Philadelphia Athletics 1940
54–100record
.351win pct
703runs
932allowed
-229run diff
105home runs
34players
The three rarest things in 1940
| Rarity | What | Who | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | Six Home Runs Allowed | GCGeorge Caster | 1940-09-24 | 1 in 18,629 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | GCGeorge Caster | 1940-09-18 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | SCSam Chapman | 1940-06-26 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Batting (34)
| Player | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DSDick Siebert | 154 | 636 | 595 | 69 | 170 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 77 | 32 | 34 | 8 | 5 | .286 | .324 | .383 | .708 |
| WMWally Moses | 142 | 619 | 537 | 91 | 166 | 41 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 75 | 44 | 6 | 5 | .309 | .396 | .469 | .865 |
| BJBob Johnson | 138 | 600 | 512 | 93 | 137 | 25 | 4 | 31 | 104 | 83 | 65 | 8 | 2 | .268 | .374 | .514 | .888 |
| SCSam Chapman | 134 | 562 | 508 | 87 | 140 | 26 | 3 | 23 | 76 | 46 | 96 | 2 | 6 | .276 | .337 | .474 | .811 |
| BMBenny McCoy | 134 | 560 | 490 | 56 | 126 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 62 | 65 | 44 | 2 | 2 | .257 | .345 | .373 | .719 |
| FHFrankie Hayes | 136 | 532 | 465 | 73 | 143 | 23 | 4 | 16 | 71 | 64 | 60 | 9 | 3 | .308 | .392 | .477 | .870 |
| ARAl Rubeling | 108 | 429 | 376 | 48 | 92 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 4 | 5 | .245 | .330 | .351 | .681 |
| ABAl Brancato | 107 | 330 | 298 | 44 | 57 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 28 | 35 | 3 | 1 | .191 | .265 | .252 | .517 |
| DMDee Miles | 88 | 246 | 236 | 26 | 71 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .301 | .327 | .403 | .729 |
| BLBill Lillard | 73 | 241 | 206 | 26 | 49 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 1 | .238 | .332 | .311 | .643 |
| JGJoe Gantenbein | 75 | 210 | 197 | 21 | 47 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .239 | .282 | .350 | .633 |
| CDChubby Dean | 67 | 108 | 90 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .289 | .396 | .311 | .707 |
| JBJohnny Babich | 31 | 92 | 87 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | .115 | .144 | .126 | .271 |
| HWHal Wagner | 34 | 89 | 75 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .253 | .356 | .347 | .703 |
| 37 | 85 | 81 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .309 | .341 | .395 | .736 | |
| NPNels Potter | 31 | 80 | 71 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .254 | .284 | .282 | .565 |
| FCFred Chapman | 26 | 79 | 69 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .159 | .227 | .174 | .401 |
| CDCrash Davis | 23 | 71 | 67 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .269 | .290 | .313 | .603 |
| GCGeorge Caster | 36 | 67 | 62 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | .129 | .169 | .145 | .314 |
| BRBuck Ross | 24 | 57 | 53 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .132 | .164 | .189 | .352 |
| EBEarle Brucker | 23 | 52 | 46 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .196 | .288 | .261 | .549 |
| BBBill Beckmann | 34 | 41 | 38 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .211 | .421 |
| EHEd Heusser | 41 | 36 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .286 | .267 | .552 |
| PVPorter Vaughan | 18 | 35 | 33 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .242 | .265 | .242 | .507 |
| EVElmer Valo | 6 | 26 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .348 | .423 | .348 | .771 |
| HBHerman Besse | 17 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .391 | .316 | .707 |
| JWJack Wallaesa | 6 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .150 | .150 | .300 |
| ETEric Tipton | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .222 | .375 | .597 |
| LMLes McCrabb | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 |
| CMCarl Miles | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .750 | .750 | 1.000 | 1.750 |
| PMPhil Marchildon | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| DLDario Lodigiani | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| BHBuddy Hancken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| PMPat McLaughlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
Pitching (13)
| Player | G | W–L | GS | CG | SV | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JBJohnny Babich | 31 | 14–13 | 30 | 16 | 0 | 222 | 111 | 94 | 80 | 94 | 15 | 229.1 | 3.69 | 1.32 |
| NPNels Potter | 31 | 9–14 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 213 | 115 | 101 | 71 | 76 | 18 | 200.2 | 4.53 | 1.42 |
| GCGeorge Caster | 36 | 4–19 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 234 | 160 | 129 | 69 | 75 | 18 | 178.1 | 6.51 | 1.70 |
| CDChubby Dean | 30 | 6–13 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 221 | 136 | 117 | 63 | 38 | 21 | 159.1 | 6.61 | 1.78 |
| BRBuck Ross | 24 | 5–10 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 160 | 91 | 75 | 60 | 43 | 15 | 156.1 | 4.32 | 1.41 |
| BBBill Beckmann | 34 | 8–4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 132 | 68 | 59 | 35 | 47 | 11 | 127.1 | 4.17 | 1.31 |
| EHEd Heusser | 41 | 6–13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 144 | 84 | 61 | 42 | 39 | 12 | 110.0 | 4.99 | 1.69 |
| PVPorter Vaughan | 18 | 2–9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 104 | 74 | 61 | 61 | 46 | 9 | 99.1 | 5.53 | 1.66 |
| HBHerman Besse | 17 | 0–3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 56 | 52 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 53.0 | 8.83 | 1.96 |
| LMLes McCrabb | 4 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11.2 | 6.94 | 1.80 |
| PMPhil Marchildon | 2 | 0–2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 10.0 | 7.20 | 2.00 |
| CMCarl Miles | 2 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8.0 | 13.50 | 2.12 |
| PMPat McLaughlin | 1 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.2 | 16.20 | 3.00 |