1940 Philadelphia Phillies season

1940 Philadelphia Phillies
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1938)
Philadelphia (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Gerald Nugent
Manager(s)	Doc Prothro
Local radio	WCAU (Bill Dwyer, 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. The Phillies lost 103 games and finished last, 50 games behind the pennant-winning Cincinnati Reds.

Offseason

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.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	100	53	0.654	—	55–21	45–32
Brooklyn Dodgers	88	65	0.575	12	41–37	47–28
St. Louis Cardinals	84	69	0.549	16	41–36	43–33
Pittsburgh Pirates	78	76	0.506	22½	40–34	38–42
Chicago Cubs	75	79	0.487	25½	40–37	35–42
New York Giants	72	80	0.474	27½	33–43	39–37
Boston Bees	65	87	0.428	34½	35–40	30–47
Philadelphia Phillies	50	103	0.327	50	24–55	26–48

Record vs. opponents

1940 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

Roster

1940 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers 15 Boom-Boom Beck 7,6 Cy Blanton 28 Lloyd Brown 33 Roy Bruner 17 Charlie Frye 14 Kirby Higbe 22,8 Lefty Hoerst 34 Si Johnson  3 Syl Johnson 27 Paul Masterson  9 Hugh Mulcahy 12 Ike Pearson 22 Johnny Podgajny 16 Lefty Smoll 24 Max Wilson		Catchers  5 Bill Atwood 23 Wally Millies 26 Bennie Warren Infielders 20 Bobby Bragan  6 Sam File 28 Roy Hughes  7 George Jumonville  4 Art Mahan 18 Hal Marnie 19 Pinky May 25 Alex Monchak 31,22,21 Heinie Mueller 18 George Scharein 10 Ham Schulte  6 Gus Suhr 17 Del Young		Outfielders 24 Morrie Arnovich  7 Stan Benjamin  7 Wally Berger 29 Chuck Klein 28,4 Danny Litwhiler 25 Hersh Martin 35 Joe Marty  8 Mel Mazzera 33 Johnny Rizzo 25 Neb Stewart Other batters  8 Ed Levy		Manager  1 Doc Prothro Coaches  3 Syl Johnson  2 Hans Lobert

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Other batters

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
Heinie Mueller	97	263	65	.247	3	28
Del Young	15	33	8	.242	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Cy Blanton	13	77	4	3	4.32	24

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Boom-Boom Beck	29	129.1	4	9	4.31	38

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
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

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Baltimore Orioles	International League	Alphonse "Tommy" Thomas
B	Portsmouth Cubs	Piedmont League	Ray Brubaker and Cowboy McHenry
B	Pensacola Fliers	Southeastern League	Wally Dashiell
C	Ottawa/Ogdensburg Senators	Canadian–American League	Cy Morgan
D	Martinsville Manufacturers	Bi-State League	Harry Daughtry
D	Dover Orioles	Eastern Shore League	Cap Clark
D	Moultrie Packers	Georgia–Florida League	Joe Holden and George Jacobs
D	Wausau Timberjacks	Northern League	Wally Gilbert

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Martinsville

Ottawa franchise played first half of its schedule in Ogdensburg, New York

References

• 1940 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference