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1939 Philadelphia Phillies (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938/1940) 45-106, Finished 8th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 553 runs, Allowed 856 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 47-104 Managed by Doc Prothro Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com) Attendance: 277,973 (8th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 101   (one-year): Batting - 94, Pitching - 99   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Spud Davis          34   87  202   10   62   8  1   0   23  24   20  .307  .383  .356   0       5   1   7          103
1B *Gus Suhr            33   60  198   21   63  12  2   3   24  34   14  .318  .421  .444   1       1   1   1          137
2B  Roy Hughes          28   65  237   22   54   5  1   1   16  21   18  .228  .291  .270   4       9   0   8           54
3B  Pinky May           28  135  464   49  133  27  3   2   62  41   20  .287  .346  .371   4      16   1  25           96
SS  George Scharein     24  118  399   35   95  17  1   1   33  13   40  .238  .262  .293   4       6   0  13           52
OF  Morrie Arnovich     28  134  491   68  159  25  2   5   67  58   28  .324  .397  .413   7      10   2   9          122
OF #Hersh Martin        29  111  393   59  111  28  5   1   22  42   27  .282  .355  .387   4       5   2   5          103
OF  Joe Marty           25   91  299   32   76  12  6   9   44  24   27  .254  .310  .425   1       9   0   5           99
   #Heinie Mueller      26  115  341   46   95  19  4   9   43  33   34  .279  .342  .437   4      12   0   6          112
    Gibby Brack         31   91  270   40   78  21  4   6   41  26   49  .289  .351  .463   1       4   0   4          121
   *Le Grant Scott      28   76  232   31   65  15  1   1   26  22   14  .280  .343  .366   5       6   0   6           94
   #Del Young           27   77  217   22   57   9  2   3   20   8   24  .263  .289  .364   1       5   0   4           77
   *Jack Bolling        22   69  211   27   61  11  0   3   13  11   10  .289  .324  .384   6       5   0   0           93
    Wally Millies       32   84  205   12   48   3  0   0   12   9    5  .234  .270  .249   0       7   1   4           42
    Pinky Whitney       34   34   75    9   14   0  1   1    6   7    4  .187  .256  .253   0       3   0   6           40
    Bud Bates           27   15   58    8   15   2  0   1    2   2    8  .259  .283  .345   1       3   0   2           71
    Bennie Warren       27   18   56    4   13   0  0   1    7   7    7  .232  .317  .286   0       1   0   2           66
   *Les Powers          29   19   52    7   18   1  1   0    2   4    6  .346  .393  .404   0       0   0   4          118
    Bud Hafey           26   18   51    3    9   1  0   0    3   3   12  .176  .222  .196   1       2   0   1           15
    Stan Benjamin       25   12   50    4    7   2  1   0    2   1    6  .140  .157  .220   1       5   0   1            2
   *Chuck Klein         34   25   47    8    9   2  1   1    9  10    4  .191  .333  .340   1       0   0   2           84
    Charlie Letchas     23   12   44    2   10   2  0   1    3   1    2  .227  .244  .341   0       2   0   0           58
    Jim Shilling        25   11   33    3   10   1  3   0    4   1    4  .303  .324  .515   0       2   0   0          126
    Dave Coble          26   15   25    2    7   1  0   0    0   0    3  .280  .280  .320   0       1   0   0           64
   #Eddie Feinberg      21    6   18    2    4   1  0   0    0   2    0  .222  .300  .278   0       0   0   2           59
   *Len Gabrielson      23    5   18    3    4   0  0   0    1   2    3  .222  .300  .222   0       0   0   0           45
    Bill Atwood         27    4    6    0    0   0  0   0    1   2    3  .000  .250  .000   1       0   0   0          -27
   *Johnny Watwood      33    2    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .167  .167  .167   0       0   0   0           -9
    Joe Kracher         25    5    5    1    1   0  0   0    0   2    1  .200  .429  .200   0       0   0   0           77

