1940 PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS

| Level: MLB

Location:
Team Record: 54-100 .351
Result: 8th in American League
Manager(s): Connie Mack
General Manager:
Stadium: Shibe Park
Attendance: 432,145
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Philadelphia Athletics affiliate history

Oldest Player: Earle Brucker (39)
Youngest Player: Elmer Valo (19)
Longest Tenure: Bob Johnson (8)
Top Hitter: Bob Johnson (23)
Top Pitcher: Johnny Babich (15)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 68.81%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Detroit	90	64	.584	--
Cleveland	89	65	.578	1.0
NY Yankees	88	66	.571	2.0
Boston	82	72	.532	8.0
Chi White Sox	82	72	.532	8.0
St. Louis	67	87	.435	23.0
Washington	64	90	.416	26.0
Philadelphia	54	100	.351	36.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
5	Dick Siebert	1b	39	28	-	MLB	154	595	69	170	31	6	5	77	8	6	33	34	2		7		12	.286	.000	.383	383	228			-	-
1	Wally Moses	of	30	29	-	MLB	142	537	91	166	41	9	9	50	6	4	75	44	2		5		4	.309	.000	.469	469	252			-	-
4	Bob Johnson	of	23	34	-	MLB	138	512	93	137	25	4	31	103	8	2	83	64	4		1		20	.268	.000	.514	514	263			-	-
10	Sam Chapman	of	37	24	-	MLB	134	508	88	140	26	3	23	75	2	6	46	96	1		7		14	.276	.000	.474	474	241			-	-
2	Benny McCoy	2b	56	24	-	MLB	134	490	56	126	26	5	7	62	2	2	65	44	1		4		14	.257	.000	.373	373	183			-	-
8	Frankie Hayes	c	29	25	-	MLB	136	465	73	143	23	4	16	70	9	3	61	59	1		2		13	.308	.000	.477	477	222			-	-
34	Al Rubeling	3b-2b	62	27	-	MLB	108	376	49	92	16	6	4	38	4	5	48	58	0		5		7	.245	.000	.351	351	132			-	-
18	Al Brancato	ss-3b	-	21	-	MLB	107	298	42	57	11	2	1	23	3	1	28	36	2		2		10	.191	.000	.252	252	75			-	-
11	Dee Miles	of	-	31	-	MLB	88	236	26	71	9	6	1	23	1	1	8	18	1		1		2	.301	.000	.403	403	95			-	-
3	Bill Lillard	ss	-	22	-	MLB	73	206	26	49	8	2	1	21	0	1	28	28	1		6		3	.238	.000	.311	311	64			-	-
12	Joe Gantenbein	2b-3b	-	23	-	MLB	75	197	21	47	6	2	4	23	1	0	11	21	1		1		2	.239	.000	.350	350	69			-	-
19	Chubby Dean	p	-	23	-	MLB	67	90	6	26	2	0	0	6	0	0	16	9	0		2		1	.289	.000	.311	311	28			-	-
30	Johnny Babich	p	-	27	-	MLB	31	86	4	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	24	1		2		3	.116	.000	.128	128	11			-	-
6	Al Simmons	of	-	38	-	MLB	37	81	7	25	4	0	1	19	0	0	4	8	0		0		4	.309	.000	.395	395	32			-	-
26	Hal Wagner	c	-	24	-	MLB	34	75	9	19	5	1	0	10	0	0	11	6	1		2		2	.253	.000	.347	347	26			-	-
24	Nels Potter	p	-	28	-	MLB	31	71	4	18	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	7	0		6		2	.254	.000	.282	282	20			-	-
25	Fred Chapman	ss	-	23	-	MLB	26	69	6	11	1	0	0	4	1	1	6	10	0		4		2	.159	.000	.174	174	12			-	-
7	Crash Davis	2b-ss	-	20	-	MLB	23	67	4	18	1	1	0	9	1	0	3	10	1		2		2	.269	.000	.313	313	21			-	-
16	George Caster	p	-	32	-	MLB	36	62	3	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	24	0		2		2	.129	.000	.145	145	9			-	-
17	Buck Ross	p	-	25	-	MLB	24	53	2	7	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	14	0		2		1	.132	.000	.189	189	10			-	-
9	Earle Brucker	c	-	39	-	MLB	23	46	3	9	1	1	0	2	0	0	6	3	0		0		4	.196	.000	.261	261	12			-	-
35	Bill Beckmann	p	-	32	-	MLB	34	39	4	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	8	0		3		1	.205	.000	.205	205	8			-	-
22	Porter Vaughan	p	-	21	-	MLB	18	34	3	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	0		1		2	.235	.000	.235	235	8			-	-
21	Ed Heusser	p	-	31	-	MLB	41	30	4	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	5	12	0		1		0	.167	.000	.267	267	8			-	-
38	Elmer Valo	of	-	19	-	MLB	6	23	6	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0		0		0	.348	.000	.348	348	8			-	-
41	Jack Wallaesa	ss	-	20	-	MLB	6	20	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		0		0	.150	.000	.150	150	3			-	-
20	Herman Besse	p	-	28	-	MLB	17	19	1	5	1	0	0	7	0	0	4	6	0		0		0	.263	.000	.316	316	6			-	-
40	Eric Tipton	of	-	25	-	MLB	2	8	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	.125	.000	.375	375	3			-	-
14	Carl Miles	p	-	22	-	MLB	2	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.750	.000	1.000	1000	4			-	-
31	Les McCrabb	p	-	25	-	MLB	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		0		0	.250	.000	.250	250	1			-	-
