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1942 Oakland Athletics
Record: 94-68
Finish: 2nd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 844
Runs Allowed: 730
Exp W-L: 92-70
 
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Attendance: 2,416,386
Manager: Pat Flaherty

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 70-67, 3rd in the AL
AA: 58-79, 7th in the AL
A: 55-82, 8th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-3 over Cincinnati Reds
Won AL League Series 4-3 over Tampa Bay Devil Rays
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
2B *Stan Hack 32 155 618 123 187 40 3 16 83 7 7 88 14 .303 .387 .455 .841 106.9 22.2 4.8
LF *Jeff Heath 27 156 581 113 183 48 6 18 102 0 0 91 57 .315 .405 .511 .916 107.3 23.8 3.0
1B *Gene Hasson 26 156 561 81 166 48 5 17 111 0 0 67 78 .296 .368 .490 .858 97.1 20.6 2.2
3B  Ken Keltner 25 156 581 82 159 48 5 12 105 4 1 35 29 .274 .310 .435 .745 69.3 9.4 6.3
CF  Hank Leiber 31 150 553 81 130 19 3 26 96 0 1 49 90 .235 .298 .421 .719 69.7 9.1 3.8
C *Hal Wagner 26 141 505 85 165 24 3 7 62 0 0 63 28 .327 .401 .428 .829 80.3 16.7 6.7
LF *Roy Weatherly 27 135 451 49 143 19 5 5 58 7 4 32 15 .317 .359 .415 .774 62.4 11.3 2.2
SS  Jerry Priddy 22 110 340 49 80 14 5 5 43 1 1 40 36 .235 .313 .350 .663 35.1 3.3 5.5
RF  Carden Gillenwater 24 116 288 46 69 7 4 2 30 2 1 40 27 .240 .332 .313 .645 32.8 3.7 1.7
SS *Buddy Myer 38 104 242 32 71 9 2 0 32 9 4 26 16 .293 .361 .347 .708 30.0 4.7 3.4
C  Harry Danning 30 90 202 23 60 16 2 4 31 0 0 7 24 .297 .318 .455 .773 26.3 4.5 2.5
3B  Mike Kreevich 34 78 134 27 33 5 0 1 21 0 1 15 8 .246 .320 .306 .626 12.6 1.1 0.8
P  Mort Cooper 29 44 109 12 19 0 1 0 3 0 0 5 27 .174 .209 .193 .401 4.8 0.0 0.0
SS  Steve Mesner 24 61 120 10 25 5 0 0 8 0 0 4 3 .208 .234 .250 .484 4.2 0.0 1.2
P *Harry Eisenstat 26 42 99 9 16 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 35 .162 .170 .162 .332 0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Zuber 29 35 74 8 10 2 0 1 8 0 0 1 19 .135 .141 .203 .344 2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Broaca 32 55 57 2 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 27 .123 .123 .158 .281 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Dizzy Trout 27 25 28 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .107 .138 .107 .245 -0.6 0.0 0.0
2B  Nanny Fernandez 23 13 27 0 10 3 0 0 8 0 0 3 2 .370 .433 .481 .915 4.8 1.2 0.3
P *Fred Hutchinson 22 7 19 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .211 .250 .263 .513 1.0 0.0 0.0
LF *Ron Northey 22 4 13 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 .385 .467 .385 .851 2.1 0.3 0.0
CF  Gibby Brack 34 14 11 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .182 .182 .364 .545 0.6 0.0 0.0
C  Chico Hernandez 26 8 8 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .500 .600 .500 1.100 2.0 0.4 0.2
P  Kirby Higbe 27 39 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .600 1.000 0.9 0.2 0.0
P  Johnny Murphy 33 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Joyce 27 78 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Head 24 54 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 27.7 2044 5631 844 1554 313 44 114 817 30 20 572 545 .276 .341 .408 .749 751.9 132.8 44.6
