1942 Philadelphia Phillies season

1942 Philadelphia Phillies
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1938)
Philadelphia (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Gerald Nugent
Manager(s)	Hans Lobert
Local radio	WIBG (By Saam, Taylor Grant)
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The 1942 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 60th season in the history of the franchise. The team, managed by Hans Lobert, began their fifth season at Shibe Park. Prior to the season, the team shortened the team nickname to 'Phils'. Of the change, a baseball writer opined prior to the season, "the gag is they wanted to get the 'lie' out of their name."^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	106	48	0.688	—	60–17	46–31
Brooklyn Dodgers	104	50	0.675	2	57–22	47–28
New York Giants	85	67	0.559	20	47–31	38–36
Cincinnati Reds	76	76	0.500	29	38–39	38–37
Pittsburgh Pirates	66	81	0.449	36½	41–34	25–47
Chicago Cubs	68	86	0.442	38	36–41	32–45
Boston Braves	59	89	0.399	44	33–36	26–53
Philadelphia Phillies	42	109	0.278	62½	23–51	19–58

Record vs. opponents

1942 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	6–16	13–9	5–16–1	8–12	14–8	7–12–1	6–16
Brooklyn	16–6	—	16–6	15–7	14–8–1	18–4	16–6	9–13
Chicago	9–13	6–16	—	13–9	9–13–1	14–8	11–11	6–16
Cincinnati	16–5–1	7–15	9–13	—	9–13	16–6	12–9–1	7–15
New York	12–8	8–14–1	13–9–1	13–9	—	17–5	15–7	7–15
Philadelphia	8–14	4–18	8–14	6–16	5–17	—	6–13	5–17
Pittsburgh	12–7–1	6–16	11–11	9–12–1	7–15	13–6	—	8–14–2
St. Louis	16–6	13–9	16–6	15–7	15–7	17–5	14–8–2	—

Roster

1942 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers 11,10 Boom-Boom Beck 11 Cy Blanton 16 Hilly Flitcraft 14 George Hennessey 14 Lefty Hoerst 15,28 Tommy Hughes 16,8 Si Johnson  9 Gene Lambert  6 Andy Lapihuska  8 Paul Masterson 17 Rube Melton 18 Sam Nahem 19 Ike Pearson 20 Johnny Podgajny		Catchers 25 Benny Culp  6 Mickey Livingston 12 Bill Peterman  5 Bennie Warren Infielders 21 Bobby Bragan 28 Bill Burich 22 Nick Etten 24 Al Glossop 25 Bert Hodges  7 Hal Marnie 26 Pinky May 33 Ed Murphy 27 Danny Murtaugh		Outfielders 30 Stan Benjamin 30 Ed Freed 12 Ernie Koy 31,7 Danny Litwhiler 32 Earl Naylor 33 Ron Northey 34 Lloyd Waner Other batters  3 Chuck Klein		Manager  1 Hans Lobert Coaches  2 Bill Killefer  3 Chuck Klein

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Waner, LloydLloyd Waner	101	287	75	.261	0	10
Murphy, EdEd Murphy	13	28	7	.250	0	4
Klein, ChuckChuck Klein	14	14	1	.071	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Hoerst, LeftyLefty Hoerst	33	150.2	4	16	5.20	52

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Blanton, CyCy Blanton	6	22.1	0	4	5.64	16

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Beck, Boom-BoomBoom-Boom Beck	26	0	1	0	4.75	10

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
B	Trenton Packers	Interstate League	Lefty Lloyd, John Casey and Tony Rensa
C	Rome Colonels	Canadian–American League	Bunny Griffiths and Philip Clark

^[2]

See also

• List of worst Major League Baseball season records

Notes

1. Kirksey, George (March 25, 1942). "Improved Phils Due For Cellar". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 8.
2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

• 1942 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference