1940 Philadelphia Athletics season explained

Philadelphia Athletics
Season:	1940
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Shibe Park
City:	Philadelphia
Owners:	Connie Mack
Managers:	Connie Mack
Radio:	WIP (By Saam, Stoney McLinn) WCAU (Bill Dyer, Harry McTigue)

The 1940 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth 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

Roster

1940 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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		136	465	143	.308	16	70
1B		154	595	170	.286	5	77
2B		134	490	126	.257	7	62
SS		107	298	57	.191	1	23
3B		108	376	92	.245	4	38
OF		142	537	166	.309	9	50
OF		138	512	137	.268	31	103
OF		134	508	140	.276	23	75

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
	88	236	71	.301	1	23
	73	206	49	.238	1	21
	75	197	47	.239	4	23
	37	81	25	.309	1	19
	34	75	19	.253	0	10
	26	69	11	.159	0	4
	73	67	18	.269	0	9
	23	46	9	.196	0	2
	6	23	8	.348	0	0
	6	20	3	.150	0	2
	2	8	1	.125	0	0
	1	1	0	.000	0	0
	1	0	0	----	0	0

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
	31	229.1	14	13	3.73	94
	31	200.2	9	14	4.44	73
	36	178.1	4	19	6.56	75
	24	156.1	5	10	4.38	43
	18	99.1	2	9	5.35	46
	2	10.0	0	2	7.20	4

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
	30	159.1	6	13	6.61	38
	34	127.1	8	4	4.17	47
	17	53.0	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
	41	6	13	5	4.99	39
	4	0	0	0	6.94	4
	2	0	0	0	13.50	6
	1	0	0	0	16.20	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

^[2]

External links

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

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/simmoal01.shtml 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