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1940 Philadelphia Athletics Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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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1939 / 1941 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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
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
21 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
22 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
23 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
24 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
25 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
26 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
27 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
28 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
29 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
30 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
31 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
32 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
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 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 67 1.699 11.8 0.9 3.5 3.8 1.09
4 SP Chubby Dean* 23 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 64 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 61 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 33 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 27 3.000 21.6 5.4 5.4 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 27.5 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 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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Johnny Babich 27 31 58 14 42 2 0 .966 1.81 P
Bill Beckmann 32 34 27 11 13 3 0 .889 0.71 P
Herman Besse 28 17 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.29 P
Al Brancato 21 105 414 160 231 23 39 .944 3.72 SS-3B
Earle Brucker 39 13 58 47 9 2 1 .966 4.31 2 C
George Caster 32 36 39 10 27 2 2 .949 1.03 P
Fred Chapman 23 25 109 40 54 15 12 .862 3.76 SS
Sam Chapman 24 129 0 129 0 375 348 13 14 2 .963 2.80 OF
Crash Davis 20 20 110 53 53 4 11 .964 5.30 2B-SS
Chubby Dean 23 31 49 12 36 1 2 .980 1.55 P-1B
Joe Gantenbein 23 55 1 0 0 143 57 78 8 11 .944 2.45 3B-1B-SS-OF
Buddy Hancken 25 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 C
Frankie Hayes 25 136 612 531 63 18 9 .971 4.37 13 C-1B
Ed Heusser 31 41 31 9 21 1 1 .968 0.73 P
Bob Johnson 34 136 116 13 8 338 310 15 13 4 .962 2.39 OF
Bill Lillard 22 70 293 113 157 23 28 .922 3.86 SS-2B
Phil Marchildon 26 2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.50 P
Benny McCoy 24 131 690 262 393 35 82 .949 5.00 2B-3B
Les McCrabb 25 4 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Pat McLaughlin 29 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Carl Miles 22 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Dee Miles 31 50 15 18 18 127 117 3 7 0 .945 2.40 OF
Wally Moses 29 133 0 2 131 313 295 10 8 1 .974 2.29 OF
Nels Potter 28 31 47 17 30 0 2 1.000 1.52 P
Buck Ross 25 24 38 12 23 3 0 .921 1.46 P
Al Rubeling 27 108 353 120 211 22 19 .938 3.06 3B-2B
Dick Siebert 28 154 1463 1322 119 22 112 .985 9.36 1B
Al Simmons 38 18 18 0 0 54 51 1 2 0 .963 2.89 OF
Eric Tipton 25 2 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 OF
Elmer Valo 19 6 6 0 0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 OF
Porter Vaughan 21 18 21 2 16 3 0 .857 1.00 P
Hal Wagner 24 28 111 91 16 4 4 .964 3.82 0 C
Jack Wallaesa 20 6 31 9 19 3 3 .903 4.67 SS
Team Totals 26.7 154 5940 4035 1667 238 345 .960 3.57 15
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 6 8
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1939 / 1941 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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