1939 Philadelphia Phillies Game-by-Game Results
National League (NL)
Team Record: 45-106
Finished 8th in the NL
Attendance: 277,973, Avg. 6,426
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Doc Prothro (45-106)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1939 Philadelphia Phillies StatisticsTeam Record: 45-106
Finished 8th in the NL
Attendance: 277,973, Avg. 6,426
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Doc Prothro (45-106)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1939 Philadelphia Phillies Roster
The Philadelphia Phillies of the National League ended the 1939 season with a record of 45 wins and 106 losses, finishing eighth in the NL.
The Phillies scored 553 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 856 runs, most in the circuit. Morrie Arnovich accounted for 67 RBI and topped all regular hitters with a .324 average. Kirby Higbe led the squad with 10 wins, while Boom-Boom Beck registered a 4.73 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Doc Prothro coached the team.
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Regular Season Runs For: 551
Regular Season Runs Against: 854
| Date | Game | Res | Home | Road | Record | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 19, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 6 at Boston Bees 7 | L | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | ||
| April 20, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 0 at Boston Bees 2 | L | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | ||
| April 22, 1939 | Brooklyn Dodgers 4 at Philadelphia Phillies 5 | W | 1-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 | ||
| April 23, 1939 | Brooklyn Dodgers 4 at Philadelphia Phillies 5 | W | 2-0 | 0-2 | 2-2 | ||
| April 24, 1939 | New York Giants 5 at Philadelphia Phillies 6 | W | 3-0 | 0-2 | 3-2 | ||
| April 25, 1939 | New York Giants 1 at Philadelphia Phillies 8 | W | 4-0 | 0-2 | 4-2 | ||
| April 27, 1939 | Boston Bees 5 at Philadelphia Phillies 4 | L | 4-1 | 0-2 | 4-3 | ||
| April 29, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 0 at Brooklyn Dodgers 5 | L | 4-1 | 0-3 | 4-4 | ||
| April 30, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Brooklyn Dodgers 3 | L | 4-1 | 0-4 | 4-5 | ||
| May 1, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 12 at Brooklyn Dodgers 13 | L | 4-1 | 0-5 | 4-6 | ||
| May 2, 1939 | Chicago Cubs 1 at Philadelphia Phillies 6 | W | 5-1 | 0-5 | 5-6 | ||
| May 3, 1939 | Chicago Cubs 1 at Philadelphia Phillies 4 | W | 6-1 | 0-5 | 6-6 | ||
| May 4, 1939 | Pittsburgh Pirates 6 at Philadelphia Phillies 4 | L | 6-2 | 0-5 | 6-7 | ||
| May 5, 1939 | Pittsburgh Pirates 10 at Philadelphia Phillies 7 | L | 6-3 | 0-5 | 6-8 | ||
| May 6, 1939 | Pittsburgh Pirates 0 at Philadelphia Phillies 1 | W | 7-3 | 0-5 | 7-8 | ||
| May 7, 1939 | Cincinnati Reds 13 at Philadelphia Phillies 4 | L | 7-4 | 0-5 | 7-9 | ||
| May 8, 1939 | Cincinnati Reds 7 at Philadelphia Phillies 8 | W | 8-4 | 0-5 | 8-9 | ||
| May 9, 1939 | Cincinnati Reds 8 at Philadelphia Phillies 4 | L | 8-5 | 0-5 | 8-10 | ||
| May 10, 1939 | St. Louis Cardinals 4 at Philadelphia Phillies 3 | L | 8-6 | 0-5 | 8-11 | ||
| May 12, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 10 at New York Giants 6 | W | 8-6 | 1-5 | 9-11 | ||
| May 14, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 1 at New York Giants 2 | L | 8-6 | 1-6 | 9-12 | ||
| May 16, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 5 at Pittsburgh Pirates 8 | L | 8-6 | 1-7 | 9-13 | ||
| May 17, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 7 at Pittsburgh Pirates 3 | W | 8-6 | 2-7 | 10-13 | ||
| May 18, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 4 at Pittsburgh Pirates 5 | L | 8-6 | 2-8 | 10-14 | ||
| May 19, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 3 at Cincinnati Reds 4 | L | 8-6 | 2-9 | 10-15 | ||
| May 20, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Cincinnati Reds 7 | L | 8-6 | 2-10 | 10-16 | ||
| May 21, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 2 at St. Louis Cardinals 5 | L | 8-6 | 2-11 | 10-17 | ||
| May 22, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 1 at St. Louis Cardinals 2 | L | 8-6 | 2-12 | 10-18 | ||
| May 23, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 1 at St. Louis Cardinals 6 | L | 8-6 | 2-13 | 10-19 | ||
| May 24, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Chicago Cubs 3 | L | 8-6 | 2-14 | 10-20 | ||
| May 25, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 8 at Chicago Cubs 7 | W | 8-6 | 3-14 | 11-20 | ||
| May 27, 1939 | New York Giants 10 at Philadelphia Phillies 1 | L | 8-7 | 3-14 | 11-21 | ||
| May 28, 1939 | New York Giants 7 at Philadelphia Phillies 2 | L | 8-8 | 3-14 | 11-22 | ||
| May 29, 1939 | New York Giants 7 at Philadelphia Phillies 5 | L | 8-9 | 3-14 | 11-23 | ||
| May 30, 1939 | Boston Bees 3 at Philadelphia Phillies 5 | W | 9-9 | 3-14 | 12-23 | ||
| May 30, 1939 | Boston Bees 9 at Philadelphia Phillies 7 | L | 9-10 | 3-14 | 12-24 | ||
| June 1, 1939 | Pittsburgh Pirates 5 at Philadelphia Phillies 2 | L | 9-11 | 3-14 | 12-25 | ||
| June 3, 1939 | Pittsburgh Pirates 10 at Philadelphia Phillies 7 | L | 9-12 | 3-14 | 12-26 | ||
| June 4, 1939 | Chicago Cubs 9 at Philadelphia Phillies 4 | L | 9-13 | 3-14 | 12-27 | ||
| June 5, 1939 | Chicago Cubs 7 at Philadelphia Phillies 8 | W | 10-13 | 3-14 | 13-27 | ||
| June 6, 1939 | Chicago Cubs 8 at Philadelphia Phillies 9 | W | 11-13 | 3-14 | 14-27 | ||
| June 7, 1939 | Cincinnati Reds 5 at Philadelphia Phillies 4 | L | 11-14 | 3-14 | 14-28 | ||
| June 8, 1939 | Cincinnati Reds 3 at Philadelphia Phillies 2 | L | 11-15 | 3-14 | 14-29 | ||
| June 10, 1939 | St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Philadelphia Phillies 5 | W | 12-15 | 3-14 | 15-29 | ||
| June 10, 1939 | St. Louis Cardinals 5 at Philadelphia Phillies 6 | W | 13-15 | 3-14 | 16-29 | ||
| June 11, 1939 | St. Louis Cardinals 4 at Philadelphia Phillies 5 | W | 14-15 | 3-14 | 17-29 | ||
| June 11, 1939 | St. Louis Cardinals 4 at Philadelphia Phillies 1 | L | 14-16 | 3-14 | 17-30 | ||
| June 14, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 7 at Cincinnati Reds 10 | L | 14-16 | 3-15 | 17-31 | ||
| June 15, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Cincinnati Reds 4 | L | 14-16 | 3-16 | 17-32 | ||
| June 17, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 11 at Pittsburgh Pirates 2 | W | 14-16 | 4-16 | 18-32 | ||
| June 21, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 2 at St. Louis Cardinals 14 | L | 14-16 | 4-17 | 18-33 | ||
| June 22, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 5 at St. Louis Cardinals 11 | L | 14-16 | 4-18 | 18-34 | ||
| June 23, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 3 at Chicago Cubs 4 | L | 14-16 | 4-19 | 18-35 | ||
| June 24, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Chicago Cubs 0 | W | 14-16 | 5-19 | 19-35 | ||
| June 25, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 3 at Chicago Cubs 4 | L | 14-16 | 5-20 | 19-36 | ||
