1942 Philadelphia Phillies

42-109 • .278 Win% • 8th in NL

📊 Season Record

42 Wins
109 Losses
.278 Win %
8th Rank
394 R 706 RA
Diff -312

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394 Runs Scored
706 Runs Allowed
-312 Run Diff
278K Attendance

📈 vs. 1942 NL Average

Batting Avg .232 7% below the 1942 league average (.248)
OBP .289 9% below the 1942 league average (.318)
SLG .305 11% below the 1942 league average (.343)
Team ERA 4.12 24% worse than the 1942 league average (3.32)
Runs Scored 394 34% below the 1942 league average (598 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShibe Park
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Home Games 74
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Total Attendance 278,211
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Avg per Game 3,759

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1942

Batting Avg

1 Bill Burich 0.287 2 Danny Litwhiler 0.271 3 Nick Etten 0.264 4 Lloyd Waner 0.261 5 Ron Northey 0.251

Home Runs

1 Danny Litwhiler 9 2 Nick Etten 8 3 Bennie Warren 7 4 Ron Northey 5 5 Al Glossop 4

RBI

1 Danny Litwhiler 56 2 Nick Etten 41 3 Al Glossop 40 4 Ron Northey 31 5 Danny Murtaugh 27
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Danny Litwhiler 151 591 59 160 25 9 9 56 27 42 2 0.271
Danny Murtaugh 144 506 48 122 16 4 0 27 49 39 13 0.241
Nick Etten 139 459 37 121 21 3 8 41 67 26 3 0.264
Al Glossop 121 454 33 102 15 1 4 40 29 35 3 0.225
Ron Northey 127 402 31 101 13 2 5 31 28 33 2 0.251
Merrill May 115 345 25 82 15 0 0 18 51 17 3 0.238
Bobby Bragan 109 335 17 73 12 2 2 15 20 21 0 0.218
Lloyd Waner 101 287 23 75 7 3 0 10 16 6 1 0.261
Ernie Koy 91 258 21 63 9 3 4 26 14 50 0 0.244
Mickey Livingston 89 239 20 49 6 1 2 22 25 20 0 0.205
Bennie Warren 90 225 19 47 6 3 7 20 24 36 0 0.209
Stan Benjamin 78 210 24 47 8 3 2 8 10 27 5 0.224
Earl Naylor 76 168 9 33 4 1 0 14 11 18 1 0.196
Bill Burich 25 80 3 23 1 0 0 7 6 13 2 0.287
Tommy Hughes 42 80 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0.100
Rube Melton 42 65 3 8 3 0 1 7 2 26 0 0.123
Johnny Podgajny 44 60 5 11 0 1 0 5 0 15 0 0.183
Si Johnson 39 58 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0.103
Lefty Hoerst 33 46 1 7 1 0 0 0 3 8 0 0.152
Ed Freed 13 33 3 10 3 1 0 1 4 3 1 0.303
Hal Marnie 24 30 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0.167
Ed Murphy 13 28 2 7 2 0 0 4 2 4 0 0.250
Ike Pearson 35 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.043
Sam Nahem 35 20 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.100
Chuck Klein 14 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.071
Boom-Boom Beck 27 12 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.333
Bert Hodges 8 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.182
Cy Blanton 6 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.125
Andy Lapihuska 3 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.286
George Hennessey 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bill Peterman 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Benny Culp 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hilly Flitcraft 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gene Lambert 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Masterson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1942

ERA

1 Tommy Hughes 3.06 2 Si Johnson 3.69 3 Rube Melton 3.70 4 Johnny Podgajny 3.91 5 Ike Pearson 4.54

Wins

1 Tommy Hughes 12 2 Rube Melton 9 3 Si Johnson 8 4 Johnny Podgajny 6 5 Lefty Hoerst 4

Strikeouts

1 Rube Melton 107 2 Si Johnson 78 3 Tommy Hughes 77 4 Lefty Hoerst 52 5 Johnny Podgajny 40
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Tommy Hughes 12 18 3.06 40 31 1 253.0 224 86 99 77
Rube Melton 9 20 3.70 42 29 4 209.1 180 86 114 107
Si Johnson 8 19 3.69 39 26 0 195.1 198 80 72 78
Johnny Podgajny 6 14 3.91 43 23 0 186.2 191 81 63 40
Lefty Hoerst 4 16 5.20 33 22 1 150.2 162 87 78 52
Ike Pearson 1 6 4.54 35 7 0 85.1 87 43 50 21
Sam Nahem 1 3 4.94 35 2 0 74.2 72 41 40 38
Earl Naylor 0 5 6.12 20 4 0 60.1 68 41 29 19
Boom-Boom Beck 0 1 4.75 26 1 0 53.0 69 28 17 10
Cy Blanton 0 4 5.64 6 3 0 22.1 30 14 13 15
Andy Lapihuska 0 2 5.23 3 2 0 20.2 17 12 13 8
George Hennessey 1 1 2.65 5 1 0 17.0 11 5 10 2
Paul Masterson 0 0 6.48 4 0 0 8.1 10 6 5 3
Hilly Flitcraft 0 0 8.10 3 0 0 3.1 6 3 2 1
Gene Lambert 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 3 1 0 1

👥 Roster (35)

Boom-Boom Beck Stan Benjamin Cy Blanton Bobby Bragan Bill Burich Benny Culp Nick Etten Hilly Flitcraft Ed Freed Al Glossop George Hennessey Bert Hodges +23 more

35 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1942 Philadelphia Phillies

What was the 1942 Philadelphia Phillies record?
The 1942 Philadelphia Phillies finished 42-109 (.278 win pct).
Who led the 1942 Philadelphia Phillies in home runs?
Danny Litwhiler led the 1942 Philadelphia Phillies with 9 home runs.
What was the 1942 Philadelphia Phillies team ERA?
The 1942 Philadelphia Phillies posted a team ERA of 4.12.
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