Phillies agreed to train in New Braunfels, Texas in 1939. New Braunfels offered to underwrite many of the team's training expenses, and the St. Louis Browns in San Antonio offered exhibition game competition. The city sent a prospectus to Phillies president Gerry Nugent which advertised, "The park at which the Phillies will train is known as Landa Park, the prettiest park in Texas." Phillies leadership inspected the town and field on December 1, 1938 and found both the field and clubhouse undergoing upgrades. The Phillies arrived in New Braunfels on February 27, 1939 and found the streets draped in bunting with signs reading, "New Braunfels, training site of the Philadelphia Phillies". The team stayed at the Faust Hotel.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions April 5, 1939 – The destitute Phillies, whose 45–105–1 record was the worst in the majors in , shut down trade talks with other National League teams. Rivals are circling his roster, trying "to pick players off my club and give me cash," said first-year manager Doc Prothro. "I will only swap the equivalent in players." April 8, 1939: Pete Sivess and cash was traded by the Phillies to the New York Yankees for Len Gabrielson.Len Gabrielson page at Baseball Reference

Game log Legend Phillies win Phillies loss Phillies tie  PostponementBoldPhillies team member

|- style="background:#bbb" | – || April 18 || @ Bees || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 9 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#fbb" | 1 || April 19 || @ Bees || 6–7 || Bill Posedel (1–0) || Max Butcher (0–1) || None || 1,501 || 0–1 |- style="background:#bbb" | – || April 19 || @ Bees || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 16 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#fbb" | 2 || April 20 || @ Bees || 0–2 || Lou Fette (1–0) || Syl Johnson (0–1) || None || 3,166 || 0–2 |- style="background:#fffdd0" | 3 || April 21 || Dodgers || 2–2 || None || None || None || 2,500 || 0–2–1 |- style="background:#bfb" | 4 || April 22 || Dodgers || 5–4 || Elmer Burkart (1–0) || Red Evans (0–2) || None || 3,000 || 1–2–1 |- style="background:#bfb" | 5 || April 23 || Dodgers || 5–4 || Boom-Boom Beck (1–0) || Hugh Casey (0–1) || None || 8,000 || 2–2–1 |- style="background:#bfb" | 6 || April 24 || Giants || 6–5 || Max Butcher (1–1) || Slick Castleman (0–1) || Boom-Boom Beck (1) || 3,000 || 3–2–1 |- style="background:#bfb" | 7 || April 25 || Giants || 8–1 || Claude Passeau (1–0) || Cliff Melton (0–2) || Jim Henry (1) || 3,500 || 4–2–1 |- style="background:#bbb" | – || April 26 || Giants || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 20 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#fbb" | 8 || April 27 || Bees || 4–5 || Danny MacFayden (2–0) || Al Hollingsworth (0–1) || Tom Earley (1) || 8,000 || 4–3–1 |- style="background:#bbb" | – || April 28 || Bees || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 2 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#fbb" | 9 || April 29 || @ Dodgers || 0–5 || Whit Wyatt (1–0) || Hugh Mulcahy (0–1) || None || 8,576 || 4–4–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 10 || April 30 || @ Dodgers || 1–3 || Luke Hamlin (3–0) || Max Butcher (1–2) || None || 20,583 || 4–5–1

