1940 Cincinnati Reds season
1940 Cincinnati Reds | |
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1940 World Series Champions 1940 National League Champions | |
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Owner(s) | Powel Crosley, Jr. |
General manager(s) | Warren Giles |
Manager(s) | Bill McKechnie |
Local radio | WCPO (Harry Hartman) WSAI (Roger Baker, Dick Bray) |
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The 1940 Cincinnati Reds season was a 58th history franchise season that represented the Cincinnati Reds. Cincinnati entered the season as the reigning National League champions, having been swept by the New York Yankees in the World Series the previous year. The would defeat the Detroit Tigers four games to three to take the World Series title.
Offseason[]
- October 14, 1939: Hank Sauer was drafted by the Reds from the New York Yankees in the 1939 minor league draft.[1]
- October 19, 1939: Al Simmons was released by the Reds.[2]
Regular season[]
Cincinnati won 100 games for the first time in franchise history. The team finished first in the National League with a record of 100–53, winning the pennant by 12 games over the Brooklyn Dodgers, and the best record in MLB. They went on to face the Detroit Tigers in the 1940 World Series, beating them in seven games. This was their first championship since 1919.
In August, back up catcher William Hershberger, depressed over what he felt was culpability for losing both games of a double header took his life. Coach Jimmy Wilson was added to the roster as the back up catcher. Teh Reds players would voteto send Hershberger's share of the Wolrd Series winnings to his mother [3]
Season standings[]
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cincinnati Reds | 100 | 53 | 0.654 | — | 55–21 | 45–32 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 88 | 65 | 0.575 | 12 | 41–37 | 47–28 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 84 | 69 | 0.549 | 16 | 41–36 | 43–33 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 78 | 76 | 0.506 | 22½ | 40–34 | 38–42 |
Chicago Cubs | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 25½ | 40–37 | 35–42 |
New York Giants | 72 | 80 | 0.474 | 27½ | 33–43 | 39–37 |
Boston Bees | 65 | 87 | 0.428 | 34½ | 35–40 | 30–47 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 50 | 103 | 0.327 | 50 | 24–55 | 26–48 |
Detailed record[]
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Record vs. opponents[]
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 9–13 | 8–14 | 9–12 | 7–15 | 15–6 | 9–13 | 8–14 | |||||
Brooklyn | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 8–14–1 | 16–5 | 17–5 | 15–7–1 | 9–13–1 | |||||
Chicago | 14–8 | 12–10 | — | 6–16 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 8–14 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–9 | 14–8–1 | 16–6 | — | 15–7 | 15–7 | 16–6 | 12–10–1 | |||||
New York | 15–7 | 5–16 | 10–12 | 7–15 | — | 12–10 | 12–10 | 11–10 | |||||
Philadelphia | 6–15 | 5–17 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 10–12 | — | 6–16 | 6–16 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 13–9 | 7–15–1 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 10–12 | 16–6 | — | 15–7–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 14–8 | 13–9–1 | 14–8 | 10–12–1 | 10–11 | 16–6 | 7–15–1 | — |
Notable transactions[]
- August 23, 1940: Jimmy Ripple was selected off waivers by the Reds from the Brooklyn Dodgers.[4]
Roster[]
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Player stats[]
Batting[]
Starters by position[]
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Ernie Lombardi | 109 | 376 | 120 | .319 | 14 | 74 |
1B | Frank McCormick | 155 | 618 | 191 | .309 | 19 | 127 |
2B | Lonny Frey | 150 | 563 | 150 | .266 | 8 | 54 |
SS | Billy Myers | 90 | 282 | 57 | .202 | 5 | 30 |
3B | Billy Werber | 143 | 584 | 162 | .277 | 12 | 48 |
OF | Mike McCormick | 110 | 417 | 125 | .300 | 1 | 30 |
OF | Ival Goodman | 136 | 519 | 134 | .258 | 12 | 63 |
OF | Harry Craft | 115 | 422 | 103 | .244 | 6 | 48 |
Other batters[]
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 |
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Eddie Joost | 88 | 278 | 60 | .216 | 1 | 24 |
Morrie Arnovich | 62 | 211 | 60 | .284 | 0 | 21 |
Willard Hershberger | 48 | 123 | 38 | .309 | 0 | 26 |
Johnny Rizzo | 31 | 110 | 31 | .282 | 4 | 17 |
Jimmy Ripple | 32 | 101 | 31 | .307 | 4 | 20 |
Lew Riggs | 41 | 72 | 21 | .292 | 1 | 9 |
Bill Baker | 27 | 69 | 15 | .217 | 0 | 7 |
Lee Gamble | 38 | 42 | 6 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Jimmy Wilson | 16 | 37 | 9 | .243 | 0 | 3 |
Dick West | 7 | 28 | 11 | .393 | 1 | 6 |
Mike Dejan | 12 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 0 | 2 |
Vince DiMaggio | 2 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Wally Berger | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching[]
Starting pitchers[]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bucky Walters | 36 | 305 | 22 | 10 | 2.48 | 115 |
Paul Derringer | 37 | 296.2 | 20 | 12 | 3.06 | 115 |
Gene Thompson | 33 | 225.1 | 16 | 9 | 3.32 | 103 |
Jim Turner | 24 | 187 | 14 | 7 | 2.89 | 53 |
Other pitchers[]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Whitey Moore | 25 | 116.2 | 8 | 8 | 3.63 | 60 |
Johnny Hutchings | 19 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 3.50 | 18 |
Johnny Vander Meer | 10 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 3.75 | 41 |
Relief pitchers[]
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Joe Beggs | 37 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2.00 | 25 |
Milt Shoffner | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.63 | 17 |
Elmer Riddle | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.87 | 9 |
Red Barrett | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 0 |
Lefty Guise | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.17 | 1 |
1940 World Series[]
Game 1[]
October 2, 1940, at Crosley Field in Cincinnati
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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) | ||||||||||||
Attendance: 31,739 |
Game 2[]
October 3, 1940, at Crosley Field in Cincinnati
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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) | ||||||||||||
Attendance: 30,640 |
Game 3[]
October 4, 1940, at Briggs Stadium in Detroit
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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) |
Game 4[]
October 5, 1940, at Briggs Stadium in Detroit
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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) |
Game 5[]
October 6, 1940, at Briggs Stadium in Detroit
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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) |
Game 6[]
October 7, 1940, at Crosley Field in Cincinnati
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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) |
Game 7[]
October 8, 1940, at Crosley Field in Cincinnati
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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) |
Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Indianapolis Indians | American Association | Wes Griffin and Jewel Ens |
A1 | Birmingham Barons | Southern Association | |
B | Durham Bulls | Piedmont League | Oscar Roettger |
B | Columbia Reds | Sally League | |
C | Tucson Cowboys | Arizona–Texas League | |
C | Ogden Reds | Pioneer League | Bill McCorry |
D | Alabama State League | Ellis Johnson and | |
D | Lenoir Reds | Tar Heel League |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Durham[5]
References[]
- ^ Hank Sauer at Baseball Reference
- ^ Al Simmons at Baseball Reference
- ^ https://www.wvxu.org/sports/2019-08-16/how-the-reds-redeemed-themselves-in-1940
- ^ Jimmy Ripple at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
External links[]
- 1940 Cincinnati Reds season at Baseball Reference
- Cincinnati Reds seasons
- 1940 Major League Baseball season
- National League champion seasons
- World Series champion seasons
- 1940 in sports in Ohio
- Cincinnati Reds season stubs