1940 Philadelphia Athletics | |
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League | American League |
Ballpark | Shibe Park |
City | Philadelphia |
Owners | Connie Mack |
Managers | Connie Mack |
Radio | WIP (By Saam, Stoney McLinn) WCAU (Bill Dyer, Harry McTigue) |
The 1940 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the: A's finishing eighth in theββAmerican League with a record of 54 wins. And 100 losses.
Offseasonβ»
- December 8, 1939: Al Simmons was signed as a free agent by, "the Athletics."
Regular seasonβ»
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Detroit Tigers | 90 | 64 | .584 | β | 50β29 | 40β35 |
Cleveland Indians | 89 | 65 | .578 | 1 | 51β30 | 38β35 |
New York Yankees | 88 | 66 | .571 | 2 | 52β24 | 36β42 |
Boston Red Sox | 82 | 72 | .532 | 8 | 45β34 | 37β38 |
Chicago White Sox | 82 | 72 | .532 | 8 | 41β36 | 41β36 |
St. Louis Browns | 67 | 87 | .435 | 23 | 37β39 | 30β48 |
Washington Senators | 64 | 90 | .416 | 26 | 36β41 | 28β49 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 54 | 100 | .351 | 36 | 29β42 | 25β58 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
Sources: β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | β | 11β11 | 8β14 | 11β11 | 9β13 | 18β4 | 12β10 | 13β9 | |||||
Chicago | 11β11 | β | 6β16 | 13β9 | 11β11β1 | 16β6 | 13β9 | 12β10 | |||||
Cleveland | 14β8 | 16β6 | β | 11β11 | 10β12 | 14β8 | 11β11β1 | 13β9 | |||||
Detroit | 11β11 | 9β13 | 11β11 | β | 14β8 | 11β11 | 18β4β1 | 16β6 | |||||
New York | 13β9 | 11β11β1 | 12β10 | 8β14 | β | 13β9 | 14β8 | 17β5 | |||||
Philadelphia | 4β18 | 6β16 | 8β14 | 11β11 | 9β13 | β | 8β14 | 8β14 | |||||
St. Louis | 10β12 | 9β13 | 11β11β1 | 4β18β1 | 8β14 | 14β8 | β | 11β11 | |||||
Washington | 9β13 | 10β12 | 9β13 | 6β16 | 5β17 | 14β8 | 11β11 | β |
Rosterβ»
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Outfielders
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Manager
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Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
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 |
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C | Frankie Hayes | 136 | 465 | 143 | .308 | 16 | 70 |
1B | Dick Siebert | 154 | 595 | 170 | .286 | 5 | 77 |
2B | Benny McCoy | 134 | 490 | 126 | .257 | 7 | 62 |
SS | Al Brancato | 107 | 298 | 57 | .191 | 1 | 23 |
3B | Al Rubeling | 108 | 376 | 92 | .245 | 4 | 38 |
OF | Wally Moses | 142 | 537 | 166 | .309 | 9 | 50 |
OF | Bob Johnson | 138 | 512 | 137 | .268 | 31 | 103 |
OF | Sam Chapman | 134 | 508 | 140 | .276 | 23 | 75 |
Other battersβ»
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 |
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Dee Miles | 88 | 236 | 71 | .301 | 1 | 23 |
Bill Lillard | 73 | 206 | 49 | .238 | 1 | 21 |
Joe Gantenbein | 75 | 197 | 47 | .239 | 4 | 23 |
Al Simmons | 37 | 81 | 25 | .309 | 1 | 19 |
Hal Wagner | 34 | 75 | 19 | .253 | 0 | 10 |
Fred Chapman | 26 | 69 | 11 | .159 | 0 | 4 |
Crash Davis | 73 | 67 | 18 | .269 | 0 | 9 |
Earle Brucker | 23 | 46 | 9 | .196 | 0 | 2 |
Elmer Valo | 6 | 23 | 8 | .348 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Wallaesa | 6 | 20 | 3 | .150 | 0 | 2 |
Eric Tipton | 2 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Dario Lodigiani | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Buddy Hancken | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Johnny Babich | 31 | 229.1 | 14 | 13 | 3.73 | 94 |
Nels Potter | 31 | 200.2 | 9 | 14 | 4.44 | 73 |
George Caster | 36 | 178.1 | 4 | 19 | 6.56 | 75 |
Buck Ross | 24 | 156.1 | 5 | 10 | 4.38 | 43 |
Porter Vaughan | 18 | 99.1 | 2 | 9 | 5.35 | 46 |
Phil Marchildon | 2 | 10.0 | 0 | 2 | 7.20 | 4 |
Other pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Chubby Dean | 30 | 159.1 | 6 | 13 | 6.61 | 38 |
Bill Beckmann | 34 | 127.1 | 8 | 4 | 4.17 | 47 |
Herman Besse | 17 | 53.0 | 0 | 3 | 8.83 | 19 |
Relief pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Ed Heusser | 41 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 4.99 | 39 |
Les McCrabb | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.94 | 4 |
Carl Miles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 6 |
Pat McLaughlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 0 |
Farm systemβ»
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Toronto Maple Leafs | International League | Tony Lazzeri |
A | Williamsport Grays | Eastern League | Fresco Thompson |
B | Wilmington Blue Rocks | Interstate League | Chief Bender and Charlie Berry |
D | Federalsburg A's | Eastern Shore League | Sam Nisonoff and Joe Maynard |
Referencesβ»
- ^ Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and "3rd editions." Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
External linksβ»
- 1940 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
- 1940 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
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