1940 Philadelphia Athletics Statistics

1939 Season 1941 Season

Record: 54-100-0, Finished 8th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Connie Mack (54-100)

Ballpark: Shibe Park

Attendance: 432,145 (6th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 101
One-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 99

Pythagorean W-L: 58-96, 703 Runs, 932 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Frankie Hayes	25	136	532	465	73	143	23	4	16	70	9	3	61	59	.308	.389	.477	.866	126	222	13	1	2		4
2	1B	Dick Siebert*	28	154	637	595	69	170	31	6	5	77	8	6	33	34	.286	.325	.383	.709	85	228	12	2	7		1
3	2B	Benny McCoy*	24	134	560	490	56	126	26	5	7	62	2	2	65	44	.257	.345	.373	.719	89	183	14	1	4		0
4	SS	Al Brancato	21	107	330	298	42	57	11	2	1	23	3	1	28	36	.191	.265	.252	.517	36	75	10	2	2		1
5	3B	Al Rubeling	27	108	429	376	49	92	16	6	4	38	4	5	48	58	.245	.330	.351	.681	79	132	7	0	5		2
6	OF	Wally Moses*	29	142	619	537	91	166	41	9	9	50	6	4	75	44	.309	.396	.469	.865	126	252	4	2	5		3
7	OF	Bob Johnson	34	138	600	512	93	137	25	4	31	103	8	2	83	64	.268	.374	.514	.888	130	263	20	4	1		5
8	OF	Sam Chapman	24	134	562	508	88	140	26	3	23	75	2	6	46	96	.276	.337	.474	.811	110	241	14	1	7		1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Dee Miles*	31	88	246	236	26	71	9	6	1	23	1	1	8	18	.301	.327	.403	.729	90	95	2	1	1		1
10	SS	Bill Lillard	22	73	241	206	26	49	8	2	1	21	0	1	28	28	.238	.332	.311	.643	70	64	3	1	6		0
11	3B	Joe Gantenbein*	24	75	210	197	21	47	6	2	4	23	1	0	11	21	.239	.282	.350	.633	65	69	2	1	1		0
12	C	Hal Wagner*	24	34	89	75	9	19	5	1	0	10	0	0	11	6	.253	.356	.347	.703	85	26	2	1	2		0
13	OF	Al Simmons	38	37	85	81	7	25	4	0	1	19	0	0	4	8	.309	.341	.395	.736	93	32	4	0	0		0
14	SS	Fred Chapman	23	26	79	69	6	11	1	0	0	4	1	1	6	10	.159	.227	.174	.401	7	12	2	0	4		0
15	2B	Crash Davis	20	23	73	67	4	18	1	1	0	9	1	0	3	10	.269	.310	.313	.623	64	21	2	1	2		0
16	C	Earle Brucker	39	23	52	46	3	9	1	1	0	2	0	0	6	3	.196	.288	.261	.549	45	12	4	0	0		0
17	OF	Elmer Valo*	19	6	26	23	6	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	.348	.423	.348	.771	105	8	0	0	0		0
18	SS	Jack Wallaesa#	20	6	20	20	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.150	.150	.150	.300	-21	3	0	0	0		0
19	OF	Eric Tipton	25	2	9	8	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.125	.222	.375	.597	54	3	0	0	0		0
20		Dario Lodigiani	24	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
21	C	Buddy Hancken	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
22	P	Chubby Dean*	24	67	108	90	6	26	2	0	0	6	0	0	16	9	.289	.396	.311	.707	88	28	1	0	2		1
23	P	Johnny Babich	27	31	91	86	4	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	24	.116	.146	.128	.274	-27	11	3	1	2		0
24	P	Nels Potter*	28	31	80	71	4	18	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	7	.254	.284	.282	.565	49	20	2	0	6		0
25	P	George Caster	32	36	67	62	3	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	24	.129	.169	.145	.314	-17	9	2	0	2		0
26	P	Buck Ross	25	24	57	53	2	7	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	14	.132	.164	.189	.352	-8	10	1	0	2		0
27	P	Bill Beckmann	32	34	42	39	4	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	8	.205	.205	.205	.410	8	8	1	0	3		0
