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1940 Philadelphia Athletics

Roster (40-man)

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 / 1941

54-100, Finished 8th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Connie Mack (54-100)
Scored 703 runs, Allowed 932 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-96

Ballparks: 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


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1939 / 1941 Roster (40-man)

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Johnny Babich 27 R R 6' 1" 185 May 14, 1913 4 31 30 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 $4,000
Bill Beckmann 32 R R 6' 0" 175 Dec 8, 1907 2 34 9 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $3,000
Herman Besse 28 L L 6' 2" 190 Aug 16, 1911 1st 17 5 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.4 $3,000
Al Brancato 21 R R 5' 9" 188 May 29, 1919 2 107 81 107 103 0 0 0 0 25 80 0 0 0 0 2 10 -2.0 $2,000
Earle Brucker 39 R R 5' 11" 175 May 6, 1901 4 23 10 23 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 -0.1 $6,000
George Caster 32 R R 6' 1" 180 Aug 4, 1907 6 36 24 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3.3 $6,500
Fred Chapman 23 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 17, 1916 2 26 22 26 25 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1.1 $1,500
Sam Chapman 24 R R 6' 0" 180 Apr 11, 1916 3 134 127 134 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 129 0 129 7 0 1.6 $6,000
Crash Davis 20 R R 6' 0" 173 Jul 14, 1919 1st 23 17 23 20 0 0 0 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.2 $2,400
Chubby Dean 24 L L 5' 11" 181 Aug 24, 1915 5 67 19 67 31 30 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 -0.9 $4,000
Joe Gantenbein 24 L R 5' 9" 168 Aug 25, 1915 2 75 38 75 55 0 0 6 0 45 3 1 0 0 1 19 8 -0.2 $4,000
Buddy Hancken 25 R R 6' 1" 175 Aug 30, 1914 1st 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Frankie Hayes 25 R R 6' 0" 185 Oct 13, 1914 7 136 126 136 135 0 134 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.8 $8,000 All-Star
Ed Heusser 31 B R 6' 0" 187 May 7, 1909 4 41 6 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $3,000
Bob Johnson 34 R R 6' 0" 180 Nov 26, 1905 8 138 136 138 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 119 10 8 136 2 0 3.8 $15,000 All-Star
Bill Lillard 22 R R 5' 10" 170 Jan 10, 1918 2 73 66 73 70 0 0 0 1 0 69 0 0 0 0 2 1 -0.6 $3,500
Dario Lodigiani 24 R R 5' 8" 150 Jun 6, 1916 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.0 $3,500
Phil Marchildon 26 R R 5' 10" 170 Oct 25, 1913 1st 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $1,800
Benny McCoy 24 L R 5' 9" 170 Nov 9, 1915 3 134 128 134 130 0 0 0 130 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.9 $10,000
Les McCrabb 25 R R 5' 11" 175 Nov 4, 1914 2 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $2,000
Pat McLaughlin 29 R R 6' 2" 175 Aug 17, 1910 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Carl Miles 22 B L 5' 11" 178 Mar 22, 1918 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Dee Miles 31 L R 6' 0" 175 Feb 15, 1909 4 88 43 88 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 18 18 50 40 1 0.3 $5,000
Wally Moses 29 L L 5' 10" 160 Oct 8, 1910 6 142 133 142 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 131 133 9 0 3.8 $11,000
Nels Potter 28 L R 5' 11" 180 Aug 23, 1911 4 31 25 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $4,000
Buck Ross 25 R R 6' 2" 170 Feb 3, 1915 5 24 19 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $5,000
Al Rubeling 27 R R 6' 0" 185 May 10, 1913 1st 108 104 108 107 0 0 0 10 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.1 $2,000
Dick Siebert 28 L L 6' 0" 170 Feb 19, 1912 6 154 154 154 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $6,000
Al Simmons HOF 38 R R 5' 11" 190 May 22, 1902 17 37 15 37 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 18 19 0 0.2 $6,000
Eric Tipton 25 R R 5' 11" 190 Apr 20, 1915 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 -0.0
Elmer Valo 19 L R 5' 11" 190 Mar 5, 1921 1st 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 0 0.2 $1,800
Porter Vaughan 21 R L 6' 1" 178 May 11, 1919 1st 18 15 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Hal Wagner 24 L R 6' 0" 165 Jul 2, 1915 4 34 18 34 28 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0.4 $3,000
Jack Wallaesa 20 B R 6' 3" 191 Aug 31, 1919 1st 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

1939 / 1941 Roster (40-man)