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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Cincinnati Reds	100	53	--	.654
Brooklyn Dodgers	88	65	12	.575
St. Louis Cardinals	84	69	16	.549
Pittsburgh Pirates	78	76	22.5	.506
Chicago Cubs	75	79	25.5	.487
New York Giants	72	80	37.5	.474
Boston Bees	65	87	34.5	.428
Philadelphia Phillies	50	103	50	.327

Record vs. opponents

1940 National League Records Sources:
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
Mueller, HeinieHeinie Mueller	97	263	65	.247	3	28
Young, DelDel 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
Blanton, CyCy 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
Beck, Boom-BoomBoom-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
Johnson, SylSyl Johnson	17	2	2	2	4.20	13
Hoerst, LeftyLefty Hoerst	6	1	0	0	5.25	3
Wilson, MaxMax Wilson	3	0	0	0	12.86	3

Farm system

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^[3][4]

Notes

1. "Baseball Experts Pick Cards Over Reds". Evening Independent. April 12, 1940. p. 16.
2. "Los Angeles Wants to Purchase Major League Ball Club". Palm Beach Daily News. April 24, 1940. p. 4.
3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
4. http://www.canamleague.com/pdf/canam_history_1936-40.pdf

References

• 1940 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference