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1940 Philadelphia Athletics (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 Managed by Connie Mack Ballpark: Shibe Park (ballparks.com) Attendance: 432,145 (6th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 101   (one-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 99   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Frankie Hayes       25  136  465   73  143  23  4  16   70  61   59  .308  .389  .477   9   3  13   1   2          125
1B *Dick Siebert        28  154  595   69  170  31  6   5   77  33   34  .286  .325  .383   8   6  12   2   7           84
2B *Benny McCoy         24  134  490   56  126  26  5   7   62  65   44  .257  .345  .373   2   2  14   1   4           88
3B  Al Rubeling         27  108  376   49   92  16  6   4   38  48   58  .245  .330  .351   4   5   7   0   5           78
SS  Al Brancato         21  107  298   42   57  11  2   1   23  28   36  .191  .265  .252   3   1  10   2   2           36
OF  Bob Johnson         34  138  512   93  137  25  4  31  103  83   64  .268  .374  .514   8   2  20   4   1          129
OF *Wally Moses         29  142  537   91  166  41  9   9   50  75   44  .309  .396  .469   6   4   4   2   5          125
OF  Sam Chapman         24  134  508   88  140  26  3  23   75  46   96  .276  .337  .474   2   6  14   1   7          109
   *Dee Miles           31   88  236   26   71   9  6   1   23   8   18  .301  .327  .403   1   1   2   1   1           89
    Bill Lillard        22   73  206   26   49   8  2   1   21  28   28  .238  .332  .311   0   1   3   1   6           69
   *Joe Gantenbein      23   75  197   21   47   6  2   4   23  11   21  .239  .282  .350   1   0   2   1   1           64
    Al Simmons          38   37   81    7   25   4  0   1   19   4    8  .309  .341  .395   0   0   4   0   0           92
   *Hal Wagner          24   34   75    9   19   5  1   0   10  11    6  .253  .356  .347   0   0   2   1   2           85
    Fred Chapman        23   26   69    6   11   1  0   0    4   6   10  .159  .227  .174   1   1   2   0   4            6
    Crash Davis         20   23   67    4   18   1  1   0    9   3   10  .269  .310  .313   1   0   2   1   2           63
    Earle Brucker       39   23   46    3    9   1  1   0    2   6    3  .196  .288  .261   0   0   4   0   0           45
   *Elmer Valo          19    6   23    6    8   0  0   0    0   3    0  .348  .423  .348   2   0   0   0   0          104
   #Jack Wallaesa       20    6   20    0    3   0  0   0    2   0    2  .150  .150  .150   0   0   0   0   0          -21
    Eric Tipton         25    2    8    2    1   0  1   0    0   1    1  .125  .222  .375   0   0   0   0   0           53
    Dario Lodigiani     24    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Buddy Hancken       25    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0             

   *Chubby Dean         23   67   90    6   26   2  0   0    6  16    9  .289  .396  .311   0   0   1   0   2           88
    Johnny Babich       27   31   86    4   10   1  0   0    1   2   24  .116  .146  .128   0   0   3   1   2          -28
   *Nels Potter         28   31   71    4   18   2  0   0    4   3    7  .254  .284  .282   0   0   2   0   6           48
    George Caster       32   36   62    3    8   1  0   0    4   3   24  .129  .169  .145   0   0   2   0   2          -17
    Buck Ross           25   24   53    2    7   0  0   1    4   2   14  .132  .164  .189   0   0   1   0   2           -8
    Bill Beckmann       32   34   39    4    8   0  0   0    4   0    8  .205  .205  .205   0   0   1   0   3            8
    Porter Vaughan      21   18   34    3    8   0  0   0    2   1    7  .235  .257  .235   0   0   2   0   1           30
   #Ed Heusser          31   41   30    4    5   0  0   1    4   5   12  .167  .286  .267   0   0   0   0   1           45
   *Herman Besse        28   17   19    1    5   1  0   0    7   4    6  .263  .391  .316   0   0   0   0   0           87
    Les McCrabb         25    4    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0   1   0   0   0           31
   #Carl Miles          22    2    4    1    3   1  0   0    1   0    0  .750  .750 1.000   0   0   0   0   0          353
    Phil Marchildon     26    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.8  154 5304  703 1391 242 53 105  648 556  656  .262  .332  .387  48  33 127  19  69           94
    Rank among 8 AL teams          7    7    7   7  8   5        4    1     7     5     6   8   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Johnny Babich       27  31   3.73  14  13  0  30   1  16   1  229.3  222  111   95  16   80   94  988   0   1  0     119
SP  Nels Potter         28  31   4.44   9  14  0  25   5  13   0  200.7  213  115   99  18   71   73  876  10   1  2     100
SP  George Caster       32  36   6.56   4  19  2  24   8  11   0  178.3  234  160  130  18   69   75  835   3   3  1      67
SP *Chubby Dean         23  30   6.61   6  13  1  19   8   8   1  159.3  220  136  117  21   63   38  754   5   0  0      67
SP  Buck Ross           25  24   4.38   5  10  1  19   3  10   0  156.3  160   91   76  15   60   43  690   4   0  0     101
SP *Porter Vaughan      21  18   5.35   2   9  2  15   3   5   0   99.3  104   74   59   9   61   46  464  12   3  2      83

