The Tools of Ignorance: Stats for the year 1940

1940

Overall Batting Pitching Fielding Playoffs Managers HoF

Year	Team	Lg	Div	Rank	W	L	Pct.	G	G@H	R	RA	+/-	WC?	Div?	Lg?	WS?	Park	Attendance	BPF	PPF
1940	Detroit Tigers	AL		1	90	64	.581	155	79	888	717	171			Y	N	Briggs Stadium	1,112,693	109	108
1940	Cleveland Indians	AL		2	89	65	.574	155	82	710	637	73			N	N	League Park II/Cleveland Stadium	902,576	98	97
1940	New York Yankees	AL		3	88	66	.568	155	76	817	671	146			N	N	Yankee Stadium I	988,975	96	92
1940	Boston Red Sox	AL		4	82	72	.532	154	79	872	825	47			N	N	Fenway Park II	716,234	104	102
1940	Chicago White Sox	AL		4	82	72	.529	155	78	735	672	63			N	N	Comiskey Park	660,336	102	101
1940	St. Louis Browns	AL		6	67	87	.429	156	77	757	882	-125			N	N	Sportsman's Park IV	239,591	102	105
1940	Washington Senators	AL		7	64	90	.416	154	77	665	811	-146			N	N	Griffith Stadium I	381,241	93	95
1940	Philadelphia Athletics	AL		8	54	100	.351	154	71	703	932	-229			N	N	Shibe Park	432,145	97	101
1940	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL		1	38	13	.731	52	14	236	144	92			Y		Ruppert Stadium	0
1940	Memphis Red Sox	NAL		2	31	26	.544	57	23	199	225	-26					Martin Park	0
1940	St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	NAL		4	24	25	.480	50	6	147	161	-14					South End Grounds	0
1940	Chicago American Giants	NAL		5	22	26	.440	50	30	79	119	-40					American Giants Park	0
1940	Cleveland Bears	NAL		3	18	18	.486	37	8	143	146	-3					League Park II	0
1940	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL		6	16	29	.356	45	18	133	152	-19					Rickwood Field	0
1940	Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords	NAL		7	9	21	.290	31	5	50	62	-12					Swayne Field	0
1940	Cincinnati Reds	NL		1	100	53	.645	155	77	707	528	179			Y	Y	Crosley Field	850,180	102	99
1940	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL		2	88	65	.564	156	81	697	621	76			N	N	Ebbets Field	975,978	108	105
1940	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		3	84	69	.538	156	77	747	699	48			N	N	Sportsman's Park IV	324,078	106	103
1940	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		4	78	76	.500	156	75	809	783	26			N	N	Forbes Field	507,934	99	99
1940	Chicago Cubs	NL		5	75	79	.487	154	77	681	636	45			N	N	Wrigley Field	534,878	98	97
1940	New York Giants	NL		6	72	80	.474	152	76	663	659	4			N	N	Polo Grounds IV	747,852	101	101
1940	Boston Bees	NL		7	65	87	.428	152	75	623	745	-122			N	N	Braves Field	241,616	94	96
1940	Philadelphia Phillies	NL		8	50	103	.327	153	79	494	750	-256			N	N	Shibe Park	207,177	95	101
1940	Homestead Grays	NN2		1	28	13	.683	41	17	328	266	62			Y		Griffith Stadium	0
1940	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2		2	25	14	.641	39	10	391	333	58					Oriole Park	0
1940	Newark Eagles	NN2		3	25	16	.595	42	25	282	236	46					Ruppert Stadium	0
1940	Philadelphia Stars	NN2		4	17	30	.362	47	34	319	365	-46					Parkside Athletic Field	0
1940	New York Black Yankees	NN2		5	9	19	.321	28	3	149	217	-68					Yankee Stadium I	0
1940	New York Cubans	NN2		6	8	20	.276	29	2	149	175	-26						0