28	P	Ed Heusser#	31	41	36	30	4	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	5	12	.167	.286	.267	.552	46	8	0	0	1		0
29	P	Porter Vaughan	21	18	36	34	3	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.235	.257	.235	.492	30	8	2	0	1		0
30	P	Herman Besse*	28	17	23	19	1	5	1	0	0	7	0	0	4	6	.263	.391	.316	.707	88	6	0	0	0		0
31	P	Les McCrabb	25	4	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	32	1	0	0	0		0
32	P	Carl Miles#	22	2	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	1.000	1.750	355	4	0	0	0		0
33	P	Phil Marchildon	26	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1		0
34	P	Pat McLaughlin	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	26.9	154	5951	5304	703	1391	242	53	105	648	48	33	556	655	.262	.334	.387	.722	89	2054	127	19	69		19
		Rank in 8 AL teams				7	7	7	7	8	5		8	1	4	8	7	5	6	7		7		3
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.9	154	5400	4810	671	1292	234	53	103	611	48	32	520	542	.269	.342	.404	.746	95	1941	115	18	49		18
		Pitcher Totals	27.2	154	551	494	32	99	8	0	2	37	0	1	36	113	.200	.256	.229	.485	28	113	12	1	20		1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Johnny Babich	27	14	13	.519	3.73	31	30	1	16	1	0	229.1	222	111	95	16	80	2	94	1	0	0	988	119	4.14	1.317	8.7	0.6	3.1	3.7	1.18
2	SP	Nels Potter	28	9	14	.391	4.44	31	25	5	13	0	0	200.2	213	115	99	18	71	3	73	1	2	10	876	100	4.51	1.415	9.6	0.8	3.2	3.3	1.03
3	SP	George Caster	32	4	19	.174	6.56	36	24	8	11	0	2	178.1	234	160	130	18	69	2	75	3	1	3	835	68	4.68	1.699	11.8	0.9	3.5	3.8	1.09
4	SP	Chubby Dean*	24	6	13	.316	6.61	30	19	8	8	1	1	159.1	220	136	117	21	63	1	38	0	0	5	754	67	5.42	1.776	12.4	1.2	3.6	2.1	0.60
5	SP	Buck Ross	25	5	10	.333	4.38	24	19	3	10	0	1	156.1	160	91	76	15	60	2	43	0	0	4	690	101	4.85	1.407	9.2	0.9	3.5	2.5	0.72
6	SP	Porter Vaughan*	21	2	9	.182	5.35	18	15	3	5	0	2	99.1	104	74	59	9	61	1	46	3	2	12	464	83	5.18	1.661	9.4	0.8	5.5	4.2	0.75
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	CL	Ed Heusser	31	6	13	.316	4.99	41	6	26	2	0	5	110.0	144	84	61	11	42	0	39	2	0	1	518	89	4.79	1.691	11.8	0.9	3.4	3.2	0.93
8	RP	Bill Beckmann	32	8	4	.667	4.17	34	9	16	6	2	1	127.1	132	68	59	11	35	1	47	1	0	1	543	106	4.23	1.312	9.3	0.8	2.5	3.3	1.34
9	RP	Herman Besse*	28	0	3	.000	8.83	17	5	7	0	0	0	53.0	70	56	52	10	34	0	19	3	0	2	262	50	6.83	1.962	11.9	1.7	5.8	3.2	0.56
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
10		Les McCrabb	25	0	0		6.94	4	0	3	0	0	0	11.2	19	13	9	2	2	0	4	1	0	0	58	66	5.31	1.800	14.7	1.5	1.5	3.1	2.00
11		Phil Marchildon	26	0	2	.000	7.20	2	2	0	1	0	0	10.0	12	9	8	1	8	0	4	0	0	2	51	64	5.90	2.000	10.8	0.9	7.2	3.6	0.50
12		Carl Miles*	22	0	0		13.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	8.0	9	12	12	2	8	0	6	0	0	0	41	34	7.75	2.125	10.1	2.3	9.0	6.8	0.75
13		Pat McLaughlin	29	0	0		16.20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	33	12.60	3.000	21.6	5.4	5.4	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	27.6	54	100	.351	5.22	154	154	82	72	4	12	1345.0	1543	932	780	135	534	12	488	15	5	40	6090	85	4.80	1.544	10.3	0.9	3.6	3.3	0.91
		Rank in 8 AL teams		8	1		8				4	6	6	8	6	8	7	8	4		7
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W