1940 Philadelphia Athletics

American League
Record: 54 - 100
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Position Players
Player Pos Type GP PA/162 H HR RBI R SB SO BB BA OBP SLG F/R/A Salary
Frankie HayesCF13655714316707395961.308.389.477C-/C-/C-$4.25M
Hal WagnerCF34941901090611.253.356.347D/D/B-$857K
Dick Siebert1BF1546711705776983433.286.325.383D+/D$3.25M
Benny McCoy2BF1345901267625624465.257.345.373D/C-$2.89M
Crash Davis2BF2377180941103.269.310.313C/B-$321K
Al Rubeling3BF108452924384945848.245.330.351C-/C-$2.13M
Joe Gantenbein3BF75221474232112111.239.282.350C-/D-$797K
Al BrancatoSSF107348571234233628.191.265.252C/D-$1.18M
Bill LillardSSF73254491212602828.238.332.311D/D-$977K
Fred ChapmanSSF2684110461106.159.227.174D-/D-$207K
Wally MosesOFF1426521669509164475.309.396.469C/B-$4.99M
Bob JohnsonOFF138632137311039386483.268.374.514D+/B$4.54M
Sam ChapmanOFF13459214023758829646.276.337.474D+/A$3.99M
Dee MilesOFF8825971123261188.301.327.403D/B$1.39M
Al SimmonsOFF3790251197084.309.341.395C/A$561K
Pitchers
Player Role Type GP IP/162 GS ERA OAV WHIP K/BB K/9 BB/9 HR/9 Salary
Johnny BabichSF31242.00303.730.2481.321.1753.693.140.628$5.85M
Nels PotterSF31212.00254.440.2691.421.0283.273.180.807$4.69M
Buck RossSF24165.00194.380.2561.410.7172.483.450.864$3.41M
Chubby DeanSF30168.00196.610.3241.780.6032.153.561.186$2.90M
George CasterSF36188.00246.560.3121.701.0873.793.480.908$2.85M
Porter VaughanSF18105.00155.350.2641.660.7544.175.530.815$1.76M
Bill BeckmannRF34134.0094.170.2651.311.3433.322.470.778$2.87M
Ed HeusserRF41116.0064.990.3081.690.9293.193.440.900$1.68M
Herman BesseRF1756.0058.830.3151.960.5593.235.771.698$506K

The 1940 Philadelphia Athletics roster is above. All columns may be sorted by clicking the column name. Clicking on an individual player will display the player's career statistics including his time with the 1940 Philadelphia Athletics.

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