1940 Philadelphia Phillies | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Shibe Park | |
City | Philadelphia | |
Owners | Gerald Nugent | |
Managers | Doc Prothro | |
Radio | WCAU (Bill Dyer, Harry McTigue) WIP (By Saam, Stoney McLinn) | |
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The 1940 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 58th season in the history of the franchise. The team, managed by Doc Prothro, began their third season at Shibe Park and were picked by 73 of 76 writers in the pre-season Associated Press poll of baseball writers to finish last. [1] The Phillies lost 103 games and finished last, 50 games behind the pennant-winning Cincinnati Reds.
In March 1940, the Phillies, along with the St. Louis Browns and Boston Bees were made outstanding offers of $5,000,000 by attorney Richard Cantillon for one of the teams to move its franchise to Los Angeles. Phillies owner Gerald Nugent quickly dismissed the possibility of the Phillies considering the move. [2]
The 1940 season was the 25th anniversary of the team's 1915 National League pennant, the Phillies' lone to date. Gerry Nugent announced in April 1940 that the organization would welcome back the players from the 1915 team to celebrate the anniversary. [3]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cincinnati Reds | 100 | 53 | .654 | — | 55–21 | 45–32 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 88 | 65 | .575 | 12 | 41–37 | 47–28 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 84 | 69 | .549 | 16 | 41–36 | 43–33 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 78 | 76 | .506 | 22½ | 40–34 | 38–42 |
Chicago Cubs | 75 | 79 | .487 | 25½ | 40–37 | 35–42 |
New York Giants | 72 | 80 | .474 | 27½ | 33–43 | 39–37 |
Boston Bees | 65 | 87 | .428 | 34½ | 35–40 | 30–47 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 50 | 103 | .327 | 50 | 24–55 | 26–48 |
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 9–13 | 8–14 | 9–12 | 7–15 | 15–6 | 9–13 | 8–14 | |||||
Brooklyn | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 8–14–1 | 16–5 | 17–5 | 15–7–1 | 9–13–1 | |||||
Chicago | 14–8 | 12–10 | — | 6–16 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 8–14 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–9 | 14–8–1 | 16–6 | — | 15–7 | 15–7 | 16–6 | 12–10–1 | |||||
New York | 15–7 | 5–16 | 10–12 | 7–15 | — | 12–10 | 12–10 | 11–10 | |||||
Philadelphia | 6–15 | 5–17 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 10–12 | — | 6–16 | 6–16 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 13–9 | 7–15–1 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 10–12 | 16–6 | — | 15–7–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 14–8 | 13–9–1 | 14–8 | 10–12–1 | 10–11 | 16–6 | 7–15–1 | — |
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Infielders
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Other batters
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Bennie Warren | 106 | 289 | 71 | .246 | 12 | 34 |
1B | Art Mahan | 146 | 544 | 133 | .244 | 2 | 39 |
2B | Ham Schulte | 120 | 436 | 103 | .236 | 1 | 21 |
SS | Bobby Bragan | 132 | 474 | 105 | .222 | 7 | 44 |
3B | Pinky May | 136 | 501 | 147 | .293 | 1 | 48 |
OF | Joe Marty | 123 | 455 | 123 | .270 | 13 | 50 |
OF | Chuck Klein | 116 | 354 | 77 | .218 | 7 | 37 |
OF | Johnny Rizzo | 103 | 367 | 107 | .292 | 20 | 53 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Heinie Mueller | 97 | 263 | 65 | .247 | 3 | 28 |
Bill Atwood | 78 | 203 | 39 | .192 | 0 | 22 |
Mel Mazzera | 69 | 156 | 37 | .237 | 0 | 13 |
Danny Litwhiler | 36 | 142 | 49 | .345 | 5 | 17 |
Morrie Arnovich | 39 | 141 | 28 | .199 | 0 | 12 |
Hersh Martin | 33 | 83 | 21 | .253 | 0 | 5 |
Wally Millies | 26 | 43 | 3 | .070 | 0 | 0 |
Wally Berger | 20 | 41 | 13 | .317 | 1 | 5 |
Hal Marnie | 11 | 34 | 6 | .176 | 0 | 4 |
George Jumonville | 11 | 34 | 3 | .088 | 0 | 0 |
Del Young | 15 | 33 | 8 | .242 | 0 | 1 |
Neb Stewart | 10 | 31 | 4 | .129 | 0 | 0 |
Gus Suhr | 10 | 25 | 4 | .160 | 2 | 5 |
George Scharein | 7 | 17 | 5 | .294 | 0 | 0 |
Alex Monchak | 19 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Sam File | 7 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 1 |
Stan Benjamin | 8 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
Ed Levy | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Roy Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Kirby Higbe | 41 | 283.0 | 14 | 19 | 3.72 | 137 |
Hugh Mulcahy | 36 | 280.0 | 13 | 22 | 3.60 | 82 |
Ike Pearson | 29 | 145.1 | 3 | 14 | 5.45 | 43 |
Cy Blanton | 13 | 77.0 | 4 | 3 | 4.32 | 24 |
Johnny Podgajny | 4 | 35.0 | 1 | 3 | 2.83 | 12 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Si Johnson | 37 | 138.1 | 5 | 14 | 4.88 | 58 |
Boom-Boom Beck | 29 | 129.1 | 4 | 9 | 4.31 | 38 |
Lefty Smoll | 33 | 109.0 | 2 | 8 | 5.37 | 31 |
Charlie Frye | 15 | 50.1 | 0 | 6 | 4.65 | 18 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Lloyd Brown | 18 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6.21 | 16 |
Syl Johnson | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4.20 | 13 |
Lefty Hoerst | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.25 | 3 |
Max Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.86 | 3 |
Roy Bruner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.68 | 4 |
Paul Masterson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 3 |
Art Mahan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Martinsville
Ottawa franchise played first half of its schedule in Ogdensburg, New York [60] [61]
Boston at Philadelphia called at end of third, account of rain.
The second game of a scheduled doubleheader was called at the end of the third on account of rain. Neither team had scored.
Called account of rain end of first.
The Brooklyn Dodgers-Philadelphia Phillies game was stopped in the second inning by rain yesterday with the Dodgers ahead, 3 to 0. The game will be played today as part of a double-header.
Philadelphia at St. Louis, played former date.
The game was called at the end of the eighth because of the 6 o'clock Sunday law.
The game was called at this time to comply with the Sunday baseball law.
[Heinie] Mueller was apparently forced at 2nd and started to leave field; however, umpires ruled that 2bman [Joe] Orengo had missed the base; Orengo threw wildly to 1st trying to get the batter; [Johnny] Rizzo was called out for passing Mueller as Mueller was leaving field; Cardinals then tagged out Mueller; play was ruled a double play, Orengo [w]as charged with error for dropping throw and Phillies played rest of game under protest, which was disallowed[.]
Manager Doc Prothro announced he was continuing play under protest after a freak play in the fourth. Dutch Mueller singled. [Johnny] Rizzo hit to Jimmy Brown and Mueller beat the throw to [Joe] Orengo at second. Orengo threw wild to first, and Rizzo reached second. But Mueller thought he had been called out and started for the dugout as Rizzo passed him. Orengo then tagged Mueller, the Cards claimed Rizzo was out for passing Mueller and the umpire upheld them.
New York at Philadelphia will be played as part of double header Aug. 11.
Philadelphia at Brooklyn will be played as part of a double header Sept. 22.
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