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1940 Cincinnati Reds Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 / 1941)
100-53, Finished 1st in National League
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Scored 707 runs, Allowed 528 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-57
Manager: Bill McKechnie (100-53)
Ballpark: Crosley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 850,180 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 98
World Series Champs
Postseason:  Won World Series (4-3) over Detroit Tigers

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1939 / 1941 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 100-53, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0
Days in First102last on Sunday, Sep 29, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 140last on Sep 29, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead13last on Saturday, Sep 21, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind3last on Tuesday, Apr 30, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50048last on Sunday, Sep 22
Most Games under .500never
Longest Winning Streak11Wednesday, Sep 11 to Saturday, Sep 21
Longest Losing Streak3Tuesday, Jun 18 to Friday, Jun 21, Wednesday, Jul 31 to Friday, Aug 2, Sunday, Aug 11 to Monday, Aug 12 and Sunday, Aug 18 to Monday, Aug 19
Most Runs Allowed13Monday, May 20
Most Runs Scored23Saturday, Jun 8
Times Shutout by Opponent5 
Times Opponent Shutout10 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall100 53 707 528 .654
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 55 21 352 240 .724
Road 45 32 355 288 .584
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 6 3 28 20 .667
May 19 7 155 109 .731
June 16 11 120 83 .593
July 20 8 132 86 .714
August 16 16 121 124 .500
September 23 8 151 106 .742
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 46 23 330 228 .667
Second Half 54 30 377 300 .643
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 41 17 218 194 .707
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 28 10 273 143 .737
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BRO 14 8 125 83 .636
BSN 12 9 95 90 .571
CHC 16 6 91 72 .727
NYG 15 7 103 71 .682
PHI 15 7 82 67 .682
PIT 16 6 108 73 .727
STL 12 10 103 72 .545

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Tuesday, Apr 16 CIN CHC W 2 1 1-0 1 Tied Derringer 34,340 +
2 2 Thursday, Apr 18 CIN CHC W 2 1 2-0 1 up 0.5 Thompson 1,536 ++
3 3 Monday, Apr 22 CIN STL W 6 1 3-0 1 up 0.5 Walters 5,197 +++
4 4 Thursday, Apr 25 CIN @ CHC L 2 4 3-1 2 1.5 Dean -
5 5 Friday, Apr 26 CIN @ CHC L 2 6 3-2 4 2.5 Passeau 4,895 --
