1941 Oakland Athletics
Record: 80-82
Finish: 5th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 786
Runs Allowed: 805
Exp W-L: 79-83
 
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Attendance: 2,367,871
Manager: Pat Flaherty

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 59-78, 8th in the AL
AA: 66-71, 4th in the AL
A: 62-75, 7th 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 31 157 610 95 188 36 8 3 67 7 5 74 18 .308 .382 .408 .790 92.4 16.5 4.4
LF *Jeff Heath 26 152 587 102 182 41 7 23 100 0 0 70 49 .310 .381 .521 .902 102.7 19.6 2.3
3B  Ken Keltner 24 156 573 78 180 46 7 14 106 3 4 31 29 .314 .348 .492 .840 89.4 16.4 5.8
1B *Gene Hasson 25 139 506 75 141 37 4 15 82 0 0 76 81 .279 .373 .457 .829 82.3 14.8 2.1
LF *Roy Weatherly 26 138 498 62 154 32 5 7 75 10 9 21 12 .309 .335 .436 .771 61.2 8.9 2.3
C *Hal Wagner 25 128 428 85 142 26 5 11 70 0 2 77 19 .332 .434 .493 .927 86.1 18.1 5.6
CF  Hank Leiber 30 137 437 57 115 15 4 16 64 0 0 25 57 .263 .305 .426 .731 53.0 6.0 1.8
SS *Debs Garms 33 107 315 28 93 11 1 1 35 0 0 30 9 .295 .355 .346 .701 37.5 4.8 2.5
SS *Buddy Myer 37 121 288 46 93 15 3 1 36 11 4 42 12 .323 .407 .406 .813 46.6 8.7 2.6
RF *Rip Radcliff 35 94 265 30 74 6 3 2 25 0 1 21 14 .279 .329 .347 .676 28.7 3.0 1.2
3B  Mike Kreevich 33 97 224 33 57 9 1 1 18 0 2 17 10 .254 .306 .317 .623 19.2 0.7 1.9
C  Harry Danning 29 73 235 22 72 14 4 2 32 0 0 5 27 .306 .317 .426 .742 27.8 3.8 3.0
RF  Carden Gillenwater 23 73 199 24 48 5 1 4 20 0 0 21 23 .241 .314 .337 .650 20.2 1.6 0.7
P *Fred Hutchinson 21 39 111 10 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .144 .159 .144 .303 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Mort Cooper 28 38 90 6 14 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 19 .156 .174 .167 .341 1.2 0.0 0.0
P *Harry Eisenstat 25 38 72 2 13 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 25 .181 .192 .181 .372 1.4 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Broaca 31 53 61 6 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 24 .115 .156 .131 .287 0.1 0.0 0.0
SS  Steve Mesner 23 22 65 8 18 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 3 .277 .309 .323 .632 5.8 0.5 0.7
CF  Gibby Brack 33 22 60 3 10 3 0 1 5 0 0 6 13 .167 .242 .267 .509 3.3 0.0 0.3
SS  Red Kress 34 42 58 5 9 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 7 .155 .197 .241 .438 1.1 0.0 0.4
P  Ed Head 23 15 45 4 9 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 10 .200 .217 .267 .484 1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Zuber 28 37 27 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .185 .185 .185 .370 1.0 0.0 0.0
C *Gus Suhr 35 17 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.3 0.0 0.1
P  Kirby Higbe 26 80 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Murphy 32 17 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Monty Stratton 29 13 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .250 .333 .583 0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Joyce 26 74 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.6 2079 5774 786 1644 302 55 102 759 32 27 530 471 .285 .344 .409 .753 762.3 123.4 37.7
  Rank among 8 AL teams 2 5 2 6 1 6 5 5 5 4 1 1 3 5 4 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
 Fred Hutchinson 21 16 17 .485 39 39 0 314.7 366 143 25 58 111 4.09 18.4
 Mort Cooper 28 11 14 .440 38 37 0 267.7 325 162 27 102 130 5.45 6.4
*Harry Eisenstat 25 10 9 .526 38 31 1 229.3 253 108 24 36 82 4.24 12.6
 Johnny Broaca 31 15 16 .484 53 27 8 223.3 243 106 13 82 103 4.27 14.3
 Ed Head 23 8 2 .800 15 15 0 121.0 123 44 5 44 51 3.27 11.4
 Bill Zuber 28 6 8 .429 37 12 7 109.0 117 56 5 68 55 4.62 5.9
 Kirby Higbe 26 10 9 .526 80 1 7 95.7 107 66 9 62 41 6.21 2.4
 Bob Joyce 26 2 3 .400 74 0 2 74.7 88 35 3 11 25 4.22 5.5
 Johnny Murphy 32 1 1 .500 17 0 1 20.0 19 7 1 4 6 3.15 2.0
 Monty Stratton 29 1 3 .250 13 0 0 12.3 22 12 1 4 5 8.76 0.0
Team Totals 26.9 80 82 .494 404 162 26 1467.6 1663 739 113 471 609 4.53 78.9
Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 5 5 2 8 6 6 2 6 6  
* - 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 .991 34.1
H.Wagner 960.0 105 117 428 29 2 2 .996 44.0
H.Danning 491.3 57 63 224 17 1 0 .996 22.2
G.Suhr 16.3 0 8 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1467.7 162 188 657 46 3 2 .996 34.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.55
G.Hasson 1168.7 130 135 1498 111 15 129 .991 12.39
R.Weatherly 167.7 18 20 221 25 0 23 1.000 13.21
D.Garms 64.0 8 8 73 10 2 10 .976 11.67
M.Kreevich 47.0 5 9 55 2 1 6 .983 10.91
S.Mesner 15.0 1 4 21 0 0 3 1.000 12.60
R.Kress 3.3 0 2 8 0 0 0 1.000 21.62
G.Suhr 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1467.7 162 180 1878 148 18 171 .991 12.42
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 6.29
S.Hack 1272.3 139 144 319 565 12 120 .987 6.25
B.Myer 81.0 10 10 21 43 2 8 .970 7.11
S.Mesner 73.3 8 11 19 33 1 13 .981 6.38
R.Kress 39.0 5 5 11 20 0 5 1.000 7.15
R.Weatherly 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1467.7 162 171 371 662 15 146 .986 6.33
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 3.01
D.Garms 548.7 65 70 33 152 8 20 .959 3.03
B.Myer 479.7 48 65 36 122 5 7 .969 2.96
M.Kreevich 407.3 48 52 23 114 3 9 .979 3.03
S.Hack 8.0 0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.50
K.Keltner 8.0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38
S.Mesner 7.0 1 1 2 3 1 0 .833 6.43
H.Wagner 6.0 0 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00
R.Kress 3.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1467.7 162 202 94 402 17 36 .967 3.04
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.59
K.Keltner 1296.0 149 155 203 598 14 96 .983 5.56
B.Myer 68.7 4 21 14 32 3 10 .939 6.03
S.Mesner 51.0 6 8 6 30 0 7 1.000 6.35
R.Kress 29.7 3 6 7 10 0 2 1.000 5.16
D.Garms 15.3 0 6 0 7 0 1 1.000 4.11
S.Hack 6.0 0 4 4 4 0 2 1.000 12.00
M.Kreevich 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1467.7 162 201 234 681 17 118 .982 5.61
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 1.90
J.Heath 1269.7 140 142 264 21 10 2 .966 2.02
H.Leiber 86.0 9 12 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.99
R.Weatherly 40.0 5 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Garms 31.0 3 5 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.03
C.Gillenwater 22.0 3 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
M.Kreevich 10.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
R.Radcliff 8.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
G.Brack 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1467.7 162 172 308 22 10 2 .971 2.02
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.50
H.Leiber 649.0 73 79 184 5 8 1 .959 2.62
R.Weatherly 619.3 69 72 185 5 6 0 .969 2.76
G.Brack 133.0 15 15 40 0 1 0 .976 2.71
M.Kreevich 26.3 1 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.37
D.Garms 17.0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
R.Radcliff 9.0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
J.Heath 7.0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.14
C.Gillenwater 7.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1467.7 162 180 428 10 15 1 .967 2.69
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.07
R.Radcliff 551.7 68 68 133 8 5 0 .966 2.30
C.Gillenwater 403.3 49 51 79 3 0 2 1.000 1.83
R.Weatherly 226.0 24 31 45 2 3 1 .940 1.87
H.Leiber 207.0 20 35 38 2 6 0 .870 1.74
D.Garms 36.0 0 15 9 0 1 0 .900 2.25
M.Kreevich 21.3 1 9 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.95
G.Hasson 6.3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Heath 6.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Keltner 6.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
G.Suhr 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
S.Mesner 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1467.7 162 219 313 15 15 3 .956 2.01
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.42
F.Hutchinson 314.7 39 39 25 57 1 4 .988 2.35
M.Cooper 267.7 37 38 30 53 4 4 .954 2.79
H.Eisenstat 229.3 31 38 13 52 2 1 .970 2.55
J.Broaca 223.3 27 53 15 27 3 4 .933 1.69
E.Head 121.0 15 15 8 25 0 2 1.000 2.45
B.Zuber 109.0 12 37 3 18 0 1 1.000 1.73
K.Higbe 95.7 1 80 8 19 1 2 .964 2.54
B.Joyce 74.7 0 74 3 6 0 1 1.000 1.08
J.Murphy 20.0 0 17 2 8 1 0 .909 4.50
M.Stratton 12.3 0 13 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.73
Team Total 1467.6 162 404 107 266 12 19 .969 2.29
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Wagner .332
On-Base Pct Wagner .434
Slugging Pct Heath .521
OPS Wagner .927
XR Heath 102.7
Games Hack 157
At-Bats Hack 610
Runs Heath 102
Hits Hack 188
Total Bases Heath 306
Singles Hack 141
Doubles Keltner 46
Triples Hack 8
Homeruns Heath 23
RBIs Keltner 106
Stolen Bases Myer 11
Caught Stealing Weatherly 9
Walks Wagner 77
Strikeouts Hasson 81
ERA Hutchinson 4.09
Wins Hutchinson 16
Losses Hutchinson 17
Winning Pct Eisenstat, Higbe .526
Saves Broaca 8
Games Pitched Higbe 80
Games Started Hutchinson 39
Complete Games Hutchinson 17
Shutouts Broaca, Eisenstat, Head, Hutchinson 1
Innings Pitched Hutchinson 314.7
Hits Allowed Hutchinson 366
Homeruns Allowed Cooper 27
Strikeouts Cooper 130
Walks Allowed Cooper 102
Walks per 9IP Eisenstat 1.4
Hits per 9IP Broaca 9.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Cooper 4.4
WHiP Eisenstat 1.26
OAVG Broaca .277
OOBP Eisenstat .307
OSLG Broaca .400
OOPS Broaca .738
Team All-Stars
Stan Hack
Player Salaries
Hank Leiber $ 6,500,000
Stan Hack $ 4,750,000
Gene Hasson $ 4,364,286
Jeff Heath $ 4,178,571
Harry Eisenstat $ 4,128,571
Buddy Myer $ 4,000,000
Johnny Broaca $ 4,000,000
Mort Cooper $ 3,850,000
Debs Garms $ 3,400,000
Roy Weatherly $ 2,564,286
Mike Kreevich $ 2,500,000
Rip Radcliff $ 2,500,000
Ken Keltner $ 1,810,000
Johnny Murphy $ 1,500,000
Bill Zuber $ 1,211,429
Monty Stratton $ 1,015,000
Red Kress $ 1,000,001
Harry Danning $ 1,000,000
Gibby Brack $ 646,429
Ivy Andrews $ 600,000
Rick Ferrell $ 400,000
Gus Suhr $ 340,000
Bob Joyce $ 300,000
Carden Gillenwater $ 300,000
Ed Head $ 300,000
Fred Hutchinson $ 300,000
Steve Mesner $ 300,000
Hal Wagner $ 300,000
Kirby Higbe $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Gus Suhr
2/22 Signed     Rip Radcliff
3/3 Traded Marv Olson Boston (A) Wayne Ambler
6/1 Released Jim Winford