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1940 Philadelphia Athletics Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 / 1941)
54-100, Finished 8th in American League
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Scored 703 runs, Allowed 932 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-96
Manager: Connie Mack (54-100)
Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 432,145 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 99

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Team Batting

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Rk Pos 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 25 136 529 465 73 143 23 4 16 70 9 3 61 59 .308 .389 .477 .866 125 222 13 1 2
2 1B Dick Siebert* 28 154 637 595 69 170 31 6 5 77 8 6 33 34 .286 .325 .383 .709 84 228 12 2 7
3 2B Benny McCoy* 24 134 560 490 56 126 26 5 7 62 2 2 65 44 .257 .345 .373 .719 88 183 14 1 4
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
5 3B Al Rubeling 27 108 429 376 49 92 16 6 4 38 4 5 48 58 .245 .330 .351 .681 78 132 7 0 5
6 OF Wally Moses* 29 142 619 537 91 166 41 9 9 50 6 4 75 44 .309 .396 .469 .865 125 252 4 2 5
7 OF Bob Johnson 34 138 600 512 93 137 25 4 31 103 8 2 83 64 .268 .374 .514 .888 129 263 20 4 1
8 OF Sam Chapman 24 134 562 508 88 140 26 3 23 75 2 6 46 96 .276 .337 .474 .811 109 241 14 1 7
Rk Pos 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 89 95 2 1 1
10 SS Bill Lillard 22 73 241 206 26 49 8 2 1 21 0 1 28 28 .238 .332 .311 .643 69 64 3 1 6
11 3B Joe Gantenbein* 23 75 210 197 21 47 6 2 4 23 1 0 11 21 .239 .282 .350 .633 64 69 2 1 1
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
13 OF Al Simmons 38 37 85 81 7 25 4 0 1 19 0 0 4 8 .309 .341 .395 .736 92 32 4 0 0
14 SS Fred Chapman 23 26 79 69 6 11 1 0 0 4 1 1 6 10 .159 .227 .174 .401 6 12 2 0 4
15 2B Crash Davis 20 23 73 67 4 18 1 1 0 9 1 0 3 10 .269 .310 .313 .623 63 21 2 1 2
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
17 OF Elmer Valo* 19 6 26 23 6 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 .348 .423 .348 .771 104 8 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
19 OF Eric Tipton 25 2 9 8 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .125 .222 .375 .597 53 3 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
21 C Buddy Hancken 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 P Chubby Dean* 23 67 108 90 6 26 2 0 0 6 0 0 16 9 .289 .396 .311 .707 88 28 1 0 2
23 P Johnny Babich 27 31 91 86 4 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 24 .116 .146 .128 .274 -28 11 3 1 2
24 P Nels Potter* 28 31 80 71 4 18 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 7 .254 .284 .282 .565 48 20 2 0 6
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
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
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
28 P Ed Heusser# 31 41 36 30 4 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 5 12 .167 .286 .267 .552 45 8 0 0 1
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
30 P Herman Besse* 28 17 23 19 1 5 1 0 0 7 0 0 4 6 .263 .391 .316 .707 87 6 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 31 1 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 1.750 353 4 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
34 P Pat McLaughlin 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.8 154 5948 5304 703 1391 242 53 105 648 48 33 556 655 .262 .334 .387 .722 88 2054 127 19 69 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 7 7 7 8 5 8 8 4 1 7 5 6 7 7
