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1943 Philadelphia Athletics Season
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. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Notable transactions * April 14, 1943: Dave Odom (baseball), Dave Odom was released by the Athletics. Roster 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'' Other batters ''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in'' Pitching Starting pitchers ''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts'' Other pitchers ''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shibe Park
Shibe Park, known later as Connie Mack Stadium, was a ballpark located in Philadelphia. It was the home of the Philadelphia Athletics of the American League (AL) and the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League (NL). When it opened April 12, 1909, it became baseball's first reinforced concrete, steel-and-concrete stadium. In different eras it was home to $100,000 infield, "The $100,000 Infield", Whiz Kids (baseball), "The Whiz Kids", and 1964 Philadelphia Phillies season, "The 1964 Phold". The venue's two home teams won both the first and last games at the stadium: the Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox 8–1 on opening day 1909, while the Phillies beat the Montreal Expos 2–1 on October 1, 1970, in the park's final contest. Shibe Park stood on the block bounded by Lehigh Avenue, 20th Street, Somerset Street and 21st Street. It was five blocks west, corner-to-corner, from the Baker Bowl, the Phillies' home from 1887 to 1938. The stadium hosted eight World Series and two Major L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Burrows
John Burrows (October 30, 1913 – April 27, 1987) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ... (MLB) from 1943 to 1944 for the Philadelphia Athletics and Chicago Cubs. Burrows died in an accidental house fire at his home on Weppler Road near Coal Run, Ohio. His ashes are interred in Round Bottom Cemetery, on Ohio 60 between Beverly and Coal Run. References External links * 1913 births 1987 deaths Baseball players from Louisiana Major League Baseball pitchers Philadelphia Athletics players Chicago Cubs players Accidental deaths in Ohio Deaths from fire in the United States Hammond Berries players Clinton Blues players Newton-Conover Twins players {{US-baseball-pitch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Swift
Robert Virgil Swift (March 6, 1915 – October 17, 1966) was an American professional baseball player, coach, manager and scout. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher, standing tall and weighing . He threw and batted right-handed. Swift is pictured in one of the most famous photographs in American sporting history. He was the catcher for the Detroit Tigers on August 19, 1951, when St. Louis Browns owner Bill Veeck sent midget Eddie Gaedel to pinch hit during an actual MLB game. The stunt occurred in the second game of a doubleheader at Sportsman's Park, inspired by the James Thurber short story ''You Could Look It Up''. Gaedel was allowed to bat when the Browns showed the umpires a legitimate baseball contract issued by the American League office. Swift knelt on the ground to receive pitcher Bob Cain's offerings—it is this kneeling stance that is captured in the photo—and Gaedel took a base on balls. He was immediately replaced at first base by a pinch run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Parisse
Louis Peter "Tony" Parisse (June 25, 1911 – June 2, 1956) was an American professional baseball player and manager. He appeared in ten Major League Baseball games as a catcher and pinch hitter for the – 44 Philadelphia Athletics, one of the many players who received their only MLB trials during the World War II manpower shortage. During his six-season career in the minor leagues, he never played above the Class B level Parisse, a Philadelphia native, didn't begin his professional career until he was almost 28 years old, in 1939. The Athletics summoned him from the Wilmington Blue Rocks in September 1943, and, in his second MLB game, Parisse collected two singles and an RBI in a 9–4 victory over the St. Louis Browns at Shibe Park on September 27.Retrosheetbr>box score: 1943-09-27/ref> Those would represent two-thirds of his career hit total in the Majors, and his lone run batted in. He briefly managed in the Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are an American p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Wolff
Roger Francis Wolff (April 10, 1911 – March 23, 1994) was an American professional baseball player. A right-handed knuckleball pitcher, he appeared in 182 games pitched, games over all or part of seven seasons in Major League Baseball between and : three with the Philadelphia Athletics, three with the Washington Senators (1901–60), Washington Senators, and one season split between the Cleveland Indians and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Wolff was born in Evansville, Illinois; he was listed as tall and . Baseball career Wolff's professional career began in 1930 and he spent 12 full seasons in the minor leagues before getting his first major-league opportunity at the end of the 1941 season, starting pitcher, starting two games for Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics. He was charged with the loss (baseball), loss in each contest, but threw two complete games and compiled a decent 3.18 earned run average. The remainder of his pro career would be spent as a major leaguer, initially du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Scheib
