1939 Philadelphia Phillies Roster (40-man)

1938 Season 1940 Season

Record: 45-106-1, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Doc Prothro (45-106-1)

Ballpark: Shibe Park

Attendance: 277,973 (8th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 100
One-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 99

Pythagorean W-L: 47-104, 553 Runs, 856 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Morrie Arnovich	28	us US	R	R	5' 10"	168	Nov 16, 1910	4	134	132	134	132	0	0	0	0	0	0	131	2	0	132	2	0	3.8	$4,500	All-Star
Bill Atwood	27	us US	R	R	5' 11"	190	Sep 25, 1911	4	4	2	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-0.1	$4,500
Hubert Bates	27	us US	R	R	6' 0"	165	Mar 16, 1912	1st	15	14	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	0	14	0	1	-0.1	$3,000
Boom-Boom Beck	34	us US	R	R	6' 2"	200	Oct 16, 1904	6	34	16	34	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	$3,900
Stan Benjamin	25	us US	R	R	6' 2"	194	May 20, 1914	1st	12	12	12	12	0	0	0	0	5	0	4	2	2	8	0	0	-0.6	$2,700
Jack Bolling	22	us US	L	L	5' 11"	168	Feb 20, 1917	1st	69	44	69	48	0	0	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	4	0.3	$2,700
Gibby Brack	31	us US	R	R	5' 9"	170	Mar 29, 1908	3	91	63	91	67	0	0	19	0	0	0	2	6	40	48	25	0	1.0	$4,500
Roy Bruner	22	us US	R	R	6' 0"	165	Feb 10, 1917	1st	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5	$2,700
Elmer Burkart	22	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Feb 1, 1917	4	5	0	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	$4,500
Max Butcher	28	us US	R	R	6' 2"	220	Sep 21, 1910	4	20	16	20	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.0
Dave Coble	26	us US	R	R	6' 1"	183	Dec 24, 1912	1st	15	3	15	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-0.3	$2,400
Virgil Davis	34	us US	R	R	6' 1"	197	Dec 20, 1904	12	87	66	87	85	0	85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.8	$8,000
Eddie Feinberg	21	us US	B	R	5' 9"	165	Sep 29, 1917	2	6	5	6	5	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	$750
Len Gabrielson	23	us US	L	L	6' 3"	210	Sep 8, 1915	1st	5	4	5	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.1	$3,600
Bud Hafey	26	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Aug 6, 1912	3	18	12	18	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	9	13	4	0	-0.8
Ray Harrell	27	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Feb 16, 1912	4	22	10	22	22	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.5	$5,000
Jim Henry	29	us US	R	R	6' 2"	175	Jun 26, 1910	3	9	1	9	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	$3,500
Kirby Higbe	24	us US	R	R	5' 11"	190	Apr 8, 1915	3	34	26	34	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3
Bill Hoffman	21	us US	L	L	5' 9"	170	Mar 3, 1918	1st	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$900
Al Hollingsworth	31	us US	L	L	6' 0"	174	Feb 25, 1908	5	15	10	15	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.0	$5,500
Roy Hughes	28	us US	R	R	5' 10"	167	Jan 11, 1911	5	65	65	65	65	0	0	0	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.8
Syl Johnson	38	us US	R	R	5' 11"	180	Dec 31, 1900	18	22	13	22	22	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5
Bill Kerksieck	25	us US	R	R	6' 1"	183	Dec 6, 1913	1st	26	2	26	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	-0.9	$3,000
Chuck Klein HOF	34	us US	L	R	6' 0"	185	Oct 7, 1904	12	25	10	25	12	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	11	14	0	0.1	$8,500
Joe Kracher	25	us US	R	R	5' 11"	185	Nov 4, 1913	1st	5	0	5	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.0	$1,800
Charlie Letchas	23	us US	R	R	5' 10"	150	Oct 3, 1915	1st	12	11	12	12	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$2,100
Hersh Martin	29	us US	B	R	6' 2"	190	Sep 19, 1909	3	111	94	111	95	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	73	13	95	15	1	1.9	$6,000
Joe Marty	25	us US	R	R	6' 0"	182	Sep 1, 1913	3	91	76	91	80	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	56	18	79	11	1	0.3
Merrill May	28	us US	R	R	5' 11"	165	Jan 18, 1911	1st	135	131	135	132	0	0	0	0	132	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1.5	$4,000
Wally Millies	32	us US	R	R	5' 10"	170	Oct 18, 1906	4	84	64	84	84	0	84	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-0.8
Emmett Mueller	26	us US	B	R	5' 6"	167	Jul 20, 1912	2	116	78	116	85	0	0	0	51	17	1	4	0	13	17	32	1	1.0	$3,250
Hugh Mulcahy	25	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Sep 9, 1913	5	38	32	38	38	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6	$6,000
Claude Passeau	30	us US	R	R	6' 3"	198	Apr 9, 1909	5	8	8	8	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	$8,000
Ike Pearson	22	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Mar 1, 1917	1st	27	13	27	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-0.7	$750
Jennings Poindexter	28	us US	L	L	5' 10"	165	Sep 30, 1910	2	11	1	11	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	$3,000
Les Powers	29	us US	L	L	6' 0"	175	Nov 5, 1909	2	19	13	19	13	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0.1	$6,000
George Scharein	24	us US	R	R	6' 1"	174	Nov 21, 1914	3	118	114	118	117	0	0	0	0	0	117	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1.6	$4,500
Gene Schott	25	us US	R	R	6' 2"	185	Jul 14, 1913	5	8	0	8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.1	$7,000
LeGrant Scott	28	us US	L	L	5' 8"	170	Jul 25, 1910	1st	76	53	76	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	54	55	21	1	0.2	$3,000
Jim Shilling	25	us US	R	R	5' 11"	175	May 14, 1914	1st	11	7	11	11	0	0	0	5	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.1	$4,200
Al Smith	31	us US	L	L	5' 11"	180	Oct 12, 1907	6	5	0	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$5,000
Gus Suhr	33	us US	L	R	6' 0"	180	Jan 3, 1906	10	60	59	60	60	0	0	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.7
Bennie Warren	27	us US	R	R	6' 1"	184	Mar 2, 1912	1st	18	17	18	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.1	$3,600
Johnny Watwood	33	us US	L	L	6' 1"	186	Aug 17, 1905	6	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$3,150
Pinky Whitney	34	us US	R	R	5' 10"	165	Jan 2, 1905	12	34	16	34	21	0	0	12	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	-0.2	$6,000
Del Young	27	us US	B	R	5' 11"	168	Mar 11, 1912	3	77	49	77	70	0	0	0	17	0	55	0	0	0	0	9	2	0.1	$4,000
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Doc Prothro	45	us US	Jul 16, 1893	Manager	Apr 19	Oct 1
Syl Johnson	38	us US	Dec 31, 1900		Apr 19	Oct 1
Hans Lobert	57	us US	Oct 18, 1881		Apr 19	Oct 1
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date