1943 Philadelphia Athletics season

1943  Philadelphia Athletics
League	American League
Ballpark	Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Connie Mack
Managers	Connie Mack
Radio	WIBG (By Saam, Roy Neal)
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The 1943 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 49 wins and 105 losses.

Offseason

• November 2, 1942: Johnny Welaj was drafted by the Athletics from the Detroit Tigers in the 1942 rule 5 draft. ^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	98	56	0.636	—	54–23	44–33
Washington Senators	84	69	0.549	13½	44–32	40–37
Cleveland Indians	82	71	0.536	15½	44–33	38–38
Chicago White Sox	82	72	0.532	16	40–36	42–36
Detroit Tigers	78	76	0.506	20	45–32	33–44
St. Louis Browns	72	80	0.474	25	44–33	28–47
Boston Red Sox	68	84	0.447	29	39–36	29–48
Philadelphia Athletics	49	105	0.318	49	27–51	22–54

Record vs. opponents

1943 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	8–14	12–10	11–11–1	5–17–1	11–11	11–9–1	10–12
Chicago	14–8	—	7–15	9–13	10–12	18–4–1	10–12	14–8
Cleveland	10–12	15–7	—	15–7	9–13	16–6	9–13	8–13
Detroit	11–11–1	13–9	7–15	—	10–12	13–9	11–11	13–9
New York	17–5–1	12–10	13–9	12–10	—	16–6	17–5	11–11
Philadelphia	11–11	4–18–1	6–16	9–13	6–16	—	8–14	5–17
St. Louis	9–11–1	12–10	13–9	11–11	5–17	14–8	—	8–14
Washington	12–10	8–14	13–8	9–13	11–11	17–5	14–8	—

Notable transactions

• April 14, 1943: Dave Odom was released by the Athletics. ^[2]

Roster

1943 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers 23 Tal Abernathy 18,23 Orie Arntzen 20 Herman Besse 23 Don Black -- Charlie Bowles -- Norm Brown 28,31 John Burrows 17 Russ Christopher  7 Lou Ciola 25 Tom Clyde 24,25 Everett Fagan 16,19 Jesse Flores 18,22 Lum Harris 14 Bert Kuczynski 22,29 Sam Lowry -- Jim Mains -- Carl Scheib 16,19 Roger Wolff		Catchers -- Tony Parisse  8 Bob Swift  9 Hal Wagner Infielders -- Ed Busch  6 Irv Hall 22 Don Heffner -- George Kell  2 Eddie Mayo -- Joe Rullo  5 Dick Siebert 10 Frank Skaff  3 Pete Suder		Outfielders -- Bill Burgo  4 Bobby Estalella -- Lew Flick  7 Felix Mackiewicz 12 Jimmy Ripple -- George Staller 12 Jim Tyack 15 Elmer Valo 11 Johnny Welaj -- Woody Wheaton  1 Jo-Jo White Other batters -- Vern Benson 26 Earle Brucker 14 Bruce Konopka		Manager Connie Mack Coaches 28 Lena Blackburne 26 Earle Brucker 29 Dave Keefe 27 Earle Mack

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	Hal Wagner	111	289	69	.239	1	26
1B	Dick Siebert	146	558	140	.251	1	72
2B	Pete Suder	131	475	105	.221	3	41
SS	Irv Hall	151	544	139	.256	0	54
3B	Eddie Mayo	128	471	103	.219	0	28
OF	Jo-Jo White	139	500	124	.248	1	30
OF	Bobby Estalella	117	367	95	.259	11	63
OF	Johnny Welaj	93	281	68	.242	0	15

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.	HR	RBI
Elmer Valo	77	249	55	.221	3	18
Bob Swift	77	224	43	.192	1	11
Don Heffner	52	178	37	.208	0	8
Jim Tyack	54	155	40	.258	0	23
Jimmy Ripple	32	126	30	.238	0	15
George Staller	21	85	23	.271	3	12
Bill Burgo	17	70	26	.371	1	9
Frank Skaff	32	64	18	.281	1	8
Joe Rullo	16	55	16	.291	0	6
Woody Wheaton	7	30	6	.200	0	2
Ed Busch	4	17	5	.294	0	0
Tony Parisse	6	17	3	.176	0	1
Felix Mackiewicz	9	16	1	.063	0	0
Lew Flick	1	5	3	.600	0	0
George Kell	1	5	1	.200	0	1
Vern Benson	2	2	0	.000	0	0
Bruce Konopka	2	2	0	.000	0	0
Earle Brucker	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
Jesse Flores	31	231.1	12	14	3.11	113
Lum Harris	32	216.1	7	21	4.20	55
Don Black	33	208.0	6	16	4.20	65
Charlie Bowles	2	18.0	1	1	3.00	6
Jim Mains	1	8.0	0	1	5.63	4
Norm Brown	1	7.0	0	0	0.00	1

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
Roger Wolff	41	221.0	10	15	3.54	91
Orie Arntzen	32	164.1	4	13	4.22	66
Russ Christopher	24	133.0	5	8	3.45	56
Lou Ciola	12	43.2	1	3	5.56	7
Bert Kuczynski	6	24.2	0	1	4.01	8
Herman Besse	5	16.1	1	1	3.31	3
Tal Abernathy	5	14.2	0	3	12.89	10
John Burrows	4	7.2	0	1	8.22	3

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
Everett Fagan	18	2	6	3	6.27	9
Carl Scheib	6	0	1	0	4.34	3
Sam Lowry	5	0	0	0	5.00	4
Tom Clyde	4	0	0	0	9.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Elmira Pioneers	Eastern League	Ray Brubaker
B	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Interstate League	Dutch Dorman

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Elmira ^[3]

References

1. Johnny Welaj page at Baseball-Reference
2. Dave Odom page at Baseball-Reference
3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

• 1943 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1943 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com