| June 27, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 5 at New York Giants 13 | L | 14-16 | 5-21 | 19-37 | ||
| June 28, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 1 at New York Giants 7 | L | 14-16 | 5-22 | 19-38 | ||
| July 1, 1939 | Boston Bees 6 at Philadelphia Phillies 0 | L | 14-17 | 5-22 | 19-39 | ||
| July 2, 1939 | Boston Bees 4 at Philadelphia Phillies 3 | L | 14-18 | 5-22 | 19-40 | ||
| July 2, 1939 | Boston Bees 9 at Philadelphia Phillies 7 | L | 14-19 | 5-22 | 19-41 | ||
| July 4, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 3 at Brooklyn Dodgers 6 | L | 14-19 | 5-23 | 19-42 | ||
| July 4, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 6 at Brooklyn Dodgers 8 | L | 14-19 | 5-24 | 19-43 | ||
| July 5, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Brooklyn Dodgers 7 | L | 14-19 | 5-25 | 19-44 | ||
| July 7, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 3 at Boston Bees 7 | L | 14-19 | 5-26 | 19-45 | ||
| July 8, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 0 at Boston Bees 4 | L | 14-19 | 5-27 | 19-46 | ||
| July 9, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 7 at Boston Bees 6 | W | 14-19 | 6-27 | 20-46 | ||
| July 9, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 3 at Boston Bees 1 | W | 14-19 | 7-27 | 21-46 | ||
| July 13, 1939 | Chicago Cubs 7 at Philadelphia Phillies 5 | L | 14-20 | 7-27 | 21-47 | ||
| July 15, 1939 | Chicago Cubs 5 at Philadelphia Phillies 8 | W | 15-20 | 7-27 | 22-47 | ||
| July 16, 1939 | Pittsburgh Pirates 7 at Philadelphia Phillies 3 | L | 15-21 | 7-27 | 22-48 | ||
| July 16, 1939 | Pittsburgh Pirates 2 at Philadelphia Phillies 3 | W | 16-21 | 7-27 | 23-48 | ||
| July 17, 1939 | Pittsburgh Pirates 7 at Philadelphia Phillies 4 | L | 16-22 | 7-27 | 23-49 | ||
| July 18, 1939 | Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at Philadelphia Phillies 8 | W | 17-22 | 7-27 | 24-49 | ||
| July 19, 1939 | St. Louis Cardinals 4 at Philadelphia Phillies 2 | L | 17-23 | 7-27 | 24-50 | ||
| July 21, 1939 | St. Louis Cardinals 7 at Philadelphia Phillies 0 | L | 17-24 | 7-27 | 24-51 | ||
| July 21, 1939 | St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Philadelphia Phillies 16 | W | 18-24 | 7-27 | 25-51 | ||
| July 22, 1939 | Cincinnati Reds 2 at Philadelphia Phillies 0 | L | 18-25 | 7-27 | 25-52 | ||
| July 23, 1939 | Cincinnati Reds 5 at Philadelphia Phillies 2 | L | 18-26 | 7-27 | 25-53 | ||
| July 23, 1939 | Cincinnati Reds 4 at Philadelphia Phillies 0 | L | 18-27 | 7-27 | 25-54 | ||
| July 25, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 4 at Pittsburgh Pirates 5 | L | 18-27 | 7-28 | 25-55 | ||
| July 26, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 3 at Pittsburgh Pirates 5 | L | 18-27 | 7-29 | 25-56 | ||
| July 26, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Pittsburgh Pirates 3 | L | 18-27 | 7-30 | 25-57 | ||
| July 27, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 9 at Pittsburgh Pirates 8 | W | 18-27 | 8-30 | 26-57 | ||
| July 29, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Cincinnati Reds 9 | L | 18-27 | 8-31 | 26-58 | ||
| July 29, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 0 at Cincinnati Reds 3 | L | 18-27 | 8-32 | 26-59 | ||
| July 30, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Cincinnati Reds 9 | L | 18-27 | 8-33 | 26-60 | ||
| July 30, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Cincinnati Reds 5 | L | 18-27 | 8-34 | 26-61 | ||
| August 1, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Chicago Cubs 6 | L | 18-27 | 8-35 | 26-62 | ||