  Rank among 8 AL teams 6 1 5 3 4 4 1 6 4 3 2 4 5 4 3 4  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Mort Cooper 29 21 16 .568 44 44 0 352.3 384 156 21 104 174 3.98 25.3
*Harry Eisenstat 26 20 13 .606 42 42 0 306.7 312 126 19 53 117 3.70 22.9
 Bill Zuber 29 15 7 .682 35 35 0 240.7 230 95 10 115 105 3.55 19.9
 Johnny Broaca 32 13 11 .542 55 23 1 208.3 240 96 11 81 86 4.15 12.7
 Dizzy Trout 27 6 5 .545 21 13 0 93.3 108 43 6 27 34 4.15 6.1
 Bob Joyce 27 8 3 .727 78 0 6 86.3 97 47 4 17 29 4.90 7.2
 Fred Hutchinson 22 3 1 .750 7 7 0 54.3 69 30 2 9 17 4.97 2.3
 Ed Head 24 1 9 .100 54 0 27 51.0 57 25 7 19 31 4.41 5.6
 Kirby Higbe 27 4 2 .667 39 1 0 48.0 49 25 3 28 21 4.69 2.6
 Johnny Murphy 33 3 1 .750 18 0 0 20.7 35 19 3 14 8 8.28 0.0
Team Totals 27.6 94 68 .580 393 165 34 1461.6 1581 662 86 467 622 4.08 104.6
Rank among 8 AL teams 2 2 2 2 3 6 1 2 3 3 2  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 32.9
H.Wagner 1101.3 122 128 472 36 5 0 .990 36.4
H.Danning 330.7 37 42 166 12 0 1 1.000 25.0
C.Hernandez 29.7 3 8 14 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1461.7 162 178 652 48 5 1 .993 33.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.38
G.Hasson 1326.7 148 151 1700 124 18 157 .990 12.37
M.Kreevich 81.3 9 13 112 5 1 12 .992 12.95
B.Myer 20.0 2 3 24 2 3 3 .897 11.70
S.Mesner 18.0 2 4 22 2 0 2 1.000 12.00
N.Fernandez 9.0 1 1 10 0 0 0 1.000 10.00
R.Weatherly 4.0 0 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 15.75
G.Brack 1.7 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 10.84
H.Wagner 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1461.7 162 178 1879 133 22 174 .989 12.39
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 6.35
S.Hack 1320.7 146 150 313 582 25 130 .973 6.10
B.Myer 72.0 9 10 13 38 2 7 .962 6.38
S.Mesner 46.0 6 8 12 17 1 3 .967 5.67
R.Weatherly 13.0 0 8 5 5 0 1 1.000 6.92
N.Fernandez 8.0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Priddy 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1461.7 162 178 343 645 28 141 .972 6.08
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.99
K.Keltner 1272.3 148 150 97 340 18 29 .960 3.09
B.Myer 84.0 6 26 6 21 0 0 1.000 2.89
M.Kreevich 52.7 5 11 4 12 1 0 .941 2.73
S.Mesner 24.0 3 5 0 9 1 2 .900 3.38
H.Wagner 20.7 0 8 1 4 1 0 .833 2.18
J.Priddy 4.0 0 3 0 1 1 0 .500 2.25
S.Hack 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.7 162 205 108 387 22 31 .957 3.05
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.58
J.Priddy 863.0 103 103 144 404 19 74 .966 5.71
B.Myer 366.3 36 57 62 182 6 26 .976 5.99
S.Mesner 155.3 18 22 25 62 2 14 .978 5.04
N.Fernandez 33.0 4 4 12 13 1 5 .962 6.82
C.Gillenwater 16.0 0 11 1 7 0 3 1.000 4.50
K.Keltner 14.0 0 7 3 6 0 0 1.000 5.79
S.Hack 13.0 1 4 1 2 0 1 1.000 2.08
M.Kreevich 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.7 162 209 248 676 28 123 .971 5.69
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.92
J.Heath 1303.0 144 145 269 17 7 4 .976 1.98
C.Gillenwater 102.0 13 13 30 1 0 0 1.000 2.74
M.Kreevich 49.7 5 8 7 2 0 1 1.000 1.63
H.Leiber 6.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
H.Danning 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.7 162 172 307 20 7 5 .979 2.01
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.55
H.Leiber 1279.0 143 147 349 7 10 2 .973 2.51
