1940 Team-by-Team Starters | Baseball-Reference.com

1940 Most Common Starters

Players listed have the most games at that position
(WAR)

1940 Most Common Starters
Rk	Tm	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF
1	Birmingham Black Barons	P.Hardy (0.09)	L.Bostock (-0.29)	T.Sampson (1.07)	S.Burton (0.16)	U.Redd (-0.17)	J.Andrews (-0.13)	D.Thomas (-0.42)	W.Nixon (0.79)
2	Baltimore Elite Giants	R.Campanella (0.34)	R.Moore (-0.49)	S.Hughes (0.98)	F.Snow (0.89)	T.Butts (1.21)	B.Hoskins (1.20)	H.Kimbro (0.67)	H.Curry (1.26)
3	Boston Red Sox	G.Desautels (-0.09)	J.Foxx (4.37)	B.Doerr (2.61)	J.Tabor (2.38)	J.Cronin (3.96)	T.Williams (6.61)	D.Cramer (-0.23)	L.Finney (1.71)
4	Brooklyn Dodgers	B.Phelps (1.60)	D.Camilli (5.32)	P.Coscarart (0.19)	C.Lavagetto (0.63)	P.Reese (2.14)	J.Medwick (3.22)	D.Walker (3.24)	J.Vosmik (-0.23)
5	Boston Bees	R.Berres (-0.44)	B.Hassett (-1.17)	B.Rowell (2.56)	S.Sisti (1.15)	E.Miller (4.57)	C.Ross (3.78)	J.Cooney (1.99)	G.Moore (2.08)
6	Chicago American Giants	E.Smith (0.31)	E.Young (0.54)	J.Sparks (0.01)	T.Bond (0.63)	L.Morney (-0.20)	W.Redus (0.20)	W.Simms (-0.14)	D.Reeves (0.40)
7	Cleveland Bears	H.Turner (0.27)	S.Robinson (-0.32)	A.Frazier (0.10)	P.Woods (0.24)	C.Lamar (0.10)	E.Sampson (0.26)	J.Ray (0.65)	D.Cleveland (0.87)
8	Chicago Cubs	A.Todd (0.43)	P.Cavarretta (1.09)	B.Herman (3.22)	S.Hack (5.33)	B.Mattick (0.01)	D.Dallessandro (1.08)	J.Gleeson (4.24)	B.Nicholson (4.17)
9	Chicago White Sox	M.Tresh (0.32)	J.Kuhel (3.67)	S.Webb (-0.41)	B.Kennedy (-1.09)	L.Appling (5.47)	M.Solters (2.39)	M.Kreevich (0.87)	T.Wright (2.73)
10	Cincinnati Reds	E.Lombardi (2.99)	F.McCormick (5.34)	L.Frey (6.83)	B.Werber (4.84)	B.Myers (1.48)	M.Arnovich (0.38)	H.Craft (0.67)	I.Goodman (2.10)
11	Cleveland Indians	R.Hemsley (0.90)	H.Trosky (3.77)	R.Mack (2.60)	K.Keltner (1.65)	L.Boudreau (5.92)	J.Heath (0.36)	R.Weatherly (3.13)	B.Bell (0.24)
12	Detroit Tigers	B.Tebbetts (1.46)	R.York (4.87)	C.Gehringer (4.35)	P.Higgins (1.30)	D.Bartell (-0.43)	H.Greenberg (6.75)	B.McCosky (4.39)	P.Fox (0.07)
13	Homestead Grays	R.Gaston (-0.12)	B.Leonard (2.84)	M.Carlisle (1.74)	J.Wilson (0.08)	J.Jackson (-0.74)	V.Harris (0.63)	J.Benjamin (0.79)	D.Whatley (0.59)
14	Kansas City Monarchs	J.Greene (1.13)	B.O'Neil (0.51)	J.Douglas (0.14)	H.Souell (1.02)	B.Williams (2.16)	F.McDaniel (-0.01)	T.Stearnes (0.89)	H.Milton (0.39)
