1940 Cincinnati Reds season

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1940 Cincinnati Reds 1940 World Series Champions 1940 National League Champions
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1890)
Location
Crosley Field (Since 1934) Cincinnati, Ohio (Since 1882)
1940 Information
Owner(s)	Powel Crosley Jr.
General Manager(s)	Warren Giles
Manager(s)	Bill McKechnie
Local television	none
Local radio	WSAI (Roger Baker, Dick Bray) WCPO (Harry Hartman)

The Cincinnati Reds' 1940 season consisted of the Cincinnati Reds winning the National League and the World Series.

1 Regular season
- 1.1 Season standings
- 1.2 Roster
2 Player stats
- 2.1 Batting
  - 2.1.1 Other batters
- 2.2 Starting pitchers
  - 2.2.1 Other pitchers
    - 2.2.1.1 Relief pitchers
3 1940 World Series
4 References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Cincinnati Reds	100	53	--	.654
Brooklyn Dodgers	88	65	12	.575
St. Louis Cardinals	84	69	16	.549
Pittsburgh Pirates	78	76	22.5	.506
Chicago Cubs	75	79	25.5	.487
New York Giants	72	80	37.5	.474
Boston Bees	65	87	34.5	.428
Philadelphia Phillies	50	103	50	.327

[edit] Roster

1940 Cincinnati Reds roster

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Roster

Pitchers

Bucky Walters
Paul Derringer
Gene "Junior" Thompson
Jim Turner
Whitey Moore
Joe Beggs
Johnny Hutchings
Milt Shoffner
Johnny Vander Meer
Elmer Riddle

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Bill McKechnie

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] 1940 World Series

[edit] Game 1

October 2, 1940 at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit (A)	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	7	10	1
Cincinnati (N)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	3
W: Bobo Newsom (1-0) L: Paul Derringer (0-1)
HR: DET – Bruce Campbell (1)

[edit] Game 2

October 3, 1940 at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit (A)	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	1
Cincinnati (N)	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	9	0
W: Bucky Walters (1-0) L: Schoolboy Rowe (0-1)
HR: CIN – Jimmy Ripple (1)

[edit] Game 3

October 4, 1940 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati (N)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	10	1
Detroit (A)	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	x	7	13	1
W: Tommy Bridges (1-0) L: Jim Turner (0-1)
HR: : DET – Rudy York (1), Pinky Higgins (1)

[edit] Game 4

October 5, 1940 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati (N)	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	11	1
Detroit (A)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	5	1
W: Paul Derringer (1-1) L: Dizzy Trout (0-1)

[edit] Game 5

October 6, 1940 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0
Detroit (A)	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	1	x	8	13	0
W: Bobo Newsom (2-0) L: Junior Thompson (0-1)
HR: : DET – Hank Greenberg (1)

[edit] Game 6

October 7, 1940 at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Cincinnati (N)	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	x	4	10	2
W: Bucky Walters (2-0) L: Schoolboy Rowe (0-2)
HR: CIN – Bucky Walters (1)

[edit] Game 7

October 8, 1940 at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit (A)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0
Cincinnati (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	x	2	7	1
W: Paul Derringer (2-1) L: Bobo Newsom (2-1)

[edit] References

1940 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference

v • d • e 1940 MLB season by team

American League	Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • New York • Philadelphia • St. Louis • Washington

National League	Boston • Brooklyn • Chicago • Cincinnati • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

1940 All-Star Game • 1940 World Series