C.Gillenwater 83.3 10 10 28 0 0 0 1.000 3.02
R.Weatherly 50.0 5 9 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.52
M.Kreevich 42.0 4 10 16 1 0 0 1.000 3.64
J.Heath 7.0 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
G.Brack 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.7 162 183 410 8 10 2 .977 2.57
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.20
R.Weatherly 955.7 104 111 203 7 13 1 .942 1.98
C.Gillenwater 409.0 49 50 90 1 1 0 .989 2.00
M.Kreevich 47.0 5 9 16 0 0 0 1.000 3.06
R.Northey 31.0 4 4 6 0 1 0 .857 1.74
H.Leiber 11.0 0 6 3 1 0 0 1.000 3.27
J.Heath 3.7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46
G.Brack 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Hasson 1.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Mesner 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.7 162 187 319 9 15 1 .956 2.02
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.34
M.Cooper 352.3 44 44 26 82 6 7 .947 2.76
H.Eisenstat 306.7 42 42 24 59 2 3 .976 2.44
B.Zuber 240.7 35 35 9 37 0 4 1.000 1.72
J.Broaca 208.3 23 55 11 40 0 1 1.000 2.20
D.Trout 93.3 13 21 8 25 1 2 .971 3.18
B.Joyce 86.3 0 78 8 21 0 0 1.000 3.02
F.Hutchinson 54.3 7 7 1 6 1 1 .875 1.16
E.Head 51.0 0 54 4 10 1 0 .933 2.47
K.Higbe 48.0 1 39 3 12 0 1 1.000 2.81
J.Murphy 20.7 0 18 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.87
Team Total 1461.6 165 393 95 293 11 20 .972 2.39
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Wagner .327
On-Base Pct Heath .405
Slugging Pct Heath .511
OPS Heath .916
XR Heath 107.3
Games Keltner, Hasson, Heath 156
At-Bats Hack 618
Runs Hack 123
Hits Hack 187
Total Bases Heath 297
Singles Wagner 131
Doubles Hasson, Heath, Keltner 48
Triples Heath 6
Homeruns Leiber 26
RBIs Hasson 111
Stolen Bases Myer 9
Caught Stealing Hack 7
Walks Heath 91
Strikeouts Leiber 90
ERA Zuber 3.55
Wins Cooper 21
Losses Cooper 16
Winning Pct Zuber .682
Saves Head 27
Games Pitched Joyce 78
Games Started Cooper 44
Complete Games Cooper 15
Shutouts Eisenstat 3
Innings Pitched Cooper 352.3
Hits Allowed Cooper 384
Homeruns Allowed Cooper 21
Strikeouts Cooper 174
Walks Allowed Zuber 115
Walks per 9IP Eisenstat 1.6
Hits per 9IP Zuber 8.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Cooper 4.4
WHiP Eisenstat 1.19
OAVG Zuber .254
OOBP Eisenstat .292
OSLG Zuber .343
OOPS Eisenstat .655
Team All-Stars
Mort Cooper
Harry Eisenstat
Stan Hack
Ed Head
Jeff Heath
Ken Keltner
Hal Wagner
Bill Zuber
Player Salaries
Hank Leiber $ 6,500,000
Jeff Heath $ 6,500,000
Harry Eisenstat $ 5,000,000
Stan Hack $ 4,750,000
Hal Wagner $ 4,492,857
Gene Hasson $ 4,364,286
Mort Cooper $ 4,000,000
Buddy Myer $ 4,000,000
Johnny Broaca $ 4,000,000
Roy Weatherly $ 3,000,000
Mike Kreevich $ 2,500,000
Ken Keltner $ 1,810,000
Johnny Murphy $ 1,500,000
Harry Danning $ 1,000,000
Bill Zuber $ 1,000,000
Gibby Brack $ 646,429
Kirby Higbe $ 350,000
Nanny Fernandez $ 300,000
Carden Gillenwater $ 300,000
Ed Head $ 300,000
Bob Joyce $ 300,000
Steve Mesner $ 300,000
Ron Northey $ 300,000
Jerry Priddy $ 300,000
Dizzy Trout $ 300,000
Chico Hernandez $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
5/1 Traded Fred Hutchinson
Round Draft Pick.		 Boston (N) Dizzy Trout
 
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