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1940 Major League Baseball   |   Year in Review

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 Standings
 
Team NameWLPctGBLManager(s)
Cincinnati Reds10053.654--Bill McKechnie
Brooklyn Dodgers8865.57512.0Leo Durocher
St. Louis Cardinals8469.54916.0Billy Southworth
Mike Gonzalez
Ray Blades
Pittsburgh Pirates7876.50622.5Frankie Frisch
Chicago Cubs7579.48725.5Gabby Hartnett
New York Giants7280.47427.5Bill Terry
Boston Bees6587.42834.5Casey Stengel
Philadelphia Phillies50103.32750.0Doc Prothro

Playoff teams in bold.
 Team Information
Team NameAttendance
Boston Bees241,616
Brooklyn Dodgers975,978
Chicago Cubs534,878
Cincinnati Reds850,180
New York Giants747,852
Philadelphia Phillies207,177
Pittsburgh Pirates507,934
St. Louis Cardinals324,078

 Player Register

Arnovich, Morrie (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies , Cincinnati Reds
Atwood, Bill (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Baker, Bill (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds
Barrett, Red (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds
Bauers, Russ (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Beck, Boom-Boom (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Beggs, Joe (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds
Bell, Fern (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Benjamin, Stan (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Berger, Wally (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds , Philadelphia Phillies
Berres, Ray (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Blanton, Cy (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Bonetti, Julio (MLB) - Chicago Cubs
Bonura, Zeke (MLB) - Chicago Cubs
Bowman, Bob (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Bowman, Joe (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Bragan, Bobby (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Brecheen, Harry (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Brown, Jimmy (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Brown, Jumbo (MLB) - New York Giants
Brown, Lloyd (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Brown, Mace (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Brubaker, Bill (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Bruner, Roy (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Bryant, Clay (MLB) - Chicago Cubs
Butcher, Max (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Camilli, Dolph (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Carleton, Tex (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Carpenter, Bob (MLB) - New York Giants
Casey, Hugh (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Cavarretta, Phil (MLB) - Chicago Cubs
Collins, Bob (MLB) - Chicago Cubs
Cooper, Mort (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Cooper, Walker (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Coscarart, Pete (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Craft, Harry (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds
Crespi, Creepy (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Cuccinello, Tony (MLB) - New York Giants
Cullenbine, Roy (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Dallessandro, Dom (MLB) - Chicago Cubs
Danning, Harry (MLB) - New York Giants
Davis, Curt (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals , Brooklyn Dodgers
Davis, Spud (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Dean, Dizzy (MLB) - Chicago Cubs
Dean, Paul (MLB) - New York Giants
Dejan, Mike (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds
DeLancey, Bill (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Demaree, Frank (MLB) - New York Giants
Derringer, Paul (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds
Dickson, Murry (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Dietz, Dutch (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
DiMaggio, Vince (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates , Cincinnati Reds
Doyle, Carl (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers , St. Louis Cardinals
Durocher, Leo (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Elliott, Bob (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Epps, Hal (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Fernandes, Ed (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Ferrell, Wes (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Fette, Lou (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
File, Sam (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Fitzsimmons, Freddie (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Fletcher, Elbie (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Flowers, Wes (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Franks, Herman (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
French, Larry (MLB) - Chicago Cubs
Frey, Lonny (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds
Frye, Charlie (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Galan, Augie (MLB) - Chicago Cubs
Gallagher, Joe (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Gamble, Lee (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds
Garms, Debs (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Gilbert, Charlie (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Gillenwater, Carden (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Giuliani, Tony (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Gleeson, Jim (MLB) - Chicago Cubs
Glossop, Al (MLB) - New York Giants
Goodman, Ival (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds
Grissom, Lee (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Guise, Lefty (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds
Gumbert, Harry (MLB) - New York Giants
Gustine, Frankie (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Gutteridge, Don (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Hack, Stan (MLB) - Chicago Cubs
Hamlin, Luke (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Handley, Lee (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Harrell, Ray (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Hartnett, Gabby (MLB) - Chicago Cubs
Head, Ed (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Heintzelman, Ken (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Herman, Billy (MLB) - Chicago Cubs
Hershberger, Willard (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds
Higbe, Kirby (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Hoerst, Lefty (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Hopp, Johnny (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Hubbell, Carl (MLB) - New York Giants
Hudlin, Willis (MLB) - New York Giants
Hudson, Johnny (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Hughes, Roy (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Hutchings, Johnny (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds
Hutchinson, Ira (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Johnson, Si (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Johnson, Syl (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Joiner, Roy (MLB) - New York Giants
Jones, Red (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Joost, Eddie (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds
Jumonville, George (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Jurges, Billy (MLB) - New York Giants
Kalin, Frank (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Kimball, Newt (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals , Brooklyn Dodgers
