1939 Philadelphia Athletics Roster

The 1939 Philadelphia Athletics team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1939 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1939 Philadelphia Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1939 Philadelphia Athletics salary list, a 1939 Philadelphia Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1939 Philadelphia Athletics primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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1939 Philadelphia Athletics



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Complete Roster  
 

Roster
Schedule
35 Bill Beckmann 6-00 175 Right Right 1907-12-08
16 George Caster 6-01½ 180 Right Right 1907-08-04
19 Chubby Dean 5-11 181 Left Left 1916-08-24
15 Bob Joyce 6-01 180 Right Right 1915-01-14
- Walt Masters 5-10½ 180 Right Right 1907-03-28
31 Les McCrabb 5-11 175 Right Right 1914-11-04
22 Lynn Nelson 5-10½ 170 Right Left 1905-02-24
20 Sam Page 6-00 172 Right Left 1916-02-11
21 Roy Parmelee 6-01 190 Right Right 1907-04-25
25 Cotton Pippen 6-02 180 Right Right 1911-04-02
24 Nels Potter 5-11 180 Right Left 1911-08-23
21 Jim Reninger 6-03 210 Right Right 1915-03-07
17 Buck Ross 6-02 170 Right Right 1915-02-03
21 Jim Schelle 6-03 204 Right Right 1917-04-13
31 Dave Smith 5-10 170 Right Right 1914-12-17
18 Eddie Smith 5-10 174 Left Both 1913-12-14
20 Bud Thomas 6-00 180 Right Right 1910-09-09
9 Earle Brucker 5-11 175 Right Right 1901-05-06
8 Frankie Hayes 6-00 185 Right Right 1914-10-13
30, 36 Harry O'Neill 6-03 205 Right Right 1917-05-08
26 Hal Wagner 6-00 165 Right Left 1915-07-02
14 Wayne Ambler 5-08½ 165 Right Right 1915-11-08
6 Al Brancato 5-09½ 188 Right Right 1919-05-29
25 Fred Chapman 6-01 185 Right Right 1916-07-17
36 Nick Etten 6-02 198 Left Left 1913-09-19
12 Joe Gantenbein 5-09 168 Right Left 1916-08-25
3 Bill Lillard 5-10 170 Right Right 1918-01-10
7 Dario Lodigiani 5-08 150 Right Right 1916-06-06
23 Bob McNamara 5-10 170 Right Right 1916-09-19
34 Bill Nagel 6-01 190 Right Right 1915-08-19
2 Skeeter Newsome 5-09 170 Right Right 1910-10-18
5 Dick Siebert 6-00 170 Left Left 1912-02-19
10 Sam Chapman 6-01 190 Right Right 1916-04-11
26 Eddie Collins 5-10 175 Right Left 1916-11-23
6 Lou Finney 6-00 180 Right Left 1910-08-13
4 Bob Johnson 6-00 180 Right Right 1905-11-26
11 Dee Miles 6-00 175 Right Left 1909-02-15
1 Wally Moses 5-10 160 Left Left 1910-10-08
18 Eric Tipton 5-11 190 Right Right 1915-04-20
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The 1939 Philadelphia Athletics played 152 games during the regular season, won 55 games, lost 97 games, and finished in seventh position. They played their home games at Shibe Park (Park Factors: 98/102) where 395,022 fans witnessed their 1939 Athletics finish the season with a .362 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1939 Philadelphia Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1939 Philadelphia Athletics salary list, a 1939 Philadelphia Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1939 Philadelphia Athletics primary starters list:

1939 Philadelphia Athletics
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1939 Philadelphia Athletics
Most Games by Position

C Frankie Hayes (114)
1B Dick Siebert (99)
2B Joe Gantenbein (76)
3B Dario Lodigiani (89)
SS Skeeter Newsome (93)
LF Bob Johnson (138)
CF Sam Chapman (117)
RF Wally Moses (100)
  
SP Bill Beckmann
SP George Caster
SP Lynn Nelson
SP Cotton Pippen
SP Nels Potter
SP Buck Ross
  
RP Bob Joyce
CL Chubby Dean


1939 Philadelphia Athletics
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1939 Philadelphia Athletics
Uniform Numbers

#1 Wally Moses
#2 Skeeter Newsome
#3 Bill Lillard
#4 Bob Johnson
#5 Dick Siebert
#6 Al Brancato
#6 Lou Finney
#7 Dario Lodigiani
#8 Frankie Hayes
#9 Earle Brucker
#10 Sam Chapman
#11 Dee Miles
#12 Joe Gantenbein
#14 Wayne Ambler
#15 Bob Joyce
#16 George Caster
#17 Buck Ross
#18 Eddie Smith
#18 Eric Tipton
#19 Chubby Dean
#20 Sam Page
#20 Bud Thomas
#21 Roy Parmelee
#21 Jim Reninger
#21 Jim Schelle
#22 Lynn Nelson
#23 Bob McNamara
#24 Nels Potter
#25 Fred Chapman
#25 Cotton Pippen
#26 Eddie Collins
#26 Hal Wagner
#30 Harry O'Neill
#31 Les McCrabb
#31 Dave Smith
#34 Bill Nagel
#35 Bill Beckmann
#36 Nick Etten
#36 Harry O'Neill

Did you know that a 1939 Philadelphia Athletics Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?
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