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1944 Oakland Athletics
Record: 78-84
Finish: 5th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 827
Runs Allowed: 803
Exp W-L: 83-79
 
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Attendance: 2,285,625
Manager: Pat Flaherty

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-75, 7th in the AL
AA: 56-81, 8th in the AL
A: 52-85, 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 34 159 593 105 192 43 4 9 92 2 0 74 18 .324 .397 .455 .852 104.0 19.5 5.2
3B  Ken Keltner 27 157 607 95 175 48 3 11 98 0 3 55 37 .288 .346 .432 .777 80.8 11.7 5.4
1B *Gene Hasson 28 148 468 87 131 39 2 21 89 1 0 89 73 .280 .391 .506 .897 90.9 16.4 2.3
LF *Roy Weatherly 29 142 490 79 148 34 4 10 70 12 5 31 13 .302 .342 .449 .791 67.4 10.3 2.2
LF *Ron Northey 24 118 424 62 126 25 4 5 62 0 2 40 26 .297 .358 .410 .768 55.7 8.0 1.8
C *Hal Wagner 28 123 371 56 105 26 4 3 62 0 0 66 31 .283 .394 .399 .793 58.1 9.3 6.1
SS  Pinky Higgins 35 139 393 56 111 21 3 9 54 0 0 26 37 .282 .325 .420 .745 50.9 6.7 2.6
CF  Hank Leiber 33 128 353 46 94 16 4 6 49 0 0 33 53 .266 .329 .385 .714 42.4 5.1 1.7
CF *Eddie Carnett 27 101 315 47 92 14 6 1 47 0 0 17 12 .292 .331 .384 .715 37.5 4.6 2.0
SS  Steve Mesner 26 109 296 34 84 12 1 2 31 0 1 27 4 .284 .342 .351 .693 35.3 4.6 2.0
C  Harry Danning 32 90 266 37 63 17 0 7 33 0 0 16 41 .237 .276 .380 .656 28.3 2.2 4.4
SS  Jerry Priddy 24 73 209 16 45 8 0 1 17 0 0 30 26 .215 .311 .268 .579 18.7 0.6 1.7
RF  Carden Gillenwater 26 73 202 27 44 5 1 5 19 0 0 32 26 .218 .323 .327 .650 23.0 2.1 1.0
2B  Nanny Fernandez 25 77 194 25 58 17 2 2 27 0 0 13 15 .299 .340 .438 .778 25.2 3.6 0.9
LF *Jeff Heath 29 37 136 14 39 7 3 4 22 0 0 16 21 .287 .359 .471 .830 21.1 3.3 0.7
P  Mort Cooper 31 44 109 7 22 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 21 .202 .223 .220 .443 4.9 0.0 0.0
P #Johnny Vander Meer 29 44 110 4 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 41 .091 .122 .091 .213 -2.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Zuber 31 35 67 5 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 30 .134 .181 .134 .315 1.4 0.0 0.0
P  Dizzy Trout 29 34 68 11 14 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 11 .206 .229 .206 .434 3.0 0.0 0.0
C  Chico Hernandez 28 18 43 8 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 .256 .289 .279 .568 3.6 0.2 0.6
CF  Gibby Brack 36 35 34 3 12 3 0 1 4 0 0 3 4 .353 .405 .529 .935 6.2 1.2 0.0
P  Ed Head 26 76 10 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .200 .273 .200 .473 0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Joyce 29 86 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .111 .000 .111 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Kirby Higbe 29 27 10 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .300 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Tommy Hughes 24 13 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Harry Eisenstat 28 71 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.7 2157 5787 827 1589 339 41 97 798 15 11 584 547 .275 .340 .398 .738 755.9 109.3 40.7
  Rank among 8 AL teams 1 3 2 1 7 7 3 6 2 7 3 4 5 5 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 31 18 20 .474 44 43 0 333.3 329 151 35 111 165 4.08 21.2
