1940 World Series - Cincinnati Reds over Detroit Tigers (4-3)

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1940 World Series (4-3): Cincinnati Reds (100-53) over Detroit Tigers (90-64)

1939 WS / 1941 WS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 2, 1940 at Crosley Field (Cincinnati Reds)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               0  5  0    0  2  0    0  0  0     7 10  1
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  0     2  8  3

    PITCHERS: DET - Newsom
              CIN - Derringer, Moore (2), Riddle (9)

               WP - Bobo Newsom
	       LP - Paul Derringer
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: DET - Campbell
              CIN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 31,793

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 3, 1940 at Crosley Field (Cincinnati Reds)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               2  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     3  3  1
    Cincinnati Reds              0  2  2    1  0  0    0  0  x     5  9  0

    PITCHERS: DET - Rowe, Gorsica (4)
              CIN - Walters

               WP - Bucky Walters
	       LP - Schoolboy Rowe
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: DET - none
              CIN - Ripple

  ATTENDANCE: 30,640

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Friday, October 4, 1940 at Briggs Stadium (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cincinnati Reds              1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  2     4 10  1
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  0    1  0  0    4  2  x     7 13  1

    PITCHERS: CIN - Turner, Moore (7), Beggs (8)
              DET - Bridges

               WP - Tommy Bridges
	       LP - Jim Turner
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CIN - none
              DET - Higgins, York

  ATTENDANCE: 52,877

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 5, 1940 at Briggs Stadium (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cincinnati Reds              2  0  1    1  0  0    0  1  0     5 11  1
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  0     2  5  1

    PITCHERS: CIN - Derringer
              DET - Trout, Smith (3), McKain (7)

               WP - Paul Derringer
	       LP - Dizzy Trout
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CIN - none
              DET - none

  ATTENDANCE: 54,093

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 6, 1940 at Briggs Stadium (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  3  0
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  3    4  0  0    0  1  x     8 13  0

    PITCHERS: CIN - Thompson, Moore (4), Vander Meer (5), Hutchings (8)
              DET - Newsom

               WP - Bobo Newsom
	       LP - Junior Thompson
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CIN - none
              DET - Greenberg

  ATTENDANCE: 55,189

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 7, 1940 at Crosley Field (Cincinnati Reds)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  5  0
    Cincinnati Reds              2  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  x     4 10  2

    PITCHERS: DET - Rowe, Gorsica (1), Hutchinson (8)
              CIN - Walters

               WP - Bucky Walters
	       LP - Schoolboy Rowe
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: DET - none
              CIN - Walters

  ATTENDANCE: 30,481

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 8, 1940 at Crosley Field (Cincinnati Reds)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  7  0
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  x     2  7  1

    PITCHERS: DET - Newsom
              CIN - Derringer

               WP - Paul Derringer
	       LP - Bobo Newsom
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: DET - none
              CIN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 26,854

Series Batting Stats

Cincinnati Reds Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Morrie Arnovich	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	*101	352	30	88	0	33	1	.250	.606
Bill Baker	3	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	27	69	5	15	0	7	2	.217	.521
Joe Beggs	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	37	21	1	4	0	0	0	.190	.381
Harry Craft	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	115	422	47	103	6	48	2	.244	.630
Paul Derringer	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	37	108	4	18	0	8	0	.167	.370
Lonny Frey	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	150	563	102	150	8	54	22	.266	.732
Ival Goodman	7	29	5	8	2	0	0	5	0	3	.276	.276	.345	.621	0	0	136	519	78	134	12	63	9	.258	.724
Johnny Hutchings	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	19	13	2	2	0	0	0	.154	.421
Eddie Joost	7	25	0	5	0	0	0	2	1	2	.200	.231	.200	.431	0	1	88	278	24	60	1	24	4	.216	.567
Ernie Lombardi	2	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.667	1.167	0	0	109	376	50	120	14	74	0	.319	.871
Frank McCormick	7	28	2	6	1	0	0	0	1	1	.214	.241	.250	.491	0	0	155	618	93	191	19	127	2	.309	.850
Mike McCormick	7	29	1	9	3	0	0	2	1	6	.310	.333	.414	.747	0	0	110	417	48	125	1	30	8	.300	.681
Whitey Moore	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	25	39	1	5	0	1	0	.128	.299
Billy Myers	7	23	0	3	0	0	0	2	2	5	.130	.200	.130	.330	0	0	90	282	33	57	5	30	0	.202	.603
Elmer Riddle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	15	7	0	1	0	0	0	.143	.393
Lew Riggs	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	41	72	8	21	1	9	0	.292	.769
Jimmy Ripple	7	21	3	7	2	0	1	6	4	2	.333	.440	.571	1.011	0	0	*39	114	15	34	4	20	1	.298	.881
Junior Thompson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	33	79	5	18	0	11	0	.228	.551
Jim Turner	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	25	75	7	18	0	2	0	.240	.573
Johnny Vander Meer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	12	20	6	6	0	0	0	.300	.733
Bucky Walters	2	7	2	2	1	0	1	2	0	1	.286	.286	.857	1.143	0	0	37	117	11	24	1	18	2	.205	.488
Billy Werber	7	27	5	10	4	0	0	2	4	2	.370	.452	.519	.970	0	1	143	584	105	162	12	48	16	.277	.777
Jimmie Wilson	6	17	2	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	.353	.389	.353	.742	1	0	16	37	2	9	0	3	1	.243	.579
Totals	82	232	22	58	14	0	2	21	15	30	.250	.296	.336	.632	1	2	155	5372	707	1427	89		72	.266	.706