Year	Team	Lg	Div	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1940	Boston Red Sox	AL		154	5481	872	1566	301	80	145	55	49	590	597			.286	.355	.449	.804
1940	Chicago White Sox	AL		155	5386	735	1499	238	63	73	52	60	496	569			.278	.339	.387	.726
1940	Cleveland Indians	AL		155	5361	710	1422	287	61	101	53	36	519	597			.265	.330	.398	.728
1940	Detroit Tigers	AL		155	5418	888	1549	312	65	134	66	39	664	556			.286	.364	.442	.806
1940	New York Yankees	AL		155	5286	817	1371	243	66	155	59	36	648	606			.259	.340	.418	.759
1940	Philadelphia Athletics	AL		154	5304	703	1391	242	53	105	48	33	556	656			.262	.332	.387	.720
1940	St. Louis Browns	AL		156	5416	757	1423	278	58	118	51	40	556	642			.263	.331	.401	.732
1940	Washington Senators	AL		154	5365	665	1453	266	67	52	94	40	468	504			.271	.329	.374	.704
1940	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL		45	998	133	254	28	14	8	14		70	1	9		.255	.309	.335	.644
1940	Chicago American Giants	NAL		50	702	79	163	22	4	7	4		73	9	4		.232	.308	.305	.613
1940	Cleveland Bears	NAL		37	865	143	191	24	7	3	28		115	7	13		.221	.321	.275	.596
1940	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL		52	1323	236	379	54	22	12	55	1	114	5	16		.286	.350	.388	.738
1940	Memphis Red Sox	NAL		57	1541	199	381	53	12	8	41	0	151	1	9		.247	.318	.313	.631
1940	St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	NAL		50	981	147	250	39	12	3	31		120	1	9		.255	.341	.328	.670
1940	Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords	NAL		31	502	50	99	11	7	5	22		45	6	6		.197	.271	.277	.548
1940	Boston Bees	NL		152	5329	623	1366	219	50	59	48		402	581			.256	.308	.349	.658
1940	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL		156	5470	697	1421	256	70	93	56		522	570			.260	.324	.383	.707
1940	Chicago Cubs	NL		154	5389	681	1441	272	48	86	63		482	566			.267	.328	.384	.711
1940	Cincinnati Reds	NL		155	5372	707	1427	264	38	89	72		453	503			.266	.323	.379	.701
1940	New York Giants	NL		152	5324	663	1423	201	46	91	45		453	478			.267	.325	.374	.698
1940	Philadelphia Phillies	NL		153	5137	494	1225	180	35	75	25		435	527			.238	.298	.331	.629
1940	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		156	5466	809	1511	276	68	76	69		553	494			.276	.343	.394	.736
1940	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		156	5499	747	1514	266	61	119	97		479	610			.275	.333	.411	.744
1940	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2		39	2079	391	580	104	34	34	37	1	245	18	17		.279	.360	.411	.770
1940	Homestead Grays	NN2		41	1829	328	528	75	37	24	46	3	205	19	13		.289	.364	.410	.774
1940	New York Black Yankees	NN2		28	1040	149	274	48	9	9	14	2	99	3	8		.263	.332	.353	.685
1940	New York Cubans	NN2		29	1051	149	268	39	9	13	7	0	106	7	2		.255	.324	.346	.671
1940	Newark Eagles	NN2		42	1351	282	406	60	16	39	21	1	160	17	7		.301	.377	.455	.833
1940	Philadelphia Stars	NN2		47	2005	319	551	93	32	27	16	9	217	40	8		.275	.348	.394	.741

