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1940 Philadelphia Athletics Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(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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1939 / 1941 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Johnny Babich 27 R R 185 May 14, 1913 4 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Beckmann 32 R R 6' 0" 175 Dec 8, 1907 2 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Herman Besse 28 L L 6' 2" 190 Aug 16, 1911 1st 17 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Brancato 21 R R 188 May 29, 1919 2 107 107 107 0 0 0 0 25 80 0 0 0 0
Earle Brucker 39 R R 5' 11" 175 May 6, 1901 4 23 23 23 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Caster 32 R R 180 Aug 4, 1907 6 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Chapman 23 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 17, 1916 2 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 0
Sam Chapman 24 R R 6' 1" 190 Apr 11, 1916 3 134 134 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 129 0 129
Crash Davis 20 R R 6' 0" 173 Jul 14, 1919 1st 23 23 23 0 0 0 19 0 1 0 0 0 0
Chubby Dean 23 L L 5' 11" 181 Aug 24, 1916 5 67 67 67 30 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Gantenbein 23 L R 5' 9" 168 Aug 25, 1916 2 75 75 75 0 0 6 0 45 3 1 0 0 1
Buddy Hancken 25 R R 6' 1" 175 Aug 30, 1914 1st 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frankie Hayes 25 R R 6' 0" 185 Oct 13, 1914 7 136 136 136 0 134 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Ed Heusser 31 B R 6' 0" 187 May 7, 1909 4 41 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Johnson 34 R R 6' 0" 180 Nov 26, 1905 8 138 138 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 116 13 8 136 All-Star
Bill Lillard 22 R R 5' 10" 170 Jan 10, 1918 2 73 73 73 0 0 0 1 0 69 0 0 0 0
Dario Lodigiani 24 R R 5' 8" 150 Jun 6, 1916 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Marchildon 26 R R 5' 11" 175 Oct 25, 1913 1st 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Benny McCoy 24 L R 5' 9" 170 Nov 9, 1915 3 134 134 134 0 0 0 130 1 0 0 0 0 0
Les McCrabb 25 R R 5' 11" 175 Nov 4, 1914 2 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat McLaughlin 29 R R 6' 2" 175 Aug 17, 1910 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carl Miles 22 B L 5' 11" 178 Mar 22, 1918 1st 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dee Miles 31 L R 6' 0" 175 Feb 15, 1909 4 88 88 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 18 18 50
Wally Moses 29 L L 5' 10" 160 Oct 8, 1910 6 142 142 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 131 133
Nels Potter 28 L R 5' 11" 180 Aug 23, 1911 4 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buck Ross 25 R R 6' 2" 170 Feb 3, 1915 5 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Rubeling 27 R R 6' 0" 185 May 10, 1913 1st 108 108 108 0 0 0 10 98 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Siebert 28 L L 6' 0" 170 Feb 19, 1912 6 154 154 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Simmons HOF 38 R R 5' 11" 190 May 22, 1902 17 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 18
Eric Tipton 25 R R 5' 11" 190 Apr 20, 1915 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Elmer Valo 19 L R 5' 11" 190 Mar 5, 1921 1st 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6
Porter Vaughan 21 R L 6' 1" 178 May 11, 1919 1st 18 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hal Wagner 24 L R 6' 0" 165 Jul 2, 1915 4 34 34 34 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Wallaesa 20 B R 6' 3" 191 Aug 31, 1919 1st 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1939 / 1941 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played