|- style="background:#fbb" | 11 || May 1 || @ Dodgers || 12–13 || Whit Wyatt (2–0) || Jim Henry (0–1) || None || 8,063 || 4–6–1 |- style="background:#bfb" | 12 || May 2 || Cubs || 6–1 || Syl Johnson (1–1) || Ray Harrell (0–1) || None || 1,500 || 5–6–1 |- style="background:#bfb" | 13 || May 3 || Cubs || 4–1 || Hugh Mulcahy (1–1) || Earl Whitehill (1–1) || None || 1,500 || 6–6–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 14 || May 4 || Pirates || 4–6 || Russ Bauers (1–0) || Max Butcher (1–3) || None || 3,500 || 6–7–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 15 || May 5 || Pirates || 7–10 || Rip Sewell (2–1) || Al Hollingsworth (0–2) || Mace Brown (2) || 2,000 || 6–8–1 |- style="background:#bfb" | 16 || May 6 || Pirates || 1–0 || Claude Passeau (2–0) || Mace Brown (0–2) || None || 7,000 || 7–8–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 17 || May 7 || Reds || 4–13 || Paul Derringer (3–0) || Hugh Mulcahy (1–2) || None || 18,046 || 7–9–1 |- style="background:#bfb" | 18 || May 8 || Reds || 8–7 || Max Butcher (2–3) || || Boom-Boom Beck (2) || 2,313 || 8–9–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 19 || May 9 || Reds || 4–8 || Lee Grissom (1–1) || Hugh Mulcahy (1–3) || Peaches Davis (1) || 2,239 || 8–10–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 20 || May 10 || Cardinals || 3–4 || Lon Warneke (3–1) || Claude Passeau (2–1) || Bob Bowman (1) || 7,000 || 8–11–1 |- style="background:#bbb" | – || May 11 || Cardinals || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: June 10 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#bfb" | 21 || May 12 || @ Giants || 10–6 || Syl Johnson (2–1) || Dick Coffman (1–1) || Hugh Mulcahy (1) || 5,995 || 9–11–1 |- style="background:#bbb" | – || May 13 || @ Giants || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 13 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#fbb" | 22 || May 14 || @ Giants || 1–2 || Carl Hubbell (1–0) || Max Butcher (2–4) || None || 22,485 || 9–12–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 23 || May 16 || @ Pirates || 5–8 || Joe Bowman (1–1) || Claude Passeau (2–2) || None || 1,823 || 9–13–1 |- style="background:#bfb" | 24 || May 17 || @ Pirates || 7–3 || Hugh Mulcahy (2–3) || Bob Klinger (2–4) || None || 2,075 || 10–13–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 25 || May 18 || @ Pirates || 4–5 || Jim Tobin (3–2) || Al Hollingsworth (0–3) || None || 2,183 || 10–14–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 26 || May 19 || @ Reds || 3–4 || Paul Derringer (4–1) || Max Butcher (2–5) || None || 3,167 || 10–15–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 27 || May 20 || @ Reds || 2–7 || Whitey Moore (4–3) || Claude Passeau (2–3) || None || 5,608 || 10–16–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 28 || May 21 || @ Cardinals || 2–5 || Bob Bowman (2–1) || Hugh Mulcahy (2–4) || None || 7,663 || 10–17–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 29 || May 22 || @ Cardinals || 1–2 || Mort Cooper (1–1) || Al Hollingsworth (0–4) || Curt Davis (3) || 1,065 || 10–18–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 30 || May 23 || @ Cardinals || 1–6 || Bill McGee (3–0) || Max Butcher (2–6) || None || 1,347 || 10–19–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 31 || May 24 || @ Cubs || 2–3 || Larry French (3–2) || Claude Passeau (2–4) || None || 4,658 || 10–20–1 |- style="background:#bfb" | 32 || May 25 || @ Cubs || 8–7 || Hugh Mulcahy (3–4) || Vance Page (2–2) || Syl Johnson (1) || 5,015 || 11–20–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 33 || May 27 || Giants || 1–10 || Hal Schumacher (3–3) || Al Hollingsworth (0–5) || None || 2,500 || 11–21–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 34 || May 28 || Giants || 2–7 || Bill Lohrman (2–2) || Max Butcher (2–7) || None || 4,425 || 11–22–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 35 || May 29 || Giants || 5–7 || Manny Salvo (2–2) || Al Hollingsworth (0–6) || None || 3,000 || 11–23–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 36 || May 30 || Bees || 7–9 || Joe Sullivan (1–1) || Boom-Boom Beck (1–1) || None || || 11–24–1 |- style="background:#bfb" | 37 || May 30 || Bees || 5–3 || Syl Johnson (3–1) || Bill Posedel (3–3) || None || 19,263 || 12–24–1