Year	Team	Lg	Div	W	L	G	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	R
1940	Boston Red Sox	AL		82	72	154	51	4	16	1379	1566	749	145	590	597	4.89	872
1940	Chicago White Sox	AL		82	72	155	83	10	18	1386	1499	576	73	496	569	3.74	735
1940	Cleveland Indians	AL		89	65	155	72	13	22	1375	1422	555	101	519	597	3.63	710
1940	Detroit Tigers	AL		90	64	155	59	10	23	1375	1549	613	134	664	556	4.01	888
1940	New York Yankees	AL		88	66	155	76	10	14	1373	1371	593	155	648	606	3.89	817
1940	Philadelphia Athletics	AL		54	100	154	72	4	12	1345	1391	780	105	556	656	5.22	703
1940	St. Louis Browns	AL		67	87	156	64	4	9	1373	1423	781	118	556	642	5.12	757
1940	Washington Senators	AL		64	90	154	74	6	7	1350	1453	688	52	468	504	4.59	665
1940	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL		16	29	45	10	0	5	249.2	254	129	8	70	1	4.65	133
1940	Chicago American Giants	NAL		22	26	50	15	1	0	184.1	163	92	7	73	9	4.49	79
1940	Cleveland Bears	NAL		18	18	37	16	1	1	226.2	191	116	3	115	7	4.61	143
1940	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL		38	13	52	19	4	5	327.1	379	113	12	114	5	3.11	236
1940	Memphis Red Sox	NAL		31	26	57	25	2	2	402.1	381	188	8	151	1	4.21	199
1940	St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	NAL		24	25	50	12	2	3	250.2	250	124	3	120	1	4.45	147
1940	Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords	NAL		9	21	31	13	0	0	128.1	99	50	5	45	6	3.51	50
1940	Boston Bees	NL		65	87	152	76	9	12	1359	1366	658	59	402	581	4.36	623
1940	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL		88	65	156	65	17	14	1433	1421	557	93	522	570	3.50	697
1940	Chicago Cubs	NL		75	79	154	69	12	14	1392	1441	548	86	482	566	3.54	681
1940	Cincinnati Reds	NL		100	53	155	91	10	11	1407	1427	477	89	453	503	3.05	707
1940	New York Giants	NL		72	80	152	57	11	18	1360	1423	573	91	453	478	3.79	663
1940	Philadelphia Phillies	NL		50	103	153	66	5	8	1357	1225	663	75	435	527	4.40	494
1940	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		78	76	156	49	8	24	1388	1511	672	76	553	494	4.36	809
1940	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		84	69	156	71	10	14	1396	1514	594	119	479	610	3.83	747
1940	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2		25	14	39	24	2	7	513.2	580	292	34	245	18	5.12	391
1940	Homestead Grays	NN2		28	13	41	41	6	3	465	528	225	24	205	19	4.35	328
1940	New York Black Yankees	NN2		9	19	28	14	0	0	252	274	189	9	99	3	6.75	149
1940	New York Cubans	NN2		8	20	29	16	1	1	254	268	152	13	106	7	5.39	149
1940	Newark Eagles	NN2		25	16	42	16	1	6	338.1	406	200	39	160	17	5.32	282
1940	Philadelphia Stars	NN2		17	30	47	31	0	5	514.1	551	298	27	217	40	5.21	319

Year	Team	Lg	Div	E	DP	FP
1940	Boston Red Sox	AL		173	156	0.972
1940	Chicago White Sox	AL		185	125	0.969
1940	Cleveland Indians	AL		148	164	0.975
1940	Detroit Tigers	AL		194	116	0.968
1940	New York Yankees	AL		152	158	0.975
1940	Philadelphia Athletics	AL		238	131	0.960
1940	St. Louis Browns	AL		158	179	0.974
1940	Washington Senators	AL		192	166	0.968
1940	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL		42		0.964
1940	Chicago American Giants	NAL		50		0.942
1940	Cleveland Bears	NAL		54		0.949
1940	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL		61		0.958
1940	Memphis Red Sox	NAL		76		0.957
1940	St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	NAL		63		0.945
1940	Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords	NAL		30		0.947
1940	Boston Bees	NL		183	169	0.970
1940	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL		183	110	0.970
1940	Chicago Cubs	NL		199	143	0.968
1940	Cincinnati Reds	NL		117	158	0.981
1940	New York Giants	NL		139	132	0.977
1940	Philadelphia Phillies	NL		181	136	0.970
1940	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		217	160	0.966
1940	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		174	134	0.971
1940	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2		81		0.965
1940	Homestead Grays	NN2		78		0.964
1940	New York Black Yankees	NN2		48		0.959
1940	New York Cubans	NN2		47		0.959
1940	Newark Eagles	NN2		68		0.956
1940	Philadelphia Stars	NN2		113		0.951

