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1940 American League
Team Record GB
Detroit Tigers 90 - 64
Cleveland Indians 89 - 65 1.0
New York Yankees 88 - 66 2.0
Boston Red Sox 82 - 72 8.0
Chicago White Sox 82 - 72 8.0
St. Louis Browns 67 - 87 23.0
Washington Senators 64 - 90 26.0
Philadelphia Athletics 54 - 100 36.0

7th (AL)
Runs Scored: 703
Runs Allowed: 932
Attendance: 432,145

1940 Philadelphia Athletics Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Frankie Hayes C 25 136 465 73 143 23 4 16 70 61 0 59 9 3 2 1 13 .308 .389 .477 .866
Dick Siebert 1B 28 154 595 69 170 31 6 5 77 33 0 34 8 6 7 2 12 .286 .325 .383 .708
Benny McCoy 2B 24 134 490 56 126 26 5 7 62 65 0 44 2 2 4 1 14 .257 .345 .373 .718
Al Rubeling 3B 27 108 376 49 92 16 6 4 38 48 0 58 4 5 5 0 7 .245 .330 .351 .681
Al Brancato SS 21 107 298 42 57 11 2 1 23 28 0 36 3 1 2 2 10 .191 .265 .252 .517
Bob Johnson LF 34 138 512 93 137 25 4 31 103 83 0 64 8 2 1 4 20 .268 .374 .514 .888
Sam Chapman CF 24 134 508 88 140 26 3 23 75 46 0 96 2 6 7 1 14 .276 .337 .474 .811
Wally Moses RF 29 142 537 91 166 41 9 9 50 75 0 44 6 4 5 2 4 .309 .396 .469 .865

1940 Philadelphia Athletics Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Dee Miles 31 88 236 26 71 9 6 1 23 8 0 18 1 1 1 1 2 .301 .327 .403 .730
Joe Gantenbein 23 75 197 21 47 6 2 4 23 11 0 21 1 1 1 1 2 .239 .282 .350 .632
Bill Lillard 22 73 206 26 49 8 2 1 21 28 0 28 0 1 6 1 3 .238 .332 .311 .643
Al Simmons 38 37 81 7 25 4 0 1 19 4 0 8 0 0 0 0 4 .309 .341 .395 .736
Hal Wagner 24 34 75 9 19 5 1 0 10 11 0 6 0 0 2 1 2 .253 .356 .347 .703
Fred Chapman 23 26 69 6 11 1 0 0 4 6 0 10 1 1 4 0 2 .159 .227 .174 .401
Earle Brucker 39 23 46 3 9 1 1 0 2 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 .196 .288 .261 .549
Crash Davis 20 23 67 4 18 1 1 0 9 3 0 10 1 1 2 1 2 .269 .310 .313 .623
Elmer Valo 19 6 23 6 8 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .348 .423 .348 .771
Jack Wallaesa 20 6 20 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .150 .150 .150 .300
Eric Tipton 25 2 8 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .222 .375 .597
Buddy Hancken 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Dario Lodigiani 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1940 Philadelphia Athletics Batting (Pitchers)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Chubby Dean P 23 67 90 6 26 2 0 0 6 16 0 9 0 0 2 0 1 .289 .396 .311 .707
Johnny Babich P 27 31 86 4 10 1 0 0 1 2 0 24 0 0 2 1 3 .116 .146 .128 .274
Nels Potter P 28 31 71 4 18 2 0 0 4 3 0 7 0 0 6 0 2 .254 .284 .282 .566
George Caster P 32 36 62 3 8 1 0 0 4 3 0 24 0 0 2 0 2 .129 .169 .145 .314
Buck Ross P 25 24 53 2 7 0 0 1 4 2 0 14 0 0 2 0 1 .132 .164 .189 .353
Bill Beckmann P 32 34 39 4 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 8 0 0 3 0 1 .205 .205 .205 .410
Ed Heusser P 31 41 30 4 5 0 0 1 4 5 0 12 0 0 1 0 0 .167 .286 .267 .553
Porter Vaughan P 21 18 34 3 8 0 0 0 2 1 0 7 0 0 1 0 2 .235 .257 .235 .492
Herman Besse P 28 17 19 1 5 1 0 0 7 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .263 .391 .316 .707
Les McCrabb P 25 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Carl Miles P 22 2 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.000 1.750
Phil Marchildon P 26 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1940 Philadelphia Athletics Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K BAA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Johnny Babich 27 31 30 14 13 .519 3.73 229.1 111 95 222 16 80 94 .245 1 0 16 1 0 4.15
Nels Potter 28 31 25 9 14 .391 4.44 200.2 115 99 213 18 71 73 .265 1 10 13 0 0 4.51
George Caster 32 36 24 4 19 .174 6.56 178.1 160 130 234 18 69 75 .307 3 3 11 0 2 4.68
Chubby Dean 23 30 19 6 13 .316 6.61 159.1 136 117 220 21 63 38 .322 7 5 8 1 1 5.55
Buck Ross 25 24 19 5 10 .333 4.38 156.1 91 76 160 15 60 43 .257 7 4 10 0 1 4.98
Porter Vaughan 21 18 15 2 9 .182 5.35 99.1 74 59 104 9 61 46 .260 3 12 5 0 2 5.18
Phil Marchildon 26 2 2 0 2 .000 7.20 10.0 9 8 12 1 8 4 .286 1 2 1 0 0 6.20

1940 Philadelphia Athletics Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K BAA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Ed Heusser 31 41 6 6 13 .316 4.99 110.0 84 61 144 11 42 39 .304 2 1 2 0 5 4.79
Bill Beckmann 32 34 9 8 4 .667 4.17 127.1 68 59 132 11 35 47 .260 1 1 6 2 1 4.23
Herman Besse 28 17 5 0 3 .000 8.83 53.0 56 52 70 10 34 19 .311 3 2 0 0 0 6.83
Les McCrabb 25 4 0 0 0 .000 6.94 11.2 13 9 19 2 2 4 .345 1 0 0 0 0 5.31
Carl Miles 22 2 0 0 0 .000 13.50 8.0 12 12 9 2 8 6 .281 1 0 0 0 0 8.13
Pat McLaughlin 29 1 0 0 0 .000 16.20 1.2 3 3 4 1 1 0 .444 0 0 0 0 0 12.60