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1943 Oakland Athletics
Record: 86-76
Finish: 4th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 777
Runs Allowed: 739
Exp W-L: 85-77
 
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Attendance: 2,425,209
Manager: Pat Flaherty

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 59-78, 5th in the AL
AA: 57-80, 7th in the AL
A: 71-66, 3rd in the AL
 
 
 
 
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 33 153 626 98 168 38 5 10 70 9 2 80 14 .268 .349 .393 .742 88.5 13.4 8.0
LF *Jeff Heath 28 157 609 96 158 33 7 21 85 0 0 73 83 .259 .334 .440 .774 88.2 12.9 4.6
1B *Gene Hasson 27 151 569 89 153 49 3 16 100 0 0 77 102 .269 .353 .450 .803 83.3 13.2 3.1
3B  Ken Keltner 26 153 564 77 164 33 7 9 94 8 0 46 24 .291 .339 .422 .761 82.3 13.1 4.7
C *Hal Wagner 27 132 468 77 129 21 4 5 50 0 0 65 25 .276 .363 .370 .733 60.0 8.4 8.0
LF *Roy Weatherly 28 145 479 65 143 26 2 9 78 10 7 20 17 .299 .328 .418 .746 57.2 7.6 3.6
SS  Jerry Priddy 23 139 434 62 113 21 7 5 47 0 0 58 44 .260 .350 .376 .726 58.8 8.6 3.9
CF  Hank Leiber 32 119 360 42 115 15 1 8 53 0 1 19 55 .319 .355 .433 .788 52.0 8.7 2.0
LF *Ron Northey 23 80 280 33 77 8 0 4 40 0 0 31 14 .275 .345 .346 .691 36.6 5.0 1.6
SS *Buddy Myer 39 113 230 27 74 9 1 0 30 3 2 34 17 .322 .408 .370 .777 34.9 6.1 1.9
C  Harry Danning 31 78 227 29 61 10 3 4 23 0 1 10 20 .269 .301 .392 .693 22.8 1.9 3.2
RF  Carden Gillenwater 25 79 201 18 41 5 1 2 12 0 0 33 30 .204 .316 .269 .585 19.2 0.8 1.5
SS  Steve Mesner 25 88 152 22 50 12 2 2 27 0 0 14 1 .329 .383 .474 .857 25.4 5.0 0.8
P #Johnny Vander Meer 28 44 115 8 16 1 1 1 11 0 0 1 32 .139 .147 .191 .338 1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Mort Cooper 30 44 106 10 20 3 2 0 9 0 0 2 12 .189 .202 .255 .457 4.6 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Zuber 30 33 67 5 11 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 18 .164 .176 .164 .341 1.2 0.0 0.0
P *Harry Eisenstat 27 38 68 6 13 1 0 0 9 0 0 1 18 .191 .203 .206 .409 2.4 0.0 0.0
CF  Gibby Brack 35 27 33 8 12 1 1 1 1 0 0 9 11 .364 .500 .545 1.045 8.5 1.9 0.2
C  Chico Hernandez 27 19 19 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .368 .368 .368 .737 2.4 0.5 0.1
P  Dizzy Trout 28 81 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .071 .133 .071 .205 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Kirby Higbe 28 46 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .182 .182 .182 .364 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Head 25 48 9 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .444 .444 .444 .889 1.5 0.4 0.0
P  Bob Joyce 28 76 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.4 2043 5649 777 1533 286 47 97 750 30 13 575 551 .271 .337 .390 .727 730.4 107.6 47.2
  Rank among 8 AL teams 6 4 5 6 2 6 5 4 3 5 2 6 5 6 5 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 30 16 18 .471 44 44 0 336.0 355 161 18 103 163 4.31 20.4
*Johnny Vander Meer 28 24 15 .615 44 44 0 327.7 269 127 18 169 276 3.49 28.0
*Harry Eisenstat 27 9 15 .375 38 30 0 208.0 244 104 17 53 61 4.50 9.9
 Bill Zuber 30 12 12 .500 33 33 0 202.3 190 100 6 113 108 4.45 10.6
 Dizzy Trout 28 7 4 .636 81 7 4 133.7 153 70 12 52 66 4.71 7.9
 Bob Joyce 28 9 0 1.000 76 0 2 107.3 113 36 5 10 33 3.02 13.3
 Kirby Higbe 28 4 6 .400 46 4 3 78.7 78 46 8 60 33 5.26 3.0
 Ed Head 25 5 6 .455 48 0 21 56.7 50 25 3 26 24 3.97 10.1
Team Totals 28.0 86 76 .531 410 162 30 1450.3 1452 669 87 586 764 4.15 103.2
Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 3 4 5 1 1 2 5 1 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 1007.7 112 117 562 48 8 1 .987 47.1
H.Danning 433.7 49 51 241 16 2 0 .992 25.0
C.Hernandez 9.0 1 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1450.3 162 172 808 64 10 1 .989 42.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.17
G.Hasson 1308.3 147 148 1652 122 12 157 .993 12.20
S.Mesner 113.0 12 14 133 11 1 18 .993 11.47
B.Myer 26.0 3 3 31 1 0 2 1.000 11.08
R.Northey 2.0 0 1 4 1 0 0 1.000 22.50
R.Weatherly 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1450.3 162 167 1822 135 13 177 .993 12.14
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 6.17
S.Hack 1306.7 147 148 319 590 13 135 .986 6.26
B.Myer 96.7 10 12 12 47 1 7 .983 5.49
S.Mesner 39.0 5 5 5 13 0 3 1.000 4.15
R.Weatherly 7.0 0 5 2 4 0 1 1.000 7.71
G.Brack 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.3 162 171 338 654 14 146 .986 6.16
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 3.03
