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1940 Philadelphia A's  (1939)  (1941) 58-96, 6th in American League Scored 718 runs, Allowed 941 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-97 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .656 Park Factor: Batting - 103 / Pitching - 105 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 68-86   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 54-100 Manager(s): David Dick

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 SS *Arky Vaughan         28  154  609  109  204  44  15   8   87  16   4   90   43  .335  .417  .496  130   7.9  2e50       68  
 OF  Bob Johnson          34  144  560   93  153  26   4  33  123   6   1   89   97  .273  .368  .511  109   6.8  4(+5)e14   -9  
 3B *Buddy Lewis          23  154  655  123  188  38  10   4   52  21   6   80   45  .287  .365  .394  101   5.6  4e32      -77  
 OF  Sam Chapman          24  142  561   75  158  26   5  30   96   3   6   62  128  .282  .355  .506   95   6.0  2(-1)e16   49  
 OF  Hank Leiber          29  122  474   66  145  17   2  29   97   0   0   54   96  .306  .377  .534   93   7.2  3(+1)e4    58  
 2B *Benny McCoy          24  122  447   42  118  28   3   3   46   4   5   53   56  .264  .343  .360   54   4.2  3e39      -16  
 1B *Dick Siebert         28  154  597   52  139  28   6   5   55   4   2   36   54  .233  .277  .325   50   2.8  2e21     -106  
 C   Bennie Warren        28   92  303   42   70   8   1  23   52   3   0   35   74  .231  .315  .492   45   5.0  4(+1)e8    69  
 OF *Dom Dallessandro     26   61  170   24   49  17   3   1   14   1   0   19    4  .288  .358  .441   27   5.8  3(+2)e10   64  
 C   Bill Atwood          28   74  254   22   51   9   0   0   19   1   0   29   24  .201  .283  .236   18   2.5  3(-1)e8    -1  
 2B  Bill Lillard         22   57  157   12   32   5   1   1    9   0   0   16   29  .204  .280  .268   12   2.7  4e26      -95  
 OF *Jeff Heath           25   81  104   16   22   2   3   2   10   1   0   13   20  .212  .298  .346   11   3.5  4(0)e11   -53  
 PH  Al Brancato          21   32   29    2    8   4   0   1    2   0   0    2    3  .276  .323  .517    4   4.7            323  
 OF *Joe Gantenbein       24   19   32    2    9   0   1   0    4   1   1    3    1  .281  .343  .344    3   3.8  4(+5)e11   54  
 C   Earle Brucker        39    8   30    1    6   0   1   0    4   0   0    3    1  .200  .273  .267    2   2.7  4(-1)e11  -10  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           761                    0

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Dutch Leonard        31  12  22  .353  39  39  16   0   0   0   0  293.0  355  181  156  25   70  156  4.79  174   5.3   -2  
  P  Johnny Babich        27   8  17  .320  34  34   7   0   0   0   0  241.2  301  171  141  24   87  127  5.25  156   5.6   72  
  P  Bill Beckmann        32   7   9  .438  21  21   5   0   0   0   1  139.2  168   87   74  19   36   62  4.77   89   5.6   39  
  P  Johnny Hutchings     24   6   6  .500  30   0   0  20   3   4   0   46.1   57   25   24   2   19   16  4.66   29   5.7   34  
  P  Jim Bagby, Jr.       23   6  11  .353  23  18   5   2   0   1   0  140.2  165   92   82  13   58   57  5.25   84   5.3  -30  
  P  Johnny Gorsica       25   5  11  .312  22  22   4   0   0   0   0  136.2  183  128   93   9   53   52  6.12  102   6.5  101  
  P  Bob Bowman           29   4   6  .400  31   0   0  23   0   3   0   53.0   70   36   33   8   24   34  5.60   45   7.7  163  
  P  Joe Heving           39   4   7  .364  17  17   6   0   0   0   2  129.1  148   72   59  10   49   68  4.11   75   5.1  -11  
  P  Steve Sundra         30   2   0 1.000  33   0   0  17   1   0   0   72.1   77   43   41  11   30   21  5.10   41   5.1  -97  
  P  Bill Trotter         31   2   4  .333  40   0   0  28   5   7   0   58.0   82   35   32   6   22   19  4.97   41   6.3   31  
  P  Bump Hadley          36   1   1  .500  26   0   0  17   1   0   0   46.1   60   42   34   1   26   27  6.60   34   6.3   47  
  P  Bill Lee             30   1   2  .333   8   3   0   4   0   0   0   23.1   33   29   23   3   15   13  8.87   21   8.0  154  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      896         31

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Bennie Warren 692 76 84 356 42 9 6 .978 69 25 Bill Atwood 615 70 73 345 40 8 0 .980 30 24 Earle Brucker 74 8 8 44 2 1 0 .979 1 2 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dick Siebert 1377 154 154 1405 127 23 137 .985 10.02 Hank Leiber 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 Bennie Warren 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Benny McCoy 1036 115 118 261 331 26 73 .958 5.14 Bill Lillard 344 39 41 87 108 5 22 .975 5.10 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Buddy Lewis 1377 154 154 191 419 35 35 .946 3.99 Al Brancato 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Benny McCoy 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Arky Vaughan 1378 154 154 316 421 50 86 .936 4.81 Bill Lillard 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Johnson 1287 144 144 228 5 11 0 .955 1.63 Joe Gantenbein 48 5 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Dom Dallessandro 27 3 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.30 Hank Leiber 10 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.61 Jeff Heath 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sam Chapman 1270 142 142 342 18 25 1 .935 2.55 Dom Dallessandro 108 12 15 28 4 0 0 1.000 2.67 Jeff Heath 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Buddy Lewis 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hank Leiber 1062 119 120 340 7 5 2 .986 2.94 Dom Dallessandro 189 21 21 66 1 1 1 .985 3.20 Jeff Heath 130 14 21 31 1 1 1 .970 2.22 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1940 Draft

Round 1 (#9):	Bob Weiland
Round 2 (#21):	Joe Heving
Round 3 (#33):	Bump Hadley
Round 4 (#43):	Johnny Hutchings
Round 5 (#51):	Bob Bowman

Transactions

• 1940-03: acquired Bill Trotter as a free agent

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