1942 Philadelphia Athletics season

Major League Baseball team season

1942 Philadelphia Athletics
League	American League
Ballpark	Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Connie Mack
Managers	Connie Mack
Radio	WIBG (By Saam, Taylor Grant)
← 1941 1943 →

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).
December 9, 1941: Wally Moses was traded by the Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Mike Kreevich and Jack Hallett.

Regular season

Season standings

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American League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	103	51	.669	—	58‍–‍19	45‍–‍32
Boston Red Sox	93	59	.612	9	53‍–‍24	40‍–‍35
St. Louis Browns	82	69	.543	19½	40‍–‍37	42‍–‍32
Cleveland Indians	75	79	.487	28	39‍–‍39	36‍–‍40
Detroit Tigers	73	81	.474	30	43‍–‍34	30‍–‍47
Chicago White Sox	66	82	.446	34	35‍–‍35	31‍–‍47
Washington Senators	62	89	.411	39½	35‍–‍42	27‍–‍47
Philadelphia Athletics	55	99	.357	48	25‍–‍51	30‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

1942 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	13–8	14–8	15–7	12–10	14–8	11–11	14–7
Chicago	8–13	—	11–11	9–13	7–15	12–10	6–13	13–7
Cleveland	8–14	11–11	—	9–13–2	7–15	16–6	9–13	15–7
Detroit	7–15	13–9	13–9–2	—	7–15	13–9	11–11	9–13
New York	10–12	15–7	15–7	15–7	—	16–6	15–7	17–5
Philadelphia	8–14	10–12	6–16	9–13	6–16	—	6–16	10–12
St. Louis	11–11	13–6	13–9	11–11	7–15	16–6	—	11–11
Washington	7–14	7–13	7–15	13–9	5–17	12–10	11–11	—

Notable transactions

June 1, 1942: Frankie Hayes was traded by the Athletics to the St. Louis Browns for Bob Harris and Bob Swift.

Roster

1942 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers -- Tal Abernathy 25 Bill Beckmann 20 Herman Besse 23 Fred Caligiuri 24 Russ Christopher -- Joe Coleman 22,32 Dick Fowler 25 Bob Harris 18 Lum Harris 35,45 Jack Knott -- Sam Lowry 19,21 Phil Marchildon 29 Les McCrabb 29 Bob Savage 17 Tex Shirley 30,36 Roger Wolff		Catchers 34 Jim Castiglia 8 Frankie Hayes 8 Bob Swift 9 Hal Wagner 11 George Yankowski Infielders -- Dick Adkins 6 Buddy Blair 12 Crash Davis 16 Larry Eschen 2 Bill Knickerbocker 11 Bruce Konopka 14 Eric McNair 5 Dick Siebert 3 Pete Suder 10 Jack Wallaesa		Outfielders 14 Eddie Collins 4 Bob Johnson 1 Mike Kreevich 19 Felix Mackiewicz 7 Dee Miles 11 Ken Richardson 15 Elmer Valo		Manager -- Connie Mack Coaches 33 Lena Blackburne 26 Earle Brucker 31 Dave Keefe 27 Earle Mack 28 Al Simmons

1942 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

-- Connie Mack

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	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	Mike Kreevich	116	444	113	.255	1	30
OF	Bob Johnson	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
Crash Davis	86	272	61	.224	2	26
Bob Swift	60	192	44	.229	0	15
Jack Wallaesa	36	117	30	.256	2	13
Eric McNair	34	103	25	.243	0	4
Frankie Hayes	21	63	15	.238	0	5
Eddie Collins	20	34	8	.235	0	7
Jim Castiglia	16	18	7	.389	0	2
Ken Richardson	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
Russ Christopher	30	165.0	4	13	3.82	58
Dick Fowler	31	140.0	6	11	4.95	38
Herman Besse	30	133.0	2	9	6.16	78
Jack Knott	20	95.1	2	10	5.57	31
Bob Harris	16	78.0	1	5	2.88	26
Bob Savage	8	30.2	0	1	3.23	10
Bill Beckmann	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	L	SV	ERA	SO
Tex Shirley	15	1	1	5.30	10
Fred Caligiuri	13	3	1	6.38	20
Joe Coleman	1	1	0	3.00	0
Les McCrabb	1	0	0	31.50	0
Sam Lowry	1	0	0	6.00	0
Tal Abernathy	1	0	0	10.12	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Toronto Maple Leafs	International League	Burleigh Grimes
A	Williamsport Grays	Eastern League	Spencer Abbott
B	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Interstate League	Herb Brett
C	Newport News Builders	Virginia League	Harry Chozen

References

Fred Chapman page at Baseball Reference
Wally Moses page at Baseball Reference
Frankie Hayes page at Baseball Reference
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

1942 MLB season by team

Major League Baseball

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

Negro American League

Negro National League

Athletics

Established in 1901
Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics, the Kansas City Athletics and the Oakland Athletics
Based in West Sacramento, California

Franchise

Ballparks

Columbia Park
Shibe Park
Municipal Stadium
Oakland Coliseum
Sutter Health Park (temporary 2025–2027)
New Las Vegas Stadium (proposed)

Spring training: Latta Park Baseball Field; Barrs Field; Cramton Bowl; Terry Park Ballfield; Wilmington Park; McCurdy Field; Connie Mack Field; McKechnie Field; Rendezvous Park; Scottsdale Stadium I; Phoenix Municipal Stadium; Hohokam Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owners: John Fisher
President: Dave Kaval
Executive vice president: Billy Beane
General manager: David Forst
Manager: Mark Kotsay

World Series
Champions (9)

American League
Championships (15)

AL West Division
Championships (17)

AL Wild Card (4)

Minors

Triple-A: Las Vegas Aviators
Double-A: Midland RockHounds
High-A: Lansing Lugnuts
Single-A: Stockton Ports
Rookie: ACL Athletics; DSL Athletics

Seasons (125)
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1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s	2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

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