Klein, Chuck (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Klinger, Bob (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Koy, Ernie (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers , St. Louis Cardinals
Lake, Eddie (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Lanahan, Dick (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Lanier, Max (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Lanning, Johnny (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Lavagetto, Cookie (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Lee, Bill (MLB) - Chicago Cubs
Leiber, Hank (MLB) - Chicago Cubs
Leip, Ed (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Levy, Ed (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Lillard, Gene (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Litwhiler, Danny (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Lohrman, Bill (MLB) - New York Giants
Lombardi, Ernie (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds
Lopez, Al (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Lynn, Red (MLB) - New York Giants
MacFayden, Danny (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Macon, Max (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Mahan, Art (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Mancuso, Gus (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Marion, Marty (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Marnie, Harry (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Martin, Hersh (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Martin, Pepper (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Martin, Stu (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Marty, Joe (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Masterson, Paul (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Mattick, Bobby (MLB) - Chicago Cubs
May, Pinky (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Maynard, Buster (MLB) - New York Giants
Mazzera, Mel (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
McCarthy, Johnny (MLB) - New York Giants
McCormick, Frank (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds
McCormick, Mike (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds
McCullough, Clyde (MLB) - Chicago Cubs
McGee, Bill (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Medwick, Joe (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals , Brooklyn Dodgers
Melton, Cliff (MLB) - New York Giants
Millies, Wally (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Mize, Johnny (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Monchak, Alex (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Moore, Gene (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Moore, Jo-Jo (MLB) - New York Giants
Moore, Terry (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Moore, Whitey (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds
Mooty, Jake (MLB) - Chicago Cubs
Mueller, Heinie (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Mueller, Ray (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Mulcahy, Hugh (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Mungo, Van (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Myers, Billy (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds
Nicholson, Bill (MLB) - Chicago Cubs
O'Dea, Ken (MLB) - New York Giants
Olsen, Vern (MLB) - Chicago Cubs
Orengo, Joe (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Ott, Mel (MLB) - New York Giants
Owen, Mickey (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Padgett, Don (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Page, Vance (MLB) - Chicago Cubs
Passeau, Claude (MLB) - Chicago Cubs
Pearson, Ike (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Phelps, Babe (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Podgajny, Johnny (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Pressnell, Tot (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Rachunok, Steve (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Raffensberger, Ken (MLB) - Chicago Cubs
Rambert, Pep (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Reese, Pee Wee (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Reiser, Pete (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Riddle, Elmer (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds
Riggs, Lew (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds
Ripple, Jimmy (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers , Cincinnati Reds
Rizzo, Johnny (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds , Philadelphia Phillies , Pittsburgh Pirates
Rogell, Billy (MLB) - Chicago Cubs
Root, Charlie (MLB) - Chicago Cubs
Ross, Don (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Rucker, Johnny (MLB) - New York Giants
Russell, Jack (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Russell, Rip (MLB) - Chicago Cubs
Scharein, George (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Schulte, Ham (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Schultz, Joe (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Schumacher, Hal (MLB) - New York Giants
Seeds, Bob (MLB) - New York Giants
Sewell, Rip (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Shoffner, Milt (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds
Shoun, Clyde (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Slaughter, Enos (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Smoll, Lefty (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Stewart, Glen (MLB) - New York Giants
Stewart, Neb (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Sturgeon, Bobby (MLB) - Chicago Cubs
Suhr, Gus (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Swigart, Oad (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Tamulis, Vito (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Thompson, Junior (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds
Todd, Al (MLB) - Chicago Cubs
Tramback, Red (MLB) - New York Giants
Turner, Jim (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds
Van Robays, Maurice (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Vandenberg, Hy (MLB) - New York Giants
Vander Meer, Johnny (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds
Vaughan, Arky (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Vosmik, Joe (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Walker, Dixie (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Walker, Harry (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Walters, Bucky (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds
Waner, Lloyd (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Waner, Paul (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
Warneke, Lon (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Warren, Bennie (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Warstler, Rabbit (MLB) - Chicago Cubs
Wasdell, Jimmy (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Weiland, Bob (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Werber, Billy (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds
West, Dick (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds
White, Ernie (MLB) - St. Louis Cardinals
Whitehead, Burgess (MLB) - New York Giants
Wilson, Jimmie (MLB) - Cincinnati Reds
Wilson, Max (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Witek, Mickey (MLB) - New York Giants
Wyatt, Whit (MLB) - Brooklyn Dodgers
Young, Babe (MLB) - New York Giants
Young, Del (MLB) - Philadelphia Phillies
Young, Pep (MLB) - Pittsburgh Pirates
 Award Winners
Most Valuable Player -  Frank McCormick


