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1939 Oakland Athletics
Record: 90-72
Finish: 3rd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 757
Runs Allowed: 681
Exp W-L: 89-73
 
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Attendance: 2,428,068
Manager: Pat Flaherty

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-73, 6th in the AL
AA: 59-78, 6th in the AL
A: 57-80, 8th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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 29 154 611 85 171 37 2 13 84 5 1 79 30 .280 .361 .411 .772 91.9 18.4 5.9
LF *Jeff Heath 24 156 586 90 162 23 11 22 70 0 0 68 60 .276 .352 .466 .818 90.8 18.5 2.8
3B  Ken Keltner 22 149 529 80 136 24 4 20 67 4 2 56 21 .257 .325 .431 .756 73.6 12.1 8.2
1B *Gene Hasson 23 142 504 62 134 51 3 7 66 0 0 53 103 .266 .332 .421 .753 67.1 12.1 2.6
RF  Hack Wilson 39 132 380 73 100 20 2 17 64 4 0 44 84 .263 .337 .461 .798 56.3 10.1 1.9
3B  Mike Kreevich 31 118 388 48 110 24 6 3 52 0 2 29 17 .284 .330 .399 .730 48.2 8.2 3.9
CF  Hank Leiber 28 107 370 56 109 22 1 20 68 0 0 27 57 .295 .344 .522 .866 60.5 12.7 2.2
LF *Roy Weatherly 24 110 364 35 88 19 3 3 43 0 1 17 12 .242 .273 .335 .609 25.9 0.0 2.3
SS *Buddy Myer 35 106 296 42 96 19 6 1 37 4 3 33 11 .324 .389 .439 .828 48.1 10.7 3.8
C *Hal Wagner 23 87 279 46 82 20 3 4 42 0 0 34 14 .294 .370 .430 .800 42.2 8.7 4.2
C  Harry Danning 27 75 245 32 67 11 2 4 29 0 0 10 24 .273 .302 .384 .686 24.9 3.3 4.1
C  Rick Ferrell 33 76 189 18 47 8 2 2 27 0 0 17 11 .249 .311 .344 .655 18.6 2.1 2.9
CF  Gibby Brack 31 83 155 21 41 9 3 1 16 0 0 12 41 .265 .320 .381 .700 17.5 2.5 0.7
2B  Bobby Reeves 35 65 155 19 36 8 1 1 12 0 1 11 17 .232 .280 .316 .596 13.8 0.9 1.9
CF *Alex Metzler 36 91 140 23 42 5 2 3 25 4 2 5 12 .300 .320 .429 .748 18.2 2.9 0.4
P  Mort Cooper 26 42 107 5 16 0 1 1 5 0 0 2 23 .150 .165 .196 .361 2.2 0.0 0.0
P  Whit Wyatt 31 44 109 9 23 2 1 0 5 0 0 2 23 .211 .223 .248 .471 6.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Zuber 26 42 92 6 8 2 0 0 9 0 0 2 27 .087 .105 .109 .214 -1.7 0.0 0.0
P *Harry Eisenstat 23 30 71 2 14 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 21 .197 .208 .211 .420 2.2 0.0 0.0
P  Tony Kaufmann 38 20 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Ray Benge 37 44 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.5 0.2 0.0
P  Monty Stratton 27 52 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0.9 0.3 0.0
1B  Bill Nagel 23 5 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
P  Jim Winford 29 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Kirby Higbe 24 81 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.0 2045 5593 757 1488 306 53 122 730 21 12 502 613 .266 .325 .405 .730 708.7 123.9 47.9
  Rank among 8 AL teams 8 5 6 5 4 2 5 6 3 5 5 5 5 4 5 5  
* - 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 26 20 13 .606 42 42 0 335.7 351 147 14 85 175 3.94 20.8
 Whit Wyatt 31 21 15 .583 44 44 0 329.3 304 120 19 136 159 3.28 27.8
 Bill Zuber 26 16 11 .593 42 42 0 286.3 300 112 13 129 127 3.52 20.3
*Harry Eisenstat 23 7 13 .350 30 30 0 218.0 236 88 12 39 78 3.63 14.0
 Kirby Higbe 24 7 9 .438 81 2 5 86.3 107 67 5 41 28 6.98 0.0