*Johnny Vander Meer 29 12 18 .400 44 44 0 317.7 291 153 25 153 283 4.33 15.7
 Dizzy Trout 29 11 13 .458 31 31 0 224.3 244 116 17 86 94 4.65 11.4
 Bill Zuber 31 11 9 .550 35 35 0 222.0 217 109 9 140 131 4.42 11.7
 Bob Joyce 29 10 8 .556 86 2 4 111.0 135 53 10 22 31 4.30 8.5
 Ed Head 26 7 10 .412 76 0 18 99.7 113 60 8 51 57 5.42 6.4
*Harry Eisenstat 28 3 2 .600 71 0 3 86.7 91 36 3 23 24 3.74 7.2
 Kirby Higbe 29 2 3 .400 27 4 0 54.0 53 43 7 43 23 7.17 0.0
 Tommy Hughes 24 4 1 .800 13 3 0 32.3 36 16 1 23 8 4.45 2.0
Team Totals 28.4 78 84 .481 427 162 25 1481.0 1509 737 115 652 816 4.48 83.9
Rank among 8 AL teams 5 5 6 5 1 3 3 4 5 1 4  
* - 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 35.2
H.Wagner 843.0 92 100 457 38 4 0 .992 44.4
H.Danning 553.0 61 67 342 21 1 2 .997 44.4
C.Hernandez 85.0 9 12 48 2 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1481.0 162 179 847 61 5 2 .995 42.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.09
G.Hasson 1070.7 116 132 1320 105 6 121 .996 11.98
N.Fernandez 294.7 36 38 350 26 2 36 .995 11.48
S.Mesner 55.7 6 10 73 9 1 8 .988 13.26
P.Higgins 40.0 4 5 53 3 3 7 .949 12.60
E.Carnett 8.0 0 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
R.Weatherly 7.0 0 4 9 1 0 2 1.000 12.86
G.Brack 3.0 0 2 5 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
H.Wagner 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
C.Gillenwater 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1481.0 162 197 1820 145 12 175 .994 11.94
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.24
S.Hack 1257.0 137 142 325 548 17 126 .981 6.25
P.Higgins 88.0 10 11 22 35 3 6 .950 5.83
J.Priddy 73.0 7 8 19 31 1 10 .980 6.16
S.Mesner 59.0 8 8 15 26 1 8 .976 6.25
R.Weatherly 4.0 0 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1481.0 162 171 381 644 22 150 .979 6.23
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 3.08
K.Keltner 1328.3 149 151 93 356 13 39 .972 3.04
P.Higgins 68.7 8 10 4 18 1 1 .957 2.88
S.Mesner 42.0 5 7 1 9 1 1 .909 2.14
H.Wagner 25.0 0 14 1 8 0 0 1.000 3.24
S.Hack 13.0 0 3 2 4 0 0 1.000 4.15
J.Priddy 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1481.0 162 186 101 395 15 41 .971 3.01
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.61
P.Higgins 589.7 52 98 94 254 8 51 .978 5.31
J.Priddy 456.0 59 59 71 188 9 32 .966 5.11
S.Mesner 400.0 51 53 66 175 7 36 .972 5.42
S.Hack 16.3 0 10 2 9 0 2 1.000 6.06
K.Keltner 15.3 0 9 4 11 1 4 .938 8.81
C.Gillenwater 3.7 0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 2.46
Team Total 1481.0 162 231 237 638 26 125 .971 5.32
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.00
R.Northey 871.0 100 101 165 3 1 1 .994 1.74
J.Heath 291.7 34 34 65 3 0 0 1.000 2.10
H.Leiber 125.0 13 17 20 2 1 1 .957 1.58
R.Weatherly 118.0 11 20 26 2 2 1 .933 2.14
N.Fernandez 28.0 3 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
S.Mesner 26.7 0 11 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.69
E.Carnett 13.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
C.Gillenwater 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
H.Danning 2.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
C.Hernandez 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1481.0 162 195 289 11 4 3 .987 1.82
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.55
