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1941 Philadelphia Athletics
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (Since 1909) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Since 1901)
1941 Information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
Local radio	WIP (AM)
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The 1941 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 64 wins and 90 losses.

Contents

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Season standings
- 2.2 Roster
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Farm system
5 References
6 External links

Offseason

November 16, 1940: George Caster was selected off waivers from the Athletics by the St. Louis Browns.^[1]
Prior to 1941 season: Sam Zoldak was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	101	53	.656	--
Boston Red Sox	84	70	.545	17
Chicago White Sox	77	77	.500	24
Cleveland Indians	75	79	.487	26
Detroit Tigers	75	79	.487	26
St. Louis Browns	70	84	.455	31
Washington Senators	70	84	.455	31
Philadelphia Athletics	64	90	.416	37

Roster

1941 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

35 Ray Poole

Manager

Connie Mack

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Hayes, FrankieFrankie Hayes	126	439	123	.280	12	63
1B	Siebert, DickDick Siebert	123	467	156	.334	5	79
OF	Johnson, BobBob Johnson	149	552	152	.275	22	107
OF	Chapman, SamSam Chapman	143	552	178	.322	25	106

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	RBI
Collins, EddieEddie Collins	80	219	53	.242	12
Chapman, FredFred Chapman	35	69	11	.159	4
Simmons, AlAl Simmons	9	24	3	.125	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Beckmann, BillBill Beckmann	22	130	5	9	4.57	28
Babich, JohnnyJohnny Babich	16	78.1	2	7	6.09	19
Caligiuri, FredFred Caligiuri	5	43	2	2	2.93	7
Fowler, DickDick Fowler	4	24	1	2	3.38	8

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Harris, LumLum Harris	33	131.2	4	4	4.78	49
Hadley, BumpBump Hadley	25	102.1	4	6	5.01	31
Dean, ChubbyChubby Dean	18	75.2	2	4	6.19	22
Besse, HermanHerman Besse	6	19.2	2	0	10.07	8

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Ferrick, TomTom Ferrick	36	8	10	7	3.77	30
Johnson, RankinRankin Johnson	7	1	0	0	3.60	0
Tobin, PatPat Tobin	1	0	0	0	36.00	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Toronto Maple Leafs	International League	Lena Blackburne
A	Williamsport Grays	Eastern League	Spencer Abbott
B	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Interstate League	Tom Oliver
C	Newport News Builders	Virginia League	Chief Bender
D	Federalsburg A's	Eastern Shore League	Joe O'Rourke

References

^ George Caster page at Baseball Reference
^ Sam Zoldak page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

v t e 1941 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1941 All-Star Game 1941 World Series

Oakland Athletics

Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics
Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)

The Franchise

History • Seasons • Records • No-hitters • Players • Owners and executives • Managers • Broadcasters • Award winners and league leaders • First-round draft picks

Ballparks

Columbia Park • Shibe Park • Municipal Stadium • Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum • Cashman Field • Cisco Field (proposed)

Spring Training: Barrs Field; Terry Park Ballfield; Wilmington Park; McCurdy Field; Connie Mack Field; McKechnie Field; Scottsdale Stadium I; Phoenix Municipal Stadium

Culture

Philadelphia Athletics (football) • Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame • Athletics Nation • Charlie-O • Stomper • $100,000 Infield • "Holy Toledo!" • Billyball • Celebration • White Cleats • Moneyball (book • film)

Lore

The Mack Attack • Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run • 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake • Dallas Braden's perfect game

Rivalries

City Series • Bay Bridge Series

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Home Run Baker Chief Bender Mickey Cochrane Eddie Collins Dennis Eckersley Rollie Fingers Jimmie Foxx Lefty Grove Rickey Henderson Catfish Hunter Reggie Jackson Nap Lajoie Connie Mack Eddie Plank Al Simmons Rube Waddell Dick Williams

Wall of Fame members	Sam Chapman Jack Coombs Jimmy Dykes George Earnshaw Ferris Fain Bob Johnson Eddie Joost Bing Miller Wally Moses Rube Oldring Bobby Shantz Eddie Rommel Elmer Valo Rube Walberg Gus Zernial

Franchise record holders	Don Baylor Bert Campaneris José Canseco Jason Giambi Ben Grieve Dave Kingman Bill Lamar Mark McGwire Cy Morgan Danny Murphy Elmer Myers Roy Grover Blue Moon Odom Scott Perry Vic Power Pete Suder

Retired numbers

World Series
Champions (9)

American League
Championships (15)

Minors

AAA: Sacramento River Cats
AA: Midland RockHounds
A: Stockton Ports; Burlington Bees; Vermont Lake Monsters
Rookie: Arizona League Athletics, DSL Athletics

Seasons (112)

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1920s-1930s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s-1950s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s-1970s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s-1990s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

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