1943 Philadelphia Athletics Roster

The 1943 Philadelphia Athletics team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1943 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 1943 Philadelphia Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1943 Philadelphia Athletics salary list, a 1943 Philadelphia Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1943 Philadelphia Athletics primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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1943 Philadelphia Athletics



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Complete Roster  
 

23 Ted Abernathy 6-02 210 Left Right 1921-10-30
18, 23 Orie Arntzen 6-01 200 Right Right 1909-10-18
20 Herman Besse 6-02 190 Left Left 1911-08-16
21 Don Black 6-00 185 Right Right 1916-07-20
- Charlie Bowles 6-03 180 Right Right 1917-03-15
- Norm Brown 6-03 180 Right Both 1919-02-01
28, 31 John Burrows 5-10 200 Left Right 1913-10-30
17 Russ Christopher 6-03 180 Right Right 1917-09-12
7 Lou Ciola 5-09 165 Right Right 1922-09-06
25 Tom Clyde 6-03 195 Right Right 1923-08-17
24, 25 Everett Fagan 6-00 195 Right Right 1918-01-13
16, 19 Jesse Flores 5-10 175 Right Right 1914-11-02
18, 22 Lum Harris 6-01 180 Right Right 1915-01-17
14 Bert Kuczynski 6-00 195 Right Right 1920-01-08
22, 29 Sam Lowry 5-11 170 Right Right 1920-03-25
25 Jim Mains 6-02 190 Right Right 1922-06-12
14 Carl Scheib 6-01 192 Right Right 1927-01-01
16, 19 Roger Wolff 6-00½ 208 Right Right 1911-04-10
10 Tony Parisse 5-10 165 Right Right 1911-06-25
8 Bob Swift 5-11½ 180 Right Right 1915-03-06
9 Hal Wagner 6-00 165 Right Left 1915-07-02
2 Ed Busch 5-10 175 Right Right 1917-11-16
6 Irv Hall 5-10½ 160 Right Right 1918-10-07
22 Don Heffner 5-10 155 Right Right 1911-02-08
7 George Kell 5-09 175 Right Right 1922-08-23
2 Eddie Mayo 5-11 178 Right Left 1910-04-15
12 Joe Rullo 5-11 168 Right Right 1916-06-16
5 Dick Siebert 6-00 170 Left Left 1912-02-19
10 Frank Skaff 5-10 185 Right Right 1910-09-30
3 Pete Suder 6-00 175 Right Right 1916-04-16
11 Bill Burgo 5-08 185 Right Right 1919-11-15
4 Bobby Estalella 5-08 180 Right Right 1911-04-25
14 Lew Flick 5-09 155 Left Left 1915-02-18
7 Felix Mackiewicz 6-02 195 Right Right 1917-11-20
12 Jimmy Ripple 5-10 170 Right Left 1909-10-14
- George Staller 5-11 190 Left Left 1916-04-01
12 Jim Tyack 6-02 195 Right Left 1911-01-09
15 Elmer Valo 5-11 190 Right Left 1921-03-05
11 Johnny Welaj 6-00 164 Right Right 1914-05-27
30 Woody Wheaton 5-08½ 160 Left Left 1914-10-03
1 Jo-Jo White 5-11 165 Right Left 1909-06-01
14 Vern Benson 5-11 180 Right Left 1924-09-19
26 Earle Brucker 5-11 175 Right Right 1901-05-06
14 Bruce Konopka 6-02 190 Left Left 1919-09-16


The 1943 Philadelphia Athletics played 154 games during the regular season, won 49 games, lost 105 games, and finished in eighth position. They played their home games at Shibe Park (Park Factors: 100/103) where 376,735 fans witnessed their 1943 Athletics finish the season with a .318 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 1943 Philadelphia Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1943 Philadelphia Athletics salary list, a 1943 Philadelphia Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1943 Philadelphia Athletics primary starters list:

1943 Philadelphia Athletics
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1943 Philadelphia Athletics
Most Games by Position

C Hal Wagner (99)
1B Dick Siebert (145)
2B Pete Suder (95)
3B Eddie Mayo (123)
SS Irv Hall (148)
LF Bobby Estalella (95)
CF Jo-Jo White (128)
RF Elmer Valo (54)
  
SP Orie Arntzen
SP Don Black
SP Russ Christopher
SP Jesse Flores
SP Lum Harris
  
CL Roger Wolff


1943 Philadelphia Athletics
Salaries

Earle Brucker $6,000.00
Bob Swift $6,000.00
Pete Suder $5,000.00
Hal Wagner $5,000.00
Russ Christopher $4,000.00
Elmer Valo $4,000.00
Johnny Welaj $4,000.00
George Kell $2,600.00
Don Black $2,500.00
Irv Hall $2,500.00


1943 Philadelphia Athletics
Uniform Numbers

#1 Jo-Jo White
#2 Ed Busch
#2 Eddie Mayo
#3 Pete Suder
#4 Bobby Estalella
#5 Dick Siebert
#6 Irv Hall
#7 Lou Ciola
#7 George Kell
#7 Felix Mackiewicz
#8 Bob Swift
#9 Hal Wagner
#10 Tony Parisse
#10 Frank Skaff
#11 Bill Burgo
#11 Johnny Welaj
#12 Jimmy Ripple
#12 Joe Rullo
#12 Jim Tyack
#14 Vern Benson
#14 Lew Flick
#14 Bruce Konopka
#14 Bert Kuczynski
#14 Carl Scheib
#15 Elmer Valo
#16 Jesse Flores
#16 Roger Wolff
#17 Russ Christopher
#18 Orie Arntzen
#18 Lum Harris
#19 Jesse Flores
#19 Roger Wolff
#20 Herman Besse
#21 Don Black
#22 Lum Harris
#22 Don Heffner
#22 Sam Lowry
#23 Ted Abernathy
#23 Orie Arntzen
#24 Everett Fagan
#25 Tom Clyde
#25 Everett Fagan
#25 Jim Mains
#26 Earle Brucker
#28 John Burrows
#29 Sam Lowry
#30 Woody Wheaton
#31 John Burrows

Did you know that a 1943 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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