Rk Pos 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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Johnny Babich 27 91 81 2 0.7 109 .161 .116 .277 .146 .350 .128 .420 .274 .769 -28 .024 -16.4 -1.6 .177 .035 .012 1
Bill Beckmann 32 42 35 2 1.5 109 .258 .205 .277 .205 .349 .205 .419 .410 .769 8 .103 -5.4 -0.5 .250 .000 .000 1
*Herman Besse 28 23 14 2 3.8 109 .385 .263 .277 .391 .349 .316 .419 .707 .769 87 .379 -0.1 -0.0 .714 .263 .053 1
Al Brancato 21 330 254 20 2.1 109 .215 .191 .277 .265 .350 .252 .420 .517 .769 36 .171 -28.4 -2.7 .425 .161 .060 1.5 65
Earle Brucker 39 52 41 3 1.9 109 .209 .196 .277 .288 .350 .261 .420 .549 .769 45 .152 -3.8 -0.4 .439 .196 .065 2
George Caster 32 67 58 2 0.9 109 .211 .129 .277 .169 .349 .145 .420 .314 .769 -17 .044 -10.9 -1.0 .214 .065 .016 1
Fred Chapman 23 79 65 3 1.2 109 .186 .159 .277 .227 .349 .174 .420 .401 .769 6 .072 -9.6 -0.9 .295 .101 .014 .0 6
Sam Chapman 24 562 395 79 5.3 109 .301 .276 .277 .337 .349 .474 .420 .811 .769 109 .531 5.5 0.5 .732 .281 .199 3.7 *O
Crash Davis 20 73 53 6 3.0 109 .316 .269 .277 .310 .349 .313 .419 .623 .769 63 .286 -3.8 -0.4 .510 .104 .045 .0 4/6
*Chubby Dean 23 108 67 11 4.4 109 .321 .289 .277 .396 .350 .311 .420 .707 .769 88 .441 -0.6 -0.1 .677 .200 .022 1/3
*Joe Gantenbein 23 210 153 19 3.3 109 .250 .239 .277 .282 .349 .350 .420 .633 .769 64 .322 -11.2 -1.1 .539 .173 .112 1.6 5/36O
Buddy Hancken 25 0 0 0.0 0.0 /2
Frankie Hayes 25 529 340 87 6.8 109 .326 .308 .277 .389 .349 .477 .420 .866 .769 125 .640 18.4 1.7 .858 .314 .170 11.5 *2/3
#Ed Heusser 31 36 26 2 2.0 109 .235 .167 .277 .286 .349 .267 .420 .552 .769 45 .164 -2.5 -0.2 .520 .267 .100 .0 1
Bob Johnson 34 600 398 98 6.5 109 .254 .268 .277 .374 .349 .514 .420 .888 .769 129 .624 22.9 2.2 .897 .420 .246 12.7 *O
Bill Lillard 22 241 167 21 3.3 109 .271 .238 .277 .332 .349 .311 .420 .643 .769 69 .327 -8.7 -0.8 .571 .204 .073 .0 6/4
Dario Lodigiani 24 1 1 0 0.0 109 .000 .000 .277 .000 .350 .000 .420 .000 .770 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
Phil Marchildon 26 3 3 0 0.0 109 .000 .000 .277 .000 .350 .000 .420 .000 .769 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Benny McCoy 24 560 384 63 4.4 109 .271 .257 .277 .345 .350 .373 .420 .719 .769 88 .441 -7.4 -0.7 .655 .249 .116 3.1 *4/5
Les McCrabb 25 4 4 0 0.0 109 .333 .250 .277 .250 .350 .250 .420 .500 .769 31 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .000 -0.250 .000 /1
Pat McLaughlin 29 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
#Carl Miles 22 4 1 3 79.6 109 .750 .750 .277 .750 .350 1.000 .420 1.750 .769 353 .994 1.5 0.1 4.000 .250 .250 /1
*Dee Miles 31 246 169 31 4.9 109 .323 .301 .277 .327 .350 .403 .420 .729 .769 89 .492 -4.8 -0.4 .619 .136 .102 1.0 O
*Wally Moses 29 619 384 99 6.8 109 .324 .309 .277 .396 .350 .469 .420 .865 .769 125 .643 22.8 2.1 .873 .304 .160 7.2 *O
*Nels Potter 28 80 61 6 2.6 109 .281 .254 .277 .284 .350 .282 .419 .565 .769 48 .236 -5.4 -0.5 .418 .070 .028 1
Buck Ross 25 57 49 2 1.1 109 .158 .132 .277 .164 .349 .189 .420 .352 .769 -8 .058 -8.8 -0.8 .255 .094 .057 .0 1
Al Rubeling 27 429 301 43 3.8 109 .280 .245 .277 .330 .350 .351 .420 .681 .769 78 .379 -11.8 -1.1 .605 .231 .106 4.0 54
*Dick Siebert 28 637 450 73 4.3 109 .297 .286 .277 .325 .350 .383 .419 .709 .769 84 .436 -14.4 -1.4 .598 .156 .097 6.2 *3
Al Simmons 38 85 60 11 4.9 109 .333 .309 .277 .341 .350 .395 .420 .736 .769 92 .492 -1.0 -0.1 .600 .136 .086 .0 O
