1941 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1941 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 64 wins and 90 losses.

1941 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1909) Philadelphia (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
Local radio	WIP
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Offseason

• November 16, 1940: George Caster was selected off waivers from the Athletics by the St. Louis Browns.[1]
• Prior to 1941 season: Sam Zoldak was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.[2]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	101	53	0.656	—	51–26	50–27
Boston Red Sox	84	70	0.545	17	47–30	37–40
Chicago White Sox	77	77	0.500	24	38–39	39–38
Cleveland Indians	75	79	0.487	26	42–35	33–44
Detroit Tigers	75	79	0.487	26	43–34	32–45
St. Louis Browns	70	84	0.455	31	40–37	30–47
Washington Senators	70	84	0.455	31	40–37	30–47
Philadelphia Athletics	64	90	0.416	37	36–41	28–49

Record vs. opponents

1941 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	16–6	9–13	11–11	9–13–1	16–6	9–13	14–8
Chicago	6–16	—	17–5	12–10–1	8–14	10–12	11–11–1	13–9
Cleveland	13–9	5–17	—	10–12	7–15	15–7	13–9–1	12–10
Detroit	11–11	10–12–1	12–10	—	11–11	13–9	11–11	7–15
New York	13–9–1	14–8	15–7	11–11	—	14–8	18–4	16–6–1
Philadelphia	6–16	12–10	7–15	9–13	8–14	—	11–11	11–11
St. Louis	13–9	11–11–1	9–13–1	11–11	4–18	11–11	—	11–11–1
Washington	8–14	9–13	10–12	15–7	6–16–1	11–11	11–11–1	—

Roster

1941 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers 30 Johnny Babich 25 Bill Beckmann 20 Herman Besse 23 Fred Caligiuri 19 Chubby Dean 34 Tom Ferrick 42 Dick Fowler 32 Bump Hadley 18 Lum Harris 15 Rankin Johnson 16 Jack Knott 21 Phil Marchildon 29 Les McCrabb 24 Nels Potter 17 Buck Ross 17 Tex Shirley 24 Pat Tobin 22 Porter Vaughan 30 Roger Wolff		Catchers  8 Frankie Hayes 33 John Leovich  9 Hal Wagner Infielders 10 Al Brancato 11 Fred Chapman 12 Crash Davis  2 Benny McCoy -- Don Richmond 34 Al Rubeling  5 Dick Siebert  3 Pete Suder		Outfielders  6 Sam Chapman 14 Eddie Collins  4 Bob Johnson 19,32 Felix Mackiewicz  7 Dee Miles  1 Wally Moses 28 Al Simmons 38 Eric Tipton 15 Elmer Valo Other batters 35 Ray Poole		Manager Connie Mack Coaches 26 Earle Brucker 31 Dave Keefe 27 Earle Mack

Player stats

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	Frankie Hayes	126	439	123	.280	12	63
1B	Dick Siebert	123	467	156	.334	5	79
OF	Bob Johnson	149	552	152	.275	22	107
OF	Sam Chapman	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
Eddie Collins	80	219	53	.242	0	12
Fred Chapman	35	69	11	.159	0	4
Al Simmons	9	24	3	.125	0	1

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
Bill Beckmann	22	130	5	9	4.57	28
Johnny Babich	16	78.1	2	7	6.09	19
Fred Caligiuri	5	43	2	2	2.93	7
Dick Fowler	4	24	1	2	3.38	8

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
Lum Harris	33	131.2	4	4	4.78	49
Bump Hadley	25	102.1	4	6	5.01	31
Chubby Dean	18	75.2	2	4	6.19	22
Herman Besse	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
Tom Ferrick	36	8	10	7	3.77	30
Rankin Johnson	7	1	0	0	3.60	0
Pat Tobin	1	0	0	0	36.00	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Toronto Maple Leafs	International League	Lena Blackburne
A	Williamsport Grays	Eastern League	Spencer Abbott
B	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Interstate League	Tom Oliver
C	Newport News Builders	Virginia League	Chief Bender
D	Federalsburg A's	Eastern Shore League	Joe O'Rourke

[3]

References

1. George Caster page at Baseball Reference
2. Sam Zoldak page at Baseball Reference
3. 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

• 1941 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1941 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com