1940 Philadelphia Athletics Roster

The 1940 Philadelphia Athletics team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1940 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1940 Philadelphia Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1940 Philadelphia Athletics salary list, a 1940 Philadelphia Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1940 Philadelphia Athletics primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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1940 Philadelphia Athletics



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Roster
Schedule
30 Johnny Babich 6-01½ 185 Right Right 1913-05-14
35 Bill Beckmann 6-00 175 Right Right 1907-12-08
20 Herman Besse 6-02 190 Left Left 1911-08-16
16 George Caster 6-01½ 180 Right Right 1907-08-04
19 Chubby Dean 5-11 181 Left Left 1916-08-24
21 Ed Heusser 6-00½ 187 Right Both 1909-05-07
23 Phil Marchildon 5-11 175 Right Right 1913-10-25
31 Les McCrabb 5-11 175 Right Right 1914-11-04
33 Pat McLaughlin 6-02 175 Right Right 1910-08-17
14 Carl Miles 5-11 178 Left Both 1918-03-22
24 Nels Potter 5-11 180 Right Left 1911-08-23
17 Buck Ross 6-02 170 Right Right 1915-02-03
22 Porter Vaughan 6-01 178 Left Right 1919-05-11
9 Earle Brucker 5-11 175 Right Right 1901-05-06
22, 39 Buddy Hancken 6-01 175 Right Right 1914-08-30
8 Frankie Hayes 6-00 185 Right Right 1914-10-13
26 Hal Wagner 6-00 165 Right Left 1915-07-02
18 Al Brancato 5-09½ 188 Right Right 1919-05-29
25 Fred Chapman 6-01 185 Right Right 1916-07-17
7 Crash Davis 6-00 173 Right Right 1919-07-14
12 Joe Gantenbein 5-09 168 Right Left 1916-08-25
3 Bill Lillard 5-10 170 Right Right 1918-01-10
2 Benny McCoy 5-09 170 Right Left 1915-11-09
34 Al Rubeling 6-00 185 Right Right 1913-05-10
5 Dick Siebert 6-00 170 Left Left 1912-02-19
41 Jack Wallaesa 6-03 191 Right Both 1919-08-31
10 Sam Chapman 6-01 190 Right Right 1916-04-11
4 Bob Johnson 6-00 180 Right Right 1905-11-26
11 Dee Miles 6-00 175 Right Left 1909-02-15
1 Wally Moses 5-10 160 Left Left 1910-10-08
6 Al Simmons 5-11 190 Right Right 1902-05-22
40 Eric Tipton 5-11 190 Right Right 1915-04-20
38 Elmer Valo 5-11 190 Right Left 1921-03-05
37 Dario Lodigiani 5-08 150 Right Right 1916-06-06
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The 1940 Philadelphia Athletics played 154 games during the regular season, won 54 games, lost 100 games, and finished in eighth position. They played their home games at Shibe Park (Park Factors: 98/101) where 432,145 fans witnessed their 1940 Athletics finish the season with a .351 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1940 Philadelphia Athletics Opening Day starters list, a 1940 Philadelphia Athletics salary list, a 1940 Philadelphia Athletics uniform number breakdown and a 1940 Philadelphia Athletics primary starters list:

1940 Philadelphia Athletics
Opening Day Starters


No Opening Day Information Available

1940 Philadelphia Athletics
Most Games by Position

C Frankie Hayes (134)
1B Dick Siebert (154)
2B Benny McCoy (130)
3B Al Rubeling (98)
SS Al Brancato (80)
LF Bob Johnson (116)
CF Sam Chapman (129)
RF Wally Moses (131)
  
SP Johnny Babich
SP George Caster
SP Chubby Dean
SP Nels Potter
SP Buck Ross
SP Porter Vaughan
  
RP Bill Beckmann
CL Ed Heusser


1940 Philadelphia Athletics
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1940 Philadelphia Athletics
Uniform Numbers

#1 Wally Moses
#2 Benny McCoy
#3 Bill Lillard
#4 Bob Johnson
#5 Dick Siebert
#6 Al Simmons
#7 Crash Davis
#8 Frankie Hayes
#9 Earle Brucker
#10 Sam Chapman
#11 Dee Miles
#12 Joe Gantenbein
#14 Carl Miles
#16 George Caster
#17 Buck Ross
#18 Al Brancato
#19 Chubby Dean
#20 Herman Besse
#21 Ed Heusser
#22 Buddy Hancken
#22 Porter Vaughan
#23 Phil Marchildon
#24 Nels Potter
#25 Fred Chapman
#26 Hal Wagner
#30 Johnny Babich
#31 Les McCrabb
#33 Pat McLaughlin
#34 Al Rubeling
#35 Bill Beckmann
#37 Dario Lodigiani
#38 Elmer Valo
#39 Buddy Hancken
#40 Eric Tipton
#41 Jack Wallaesa

Did you know that a 1940 Philadelphia Athletics Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?
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