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1940 National League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings Team W L WL% GB Cincnnti CIN 100 53 .654 -- Brooklyn BRO 88 65 .575 12.0 St.Louis STL 84 69 .549 16.0 Pittsbgh PIT 78 76 .506 22.5 ChicagoC CHC 75 79 .487 25.5 NewYorkG NYG 72 80 .474 27.5 BostonBr BSN 65 87 .428 34.5 Phildlpa PHI 50 103 .327 50.0 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: NL Postseason World Series (4-3):   Cincinnati Reds over Detroit Tigers BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1940 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
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League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 PIT  5.19   809  156  5466  1511  276  68   76  553   494  .276  .343  .394   69      111  5.20  5.17
 STL  4.79   747  156  5499  1514  266  61  119  479   610  .275  .333  .411   97      108  4.78  4.80
 CIN  4.56   707  155  5372  1427  264  38   89  453   503  .266  .323  .379   72      100  4.57  4.55
 BRO  4.47   697  156  5470  1421  256  70   93  522   570  .260  .324  .383   56       98  4.56  4.37
 CHC  4.42   681  154  5389  1441  272  48   86  482   566  .267  .328  .384   63      104  4.32  4.52
 NYG  4.36   663  152  5324  1423  201  46   91  453   478  .267  .325  .374   45       99  4.25  4.47
 BSN  4.10   623  152  5329  1366  219  50   59  402   581  .256  .308  .349   48       93  4.37  3.83
 PHI  3.23   494  153  5137  1225  180  35   75  435   527  .238  .298  .331   25       83  2.94  3.54
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.39  5421 1234 42986 11328 1934 416  688 3779  4329  .264  .326  .376  475   --

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 CIN  3.41   528  155  3.05  1407  1263   8.1   445  2.9   73   557   91    10     0  11 125  3.12  3.69
 BRO  3.98   621  156  3.50  1433  1366   8.8   393  2.5  101   639   65    17     0  14 114  4.42  3.51
 CHC  4.13   636  154  3.54  1392  1418   9.2   430  2.8   74   564   69    12     0  14 106  4.10  4.16
 NYG  4.34   659  152  3.79  1360  1383   9.1   473  3.1  110   606   57    10     0  18 103  4.46  4.21
 STL  4.48   699  156  3.83  1396  1457   9.3   488  3.1   83   550   71    10     0  14 104  4.73  4.24
 BSN  4.90   745  152  4.36  1359  1444   9.5   573  3.8   83   435   76     9     0  12  86  4.69  5.10
 PIT  5.02   783  156  4.36  1388  1569  10.1   492  3.2   72   491   49     7     0  24  87  4.72  5.30
 PHI  4.90   750  153  4.40  1357  1429   9.3   475  3.1   92   485   66     5     0   8  88  5.10  4.69
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.39  5421 1234  3.85 11092 11329   9.2  3769  3.1  688  4327  544          82 115

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 CIN  117  158  .981   .730    850,180  11,041   96-57  55-21 45-32 101  99 28.8 29.6   1   4  17 McKechnie
 BRO  183  110  .970   .714    975,978  12,049   85-68  41-37 47-28 106 104 28.4 31.8   3   6  23 Durocher
 STL  174  134  .971   .697    324,078   4,209   81-72  41-36 43-33 106 104 27.0 28.8   3   2  24 Blades, Gonzalez, and Southworth
 PIT  217  160  .966   .676    507,934   6,772   79-75  40-34 38-42  99  99 27.6 29.9   4   1  13 Frisch
 CHC  199  143  .968   .697    534,878   6,946   82-72  40-37 35-42  98  98 28.9 29.6   3   4  17 Hartnett
 NYG  139  132  .977   .706    747,852   9,840   76-76  33-43 39-37 101 101 28.7 30.1   2   5  15 Terry
 BSN  183  169  .970   .694    241,616   3,222   64-88  35-40 30-47  95  97 26.3 28.1   1   2  10 Stengel
 PHI  181  136  .970   .697    207,177   2,622   49-104 24-55 26-48  96 101 27.4 27.9   1   3  12 Prothro
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results Most Valuable Player Frank McCormick CIN .309/.367/.482

