1940 Philadelphia Athletics

54-100 • 0.351 Win% • 8th in AL

📊 Season Record

54 Wins
100 Losses
0.351 Win %
8th Rank
703 R 932 RA
Diff -229

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⚡ Quick Stats

703 Runs Scored
932 Runs Allowed
-229 Run Diff
560K Attendance

📈 vs. 1940 AL Average

Batting Avg .262 3% below the 1940 league average (.271)
OBP .332 2% below the 1940 league average (.340)
SLG .321 3% below the 1940 league average (.332)
Team ERA 5.22 19% worse than the 1940 league average (4.39)
Runs Scored 703 9% below the 1940 league average (768 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShibe Park
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Home Games 71
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Total Attendance 560,988
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Avg per Game 7,901

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Wally Moses 0.309 2 Al Simmons 0.309 3 Frankie Hayes 0.308 4 Dee Miles 0.301 5 Chubby Dean 0.289

Home Runs

1 Bob Johnson 31 2 Sam Chapman 23 3 Frankie Hayes 16 4 Wally Moses 9 5 Benny McCoy 7

RBI

1 Bob Johnson 103 2 Dick Siebert 77 3 Sam Chapman 75 4 Frankie Hayes 70 5 Benny McCoy 62
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Dick Siebert 154 595 69 170 0 0 5 77 33 34 8 0.286
Wally Moses 142 537 91 166 0 0 9 50 75 44 6 0.309
Bob Johnson 138 512 93 137 0 0 31 103 83 64 8 0.268
Sam Chapman 134 508 88 140 0 0 23 75 46 96 2 0.276
Benny McCoy 134 490 56 126 0 0 7 62 65 44 2 0.257
Frankie Hayes 136 465 73 143 0 0 16 70 61 59 9 0.308
Al Rubeling 108 376 49 92 0 0 4 38 48 58 4 0.245
Al Brancato 107 298 42 57 0 0 1 23 28 36 3 0.191
Dee Miles 88 236 26 71 0 0 1 23 8 18 1 0.301
Bill Lillard 73 206 26 49 0 0 1 21 28 28 0 0.238
Joe Gantenbein 75 197 21 47 0 0 4 23 11 21 1 0.239
Chubby Dean 67 90 6 26 0 0 0 6 16 9 0 0.289
Johnny Babich 31 86 4 10 0 0 0 1 2 24 0 0.116
Al Simmons 37 81 7 25 0 0 1 19 4 8 0 0.309
Hal Wagner 34 75 9 19 0 0 0 10 11 6 0 0.253
Nels Potter 31 71 4 18 0 0 0 4 3 7 0 0.254
Fred Chapman 26 69 6 11 0 0 0 4 6 10 1 0.159
Crash Davis 23 67 4 18 0 0 0 9 3 10 1 0.269
George Caster 36 62 3 8 0 0 0 4 3 24 0 0.129
Buck Ross 24 53 2 7 0 0 1 4 2 14 0 0.132
Earle Brucker 23 46 3 9 0 0 0 2 6 3 0 0.196
Bill Beckmann 34 39 4 8 0 0 0 4 0 8 0 0.205
Porter Vaughan 18 34 3 8 0 0 0 2 1 7 0 0.235
Ed Heusser 41 30 4 5 0 0 1 4 5 12 0 0.167
Elmer Valo 6 23 6 8 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0.348
Jack Wallaesa 6 20 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.150
Herman Besse 17 19 1 5 0 0 0 7 4 6 0 0.263
Eric Tipton 2 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.125
Les McCrabb 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Carl Miles 2 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.750
Phil Marchildon 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Dario Lodigiani 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Buddy Hancken 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pat McLaughlin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Johnny Babich 3.73 2 Bill Beckmann 4.17 3 Buck Ross 4.38 4 Nels Potter 4.44 5 Ed Heusser 4.99

Wins

1 Johnny Babich 14 2 Nels Potter 9 3 Bill Beckmann 8 4 Chubby Dean 6 5 Ed Heusser 6

Strikeouts

1 Johnny Babich 94 2 George Caster 75 3 Nels Potter 73 4 Bill Beckmann 47 5 Porter Vaughan 46
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Johnny Babich 14 13 3.73 31 30 0 229.1 80 94
Nels Potter 9 14 4.44 31 25 0 200.2 71 73
George Caster 4 19 6.56 36 24 2 178.1 69 75
Chubby Dean 6 13 6.61 30 19 1 159.1 63 38
Buck Ross 5 10 4.38 24 19 1 156.1 60 43
Bill Beckmann 8 4 4.17 34 9 1 127.1 35 47
Ed Heusser 6 13 4.99 41 6 5 110.0 42 39
Porter Vaughan 2 9 5.35 18 15 2 99.1 61 46
Herman Besse 0 3 8.83 17 5 0 53.0 34 19
Les McCrabb 0 0 6.94 4 0 0 11.2 2 4
Phil Marchildon 0 2 7.20 2 2 0 10.0 8 4
Carl Miles 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 8.0 8 6
Pat McLaughlin 0 0 16.20 1 0 0 1.2 1 0

👥 Roster (34)

Johnny Babich Bill Beckmann Herman Besse Al Brancato Earle Brucker George Caster Fred Chapman Sam Chapman Crash Davis Chubby Dean Joe Gantenbein Buddy Hancken +22 more

34 players

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