1942 Philadelphia Phils season

The 1942 Philadelphia Phils season was the 60th season in the history of the franchise. The team, managed by Hans Lobert, began their fifth season at Shibe Park. For this season only, they played as the Phils instead of the Phillies. Of the change, baseball writer George Kirksey opined prior to the season, "the gag is they wanted to get the 'lie' out of their name."

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
C	Mickey Livingston	89	239	49	.205	2	22
1B	Nick Etten	139	459	121	.264	8	41
2B	Al Glossop	121	454	102	.225	4	40
SS	Bobby Bragan	109	335	73	.218	2	15
3B	Pinky May	115	345	82	.238	0	18
OF	Ron Northey	127	402	101	.251	5	31
OF	Lloyd Waner	101	287	75	.261	0	10
OF	Danny Litwhiler	151	591	160	.271	9	56

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
Danny Murtaugh	144	506	122	.241	0	27
Ernie Koy	91	258	63	.244	4	26
Bennie Warren	90	225	47	.209	7	20
Stan Benjamin	78	210	47	.224	2	8
Earl Naylor	76	168	33	.196	0	14
Bill Burich	25	80	23	.288	0	7
Ed Freed	13	33	10	.303	0	1
Hal Marnie	24	30	5	.167	0	0
	13	28	7	.250	0	4
	14	14	1	.071	0	0
Bert Hodges	8	11	2	.182	0	0
Bill Peterman	1	1	1	1.000	0	0
Benny Culp	1	0	0	----	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
Tommy Hughes	40	253.0	12	18	3.06	77
Rube Melton	42	209.1	9	20	3.70	107
Si Johnson	39	195.1	8	19	3.69	78
	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
Johnny Podgajny	43	186.2	6	14	3.91	40
Ike Pearson	35	85.1	1	6	4.54	21
Earl Naylor	20	60.1	0	5	6.12	19
	6	22.1	0	4	5.64	16
Andy Lapihuska	3	20.2	0	2	5.23	8
George Hennessey	5	17.0	1	1	2.65	2

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
Sam Nahem	35	1	3	0	4.94	38
	26	0	1	0	4.75	10
Paul Masterson	4	0	0	0	6.48	3
Hilly Flitcraft	3	0	0	0	8.10	1
Gene Lambert	1	0	0	0	9.00	1