Eric Tipton 25 9 7 1 3.8 109 .143 .125 .277 .222 .349 .375 .420 .597 .769 53 .379 -0.7 -0.1 .571 .375 .250 /O
*Elmer Valo 19 26 15 4 7.1 109 .348 .348 .277 .423 .350 .348 .419 .771 .769 104 .657 0.3 0.0 .867 .217 .000 .0 /O
Porter Vaughan 21 36 29 2 1.8 109 .296 .235 .277 .257 .349 .235 .420 .492 .769 30 .139 -3.6 -0.3 .321 .029 .000 1
*Hal Wagner 24 89 60 9 4.0 109 .275 .253 .277 .356 .349 .347 .419 .703 .769 85 .401 -1.2 -0.1 .655 .240 .093 2
#Jack Wallaesa 20 20 17 0 0.0 109 .167 .150 .277 .150 .350 .150 .420 .300 .769 -21 .000 -3.6 -0.4 .176 .000 .000 /6
League Average 4.9 111 .288 .271 .279 .342 .352 .407 .423 .749 .776 93 .495 .683 .243 .136
Team Total 5948 4142 704 4.5 109 .283 .262 .277 .334 .349 .387 .420 .722 .769 88 .457 -94.0 -9.1 .649 .233 .125 65.9
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Johnny Babich 27 32 90 87 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 2 25 .092 .122 .103 .226 1 31 31
Bill Beckmann 32 36 41 41 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 34 34
*Herman Besse 28 18 24 20 1 5 1 0 0 6 0 4 6 .250 .375 .300 .675 2 17 17
Al Brancato 21 112 339 309 40 57 11 2 1 22 3 28 38 .184 .257 .243 .499 19 107 107
Earle Brucker 39 24 54 48 3 9 1 1 0 2 0 6 3 .188 .278 .250 .528 3 23 23
George Caster 32 38 66 63 2 7 1 0 0 3 0 3 25 .111 .152 .127 .278 1 36 36
Fred Chapman 23 27 76 71 5 10 1 0 0 3 1 5 10 .141 .197 .155 .352 2 26 26
Sam Chapman 24 140 565 520 83 135 25 3 22 71 2 44 100 .260 .319 .446 .765 74 134 134
Crash Davis 20 24 73 69 4 18 1 1 0 9 1 3 10 .261 .301 .304 .606 6 23 23
*Chubby Dean 23 70 107 92 6 25 2 0 0 6 0 15 9 .272 .374 .293 .667 10 67 67
*Joe Gantenbein 23 78 216 204 20 47 6 2 4 22 1 11 22 .230 .273 .338 .611 19 75 75
Frankie Hayes 25 142 541 479 70 142 23 4 16 67 9 61 62 .296 .377 .461 .838 83 136 136
#Ed Heusser 31 43 36 31 4 5 0 0 1 4 0 5 13 .161 .278 .258 .536 2 41 41
Bob Johnson 34 144 614 528 88 136 25 4 31 98 8 82 67 .258 .362 .496 .858 93 138 138
Bill Lillard 22 76 240 212 25 48 8 2 1 20 0 27 29 .226 .317 .297 .614 20 73 73
Dario Lodigiani 24 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Phil Marchildon 26 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
*Benny McCoy 24 140 569 504 53 124 26 5 7 59 2 64 46 .246 .332 .359 .691 60 134 134
Les McCrabb 25 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4 4
#Carl Miles 22 2 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 2 2
*Dee Miles 31 92 251 242 25 70 9 6 1 22 1 8 19 .289 .315 .388 .703 29 88 88
*Wally Moses 29 148 627 551 87 163 40 9 9 48 6 74 46 .296 .381 .450 .831 94 142 142
*Nels Potter 28 32 75 72 4 17 2 0 0 4 0 3 7 .236 .267 .264 .531 5 31 31
Buck Ross 25 25 56 54 1 6 0 0 1 3 0 2 15 .111 .143 .167 .310 1 24 24
Al Rubeling 27 113 434 387 47 90 16 6 4 36 4 47 61 .233 .316 .336 .652 41 108 108
*Dick Siebert 28 161 644 610 65 166 30 6 5 73 8 32 36 .272 .311 .366 .676 69 154 154
Al Simmons 38 39 88 84 7 25 4 0 1 18 0 4 8 .298 .330 .381 .710 10 37 37
Eric Tipton 25 2 9 8 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 .125 .222 .375 .597 1 2 2
*Elmer Valo 19 6 27 24 5 8 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 .333 .407 .333 .741 3 6 6
Porter Vaughan 21 19 36 35 3 8 0 0 0 2 0 1 7 .229 .250 .229 .479 2 18 18
*Hal Wagner 24 36 88 77 8 18 5 1 0 9 0 10 6 .234 .330 .325 .654 8 34 34
#Jack Wallaesa 20 6 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6 6