 League Leaders
At Bats:   Frank McCormick - Cincinnati Reds (603)
Runs:   Arky Vaughan - Pittsburgh Pirates (111)
Hits:   Frank McCormick - Cincinnati Reds, Stan Hack - Chicago Cubs (182)
Doubles:   Frank McCormick - Cincinnati Reds (44)
Triples:   Arky Vaughan - Pittsburgh Pirates (15)
Home Runs:   Johnny Mize - St. Louis Cardinals (25)
Runs Batted In:   Johnny Mize - St. Louis Cardinals (127)
Total Bases:   Johnny Mize - St. Louis Cardinals (298)
Walks:   Elbie Fletcher - Pittsburgh Pirates (100)
Strikeouts:   Joe Orengo - St. Louis Cardinals (83)
Stolen Bases:   Lonny Frey - Cincinnati Reds (21)
Hit by Pitch:   Elbie Fletcher - Pittsburgh Pirates (8)

Wins:   Bucky Walters - Cincinnati Reds (20)
Losses:   Hugh Mulcahy - Philadelphia Phillies (19)
Earned Run Avg (ERA):   Bucky Walters - Cincinnati Reds (2.48)
Games:   Clyde Shoun - St. Louis Cardinals (48)
Complete Games:   Bucky Walters - Cincinnati Reds (29)
Shutouts:   Whit Wyatt - Brooklyn Dodgers (5)
Saves:   Joe Beggs - Cincinnati Reds, Jumbo Brown - New York Giants, Mace Brown - Pittsburgh Pirates (5)
Innings Pitched:   Bucky Walters - Cincinnati Reds (296.2)
Walks:   Kirby Higbe - Philadelphia Phillies (96)
Strikeouts:   Kirby Higbe - Philadelphia Phillies (124)
BB+H/IP (WHIP):   Bucky Walters - Cincinnati Reds (1.09)
Hits/9 Ip:   Bucky Walters - Cincinnati Reds (7.11)
HR/9 Ip:   Claude Passeau - Chicago Cubs (0.26)
Walks/9 Ip:   Paul Derringer - Cincinnati Reds (1.46)
SO/9 Ip:   Cliff Melton - New York Giants (4.91)


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