1940 San Diego Padres
Record: 94-68
Finish: 1st in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 775
Runs Allowed: 692
Exp W-L: 89-73
 
Ballpark: Jack Murphy Field
Attendance: 2,404,205
Manager: Jamie D'Agostini

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-66, 5th in the NL
AA: 74-63, 3rd in the NL
A: 60-77, 8th in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-0 over Seattle (M) Mariners
Won NL League Series 4-2 over New York (G) Giants
 
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
SS  Tony Cuccinello 32 155 595 59 177 28 5 12 73 0 1 50 65 .297 .351 .422 .773 85.6 17.5 5.5
3B *Mel Ott 31 154 553 103 168 30 2 41 122 5 2 79 114 .304 .385 .588 .973 114.9 25.8 3.5
SS  Lou Boudreau 22 142 567 80 162 31 5 4 58 2 0 40 20 .286 .331 .379 .710 66.7 10.5 8.6
LF #Roy Cullenbine 26 151 493 80 163 21 5 18 80 0 0 111 38 .331 .450 .503 .953 110.4 26.6 2.6
C *Babe Phelps 32 146 559 64 147 35 6 11 75 0 0 27 49 .263 .296 .406 .703 58.0 8.3 5.9
1B *Elbie Fletcher 24 140 494 78 150 18 3 11 55 0 0 69 64 .304 .392 .419 .811 82.8 18.2 2.1
RF  Red Worthington 34 137 387 54 125 30 2 4 62 1 0 30 28 .323 .369 .442 .811 55.0 11.0 1.5
2B  Greg Mulleavy 34 126 375 51 91 10 5 1 30 0 0 20 21 .243 .280 .304 .584 30.4 2.4 6.5
RF  Sam Chapman 24 126 328 46 87 17 5 9 52 0 0 38 43 .265 .341 .430 .770 47.5 9.2 1.6
C *Woody Jensen 32 85 239 30 63 10 3 2 21 0 0 7 3 .264 .285 .356 .640 20.9 2.2 2.1
3B  Freddie Lindstrom 34 86 231 35 60 14 0 1 23 1 1 8 24 .260 .283 .333 .617 18.8 1.8 1.7
RF  Morrie Arnovich 29 73 146 17 43 9 2 3 27 0 0 10 18 .295 .338 .445 .783 21.0 4.2 1.2
P  Bill Swift 32 40 118 10 26 5 0 0 16 0 0 2 31 .220 .236 .263 .498 7.9 0.0 0.0
P  George Blaeholder 36 40 108 6 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 50 .083 .108 .093 .201 -3.8 0.0 0.0
SS  Eddie Miller 23 69 111 14 23 7 0 1 10 0 0 6 6 .207 .248 .297 .545 7.1 0.0 2.0
P *Hal Newhouser 19 35 98 7 19 4 0 0 6 0 0 1 13 .194 .202 .235 .437 3.8 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Humphries 25 32 88 12 27 2 0 1 12 0 0 0 25 .307 .307 .364 .670 9.5 1.4 0.0
C  Mike Tresh 26 24 59 8 14 3 0 0 8 0 0 3 2 .237 .274 .288 .562 4.3 0.1 0.6
P *Red Peery 33 29 42 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 .143 .143 .143 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0
CF *Lee Gamble 30 50 40 8 15 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 .375 .375 .450 .825 5.6 1.2 0.1
SS  Bill Akers 35 29 26 8 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 .154 .267 .154 .421 1.3 0.0 0.4
P  Marv Breuer 26 28 14 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 .071 .067 .286 .352 0.7 0.0 0.0
2B  Mickey Witek 24 5 10 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2.1 0.5 0.2
P  Johnny Allen 34 26 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Dan Dugan 33 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
RF *Morrie Aderholt 24 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.1
P  George Gill 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Clay Smith 25 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Johnny Gee 24 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.8 1986 5690 775 1586 278 43 120 744 9 5 507 638 .279 .337 .406 .743 750.5 141.3 46.3
  Rank among 8 NL teams 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 8 2 2 6 2 2 2 2 1  
* - 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
 Bill Swift 32 21 9 .700 40 40 0 329.7 319 131 28 73 158 3.58 26.4
