1944 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 72-82
Finished 5th in the AL
Attendance: 505,322, Avg. 11,294
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Connie Mack (72-82)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1944 Philadelphia Athletics Roster
1944 Philadelphia Athletics Results

The Philadelphia Athletics of the American League ended the 1944 season with a record of 72 wins and 82 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.

The Athletics scored 525 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 594 runs. Frankie Hayes paced Philadelphia with 13 home runs and drove in 78 runs. Dick Siebert led all regular hitters with a .306 average. Russ Christopher topped the team with 14 wins, while Bobo Newsom recorded a 2.82 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Connie Mack coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Russ Christopher	14	14	.500	2.97	35	24	10	13	1	1	215.3	200	91	71	6	63	84	9	1	5	903
Bobo Newsom	13	15	.464	2.82	37	33	3	18	2	1	265.0	243	100	83	11	82	142	4	0	8	1095
Joe Berry	10	8	.556	1.94	53	0	47	0	0	12	111.3	78	32	24	4	23	44	2	0	1	445
Lum Harris	10	9	.526	3.30	23	22	1	12	2	0	174.3	193	70	64	8	26	33	0	0	6	724
Don Black	10	12	.455	4.06	29	27	1	8	0	0	177.3	177	94	80	6	75	78	4	0	2	773
Jesse Flores	9	11	.450	3.39	27	25	1	11	2	0	185.7	172	75	70	8	49	65	4	0	2	771
Luke Hamlin	6	12	.333	3.74	29	23	2	9	2	0	190.0	204	94	79	13	38	58	3	0	4	809
Ted Abernathy	0	0		3.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	5	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	13
Carl Scheib	0	0		4.21	15	0	9	0	0	0	36.3	36	18	17	1	11	13	4	2	1	156
John McGillen	0	0		18.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	5
Woody Wheaton	0	1	.000	3.55	11	1	7	1	0	0	38.0	36	17	15	1	20	15	1	1	1	166
Totals	72	82	.468	3.26	262	155	83	72	9	14	1397.3	1345	594	506	58	390	534	31	4	30	5860

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Bobby Estalella	140	574	506	54	151	17	9	7	60	3	3	59	60	.298	.374	.409	.783	207	13	2	7
Irv Hall	143	600	559	60	150	20	8	0	45	2	5	31	46	.268	.309	.333	.642	186	14	2	8
Frankie Hayes	155	647	581	62	144	18	6	13	78	2	1	57	59	.248	.315	.367	.682	213	15	0	9
Dick Siebert	132	535	468	52	143	27	5	6	52	2	0	62	17	.306	.387	.423	.810	198	5	0	5
George Kell	139	556	514	51	138	15	3	0	44	5	2	22	23	.268	.300	.309	.609	159	28	1	19
Ed Busch	140	523	484	41	131	11	3	0	40	5	3	29	17	.271	.313	.306	.619	148	20	1	9
Ford Garrison	121	492	449	58	121	13	2	4	37	10	4	22	40	.269	.307	.334	.641	150	10	2	19
Bill McGhee	77	308	287	27	83	12	0	1	19	2	1	21	20	.289	.338	.341	.679	98	10	0	0
Hal Epps	67	252	229	27	60	8	8	0	13	2	1	18	18	.262	.316	.367	.683	84	3	0	5
Jo-Jo White	85	312	267	30	59	4	2	1	21	5	4	40	27	.221	.329	.262	.591	70	2	3	2
Bill Burgo	27	98	88	6	21	2	0	1	3	1	3	7	3	.239	.316	.295	.612	26	2	3	0
Joe Burns	28	81	75	5	18	2	0	1	8	0	1	4	8	.240	.278	.307	.585	23	0	0	2
Russ Christopher	35	84	81	4	18	5	1	1	6	0	0	2	18	.222	.241	.346	.587	28	0	0	1
Joe Rullo	35	105	96	5	16	0	0	0	5	1	0	6	19	.167	.223	.167	.390	16	4	1	2
Luke Hamlin	29	69	56	5	13	0	0	0	6	0	0	9	12	.232	.338	.232	.571	13	0	0	4
Larry Rosenthal	32	62	54	5	11	2	0	1	6	0	0	5	9	.204	.271	.296	.567	16	0	0	3
Woody Wheaton	30	65	59	1	11	2	0	0	5	1	2	5	3	.186	.250	.220	.470	13	3	0	1
Don Black	29	64	59	2	11	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	13	.186	.213	.203	.417	12	2	0	3
Jesse Flores	27	73	64	4	11	3	0	0	6	0	0	3	13	.172	.209	.219	.428	14	1	0	6
Lum Harris	23	65	59	4	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	18	.169	.222	.186	.409	11	1	0	2
Bobo Newsom	37	97	88	4	10	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	20	.114	.114	.136	.250	12	3	0	9
Bob Garbark	18	25	23	2	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.261	.292	.348	.639	8	1	0	1
Bobby Wilkins	24	28	25	7	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	4	.240	.296	.240	.536	6	1	1	1
Lew Flick	19	36	35	1	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	.114	.139	.114	.253	4	3	0	0
Charlie Metro	24	47	40	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	6	.100	.234	.100	.334	4	2	0	0
Al Simmons	4	6	6	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	3	1	0	0
Carl Scheib	15	10	10	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.300	.300	.500	.800	5	0	0	0
Joe Berry	53	30	25	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	.120	.185	.120	.305	3	0	0	3
Hal Peck	2	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	0	0	0
Hal Wagner	5	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0
Bill Mills	5	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	1	1	0	0
Jim Pruett	3	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.500	.250	.750	1	1	1	0
Tony Parisse	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ted Abernathy	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
John McGillen	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1710	5872	5312	525	1364	169	47	36	475	42	32	422	490	.257	.314	.327	.640	1735	146	17	121