Carl Alvin Scheib (January 1, 1927 – March 24, 2018) was a professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics (1943–45 and 1947–54) and St. Louis Cardinals (1954) of Major League Baseball (MLB). Biography Born in Gratz, Pennsylvania, Scheib led the American League in wild pitches with 9 in 1950. He was one of the best-hitting pitchers of his time. In 1948, he registered 31 hits in 104 at bats, for a batting average of .298 with two home runs and 21 runs batted in A run batted in (RBI; plural RBIs ) is a statistic in baseball and softball that credits a batter for making a play that allows a run to be scored (except in certain situations such as when an error is made on the play). For example, if the ba .... He appeared in 32 games as a pitcher, and 20 more as a pinch hitter. In 1951, Scheib appeared in 46 games as a pitcher, two more as a pinch hitter, and batted .396 (21 for 53). His .396 mark was the highest for a pitcher with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Mains
James Royal Mains (June 12, 1922 – March 17, 1969) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played one game for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1943."Jim Mains Statistics and History" ''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2010-11-30. Biography Mains was born in Bridgton, Maine, and was the son of former MLB pitcher Willard Mains. He attended and played on the freshman baseball team in 1942. Mains started his profession ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Lowry
Samuel Joseph Lowry (March 25, 1920 – December 1, 1992) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw .... He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1942 and 1943 seasons. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 18, 2012. References External links * Major League Baseball pitchers[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Kuczynski
Bernard Carl "Bert" Kuczynski (January 8, 1920 – January 19, 1997) was a pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics of the MLB and an American football tight end in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions and the Philadelphia Eagles. He went to Northeast High School for high school. He attended the University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie .... Later he taught social studies and ancient civilizations for 27 years at Catasauqua High School and coached for the district. External links * 1920 births 1997 deaths Players of American football from Philadelphia Baseball players from Philadelphia American football tight ends Penn Quakers football players Major League Baseball pitchers Philadelphia Athletics players Detroit Lion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lum Harris
Chalmer Luman Harris (January 17, 1915 – November 11, 1996) was an American right-handed pitcher, coach, manager, and scout in Major League Baseball. Born in New Castle, Alabama, Harris began his playing career with the Atlanta Crackers of the Southern Association in 1937. His catcher that season was Paul Richards, who in 1938 became Atlanta's player-manager. Richards and Harris would form a decades-long association in baseball at the minor and Major League levels. Playing career The , Harris compiled a 35–63 record with a 4.16 earned-run average in 151 American League games with the Philadelphia Athletics (1941–1944 and 1946) and Washington Senators (1947). He missed the 1945 season while serving in the United States Navy in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. As a big leaguer, Harris allowed 874 hits and 265 bases on balls in 820 innings pitched and 151 games, with 232 strikeouts. He pitched at the Triple-A level during his last three activ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse Flores (baseball)
Jesse Sandoval Flores (November 2, 1914 – December 17, 1991) was a Mexican Major League Baseball pitcher. The , right-hander was a native of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He played for the Chicago Cubs (1942), Philadelphia Athletics (1943–47), and Cleveland Indians (1950). Career Flores was originally signed by the Cubs as an amateur free agent before the 1938 season. He was a starting pitcher in almost two-thirds of his major league appearances. In 1943, he won a career-high 12 games for Philadelphia with a 3.11 earned run average and finished in a tie for 27th place in the American League MVP voting. In 1946, he was 9–7, his only winning record, and had the fifth-best ERA in the league (2.32). Flores did most of his pitching for Philadelphia, one of the worst teams in the league at the time. In five seasons there (1943–47), he won 41 and lost 55, yet had a fine ERA of 3.15. His winning percentage during that span was .427. Meanwhile, the A's won 300 games and lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everett Fagan
Everett Joseph Fagan (January 13, 1918 – February 16, 1983) was an American professional baseball player during the 1940s. A right-handed pitcher, he worked in 38 games in the Major Leagues, all but two in relief, for the Philadelphia Athletics during the and seasons. Born in the Pottersville section of Tewksbury Township, New Jersey, Fagan stood tall and weighed during his playing career. His career extended from 1940–1943 and 1946–1947, with two full seasons missed due to United States Army service during World War II. He was a successful minor league hurler who won 53 of 82 decisions ( .646), including a 20–12 record and a 2.51 earned run average for the Pulaski Counts of the Class C Virginia League The Virginia League was a minor league baseball affiliation which operated in Virginia and North Carolina from 1906 to 1928. It was classified as a "C" league from 1906 to 1919 and as a "B" league from 1920 to 1928. The most famous alumni to c ... in 1942. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