6 6 Saturday, Apr 27 CIN PIT W 3 0 4-2 2 2.5 Walters 5,959 +
7 7 Sunday, Apr 28 CIN PIT W 8 2 5-2 2 2.5 Thompson 19,337 ++
8 8 Monday, Apr 29 CIN PIT W 3 2 6-2 2 2.0 Derringer 1,549 +++
9 9 Tuesday, Apr 30 CIN BRO L 0 3 6-3 2 3.0 Carleton 10,544 -
10 10 Wednesday, May 1 CIN BRO W 9 2 7-3 2 2.0 Walters 3,672 +
11 11 Saturday, May 4 CIN PHI W 3 2 8-3 2 1.5 Beggs 4,530 ++
12 12 Sunday, May 5 CIN NYG W 3 2 9-3 2 1.5 Walters 25,390 +++
13 13 Monday, May 6 CIN NYG W 9 1 10-3 2 1.5 Thompson 4,668 ++++
14 14 Tuesday, May 7 CIN NYG W 7 6 11-3 2 0.5 Barrett 5,687 +++++
15 15 Wednesday, May 8 CIN BSN L 4 10 11-4 2 1.0 Posedel 4,301 -
16 16 Thursday, May 9 CIN BSN W 4 1 12-4 2 1.0 Walters 3,450 +
17 17 Saturday, May 11 CIN @ STL W 12 5 13-4 1 up 0.5 Thompson 4,079 ++
18 18 Sunday, May 12 CIN @ STL W 7 1 14-4 1 up 1.0 Derringer +++
19 19 Sunday, May 12 CIN @ STL W 13 4 15-4 1 up 1.0 Turner 18,507 ++++
20 20 Monday, May 13 CIN STL T 8 8 15-4 1 up 0.5 6,606 ++++
21 21 Tuesday, May 14 CIN @ BRO L 5 6 15-5 2 0.5 Pressnell 21,533 -
22 22 Wednesday, May 15 CIN @ BRO W 5 2 16-5 1 up 0.5 Thompson 18,403 +
23 23 Friday, May 17 CIN @ PHI W 7 2 17-5 1 up 0.5 Moore 1,500 ++
24 24 Saturday, May 18 CIN @ PHI L 3 8 17-6 1 up 0.5 Mulcahy 8,000 -
25 25 Sunday, May 19 CIN @ BSN W 8 4 18-6 1 up 1.5 Walters 12,983 +
26 26 Monday, May 20 CIN @ BSN L 4 13 18-7 1 up 1.5 Errickson 1,512 -
27 27 Wednesday, May 22 CIN @ NYG L 4 6 18-8 1 Tied Hubbell 4,997 --
28 28 Saturday, May 25 CIN STL W 7 2 19-8 1 Tied Walters +
29 29 Saturday, May 25 CIN STL L 1 5 19-9 1 Tied McGee 19,730 -
30 30 Sunday, May 26 CIN STL W 4 0 20-9 1 Tied Derringer 19,490 +
31 31 Monday, May 27 CIN @ PIT W 2 1 21-9 1 up 0.5 Beggs ++
32 32 Monday, May 27 CIN @ PIT W 7 3 22-9 1 up 0.5 Turner 7,258 +++
33 33 Tuesday, May 28 CIN @ PIT L 2 5 22-10 2 0.5 Butcher 1,800 -
34 34 Wednesday, May 29 CIN @ PIT W 4 0 23-10 1 Tied Walters 2,859 +
35 35 Thursday, May 30 CIN @ CHC W 4 2 24-10 1 up 2.0 Derringer ++
36 36 Thursday, May 30 CIN @ CHC W 9 8 25-10 1 up 2.0 Beggs 30,828 +++
37 37 Saturday, Jun 1 CIN BSN W 3 2 26-10 1 up 3.0 Thompson 4,646 ++++
38 38 Sunday, Jun 2 CIN BSN W 11 1 27-10 1 up 2.0 Walters +++++
39 39 Sunday, Jun 2 CIN BSN L 0 2 27-11 1 up 2.0 Errickson 28,067 -
40 40 Monday, Jun 3 CIN BSN W 3 2 28-11 1 up 2.0 Derringer 3,006 +
41 41 Tuesday, Jun 4 CIN NYG L 4 5 28-12 1 up 1.0 Hubbell 6,422 -
42 42 Wednesday, Jun 5 CIN NYG W 7 2 29-12 1 up 1.5 Thompson +
43 43 Friday, Jun 7 CIN BRO L 2 4 29-13 1 Tied Casey 8,601 -
44 44 Saturday, Jun 8 CIN BRO W 23 2 30-13 1 up 1.0 Derringer 10,075 +
