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Sep 15, 2026Tuesday

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CHC3

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HOU4

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AL · 54–100 (.351) · Rank 8 · Attendance 432145

Batting

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Dick Siebert	154	595	170	5	77	8	.286	.708
Wally Moses	142	537	166	9	50	6	.309	.865
Bob Johnson	138	512	137	31	103	8	.268	.888
Sam Chapman	134	508	140	23	75	2	.276	.811
Benny McCoy	134	490	126	7	62	2	.257	.718
Frankie Hayes	136	465	143	16	70	9	.308	.866
Al Rubeling	108	376	92	4	38	4	.245	.681
Al Brancato	107	298	57	1	23	3	.191	.517
Dee Miles	88	236	71	1	23	1	.301	.730
Bill Lillard	73	206	49	1	21	0	.238	.643
Joe Gantenbein	75	197	47	4	23	1	.239	.632
Chubby Dean	67	90	26	0	6	0	.289	.707
Johnny Babich	31	86	10	0	1	0	.116	.274
Al Simmons	37	81	25	1	19	0	.309	.736
Hal Wagner	34	75	19	0	10	0	.253	.703
Nels Potter	31	71	18	0	4	0	.254	.566
Fred Chapman	26	69	11	0	4	1	.159	.401
Crash Davis	23	67	18	0	9	1	.269	.623
George Caster	36	62	8	0	4	0	.129	.314
Buck Ross	24	53	7	1	4	0	.132	.353
Earle Brucker	23	46	9	0	2	0	.196	.549
Bill Beckmann	34	39	8	0	4	0	.205	.410
Porter Vaughan	18	34	8	0	2	0	.235	.492
Ed Heusser	41	30	5	1	4	0	.167	.553
Elmer Valo	6	23	8	0	0	2	.348	.771
Jack Wallaesa	6	20	3	0	2	0	.150	.300
Herman Besse	17	19	5	0	7	0	.263	.707
Eric Tipton	2	8	1	0	0	0	.125	.597
Les McCrabb	4	4	1	0	0	0	.250	.500
Carl Miles	2	4	3	0	1	0	.750	1.750
Phil Marchildon	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Dario Lodigiani	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Buddy Hancken	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pat McLaughlin	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	SO	WHIP
Johnny Babich	14	13	3.73	31	0	94	1.317
Nels Potter	9	14	4.44	31	0	73	1.415
George Caster	4	19	6.56	36	2	75	1.699
Chubby Dean	6	13	6.61	30	1	38	1.776
Buck Ross	5	10	4.38	24	1	43	1.407
Bill Beckmann	8	4	4.17	34	1	47	1.312
Ed Heusser	6	13	4.99	41	5	39	1.691
Porter Vaughan	2	9	5.35	18	2	46	1.661
Herman Besse	0	3	8.83	17	0	19	1.962
Les McCrabb	0	0	6.94	4	0	4	1.800
Phil Marchildon	0	2	7.20	2	0	4	2.000
Carl Miles	0	0	13.50	2	0	6	2.125
Pat McLaughlin	0	0	16.20	1	0	0	3.000

Schedule (154 games)

Date	Opponent	Result
1940-04-16	vs NYA	W 2–1
1940-04-17	vs NYA	L 1–4
1940-04-19	@ BOS	L 6–7
1940-04-19	@ BOS	W 3–1
1940-04-23	@ NYA	W 3–0
1940-04-24	@ NYA	L 4–9
1940-04-25	@ WS1	L 6–7
1940-04-26	@ WS1	L 6–8
1940-04-27	vs BOS	W 8–3
1940-04-28	vs BOS	L 4–5
1940-04-29	vs BOS	L 3–11
1940-04-30	vs CLE	L 5–10
1940-05-01	vs CLE	W 5–1
1940-05-04	vs DET	W 14–5
1940-05-05	vs CHA	L 5–6
1940-05-06	vs CHA	W 3–2
1940-05-07	vs CHA	L 3–6
1940-05-08	vs SLA	W 10–8
1940-05-09	vs SLA	L 2–4
1940-05-10	vs WS1	W 8–7
1940-05-11	vs WS1	L 6–9
1940-05-12	vs WS1	W 4–2
1940-05-14	@ CLE	W 9–7
1940-05-18	@ DET	L 6–8
1940-05-19	@ SLA	L 4–10
1940-05-20	@ SLA	W 8–4
1940-05-22	@ CHA	L 1–10
1940-05-23	@ CHA	L 4–13
1940-05-25	@ WS1	L 2–4
1940-05-26	@ WS1	L 3–4
1940-05-28	vs BOS	L 1–4
1940-05-29	vs BOS	L 3–8
1940-05-30	vs WS1	W 7–6
1940-05-30	vs WS1	L 2–14
1940-06-01	vs CLE	W 6–1
1940-06-02	vs CLE	L 2–7
1940-06-02	vs CLE	W 12–6
1940-06-03	vs CLE	L 0–4
1940-06-04	vs DET	W 8–6
1940-06-05	vs DET	L 1–9
1940-06-06	vs DET	W 7–4
1940-06-07	vs SLA	W 3–2
1940-06-08	vs SLA	L 1–15
1940-06-09	vs SLA	L 7–8
1940-06-09	vs SLA	L 2–4
1940-06-11	vs CHA	L 4–5
1940-06-12	vs CHA	W 3–2
1940-06-14	@ CLE	L 0–8
1940-06-15	@ CLE	W 7–4
1940-06-16	@ CLE	L 2–4
1940-06-16	@ CLE	L 3–4
1940-06-19	@ DET	L 4–5
1940-06-19	@ DET	L 4–9
1940-06-20	@ DET	W 6–4
1940-06-21	@ CHA	W 12–1
1940-06-24	@ SLA	L 4–9
1940-06-25	@ SLA	L 10–12
1940-06-26	@ SLA	W 9–4
1940-06-28	@ NYA	L 1–4
1940-06-29	@ NYA	L 9–12
1940-06-30	@ NYA	L 3–4
1940-06-30	@ NYA	W 3–2
1940-07-01	@ BOS	W 9–1
1940-07-02	@ BOS	W 4–3
1940-07-02	@ BOS	L 9–15
1940-07-03	@ BOS	L 11–12
1940-07-04	@ WS1	L 1–5
1940-07-04	@ WS1	L 5–9
1940-07-05	vs NYA	W 6–3
1940-07-06	vs NYA	W 8–7
1940-07-07	vs NYA	L 3–6
1940-07-07	vs NYA	W 10–5
1940-07-11	vs CLE	L 5–8
1940-07-12	vs CLE	L 0–1
1940-07-13	vs CLE	L 4–6
1940-07-14	vs DET	W 8–2
1940-07-14	vs DET	W 5–2
1940-07-15	vs DET	L 8–9
1940-07-16	vs DET	W 3–1
1940-07-18	vs SLA	W 10–3
1940-07-19	vs SLA	L 7–9
1940-07-20	vs CHA	L 7–19
1940-07-21	vs CHA	L 8–10
1940-07-21	vs CHA	L 2–7
1940-07-23	@ CLE	L 0–1
1940-07-24	@ CLE	L 6–7
1940-07-25	@ CLE	W 7–6
1940-07-26	@ DET	W 7–4
1940-07-27	@ DET	L 2–15
1940-07-27	@ DET	L 7–8
1940-07-28	@ DET	W 9–5
1940-07-29	@ DET	W 9–7
1940-07-30	@ CHA	L 1–3
1940-07-31	@ CHA	W 4–3
1940-08-01	@ CHA	L 4–5
1940-08-02	@ SLA	L 0–5
1940-08-03	@ SLA	W 11–7
1940-08-04	@ SLA	L 4–5
1940-08-04	@ SLA	L 4–6
1940-08-06	@ WS1	L 0–11
1940-08-08	@ WS1	W 6–4
1940-08-09	@ NYA	L 0–2
1940-08-10	@ NYA	L 0–13
1940-08-11	@ NYA	L 6–7
1940-08-13	vs WS1	W 6–3
1940-08-14	vs WS1	L 3–5
1940-08-15	vs WS1	L 4–9
1940-08-15	vs WS1	W 6–5
1940-08-18	vs NYA	L 1–9
1940-08-18	vs NYA	W 7–3
1940-08-20	vs CHA	L 1–6
1940-08-20	vs CHA	W 4–3
1940-08-21	vs CHA	W 3–0
1940-08-22	vs SLA	L 4–8
1940-08-23	vs SLA	W 6–4
1940-08-24	vs SLA	L 5–6
1940-08-25	vs DET	L 3–7
1940-08-30	vs BOS	L 4–5
1940-08-31	vs BOS	L 6–10
1940-09-02	@ NYA	L 3–6
1940-09-02	@ NYA	W 3–0
1940-09-04	@ BOS	L 5–6
1940-09-04	@ BOS	L 4–5
1940-09-05	@ BOS	L 7–9
1940-09-07	@ WS1	W 8–5
1940-09-08	@ WS1	L 6–7
1940-09-08	@ WS1	W 4–0
1940-09-10	@ SLA	W 6–4
1940-09-11	@ SLA	L 0–3
1940-09-12	@ CHA	L 0–1
1940-09-12	@ CHA	L 3–4
1940-09-13	@ CHA	L 2–6
1940-09-13	@ CHA	L 4–8
1940-09-14	@ CHA	L 3–6
1940-09-15	@ CLE	L 0–5
1940-09-15	@ CLE	L 5–8
1940-09-16	@ CLE	L 3–8
1940-09-16	@ CLE	W 3–2
1940-09-17	@ CLE	W 4–3
1940-09-18	@ DET	L 0–14
1940-09-18	@ DET	W 13–6
1940-09-19	@ DET	L 2–13
1940-09-19	@ DET	L 1–10
1940-09-22	vs WS1	L 4–5
1940-09-22	vs WS1	L 2–5
1940-09-24	vs BOS	L 8–16
1940-09-24	vs BOS	L 3–4
1940-09-26	vs NYA	L 4–5
1940-09-26	vs NYA	L 0–2
1940-09-27	vs NYA	W 6–2
1940-09-28	@ BOS	L 4–16
1940-09-28	@ BOS	L 1–8
1940-09-29	@ BOS	L 4–9
1940-09-29	@ BOS	L 1–4