15	Memphis Red Sox	L.Brown (0.70)	J.Taylor (0.28)	F.Bankhead (0.96)	M.Carter (0.79)	T.Brown (0.22)	R.Longley (0.28)	V.Mathis (0.67)	B.Bradford (-0.28)
16	New York Black Yankees	J.Hayes (0.14)	J.Washington (0.51)	F.Miller (0.31)	H.Spearman (1.07)	H.Walker (-0.70)	M.Barker (-0.45)	C.Biot (0.66)	J.Williams (-0.57)
17	Newark Eagles	B.Mackey (0.47)	F.Matthews (0.77)	D.Seay (0.41)	C.Isreal (0.62)	B.Clarkson (1.29)	M.Suttles (0.71)	M.Irvin (2.06)	E.Stone (0.45)
18	New York Cubans	M.Casey (-0.32)	R.Linares (-0.09)	C.Carreras (0.29)	R.Heredía (-0.26)	H.Martínez (-0.37)	A.Crespo (0.45)	P.Coimbre (0.37)	R.Awkard (-0.03)
19	New York Giants	H.Danning (3.71)	B.Young (3.32)	B.Whitehead (0.63)	M.Ott (5.36)	M.Witek (0.87)	J.Moore (1.20)	F.Demaree (2.10)	B.Maynard (0.16)
20	New York Yankees	B.Dickey (1.19)	B.Dahlgren (0.19)	J.Gordon (6.06)	R.Rolfe (1.59)	F.Crosetti (-0.10)	G.Selkirk (3.32)	J.DiMaggio (7.10)	C.Keller (5.64)
21	Philadelphia Athletics	F.Hayes (2.82)	D.Siebert (0.42)	B.McCoy (0.80)	A.Rubeling (-0.13)	A.Brancato (-1.95)	B.Johnson (3.26)	S.Chapman (1.69)	W.Moses (3.87)
22	Philadelphia Phillies	B.Warren (1.61)	A.Mahan (-0.40)	H.Schulte (-0.28)	M.May (3.28)	B.Bragan (0.14)	J.Rizzo (3.04)	J.Marty (1.49)	C.Klein (-0.10)
23	Pittsburgh Pirates	V.Davis (2.42)	E.Fletcher (5.30)	F.Gustine (-0.07)	L.Handley (0.26)	A.Vaughan (6.89)	M.Van Robays (0.31)	V.DiMaggio (2.99)	B.Elliott (3.01)
24	Philadelphia Stars	B.Cooper (0.13)	J.West (1.34)	D.Campbell (-0.16)	M.Duckett (-0.03)	L.Jordan (0.86)	R.Parnell (1.22)	G.Benson (1.17)	D.Bea (1.12)
25	St. Louis Browns	B.Swift (-1.20)	G.McQuinn (1.54)	D.Heffner (-0.17)	H.Clift (4.34)	J.Berardino (0.01)	R.Radcliff (3.53)	W.Judnich (3.71)	J.Grace (0.05)
26	St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	R.Taylor (-0.14)	E.Mayweather (1.62)	M.Riddle (0.69)	J.Ford (0.45)	J.Lyles (0.40)	B.Bennett (-0.08)	L.Green (0.93)	B.Armour (1.21)
27	St. Louis Cardinals	M.Owen (1.00)	J.Mize (7.37)	J.Orengo (2.07)	S.Martin (0.11)	M.Marion (1.01)	E.Koy (1.93)	T.Moore (5.03)	E.Slaughter (4.74)
28	Toledo/Indianapolis Crawfords	H.Bell (-0.01)	L.Turner (0.08)	R.Bibbs (0.14)	J.Shamberger (-0.21)	C.Henderson (0.23)	J.Smith (0.25)	S.Owens (0.08)	J.Wilson (-0.36)
29	Washington Nationals	R.Ferrell (1.32)	Z.Bonura (0.13)	J.Bloodworth (-0.17)	C.Travis (3.68)	J.Pofahl (-0.34)	G.Walker (1.22)	G.Case (1.97)	B.Lewis (3.96)