23	Phil Marchildon	p	-	26	-	MLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
37	Dario Lodigiani	3b-2b	-	24	-	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
30	Johnny Babich	15	27	-	MLB	14	13	3.73	31	30	16	1	1	0	229.1	222	111	95	16	80	94	0	0	1.32	8.71	0.63	3.14	3.69	0.85	--	--
24	Nels Potter	23	28	-	MLB	9	14	4.44	31	25	13	0	5	0	200.2	213	115	99	18	71	73	10	2	1.42	9.55	0.81	3.18	3.27	0.97	--	--
16	George Caster	25	32	-	MLB	4	19	6.56	36	24	11	0	8	2	178.1	234	160	130	18	69	75	3	1	1.70	11.81	0.91	3.48	3.79	0.92	--	--
19	Chubby Dean	36	23	-	MLB	6	13	6.61	30	19	8	1	8	1	159.1	220	136	117	21	63	38	5	0	1.78	12.43	1.19	3.56	2.15	1.66	--	--
17	Buck Ross	48	25	-	MLB	5	10	4.38	24	19	10	0	3	1	156.1	160	91	76	15	60	43	4	0	1.41	9.21	0.86	3.45	2.48	1.40	--	--
35	Bill Beckmann	39	32	-	MLB	8	4	4.17	34	9	6	2	16	1	127.1	132	68	59	11	35	47	1	0	1.31	9.33	0.78	2.47	3.32	0.74	--	--
21	Ed Heusser	21	31	-	MLB	6	13	4.99	41	6	2	0	26	5	110.0	144	84	61	11	42	39	1	0	1.69	11.78	0.90	3.44	3.19	1.08	--	--
22	Porter Vaughan	56	21	-	MLB	2	9	5.35	18	15	5	0	3	2	99.1	104	74	59	9	61	46	12	2	1.66	9.42	0.82	5.53	4.17	1.33	--	--
20	Herman Besse	-	28	-	MLB	0	3	8.83	17	5	0	0	7	0	53.0	70	56	52	10	34	19	2	0	1.96	11.89	1.70	5.77	3.23	1.79	--	--
31	Les McCrabb	-	25	-	MLB	0	0	6.94	4	0	0	0	3	0	11.2	19	13	9	2	2	4	0	0	1.80	14.66	1.54	1.54	3.09	0.50	--	--
23	Phil Marchildon	-	26	-	MLB	0	2	7.20	2	2	1	0	0	0	10.0	12	9	8	1	8	4	2	0	2.00	10.80	0.90	7.20	3.60	2.00	--	--
14	Carl Miles	-	22	-	MLB	0	0	13.50	2	0	0	0	2	0	8.0	9	12	12	2	8	6	0	0	2.13	10.13	2.25	9.00	6.75	1.33	--	--
33	Pat McLaughlin	-	29	-	MLB	0	0	16.20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	3.00	21.60	5.40	5.40	0.00	--	--	--
Totals: (32 players)						54	100	5.22	154	154	72	4	82	12	1,345	1543	932	780	105	534	488	40	5	1.45	10.32	0.90	3.57	3.27	1.09	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Frankie Hayes	C	134		515	63	17	9	.971	0.00
Hal Wagner	C	28		91	16	4	4	.964	0.00
Earle Brucker	C	13		47	9	2	1	.966	0.00
Buddy Hancken	C	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dick Siebert	1B	154		1322	119	22	112	.985	0.00
Joe Gantenbein	1B	6		26	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Frankie Hayes	1B	2		16	0	1	0	.941	0.00
Chubby Dean	1B	1		8	0	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Benny McCoy	2B	130		261	392	34	82	.951	0.00
Crash Davis	2B	19		52	52	4	11	.963	0.00
Al Rubeling	2B	10		24	27	2	6	.962	0.00
Bill Lillard	2B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Al Rubeling	3B	98		96	184	20	13	.933	0.00
Joe Gantenbein	3B	45		31	75	8	11	.930	0.00
Al Brancato	3B	25		24	51	6	4	.926	0.00
Benny McCoy	3B	1		1	1	1	0	.667	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Al Brancato	SS	80		136	180	17	35	.949	0.00
Bill Lillard	SS	69		112	157	23	28	.921	0.00
Fred Chapman	SS	25		40	54	15	12	.862	0.00
Jack Wallaesa	SS	6		9	19	3	3	.903	0.00
Joe Gantenbein	SS	3		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Crash Davis	SS	1		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bob Johnson	OF	136		310	15	13	4	.962	0.00
Wally Moses	OF	133		295	10	8	1	.974	0.00
Sam Chapman	OF	129		348	13	14	2	.963	0.00
Dee Miles	OF	50		117	3	7	0	.945	0.00
Al Simmons	OF	18		51	1	2	0	.963	0.00
Elmer Valo	OF	6		18	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Eric Tipton	OF	2		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Joe Gantenbein	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ed Heusser	P	41	110	9	21	1	1	.968	2.45
George Caster	P	36	178	10	27	2	2	.949	1.87
Bill Beckmann	P	34	127	11	13	3	0	.889	1.70
Johnny Babich	P	31	229	14	42	2	0	.966	2.20
Nels Potter	P	31	200	17	30	0	2	1.000	2.11
Chubby Dean	P	30	159	4	36	1	1	.976	2.26
Buck Ross	P	24	156	12	23	3	0	.921	2.02
Porter Vaughan	P	18	99	2	16	3	0	.857	1.63
Herman Besse	P	17	53	0	5	0	0	1.000	0.85
Les McCrabb	P	4	11	0	4	0	0	1.000	3.21
Phil Marchildon	P	2	10	0	3	0	0	1.000	2.70
Carl Miles	P	2	8	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.13
Pat McLaughlin	P	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	7.50

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