| August 3, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 6 at Chicago Cubs 9 | L | 18-27 | 8-36 | 26-63 | ||
| August 4, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 8 at St. Louis Cardinals 9 | L | 18-27 | 8-37 | 26-64 | ||
| August 5, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 1 at St. Louis Cardinals 5 | L | 18-27 | 8-38 | 26-65 | ||
| August 6, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 0 at St. Louis Cardinals 11 | L | 18-27 | 8-39 | 26-66 | ||
| August 6, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 3 at St. Louis Cardinals 8 | L | 18-27 | 8-40 | 26-67 | ||
| August 8, 1939 | Brooklyn Dodgers 2 at Philadelphia Phillies 3 | W | 19-27 | 8-40 | 27-67 | ||
| August 10, 1939 | Brooklyn Dodgers 3 at Philadelphia Phillies 8 | W | 20-27 | 8-40 | 28-67 | ||
| August 10, 1939 | Brooklyn Dodgers 3 at Philadelphia Phillies 0 | L | 20-28 | 8-40 | 28-68 | ||
| August 11, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 2 at New York Giants 1 | W | 20-28 | 9-40 | 29-68 | ||
| August 12, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 4 at New York Giants 3 | W | 20-28 | 10-40 | 30-68 | ||
| August 13, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 2 at New York Giants 6 | L | 20-28 | 10-41 | 30-69 | ||
| August 13, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 2 at New York Giants 11 | L | 20-28 | 10-42 | 30-70 | ||
| August 15, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 4 at Boston Bees 3 | W | 20-28 | 11-42 | 31-70 | ||
| August 16, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 3 at Boston Bees 2 | W | 20-28 | 12-42 | 32-70 | ||
| August 16, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Boston Bees 9 | L | 20-28 | 12-43 | 32-71 | ||
| August 18, 1939 | New York Giants 2 at Philadelphia Phillies 5 | W | 21-28 | 12-43 | 33-71 | ||
| August 20, 1939 | New York Giants 8 at Philadelphia Phillies 4 | L | 21-29 | 12-43 | 33-72 | ||
| August 20, 1939 | New York Giants 2 at Philadelphia Phillies 3 | W | 22-29 | 12-43 | 34-72 | ||
| August 21, 1939 | Cincinnati Reds 7 at Philadelphia Phillies 0 | L | 22-30 | 12-43 | 34-73 | ||
| August 22, 1939 | Cincinnati Reds 0 at Philadelphia Phillies 4 | W | 23-30 | 12-43 | 35-73 | ||
| August 23, 1939 | Cincinnati Reds 3 at Philadelphia Phillies 0 | L | 23-31 | 12-43 | 35-74 | ||
| August 24, 1939 | St. Louis Cardinals 5 at Philadelphia Phillies 6 | W | 24-31 | 12-43 | 36-74 | ||
| August 26, 1939 | St. Louis Cardinals 5 at Philadelphia Phillies 0 | L | 24-32 | 12-43 | 36-75 | ||
| August 26, 1939 | St. Louis Cardinals 11 at Philadelphia Phillies 4 | L | 24-33 | 12-43 | 36-76 | ||
| August 27, 1939 | Chicago Cubs 2 at Philadelphia Phillies 3 | W | 25-33 | 12-43 | 37-76 | ||
| August 27, 1939 | Chicago Cubs 3 at Philadelphia Phillies 4 | W | 26-33 | 12-43 | 38-76 | ||
| August 28, 1939 | Chicago Cubs 5 at Philadelphia Phillies 3 | L | 26-34 | 12-43 | 38-77 | ||
| August 31, 1939 | Pittsburgh Pirates 1 at Philadelphia Phillies 0 | L | 26-35 | 12-43 | 38-78 | ||
| August 31, 1939 | Pittsburgh Pirates 6 at Philadelphia Phillies 11 | W | 27-35 | 12-43 | 39-78 | ||
| September 1, 1939 | Boston Bees 6 at Philadelphia Phillies 0 | L | 27-36 | 12-43 | 39-79 | ||
| September 2, 1939 | Boston Bees 2 at Philadelphia Phillies 3 | W | 28-36 | 12-43 | 40-79 | ||
| September 3, 1939 | Boston Bees 4 at Philadelphia Phillies 3 | L | 28-37 | 12-43 | 40-80 | ||
| September 3, 1939 | Boston Bees 6 at Philadelphia Phillies 2 | L | 28-38 | 12-43 | 40-81 | ||
