1940 Baltimore Orioles roster

29 players appeared for the Baltimore Orioles in the 1940 MLB season.

1940 Orioles roster: batting

1940 Baltimore Orioles 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.
George McQuinn1515947816616843.279.343.802
Rip Radcliff150584832007816.342.392.858
Johnny Berardino1425237113516856.258.301.725
Harlond Clift1505239214320879.273.396.859
Wally Judnich1375199715724898.303.368.888
Don Heffner126487521153535.236.295.606
Bob Swift13039837970391.244.295.594
Joe Grace8022945595252.258.336.738
Chet Laabs105218325910403.271.372.876
Myril Hoag7619120503262.262.309.675
Alan Strange541672631062.186.284.554
George Susce611136240131.212.282.530
Johnny Lucadello176315202101.317.394.934
Lyn Lary275453030.056.136.247
Fuzz White2200000.000.000.000
Sam Harshany3100000.000.500.500

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

1940 Orioles roster: pitching

1940 Baltimore Orioles 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.
Elden AukerP383516113.96263.2781.500
Vern KennedyP343212175.59222.1701.730
Bob HarrisP352811154.93193.2491.601
Johnny NiggelingP28207114.45153.2821.410
Bill TrotterP364763.7798.0291.512
Emil BildilliP2811245.5797.0321.701
Slick CoffmanP314226.2774.2261.751
Roxie LawsonP302535.1372.0181.824
Jack KramerP169376.2664.2121.730
Lefty MillsP265067.7859.0181.970
John WhiteheadP154135.4040.0111.500
Bill CoxP120017.2717.172.020
Maury NewlinP11106.006.031.000

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.