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average Garms-PIT .355 Lombardi-CIN .319 Cooney-BSN .318 Hack-CHC .317 Mize-STL .314	On-base % Fletcher-PIT .418 Ott-NYG .407 Mize-STL .404 Camilli-BRO .397 Garms-PIT .395	Slugging % Mize-STL .636 Nicholson-CHC .534 Camilli-BRO .529 DiMaggio-TOT .519 Slaughter-STL .504	OPS Mize-STL 1.039 Camilli-BRO .926 Nicholson-CHC .899 Garms-PIT .895 DiMaggio-TOT .884
Games Vaughan-PIT 156 McCormick-CIN 155 Mize-STL 155 Miller-BSN 151 Ott-NYG 151	At Bats McCormick-CIN 618 Hack-CHC 603 Vaughan-PIT 594 Werber-CIN 584 Medwick-TOT 581	Plate Appearances (approx.) Vaughan-PIT 689 Hack-CHC 686 McCormick-CIN 676 Mize-STL 666 Frey-CIN 663 Werber-CIN 663	Runs Vaughan-PIT 113 Mize-STL 111 Werber-CIN 105 Frey-CIN 102 Hack-CHC 101
Hits Hack-CHC 191 McCormick-CIN 191 Mize-STL 182 Vaughan-PIT 178 Medwick-TOT 175	Total Bases Mize-STL 368 McCormick-CIN 298 Medwick-TOT 280 Camilli-BRO 271 Vaughan-PIT 269	Doubles McCormick-CIN 44 Vaughan-PIT 40 Gleeson-CHC 39 Hack-CHC 38 Walker-BRO 37	Triples Vaughan-PIT 15 Ross-BSN 14 Camilli-BRO 13 Mize-STL 13 Slaughter-STL 13
Home Runs Mize-STL 43 Nicholson-CHC 25 Rizzo-TOT 24 Camilli-BRO 23 DiMaggio-TOT 19 McCormick-CIN 19 Ott-NYG 19	RBI Mize-STL 137 McCormick-CIN 127 Van Robays-PIT 116 Fletcher-PIT 104 Young-NYG 101	Bases on Balls Fletcher-PIT 119 Ott-NYG 100 Camilli-BRO 89 Vaughan-PIT 88 Mize-STL 82	Strikeouts Ross-BSN 127 Orengo-STL 90 Camilli-BRO 83 DiMaggio-TOT 83 Leiber-CHC 68
Stolen Bases Frey-CIN 22 Hack-CHC 21 Moore-STL 18 Werber-CIN 16 Reese-BRO 15	Singles Whitehead-NYG 141 Hack-CHC 139 Herman-CHC 130 McCormick-CIN 125 May-PHI 120 Walker-BRO 120	Adjusted OPS+ Mize-STL 176 Nicholson-CHC 147 Camilli-BRO 147 Garms-PIT 146 DiMaggio-TOT 142	Runs Created Mize-STL 147 McCormick-CIN 108 Camilli-BRO 106 Vaughan-PIT 105 Hack-CHC 104
Adjusted Batting Runs Mize-STL 60 Camilli-BRO 35 Fletcher-PIT 34 Ott-NYG 32 Vaughan-PIT 31	Batting Wins Mize-STL 6.0 Camilli-BRO 3.5 Fletcher-PIT 3.4 Ott-NYG 3.2 Vaughan-PIT 3.1	Extra-Base Hits Mize-STL 87 McCormick-CIN 66 Camilli-BRO 65 Vaughan-PIT 62 Medwick-TOT 59 Nicholson-CHC 59	Times on Base Hack-CHC 269 Mize-STL 269 Vaughan-PIT 269 Fletcher-PIT 267 Ott-NYG 261
Offensive Win% Mize-STL .813 Garms-PIT .750 Camilli-BRO .737 Nicholson-CHC .717 Slaughter-STL .710	Hit By Pitch Fletcher-PIT 9 Werber-CIN 8 Lombardi-CIN 7 Moore-NYG 7 Gleeson-CHC 6 Jurges-NYG 6 Ott-NYG 6	Sac. Hits McCormick-CIN 20 Schulte-PHI 20 Frey-CIN 17 Demaree-NYG 16 Orengo-STL 16	Grounded into Double Plays McCormick-CIN 23 Medwick-TOT 19 Danning-NYG 18 Lombardi-CIN 18 Herman-CHC 16 Miller-BSN 16 Phelps-BRO 16 Van Robays-PIT 16 Whitehead-NYG 16
Power/Speed Number Moore-STL 17.5 DiMaggio-TOT 13.9 Werber-CIN 13.7 Camilli-BRO 12.9 Mize-STL 12.0	At Bats per Strikeout Garms-PIT 59.7 Cooney-BSN 40.6 Whitehead-NYG 33.4 Brown-STL 30.3 Hassett-BSN 28.6	At Bats per Home Run Mize-STL 13.5 DiMaggio-TOT 18.9 Nicholson-CHC 19.6 Rizzo-TOT 21.0 Camilli-BRO 22.3	Outs McCormick-CIN 451 Frey-CIN 436 Van Robays-PIT 433 Werber-CIN 432 Whitehead-NYG 431