| September 4, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 6 at New York Giants 7 | L | 28-38 | 12-44 | 40-82 | ||
| September 4, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 0 at New York Giants 10 | L | 28-38 | 12-45 | 40-83 | ||
| September 5, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 0 at New York Giants 6 | L | 28-38 | 12-46 | 40-84 | ||
| September 6, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Brooklyn Dodgers 2 | L | 28-38 | 12-47 | 40-85 | ||
| September 8, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Brooklyn Dodgers 11 | L | 28-38 | 12-48 | 40-86 | ||
| September 8, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Brooklyn Dodgers 3 | L | 28-38 | 12-49 | 40-87 | ||
| September 9, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Boston Bees 1 | W | 28-38 | 13-49 | 41-87 | ||
| September 12, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 3 at St. Louis Cardinals 4 | L | 28-38 | 13-50 | 41-88 | ||
| September 13, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 9 at St. Louis Cardinals 10 | L | 28-38 | 13-51 | 41-89 | ||
| September 14, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Chicago Cubs 13 | L | 28-38 | 13-52 | 41-90 | ||
| September 14, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Chicago Cubs 5 | L | 28-38 | 13-53 | 41-91 | ||
| September 15, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Chicago Cubs 6 | L | 28-38 | 13-54 | 41-92 | ||
| September 15, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 9 at Chicago Cubs 6 | W | 28-38 | 14-54 | 42-92 | ||
| September 16, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Chicago Cubs 8 | L | 28-38 | 14-55 | 42-93 | ||
| September 17, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 7 at Pittsburgh Pirates 3 | W | 28-38 | 15-55 | 43-93 | ||
| September 17, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Pittsburgh Pirates 10 | L | 28-38 | 15-56 | 43-94 | ||
| September 18, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 4 at Pittsburgh Pirates 7 | L | 28-38 | 15-57 | 43-95 | ||
| September 19, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 13 at Cincinnati Reds 1 | W | 28-38 | 16-57 | 44-95 | ||
| September 20, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Cincinnati Reds 3 | L | 28-38 | 16-58 | 44-96 | ||
| September 21, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 3 at Cincinnati Reds 8 | L | 28-38 | 16-59 | 44-97 | ||
| September 23, 1939 | Brooklyn Dodgers 8 at Philadelphia Phillies 0 | L | 28-39 | 16-59 | 44-98 | ||
| September 23, 1939 | Brooklyn Dodgers 22 at Philadelphia Phillies 4 | L | 28-40 | 16-59 | 44-99 | ||
| September 24, 1939 | Brooklyn Dodgers 6 at Philadelphia Phillies 1 | L | 28-41 | 16-59 | 44-100 | ||
| September 24, 1939 | Brooklyn Dodgers 3 at Philadelphia Phillies 1 | L | 28-42 | 16-59 | 44-101 | ||
| September 26, 1939 | Boston Bees 3 at Philadelphia Phillies 5 | W | 29-42 | 16-59 | 45-101 | ||
| September 28, 1939 | New York Giants 8 at Philadelphia Phillies 3 | L | 29-43 | 16-59 | 45-102 | ||
| September 28, 1939 | New York Giants 4 at Philadelphia Phillies 3 | L | 29-44 | 16-59 | 45-103 | ||
| September 30, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 5 at Brooklyn Dodgers 14 | L | 29-44 | 16-60 | 45-104 | ||
| September 30, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Brooklyn Dodgers 5 | L | 29-44 | 16-61 | 45-105 | ||
| October 1, 1939 | Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Brooklyn Dodgers 3 | L | 29-44 | 16-62 | 45-106 |