45 45 Sunday, Jun 9 CIN BRO L 1 9 30-14 1 up 1.0 Carleton -
46 46 Sunday, Jun 9 CIN BRO W 6 2 31-14 1 up 1.0 Thompson 34,909 +
47 47 Tuesday, Jun 11 CIN PHI L 1 4 31-15 1 Tied Beck 3,623 -
48 48 Wednesday, Jun 12 CIN PHI W 2 1 32-15 1 Tied Derringer 17,289 +
49 49 Friday, Jun 14 CIN @ BRO L 0 2 32-16 2 1.0 Hamlin 17,757 -
50 50 Saturday, Jun 15 CIN @ BRO L 6 11 32-17 2 2.0 Pressnell 6,155 --
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Sunday, Jun 16 CIN @ BRO W 1 0 33-17 1 Tied Derringer +
52 52 Sunday, Jun 16 CIN @ BRO W 5 2 34-17 1 Tied Turner 30,005 ++
53 53 Monday, Jun 17 CIN @ PHI W 6 2 35-17 1 up 1.0 Moore 1,000 +++
54 54 Tuesday, Jun 18 CIN @ PHI L 1 3 35-18 1 up 1.0 Mulcahy 10,361 -
55 55 Thursday, Jun 20 CIN @ PHI L 3 4 35-19 1 Tied Higbe 7,421 --
56 56 Friday, Jun 21 CIN @ NYG L 3 4 35-20 2 1.0 Gumbert 7,451 ---
57 57 Saturday, Jun 22 CIN @ NYG W 3 1 36-20 1 Tied Turner 15,075 +
58 58 Sunday, Jun 23 CIN @ NYG W 7 4 37-20 1 up 1.5 Shoffner ++
59 59 Sunday, Jun 23 CIN @ NYG W 2 0 38-20 1 up 1.5 Thompson 52,657 +++
60 60 Friday, Jun 28 CIN CHC L 2 3 38-21 1 up 0.5 Mooty 26,834 -
61 61 Saturday, Jun 29 CIN CHC W 4 1 39-21 1 up 0.5 Turner 6,428 +
62 62 Sunday, Jun 30 CIN CHC W 7 4 40-21 1 up 1.5 Walters ++
63 63 Sunday, Jun 30 CIN CHC W 7 6 41-21 1 up 1.5 Riddle 26,960 +++
64 64 Monday, Jul 1 CIN @ STL L 2 3 41-22 1 up 0.5 Warneke 1,706 -
65 65 Tuesday, Jul 2 CIN @ STL L 0 4 41-23 2 0.5 McGee 14,944 --
66 66 Thursday, Jul 4 CIN PIT W 9 1 42-23 2 1.0 Walters +
67 67 Thursday, Jul 4 CIN PIT W 3 1 43-23 2 1.0 Thompson 19,399 ++
68 68 Friday, Jul 5 CIN PIT W 5 4 44-23 2 1.0 Beggs +++
69 69 Saturday, Jul 6 CIN @ CHC W 4 0 45-23 2 1.0 Derringer 12,939 ++++
70 70 Sunday, Jul 7 CIN @ CHC W 4 3 46-23 1 up 0.5 Beggs 23,198 +++++
71 71 Thursday, Jul 11 CIN BRO W 6 5 47-23 1 up 1.5 Walters 28,465 ++++++
72 72 Saturday, Jul 13 CIN BRO W 7 6 48-23 1 up 1.5 Derringer +++++++
73 73 Saturday, Jul 13 CIN BRO L 1 3 48-24 1 up 1.5 Davis 27,466 -
74 74 Sunday, Jul 14 CIN PHI W 3 2 49-24 1 up 2.5 Turner +
75 75 Sunday, Jul 14 CIN PHI W 7 1 50-24 1 up 2.5 Moore 17,251 ++
76 76 Monday, Jul 15 CIN PHI W 3 2 51-24 1 up 3.0 Walters 3,015 +++
77 77 Wednesday, Jul 17 CIN BSN W 4 3 52-24 1 up 3.5 Derringer 21,361 ++++
78 78 Friday, Jul 19 CIN BSN L 7 8 52-25 1 up 3.0 Sullivan 4,802 -
79 79 Saturday, Jul 20 CIN NYG W 5 1 53-25 1 up 4.0 Walters 8,567 +
80 80 Sunday, Jul 21 CIN NYG W 6 1 54-25 1 up 5.0 Derringer ++
81 81 Sunday, Jul 21 CIN NYG W 4 2 55-25 1 up 5.0 Turner 33,356 +++
82 82 Tuesday, Jul 23 CIN @ BRO W 4 3 56-25 1 up 7.0 Beggs ++++
83 83 Tuesday, Jul 23 CIN @ BRO W 9 2 57-25 1 up 7.0 Moore 40,583 +++++
