1942 Philadelphia Athletics Roster

The 1942 Philadelphia Athletics team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1942 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 1942 Philadelphia Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1942 Philadelphia Athletics salary list, a 1942 Philadelphia Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1942 Philadelphia Athletics primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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1942 Philadelphia Athletics



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Complete Roster  
 

Roster
Schedule
- Ted Abernathy 6-02 210 Left Right 1921-10-30
25 Bill Beckmann 6-00 175 Right Right 1907-12-08
20 Herman Besse 6-02 190 Left Left 1911-08-16
23 Fred Caligiuri 6-00 190 Right Right 1918-10-22
24 Russ Christopher 6-03 180 Right Right 1917-09-12
- Joe Coleman 6-02½ 200 Right Right 1922-07-30
22, 32 Dick Fowler 6-04½ 215 Right Right 1921-03-30
25 Bob Harris 6-00 185 Right Right 1915-05-01
18 Lum Harris 6-01 180 Right Right 1915-01-17
35, 45 Jack Knott 6-02½ 200 Right Right 1907-03-02
- Sam Lowry 5-11 170 Right Right 1920-03-25
19, 21 Phil Marchildon 5-11 175 Right Right 1913-10-25
29 Les McCrabb 5-11 175 Right Right 1914-11-04
29 Bob Savage 6-02 180 Right Right 1921-12-01
17 Tex Shirley 6-01 175 Right Both 1918-04-25
30, 36 Roger Wolff 6-00½ 208 Right Right 1911-04-10
34 Jim Castiglia 6-00 208 Right Left 1918-09-30
8 Frankie Hayes 6-00 185 Right Right 1914-10-13
8 Bob Swift 5-11½ 180 Right Right 1915-03-06
9 Hal Wagner 6-00 165 Right Left 1915-07-02
11 George Yankowski 6-00 180 Right Right 1922-11-19
- Dick Adkins 5-10 165 Right Right 1920-03-03
6 Buddy Blair 6-00 186 Right Left 1910-09-10
12 Crash Davis 6-00 173 Right Right 1919-07-14
16 Larry Eschen 6-00 180 Right Right 1920-09-22
2 Bill Knickerbocker 5-11 170 Right Right 1911-12-29
11 Bruce Konopka 6-02 190 Left Left 1919-09-16
14 Eric McNair 5-08½ 160 Right Right 1909-04-12
5 Dick Siebert 6-00 170 Left Left 1912-02-19
3 Pete Suder 6-00 175 Right Right 1916-04-16
10 Jack Wallaesa 6-03 191 Right Both 1919-08-31
14 Eddie Collins 5-10 175 Right Left 1916-11-23
4 Bob Johnson 6-00 180 Right Right 1905-11-26
1 Mike Kreevich 5-07½ 168 Right Right 1908-06-10
19 Felix Mackiewicz 6-02 195 Right Right 1917-11-20
7 Dee Miles 6-00 175 Right Left 1909-02-15
11 Ken Richardson 5-10½ 187 Right Right 1915-05-02
15 Elmer Valo 5-11 190 Right Left 1921-03-05
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The 1942 Philadelphia Athletics played 154 games during the regular season, won 55 games, lost 99 games, and finished in eighth position. They played their home games at Shibe Park (Park Factors: 99/103) where 423,487 fans witnessed their 1942 Athletics finish the season with a .357 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 1942 Philadelphia Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1942 Philadelphia Athletics salary list, a 1942 Philadelphia Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1942 Philadelphia Athletics primary starters list:

1942 Philadelphia Athletics
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1942 Philadelphia Athletics
Most Games by Position

C Hal Wagner (94)
1B Dick Siebert (152)
2B Bill Knickerbocker (81)
3B Buddy Blair (126)
SS Pete Suder (69)
LF Bob Johnson (148)
CF Mike Kreevich (107)
RF Elmer Valo (120)
  
SP Russ Christopher
SP Dick Fowler
SP Lum Harris
SP Phil Marchildon
  
CL Roger Wolff


1942 Philadelphia Athletics
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1942 Philadelphia Athletics
Uniform Numbers

#1 Mike Kreevich
#2 Bill Knickerbocker
#3 Pete Suder
#4 Bob Johnson
#5 Dick Siebert
#6 Buddy Blair
#7 Dee Miles
#8 Frankie Hayes
#8 Bob Swift
#9 Hal Wagner
#10 Jack Wallaesa
#11 Bruce Konopka
#11 Ken Richardson
#11 George Yankowski
#12 Crash Davis
#14 Eddie Collins
#14 Eric McNair
#15 Elmer Valo
#16 Larry Eschen
#17 Tex Shirley
#18 Lum Harris
#19 Felix Mackiewicz
#19 Phil Marchildon
#20 Herman Besse
#21 Phil Marchildon
#22 Dick Fowler
#23 Fred Caligiuri
#24 Russ Christopher
#25 Bill Beckmann
#25 Bob Harris
#29 Les McCrabb
#29 Bob Savage
#30 Roger Wolff
#32 Dick Fowler
#34 Jim Castiglia
#35 Jack Knott
#36 Roger Wolff
#45 Jack Knott

Did you know that a 1942 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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