1942 Athletics roster

33 players appeared for the Athletics in the 1942 MLB season.

1942 Athletics roster: batting

1942 Athletics batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Dick Siebert153612571592744.260.291.624
Bob Johnson1495507816013803.291.384.835
Buddy Blair137484481355661.279.325.722
Pete Suder128476461224544.256.293.634
Elmer Valo1334596411524013.251.355.690
Mike Kreevich116444571131307.255.326.634
Dee Miles9934641940225.272.300.635
Bill Knickerbocker8728925731191.253.323.627
Hal Wagner10428826681301.236.304.616
Crash Davis8627231612261.224.282.565
Jack Wallaesa3611713302130.256.315.674
Eddie Collins203468041.235.316.610
Jim Castiglia161827020.389.421.810
Ken Richardson61511000.067.176.243
Felix Mackiewicz61433020.214.214.571
George Yankowski61302020.154.154.385
Larry Eschen121100000.000.267.267
Bruce Konopka51023010.300.364.664
Dick Adkins3721000.143.333.476

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1942 Athletics roster: pitching

1942 Athletics pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Phil MarchildonP383117144.20244.01101.451
Roger WolffP322512153.32214.1941.283
Lum HarrisP262011153.74166.0601.300
Russ ChristopherP30184133.82165.0581.531
Dick FowlerP31176114.95140.0381.461
Herman BesseP3014296.16133.0781.741
Jack KnottP20142105.5795.1311.710
Fred CaligiuriP132036.3836.2201.721
Tex ShirleyP151015.3035.2101.651
Bob SavageP83013.2330.2101.790
Joe ColemanP10013.006.001.500
Les McCrabbP100031.504.004.000
Sam LowryP10006.003.001.330
Ted AbernathyP100010.132.211.880

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.