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1940 Philadelphia Athletics

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 25 136 532 465 73 143 23 4 16 70 9 3 61 59 .308 .389 .477 .866 126 222 13 1 2
2 1B Dick Siebert* 28 154 636 595 69 170 31 6 5 77 8 6 33 34 .286 .325 .383 .709 85 228 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 89 183 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 79 132 7 0 5
6 OF Wally Moses* 29 142 619 537 91 166 41 9 9 50 6 4 75 44 .309 .396 .469 .865 126 252 4 2 5
7 OF Bob Johnson 34 138 600 512 93 137 25 4 31 103 8 2 83 64 .268 .374 .514 .888 130 263 20 4 1
8 OF Sam Chapman 24 134 562 508 88 140 26 3 23 75 2 6 46 96 .276 .337 .474 .811 110 241 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 90 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 70 64 3 1 6
11 3B Joe Gantenbein* 24 75 210 197 21 47 6 2 4 23 1 0 11 21 .239 .282 .350 .633 65 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 93 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 7 12 2 0 4
15 2B Crash Davis 20 23 71 67 4 18 1 1 0 9 1 0 3 10 .269 .310 .313 .623 64 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 .771 105 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 54 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* 24 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 -27 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 49 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 46 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 88 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 32 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 1.750 355 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
Team Totals 26.8 154 5948 5304 703 1391 242 53 105 648 48 33 556 655 .262 .334 .387 .722 89 2054 127 19 69
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 7 7 7 8 5 8 8 4 1 7 5 6 7 7 3
Non-Pitcher Totals 26.8 154 5397 4810 671 1292 234 53 103 611 48 32 520 542 .269 .342 .404 .746 95 1941 115 18 49
Pitcher Totals 27.2 154 551 494 32 99 8 0 2 37 0 1 36 113 .200 .256 .229 .485 28 113 12 1 20
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
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Johnny Babich 27 14 13 .519 3.73 31 30 1 16 1 0 229.1 222 111 95 16 80 94 1 0 0 988 119 1.317 8.7 0.6 3.1 3.7 1.18
2 SP Nels Potter 28 9 14 .391 4.44 31 25 5 13 0 0 200.2 213 115 99 18 71 73 1 2 10 876 100 1.415 9.6 0.8 3.2 3.3 1.03
3 SP George Caster 32 4 19 .174 6.56 36 24 8 11 0 2 178.1 234 160 130 18 69 75 3 1 3 835 68 1.699 11.8 0.9 3.5 3.8 1.09
4 SP Chubby Dean* 24 6 13 .316 6.61 30 19 8 8 1 1 159.1 220 136 117 21 63 38 0 0 5 754 67 1.776 12.4 1.2 3.6 2.1 0.60
5 SP Buck Ross 25 5 10 .333 4.38 24 19 3 10 0 1 156.1 160 91 76 15 60 43 0 0 4 690 101 1.407 9.2 0.9 3.5 2.5 0.72
6 SP Porter Vaughan* 21 2 9 .182 5.35 18 15 3 5 0 2 99.1 104 74 59 9 61 46 3 2 12 464 83 1.661 9.4 0.8 5.5 4.2 0.75