CL  Ed Heusser          31  41   4.99   6  13  5   6  26   2   0  110.0  144   84   61  11   42   39  518   1   2  0      89
RP  Bill Beckmann       32  34   4.17   8   4  1   9  16   6   2  127.3  132   68   59  11   35   47  543   1   1  0     106
RP *Herman Besse        28  17   8.83   0   3  0   5   7   0   0   53.0   70   56   52  10   34   19  262   2   3  0      50

    Les McCrabb         25   4   6.94   0   0  0   0   3   0   0   11.7   19   13    9   2    2    4   58   0   1  0      64
    Phil Marchildon     26   2   7.20   0   2  0   2   0   1   0   10.0   12    9    8   1    8    4   51   2   0  0      61
   *Carl Miles          22   2  13.50   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    8.0    9   12   12   2    8    6   41   0   0  0      33
    Pat McLaughlin      29   1  16.20   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.7    4    3    3   1    1    0   10   0   0  0      27
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.4 154   5.22  54 100 12 154  82  72   4 1345.0 1543  932  780 135  534  488 6090  40  15  5      85
    Rank among 8 AL teams           8   8   1  6           4   6      8    6    8        8    4    7

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- FHayes 134 515 63 17 9 .971 13 HWagner 28 91 16 4 4 .964 0 EBrucker 13 47 9 2 1 .966 2 BHancken 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 654 88 23 14 .970 15 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 9.60 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DSiebert 154 1322 119 22 112 .985 9.36 JGantenbein 6 26 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 FHayes 2 16 0 1 0 .941 8.00 CDean 1 8 0 0 1 1.000 8.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1372 120 23 113 .985 9.98 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .969 5.22 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BMcCoy 130 261 392 34 82 .951 5.02 CDavis 19 52 52 4 11 .963 5.47 ARubeling 10 24 27 2 6 .962 5.10 BLillard 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 338 471 40 99 .953 5.41 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .937 3.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ARubeling 98 96 184 20 13 .933 2.86 JGantenbein 45 31 75 8 11 .930 2.36 ABrancato 25 24 51 6 4 .926 3.00 BMcCoy 1 1 1 1 0 .667 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 152 311 35 28 .930 3.10 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .949 4.53 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ABrancato 80 136 180 17 35 .949 3.95 BLillard 69 112 157 23 28 .921 3.90 FChapman 25 40 54 15 12 .862 3.76 JWallaesa 6 9 19 3 3 .903 4.67 JGantenbein 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.67 CDavis 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 298 413 58 78 .925 4.76 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .970 2.32 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BJohnson 136 310 15 13 4 .962 2.39 116 13 8 WMoses 133 295 10 8 1 .974 2.29 0 2 131 SChapman 129 348 13 14 2 .963 2.80 0 129 0 DMiles 50 117 3 7 0 .945 2.40 15 18 18 ASimmons 18 51 1 2 0 .963 2.89 18 0 0 EValo 6 18 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 6 0 0 ETipton 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 2 0 0 JGantenbein 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1142 42 44 7 .964 2.64 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .956 2.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JBabich 31 14 42 2 0 .966 2.20 NPotter 31 17 30 0 2 1.000 2.11 GCaster 36 10 27 2 2 .949 1.87 CDean 30 4 36 1 1 .976 2.26 BRoss 24 12 23 3 0 .921 2.02 BBeckmann 34 11 13 3 0 .889 1.70 EHeusser 41 9 21 1 1 .968 2.45 PVaughan 18 2 16 3 0 .857 1.63 HBesse 17 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.85 LMcCrabb 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.08 PMarchildon 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.70 CMiles 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.12 PMcLaughlin 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.29 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 79 222 15 6 .953 2.01 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Moses .309 On-base % Moses .396 Slugging % Johnson .514 OPS Johnson .888 Games Siebert 154 At Bats Siebert 595 Plate Appearances (approx.) Siebert 637 Runs Johnson 93 Hits Siebert 170 Total Bases Johnson 263 Doubles Moses 41 Triples Moses 9 Home Runs Johnson 31 RBI Johnson 103 Bases on Balls Johnson 83 Strikeouts Chapman 96 Stolen Bases Hayes 9 Singles Siebert 128 Adjusted OPS+ Johnson 129 Runs Created Moses 99 Adjusted Batting Runs Johnson and Moses 23 Batting Wins Johnson and Moses 2.1 Extra-Base Hits Johnson 60 Times on Base Moses 243 Offensive Win% Moses .643 Hit By Pitch Johnson 4 Sac. Hits Chapman and Siebert 7 Grounded into Double Plays Johnson 20 Caught Stealing Chapman and Siebert 6 Power/Speed Number Johnson 12.7 At Bats per Strikeout Siebert 17.5 At Bats per Home Run Johnson 16.5 Outs Siebert 450

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Babich 3.73 Wins Babich 14 Won-Loss % Beckmann .667 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Babich 1.317 Hits Allowed/9IP Babich 8.71 Bases on Balls/9IP Babich 3.14 Strikeouts/9IP Caster 3.79 Games Heusser 41 Saves Heusser 5 Innings Babich 229.3 Strikeouts Babich 94 Games Started Babich 30 Comp. Games Babich 16 Shutouts Beckmann 2 Home Runs Allow. Dean 21 Bases On Balls Allow. Babich 80 Hits Allowed Caster 234 SO to Walk Babich 1.18 Losses Caster 19 Earned Runs Allow. Caster 130 Wild Pitches Vaughan 12 Hit Batsmen Besse, Caster, and Vaughan 3 Batters Faced Babich 988 Games Finished Heusser 26 Adjusted ERA+ Babich 119

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