K.Keltner 1289.3 148 152 98 336 16 21 .964 3.03
B.Myer 102.0 10 21 7 31 3 2 .927 3.35
S.Mesner 38.0 4 6 1 18 1 1 .950 4.50
H.Wagner 17.0 0 11 0 9 0 0 1.000 4.76
S.Hack 4.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1450.3 162 193 106 395 20 24 .962 3.11
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 5.64
J.Priddy 1113.7 135 138 180 488 22 107 .968 5.40
B.Myer 266.7 20 59 45 119 7 26 .959 5.54
S.Mesner 58.0 7 9 7 19 2 3 .929 4.03
S.Hack 7.0 0 3 1 6 0 1 1.000 9.00
K.Keltner 3.0 0 2 1 3 1 1 .800 12.00
C.Hernandez 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.3 162 212 234 635 32 138 .964 5.39
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.05
J.Heath 1327.3 148 149 297 22 9 4 .973 2.16
H.Leiber 54.0 6 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.67
C.Gillenwater 30.0 4 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
R.Northey 14.0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
R.Weatherly 13.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Brack 12.0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.75
Team Total 1450.3 162 166 311 23 9 4 .974 2.07
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.71
H.Leiber 631.7 71 75 137 4 5 1 .966 2.01
R.Weatherly 616.3 68 70 161 7 9 2 .949 2.45
C.Gillenwater 175.3 21 21 44 2 0 0 1.000 2.36
G.Brack 18.0 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50
J.Heath 8.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
R.Northey 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.3 162 172 348 13 14 3 .963 2.24
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.02
R.Northey 652.3 77 77 127 0 3 0 .977 1.75
R.Weatherly 424.3 48 56 82 7 2 0 .978 1.89
C.Gillenwater 261.7 31 32 55 3 4 0 .935 1.99
H.Leiber 65.0 4 20 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
G.Brack 28.0 2 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
J.Heath 8.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
G.Hasson 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
S.Mesner 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Priddy 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Keltner 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1450.3 162 203 286 10 9 0 .970 1.84
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.28
M.Cooper 336.0 44 44 25 76 5 5 .953 2.71
J.Vander Meer 327.7 44 44 12 57 2 3 .972 1.90
H.Eisenstat 208.0 30 38 12 44 0 3 1.000 2.42
B.Zuber 202.3 33 33 15 32 0 3 1.000 2.09
D.Trout 133.7 7 81 7 25 1 3 .970 2.15
B.Joyce 107.3 0 76 7 23 1 3 .968 2.52
K.Higbe 78.7 4 46 7 12 0 1 1.000 2.17
E.Head 56.7 0 48 2 9 1 2 .917 1.75
Team Total 1450.3 162 410 87 278 10 23 .973 2.27
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Weatherly .299
On-Base Pct Wagner .363
Slugging Pct Hasson .450
OPS Hasson .803
XR Hack 88.5
Games Heath 157
At-Bats Hack 626
Runs Hack 98
Hits Hack 168
Total Bases Heath 268
Singles Keltner, Hack 115
Doubles Hasson 49
Triples Heath, Keltner, Priddy 7
Homeruns Heath 21
RBIs Hasson 100
Stolen Bases Weatherly 10
Caught Stealing Weatherly 7
Walks Hack 80
Strikeouts Hasson 102
ERA Vander Meer 3.49
Wins Vander Meer 24
Losses Cooper 18
Winning Pct Vander Meer .615
Saves Head 21
Games Pitched Trout 81
Games Started Cooper, Vander Meer 44
Complete Games Cooper 16
Shutouts Vander Meer 2
Innings Pitched Cooper 336.0
Hits Allowed Cooper 355
Homeruns Allowed Cooper, Vander Meer 18
Strikeouts Vander Meer 276
Walks Allowed Vander Meer 169
Walks per 9IP Eisenstat 2.3
Hits per 9IP Vander Meer 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Vander Meer 7.6
WHiP Vander Meer 1.34
OAVG Vander Meer .225
OOBP Vander Meer .319
OSLG Vander Meer .336
OOPS Vander Meer .655
Team All-Stars
Ed Head
Jeff Heath
Johnny Vander Meer
Player Salaries
Johnny Vander Meer $ 7,770,000
Jeff Heath $ 6,500,000
Harry Eisenstat $ 5,000,000
Gene Hasson $ 5,000,000
Stan Hack $ 4,750,000
Hal Wagner $ 4,492,857
Mort Cooper $ 4,000,000
Buddy Myer $ 4,000,000
Ken Keltner $ 3,770,000
Hank Leiber $ 3,250,000
Roy Weatherly $ 3,000,000
Dizzy Trout $ 2,257,143
Harry Danning $ 1,000,000
Bill Zuber $ 1,000,000
Kirby Higbe $ 500,000
Chico Hernandez $ 300,000
Ed Head $ 300,000
Gibby Brack $ 300,000
Carden Gillenwater $ 300,000
Steve Mesner $ 300,000
Ron Northey $ 300,000
Jerry Priddy $ 300,000
Bob Joyce $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Ray Lamanno
Johnny Broaca
Hugh East		 Boston (N) Johnny Vander Meer
 
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