Detroit Tigers Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Earl Averill	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	64	118	10	33	2	20	0	.280	.690
Dick Bartell	7	26	2	7	2	0	0	3	3	3	.269	.345	.346	.691	0	1	139	528	76	123	7	53	12	.233	.665
Tommy Bridges	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	29	68	5	12	0	4	0	.176	.417
Bruce Campbell	7	25	4	9	1	0	1	5	4	4	.360	.448	.520	.968	0	2	103	297	56	84	8	44	2	.283	.829
Frank Croucher	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	37	57	3	6	0	2	0	.105	.269
Pete Fox	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	93	350	49	101	5	48	7	.289	.732
Charlie Gehringer	7	28	3	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	.214	.267	.214	.481	0	0	139	515	108	161	10	81	10	.313	.875
Johnny Gorsica	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	29	62	6	12	1	7	0	.194	.537
Hank Greenberg	7	28	5	10	2	1	1	6	2	5	.357	.400	.607	1.007	0	0	148	573	129	195	41	150	6	.340	1.103
Pinky Higgins	7	24	2	8	3	1	1	6	3	3	.333	.407	.667	1.074	0	0	131	480	70	130	13	76	4	.271	.771
Fred Hutchinson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	17	30	1	8	0	2	0	.267	.567
Barney McCosky	7	23	5	7	1	0	0	1	7	0	.304	.467	.348	.814	0	0	143	589	123	200	4	57	13	.340	.899
Archie McKain	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	27	7	3	1	0	0	0	.143	.476
Bobo Newsom	3	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.100	.100	.100	.200	0	0	36	107	9	23	0	16	0	.215	.484
Schoolboy Rowe	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	27	67	7	18	1	18	1	.269	.752
Clay Smith	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Billy Sullivan	5	13	3	2	0	0	0	0	5	2	.154	.389	.154	.543	0	0	78	220	36	68	3	41	2	.309	.849
Birdie Tebbetts	4	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	111	379	46	112	4	46	4	.296	.768
Dizzy Trout	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	33	31	4	4	0	4	0	.129	.311
Rudy York	7	26	3	6	0	1	1	2	4	7	.231	.333	.423	.756	0	0	155	588	105	186	33	134	3	.316	.993
Totals	75	228	28	56	9	3	4	24	30	30	.246	.333	.364	.697	0	3	155	5418	888	1549	134		66	.286	.808

Cincinnati Reds Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Joe Beggs	1	0	9.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	1	0	1	3.000	37	1	2.00	12	3	7	76.2	68	21	25	1.161
Paul Derringer	3	3	2.79	2	1	0	2	19.1	17	6	10	6	1.397	37	37	3.06	20	12	0	296.2	280	48	115	1.106
Johnny Hutchings	1	0	9.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	3.000	19	4	3.50	2	1	0	54.0	53	18	18	1.315
Whitey Moore	3	0	3.24	0	0	0	0	8.1	8	3	6	7	1.680	25	15	3.63	8	8	1	116.2	100	56	60	1.337
Elmer Riddle	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	2	0.000	15	1	1.87	1	2	2	33.2	30	17	9	1.396
Junior Thompson	1	1	16.20	0	1	0	0	3.1	8	6	4	2	3.600	33	31	3.32	16	9	0	225.1	197	96	103	1.300
Jim Turner	1	1	7.50	0	1	0	0	6.0	8	5	0	4	1.333	24	23	2.89	14	7	0	187.0	187	32	53	1.171
Johnny Vander Meer	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	3	2	1.667	10	7	3.75	3	1	1	48.0	38	41	41	1.646
Bucky Walters	2	2	1.50	2	0	0	2	18.0	8	3	6	6	0.778	36	36	2.48	22	10	0	305.0	241	92	115	1.092
Totals	14	7	3.69	4	3	0	4	61.0	56	25	30	30	1.410	155	155	3.050	100	53		1407.2	1263	445	557	1.213

Detroit Tigers Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Tommy Bridges	1	1	3.00	1	0	0	1	9.0	10	3	1	5	1.222	29	28	3.37	12	9	0	197.2	171	88	133	1.310
Johnny Gorsica	2	0	0.79	0	0	0	0	11.1	6	1	4	4	0.882	29	20	4.33	7	7	0	160.0	170	57	68	1.419
Fred Hutchinson	1	0	9.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	2.000	17	10	5.68	3	7	0	76.0	85	26	32	1.461
Archie McKain	1	0	3.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	1	0	0	1.333	27	0	2.82	5	0	3	51.0	48	25	24	1.431
Bobo Newsom	3	3	1.38	2	1	0	3	26.0	18	4	4	17	0.846	36	34	2.83	21	5	0	264.0	235	100	164	1.269
Schoolboy Rowe	2	2	17.18	0	2	0	0	3.2	12	7	1	1	3.545	27	23	3.46	16	3	0	169.0	170	43	61	1.260
Clay Smith	1	0	2.25	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	1	3	1	1.000	14	1	5.08	1	1	0	28.1	32	13	14	1.588
Dizzy Trout	1	1	9.00	0	1	0	0	2.0	6	2	1	1	3.500	33	10	4.47	3	7	2	100.2	125	54	64	1.778
Totals	12	7	3.00	3	4	0	4	60.0	58	20	15	30	1.217	155	155	4.011	90	64		1375.1	1425	570	752	1.451

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