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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

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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
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* 23 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 -28 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 48 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 45 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 87 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 31 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 1.750 353 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 0 0
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 8 4 6 6 8 6 8 7 8 4 4730
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

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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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