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Dick Siebert	1B	74	661	48	5	60	.993	9.581	0
Joe Rullo	1B	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	0
Bill McGhee	1B	75	701	46	8	51	.989	9.960	0
Frankie Hayes	1B	1	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.000	0
Irv Hall	1B	4	32	1	0	2	1.000	8.250	0
Bobby Estalella	1B	6	28	4	0	1	1.000	5.333	0
Joe Rullo	2B	33	78	88	8	22	.954	5.030	0
Charlie Metro	2B	2	0	2	0	2	1.000	1.000	0
Irv Hall	2B	97	248	286	11	40	.980	5.505	0
Ed Busch	2B	27	51	62	7	12	.942	4.185	0
Joe Burns	2B	9	14	17	4	3	.886	3.444	0
Charlie Metro	3B	5	5	7	1	1	.923	2.400	0
George Kell	3B	139	167	289	20	25	.958	3.281	0
Ed Busch	3B	4	2	1	0	0	1.000	.750	0
Joe Burns	3B	17	14	20	3	2	.919	2.000	0
Hal Wagner	C	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Jim Pruett	C	2	7	1	0	1	1.000	4.000	0
Tony Parisse	C	2	1	0	1	0	.500	.500	0
Bill Mills	C	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Frankie Hayes	C	155	636	89	13	10	.982	4.677	12
Bob Garbark	C	15	23	1	0	0	1.000	1.600	0
Jo-Jo White	OF	74	162	5	9	2	.949	2.257	0
Woody Wheaton	OF	8	29	2	1	1	.969	3.875	0
Al Simmons	OF	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.500	0
Dick Siebert	OF	58	98	5	5	0	.954	1.776	0
Joe Rullo	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Larry Rosenthal	OF	19	24	0	1	0	.960	1.263	0
Hal Peck	OF	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.500	0
Charlie Metro	OF	11	16	1	0	0	1.000	1.545	0
Ford Garrison	OF	119	289	6	4	0	.987	2.479	0
Lew Flick	OF	6	9	0	0	0	1.000	1.500	0
Bobby Estalella	OF	128	318	12	4	4	.988	2.578	0
Hal Epps	OF	60	141	4	4	1	.973	2.417	0
Bill Burgo	OF	22	62	1	3	0	.955	2.864	0
Woody Wheaton	P	11	0	4	0	0	1.000	.364	0
Carl Scheib	P	15	0	13	0	0	1.000	.867	0
Bobo Newsom	P	37	3	45	0	0	1.000	1.297	0
John McGillen	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Lum Harris	P	23	8	33	1	1	.976	1.783	0
Luke Hamlin	P	29	1	19	4	0	.833	.690	0
Jesse Flores	P	27	9	33	1	0	.977	1.556	0
Russ Christopher	P	35	27	58	3	5	.966	2.429	0
Don Black	P	29	7	32	1	3	.975	1.345	0
Joe Berry	P	53	14	26	2	2	.952	.755	0
Ted Abernathy	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Bobby Wilkins	SS	9	12	21	2	3	.943	3.667	0
Jo-Jo White	SS	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Irv Hall	SS	40	86	132	15	29	.936	5.450	0
Ed Busch	SS	111	204	330	34	50	.940	4.811	0
Totals		1603	4195	1745	176	334	.971	3.706	12

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