You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > Franchise Encyclopedia > 1940 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

1940 Philadelphia Athletics Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 / 1941)
54-100, Finished 8th in American League
View League Standings and Leaders
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

BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)
Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms

1939 / 1941 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 54-100, Final Rank:8, GB: 36.0
Days in First1last on Tuesday, Apr 16, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 1last on Apr 16, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Leadnever led
Farthest Behind36last on Sunday, Sep 29, for days on which they played
Most Games over .5001last on Tuesday, Apr 23
Most Games under .50046last on Sunday, Sep 29
Longest Winning Streak3Sunday, Jun 30 to Tuesday, Jul 2
Longest Losing Streak9Wednesday, Sep 11 to Monday, Sep 16
Most Runs Allowed19Saturday, Jul 20
Most Runs Scored14Saturday, May 4
Times Shutout by Opponent13 
Times Opponent Shutout4 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 54100 703 932 .351
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 29 42 336 409 .408
Road 25 58 367 523 .301
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 4 8 51 66 .333
May 9 13 110 142 .409
June 11 17 133 159 .393
July 14 18 185 202 .438
August 8 17 98 148 .320
September 8 27 126 215 .229
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 29 43 360 433 .403
Second Half 25 57 343 499 .305
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 15 29 198 212 .341
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 11 33 198 387 .250
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BOS 4 18 108 162 .182
CHW 6 16 81 126 .273
CLE 8 14 88 111 .364
DET 11 11 127 153 .500
NYY 9 13 83 106 .409
SLB 8 14 117 140 .364
WSH 8 14 99 134 .364

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

Glossaries · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Tuesday, Apr 16 PHA NYY W 2 1 1-0 1 Tied Dean 20,187 +
2 2 Wednesday, Apr 17 PHA NYY L 1 4 1-1 4 0.5 Pearson 4,000 -
3 3 Friday, Apr 19 PHA @ BOS L 6 7 1-2 4 1.0 Heving 7,109 --
4 4 Friday, Apr 19 PHA @ BOS W 3 1 2-2 4 1.0 Babich 26,500 +
5 5 Tuesday, Apr 23 PHA @ NYY W 3 0 3-2 3 1.0 Dean 7,000 ++
6 6 Wednesday, Apr 24 PHA @ NYY L 4 9 3-3 5 1.5 Ruffing 2,575 -
7 7 Thursday, Apr 25 PHA @ WSH L 6 7 3-4 5 2.5 Carrasquel 3,000 --