Year	Round	Lg	Winner	Lg	Loser	Results
1940	WS	NL	CIN	AL	DET	4-3-0

Year	Team	Lg	Div	#	Manager	G	W	L	Pct.	Div Rank	Player?
1940	Boston Red Sox	AL		1	Joe Cronin	154	82	72	0.532	4	Y
1940	Chicago White Sox	AL		1	Jimmy Dykes	155	82	72	0.529	4	N
1940	Cleveland Indians	AL		1	Ossie Vitt	155	89	65	0.574	2	N
1940	Detroit Tigers	AL		1	Del Baker	155	90	64	0.581	1	N
1940	New York Yankees	AL		1	Joe McCarthy	155	88	66	0.568	3	N
1940	Philadelphia Athletics	AL		1	Connie Mack	154	54	100	0.351	8	N
1940	St. Louis Browns	AL		1	Fred Haney	156	67	87	0.429	6	N
1940	Washington Senators	AL		1	Bucky Harris	154	64	90	0.416	7	N
1940	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL		1	Candy Jim Taylor	59	20	39	0.339	6	Y
1940	Chicago American Giants	NAL		1	Wilson Redus	60	25	33	0.417	5	Y
1940	Cleveland Bears	NAL		1	Jim Williams	18	11	6	0.611	3	Y
1940	Cleveland Bears	NAL		2	Alonzo Mitchell	26	11	15	0.423	3	Y
1940	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL		1	Andy Cooper	67	43	21	0.642	1	Y
1940	Memphis Red Sox	NAL		1	Ruben Jones	88	45	43	0.511	2	N
1940	St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	NAL		1	George Mitchell	68	30	35	0.441	4	Y
1940	Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords	NAL		1	Oscar Charleston	38	12	25	0.316	7	Y
1940	Boston Bees	NL		1	Casey Stengel	152	65	87	0.428	7	N
1940	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL		1	Leo Durocher	156	88	65	0.564	2	Y
1940	Chicago Cubs	NL		1	Gabby Hartnett	154	75	79	0.487	5	Y
1940	Cincinnati Reds	NL		1	Bill McKechnie	155	100	53	0.645	1	N
1940	New York Giants	NL		1	Bill Terry	152	72	80	0.474	6	N
1940	Philadelphia Phillies	NL		1	Doc Prothro	153	50	103	0.327	8	N
1940	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		1	Frankie Frisch	156	78	76	0.500	4	N
1940	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		1	Ray Blades	39	14	24	0.359	3	N
1940	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		2	Mike Gonzalez	6	1	5	0.167	3	N
1940	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		3	Billy Southworth	111	69	40	0.622	3	N
1940	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2		1	Felton Snow	73	44	29	0.603	2	Y
1940	Homestead Grays	NN2		1	Vic Harris	78	53	23	0.679	1	Y
1940	New York Black Yankees	NN2		1	Tex Burnett	53	26	27	0.491	5	Y
1940	New York Cubans	NN2		1	José María Fernández	51	15	34	0.294	6	Y
1940	Newark Eagles	NN2		1	Dick Lundy	46	24	21	0.522	3	N
1940	Newark Eagles	NN2		2	Biz Mackey	10	6	3	0.600	3	Y
1940	Philadelphia Stars	NN2		1	Roy Parnell	12	5	7	0.417	4	Y
1940	Philadelphia Stars	NN2		2	Jake Dunn	59	26	33	0.441	4	Y

Year	Player	Voters	Ballots	Required	Votes	Pct.	Ind.	Category
No Hall of Fame Votes Found