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1940 Major League Baseball

Season Summary

World Series Champions

Cincinnati Reds

AL MVP

NL MVP

Frank McCormick

Teams

16

Players

512 - AL Players | NL Players

Attendance

0

Playoffs

Playoff Teams

CIN, DET

1940 Major League Baseball

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Major League Baseball Season Standings Batting Totals Pitching Totals Awards Free Agent Signings Playoffs Attendance Debuts Deaths Minor Stats View AL Player Register NL Player Register AL Leaderboards NL Leaderboards Trades

AL = American League
NL = National League
Playoff teams are in bold

League Rankings are per AL/NL

Season Standings

CSV

league	rank	lg rk	mlb rk	team	franchise	g	w	l	wpct	gbl	rf	ra	diff	manager	attendance	payroll	ballpark	playoffs
AL -	1	1	2	Detroit Tigers	Franchise Page	154	90	64	.584	--	888	716	172	Del Baker	1,112,693	0	Briggs Stadium	Lost World Series (Reds)
AL -	2	2	3	Cleveland Indians	Franchise Page	154	89	65	.578	1.0	710	637	73	Ossie Vitt	902,576	0	League Park	dnq
AL -	3	3	5	New York Yankees	Franchise Page	154	88	66	.571	2.0	817	671	146	Joe McCarthy	988,975	0	Yankee Stadium I	dnq
AL -	4	4	7	Chicago White Sox	Franchise Page	154	82	72	.532	8.0	735	672	63	Jimmy Dykes	660,336	0	Comiskey Park	dnq
AL -	5	5	8	Boston Red Sox	Franchise Page	154	82	72	.532	8.0	872	825	47	Joe Cronin	716,234	0	Fenway Park	dnq
AL -	6	6	12	St. Louis Browns	Franchise Page	154	67	87	.435	23.0	757	882	-125	Fred Haney	239,591	0	Sportsman's Park	dnq
AL -	7	7	14	Washington Senators I	Franchise Page	154	64	90	.416	26.0	665	811	-146	Bucky Harris	381,241	0	Griffith Stadium	dnq
AL -	8	8	15	Philadelphia Athletics	Franchise Page	154	54	100	.351	36.0	703	932	-229	Connie Mack	432,145	0	Shibe Park	dnq
league	rank	lg rk	mlb rk	team	franchise	g	w	l	wpct	gbl	rf	ra	diff	manager	attendance	payroll	ballpark	playoffs
NL -	1	1	1	Cincinnati Reds	Franchise Page	153	100	53	.654	--	707	528	179	Bill McKechnie	850,180	0	Crosley Field	Won World Series (Tigers)
NL -	2	2	4	Brooklyn Dodgers	Franchise Page	153	88	65	.575	12.0	697	621	76	Leo Durocher	975,978	0	Ebbets Field	dnq
NL -	3	3	6	St. Louis Cardinals	Franchise Page	153	84	69	.549	16.0	747	699	48	Billy Southworth, Ray Blades, Mike Gonzalez	324,078	0	Sportsman's Park	dnq
NL -	4	4	9	Pittsburgh Pirates	Franchise Page	154	78	76	.506	22.5	809	785	24	Frankie Frisch	507,934	0	Forbes Field	dnq
NL -	5	5	10	Chicago Cubs	Franchise Page	154	75	79	.487	25.5	681	636	45	Gabby Hartnett	534,878	0	Wrigley Field	dnq
NL -	6	6	11	New York Giants	Franchise Page	152	72	80	.474	27.5	663	660	3	Bill Terry	747,852	0	Polo Grounds	dnq
NL -	7	7	13	Boston Bees	Franchise Page	152	65	87	.428	34.5	0	0	0	Casey Stengel	241,616	0	National League Park	dnq
NL -	8	8	16	Philadelphia Phillies	Franchise Page	153	50	103	.327	50.0	494	750	-256	Doc Prothro	207,177	0	Shibe Park	dnq
16 record(s)

Batting Totals

CSV

team	league	players	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
Boston Red Sox	AL -	33	1760	5481	872	1566	301	80	145	808	55	49	590	597	12	91	0	0	129	2462	6174	526	1040	.286	.356	.449	.806	.272	.163	.300	9.56	9.67	1.01	37.80
Brooklyn Dodgers	NL -	39	1895	5470	697	1421	256	70	93	653	56	0	522	570	20	77	0	0	112	2096	6089	419	1002	.260	.327	.383	.710	.229	.123	.276	8.57	9.36	1.09	58.82
Chicago Cubs	NL -	28	1750	5389	681	1441	272	48	86	627	63	0	482	566	29	70	0	0	108	2067	5970	406	1035	.267	.331	.384	.714	.217	.116	.286	8.07	9.48	1.17	62.66
Chicago White Sox	AL -	27	1602	5386	735	1499	238	63	73	671	52	60	497	569	10	110	0	0	122	2082	6003	374	1125	.278	.340	.387	.727	.199	.108	.301	8.28	9.48	1.14	73.78
Cincinnati Reds	NL -	32	1676	5372	707	1427	264	38	89	649	72	0	453	503	36	125	0	0	108	2034	5986	391	1036	.266	.327	.379	.706	.211	.113	.280	7.57	8.40	1.11	60.36
Cleveland Indians	AL -	28	1696	5361	710	1422	287	61	101	661	53	36	519	598	16	61	0	0	111	2134	5957	449	973	.265	.332	.398	.730	.233	.133	.283	8.71	10.04	1.15	53.08
Detroit Tigers	AL -	32	1776	5418	888	1549	312	65	134	829	66	39	664	554	24	77	0	0	115	2393	6183	511	1038	.286	.366	.442	.808	.283	.156	.299	10.74	8.96	0.83	40.43
New York Giants	NL -	29	1713	5324	663	1423	201	46	91	614	45	0	453	478	37	86	0	0	130	1989	5900	338	1085	.267	.329	.374	.703	.200	.106	.280	7.68	8.10	1.06	58.51
New York Yankees	AL -	26	1631	5286	817	1371	243	66	155	759	59	36	647	605	36	76	0	0	124	2211	6045	464	907	.259	.344	.418	.762	.286	.159	.269	10.70	10.01	0.94	34.10
Philadelphia Athletics	AL -	32	1754	5304	703	1391	242	53	105	648	48	33	556	655	19	69	0	0	127	2054	5948	400	991	.262	.334	.387	.722	.233	.125	.283	9.35	11.01	1.18	50.51
Philadelphia Phillies	NL -	41	1768	5137	494	1225	180	35	75	459	25	0	435	527	14	87	0	0	115	1700	5673	290	935	.238	.300	.331	.631	.182	.092	.254	7.67	9.29	1.21	68.49
Pittsburgh Pirates	NL -	35	1953	5466	809	1511	276	68	76	740	69	0	553	494	33	63	0	0	116	2151	6115	420	1091	.276	.346	.394	.740	.231	.117	.293	9.04	8.08	0.89	71.92
St. Louis Browns	AL -	32	1860	5416	757	1423	278	58	118	715	51	40	556	638	16	63	0	0	34	2171	6051	454	969	.263	.333	.401	.734	.243	.138	.280	9.19	10.54	1.15	45.90
St. Louis Cardinals	NL -	34	1890	5499	747	1514	266	61	119	709	97	0	479	610	21	88	0	0	103	2259	6087	446	1068	.275	.336	.411	.747	.240	.135	.292	7.87	10.02	1.27	46.21
Washington Senators I	AL -	34	1667	5365	665	1453	266	67	52	602	94	40	465	504	18	61	0	0	99	2009	5909	385	1068	.271	.331	.374	.706	.200	.104	.291	7.87	8.53	1.08	103.17
15 record(s)

Pitching Totals

CSV

team	league	players	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gf	gr	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
Boston Red Sox	AL -	17	82	72	4.89	332	154	51	3	103	178	16	1379.2	1568	825	749	124	625	613	36	1	23	1.59	10.23	0.81	4.08	4.00	5.38	0.98
Brooklyn Dodgers	NL -	18	88	65	3.50	325	156	65	17	91	169	14	1433.0	1366	621	557	101	393	639	15	1	31	1.23	8.58	0.63	2.47	4.01	3.90	1.63
Chicago Cubs	NL -	11	75	79	3.54	305	154	69	12	85	151	14	1392.0	1418	636	548	74	430	564	10	2	16	1.33	9.17	0.48	2.78	3.65	4.11	1.31
Chicago White Sox	AL -	12	82	72	3.74	246	155	83	10	72	91	18	1386.2	1335	672	576	111	480	574	31	2	14	1.31	8.66	0.72	3.12	3.73	4.36	1.20
Cincinnati Reds	NL -	12	100	53	3.05	261	155	91	10	64	106	11	1407.2	1263	528	477	73	445	557	11	3	18	1.21	8.08	0.47	2.85	3.56	3.38	1.25
Cleveland Indians	AL -	15	89	65	3.63	306	155	72	13	83	151	22	1375.0	1328	637	555	86	512	686	28	2	25	1.34	8.69	0.56	3.35	4.49	4.17	1.34
Detroit Tigers	AL -	17	90	64	3.99	326	155	59	9	96	171	23	1375.1	1425	716	609	102	570	752	25	5	17	1.45	9.33	0.67	3.73	4.92	4.69	1.32
New York Giants	NL -	12	72	80	3.79	318	152	57	10	95	166	18	1360.1	1383	660	573	110	473	606	27	2	18	1.36	9.15	0.73	3.13	4.01	4.37	1.28
New York Yankees	AL -	13	88	66	3.89	280	155	76	9	79	125	14	1373.0	1389	671	593	119	511	559	22	3	16	1.38	9.10	0.78	3.35	3.66	4.40	1.09
Philadelphia Athletics	AL -	13	54	100	5.22	271	154	72	4	82	117	12	1345.0	1543	932	780	135	534	488	40	5	15	1.54	10.32	0.90	3.57	3.27	6.24	0.91
Philadelphia Phillies	NL -	16	50	103	4.40	286	153	66	5	87	133	8	1357.0	1429	750	663	92	475	485	36	5	26	1.40	9.48	0.61	3.15	3.22	4.97	1.02
Pittsburgh Pirates	NL -	14	78	76	4.36	371	156	49	7	107	215	24	1388.2	1569	785	673	72	492	491	28	4	32	1.48	10.17	0.47	3.19	3.18	5.09	1.00
St. Louis Browns	AL -	14	67	87	5.12	336	156	64	4	92	180	9	1373.1	1592	882	782	113	646	439	42	3	20	1.63	10.43	0.74	4.23	2.88	5.78	0.68
St. Louis Cardinals	NL -	16	84	69	3.83	324	156	71	10	85	168	14	1396.0	1457	699	594	83	488	550	35	5	27	1.39	9.39	0.54	3.15	3.55	4.51	1.13
Washington Senators I	AL -	15	64	90	4.59	276	154	74	6	80	122	7	1350.0	1494	811	689	93	618	618	47	4	21	1.56	9.96	0.62	4.12	4.12	5.41	1.00
15 record(s)