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1940 Cincinnati Reds season

Field	Value
name	Cincinnati Reds
season	1940
misc	World Series champions
National League champions
league	National League
ballpark	Crosley Field
city	Cincinnati
owners	Powel Crosley Jr.
general_managers	Warren Giles
managers	Bill McKechnie
radio	WCPO
(Harry Hartman)
WSAI
(Roger Baker, Dick Bray)

National League champions (Harry Hartman) WSAI (Roger Baker, Dick Bray) |}} The 1940 Cincinnati Reds season was the 58th season for the franchise. Cincinnati entered the season as the reigning National League champion, 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.
October 19, 1939: Al Simmons was released by the Reds.

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

Season standings

Detailed record

Team	Home	Away	Total
National League
[Brooklyn](1940-brooklyn-dodgers-season)	6–5	8–3–1	14–8–1
[Boston](1940-boston-bees-season)	7–4	5–5	12–9
[Chicago](1940-chicago-cubs-season)	9–2	7–4	16–6
[New York](1940-new-york-giants-mlb-season)	8–3	7–4	15–7
[Philadelphia](1940-philadelphia-phillies-season)	8–2	7–5	15–7
[Pittsburgh](1940-pittsburgh-pirates-season)	10–1	6–5	16–6
[St. Louis](1940-st-louis-cardinals-season)	7–4–1	5–6	12–10–1
	55–21	46–30	100–53

Month	Games	Won	Lost
April	9	6	3
May	26	19	7
June	27	16	11
July	28	20	8
August	32	16	16
September	31	23	8
	153	100	53

Games	Won	Lost	Win %
Home	76	55	21
Away	77	45	32

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

August 23, 1940: Jimmy Ripple was selected off waivers by the Reds from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Roster

1940 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

	= Indicates league leader

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	109	376	120	.319	14	74
1B	155	618	191	.309	19	127
2B	150	563	150	.266	8	54
SS	90	282	57	.202	5	30
3B	143	584	162	.277	12	48
OF	110	417	125	.300	1	30
OF	136	519	134	.258	12	63
OF	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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
88	278	60	.216	1	24
62	211	60	.284	0	21
48	123	38	.309	0	26
31	110	31	.282	4	17
32	101	31	.307	4	20
41	72	21	.292	1	9
27	69	15	.217	0	7
38	42	6	.143	0	0
16	37	9	.243	0	3
7	28	11	.393	1	6
12	16	3	.188	0	2
2	4	1	.250	0	0
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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
36	305.0	22	10	2.48	115
37	296.2	20	12	3.06	115
33	225.1	16	9	3.32	103
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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
25	116.2	8	8	3.63	60
19	54.0	2	1	3.50	18
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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
37	12	3	7	2.00	25
20	1	0	0	5.63	17
15	1	2	2		1.87	9
3	1	0	0	6.75	0
2	0	0	0	1.17	1

1940 World Series

Main article: 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sauerha01.shtml Hank Sauer] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/simmoal01.shtml Al Simmons] at ''Baseball Reference''
Wilkinson, Howard. (2019-08-16). "How The Reds Redeemed Themselves In 1940".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ripplji01.shtml 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

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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)
Attendance: 31,739

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)
Attendance: 30,640

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)

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)

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)