 Monty Stratton 27 6 3 .667 52 0 5 59.0 76 46 9 15 9 7.02 0.0
 Ray Benge 37 6 5 .545 44 0 22 50.7 66 27 4 10 15 4.80 5.6
 Jim Winford 29 6 3 .667 34 0 1 39.7 24 8 3 21 19 1.82 6.6
 Tony Kaufmann 38 1 0 1.000 20 2 0 38.3 39 14 3 8 14 3.29 3.2
 Buck Marrow 29 0 0 .000 10 0 2 11.0 20 10 2 3 3 8.18 0.0
Team Totals 29.0 90 72 .556 399 162 35 1454.3 1523 639 84 487 627 3.95 98.2
Rank among 8 AL teams 3 3 1 3 3 4 3 2 5 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 33.8
H.Wagner 615.3 69 74 239 19 0 1 1.000 31.8
H.Danning 554.7 61 71 275 15 1 1 .997 28.0
R.Ferrell 284.7 32 37 149 21 3 0 .983 50.0
Team Total 1454.7 162 182 663 55 4 2 .994 35.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.36
G.Hasson 1157.7 132 135 1505 123 9 136 .995 12.66
R.Ferrell 141.0 14 21 194 7 2 26 .990 12.83
M.Kreevich 70.0 8 9 93 5 0 10 1.000 12.60
H.Wagner 35.0 4 6 54 1 0 2 1.000 14.14
B.Myer 27.0 3 3 29 2 0 7 1.000 10.33
R.Weatherly 12.0 0 7 16 1 0 4 1.000 12.75
G.Brack 8.0 1 1 8 1 0 0 1.000 10.13
B.Nagel 4.0 0 1 5 2 0 0 1.000 15.75
Team Total 1454.7 162 183 1904 142 11 185 .995 12.66
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.31
S.Hack 1200.0 133 135 311 521 10 126 .988 6.24
R.Weatherly 135.0 16 17 29 75 1 16 .990 6.93
B.Reeves 69.0 8 9 18 36 0 8 1.000 7.04
B.Myer 41.0 5 6 11 27 0 4 1.000 8.34
B.Nagel 5.7 0 2 2 3 1 1 .833 7.95
R.Ferrell 4.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1454.7 162 170 371 663 12 155 .989 6.40
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 2.97
M.Kreevich 649.7 74 80 53 165 4 16 .982 3.02
K.Keltner 271.3 32 32 24 82 0 5 1.000 3.52
B.Myer 214.3 22 34 16 66 6 4 .932 3.44
B.Reeves 188.3 20 27 10 54 3 5 .955 3.06
S.Hack 123.0 14 15 5 28 2 3 .943 2.41
H.Wagner 7.0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.86
B.Nagel 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.7 162 191 109 397 15 33 .971 3.13
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 5.56
K.Keltner 974.0 114 115 149 480 8 96 .987 5.81
B.Myer 375.3 38 57 73 176 11 31 .958 5.97
B.Reeves 98.3 10 17 8 53 5 12 .924 5.58
S.Hack 6.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
A.Metzler 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.7 162 192 230 710 24 139 .975 5.82
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 1.93
J.Heath 1235.0 138 138 248 8 7 0 .973 1.87
A.Metzler 118.7 15 16 20 2 2 0 .917 1.67
G.Brack 52.0 6 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.56
R.Weatherly 34.0 3 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.32
H.Leiber 5.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
M.Kreevich 5.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Wilson 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
H.Danning 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1454.7 162 175 286 10 9 0 .970 1.83
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.60
H.Leiber 787.3 88 100 211 2 6 0 .973 2.43
G.Brack 190.0 24 26 44 5 0 0 1.000 2.32
R.Weatherly 170.0 20 25 46 3 3 0 .942 2.59
M.Kreevich 88.0 11 11 25 1 0 0 1.000 2.66
J.Heath 82.0 8 11 26 0 1 0 .963 2.85
H.Wilson 69.3 4 21 17 2 2 2 .905 2.47
A.Metzler 68.0 7 12 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.85