84 84 Wednesday, Jul 24 CIN @ BRO W 6 3 58-25 1 up 8.0 Walters 30,102 ++++++
85 85 Friday, Jul 26 CIN @ PHI W 9 5 59-25 1 up 8.5 Derringer 6,211 +++++++
86 86 Saturday, Jul 27 CIN @ PHI L 3 5 59-26 1 up 9.0 Mulcahy 3,500 -
87 87 Sunday, Jul 28 CIN @ PHI W 7 2 60-26 1 up 8.0 Turner +
88 88 Sunday, Jul 28 CIN @ PHI L 1 4 60-27 1 up 8.0 Blanton 10,160 -
89 89 Monday, Jul 29 CIN @ NYG L 3 4 60-28 1 up 7.0 Lynn 4,521 --
90 90 Tuesday, Jul 30 CIN @ NYG W 6 3 61-28 1 up 8.0 Derringer 5,887 +
91 91 Wednesday, Jul 31 CIN @ NYG L 4 5 61-29 1 up 7.5 Dean 30,334 -
92 92 Friday, Aug 2 CIN @ BSN L 3 10 61-30 1 up 6.0 Strincevich --
93 93 Friday, Aug 2 CIN @ BSN L 3 4 61-31 1 up 6.0 Salvo 4,069 ---
94 94 Saturday, Aug 3 CIN @ BSN W 3 1 62-31 1 up 6.5 Derringer +
95 95 Saturday, Aug 3 CIN @ BSN L 2 5 62-32 1 up 6.5 Sullivan 7,895 -
96 96 Sunday, Aug 4 CIN @ BSN L 3 5 62-33 1 up 6.5 Errickson --
97 97 Sunday, Aug 4 CIN @ BSN W 12 9 63-33 1 up 6.5 Turner 14,911 +
98 98 Wednesday, Aug 7 CIN CHC L 3 5 63-34 1 up 5.0 Lee 8,582 -
99 99 Thursday, Aug 8 CIN CHC W 3 1 64-34 1 up 5.0 Walters 7,848 +
100 100 Friday, Aug 9 CIN STL W 7 2 65-34 1 up 5.0 Thompson 28,325 ++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Saturday, Aug 10 CIN STL W 5 0 66-34 1 up 6.0 Moore 9,091 +++
102 102 Sunday, Aug 11 CIN STL L 2 3 66-35 1 up 5.0 Cooper -
103 103 Sunday, Aug 11 CIN STL L 1 3 66-36 1 up 5.0 Warneke 28,762 --
104 104 Monday, Aug 12 CIN @ PIT L 2 4 66-37 1 up 4.5 Butcher 42,254 ---
105 105 Tuesday, Aug 13 CIN @ PIT W 4 3 67-37 1 up 5.0 Beggs 6,810 +
106 106 Thursday, Aug 15 CIN @ CHC L 0 1 67-38 1 up 5.0 Passeau 6,044 -
107 107 Friday, Aug 16 CIN @ CHC W 9 4 68-38 1 up 6.5 Moore +
108 108 Friday, Aug 16 CIN @ CHC W 6 3 69-38 1 up 6.5 Hutchings 19,001 ++
109 109 Sunday, Aug 18 CIN @ STL L 1 3 69-39 1 up 4.5 Cooper -
110 110 Sunday, Aug 18 CIN @ STL L 4 5 69-40 1 up 4.5 McGee 15,836 --
111 111 Monday, Aug 19 CIN NYG L 2 9 69-41 1 up 4.0 Hubbell 7,417 ---
112 112 Tuesday, Aug 20 CIN NYG W 3 2 70-41 1 up 5.5 Thompson 6,360 +
113 113 Wednesday, Aug 21 CIN NYG L 4 5 70-42 1 up 5.5 Brown 7,647 -
114 114 Thursday, Aug 22 CIN BSN W 3 2 71-42 1 up 6.5 Walters 5,179 +
115 115 Friday, Aug 23 CIN BSN L 2 7 71-43 1 up 6.5 Tobin 4,510 -
116 116 Saturday, Aug 24 CIN BSN W 5 0 72-43 1 up 6.5 Thompson 7,246 +
117 117 Sunday, Aug 25 CIN PHI W 3 2 73-43 1 up 7.5 Turner ++
118 118 Sunday, Aug 25 CIN PHI W 6 5 74-43 1 up 7.5 Hutchings 23,544 +++
119 119 Monday, Aug 26 CIN PHI W 3 2 75-43 1 up 7.5 Walters ++++
120 120 Monday, Aug 26 CIN PHI L 1 6 75-44 1 up 7.5 Johnson 7,024 -
121 121 Thursday, Aug 29 CIN BRO W 9 3 76-44 1 up 8.5 Derringer 11,768 +
