1940 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1940 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1940

World Series Champions

Cincinnati Reds

Runner Up

Detroit Tigers

Most Valuable Players

AL: Hank Greenberg NL: Frank McCormick

Cy Young Winners

AL: NL:

Rookies of the Year

AL: NL:

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

All-Star Game

St. Louis,Missouri

Teams

Players

512

Attendance

9,823,484

Payroll

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1940 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R	154	90	64	.584	--	888	716	172	Lost World Series (Reds)	1,112,693	1	---	Del Baker	Briggs Stadium
2	2	3	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R	154	89	65	.578	1.0	710	637	73	dnq	902,576	4	---	Ossie Vitt	League Park
3	3	5	New York Yankees	T - S - R	154	88	66	.571	2.0	817	671	146	dnq	988,975	2	---	Joe McCarthy	Yankee Stadium I
4	4	7	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R	154	82	72	.532	8.0	735	672	63	dnq	660,336	8	---	Jimmy Dykes	Comiskey Park
5	5	8	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R	154	82	72	.532	8.0	872	825	47	dnq	716,234	7	---	Joe Cronin	Fenway Park
6	6	12	St. Louis Browns	T - S - R	154	67	87	.435	23.0	757	882	-125	dnq	239,591	15	---	Fred Haney	Sportsman's Park
7	7	14	Washington Senators I	T - S - R	154	64	90	.416	26.0	665	811	-146	dnq	381,241	12	---	Bucky Harris	Griffith Stadium
8	8	15	Philadelphia Athletics	T - S - R	154	54	100	.351	36.0	703	932	-229	dnq	432,145	11	---	Connie Mack	Shibe Park
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R	153	100	53	.654	--	707	528	179	Won World Series (Tigers)	850,180	5	---	Bill McKechnie	Crosley Field
2	2	4	Brooklyn Dodgers	T - S - R	153	88	65	.575	12.0	697	621	76	dnq	975,978	3	---	Leo Durocher	Ebbets Field
3	3	6	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R	153	84	69	.549	16.0	747	699	48	dnq	324,078	13	---	Billy Southworth, Ray Blades, Mike Gonzalez	Sportsman's Park
4	4	9	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R	154	78	76	.506	22.5	809	785	24	dnq	507,934	10	---	Frankie Frisch	Forbes Field
5	5	10	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R	154	75	79	.487	25.5	681	636	45	dnq	534,878	9	---	Gabby Hartnett	Wrigley Field
6	6	11	New York Giants	T - S - R	152	72	80	.474	27.5	663	660	3	dnq	747,852	6	---	Bill Terry	Polo Grounds
7	7	13	Boston Bees	T - S - R	152	65	87	.428	34.5	0	0	0	dnq	241,616	14	---	Casey Stengel	National League Park
8	8	16	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R	153	50	103	.327	50.0	494	750	-256	dnq	207,177	16	---	Doc Prothro	Shibe Park
16 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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