8 8 Friday, Apr 26 PHA @ WSH L 6 8 3-5 6 2.5 Hollingsworth 10,000 ---
9 9 Saturday, Apr 27 PHA BOS W 8 3 4-5 5 2.5 Babich 8,400 +
10 10 Sunday, Apr 28 PHA BOS L 4 5 4-6 6 3.5 Hash 24,006 -
11 11 Monday, Apr 29 PHA BOS L 3 11 4-7 7 3.5 Harris 5,000 --
12 12 Tuesday, Apr 30 PHA CLE L 5 10 4-8 7 4.5 Hudlin 2,500 ---
13 13 Wednesday, May 1 PHA CLE W 5 1 5-8 7 3.5 Potter 1,500 +
14 14 Saturday, May 4 PHA DET W 14 5 6-8 5 4.0 Babich 6,000 ++
15 15 Sunday, May 5 PHA CHW L 5 6 6-9 6 4.5 Appleton 16,174 -
16 16 Monday, May 6 PHA CHW W 3 2 7-9 5 4.0 Potter 1,500 +
17 17 Tuesday, May 7 PHA CHW L 3 6 7-10 5 5.0 Knott 4,500 -
18 18 Wednesday, May 8 PHA SLB W 10 8 8-10 4 5.0 Ross 2,500 +
19 19 Thursday, May 9 PHA SLB L 2 4 8-11 5 6.0 Harris 8,000 -
20 20 Friday, May 10 PHA WSH W 8 7 9-11 4 6.0 Dean 4,000 +
21 21 Saturday, May 11 PHA WSH L 6 9 9-12 4 7.0 Hudson 7,500 -
22 22 Sunday, May 12 PHA WSH W 4 2 10-12 4 6.0 Babich 12,209 +
23 23 Tuesday, May 14 PHA @ CLE W 9 7 11-12 4 6.0 Caster 4,500 ++
24 24 Saturday, May 18 PHA @ DET L 6 8 11-13 4 7.0 Newsom 8,470 -
25 25 Sunday, May 19 PHA @ SLB L 4 10 11-14 5 7.5 Auker 5,368 --
26 26 Monday, May 20 PHA @ SLB W 8 4 12-14 4 6.5 Dean 1,202 +
27 27 Wednesday, May 22 PHA @ CHW L 1 10 12-15 4 7.0 Smith 2,500 -
28 28 Thursday, May 23 PHA @ CHW L 4 13 12-16 5 7.5 Lee 2,000 --
29 29 Saturday, May 25 PHA @ WSH L 2 4 12-17 6 8.0 Leonard 3,000 ---
30 30 Sunday, May 26 PHA @ WSH L 3 4 12-18 8 8.0 Hudlin 10,000 ----
31 31 Tuesday, May 28 PHA BOS L 1 4 12-19 8 9.0 Galehouse 27,151 -----
32 32 Wednesday, May 29 PHA BOS L 3 8 12-20 8 10.0 Butland 4,000 ------
33 33 Thursday, May 30 PHA WSH W 7 6 13-20 8 10.0 Heusser +
34 34 Thursday, May 30 PHA WSH L 2 14 13-21 8 10.0 Masterson 23,651 -
35 35 Saturday, Jun 1 PHA CLE W 6 1 14-21 6 10.0 Ross 5,000 +
36 36 Sunday, Jun 2 PHA CLE L 2 7 14-22 6 10.0 Feller -
37 37 Sunday, Jun 2 PHA CLE W 12 6 15-22 6 10.0 Heusser 33,023 +
38 38 Monday, Jun 3 PHA CLE L 0 4 15-23 7 10.0 Milnar 2,000 -
39 39 Tuesday, Jun 4 PHA DET W 8 6 16-23 6 9.0 Babich 2,500 +
40 40 Wednesday, Jun 5 PHA DET L 1 9 16-24 7 9.0 Rowe 18,553 -
41 41 Thursday, Jun 6 PHA DET W 7 4 17-24 6 9.0 Dean 6,000 +
42 42 Friday, Jun 7 PHA SLB W 3 2 18-24 6 8.0 Potter 2,500 ++
43 43 Saturday, Jun 8 PHA SLB L 1 15 18-25 6 8.5 Auker 2,000 -
44 44 Sunday, Jun 9 PHA SLB L 7 8 18-26 8 9.0 Trotter --
45 45 Sunday, Jun 9 PHA SLB L 2 4 18-27 8 9.0 Niggeling 11,786 ---
46 46 Tuesday, Jun 11 PHA CHW L 4 5 18-28 7 10.0 Rigney 10,144 ----
47 47 Wednesday, Jun 12 PHA CHW W 3 2 19-28 7 10.0 Potter 10,000 +
48 48 Friday, Jun 14 PHA @ CLE L 0 8 19-29 7 11.0 Allen 8,000 -
49 49 Saturday, Jun 15 PHA @ CLE W 7 4 20-29 6 11.0 Ross 8,000 +
50 50 Sunday, Jun 16 PHA @ CLE L 2 4 20-30 7 13.0 Feller -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Sunday, Jun 16 PHA @ CLE L 3 4 20-31 7 13.0 Milnar 18,000 --
52 52 Wednesday, Jun 19 PHA @ DET L 4 5 20-32 7 13.0 Newsom ---
53 53 Wednesday, Jun 19 PHA @ DET L 4 9 20-33 7 13.0 Rowe 16,351 ----
54 54 Thursday, Jun 20 PHA @ DET W 6 4 21-33 7 12.5 Dean 4,262 +
55 55 Friday, Jun 21 PHA @ CHW W 12 1 22-33 7 12.5 Ross 9,321 ++
56 56 Monday, Jun 24 PHA @ SLB L 4 9 22-34 7 14.0 Auker 962 -
57 57 Tuesday, Jun 25 PHA @ SLB L 10 12 22-35 7 15.0 Lawson 8,089 --
58 58 Wednesday, Jun 26 PHA @ SLB W 9 4 23-35 7 14.0 Caster 1,254 +
59 59 Friday, Jun 28 PHA @ NYY L 1 4 23-36 7 14.5 Russo 4,529 -
60 60 Saturday, Jun 29 PHA @ NYY L 9 12 23-37 8 15.5 Murphy 7,012 --
61 61 Sunday, Jun 30 PHA @ NYY L 3 4 23-38 7 15.5 Breuer ---
62 62 Sunday, Jun 30 PHA @ NYY W 3 2 24-38 7 15.5 Babich 28,558 +
63 63 Monday, Jul 1 PHA @ BOS W 9 1 25-38 7 14.5 Potter 2,200 ++
64 64 Tuesday, Jul 2 PHA @ BOS W 4 3 26-38 7 14.0 Heusser +++
65 65 Tuesday, Jul 2 PHA @ BOS L 9 15 26-39 7 14.0 Harris 9,200 -
66 66 Wednesday, Jul 3 PHA @ BOS L 11 12 26-40 7 15.0 Heving 2,400 --
67 67 Thursday, Jul 4 PHA @ WSH L 1 5 26-41 8 16.0 Hudson ---
68 68 Thursday, Jul 4 PHA @ WSH L 5 9 26-42 8 16.0 Haynes 12,000 ----
69 69 Friday, Jul 5 PHA NYY W 6 3 27-42 7 15.5 Babich 25,520 +
70 70 Saturday, Jul 6 PHA NYY W 8 7 28-42 7 15.5 Beckmann 5,486 ++
71 71 Sunday, Jul 7 PHA NYY L 3 6 28-43 7 15.5 Breuer -
72 72 Sunday, Jul 7 PHA NYY W 10 5 29-43 7 15.5 Potter 37,129 +
73 73 Thursday, Jul 11 PHA CLE L 5 8 29-44 7 16.0 Milnar 13,206 -
74 74 Friday, Jul 12 PHA CLE L 0 1 29-45 8 17.0 Feller 8,101 --
75 75 Saturday, Jul 13 PHA CLE L 4 6 29-46 7 18.0 Harder 5,105 ---
76 76 Sunday, Jul 14 PHA DET W 8 2 30-46 6 16.5 Vaughan +
77 77 Sunday, Jul 14 PHA DET W 5 2 31-46 6 16.5 Potter 21,030 ++
78 78 Monday, Jul 15 PHA DET L 8 9 31-47 7 16.5 Newhouser 3,000 -
79 79 Tuesday, Jul 16 PHA DET W 3 1 32-47 7 15.5 Caster 2,500 +
80 80 Thursday, Jul 18 PHA SLB W 10 3 33-47 7 14.5 Babich 12,523 ++
81 81 Friday, Jul 19 PHA SLB L 7 9 33-48 7 15.5 Kennedy 3,000 -
82 82 Saturday, Jul 20 PHA CHW L 7 19 33-49 7 16.5 Smith 1,000 --
83 83 Sunday, Jul 21 PHA CHW L 8 10 33-50 8 18.5 Lyons ---
84 84 Sunday, Jul 21 PHA CHW L 2 7 33-51 8 18.5 Rigney 11,200 ----
