1940 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 54-100
Finished 8th in the AL
Attendance: 560,988, Avg. 9,508
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Connie Mack (54-100)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1940 Philadelphia Athletics RosterTeam Record: 54-100
Finished 8th in the AL
Attendance: 560,988, Avg. 9,508
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Connie Mack (54-100)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1940 Philadelphia Athletics Results
The Philadelphia Athletics of the American League ended the 1940 season with a record of 54 wins and 100 losses, finishing eighth in the AL.
The Athletics scored 703 runs and allowed 932 runs, most in the circuit. Bob Johnson walloped 31 home runs for Philadelphia, while Sam Chapman and Frankie Hayes swatted 20 or more as well. Bob Johnson drove in 103 runs. Wally Moses led hitters with significant playing time with a .309 average. Johnny Babich topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.73 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Connie Mack coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Babich | 14 | 13 | .519 | 3.73 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 229.3 | 222 | 111 | 95 | 16 | 80 | 0 | 94 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 988 |
| Nels Potter | 9 | 14 | .391 | 4.44 | 31 | 25 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 200.7 | 213 | 115 | 99 | 18 | 71 | 0 | 73 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 876 |
| Bill Beckmann | 8 | 4 | .667 | 4.17 | 34 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 127.3 | 132 | 68 | 59 | 11 | 35 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 543 |
| Ed Heusser | 6 | 13 | .316 | 4.99 | 41 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 110.0 | 144 | 84 | 61 | 11 | 42 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 518 |
| Chubby Dean | 6 | 13 | .316 | 6.61 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 159.3 | 220 | 136 | 117 | 21 | 63 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 754 |
| Buck Ross | 5 | 10 | .333 | 4.38 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 156.3 | 160 | 91 | 76 | 15 | 60 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 690 |
| George Caster | 4 | 19 | .174 | 6.56 | 36 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 178.3 | 234 | 160 | 130 | 18 | 69 | 0 | 75 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 835 |
| Porter Vaughan | 2 | 9 | .182 | 5.35 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 99.3 | 104 | 74 | 59 | 9 | 61 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 464 |
| Les McCrabb | 0 | 0 | 6.94 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58 | |
| Carl Miles | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | |
| Pat McLaughlin | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Phil Marchildon | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 |
| Herman Besse | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8.83 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 70 | 56 | 52 | 10 | 34 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 262 |
| Totals | 54 | 100 | .351 | 5.22 | 271 | 154 | 82 | 72 | 4 | 12 | 1345.0 | 1543 | 932 | 780 | 135 | 534 | 0 | 488 | 15 | 5 | 40 | 6090 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Siebert | 154 | 637 | 595 | 69 | 170 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 77 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 34 | .286 | .325 | .383 | .709 | 228 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Moses | 142 | 619 | 537 | 91 | 166 | 41 | 9 | 9 | 50 | 6 | 4 | 75 | 44 | .309 | .396 | .469 | .865 | 252 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Frankie Hayes | 136 | 529 | 465 | 73 | 143 | 23 | 4 | 16 | 70 | 9 | 3 | 61 | 59 | .308 | .389 | .477 | .866 | 222 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Chapman | 134 | 562 | 508 | 88 | 140 | 26 | 3 | 23 | 75 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 96 | .276 | .337 | .474 | .811 | 241 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Johnson | 138 | 600 | 512 | 93 | 137 | 25 | 4 | 31 | 103 | 8 | 2 | 83 | 64 | .268 | .374 | .514 | .888 | 263 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Benny McCoy | 134 | 560 | 490 | 56 | 126 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 62 | 2 | 2 | 65 | 44 | .257 | .345 | .373 | .719 | 183 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Rubeling | 108 | 429 | 376 | 49 | 92 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 58 | .245 | .330 | .351 | .681 | 132 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dee Miles | 88 | 246 | 236 | 26 | 71 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 18 | .301 | .327 | .403 | .729 | 95 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Brancato | 107 | 330 | 298 | 42 | 57 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 36 | .191 | .265 | .252 | .517 | 75 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Lillard | 73 | 241 | 206 | 26 | 49 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28 | .238 | .332 | .311 | .643 | 64 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Gantenbein | 75 | 210 | 197 | 21 | 47 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 21 | .239 | .282 | .350 | .633 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chubby Dean | 67 | 108 | 90 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | .289 | .396 | .311 | .707 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Simmons | 37 | 85 | 81 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .309 | .341 | .395 | .736 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Wagner | 34 | 89 | 75 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | .253 | .356 | .347 | .703 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Crash Davis | 23 | 73 | 67 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .269 | .310 | .313 | .623 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nels Potter | 31 | 80 | 71 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .254 | .284 | .282 | .565 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Chapman | 26 | 79 | 69 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | .159 | .227 | .174 | .401 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Babich | 31 | 91 | 86 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | .116 | .146 | .128 | .274 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Earle Brucker | 23 | 52 | 46 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .196 | .288 | .261 | .549 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Valo | 6 | 26 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .348 | .423 | .348 | .771 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Porter Vaughan | 18 | 36 | 34 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .235 | .257 | .235 | .492 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Beckmann | 34 | 42 | 39 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .205 | .205 | .205 | .410 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| George Caster | 36 | 67 | 62 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .129 | .169 | .145 | .314 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Buck Ross | 24 | 57 | 53 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .132 | .164 | .189 | .352 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Herman Besse | 17 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .263 | .391 | .316 | .707 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Heusser | 41 | 36 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .167 | .286 | .267 | .552 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Miles | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .750 | .750 | 1.000 | 1.750 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Wallaesa | 6 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .150 | .150 | .150 | .300 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Les McCrabb | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Tipton | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .125 | .222 | .375 | .597 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dario Lodigiani | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Marchildon | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat McLaughlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Buddy Hancken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1756 | 5948 | 5304 | 703 | 1391 | 242 | 53 | 105 | 648 | 48 | 33 | 556 | 655 | .262 | .334 | .387 | .722 | 2054 | 127 | 19 | 69 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Siebert | 1B | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | 1322 | 119 | 22 | 112 | .985 | 9.357 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frankie Hayes | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Gantenbein | 1B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chubby Dean | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Rubeling | 2B | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 27 | 2 | 6 | .962 | 5.100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benny McCoy | 2B | 130 | 0 | 0.0 | 261 | 392 | 34 | 82 | .951 | 5.023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Lillard | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Crash Davis | 2B | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 52 | 52 | 4 | 11 | .963 | 5.474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Rubeling | 3B | 98 | 0 | 0.0 | 96 | 184 | 20 | 13 | .933 | 2.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benny McCoy | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Gantenbein | 3B | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 75 | 8 | 11 | .930 | 2.356 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Brancato | 3B | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 51 | 6 | 4 | .926 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Wagner | C | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 91 | 16 | 4 | 4 | .964 | 3.821 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frankie Hayes | C | 134 | 0 | 0.0 | 515 | 63 | 17 | 9 | .971 | 4.313 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buddy Hancken | C | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earle Brucker | C | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 47 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .966 | 4.308 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elmer Valo | OF | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric Tipton | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Simmons | OF | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .963 | 2.889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Moses | OF | 133 | 0 | 0.0 | 295 | 10 | 8 | 1 | .974 | 2.293 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dee Miles | OF | 50 | 0 | 0.0 | 117 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .945 | 2.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Johnson | OF | 136 | 0 | 0.0 | 310 | 15 | 13 | 4 | .962 | 2.390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Gantenbein | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sam Chapman | OF | 129 | 0 | 0.0 | 348 | 13 | 14 | 2 | .963 | 2.798 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Porter Vaughan | P | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .857 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buck Ross | P | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 23 | 3 | 0 | .921 | 1.458 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nels Potter | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.516 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Miles | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat McLaughlin | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Les McCrabb | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Marchildon | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Heusser | P | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .968 | .732 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chubby Dean | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Caster | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 27 | 2 | 2 | .949 | 1.028 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herman Besse | P | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .294 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Beckmann | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .889 | .706 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Babich | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 42 | 2 | 0 | .966 | 1.806 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Wallaesa | SS | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 3 | .903 | 4.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Lillard | SS | 69 | 0 | 0.0 | 112 | 157 | 23 | 28 | .921 | 3.899 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Gantenbein | SS | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Crash Davis | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Chapman | SS | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 40 | 54 | 15 | 12 | .862 | 3.760 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Brancato | SS | 80 | 0 | 0.0 | 136 | 180 | 17 | 35 | .949 | 3.950 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1598 | 0 | 0.0 | 4035 | 1667 | 238 | 345 | .960 | 3.568 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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