E.Carnett 718.0 83 84 181 8 7 3 .964 2.37
H.Leiber 573.0 61 74 138 3 5 1 .966 2.21
R.Weatherly 128.7 14 16 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.61
C.Gillenwater 40.0 3 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Heath 11.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Brack 10.0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
Team Total 1481.0 162 186 350 12 12 4 .968 2.20
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.10
R.Weatherly 760.0 84 94 153 7 3 0 .982 1.89
C.Gillenwater 418.0 51 55 83 3 2 2 .977 1.85
R.Northey 111.0 14 15 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.62
N.Fernandez 98.0 12 14 25 1 1 0 .963 2.39
S.Mesner 31.3 0 13 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.72
G.Hasson 25.7 0 9 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.70
H.Leiber 25.0 1 7 7 0 1 0 .875 2.52
G.Brack 4.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
E.Carnett 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Heath 3.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1481.0 162 213 299 11 7 2 .978 1.88
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.25
M.Cooper 333.3 43 44 25 77 1 3 .990 2.75
J.Vander Meer 317.7 44 44 23 54 3 1 .963 2.18
D.Trout 224.3 31 31 11 49 3 3 .952 2.41
B.Zuber 222.0 35 35 9 43 1 7 .981 2.11
B.Joyce 111.0 2 86 8 28 0 4 1.000 2.92
E.Head 99.7 0 76 12 24 2 2 .947 3.25
H.Eisenstat 86.7 0 71 6 15 0 2 1.000 2.18
K.Higbe 54.0 4 27 4 9 1 0 .929 2.17
T.Hughes 32.3 3 13 1 7 0 1 1.000 2.23
Team Total 1481.0 162 427 99 306 11 23 .974 2.46
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hack .324
On-Base Pct Hack .397
Slugging Pct Hasson .506
OPS Hasson .897
XR Hack 104.0
Games Hack 159
At-Bats Keltner 607
Runs Hack 105
Hits Hack 192
Total Bases Hack 270
Singles Hack 136
Doubles Keltner 48
Triples Carnett 6
Homeruns Hasson 21
RBIs Keltner 98
Stolen Bases Weatherly 12
Caught Stealing Weatherly 5
Walks Hasson 89
Strikeouts Hasson 73
ERA Cooper 4.08
Wins Cooper 18
Losses Cooper 20
Winning Pct Joyce .556
Saves Head 18
Games Pitched Joyce 86
Games Started Vander Meer 44
Complete Games Cooper 14
Shutouts Cooper, Trout 1
Innings Pitched Cooper 333.3
Hits Allowed Cooper 329
Homeruns Allowed Cooper 35
Strikeouts Vander Meer 283
Walks Allowed Vander Meer 153
Walks per 9IP Cooper 3.0
Hits per 9IP Vander Meer 8.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Vander Meer 8.0
WHiP Cooper 1.32
OAVG Vander Meer .242
OOBP Cooper .317
OSLG Zuber .353
OOPS Vander Meer .713
Team All-Stars
Ed Head
Player Salaries
Johnny Vander Meer $ 7,770,000
Hal Wagner $ 6,750,000
Jeff Heath $ 6,500,000
Stan Hack $ 5,250,000
Harry Eisenstat $ 5,000,000
Gene Hasson $ 5,000,000
Mort Cooper $ 4,000,000
Ken Keltner $ 3,770,000
Dizzy Trout $ 3,500,000
Hank Leiber $ 3,250,000
Roy Weatherly $ 3,000,000
Pinky Higgins $ 2,139,762
Bob Joyce $ 1,994,286
Harry Danning $ 1,000,000
Carden Gillenwater $ 1,000,000
Bill Zuber $ 1,000,000
Kirby Higbe $ 500,000
Gibby Brack $ 350,000
Ed Head $ 300,000
Tommy Hughes $ 300,000
Nanny Fernandez $ 300,000
Steve Mesner $ 300,000
Ron Northey $ 300,000
Jerry Priddy $ 300,000
Eddie Carnett $ 300,000
Chico Hernandez $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/14 Signed     Pinky Higgins
 
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