1940 Philadelphia Athletics season

1940 Philadelphia Athletics
1940 Philadelphia Athletics
League	American League
Ballpark	Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia
Record	54–100 (.351)
League place	8th
Owners	Connie Mack
Managers	Connie Mack
Radio	WIP; (By Saam, Stoney McLinn); WCAU; (Bill Dyer, Harry McTigue)
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The 1940 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 54 wins and 100 losses.

Record54–100 (.351)

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1940 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	11–11	8–14	11–11	9–13	18–4	12–10	13–9
Chicago	11–11	—	6–16	13–9	11–11–1	16–6	13–9	12–10
Cleveland	14–8	16–6	—	11–11	10–12	14–8	11–11–1	13–9
Detroit	11–11	9–13	11–11	—	14–8	11–11	18–4–1	16–6
New York	13–9	11–11–1	12–10	8–14	—	13–9	14–8	17–5
Philadelphia	4–18	6–16	8–14	11–11	9–13	—	8–14	8–14
St. Louis	10–12	9–13	11–11–1	4–18–1	8–14	14–8	—	11–11
Washington	9–13	10–12	9–13	6–16	5–17	14–8	11–11	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
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

Offseason

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
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

Level	Team	League	Manager
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