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 CL Ed Heusser 31 6 13 .316 4.99 41 6 26 2 0 5 110.0 144 84 61 11 42 39 2 0 1 518 89 1.691 11.8 0.9 3.4 3.2 0.93
8 RP Bill Beckmann 32 8 4 .667 4.17 34 9 16 6 2 1 127.1 132 68 59 11 35 47 1 0 1 543 106 1.312 9.3 0.8 2.5 3.3 1.34
9 RP Herman Besse* 28 0 3 .000 8.83 17 5 7 0 0 0 53.0 70 56 52 10 34 19 3 0 2 262 50 1.962 11.9 1.7 5.8 3.2 0.56
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Les McCrabb 25 0 0 6.94 4 0 3 0 0 0 11.2 19 13 9 2 2 4 1 0 0 58 66 1.800 14.7 1.5 1.5 3.1 2.00
11 Phil Marchildon 26 0 2 .000 7.20 2 2 0 1 0 0 10.0 12 9 8 1 8 4 0 0 2 51 64 2.000 10.8 0.9 7.2 3.6 0.50
12 Carl Miles* 22 0 0 13.50 2 0 2 0 0 0 8.0 9 12 12 2 8 6 0 0 0 41 34 2.125 10.1 2.3 9.0 6.8 0.75
13 Pat McLaughlin 29 0 0 16.20 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 33 3.000 21.6 5.4 5.4 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 27.6 54 100 .351 5.22 154 154 82 72 4 12 1345.0 1543 932 780 135 534 488 15 5 40 6090 85 1.544 10.3 0.9 3.6 3.3 0.91
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 1 8 4 6 6 8 6 8 7 8 4 7
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary
Johnny Babich 27 31 30 16 58 14 42 2 0 .966 1.81 P
Bill Beckmann 32 34 9 6 27 11 13 3 0 .889 0.71 P
Herman Besse 28 17 5 0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.29 P
Al Brancato 21 103 81 69 414 160 231 23 39 .944 3.72 SS-3B
Earle Brucker 39 13 10 8 58 47 9 2 1 .966 4.31 2 6 2 25% 41% C
George Caster 32 36 24 11 39 10 27 2 2 .949 1.03 P
Fred Chapman 23 25 22 17 109 40 54 15 12 .862 3.76 SS
Sam Chapman 24 129 127 124 375 348 13 14 2 .963 2.80 OF
Crash Davis 20 20 17 15 110 53 53 4 11 .964 5.30 2B-SS
Chubby Dean 24 31 19 8 49 12 36 1 2 .980 1.55 P-1B
Joe Gantenbein 24 55 38 37 143 57 78 8 11 .944 2.45 3B-1B-SS-OF
Buddy Hancken 25 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 0 C
Frankie Hayes 25 135 126 113 612 531 63 18 9 .971 4.37 13 62 29 32% 41% C-1B
Ed Heusser 31 41 6 2 31 9 21 1 1 .968 0.73 P
Bob Johnson 34 136 136 131 338 310 15 13 4 .962 2.39 OF
Bill Lillard 22 70 66 49 293 113 157 23 28 .922 3.86 SS-2B
Phil Marchildon 26 2 2 1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.50 P
Benny McCoy 24 130 128 124 690 262 393 35 82 .949 5.00 2B-3B
Les McCrabb 25 4 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Pat McLaughlin 29 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Carl Miles 22 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Dee Miles 31 50 43 41 127 117 3 7 0 .945 2.40 OF
Wally Moses 29 133 133 130 313 295 10 8 1 .974 2.29 OF
Nels Potter 28 31 25 13 47 17 30 0 2 1.000 1.52 P
Buck Ross 25 24 19 10 38 12 23 3 0 .921 1.46 P
Al Rubeling 27 107 104 94 353 120 211 22 19 .938 3.06 3B-2B
Dick Siebert 28 154 154 145 1463 1322 119 22 112 .985 9.36 1B
Al Simmons 38 18 15 13 54 51 1 2 0 .963 2.89 OF
Eric Tipton 25 2 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 OF
Elmer Valo 19 6 6 6 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 OF
Porter Vaughan 21 18 15 5 21 2 16 3 0 .857 1.00 P
