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
Detroit Tigers	90	64	.584	--
Cleveland Indians	89	65	.578	1
New York Yankees	88	66	.571	2
Boston Red Sox	82	72	.532	8
Chicago White Sox	82	72	.532	8
St. Louis Browns	67	87	.435	23
Washington Senators	64	90	.416	26
Philadelphia Athletics	54	100	.351	36

Record vs. opponents

1940 American League Records Sources:
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	Hayes, FrankieFrankie Hayes	136	465	143	.308	16	70
OF	Moses, WallyWally Moses	142	537	166	.309	9	50
OF	Johnson, BobBob 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
Gantenbein, JoeJoe Gantenbein	75	197	47	.239	4	23
Simmons, AlAl Simmons	37	81	25	.309	1	19
Chapman, FredFred Chapman	26	69	11	.159	0	4
Brucker, EarleEarle 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
Babich, JohnnyJohnny Babich	31	229.1	14	13	3.73	94
Caster, GeorgeGeorge 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
Dean, ChubbyChubby Dean	30	159.1	6	13	6.61	38
Beckmann, BillBill Beckmann	34	127.1	8	4	4.17	47
Besse, HermanHerman 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
Heusser, EdEd Heusser	41	6	13	5	4.99	39
McLaughlin, PatPat 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

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

External links

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