1940 World Series

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1940 World Series

Team / Wins	Manager	Season
Cincinnati Reds (4)	Bill McKechnie	100-53, .654, GA: 12
Detroit Tigers (3)	Del Baker	90-64, .584, GA: 1

Dates:

October 2–October 8

Radio network:

Mutual.

Radio announcers:

Red Barber and Bob Elson.

Umpires:

Bill Klem (NL), Red Ormsby (AL), Lee Ballanfant (NL), Steve Basil (AL)

Future Hall of Famers:

Reds: Bill McKechnie (mgr.), Ernie Lombardi.
Tigers: Earl Averill, Charlie Gehringer, Hank Greenberg.

World Series

< 1939

1941 >

The 1940 World Series matched the Cincinnati Reds against the Detroit Tigers, with the Reds winning the Series in seven games for their second championship, their first since the scandal-tainted victory in 1919. Bill Klem worked the last of his record 18 World Series as an umpire.

It was a closely contested Series, especially the final game, which was a heartbreaker for the Tigers, as losing pitcher Bobo Newsom had lost his father, who died in a Cincinnati hotel room the day after watching his son win Game 1. Newsom pitched a shutout "for dad" in his next start, Game 5. Newsom also pitched well in Game 7, but his one day of rest caught up to him in the seventh inning, when the Reds scored two runs to take the lead and eventually the game and the Series.

The Reds' win in Game 2 snapped a 10-game losing streak for the National League in the Series, tying the 10-game streak by the NL from 1927-1929.

Willard Hershberger, who had been the backup catcher for Ernie Lombardi in the 1939 Series, committed suicide during the season. One of the Reds' coaches, forty-year-old Jimmy Wilson, took over as Lombardi's backup. During the Series, Wilson batted .353 and was credited with the only stolen base.

Reds' manager Bill McKechnie became the first manager to win World Series with two different teams; in 1925 he had won the Series as manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

1 Summary
2 Matchups
3 Composite Box
4 Home runs by pitchers
5 Notes
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Summary

NL Cincinnati Reds (4) vs. AL Detroit Tigers (3)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Detroit Tigers - 7, Cincinnati Reds - 2	October 2	Crosley Field	31,793^[1]
2	Detroit Tigers - 3, Cincinnati Reds - 5	October 3	Crosley Field	30,640^[2]
3	Cincinnati Reds - 4, Detroit Tigers - 7	October 4	Briggs Stadium	52,877^[3]
4	Cincinnati Reds - 5, Detroit Tigers - 2	October 5	Briggs Stadium	54,093^[4]
5	Cincinnati Reds - 0, Detroit Tigers - 8	October 6	Briggs Stadium	55,189^[5]
6	Detroit Tigers - 0, Cincinnati Reds - 4	October 7	Crosley Field	30,481^[6]
7	Detroit Tigers - 1, Cincinnati Reds - 2	October 8	Crosley Field	26,854^[7]

[edit] Matchups

[edit] Game 1

Wednesday, October 2, 1940 at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	7	10	1
Cincinnati	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	3

WP: Bobo Newsom (1-0) LP: Paul Derringer (0-1)
HRs: DET – Bruce Campbell (1)

[edit] Game 2

Thursday, October 3, 1940 at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	1
Cincinnati	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	X	5	9	0

WP: Bucky Walters (1-0) LP: Schoolboy Rowe (0-1)
HRs: CIN – Jimmy Ripple (1)

[edit] Game 3

Friday, October 4, 1940 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	10	1
Detroit	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	X	7	13	1

WP: Tommy Bridges (1-0) LP: Jim Turner (0-1)
HRs: DET – Rudy York (1), Pinky Higgins (1)

[edit] Game 4

Saturday, October 5, 1940 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	11	1
Detroit	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	5	1

WP: Paul Derringer (1-1) LP: Dizzy Trout (0-1)

[edit] Game 5

Sunday, October 6, 1940 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Detroit	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	1	X	8	13	0

WP: Bobo Newsom (2-0) LP: Junior Thompson (0-1)
HRs: DET – Hank Greenberg (1)

[edit] Game 6

Monday, October 7, 1940 at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Cincinnati	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	4	10	2

WP: Bucky Walters (2-0) LP: Schoolboy Rowe (0-2)
HRs: CIN – Bucky Walters (1)

[edit] Game 7

Tuesday, October 8, 1940 at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0
Cincinnati	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	2	7	1

WP: Paul Derringer (2-1) LP: Bobo Newsom (2-1)

[edit] Composite Box

1940 World Series (4-3): Cincinnati Reds (N.L.) over Detroit Tigers (A.L.)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati Reds	5	2	3	3	0	1	2	4	2	22	58	8
Detroit Tigers	2	5	5	5	2	2	4	3	0	28	56	4
Total Attendance: 281,927 Average Attendance: 40,275
Winning Player’s Share: – $5,804 Losing Player’s Share – $3,532^[8]

[edit] Home runs by pitchers

Bucky Walters was the fourth National League pitcher to hit a home run during a Series game. The others were:

Name                    Date            Inning          World Series
Rosy Ryan               10-06-1924      4th             1924 World Series
Jack Bentley            10-08-1924      5th             1924 World Series
Jesse Haines            10-05-1926      4th             1926 World Series

[edit] Notes

^ 1940 World Series Game 1 - Detroit Tigers vs. Cincinnati Reds. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
^ 1940 World Series Game 2 - Detroit Tigers vs. Cincinnati Reds. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
^ 1940 World Series Game 3 - Cincinnati Reds vs. Detroit Tigers. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
^ 1940 World Series Game 4 - Cincinnati Reds vs. Detroit Tigers. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
^ 1940 World Series Game 5 - Cincinnati Reds vs. Detroit Tigers. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
^ 1940 World Series Game 6 - Detroit Tigers vs. Cincinnati Reds. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
^ 1940 World Series Game 7 - Detroit Tigers vs. Cincinnati Reds. Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
^ World Series Gate Receipts and Player Shares. Baseball Almanac. Retrieved on 2008-05-07.

[edit] References

Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. The World Series. 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 179-183)
Reichler, Joseph, ed. (1982). The Baseball Encyclopedia (5th ed.), p. 2148. MacMillian Publishing. ISBN 0-02-579010-2.
Forman, Sean L.. 1940 World Series. Baseball-Reference.com - Major League Statistics and Information.. Retrieved on 2007-12-09.

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