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Johnny Babich 27 4 195 96 195 186 12 26 3 0 0 8 1 0 2 59 .140 .158 .156 .314 -16 29 5 2 5
Bill Beckmann 32 2 102 61 102 91 9 21 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 11 .231 .247 .231 .478 25 21 2 0 9
*Herman Besse 28 1 23 17 23 19 1 5 1 0 0 7 0 0 4 6 .263 .391 .316 .707 87 6 0 0 0
Al Brancato 21 2 409 128 409 366 54 71 16 2 2 31 4 1 36 40 .194 .272 .265 .537 40 97 13 3 4
Earle Brucker 39 4 810 240 810 706 87 205 53 8 12 105 2 4 97 65 .290 .377 .439 .816 108 310 11 1 6
George Caster 32 6 355 174 355 333 23 65 11 0 0 32 0 0 14 96 .195 .230 .228 .458 18 76 2 1 7
Fred Chapman 23 2 130 41 130 118 11 25 2 1 0 5 2 1 7 13 .212 .256 .246 .502 31 29 2 0 5
Sam Chapman 24 3 1582 388 1582 1412 222 379 67 16 55 202 16 14 152 252 .268 .342 .455 .797 104 643 25 6 12
Crash Davis 20 1 73 23 73 67 4 18 1 1 0 9 1 0 3 10 .269 .310 .313 .623 63 21 2 1 2
*Chubby Dean 23 5 950 378 950 838 98 238 43 7 3 105 5 3 91 51 .284 .356 .363 .718 82 304 6 2 19
*Joe Gantenbein 23 2 597 186 597 545 68 148 20 6 8 59 2 5 43 43 .272 .328 .374 .703 82 204 6 3 6
Buddy Hancken 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frankie Hayes 25 7 2436 658 2436 2158 302 599 116 15 73 343 20 13 250 303 .278 .355 .447 .801 104 964 23 8 20
#Ed Heusser 31 4 101 117 101 90 9 16 0 2 2 10 0 0 9 34 .178 .253 .289 .541 43 26 1 0 2 0 0
Bob Johnson 34 8 5036 1161 5036 4326 821 1305 242 57 217 853 69 43 676 542 .302 .397 .534 .932 138 2312 32 12 22
Bill Lillard 22 2 264 80 264 225 30 55 9 2 1 22 0 1 31 29 .244 .339 .316 .654 72 71 3 1 7
Dario Lodigiani 24 3 819 215 819 719 82 193 37 5 12 88 5 0 76 43 .268 .347 .384 .731 87 276 9 11 13
Phil Marchildon 26 1 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
*Benny McCoy 24 3 803 196 803 697 96 187 40 11 8 95 5 3 95 72 .268 .357 .392 .749 92 273 18 1 10
Les McCrabb 25 2 19 9 19 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 .059 .059 .059 .118 -69 1 0 0 2
Pat McLaughlin 29 2 11 12 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .100 .182 .100 .282 -28 1 0 0 0 0 0
#Carl Miles 22 1 4 2 4 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.000 1.750 353 4 0 0 0
*Dee Miles 31 4 874 279 874 830 111 238 32 16 2 96 10 10 31 53 .287 .314 .371 .685 77 308 5 2 11
*Wally Moses 29 6 3495 784 3495 3142 516 1003 202 51 57 319 52 30 318 186 .319 .383 .470 .854 117 1478 8 9 26
*Nels Potter 28 4 197 111 197 177 11 40 5 0 0 14 0 0 9 16 .226 .263 .254 .518 34 45 3 0 11 0 0
Buck Ross 25 5 326 140 326 294 18 48 6 0 2 17 0 0 12 104 .163 .201 .204 .405 3 60 3 2 18
Al Rubeling 27 1 429 108 429 376 49 92 16 6 4 38 4 5 48 58 .245 .330 .351 .681 78 132 7 0 5
*Dick Siebert 28 6 1334 334 1334 1239 155 353 69 12 11 154 15 10 70 75 .285 .326 .387 .713 84 479 19 6 19
Al Simmons 38 17 9343 2162 9343 8596 1496 2894 533 149 306 1812 88 63 606 714 .337 .382 .540 .923 134 4643 17 30 111
Eric Tipton 25 2 130 49 130 112 14 25 4 3 1 14 2 0 14 8 .223 .310 .339 .649 67 38 4 0 4
*Elmer Valo 19 1 26 6 26 23 6 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 .348 .423 .348 .771 104 8 0 0 0
Porter Vaughan 21 1 36 18 36 34 3 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .235 .257 .235 .492 30 8 2 0 1
*Hal Wagner 24 4 197 73 197 171 19 40 7 2 0 18 0 0 19 18 .234 .318 .298 .616 59 51 2 2 5
#Jack Wallaesa 20 1 20 6 20 20 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .150 .150 .150 .300 -21 3 0 0 0
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1939 / 1941 Batting Statistics