1940 Philadelphia Athletics season

1940 Philadelphia Athletics
League	American League
Ballpark	Shibe Park
City	Philadelphia
Record	54–100 (.351)
League place	8th
Owners	Connie Mack
Managers	Connie Mack
Radio	WIP (By Saam, Stoney McLinn) WCAU (Bill Dyer, Harry McTigue)

The 1940 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 54 wins and 100 losses.

Offseason

• December 8, 1939: Al Simmons was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.

Regular season

Season standings

American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	90	64	.584	—	50‍–‍29	40‍–‍35
Cleveland Indians	89	65	.578	1	51‍–‍30	38‍–‍35
New York Yankees	88	66	.571	2	52‍–‍24	36‍–‍42
Boston Red Sox	82	72	.532	8	45‍–‍34	37‍–‍38
Chicago White Sox	82	72	.532	8	41‍–‍36	41‍–‍36
St. Louis Browns	67	87	.435	23	37‍–‍39	30‍–‍48
Washington Senators	64	90	.416	26	36‍–‍41	28‍–‍49
Philadelphia Athletics	54	100	.351	36	29‍–‍42	25‍–‍58

Record vs. opponents

1940 American League record Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	11–11	8–14	11–11	9–13	18–4	12–10	13–9
Chicago	11–11	—	6–16	13–9	11–11–1	16–6	13–9	12–10
Cleveland	14–8	16–6	—	11–11	10–12	14–8	11–11–1	13–9
Detroit	11–11	9–13	11–11	—	14–8	11–11	18–4–1	16–6
New York	13–9	11–11–1	12–10	8–14	—	13–9	14–8	17–5
Philadelphia	4–18	6–16	8–14	11–11	9–13	—	8–14	8–14
St. Louis	10–12	9–13	11–11–1	4–18–1	8–14	14–8	—	11–11
Washington	9–13	10–12	9–13	6–16	5–17	14–8	11–11	—

Roster

1940 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers 30 Johnny Babich 35 Bill Beckmann 20 Herman Besse 16 George Caster 19 Chubby Dean 21 Ed Heusser 23 Phil Marchildon 31 Les McCrabb 33 Pat McLaughlin 14 Carl Miles 24 Nels Potter 17 Buck Ross 22 Porter Vaughan		Catchers  9 Earle Brucker 22,39 Buddy Hancken  8 Frankie Hayes 26 Hal Wagner Infielders 18 Al Brancato 25 Fred Chapman  7 Crash Davis 12 Joe Gantenbein  3 Bill Lillard  2 Benny McCoy 34 Al Rubeling  5 Dick Siebert 41 Jack Wallaesa		Outfielders 10 Sam Chapman  4 Bob Johnson 11 Dee Miles  1 Wally Moses  6 Al Simmons 40 Eric Tipton 38 Elmer Valo Other batters 37 Dario Lodigiani		Manager Connie Mack Coaches 29 Charlie Berry 28 Lena Blackburne 32 Dave Keefe 27 Earle Mack

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Frankie Hayes	136	465	143	.308	16	70
1B	Dick Siebert	154	595	170	.286	5	77
2B	Benny McCoy	134	490	126	.257	7	62
SS	Al Brancato	107	298	57	.191	1	23
3B	Al Rubeling	108	376	92	.245	4	38
OF	Wally Moses	142	537	166	.309	9	50
OF	Bob Johnson	138	512	137	.268	31	103
OF	Sam Chapman	134	508	140	.276	23	75

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Dee Miles	88	236	71	.301	1	23
Bill Lillard	73	206	49	.238	1	21
Joe Gantenbein	75	197	47	.239	4	23
Al Simmons	37	81	25	.309	1	19
Hal Wagner	34	75	19	.253	0	10
Fred Chapman	26	69	11	.159	0	4
Crash Davis	73	67	18	.269	0	9
Earle Brucker	23	46	9	.196	0	2
Elmer Valo	6	23	8	.348	0	0
Jack Wallaesa	6	20	3	.150	0	2
Eric Tipton	2	8	1	.125	0	0
Dario Lodigiani	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Buddy Hancken	1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Johnny Babich	31	229.1	14	13	3.73	94
Nels Potter	31	200.2	9	14	4.44	73
George Caster	36	178.1	4	19	6.56	75
Buck Ross	24	156.1	5	10	4.38	43
Porter Vaughan	18	99.1	2	9	5.35	46
Phil Marchildon	2	10.0	0	2	7.20	4

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Chubby Dean	30	159.1	6	13	6.61	38
Bill Beckmann	34	127.1	8	4	4.17	47
Herman Besse	17	53.0	0	3	8.83	19

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Ed Heusser	41	6	13	5	4.99	39
Les McCrabb	4	0	0	0	6.94	4
Carl Miles	2	0	0	0	13.50	6
Pat McLaughlin	1	0	0	0	16.20	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Toronto Maple Leafs	International League	Tony Lazzeri
A	Williamsport Grays	Eastern League	Fresco Thompson
B	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Interstate League	Chief Bender and Charlie Berry
D	Federalsburg A's	Eastern Shore League	Sam Nisonoff and Joe Maynard

External links

• 1940 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1940 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com