1940 Atlanta Braves roster

34 players appeared for the Atlanta Braves in the 1940 MLB season.

1940 Braves roster: batting

1940 Atlanta Braves batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Eddie Miller1515697815714798.276.330.748
Chet Ross1495698416017894.281.352.812
Max West139524721377722.261.344.716
Bama Rowell1304864614835812.305.331.726
Sibby Sisti123459731156344.251.311.664
Buddy Hassett124458591070274.234.273.566
Johnny Cooney108365401160214.318.363.736
Phil Masi6313811271140.196.270.531
Les Scarsella1860718082.300.344.760
Whitey Wietelmann354138010.195.283.502
Mel Preibisch114039050.225.262.537
Stan Andrews193316021.182.182.364
Sig Broskie112216040.273.304.623
Bob Loane132245012.227.292.655
Buddy Gremp4902020.222.222.444
Don Manno3712140.286.2861.000
Claude Wilborn5700000.000.000.000
Hank Majeski3300000.000.000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1940 Braves roster: pitching

1940 Atlanta Braves pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Dick ErricksonP342912133.16236.1341.404
Bill PosedelP353212174.13233.0861.481
Joe SullivanP362210143.55177.1641.391
Manny SalvoP21201093.08160.2601.210
Nick StrincevichP3214485.53128.2541.591
Jim TobinP1511733.8396.1291.310
Al JaveryP294245.5183.1421.621
Al PiechotaP218255.7561.0181.790
Dick CoffmanP310155.4048.1111.533
George BarnicleP132107.4432.2111.810
Tom EarleyP41203.8616.151.160
Joe CallahanP620210.2015.032.200
Frank LamannaP51104.7313.131.580
Bill SwiftP40112.899.172.041
Ace WilliamsP500016.009.053.670
Art JohnsonP210110.506.012.170

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.