1939 Philadelphia Phillies Statistics

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 Roster
1939 Philadelphia Phillies Results

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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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Kirby Higbe	10	14	.417	4.85	34	26	7	14	1	2	187.3	208	113	101	10	101	79	10	0	7	864
Hugh Mulcahy	9	16	.360	4.99	38	31	7	14	1	4	225.7	246	144	125	19	93	59	11	0	11	1006
Syl Johnson	8	8	.500	3.81	22	14	4	6	0	2	111.0	112	50	47	10	15	37	1	0	0	453
Boom-Boom Beck	7	14	.333	4.73	34	16	13	12	0	3	182.7	203	104	96	11	64	77	3	0	1	812
Ray Harrell	3	7	.300	5.42	22	10	5	4	0	0	94.7	101	77	57	6	56	35	4	0	4	445
Claude Passeau	2	4	.333	4.22	8	8	0	4	1	0	53.3	54	26	25	1	25	29	1	0	0	236
Max Butcher	2	13	.133	5.61	19	16	3	3	0	0	104.3	131	72	65	10	51	27	1	1	2	491
Ike Pearson	2	13	.133	5.76	26	13	10	4	0	0	125.0	144	84	80	15	56	29	5	0	2	570
Elmer Burkart	1	0	1.000	4.32	5	0	3	0	0	0	8.3	11	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	35
Al Hollingsworth	1	9	.100	5.85	15	10	0	3	0	0	60.0	78	48	39	2	27	24	0	0	3	283
Al Smith	0	0		4.00	5	0	1	0	0	0	9.0	11	5	4	1	5	2	2	0	0	42
Jennings Poindexter	0	0		4.15	11	1	7	0	0	0	30.3	29	19	14	0	15	12	0	0	0	134
Joe Marty	0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	2	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	17
Bill Hoffman	0	0		13.50	3	0	2	0	0	0	6.0	8	9	9	2	7	1	3	0	3	34
Bud Hafey	0	0		33.75	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.3	7	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	11
Gene Schott	0	1	.000	4.91	4	0	1	0	0	0	11.0	14	7	6	0	5	1	2	0	0	54
Jim Henry	0	1	.000	5.09	9	1	4	0	0	1	23.0	24	13	13	3	8	7	1	0	1	99
Bill Kirksieck	0	2	.000	7.18	23	2	16	1	0	0	62.7	81	52	50	13	32	13	0	0	4	290
Roy Bruner	0	4	.000	6.67	4	4	0	2	0	0	27.0	38	22	20	3	13	11	0	0	0	127
Totals	45	106	.298	5.17	285	152	85	67	3	12	1326.7	1502	856	762	106	579	447	44	1	38	6003

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Morrie Arnovich	134	560	491	68	159	25	2	5	67	7	58	28	.324	.397	.413	.811	203	10	2	9
Merrill May	135	531	464	49	133	27	3	2	62	4	41	20	.287	.346	.371	.717	172	16	1	25
Hersh Martin	111	442	393	59	111	28	5	1	22	4	42	27	.282	.355	.387	.741	152	5	2	5
Emmett Mueller	115	380	341	46	95	19	4	9	43	4	33	34	.279	.342	.437	.779	149	12	0	6
George Scharein	118	425	399	35	95	17	1	1	33	4	13	40	.238	.262	.293	.555	117	6	0	13
Gibby Brack	91	300	270	40	78	21	4	6	41	1	26	49	.289	.351	.463	.814	125	4	0	4
Joe Marty	91	328	299	32	76	12	6	9	44	1	24	27	.254	.310	.425	.734	127	9	0	5
LeGrant Scott	76	260	232	31	65	15	1	1	26	5	22	14	.280	.343	.366	.709	85	6	0	6
Gus Suhr	60	234	198	21	63	12	2	3	24	1	34	14	.318	.421	.444	.865	88	1	1	1
Virgil Davis	87	234	202	10	62	8	1	0	23	0	24	20	.307	.383	.356	.740	72	5	1	7
Jack Bolling	69	222	211	27	61	11	0	3	13	6	11	10	.289	.324	.384	.708	81	5	0	0
Del Young	77	229	217	22	57	9	2	3	20	1	8	24	.263	.289	.364	.653	79	5	0	4
Roy Hughes	65	266	237	22	54	5	1	1	16	4	21	18	.228	.291	.270	.561	64	9	0	8
Wally Millies	84	219	205	12	48	3	0	0	12	0	9	5	.234	.270	.249	.519	51	7	1	4
Les Powers	19	60	52	7	18	1	1	0	2	0	4	6	.346	.393	.404	.797	21	0	0	4
Hubert Bates	15	62	58	8	15	2	0	1	2	1	2	8	.259	.283	.345	.628	20	3	0	2
Pinky Whitney	34	88	75	9	14	0	1	1	6	0	7	4	.187	.256	.253	.509	19	3	0	6
Bennie Warren	18	65	56	4	13	0	0	1	7	0	7	7	.232	.317	.286	.603	16	1	0	2
Hugh Mulcahy	38	83	76	3	12	1	0	0	5	0	2	12	.158	.179	.171	.351	13	0	0	5
Kirby Higbe	34	72	66	5	11	1	0	0	5	0	0	15	.167	.167	.182	.348	12	2	0	6
Jim Shilling	11	34	33	3	10	1	3	0	4	0	1	4	.303	.324	.515	.839	17	2	0	0
Charlie Letchas	12	45	44	2	10	2	0	1	3	0	1	2	.227	.244	.341	.585	15	2	0	0
Chuck Klein	25	59	47	8	9	2	1	1	9	1	10	4	.191	.333	.340	.674	16	0	0	2
Bud Hafey	18	55	51	3	9	1	0	0	3	1	3	12	.176	.222	.196	.418	10	2	0	1
Boom-Boom Beck	34	73	68	3	9	3	0	0	3	0	1	6	.132	.145	.176	.321	12	4	0	4
Dave Coble	15	25	25	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.280	.280	.320	.600	8	1	0	0
Max Butcher	19	41	38	1	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	.184	.184	.184	.368	7	1	0	3
Stan Benjamin	12	52	50	4	7	2	1	0	2	1	1	6	.140	.157	.220	.377	11	5	0	1
Syl Johnson	22	39	33	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	2	11	.152	.200	.152	.352	5	4	0	4
Eddie Feinberg	6	22	18	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.222	.300	.278	.578	5	0	0	2
Len Gabrielson	5	20	18	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	.222	.300	.222	.522	4	0	0	0
Claude Passeau	8	20	20	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	.200	.200	.200	.400	4	0	0	0
Ray Harrell	22	28	26	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	10	.115	.179	.154	.332	4	0	0	0
Gene Schott	8	6	6	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	4	0	0	0
Jennings Poindexter	11	10	10	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	1	0	0
Al Hollingsworth	15	21	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.100	.143	.100	.243	2	0	0	0
Ike Pearson	27	43	37	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	12	.054	.103	.054	.157	2	1	0	4
Elmer Burkart	5	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2	0	0	0
Joe Kracher	5	7	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.200	.429	.200	.629	1	0	0	0
Johnny Watwood	2	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0
Roy Bruner	4	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	1	0	1
Bill Kirksieck	25	14	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.083	.214	.083	.298	1	0	1	0
Bill Atwood	4	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0
Bill Hoffman	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Jim Henry	9	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Al Smith	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Totals	1803	5707	5133	553	1341	232	40	49	510	47	421	486	.261	.318	.351	.669	1800	133	9	144

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Pinky Whitney	1B	12	96	10	1	11	.991	8.833	0
Johnny Watwood	1B	2	14	0	1	0	.933	7.000	0
Gus Suhr	1B	60	520	37	3	50	.995	9.283	0
Les Powers	1B	13	112	4	2	10	.983	8.923	0
Chuck Klein	1B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Len Gabrielson	1B	5	34	9	1	3	.977	8.600	0
Gibby Brack	1B	19	158	7	4	11	.976	8.684	0
Jack Bolling	1B	48	392	38	8	35	.982	8.958	0
Del Young	2B	17	39	50	6	12	.937	5.235	0
Pinky Whitney	2B	8	8	17	0	2	1.000	3.125	0
Jim Shilling	2B	5	9	8	1	2	.944	3.400	0
Emmett Mueller	2B	51	132	137	10	37	.964	5.275	0
Charlie Letchas	2B	12	24	32	4	9	.933	4.667	0
Roy Hughes	2B	65	183	184	6	30	.984	5.646	0
Eddie Feinberg	2B	4	4	6	1	2	.909	2.500	0
Pinky Whitney	3B	2	2	3	0	0	1.000	2.500	0
Jim Shilling	3B	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Emmett Mueller	3B	17	12	24	1	0	.973	2.118	0
Merrill May	3B	132	153	263	19	28	.956	3.152	0
Stan Benjamin	3B	5	6	11	2	1	.895	3.400	0
Bennie Warren	C	17	60	8	3	2	.958	4.000	1
Wally Millies	C	84	229	37	10	3	.964	3.167	2
Joe Kracher	C	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Virgil Davis	C	85	260	40	0	1	1.000	3.529	5
Dave Coble	C	13	27	3	2	0	.938	2.308	1
Bill Atwood	C	2	7	0	0	1	1.000	3.500	0
Jim Shilling	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
LeGrant Scott	OF	55	109	7	5	1	.959	2.109	0
Emmett Mueller	OF	17	19	2	0	0	1.000	1.235	0
Joe Marty	OF	79	176	9	5	3	.974	2.342	0
Hersh Martin	OF	95	276	5	7	1	.976	2.958	0
Chuck Klein	OF	11	20	1	0	1	1.000	1.909	0
Bud Hafey	OF	13	30	1	0	0	1.000	2.385	0
Gibby Brack	OF	48	89	4	4	1	.959	1.938	0
Stan Benjamin	OF	7	12	1	2	0	.867	1.857	0
Hubert Bates	OF	14	44	1	1	1	.978	3.214	0
Morrie Arnovich	OF	132	335	10	6	0	.983	2.614	0
Al Smith	P	5	1	2	0	0	1.000	.600	0
Gene Schott	P	4	1	0	1	0	.500	.250	0
Jennings Poindexter	P	11	1	5	0	0	1.000	.545	0
Ike Pearson	P	26	6	30	1	1	.973	1.385	0
Claude Passeau	P	8	4	9	0	0	1.000	1.625	0
Hugh Mulcahy	P	38	12	48	6	1	.909	1.579	0
Joe Marty	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Bill Kirksieck	P	23	1	11	0	1	1.000	.522	0
Syl Johnson	P	22	3	17	0	1	1.000	.909	0
Al Hollingsworth	P	15	2	11	0	0	1.000	.867	0
Bill Hoffman	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Kirby Higbe	P	34	8	16	0	0	1.000	.706	0
Jim Henry	P	9	0	3	1	0	.750	.333	0
Ray Harrell	P	22	3	7	2	0	.833	.455	0
Bud Hafey	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Max Butcher	P	19	2	13	0	0	1.000	.789	0
Elmer Burkart	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200	0
Roy Bruner	P	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Boom-Boom Beck	P	34	8	37	6	1	.882	1.324	0
Del Young	SS	55	70	104	10	16	.946	3.164	0
Jim Shilling	SS	3	10	7	3	4	.850	5.667	0
George Scharein	SS	117	258	331	26	69	.958	5.034	0
Emmett Mueller	SS	1	0	3	0	1	1.000	3.000	0
Eddie Feinberg	SS	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Totals		1618	3984	1629	171	353	.970	3.469	9

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