|- style="background:#fbb" | 38 || June 1 || Pirates || 2–5 || Rip Sewell (6–3) || Kirby Higbe (2–2) || None || 8,000 || 12–25–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 39 || June 3 || Pirates || 7–10 || Mace Brown (1–2) || Al Hollingsworth (0–7) || Bill Swift (1) || 2,000 || 12–26–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 40 || June 4 || Cubs || 4–9 || Jack Russell (1–0) || Hugh Mulcahy (3–5) || None || 4,000 || 12–27–1 |- style="background:#bbb" | – || June 4 || Cubs || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain and Sunday curfew); Makeup: August 27 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#bfb" | 41 || June 5 || Cubs || 8–7 || Kirby Higbe (3–2) || Larry French (4–3) || Hugh Mulcahy (2) || 1,500 || 13–27–1 |- style="background:#bfb" | 42 || June 6 || Cubs || 9–8 || Boom-Boom Beck (2–1) || Gene Lillard (2–4) || None || 1,000 || 14–27–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 43 || June 7 || Reds || 4–5 || Whitey Moore (7–4) || Max Butcher (2–8) || None || 3,305 || 14–28–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 44 || June 8 || Reds || 2–3 || Paul Derringer (8–1) || Hugh Mulcahy (3–6) || None || 16,123 || 14–29–1 |- style="background:#bfb" | 45 || June 10 || Cardinals || 6–5 || Kirby Higbe (4–2) || Clyde Shoun (0–1) || None || || 15–29–1 |- style="background:#bfb" | 46 || June 10 || Cardinals || 5–3 || Ray Harrell (1–2) || Bob Weiland (3–5) || Hugh Mulcahy (3) || 7,000 || 16–29–1 |- style="background:#bfb" | 47 || June 11 || Cardinals || 5–4 || Boom-Boom Beck (3–1) || Bill McGee (5–1) || None || || 17–29–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 48 || June 11 || Cardinals || 1–4 || Lon Warneke (7–2) || Al Hollingsworth (0–8) || Mort Cooper (3) || 17,047 || 17–30–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 49 || June 14 || @ Reds || 7–10 || Gene Thompson (2–1) || Gene Schott (0–1) || Whitey Moore (3) || 5,175 || 17–31–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 50 || June 15 || @ Reds || 1–4 || Bucky Walters (9–4) || Hugh Mulcahy (3–7) || None || 26,616 || 17–32–1 |- style="background:#bfb" | 51 || June 17 || @ Pirates || 11–2 || Syl Johnson (4–1) || Rip Sewell (6–6) || None || 3,741 || 18–32–1 |- style="background:#bbb" | – || June 18 || @ Pirates || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 26 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#bbb" | – || June 18 || @ Pirates || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 17 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#bbb" | – || June 20 || @ Cardinals || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 6 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#fbb" | 52 || June 21 || @ Cardinals || 2–14 || Curt Davis (9–6) || Hugh Mulcahy (3–8) || None || 1,359 || 18–33–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 53 || June 22 || @ Cardinals || 5–11 || Mort Cooper (2–3) || Boom-Boom Beck (3–2) || None || 1,025 || 18–34–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 54 || June 23 || @ Cubs || 3–4 || Bill Lee (7–8) || Max Butcher (2–9) || None || 6,762 || 18–35–1 |- style="background:#bfb" | 55 || June 24 || @ Cubs || 1–0 || Hugh Mulcahy (4–8) || Charlie Root (0–2) || None || 8,574 || 19–35–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 56 || June 25 || @ Cubs || 3–4 || Claude Passeau (5–7) || Kirby Higbe (4–3) || None || 14,388 || 19–36–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 57 || June 27 || @ Giants || 5–13 || Hal Schumacher (6–5) || Max Butcher (2–10) || None || 6,139 || 19–37–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 58 || June 28 || @ Giants || 1–7 || Bill Lohrman (6–3) || Hugh Mulcahy (4–9) || None || 6,556 || 19–38–1 |- style="background:#bbb" | – || June 29 || @ Dodgers || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain and wet grounds); Makeup: June 30 |- style="background:#bbb" | – || June 30 || @ Dodgers || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 6

|- style="background:#fbb" | 59 || July 1 || Bees || 0–6 || Bill Posedel (7–5) || Max Butcher (2–11) || None || 1,000 || 19–39–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 60 || July 2 || Bees || 7–9 || Dick Errickson (2–5) || Boom-Boom Beck (3–3) || Milt Shoffner (1) || || 19–40–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 61 || July 2 || Bees || 3–4 || Johnny Lanning (3–2) || Syl Johnson (4–2) || Fred Frankhouse (3) || 7,502 || 19–41–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 62 || July 4 || @ Dodgers || 3–6 || Tot Pressnell (4–3) || Al Hollingsworth (0–9) || None || || 19–42–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 63 || July 4 || @ Dodgers || 6–8 || Hugh Casey (4–3) || Ike Pearson (0–1) || None || 21,299 || 19–43–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 64 || July 5 || @ Dodgers || 1–7 || || Kirby Higbe (4–4) || None || 3,536 || 19–44–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 65 || July 7 || @ Bees || 3–7 || Bill Posedel (8–5) || Boom-Boom Beck (3–4) || None || 1,768 || 19–45–1