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1940 Oakland Athletics
Record: 88-74
Finish: 2nd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 797
Runs Allowed: 737
Exp W-L: 87-75
 
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Attendance: 2,428,012
Manager: Pat Flaherty

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-73, 5th in the AL
AA: 80-57, 1st in the AL
A: 67-70, 5th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 0-4 to Seattle (M) Mariners
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
LF *Jeff Heath 25 156 569 102 171 32 9 15 92 0 0 87 56 .301 .389 .467 .857 96.9 22.2 1.6
CF  Hank Leiber 29 154 593 67 144 30 3 19 95 0 0 39 95 .243 .291 .400 .690 64.2 8.0 2.8
1B *Gene Hasson 24 153 537 76 163 56 8 22 121 1 1 85 94 .304 .395 .561 .955 109.2 28.5 2.0
2B *Stan Hack 30 141 554 98 161 28 7 9 75 6 2 67 15 .291 .366 .415 .781 85.6 19.4 3.8
3B  Ken Keltner 23 153 516 63 134 32 6 8 49 1 0 34 24 .260 .306 .391 .698 54.7 7.8 6.8
LF *Roy Weatherly 25 124 400 52 119 27 2 7 76 10 2 30 13 .298 .345 .428 .772 52.5 10.3 1.6
C *Hal Wagner 24 103 324 55 86 13 0 5 31 0 0 51 11 .265 .366 .352 .718 43.5 8.1 5.4
SS *Debs Garms 32 106 321 48 99 13 4 3 38 0 0 31 8 .308 .371 .402 .773 42.1 8.5 2.8
RF  Hack Wilson 40 126 280 49 85 24 1 9 53 2 1 30 56 .304 .371 .493 .864 47.0 11.4 0.9
C  Harry Danning 28 76 270 39 63 9 1 10 44 0 0 12 34 .233 .263 .385 .648 27.5 2.7 5.2
SS *Buddy Myer 36 108 253 41 74 9 2 0 23 3 1 25 15 .292 .357 .344 .701 28.8 4.7 2.3
3B  Mike Kreevich 32 92 238 31 70 6 4 1 24 2 1 22 13 .294 .352 .366 .718 28.4 4.8 1.8
2B  Marv Olson 33 54 113 13 31 2 1 0 7 1 0 24 10 .274 .399 .310 .708 16.0 2.9 0.9
P  Mort Cooper 27 44 117 2 20 1 0 0 11 0 0 2 25 .171 .179 .179 .358 4.1 0.0 0.0
CF *Alex Metzler 37 71 86 27 22 5 0 2 13 1 0 6 10 .256 .304 .384 .688 10.0 1.7 0.3
P  Bill Zuber 27 31 64 4 15 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 13 .234 .246 .250 .496 4.1 0.0 0.0
SS  Red Kress 33 45 72 4 18 3 1 1 6 0 0 2 3 .250 .270 .361 .631 6.6 0.7 0.6
P *Harry Eisenstat 24 26 60 5 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 20 .183 .183 .183 .367 0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Broaca 30 15 44 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 .045 .045 .045 .091 -2.7 0.0 0.0
P  Whit Wyatt 32 22 46 5 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 13 .174 .191 .174 .365 0.9 0.0 0.0
C  Rick Ferrell 34 34 44 3 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 3 .136 .174 .205 .378 0.7 0.0 0.1
P *Fred Hutchinson 20 15 40 4 8 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .300 .500 2.5 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Head 22 7 20 6 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .350 .350 .450 .800 2.8 0.5 0.0
P  Kirby Higbe 25 77 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Joyce 25 42 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Murphy 31 43 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Monty Stratton 28 22 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.7 2040 5579 797 1520 295 50 112 776 27 8 551 559 .272 .337 .403 .740 725.9 142.2 39.0
  Rank among 8 AL teams 7 5 5 6 4 4 4 5 2 5 2 5 6 6 4 6  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Mort Cooper 27 20 16 .556 44 44 0 358.3 377 157 17 103 172 3.94 20.2
 Bill Zuber 27 11 10 .524 31 31 0 203.0 221 117 7 112 100 5.19 5.8
*Harry Eisenstat 24 9 6 .600 26 26 0 180.7 197 66 12 27 67 3.29 13.8
 Whit Wyatt 32 8 9 .471 22 22 0 137.3 156 80 11 63 56 5.24 2.6
 Fred Hutchinson 20 5 8 .385 15 15 0 124.0 138 55 11 17 43 3.99 6.0
 Johnny Broaca 30 11 2 .846 15 15 0 124.0 109 36 8 34 51 2.61 11.7
 Kirby Higbe 25 12 11 .522 77 2 7 105.3 105 44 6 53 51 3.76 9.6
 Ed Head 22 3 2 .600 7 7 0 52.7 63 25 1 21 20 4.27 2.6
 Johnny Murphy 31 2 7 .222 43 0 23 47.3 55 25 1 23 11 4.75 4.1
 Bob Joyce 25 4 2 .667 42 0 0 47.3 56 19 4 6 14 3.61 3.6
 Monty Stratton 28 1 0 1.000 22 0 0 31.3 24 11 1 8 5 3.16 2.9
 Jim Winford 30 2 1 .667 28 0 2 27.0 42 25 4 16 15 8.33 0.0
Team Totals 26.8 88 74 .543 372 162 32 1438.3 1543 660 83 483 605 4.13 82.8
Rank among 8 AL teams 2 2 1 2 8 7 2 5 3 5 5  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 31.6
H.Wagner 794.0 89 97 342 36 5 0 .987 42.3
H.Danning 623.3 71 72 289 39 1 0 .997 47.5
R.Ferrell 21.0 2 5 10 0 1 0 .909 0.0
Team Total 1438.3 162 174 641 75 7 0 .990 42.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.28
G.Hasson 1283.7 146 150 1663 151 19 161 .990 12.72
M.Kreevich 71.0 8 14 83 7 0 11 1.000 11.41
R.Ferrell 63.3 6 15 69 5 1 9 .987 10.52
R.Kress 17.0 2 3 22 1 0 4 1.000 12.18
R.Weatherly 3.3 0 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 5.41
Team Total 1438.3 162 184 1839 164 20 186 .990 12.53
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 6.20
S.Hack 1163.3 131 134 271 503 13 117 .983 5.99
M.Olson 198.0 23 26 54 99 3 26 .981 6.95
B.Myer 56.0 6 8 15 30 0 5 1.000 7.23
R.Kress 18.0 2 2 3 11 1 0 .933 7.00
R.Weatherly 3.0 0 3 3 2 0 0 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1438.3 162 173 346 645 17 148 .983 6.20
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.99
D.Garms 617.3 71 82 47 167 12 14 .947 3.12
M.Kreevich 428.3 48 58 28 99 0 6 1.000 2.67
K.Keltner 285.7 35 36 15 88 4 8 .963 3.25
B.Myer 63.3 4 21 2 11 1 3 .929 1.85
M.Olson 21.3 2 7 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.53
R.Kress 17.3 2 4 1 8 0 0 1.000 4.67
H.Wagner 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
S.Hack 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1438.3 162 211 94 381 17 31 .965 2.97
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 5.54
K.Keltner 959.0 115 118 174 464 10 82 .985 5.99
B.Myer 386.0 39 63 56 183 9 38 .964 5.57
R.Kress 68.0 7 15 11 27 2 5 .950 5.03
D.Garms 18.3 1 6 4 11 0 4 1.000 7.36
S.Hack 7.0 0 4 2 3 1 1 .833 6.43
Team Total 1438.3 162 206 247 688 22 130 .977 5.85
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.96
J.Heath 1292.3 145 147 244 9 11 1 .958 1.76
A.Metzler 50.0 6 7 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.98
D.Garms 41.0 5 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.54
R.Weatherly 40.0 5 5 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
M.Kreevich 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Wilson 5.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
H.Leiber 4.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
Team Total 1438.3 162 172 279 9 11 1 .963 1.80
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.59
H.Leiber 1255.0 150 151 370 7 13 2 .967 2.70
A.Metzler 75.0 8 13 24 0 1 0 .960 2.88
H.Wilson 57.3 0 36 17 1 2 0 .900 2.83
R.Weatherly 25.3 2 7 8 1 0 0 1.000 3.20
M.Kreevich 17.0 2 3 4 0 1 0 .800 2.12
J.Heath 8.0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1437.7 162 216 425 9 17 2 .962 2.72
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.13
R.Weatherly 896.0 103 106 192 5 6 1 .970 1.98
H.Wilson 478.0 54 59 109 3 6 0 .949 2.11
A.Metzler 29.3 3 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
M.Kreevich 14.0 2 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64
H.Leiber 9.3 0 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.89
R.Kress 6.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
G.Hasson 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Heath 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1437.7 162 187 315 8 12 1 .964 2.02
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.33
M.Cooper 358.3 44 44 31 78 3 8 .973 2.74
B.Zuber 203.0 31 31 14 33 0 4 1.000 2.08
H.Eisenstat 180.7 26 26 9 35 0 5 1.000 2.19
W.Wyatt 137.3 22 22 20 26 2 4 .958 3.01
F.Hutchinson 124.0 15 15 7 16 1 0 .958 1.67
J.Broaca 124.0 15 15 8 25 0 3 1.000 2.40
K.Higbe 105.3 2 77 5 23 0 2 1.000 2.39
E.Head 52.7 7 7 5 8 0 0 1.000 2.22
J.Murphy 47.3 0 43 7 13 0 3 1.000 3.80
B.Joyce 47.3 0 42 4 10 0 1 1.000 2.66
M.Stratton 31.3 0 22 1 9 0 0 1.000 2.87
J.Winford 27.0 0 28 3 8 0 1 1.000 3.67
Team Total 1438.3 162 372 114 284 6 31 .985 2.49
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hasson .304
On-Base Pct Hasson .395
Slugging Pct Hasson .561
OPS Hasson .955
XR Hasson 109.2
Games Heath 156
At-Bats Leiber 593
Runs Heath 102
Hits Heath 171
Total Bases Hasson 301
Singles Hack 117
Doubles Hasson 56
Triples Heath 9
Homeruns Hasson 22
RBIs Hasson 121
Stolen Bases Weatherly 10
Caught Stealing Hack, Weatherly 2
Walks Heath 87
Strikeouts Leiber 95
ERA Eisenstat 3.29
Wins Cooper 20
Losses Cooper 16
Winning Pct Cooper .556
Saves Murphy 23
Games Pitched Higbe 77
Games Started Cooper 44
Complete Games Cooper 16
Shutouts Eisenstat 3
Innings Pitched Cooper 358.3
Hits Allowed Cooper 377
Homeruns Allowed Cooper 17
Strikeouts Cooper 172
Walks Allowed Zuber 112
Walks per 9IP Eisenstat 1.3
Hits per 9IP Cooper 9.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Zuber 4.4
WHiP Eisenstat 1.24
OAVG Cooper .274
OOBP Eisenstat .309
OSLG Cooper .384
OOPS Eisenstat .700
Team All-Stars
Mort Cooper
Player Salaries
Whit Wyatt $ 7,000,001
Hank Leiber $ 6,500,000
Hack Wilson $ 5,250,000
Johnny Murphy $ 5,000,000
Stan Hack $ 4,750,000
Buddy Myer $ 4,000,000
Jeff Heath $ 3,850,000
Debs Garms $ 3,400,000
Harry Eisenstat $ 3,228,571
Johnny Broaca $ 3,078,571
Mike Kreevich $ 2,500,000
Alex Metzler $ 2,000,000
Marv Olson $ 1,500,001
Jim Winford $ 1,428,571
Bobby Reeves $ 1,100,000
Monty Stratton $ 1,015,000
Red Kress $ 1,000,001
Harry Danning $ 1,000,000
Gibby Brack $ 646,429
Ivy Andrews $ 600,000
Rick Ferrell $ 400,000
Mort Cooper $ 300,000
Gene Hasson $ 300,000
Ed Head $ 300,000
Kirby Higbe $ 300,000
Fred Hutchinson $ 300,000
Ken Keltner $ 300,000
Bill Zuber $ 300,000
Hal Wagner $ 300,000
Roy Weatherly $ 300,000
Bob Joyce $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Lynn King Detroit Johnny Murphy
2/2 Signed     Debs Garms
2/5 Signed     Red Kress
2/6 Signed     Marv Olson
2/6 Signed     Ivy Andrews
7/31 Traded Reggie Grabowski
$5,000,000		 Boston (A) Red Phillips
Round Draft Pick.
7/31 Traded Bill Nagel Pittsburgh Johnny Broaca
 
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