Team Total 1454.7 162 206 383 13 12 2 .971 2.45
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.04
H.Wilson 761.0 85 98 173 6 10 0 .947 2.12
R.Weatherly 431.3 49 61 85 4 2 1 .978 1.86
M.Kreevich 166.3 21 22 33 0 0 0 1.000 1.79
A.Metzler 48.0 5 11 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.94
G.Brack 15.0 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
H.Leiber 11.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Heath 10.0 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
G.Hasson 10.0 0 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
H.Danning 2.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.7 162 209 308 10 13 1 .961 1.97
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.38
M.Cooper 335.7 42 42 20 64 3 4 .966 2.25
W.Wyatt 329.3 44 44 22 77 3 5 .971 2.71
B.Zuber 286.3 42 42 17 52 0 5 1.000 2.17
H.Eisenstat 218.0 30 30 11 45 1 3 .982 2.31
K.Higbe 86.3 2 81 5 18 3 1 .885 2.40
M.Stratton 59.0 0 52 9 11 0 0 1.000 3.05
R.Benge 50.7 0 44 4 9 1 1 .929 2.31
J.Winford 39.7 0 34 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.82
T.Kaufmann 38.3 2 20 5 8 0 0 1.000 3.05
B.Marrow 11.0 0 10 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
Team Total 1454.3 162 399 98 289 11 19 .972 2.39
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hack .280
On-Base Pct Hack .361
Slugging Pct Heath .466
OPS Heath .818
XR Hack 91.9
Games Heath 156
At-Bats Hack 611
Runs Heath 90
Hits Hack 171
Total Bases Heath 273
Singles Hack 119
Doubles Hasson 51
Triples Heath 11
Homeruns Heath 22
RBIs Hack 84
Stolen Bases Hack 5
Caught Stealing Myer 3
Walks Hack 79
Strikeouts Hasson 103
ERA Wyatt 3.28
Wins Wyatt 21
Losses Wyatt 15
Winning Pct Cooper .606
Saves Benge 22
Games Pitched Higbe 81
Games Started Wyatt 44
Complete Games Cooper 17
Shutouts Cooper, Wyatt 2
Innings Pitched Cooper 335.7
Hits Allowed Cooper 351
Homeruns Allowed Wyatt 19
Strikeouts Cooper 175
Walks Allowed Wyatt 136
Walks per 9IP Eisenstat 1.6
Hits per 9IP Wyatt 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Cooper 4.7
WHiP Eisenstat 1.26
OAVG Wyatt .247
OOBP Eisenstat .307
OSLG Wyatt .344
OOPS Wyatt .668
Team All-Stars
Mort Cooper
Kirby Higbe
Hank Leiber
Whit Wyatt
Player Salaries
Whit Wyatt $ 7,000,001
Hank Leiber $ 6,500,000
Ray Benge $ 5,300,000
Hack Wilson $ 5,250,000
Stan Hack $ 4,750,000
Buddy Myer $ 4,000,000
Alex Metzler $ 2,000,000
Mike Kreevich $ 1,985,714
Bobby Reeves $ 1,100,000
Monty Stratton $ 1,015,000
Harry Danning $ 1,000,000
Tony Kaufmann $ 1,000,000
Rick Ferrell $ 738,000
Jim Winford $ 642,857
Kirby Higbe $ 300,000
Gibby Brack $ 300,000
Mort Cooper $ 300,000
Harry Eisenstat $ 300,000
Ken Keltner $ 300,000
Jeff Heath $ 300,000
Bill Nagel $ 300,000
Roy Weatherly $ 300,000
Hal Wagner $ 300,000
Bill Zuber $ 300,000
Buck Marrow $ 300,000
Gene Hasson $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Bobby Reeves
2/5 Signed     Alex Metzler
2/8 Signed     Hack Wilson
2/13 Traded Pete Sivess Cincinnati Buddy Myer
4/2 Traded Mace Brown Detroit Steve Mesner
Tony Kaufmann
6/1 Traded Joe Glenn
Round Draft Pick.		 Cincinnati Jim Winford
 
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