122 122 Friday, Aug 30 CIN BRO L 2 6 76-45 1 up 7.5 Hamlin 10,652 -
123 123 Saturday, Aug 31 CIN CHC W 5 4 77-45 1 up 7.5 Beggs 7,549 +
124 124 Sunday, Sep 1 CIN CHC W 6 5 78-45 1 up 7.5 Turner ++
125 125 Sunday, Sep 1 CIN CHC W 2 1 79-45 1 up 7.5 Moore 29,778 +++
126 126 Monday, Sep 2 CIN STL W 2 1 80-45 1 up 7.5 Derringer ++++
127 127 Monday, Sep 2 CIN STL L 4 7 80-46 1 up 7.5 Warneke 27,863 -
128 128 Tuesday, Sep 3 CIN STL W 4 3 81-46 1 up 8.0 Beggs 8,250 +
129 129 Wednesday, Sep 4 CIN PIT W 3 2 82-46 1 up 8.0 Beggs 30,543 ++
130 130 Thursday, Sep 5 CIN PIT W 6 3 83-46 1 up 8.0 Vander Meer +++
131 131 Saturday, Sep 7 CIN @ CHC W 7 6 84-46 1 up 8.0 Thompson 7,605 ++++
132 132 Sunday, Sep 8 CIN @ CHC L 1 3 84-47 1 up 6.5 Olsen 20,613 -
133 133 Wednesday, Sep 11 CIN @ BSN W 8 0 85-47 1 up 9.0 Walters +
134 134 Wednesday, Sep 11 CIN @ BSN W 3 1 86-47 1 up 9.0 Derringer 4,042 ++
135 135 Thursday, Sep 12 CIN @ NYG W 9 4 87-47 1 up 8.5 Thompson 3,966 +++
136 136 Friday, Sep 13 CIN @ NYG W 5 2 88-47 1 up 8.5 Beggs 3,576 ++++
137 137 Saturday, Sep 14 CIN @ NYG W 3 2 89-47 1 up 8.0 Turner 5,758 +++++
138 138 Sunday, Sep 15 CIN @ BRO W 13 3 90-47 1 up 9.0 Walters ++++++
139 139 Sunday, Sep 15 CIN @ BRO T 1 1 90-47 1 up 9.0 33,339 ++++++
140 140 Monday, Sep 16 CIN @ BRO W 4 3 91-47 1 up10.0 Beggs 6,782 +++++++
141 141 Tuesday, Sep 17 CIN @ PHI W 2 1 92-47 1 up11.0 Moore 1,500 ++++++++
142 142 Wednesday, Sep 18 CIN @ PHI W 4 3 93-47 1 up12.0 Vander Meer 2,093 +++++++++
143 143 Thursday, Sep 19 CIN @ PHI W 4 1 94-47 1 up12.5 Derringer 1,000 ++++++++++
144 144 Saturday, Sep 21 CIN @ PIT W 8 1 95-47 1 up13.0 Walters +++++++++++
145 145 Saturday, Sep 21 CIN @ PIT L 7 8 95-48 1 up13.0 MacFayden 6,395 -
146 146 Sunday, Sep 22 CIN @ PIT W 2 1 96-48 1 up12.0 Turner +
147 147 Sunday, Sep 22 CIN @ PIT L 1 8 96-49 1 up12.0 Lanning 14,865 -
148 148 Monday, Sep 23 CIN @ PIT L 9 12 96-50 1 up11.0 Heintzelman 2,098 --
149 149 Wednesday, Sep 25 CIN @ STL W 5 0 97-50 1 up10.5 Thompson +
150 150 Wednesday, Sep 25 CIN @ STL L 3 4 97-51 1 up10.5 Hutchinson 1,898 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Thursday, Sep 26 CIN @ STL W 4 3 98-51 1 up11.5 Vander Meer +
152 152 Thursday, Sep 26 CIN @ STL L 1 5 98-52 1 up11.5 Kimball 1,408 -
153 153 Friday, Sep 27 CIN PIT L 3 4 98-53 1 up11.0 Sewell 3,173 --
154 154 Saturday, Sep 28 CIN PIT W 6 5 99-53 1 up12.0 Turner 6,603 +
155 155 Sunday, Sep 29 CIN PIT W 11 3 100-53 1 up12.0 Walters 13,860 ++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1939 / 1941 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits