1940 Cincinnati Reds season
1940 Cincinnati Reds | ||
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1940 World Series Champion 1940 National League Champion | ||
Ballpark | Crosley Field | |
City | Cincinnati | |
Owners | Powel Crosley, Jr. | |
Managers | Bill McKechnie | |
Radio | WCPO (Harry Hartman) WSAI (Roger Baker, Dick Bray) | |
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The 1940 Cincinnati Reds season was the 58th season for the franchise. 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. They 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 Willard Hershberger, depressed over what he felt was culpability for losing both games of a doubleheader, took his life. Coach Jimmie Wilson was added to the roster as the back up catcher. The Reds players would vote to send Hershberger's share of the World Series winnings to his mother [3]
Season standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cincinnati Reds | 100 | 53 | .654 | — | 55–21 | 45–32 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 88 | 65 | .575 | 12 | 41–37 | 47–28 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 84 | 69 | .549 | 16 | 41–36 | 43–33 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 78 | 76 | .506 | 22½ | 40–34 | 38–42 |
Chicago Cubs | 75 | 79 | .487 | 25½ | 40–37 | 35–42 |
New York Giants | 72 | 80 | .474 | 27½ | 33–43 | 39–37 |
Boston Bees | 65 | 87 | .428 | 34½ | 35–40 | 30–47 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 50 | 103 | .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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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
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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 | 305.0 | 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 | 187.0 | 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 | 54.0 | 2 | 1 | 3.50 | 18 |
Johnny Vander Meer | 10 | 48.0 | 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
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Durham[5]
References
- ^ Hank Sauer at Baseball Reference
- ^ Al Simmons at Baseball Reference
- ^ "How the Reds Redeemed Themselves in 1940". August 16, 2019.
- ^ 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