1940 Philadelphia Athletics season

1940 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Shibe Park (since 1909); Philadelphia (since 1901);
Other information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
Local radio	WIP; (By Saam, Stoney McLinn); WCAU; (Bill Dyer, Harry McTigue)
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The 1940 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing 8th 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.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	90	64	0.584	—	50–29	40–35
Cleveland Indians	89	65	0.578	1	51–30	38–35
New York Yankees	88	66	0.571	2	52–24	36–42
Boston Red Sox	82	72	0.532	8	45–34	37–38
Chicago White Sox	82	72	0.532	8	41–36	41–36
St. Louis Browns	67	87	0.435	23	37–39	30–48
Washington Senators	64	90	0.416	26	36–41	28–49
Philadelphia Athletics	54	100	0.351	36	29–42	25–58

Record vs. opponents

1940 American League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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
OF	Wally Moses	142	537	166	.309	9	50
OF	Bob Johnson	138	512	137	.268	31	103

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
Joe Gantenbein	75	197	47	.239	4	23
Al Simmons	37	81	25	.309	1	19
Fred Chapman	26	69	11	.159	0	4
Earle Brucker	23	46	9	.196	0	2

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
George Caster	36	178.1	4	19	6.56	75

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	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
Pat McLaughlin	1	0	0	0	16.20	0

Farm system

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

^[2]

References

^ Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

[1] Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference

[2] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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1940 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1909) Philadelphia (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
Local radio	WIP (By Saam, Stoney McLinn) WCAU (Bill Dyer, Harry McTigue)
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