 George Blaeholder 36 15 19 .441 40 40 0 312.0 336 168 33 72 100 4.85 7.2
*Hal Newhouser 19 13 13 .500 35 34 0 271.3 257 105 13 79 130 3.48 20.5
 Johnny Humphries 25 17 10 .630 32 26 0 219.3 233 115 12 69 64 4.72 9.9
*Red Peery 33 5 8 .385 29 14 3 141.3 162 55 3 15 39 3.50 9.9
 Marv Breuer 26 9 3 .750 28 6 1 68.0 61 24 3 21 32 3.18 6.9
 Johnny Allen 34 6 3 .667 26 2 2 44.7 54 24 3 17 18 4.84 2.6
*Dan Dugan 33 6 3 .667 33 0 8 38.0 37 8 2 9 8 1.89 8.1
 Clay Smith 25 1 0 1.000 12 0 1 17.7 20 4 1 1 6 2.04 2.3
*Johnny Gee 24 1 0 1.000 5 0 1 5.3 6 4 1 1 2 6.75 0.3
 George Gill 31 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.7 2 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.3
 Bill Phebus 30 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0.7 2 2 1 0 0 27.27 0.0
Team Totals 29.0 94 68 .580 282 162 16 1449.6 1489 640 100 358 557 3.97 94.4
Rank among 8 NL teams 1 1 8 1 4 3 4 3 1 6 3  
* - 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 .990 33.6
B.Phelps 1190.7 133 138 470 49 2 0 .996 28.1
W.Jensen 136.0 15 18 57 7 0 0 1.000 28.6
M.Tresh 123.0 14 16 57 3 0 0 1.000 20.0
Team Total 1449.7 162 172 584 59 2 0 .997 27.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.37
E.Fletcher 1033.7 113 131 1452 84 11 146 .993 13.37
R.Worthington 363.7 44 47 503 38 1 40 .998 13.39
S.Chapman 26.0 3 3 33 2 0 3 1.000 12.12
L.Gamble 10.0 1 2 11 1 0 0 1.000 10.80
R.Cullenbine 9.3 0 5 14 0 0 1 1.000 13.50
E.Miller 7.0 1 1 8 0 0 1 1.000 10.29
Team Total 1449.7 162 189 2021 125 12 191 .994 13.32
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 6.32
G.Mulleavy 904.7 109 113 234 459 5 104 .993 6.89
T.Cuccinello 345.0 38 43 79 157 3 31 .987 6.16
E.Miller 136.7 9 40 41 60 1 20 .990 6.65
B.Akers 35.0 4 4 6 17 2 3 .920 5.91
M.Witek 19.3 2 3 7 9 0 2 1.000 7.45
M.Aderholt 6.0 0 3 3 3 0 1 1.000 9.00
L.Boudreau 3.0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1449.7 162 208 371 707 11 161 .990 6.69
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 3.07
T.Cuccinello 929.3 107 107 62 259 17 29 .950 3.11
M.Ott 391.0 44 48 29 120 11 8 .931 3.43
F.Lindstrom 71.0 6 13 5 22 1 0 .964 3.42
G.Mulleavy 32.0 4 5 3 7 0 2 1.000 2.81
E.Fletcher 12.3 0 5 2 2 1 1 .800 2.92
M.Witek 8.0 1 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38
B.Akers 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Miller 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1449.7 162 184 101 414 30 40 .945 3.20
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.57
L.Boudreau 1213.0 139 140 196 614 23 108 .972 6.01
E.Miller 133.7 14 24 27 67 2 18 .979 6.33
T.Cuccinello 48.0 5 6 8 21 0 2 1.000 5.44
B.Akers 31.0 2 10 8 16 3 2 .889 6.97
G.Mulleavy 23.0 2 6 3 10 0 2 1.000 5.09
M.Witek 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.7 162 187 242 728 28 132 .972 6.02
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 1.97
R.Cullenbine 1190.0 136 141 227 10 6 2 .975 1.79
S.Chapman 113.3 13 15 14 0 1 0 .933 1.11
M.Arnovich 48.0 4 11 8 1 0 1 1.000 1.69
F.Lindstrom 40.0 5 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
R.Worthington 35.0 3 9 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
L.Gamble 16.0 1 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
W.Jensen 7.3 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23
Team Total 1449.7 162 195 272 11 7 3 .976 1.76
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.60
