1940 Philadelphia Phillies Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 50-103
Finished 8th in the NL
Attendance: 207,177, Avg. 4,574
Ballpark: Shibe Park
Manager: Doc Prothro (50-103)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1940 Philadelphia Phillies Roster
1940 Philadelphia Phillies Results

The Philadelphia Phillies of the National League ended the 1940 season with a record of 50 wins and 103 losses, finishing eighth in the NL.

The Phillies scored 494 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 750 runs. Johnny Rizzo led Philadelphia with 20 home runs and drove in 53 runs. Merrill May paced all regular hitters with a .293 average. Kirby Higbe topped the team with 14 wins, while Hugh Mulcahy recorded a 3.60 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Doc Prothro coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Kirby Higbe	14	19	.424	3.72	41	36	4	20	1	1	283.0	242	126	117	12	121	137	3	1	9	1194
Hugh Mulcahy	13	22	.371	3.60	36	36	0	21	3	0	280.0	283	141	112	12	91	82	3	2	6	1189
Si Johnson	5	14	.263	4.88	37	14	10	5	0	1	138.3	145	81	75	13	42	58	2	0	2	594
Cy Blanton	4	3	.571	4.32	13	10	2	5	0	0	77.0	82	43	37	7	21	24	1	0	5	330
Boom-Boom Beck	4	9	.308	4.31	29	15	10	4	0	0	129.3	147	69	62	13	41	38	9	0	1	574
Ike Pearson	3	14	.176	5.45	29	20	7	5	1	1	145.3	160	91	88	13	57	43	3	1	4	648
Syl Johnson	2	2	.500	4.20	17	2	13	2	0	2	40.7	37	22	19	6	5	13	0	0	1	165
Clyde Smoll	2	8	.200	5.37	33	9	12	0	0	0	109.0	145	77	65	6	36	31	4	0	3	500
Lefty Hoerst	1	0	1.000	5.25	6	0	6	0	0	0	12.0	12	7	7	1	8	3	0	0	0	54
Johnny Podgajny	1	3	.250	2.83	4	4	0	3	0	0	35.0	33	14	11	0	1	12	1	0	1	135
Lloyd Brown	1	3	.250	6.21	18	2	11	0	0	3	37.7	58	26	26	3	16	16	0	0	3	185
Art Mahan	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Roy Bruner	0	0		5.68	2	0	0	0	0	0	6.3	5	4	4	2	6	4	0	0	0	29
Paul Masterson	0	0		7.20	2	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	5	4	4	0	2	3	0	0	0	21
Max Wilson	0	0		12.86	3	0	3	0	0	0	7.0	16	13	10	1	2	3	0	0	1	39
Charlie Frye	0	6	.000	4.65	15	5	6	1	0	0	50.3	58	32	26	3	26	18	0	1	0	228
Totals	50	103	.327	4.40	286	153	87	66	5	8	1357.0	1429	750	663	92	475	485	26	5	36	5888

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Merrill May	136	571	501	59	147	24	2	1	48	2	58	33	.293	.371	.355	.727	178	9	4	8
Art Mahan	146	591	544	55	133	24	5	2	39	4	40	37	.244	.297	.318	.615	173	10	1	6
Joe Marty	123	482	455	52	123	21	8	13	50	2	17	50	.270	.298	.437	.735	199	15	1	9
Johnny Rizzo	103	407	367	53	107	12	2	20	53	2	37	31	.292	.358	.499	.857	183	4	1	2
Bobby Bragan	132	504	474	36	105	14	1	7	44	2	28	34	.222	.265	.300	.565	142	10	0	2
Ham Schulte	120	488	436	44	103	18	2	1	21	3	32	30	.236	.288	.294	.582	128	3	0	20
Chuck Klein	116	400	354	39	77	16	2	7	37	2	44	30	.218	.304	.333	.637	118	8	0	2
Bennie Warren	106	331	289	33	71	6	1	12	34	1	40	46	.246	.339	.398	.737	115	9	1	1
Emmett Mueller	97	305	263	24	65	13	2	3	28	2	37	23	.247	.344	.346	.690	91	6	2	3
Danny Litwhiler	36	146	142	10	49	2	2	5	17	1	3	13	.345	.363	.493	.856	70	1	1	0
Bill Atwood	78	229	203	7	39	9	0	0	22	0	25	18	.192	.284	.236	.520	48	5	1	0
Mel Mazzera	69	180	156	16	37	5	4	0	13	1	19	15	.237	.320	.321	.641	50	5	0	5
Morrie Arnovich	39	157	141	13	28	2	1	0	12	0	14	15	.199	.276	.227	.503	32	5	1	1
Hersh Martin	33	96	83	10	21	6	1	0	5	1	9	9	.253	.326	.349	.675	29	0	0	4
Hugh Mulcahy	37	103	94	5	19	2	0	0	7	0	3	7	.202	.227	.223	.450	21	6	0	6
Kirby Higbe	41	109	103	5	17	1	1	0	3	0	3	26	.165	.189	.194	.383	20	4	0	3
Wally Berger	20	45	41	3	13	2	0	1	5	1	4	8	.317	.378	.439	.817	18	1	0	0
Ike Pearson	29	50	44	4	9	2	0	0	5	0	2	7	.205	.239	.250	.489	11	2	0	4
Del Young	15	36	33	2	8	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	.242	.286	.303	.589	10	1	0	1
Hal Marnie	11	39	34	4	6	0	0	0	4	0	4	2	.176	.263	.176	.440	6	0	0	1
Si Johnson	37	45	43	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	.140	.140	.140	.279	6	1	0	2
George Scharein	7	17	17	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.294	.294	.294	.588	5	0	0	0
Charlie Frye	18	19	19	1	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	6	.263	.263	.421	.684	8	1	0	0
Clyde Smoll	33	31	31	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	.161	.161	.161	.323	5	0	0	0
Gus Suhr	10	30	25	4	4	0	0	2	5	0	5	5	.160	.300	.400	.700	10	0	0	0
Neb Stewart	10	32	31	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.129	.156	.129	.285	4	1	0	0
George Jumonville	11	36	34	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.088	.139	.088	.227	3	0	1	0
Wally Millies	26	47	43	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	.070	.149	.070	.219	3	2	0	0
Stan Benjamin	8	10	9	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	.222	.300	.222	.522	2	0	0	0
Johnny Podgajny	4	12	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333	2	0	0	0
Alex Monchak	19	14	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	.143	.143	.143	.286	2	0	0	0
Cy Blanton	13	28	24	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.083	.154	.083	.237	2	1	0	2
Boom-Boom Beck	29	39	36	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.056	.056	.083	.139	3	3	0	3
Roy Bruner	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0
Lloyd Brown	18	14	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.077	.077	.077	.154	1	0	0	1
Larry File	7	13	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.077	.077	.077	.154	1	1	0	0
Lefty Hoerst	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Paul Masterson	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Syl Johnson	17	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1
Max Wilson	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ed Levy	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Roy Hughes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1769	5673	5137	494	1225	180	35	75	459	25	435	527	.238	.300	.331	.631	1700	115	14	87

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Bennie Warren	1B	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	0
Gus Suhr	1B	7	57	1	2	5	.967	8.286	0
Emmett Mueller	1B	2	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.500	0
Mel Mazzera	1B	11	28	1	0	1	1.000	2.636	0
Art Mahan	1B	145	1380	102	12	120	.992	1.221	0
Wally Berger	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Del Young	2B	5	10	11	1	1	.955	4.200	0
Ham Schulte	2B	119	282	317	12	70	.980	5.034	0
Emmett Mueller	2B	34	68	76	5	12	.966	4.235	0
Alex Monchak	2B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Hal Marnie	2B	11	19	42	1	8	.984	5.545	0
Roy Hughes	2B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Johnny Rizzo	3B	7	6	26	3	2	.914	4.571	0
Emmett Mueller	3B	13	14	19	0	1	1.000	2.538	0
Merrill May	3B	135	139	297	21	12	.954	3.230	0
George Jumonville	3B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Larry File	3B	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Bobby Bragan	3B	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Bennie Warren	C	97	326	63	10	9	.975	4.010	7
Wally Millies	C	24	59	9	3	0	.958	2.833	0
Bill Atwood	C	69	238	43	3	3	.989	4.072	5
Neb Stewart	OF	9	15	2	1	1	.944	1.889	0
Johnny Rizzo	OF	91	207	6	7	4	.968	2.341	0
Emmett Mueller	OF	31	59	1	0	0	1.000	1.935	0
Mel Mazzera	OF	42	62	5	1	2	.985	1.595	0
Joe Marty	OF	118	296	7	8	0	.974	2.568	0
Hersh Martin	OF	23	42	4	1	0	.979	2.000	0
Danny Litwhiler	OF	34	68	4	1	1	.986	2.118	0
Chuck Klein	OF	96	180	4	3	2	.984	1.917	0
Wally Berger	OF	11	18	0	1	0	.947	1.636	0
Stan Benjamin	OF	2	3	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Morrie Arnovich	OF	37	91	3	4	0	.959	2.541	0
Max Wilson	P	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Clyde Smoll	P	33	3	17	4	1	.833	.606	0
Johnny Podgajny	P	4	2	9	1	0	.917	2.750	0
Ike Pearson	P	29	3	37	2	3	.952	1.379	0
Hugh Mulcahy	P	36	22	65	1	9	.989	2.417	0
Paul Masterson	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Art Mahan	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Syl Johnson	P	17	3	6	0	1	1.000	.529	0
Si Johnson	P	37	5	16	0	1	1.000	.568	0
Lefty Hoerst	P	6	1	6	0	1	1.000	1.167	0
Kirby Higbe	P	41	15	47	3	4	.954	1.512	0
Charlie Frye	P	15	0	7	0	1	1.000	.467	0
Roy Bruner	P	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Lloyd Brown	P	18	5	7	2	0	.857	.667	0
Cy Blanton	P	13	4	16	0	0	1.000	1.538	0
Boom-Boom Beck	P	29	10	32	3	0	.933	1.448	0
Del Young	SS	6	13	12	1	3	.962	4.167	0
Ham Schulte	SS	1	1	3	1	2	.800	4.000	0
George Scharein	SS	7	13	13	5	2	.839	3.714	0
Alex Monchak	SS	9	5	5	2	1	.833	1.111	0
Merrill May	SS	1	1	6	1	1	.875	7.000	0
George Jumonville	SS	10	19	21	2	3	.952	4.000	0
Larry File	SS	6	4	13	3	2	.850	2.833	0
Bobby Bragan	SS	132	268	443	49	83	.936	5.386	0
Totals		1639	4074	1831	181	372	.970	3.603	12

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