    Hugh Mulcahy        25   38   76    3   12   1  0   0    5   2   12  .158  .179  .171   0       0   0   5           -4
    Boom-Boom Beck      34   34   68    3    9   3  0   0    3   1    6  .132  .145  .176   0       4   0   4          -13
    Kirby Higbe         24   34   66    5   11   1  0   0    5   0   15  .167  .167  .182   0       2   0   6           -5
    Max Butcher         28   19   38    1    7   0  0   0    3   0    6  .184  .184  .184   0       1   0   3            1
    Ike Pearson         22   27   37    1    2   0  0   0    1   2   12  .054  .103  .054   0       1   0   4          -56
    Syl Johnson         38   22   33    0    5   0  0   0    2   2   11  .152  .200  .152   0       4   0   4           -3
    Ray Harrell         27   22   26    1    3   1  0   0    1   2   10  .115  .179  .154   0       0   0   0           -8
   *Al Hollingsworth    31   15   20    2    2   0  0   0    0   1    1  .100  .143  .100   0       0   0   0          -33
    Claude Passeau      30    8   20    0    4   0  0   0    1   0    7  .200  .200  .200   0       0   0   0           10
    Bill Kerksieck      25   25   12    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    6  .083  .214  .083   0       0   1   0          -16
   *Jennings Poindexter 28   11   10    1    2   0  0   0    2   0    1  .200  .200  .200   0       1   0   0           10
    Roy Bruner          22    4    9    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    4  .111  .111  .111   0       1   0   1          -39
    Gene Schott         25    8    6    3    2   0  1   0    0   0    0  .333  .333  .667   0       0   0   0          167
    Jim Henry           29    9    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
   *Al Smith            31    5    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
    Elmer Burkart       22    5    1    1    1   1  0   0    1   0    0 1.000 1.000 2.000   0       0   0   0          702
   *Bill Hoffman        21    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0       0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.9  152 5133  553 1341 232 40  49  510 421  486  .261  .317  .351  47     133   9 144           91
    Rank among 8 NL teams          7    8    8   6  6   8        7    7     8     7     7   3                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Hugh Mulcahy        25  38   4.99   9  16  4  31   7  14   1  225.7  246  144  125  19   93   59 1006  11  11  0      79
SP  Kirby Higbe         24  34   4.85  10  14  2  26   7  14   1  187.3  208  113  101  10  101   79  864   7  10  0      82
SP  Max Butcher         28  19   5.61   2  13  0  16   3   3   0  104.3  131   72   65  10   51   27  491   2   1  1      71
SP  Syl Johnson         38  22   3.81   8   8  2  14   4   6   0  111.0  112   50   47  10   15   37  453   0   1  0     104
SP *Al Hollingsworth    31  15   5.85   1   9  0  10   0   3   0   60.0   78   48   39   2   27   24  283   3   0  0      68
SP  Claude Passeau      30   8   4.22   2   4  0   8   0   4   1   53.3   54   26   25   1   25   29  236   0   1  0      94

RP  Bill Kerksieck      25  23   7.18   0   2  0   2  16   1   0   62.7   81   52   50  13   32   13  290   4   0  0      55
RP  Boom-Boom Beck      34  34   4.73   7  14  3  16  13  12   0  182.7  203  104   96  11   64   77  812   1   3  0      84
RP  Ike Pearson         22  26   5.76   2  13  0  13  10   4   0  125.0  144   84   80  15   56   29  570   2   5  0      69
RP  Ray Harrell         27  22   5.42   3   7  0  10   5   4   0   94.7  101   77   57   6   56   35  445   4   4  0      73

   *Jennings Poindexter 28  11   4.15   0   0  0   1   7   0   0   30.3   29   19   14   0   15   12  134   0   0  0      95
    Roy Bruner          22   4   6.67   0   4  0   4   0   2   0   27.0   38   22   20   3   13   11  127   0   0  0      59
    Jim Henry           29   9   5.09   0   1  1   1   4   0   0   23.0   24   13   13   3    8    7   99   1   1  0      78
    Gene Schott         25   4   4.91   0   1  0   0   1   0   0   11.0   14    7    6   0    5    1   54   0   2  0      81
   *Al Smith            31   5   4.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    9.0   11    5    4   1    5    2   42   0   2  0      99
    Elmer Burkart       22   5   4.32   1   0  0   0   3   0   0    8.3   11    4    4   0    2    2   35   0   0  0      92
   *Bill Hoffman        21   3  13.50   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    6.0    8    9    9   2    7    1   34   3   3  0      29
    Joe Marty           25   1   4.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.0    2    2    2   0    3    1   17   0   0  0      88
    Bud Hafey           26   2  33.75   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.3    7    5    5   0    1    1   11   0   0  0      12
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.8 152   5.17  45 106 12 152  85  67   3 1326.0 1502  856  762 106  579  447 6003  38  44  1      77
    Rank among 8 NL teams           8   8   1  7           5   8      7    6    8        8    8    7
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- SDavis 85 260 40 0 1 1.000 5 WMillies 84 229 37 10 3 .964 2 BWarren 17 60 8 3 2 .958 1 DCoble 13 27 3 2 0 .937 1 BAtwood 2 7 0 0 1 1.000 0 JKracher 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 152 584 88 15 7 .978 9 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 10.02 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GSuhr 60 520 37 3 50 .995 9.28 JBolling 48 392 38 8 35 .982 8.96 GBrack 19 158 7 4 11 .976 8.68 LPowers 13 112 4 2 10 .983 8.92 PWhitney 12 96 10 1 11 .991 8.83 LGabrielson 5 34 9 1 3 .977 8.60 JWatwood 2 14 0 1 0 .933 7.00 CKlein 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 1326 105 20 120 .986 9.71 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .968 5.42 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RHughes 65 183 184 6 30 .984 5.65 HMueller 51 132 137 10 37 .964 5.27 DYoung 17 39 50 6 12 .937 5.24 CLetchas 12 24 32 4 9 .933 4.67 PWhitney 8 8 17 0 2 1.000 3.12 JShilling 5 9 8 1 2 .944 3.40 EFeinberg 4 4 6 1 2 .909 2.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 399 434 28 94 .967 5.65 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .942 2.79 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PMay 132 153 263 19 28 .956 3.15 HMueller 17 12 24 1 0 .973 2.12 SBenjamin 5 6 11 2 1 .895 3.40 JShilling 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 PWhitney 2 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 173 302 22 29 .956 3.22 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .953 5.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GScharein 117 258 331 26 69 .958 5.03 DYoung 55 70 104 10 16 .946 3.16 JShilling 3 10 7 3 4 .850 5.67 EFeinberg 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 HMueller 1 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 338 445 39 90 .953 5.31 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .975 2.17 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- MArnovich 132 335 10 6 0 .983 2.61 131 2 0 HMartin 95 276 5 7 1 .976 2.96 9 73 13 JMarty 79 176 9 5 3 .974 2.34 6 56 18 LScott 55 109 7 5 1 .959 2.11 1 1 54 GBrack 48 89 4 4 1 .959 1.94 2 6 40 HMueller 17 19 2 0 0 1.000 1.24 4 0 13 BBates 14 44 1 1 1 .978 3.21 1 13 0 BHafey 13 30 1 0 0 1.000 2.38 3 1 9 CKlein 11 20 1 0 1 1.000 1.91 0 0 11 SBenjamin 7 12 1 2 0 .867 1.86 4 2 2 JShilling 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 152 1111 41 30 8 .975 2.61 152 152 152 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .960 2.19 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HMulcahy 38 12 48 6 1 .909 2.39 KHigbe 34 8 16 0 0 1.000 1.15 BBeck 34 8 37 6 1 .882 2.22 IPearson 26 6 30 1 1 .973 2.59 SJohnson 22 3 17 0 1 1.000 1.62 MButcher 19 2 13 0 0 1.000 1.29 RHarrell 22 3 7 2 0 .833 0.95 BKerksieck 23 1 11 0 1 1.000 1.72 AHollingswo 15 2 11 0 0 1.000 1.95 CPasseau 8 4 9 0 0 1.000 2.20 JPoindexter 11 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.78 RBruner 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.33 JHenry 9 0 3 1 0 .750 1.17 GSchott 4 1 0 1 0 .500 0.82 ASmith 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 EBurkart 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.08 BHoffman 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 JMarty 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BHafey 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 152 53 214 17 5 .940 1.81 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Arnovich .324 On-base % Arnovich .397 Slugging % Mueller .437 OPS Arnovich .810 Games May 135 At Bats Arnovich 491 Plate Appearances (approx.) Arnovich 560 Runs Arnovich 68 Hits Arnovich 159 Total Bases Arnovich 203 Doubles Martin 28 Triples Marty 6 Home Runs Marty and Mueller 9 RBI Arnovich 67 Bases on Balls Arnovich 58 Strikeouts Brack 49 Stolen Bases Arnovich 7 Singles Arnovich 127 Adjusted OPS+ Arnovich 122 Runs Created Arnovich 80 Adjusted Batting Runs Arnovich 18 Batting Wins Arnovich 1.8 Extra-Base Hits Martin 34 Times on Base Arnovich 219 Offensive Win% Arnovich .629 Hit By Pitch Arnovich and Martin 2 Sac. Hits May 25 Grounded into Double Plays May 16 Power/Speed Number Arnovich 5.8 At Bats per Strikeout May 23.2 At Bats per Home Run Mueller 37.9 Outs May 372

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Beck 4.73 Wins Higbe 10 Won-Loss % Johnson .500 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Beck 1.462 Hits Allowed/9IP Mulcahy 9.81 Bases on Balls/9IP Beck 3.15 Strikeouts/9IP Higbe 3.80 Games Mulcahy 38 Saves Mulcahy 4 Innings Mulcahy 225.7 Strikeouts Higbe 79 Games Started Mulcahy 31 Comp. Games Higbe and Mulcahy 14 Shutouts Higbe, Mulcahy, and Passeau 1 Home Runs Allow. Mulcahy 19 Bases On Balls Allow. Higbe 101 Hits Allowed Mulcahy 246 SO to Walk Beck 1.20 Losses Mulcahy 16 Earned Runs Allow. Mulcahy 125 Wild Pitches Mulcahy 11 Hit Batsmen Mulcahy 11 Batters Faced Mulcahy 1006 Games Finished Kerksieck 16 Adjusted ERA+ Beck 84

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