W.Jensen 410.7 51 57 98 4 0 0 1.000 2.24
F.Lindstrom 408.3 48 54 101 2 0 0 1.000 2.27
M.Arnovich 269.0 28 44 85 2 0 0 1.000 2.91
R.Worthington 228.7 26 26 46 0 6 0 .885 1.81
S.Chapman 120.0 8 31 25 2 1 0 .964 2.03
L.Gamble 13.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
Team Total 1449.7 162 215 358 10 7 0 .981 2.28
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.08
M.Ott 870.0 97 104 186 2 6 1 .969 1.94
S.Chapman 450.0 51 55 98 0 0 0 1.000 1.96
R.Worthington 110.7 13 16 21 1 0 1 1.000 1.79
L.Gamble 11.0 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27
W.Jensen 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
M.Arnovich 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.7 162 183 310 3 6 2 .981 1.94
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.34
B.Swift 329.7 40 40 21 86 1 8 .991 2.92
G.Blaeholder 312.0 40 40 20 56 3 5 .962 2.19
H.Newhouser 271.3 34 35 14 64 3 3 .963 2.59
J.Humphries 219.3 26 32 11 45 3 1 .949 2.30
R.Peery 141.3 14 29 4 47 1 5 .981 3.25
M.Breuer 68.0 6 28 2 14 2 2 .889 2.12
J.Allen 44.7 2 26 3 16 0 2 1.000 3.83
D.Dugan 38.0 0 33 3 5 0 1 1.000 1.89
C.Smith 17.7 0 12 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.02
J.Gee 5.3 0 5 0 3 0 1 1.000 5.07
G.Gill 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Phebus 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.6 162 282 79 337 13 28 .970 2.58
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Cullenbine .331
On-Base Pct Cullenbine .450
Slugging Pct Ott .588
OPS Ott .973
XR Ott 114.9
Games Cuccinello 155
At-Bats Cuccinello 595
Runs Ott 103
Hits Cuccinello 177
Total Bases Ott 325
Singles Cuccinello 132
Doubles Phelps 35
Triples Phelps 6
Homeruns Ott 41
RBIs Ott 122
Stolen Bases Ott 5
Caught Stealing Ott 2
Walks Cullenbine 111
Strikeouts Ott 114
ERA Newhouser 3.48
Wins Swift 21
Losses Blaeholder 19
Winning Pct Swift .700
Saves Dugan 8
Games Pitched Blaeholder, Swift 40
Games Started Blaeholder, Swift 40
Complete Games Blaeholder 23
Shutouts Newhouser 5
Innings Pitched Swift 329.7
Hits Allowed Blaeholder 336
Homeruns Allowed Blaeholder 33
Strikeouts Swift 158
Walks Allowed Newhouser 79
Walks per 9IP Swift 2.0
Hits per 9IP Newhouser 8.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Swift 4.3
WHiP Swift 1.19
OAVG Newhouser .250
OOBP Swift .297
OSLG Newhouser .350
OOPS Newhouser .654
Team All-Stars
Roy Cullenbine
Elbie Fletcher
Johnny Humphries
Mel Ott
Babe Phelps
Bill Swift
Player Salaries
George Blaeholder $ 11,000,000
Mel Ott $ 11,000,000
Bill Swift $ 6,100,000
Babe Phelps $ 5,200,000
Red Worthington $ 4,300,000
Tony Cuccinello $ 3,900,000
Elbie Fletcher $ 3,878,571
Greg Mulleavy $ 2,999,999
Woody Jensen $ 2,750,000
Dan Dugan $ 1,170,000
Red Peery $ 800,000
Lee Gamble $ 350,000
Roy Cullenbine $ 300,000
Sam Chapman $ 300,000
Bobby Bragan $ 300,000
Lou Boudreau $ 300,000
Morrie Arnovich $ 300,000
Marv Breuer $ 300,000
Frank Doljack $ 300,000
Morrie Aderholt $ 300,000
George Gill $ 300,000
Johnny Humphries $ 300,000
Eddie Miller $ 300,000
Hal Newhouser $ 300,000
Clay Smith $ 300,000
Mike Tresh $ 300,000
Mickey Witek $ 300,000
Johnny Gee $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/9 Signed     Woody Jensen
2/13 Signed     Greg Mulleavy
2/25 Signed     Hal Mckain
10/17 Released Freddie Lindstrom    
10/17 Released Bill Phebus    
10/17 Released Bill Akers    
10/17 Released Johnny Allen    
10/17 Released Bruce Ogrodowski    
10/17 Released Hal Mckain