85 85 Tuesday, Jul 23 PHA @ CLE L 0 1 33-52 8 18.5 Milnar 24,482 -----
86 86 Wednesday, Jul 24 PHA @ CLE L 6 7 33-53 8 19.5 Smith 4,000 ------
87 87 Thursday, Jul 25 PHA @ CLE W 7 6 34-53 8 19.5 Ross 5,000 +
88 88 Friday, Jul 26 PHA @ DET W 7 4 35-53 8 18.5 Caster 4,971 ++
89 89 Saturday, Jul 27 PHA @ DET L 2 15 35-54 8 20.5 Rowe -
90 90 Saturday, Jul 27 PHA @ DET L 7 8 35-55 8 20.5 Gorsica 23,470 --
91 91 Sunday, Jul 28 PHA @ DET W 9 5 36-55 8 19.5 Beckmann 13,967 +
92 92 Monday, Jul 29 PHA @ DET W 9 7 37-55 8 18.5 Potter 8,310 ++
93 93 Tuesday, Jul 30 PHA @ CHW L 1 3 37-56 8 18.5 Knott 3,512 -
94 94 Wednesday, Jul 31 PHA @ CHW W 4 3 38-56 7 18.5 Beckmann 22,923 +
95 95 Thursday, Aug 1 PHA @ CHW L 4 5 38-57 7 19.5 Brown 3,105 -
96 96 Friday, Aug 2 PHA @ SLB L 0 5 38-58 8 19.5 Harris 1,568 --
97 97 Saturday, Aug 3 PHA @ SLB W 11 7 39-58 7 20.0 Heusser 1,014 +
98 98 Sunday, Aug 4 PHA @ SLB L 4 5 39-59 8 20.5 Kennedy -
99 99 Sunday, Aug 4 PHA @ SLB L 4 6 39-60 8 20.5 Auker 3,515 --
100 100 Tuesday, Aug 6 PHA @ WSH L 0 11 39-61 8 21.5 Hudson 3,000 ---
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Thursday, Aug 8 PHA @ WSH W 6 4 40-61 8 21.5 Beckmann 1,500 +
102 102 Friday, Aug 9 PHA @ NYY L 0 2 40-62 8 21.5 Sundra 5,128 -
103 103 Saturday, Aug 10 PHA @ NYY L 0 13 40-63 8 22.5 Bonham 7,587 --
104 104 Sunday, Aug 11 PHA @ NYY L 6 7 40-64 8 22.0 Donald 12,059 ---
105 105 Tuesday, Aug 13 PHA WSH W 6 3 41-64 8 22.5 Babich 7,215 +
106 106 Wednesday, Aug 14 PHA WSH L 3 5 41-65 8 23.5 Chase 2,916 -
107 107 Thursday, Aug 15 PHA WSH L 4 9 41-66 8 24.0 Hudson --
108 108 Thursday, Aug 15 PHA WSH W 6 5 42-66 8 24.0 Beckmann 14,210 +
109 109 Sunday, Aug 18 PHA NYY L 1 9 42-67 8 24.0 Sundra -
110 110 Sunday, Aug 18 PHA NYY W 7 3 43-67 8 24.0 Babich 21,284 +
111 111 Tuesday, Aug 20 PHA CHW L 1 6 43-68 8 24.0 Smith -
112 112 Tuesday, Aug 20 PHA CHW W 4 3 44-68 8 24.0 Heusser 5,500 +
113 113 Wednesday, Aug 21 PHA CHW W 3 0 45-68 8 24.0 Beckmann 2,500 ++
114 114 Thursday, Aug 22 PHA SLB L 4 8 45-69 8 24.0 Harris 8,154 -
115 115 Friday, Aug 23 PHA SLB W 6 4 46-69 8 23.0 Vaughan 7,500 +
116 116 Saturday, Aug 24 PHA SLB L 5 6 46-70 8 23.0 Trotter 2,500 -
117 117 Sunday, Aug 25 PHA DET L 3 7 46-71 8 23.0 Newsom 19,794 --
118 118 Friday, Aug 30 PHA BOS L 4 5 46-72 8 24.5 Heving 5,000 ---
119 119 Saturday, Aug 31 PHA BOS L 6 10 46-73 8 25.5 Bagby 4,000 ----
120 120 Monday, Sep 2 PHA @ NYY L 3 6 46-74 8 25.0 Russo -----
121 121 Monday, Sep 2 PHA @ NYY W 3 0 47-74 8 25.0 Babich 69,940 +
122 122 Wednesday, Sep 4 PHA @ BOS L 5 6 47-75 8 25.5 Heving -
123 123 Wednesday, Sep 4 PHA @ BOS L 4 5 47-76 8 25.5 Ostermueller 5,600 --
124 124 Thursday, Sep 5 PHA @ BOS L 7 9 47-77 8 25.5 Johnson 6,200 ---
125 125 Saturday, Sep 7 PHA @ WSH W 8 5 48-77 8 24.0 Babich 2,000 +
126 126 Sunday, Sep 8 PHA @ WSH L 6 7 48-78 8 24.5 Hudson -
127 127 Sunday, Sep 8 PHA @ WSH W 4 0 49-78 8 24.5 Beckmann 6,000 +
128 128 Tuesday, Sep 10 PHA @ SLB W 6 4 50-78 8 23.5 Potter 2,224 ++
129 129 Wednesday, Sep 11 PHA @ SLB L 0 3 50-79 8 24.5 Auker 472 -
130 130 Thursday, Sep 12 PHA @ CHW L 0 1 50-80 8 26.0 Dietrich --
131 131 Thursday, Sep 12 PHA @ CHW L 3 4 50-81 8 26.0 Smith 1,703 ---
132 132 Friday, Sep 13 PHA @ CHW L 2 6 50-82 8 27.5 Lee ----
133 133 Friday, Sep 13 PHA @ CHW L 4 8 50-83 8 27.5 Hallett 2,767 -----
134 134 Saturday, Sep 14 PHA @ CHW L 3 6 50-84 8 27.5 Knott 1,875 ------
135 135 Sunday, Sep 15 PHA @ CLE L 0 5 50-85 8 29.0 Feller -------
136 136 Sunday, Sep 15 PHA @ CLE L 5 8 50-86 8 29.0 Dobson 26,039 --------
137 137 Monday, Sep 16 PHA @ CLE L 3 8 50-87 8 29.0 Harder ---------
138 138 Monday, Sep 16 PHA @ CLE W 3 2 51-87 8 29.0 Babich 6,000 +
139 139 Tuesday, Sep 17 PHA @ CLE W 4 3 52-87 8 28.5 Beckmann 2,000 ++
140 140 Wednesday, Sep 18 PHA @ DET L 0 14 52-88 8 29.0 Bridges -
141 141 Wednesday, Sep 18 PHA @ DET W 13 6 53-88 8 29.0 Heusser 12,757 +
142 142 Thursday, Sep 19 PHA @ DET L 2 13 53-89 8 30.5 Giebell -
143 143 Thursday, Sep 19 PHA @ DET L 1 10 53-90 8 30.5 Trout 10,493 --
144 144 Sunday, Sep 22 PHA WSH L 4 5 53-91 8 32.0 Hudson ---
145 145 Sunday, Sep 22 PHA WSH L 2 5 53-92 8 32.0 Chase 8,586 ----
146 146 Tuesday, Sep 24 PHA BOS L 8 16 53-93 8 33.0 Heving -----
147 147 Tuesday, Sep 24 PHA BOS L 3 4 53-94 8 33.0 Wilson 1,500 ------
148 148 Thursday, Sep 26 PHA NYY L 4 5 53-95 8 35.0 Ruffing -------
149 149 Thursday, Sep 26 PHA NYY L 0 2 53-96 8 35.0 Bonham 7,212 --------
150 150 Friday, Sep 27 PHA NYY W 6 2 54-96 8 35.0 Babich 5,000 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Saturday, Sep 28 PHA @ BOS L 4 16 54-97 8 35.5 Heving -
152 152 Saturday, Sep 28 PHA @ BOS L 1 8 54-98 8 35.5 Wilson 3,200 --
153 153 Sunday, Sep 29 PHA @ BOS L 4 9 54-99 8 36.0 Fleming ---
154 154 Sunday, Sep 29 PHA @ BOS L 1 4 54-100 8 36.0 Rich 6,800 ----
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
CSV

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1939 / 1941 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits