1939 Philadelphia Athletics season
The 1939 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing seventh in the American League with a record of 55 wins and 97 losses.Offseason
Record vs. opponents
Roster
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 | | 124 | 431 | 122 | .283 | 20 | 83 |
1B | | 101 | 402 | 118 | .294 | 6 | 47 |
2B | | 111 | 348 | 101 | .290 | 4 | 36 |
SS | | 99 | 248 | 55 | .222 | 0 | 17 |
3B | | 121 | 393 | 102 | .260 | 6 | 44 |
OF | | 115 | 437 | 134 | .307 | 3 | 33 |
OF | | 150 | 544 | 184 | .338 | 23 | 114 |
OF | | 140 | 498 | 134 | .269 | 15 | 64 |
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 |
| 62 | 172 | 50 | .291 | 3 | 31 |
| 15 | 49 | 14 | .286 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | 21 | 5 | .238 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 35 | 197.2 | 10 | 13 | 4.78 | 75 |
| 27 | 155.1 | 7 | 11 | 5.39 | 20 |
| 5 | 35.2 | 1 | 2 | 4.04 | 11 |
| 4 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 6.95 | 11 |
| 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15.75 | 0 |
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 |
| 28 | 136 | 9 | 9 | 4.90 | 59 |
| 14 | 44.2 | 1 | 6 | 4.45 | 13 |
| 4 | 16.1 | 0 | 2 | 7.71 | 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 |
| 54 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5.25 | 39 |
| 30 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6.69 | 25 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.55 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ∞ | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 |
Farm system