1940 Philadelphia Phillies

50-103 • 0.327 Win% • 8th in NL

📊 Season Record

50 Wins
103 Losses
0.327 Win %
8th Rank
494 R 750 RA
Diff -256

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494 Runs Scored
750 Runs Allowed
-256 Run Diff
288K Attendance

📈 vs. 1940 NL Average

Batting Avg .238 10% below the 1940 league average (.263)
OBP .297 8% below the 1940 league average (.323)
SLG .282 9% below the 1940 league average (.311)
Team ERA 4.40 14% worse than the 1940 league average (3.85)
Runs Scored 494 27% below the 1940 league average (678 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShibe Park
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Home Games 79
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Total Attendance 288,177
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Avg per Game 3,647

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Danny Litwhiler 0.345 2 Merrill May 0.293 3 Johnny Rizzo 0.292 4 Joe Marty 0.270 5 Hersh Martin 0.253

Home Runs

1 Johnny Rizzo 20 2 Joe Marty 13 3 Bennie Warren 12 4 Bobby Bragan 7 5 Chuck Klein 7

RBI

1 Johnny Rizzo 53 2 Joe Marty 50 3 Merrill May 48 4 Bobby Bragan 44 5 Art Mahan 39
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Art Mahan 146 544 55 133 0 0 2 39 40 37 4 0.244
Merrill May 136 501 59 147 0 0 1 48 58 33 2 0.293
Bobby Bragan 132 474 36 105 0 0 7 44 28 34 2 0.222
Joe Marty 123 455 52 123 0 0 13 50 17 50 2 0.270
Ham Schulte 120 436 44 103 0 0 1 21 32 30 3 0.236
Johnny Rizzo 103 367 53 107 0 0 20 53 37 31 2 0.292
Chuck Klein 116 354 39 77 0 0 7 37 44 30 2 0.218
Bennie Warren 106 289 33 71 0 0 12 34 40 46 1 0.246
Emmett Mueller 97 263 24 65 0 0 3 28 37 23 2 0.247
Bill Atwood 78 203 7 39 0 0 0 22 25 18 0 0.192
Mel Mazzera 69 156 16 37 0 0 0 13 19 15 1 0.237
Danny Litwhiler 36 142 10 49 0 0 5 17 3 13 1 0.345
Morrie Arnovich 39 141 13 28 0 0 0 12 14 15 0 0.199
Kirby Higbe 41 103 5 17 0 0 0 3 3 26 0 0.165
Hugh Mulcahy 37 94 5 19 0 0 0 7 3 7 0 0.202
Hersh Martin 33 83 10 21 0 0 0 5 9 9 1 0.253
Ike Pearson 29 44 4 9 0 0 0 5 2 7 0 0.205
Si Johnson 37 43 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 13 0 0.140
Wally Millies 26 43 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0.070
Wally Berger 20 41 3 13 0 0 1 5 4 8 1 0.317
Boom-Boom Beck 29 36 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.056
George Jumonville 11 34 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.088
Hal Marnie 11 34 4 6 0 0 0 4 4 2 0 0.176
Del Young 15 33 2 8 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0.242
Clyde Smoll 33 31 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0.161
Neb Stewart 10 31 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.129
Gus Suhr 10 25 4 4 0 0 2 5 5 5 0 0.160
Cy Blanton 13 24 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0.083
Charlie Frye 18 19 1 5 0 0 1 2 0 6 0 0.263
George Scharein 7 17 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.294
Alex Monchak 19 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0.143
Lloyd Brown 18 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.077
Larry File 7 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.077
Johnny Podgajny 4 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.167
Stan Benjamin 8 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.222
Syl Johnson 17 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Roy Bruner 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Lefty Hoerst 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Max Wilson 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ed Levy 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Masterson 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Roy Hughes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Johnny Podgajny 2.83 2 Hugh Mulcahy 3.60 3 Kirby Higbe 3.72 4 Syl Johnson 4.20 5 Boom-Boom Beck 4.31

Wins

1 Kirby Higbe 14 2 Hugh Mulcahy 13 3 Si Johnson 5 4 Boom-Boom Beck 4 5 Cy Blanton 4

Strikeouts

1 Kirby Higbe 137 2 Hugh Mulcahy 82 3 Si Johnson 58 4 Ike Pearson 43 5 Boom-Boom Beck 38
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Kirby Higbe 14 19 3.72 41 36 1 283.0 121 137
Hugh Mulcahy 13 22 3.60 36 36 0 280.0 91 82
Ike Pearson 3 14 5.45 29 20 1 145.1 57 43
Si Johnson 5 14 4.88 37 14 1 138.1 42 58
Boom-Boom Beck 4 9 4.31 29 15 0 129.1 41 38
Clyde Smoll 2 8 5.37 33 9 0 109.0 36 31
Cy Blanton 4 3 4.32 13 10 0 77.0 21 24
Charlie Frye 0 6 4.65 15 5 0 50.1 26 18
Syl Johnson 2 2 4.20 17 2 2 40.2 5 13
Lloyd Brown 1 3 6.21 18 2 3 37.2 16 16
Johnny Podgajny 1 3 2.83 4 4 0 35.0 1 12
Lefty Hoerst 1 0 5.25 6 0 0 12.0 8 3
Max Wilson 0 0 12.86 3 0 0 7.0 2 3
Roy Bruner 0 0 5.68 2 0 0 6.1 6 4
Paul Masterson 0 0 7.20 2 0 0 5.0 2 3
Art Mahan 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0

👥 Roster (42)

Morrie Arnovich Bill Atwood Boom-Boom Beck Stan Benjamin Wally Berger Cy Blanton Bobby Bragan Lloyd Brown Roy Bruner Larry File Charlie Frye Kirby Higbe +30 more

42 players

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