Hal Wagner 24 28 18 12 111 91 16 4 4 .964 3.82 0 24 6 20% 41% C
Jack Wallaesa 20 6 6 6 31 9 19 3 3 .903 4.67 SS
Team Totals 26.8 154 1386 1208 5940 4035 1667 238 345 .960 3.57 15 92 37 29% 41%
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 6 8
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary
Johnny Babich 27 31 91 -17 0 0 0 10 -7 -0.6 3 -4 -0.6 .479 .496 -0.6 0.0 -3 $4,000 Rule 5 Draft 1
Bill Beckmann 32 34 42 -6 0 0 0 5 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 0 $3,000 Rule 5 Draft 1
Herman Besse* 28 17 23 -0 0 0 0 3 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .513 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $3,000 Purchased 1
Al Brancato 21 107 330 -27 1 0 -11 6 -32 -3.1 11 -21 -2.0 .471 .481 -1.0 -0.5 -10 $2,000 65
Earle Brucker 39 23 52 -3 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.1 .488 .498 -0.1 0.1 -1 $6,000 Rule 5 Draft 2
George Caster 32 36 67 -12 0 0 0 7 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .489 .498 -0.4 0.0 -2 $6,500 1
Fred Chapman 23 26 79 -10 -0 0 -6 1 -15 -1.4 3 -12 -1.1 .446 .491 -0.6 -0.4 -6 $1,500 6
Sam Chapman 24 134 562 5 -2 0 -4 -1 -2 -0.2 19 17 1.6 .498 .499 2.0 -0.5 21 $6,000 Amateur Free Agent *8O
Crash Davis 20 23 71 -3 0 0 -2 1 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .482 .497 0.0 -0.1 0 $2,400 4/6
Chubby Dean* 24 67 108 -0 0 0 0 12 12 1.1 4 15 1.1 .517 .507 1.1 0.0 15 $4,000 1/3
Joe Gantenbein* 24 75 210 -10 0 0 0 0 -10 -0.9 7 -2 -0.2 .488 .494 -0.2 0.1 -2 $4,000 Rule 5 Draft 5/367O
Buddy Hancken 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 Free Agency /2
Frankie Hayes 25 136 532 19 1 0 -3 4 21 2.0 18 40 3.8 .515 .513 4.0 0.2 43 $8,000 *2/3
Ed Heusser# 31 41 36 -3 0 0 0 4 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $3,000 1
Bob Johnson 34 138 600 23 1 0 0 -6 19 1.8 20 39 3.8 .513 .511 3.7 -0.5 39 $15,000 *O78/9
Bill Lillard 22 73 241 -8 -0 0 -10 4 -14 -1.4 8 -6 -0.6 .481 .491 0.3 -0.5 4 $3,500 Purchased 6/4
Dario Lodigiani 24 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .473 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $3,500 Traded
Phil Marchildon 26 2 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .472 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $1,800 Minor Lg Working Ag /1
Benny McCoy* 24 134 560 -6 0 0 -9 5 -10 -0.9 19 10 0.9 .493 .494 1.8 -0.3 19 $10,000 Free Agency *4/5
Les McCrabb 25 4 4 -0 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .490 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $2,000 Minor Lg Working Ag /1
Pat McLaughlin 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 Free Agency /1
Carl Miles# 22 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .585 .501 0.2 0.0 2 Amateur Free Agent /1
Dee Miles* 31 88 246 -3 0 0 0 -2 -5 -0.5 8 3 0.3 .494 .497 0.3 -0.1 3 $5,000 Traded O897
Wally Moses* 29 142 619 24 0 0 1 -6 19 1.8 21 40 3.8 .512 .511 3.7 -0.4 39 $11,000 Traded--voided *O9/8
Nels Potter* 28 31 80 -5 0 0 0 9 3 0.3 3 6 0.3 .511 .502 0.3 0.0 6 $4,000 Rule 5 Draft 1
