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.Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1940 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

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 Dick Siebert 154 595 170 .286 5 77 2B Benny McCoy 134 490 126 .257 7 62 SS Al Brancato 107 298 57 .191 1 23 3B Al Rubeling 108 376 92 .245 4 38 OF 142 537 166 .309 9 50 OF 138 512 137 .268 31 103 OF Sam Chapman 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 Dee Miles 88 236 71 .301 1 23 Bill Lillard 73 206 49 .238 1 21 75 197 47 .239 4 23 37 81 25 .309 1 19 Hal Wagner 34 75 19 .253 0 10 26 69 11 .159 0 4 Crash Davis 73 67 18 .269 0 9 23 46 9 .196 0 2 Elmer Valo 6 23 8 .348 0 0 Jack Wallaesa 6 20 3 .150 0 2 Eric Tipton 2 8 1 .125 0 0 Dario Lodigiani 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Buddy Hancken 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 Nels Potter 31 200.2 9 14 4.44 73 36 178.1 4 19 6.56 75 Buck Ross 24 156.1 5 10 4.38 43 Porter Vaughan 18 99.1 2 9 5.35 46 Phil Marchildon 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 Les McCrabb 4 0 0 0 6.94 4 Carl Miles 2 0 0 0 13.50 6 1 0 0 0 16.20 0

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

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