ERA Walters-CIN 2.48 Passeau-CHC 2.50 Sewell-PIT 2.80 Turner-CIN 2.89 Olsen-CHC 2.97	Wins Walters-CIN 22 Derringer-CIN 20 Passeau-CHC 20 Fitzsimmons-BRO 16 McGee-STL 16 Sewell-PIT 16 Thompson-CIN 16 Warneke-STL 16	Won-Loss % Fitzsimmons-BRO .889 Beggs-CIN .800 Sewell-PIT .762 Walters-CIN .688 Turner-CIN .667	BB + H per IP (WHIP) Walters-CIN 1.092 Derringer-CIN 1.106 Passeau-CHC 1.133 Turner-CIN 1.171 Tamulis-BRO 1.173
Hits Allowed/9IP Walters-CIN 7.11 Higbe-PHI 7.70 Thompson-CIN 7.87 Casey-BRO 7.95 Sullivan-BSN 7.97	Bases on Balls/9IP Derringer-CIN 1.46 Turner-CIN 1.54 Hamlin-BRO 1.68 Davis-TOT 1.79 Warneke-STL 1.82	Strikeouts/9IP Melton-NYG 4.91 Schumacher-NYG 4.88 Wyatt-BRO 4.66 Hamlin-BRO 4.49 Higbe-PHI 4.36	Games Shoun-STL 54 Brown-PIT 48 Passeau-CHC 46 Casey-BRO 44 Raffensberger-CHC 43
Saves Beggs-CIN 7 Brown-NYG 7 Brown-PIT 7 Passeau-CHC 5 Shoun-STL 5	Innings Walters-CIN 305.0 Derringer-CIN 296.7 Higbe-PHI 283.0 Passeau-CHC 280.7 Mulcahy-PHI 280.0	Strikeouts Higbe-PHI 137 Passeau-CHC 124 Wyatt-BRO 124 Schumacher-NYG 123 Derringer-CIN 115 Walters-CIN 115	Games Started Derringer-CIN 37 Higbe-PHI 36 Mulcahy-PHI 36 Walters-CIN 36 Wyatt-BRO 34
Comp. Games Walters-CIN 29 Derringer-CIN 26 Mulcahy-PHI 21 Higbe-PHI 20 Passeau-CHC 20	Shutouts Salvo-BSN 5 Wyatt-BRO 5 Fitzsimmons-BRO 4 Lohrman-NYG 4 Olsen-CHC 4 Passeau-CHC 4	Home Runs Allow. Hubbell-NYG 22 Lohrman-NYG 19 Walters-CIN 19 Wyatt-BRO 19 Davis-TOT 17 Derringer-CIN 17 Gumbert-NYG 17 Hamlin-BRO 17 Strincevich-BSN 17 Warneke-STL 17	Bases On Balls Allow. Higbe-PHI 121 McGee-STL 96 Schumacher-NYG 96 Thompson-CIN 96 Walters-CIN 92
Hits Allowed Mulcahy-PHI 283 Derringer-CIN 280 Posedel-BSN 263 Passeau-CHC 259 Lee-CHC 246	SO to Walk Hamlin-BRO 2.68 Derringer-CIN 2.40 Passeau-CHC 2.10 Wyatt-BRO 2.00 Warneke-STL 1.81	Losses Mulcahy-PHI 22 Higbe-PHI 19 Lee-CHC 17 Posedel-BSN 17 Lohrman-NYG 15	Earned Runs Allow. Lee-CHC 118 Higbe-PHI 117 Mulcahy-PHI 112 Posedel-BSN 107 Derringer-CIN 101
Wild Pitches Higbe-PHI 9 McGee-STL 9 Gumbert-NYG 8 Heintzelman-PIT 7 Mulcahy-PHI 6	Hit Batsmen Doyle-TOT 10 Beck-PHI 9 Strincevich-BSN 8 Sullivan-BSN 8 Bowman-PIT 7 Moore-CIN 7	Batters Faced Walters-CIN 1207 Derringer-CIN 1205 Higbe-PHI 1194 Mulcahy-PHI 1189 Passeau-CHC 1172	Games Finished Beggs-CIN 27 Brown-NYG 23 Shoun-STL 22 Brown-PIT 21 Casey-BRO 19
Adjusted ERA+ Walters-CIN 154 Passeau-CHC 151 Sewell-PIT 136 Turner-CIN 132 Hamlin-BRO 131	Oldest Player Root-CHC 1899-03-17 (41) Wilson-CIN 1900-07-23 (39) Hartnett-CHC 1900-12-20 (39) Johnson-PHI 1900-12-31 (39) Cooney-BSN 1901-03-18 (39)	Youngest Player File-PHI 1922-05-18 (18) Sisti-BSN 1920-07-26 (19) Podgajny-PHI 1920-06-10 (20) Gustine-PIT 1920-02-20 (20) Monchak-PHI 1919-12-22 (20)

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Paul Derringer (CIN) C. Ernie Lombardi (CIN) 1B. Johnny Mize (STL) 2B. Billy Herman (CHC) 3B. Cookie Lavagetto (BRO) SS. Arky Vaughan (PIT) LF. Joe Medwick (BRO) CF. Terry Moore (STL) RF. Max West (BSN)		Pete Coscarart* (BRO) Harry Danning* (NYG) Leo Durocher (BRO) Larry French* (CHC) Kirby Higbe (PHI) Carl Hubbell* (NYG) Billy Jurges (NYG) Hank Leiber (CHC) Pinky May* (PHI)		Frank McCormick* (CIN) Eddie Miller* (BSN) Jo-Jo Moore* (NYG) Hugh Mulcahy (PHI) Bill Nicholson* (CHC) Mel Ott* (NYG) Babe Phelps* (BRO) Bucky Walters* (CIN) Whit Wyatt* (BRO)

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