Buck Ross 25 24 57 -9 0 0 0 6 -3 -0.2 2 -1 -0.2 .489 .498 -0.2 0.0 -1 $5,000 1
Al Rubeling 27 108 429 -11 -1 0 -5 1 -16 -1.5 15 -1 -0.1 .486 .491 0.3 -0.3 4 $2,000 54
Dick Siebert* 28 154 636 -11 -0 0 1 -7 -18 -1.7 22 4 0.3 .489 .489 0.2 -0.5 3 $6,000 Traded *3
Al Simmons 38 37 85 -1 0 0 1 -1 -0 -0.1 3 2 0.2 .499 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $6,000 Free Agency 7O
Eric Tipton 25 2 9 -1 0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.0 .465 .500 -0.0 -0.0 -0 /7O
Elmer Valo* 19 6 26 1 0 0 0 -0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .511 .500 0.2 -0.0 2 $1,800 Amateur Free Agent /7O
Porter Vaughan 21 18 36 -4 0 0 0 4 0 0.0 1 2 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 2 1
Hal Wagner* 24 34 89 -1 0 0 1 1 1 0.1 3 4 0.4 .502 .500 0.3 0.2 3 $3,000 2
Jack Wallaesa# 20 6 20 -3 0 0 -1 0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .433 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -2 /6
Team Total 26.8 1756 5948 -84 1 0 -47 62 -68 -6.5 203 135 11.0 .496 .499 15.1 -3.8 182 $133,000
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired
Johnny Babich 27 229.1 31 30 111 4.36 5.12 -0.30 0.00 100.4 5.44 26 2.6 1.0 -0.2 4.6 52 .585 .516 $4,000 Rule 5 Draft
Bill Beckmann 32 127.1 34 9 68 4.81 4.98 -0.30 0.00 99.8 5.28 6 0.6 1.0 -0.1 1.7 20 .516 .503 $3,000 Rule 5 Draft
Herman Besse* 28 53.0 17 5 56 9.51 5.15 -0.32 0.00 100.9 5.52 -24 -2.1 1.0 -0.0 -1.6 -18 .379 .487 $3,000 Purchased
George Caster 32 178.1 36 24 160 8.07 5.02 -0.32 0.00 102.7 5.49 -53 -4.5 1.0 -0.1 -2.9 -33 .375 .472 $6,500
Chubby Dean* 24 159.1 30 19 136 7.68 5.12 -0.34 0.00 101.7 5.56 -39 -3.4 1.0 -0.1 -2.0 -21 .388 .479 $4,000
Ed Heusser 31 110.0 41 6 84 6.87 5.14 -0.33 0.00 101.8 5.57 -17 -1.6 1.0 -0.1 -0.6 -4 .462 .490 $3,000
Phil Marchildon 26 10.0 2 2 9 8.10 5.25 -0.33 0.00 103.3 5.76 -3 -0.2 -0.0 -0.1 -2 .384 .499 $1,800 Minor Lg Working Ag
Les McCrabb 25 11.2 4 0 13 10.03 5.59 -0.37 0.00 102.1 6.08 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -4 .387 .497 $2,000 Minor Lg Working Ag
Pat McLaughlin 29 1.2 1 0 3 16.20 5.62 -0.41 0.00 84.0 5.06 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .331 .499 Free Agency
Carl Miles* 22 8.0 2 0 12 13.50 5.16 -0.27 0.00 103.0 5.59 -7 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -6 .245 .497 Amateur Free Agent
Nels Potter 28 200.2 31 25 115 5.16 5.05 -0.31 0.00 103.8 5.56 8 0.7 1.0 -0.1 2.5 30 .524 .505 $4,000 Rule 5 Draft
Buck Ross 25 156.1 24 19 91 5.24 5.01 -0.31 0.00 99.4 5.30 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.1 1.3 17 .499 .500 $5,000
Porter Vaughan* 21 99.1 18 15 74 6.70 5.24 -0.30 0.00 99.1 5.49 -14 -1.3 1.0 -0.1 -0.4 -3 .429 .492
Team Total 27.6 1345.0 271 154 932 6.24 5.09 -0.31 0.00 101.3 5.47 -124 -10.2 1.0 -0.9 1.6 27 .462 .495 $36,300
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1939 / 1941 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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