1940 Brooklyn Dodgers season

1940 Brooklyn Dodgers
1940 Brooklyn Dodgers
League	National League
Ballpark	Ebbets Field
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owners	James & Dearie Mulvey, Brooklyn Trust Company
President	Larry MacPhail
Managers	Leo Durocher
Radio	WOR; Red Barber, Al Helfer
	← 1939 1941 →

The 1940 Brooklyn Dodgers finished the season in second place. It was their best finish in 16 years.

Offseason

December 8, 1939: Al Todd was traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Gus Mancuso and Newt Kimball.^[1]
December 26, 1939: Boze Berger was purchased by the Dodgers from the Boston Red Sox.^[2]
February 6, 1940: Herman Franks was purchased by the Dodgers from the St. Louis Cardinals.^[3]
February 12, 1940: Joe Vosmik was purchased by the Dodgers from the Boston Red Sox.^[4]
Prior to 1940 season: Wally Westlake was signed as an amateur free agent by the Dodgers.^[5]

Regular season

Season standings

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	100	53	.654	—	55‍–‍21	45‍–‍32
Brooklyn Dodgers	88	65	.575	12	41‍–‍37	47‍–‍28
St. Louis Cardinals	84	69	.549	16	41‍–‍36	43‍–‍33
Pittsburgh Pirates	78	76	.506	22½	40‍–‍34	38‍–‍42
Chicago Cubs	75	79	.487	25½	40‍–‍37	35‍–‍42
New York Giants	72	80	.474	27½	33‍–‍43	39‍–‍37
Boston Bees	65	87	.428	34½	35‍–‍40	30‍–‍47
Philadelphia Phillies	50	103	.327	50	24‍–‍55	26‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

1940 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	9–13	8–14	9–12	7–15	15–6	9–13	8–14
Brooklyn	13–9	—	10–12	8–14–1	16–5	17–5	15–7–1	9–13–1
Chicago	14–8	12–10	—	6–16	12–10	12–10	11–11	8–14
Cincinnati	12–9	14–8–1	16–6	—	15–7	15–7	16–6	12–10–1
New York	15–7	5–16	10–12	7–15	—	12–10	12–10	11–10
Philadelphia	6–15	5–17	10–12	7–15	10–12	—	6–16	6–16
Pittsburgh	13–9	7–15–1	11–11	6–16	10–12	16–6	—	15–7–1
St. Louis	14–8	13–9–1	14–8	10–12–1	10–11	16–6	7–15–1	—

Notable transactions

April 3, 1940: Jim Winford was purchased from the Dodgers by the St. Louis Cardinals.^[6]
April 11, 1940: Tony Giuliani was purchased by the Dodgers from the Washington Senators.^[7]
April 11, 1940: Al Hollingsworth was purchased from the Dodgers by the Washington Senators.^[8]
April 28, 1940: Roy Hughes was purchased by the Dodgers from the Philadelphia Phillies.^[9]
May 14, 1940: Goody Rosen was purchased from the Dodgers by the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[10]
May 25, 1940: Jimmy Wasdell was purchased by the Dodgers from the Washington Senators.^[11]
May 27, 1940: Roy Cullenbine was traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Browns for Joe Gallagher.^[12]
May 29, 1940: Gene Moore was purchased from the Dodgers by the Boston Bees.^[13]
June 12, 1940: Ernie Koy, Carl Doyle, Sam Nahem, Bert Haas and cash were traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Joe Medwick and Curt Davis.^[14]
June 13, 1940: Ira Hutchinson was purchased from the Dodgers by the St. Louis Cardinals.^[15]
July 30, 1940: Tuck Stainback was purchased from the Dodgers by the Detroit Tigers.^[16]
August 2, 1940: Wes Flowers was purchased by the Dodgers from the Boston Red Sox.^[17]
August 23, 1940: Jimmy Ripple was selected off waivers from the Dodgers by the Cincinnati Reds.^[18]

Roster

1940 Brooklyn Dodgers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

2 Leo Durocher

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Babe Phelps	118	370	40	109	.295	13	61	2
1B	Dolph Camilli	142	512	92	147	.287	23	96	9
2B	Pete Coscarart	143	506	55	120	.237	9	58	5
3B	Cookie Lavagetto	118	448	56	115	.257	4	43	4
SS	Pee Wee Reese	84	312	58	85	.272	5	28	15
OF	Dixie Walker	143	556	75	171	.308	6	66	3
OF	Joe Medwick	106	423	62	127	.300	14	66	2
OF	Joe Vosmik	116	404	45	114	.282	1	42	0

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Jimmy Wasdell	77	230	35	64	.278	3	37	4
Pete Reiser	58	225	34	66	.293	3	20	2
Johnny Hudson	85	179	13	39	.218	0	19	2
Leo Durocher	62	160	10	37	.231	1	14	1
Gus Mancuso	60	144	16	33	.229	0	16	0
Charlie Gilbert	57	142	23	35	.246	2	8	0
Herman Franks	65	131	11	24	.183	1	14	2
Joe Gallagher	57	110	10	29	.264	3	16	1
Roy Cullenbine	22	61	8	11	.180	1	9	2
Ernie Koy	24	48	9	11	.229	1	8	1
Don Ross	10	38	4	11	.289	1	8	1
Gene Moore	10	26	3	7	.269	0	2	0
Jimmy Ripple	7	13	0	3	.231	0	0	0
Tony Giuliani	1	1	0	0	.000	0	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	GS	CG	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
Whit Wyatt	37	34	16	239.1	15	14	3.46	62	124
Luke Hamlin	33	25	9	182.1	9	8	3.06	34	91
Curt Davis	22	18	9	137.0	8	7	3.81	19	46
Freddie Fitzsimmons	20	18	11	134.1	16	2	2.81	25	35
Lee Grissom	14	10	3	73.2	2	5	2.81	34	56

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; CG = Complete games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	GS	CG	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
Hugh Casey	44	10	5	154.0	11	8	3.62	51	53
Vito Tamulis	41	12	4	154.1	8	5	3.09	34	55
Tex Carleton	34	17	4	149.0	6	6	3.81	47	88
Tot Pressnell	24	4	1	68.1	6	5	3.69	17	21
Ed Head	13	5	2	39.1	1	2	4.12	18	13
Wes Flowers	5	2	0	21.0	1	1	3.43	10	8
Steve Rachunok	2	1	1	10.0	0	1	4.50	5	10

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	BB	SO
Newt Kimball	21	33.2	3	1	1	3.21	15	21
Van Mungo	7	22.0	1	0	1	2.45	10	9
Carl Doyle	3	5.2	0	0	1	27.00	6	4
Wes Ferrell	1	4.0	0	0	0	6.75	4	4
Lou Fette	2	3.0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0
Max Macon	2	2.0	1	0	0	22.50	0	1

Awards and honors

1940 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Cookie Lavagetto starter
- Joe Medwick starter
- Leo Durocher reserve
- Pete Coscarart reserve
- Babe Phelps reserve
- Whit Wyatt reserve

League top ten finishers

Dolph Camilli

#3 in NL in slugging percentage (.529)
#3 in NL in bases on balls (89)
#4 in NL in home runs (23)
#4 in NL in on-base percentage (.397)

Whit Wyatt

#2 in NL in strikeouts (124)

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Montreal Royals	International League	Clyde Sukeforth
A1	Knoxville Smokies	Southern Association	Larry Gilbert
A	Elmira Pioneers	Eastern League	Bill Killefer
B	Durham Bulls	Piedmont League	Oscar Roettger
B	Macon Peaches	South Atlantic League	Milt Stock
B	Anniston Rams	Southeastern League	Bill Rodda
C	Grand Rapids Dodgers	Michigan State League	Burleigh Grimes
C	Dayton Wings	Middle Atlantic League	Andy Cohen
D	Greenville Lions	Alabama State League	Dick Luckey
D	Fayetteville Angels	Arkansas–Missouri League	Howard Holmes
D	Bassett Furnituremakers	Bi-State League	Einar Sorenson
D	Rayne Rice Birds	Evangeline League	Art Bartelli
D	American Pioneers	Georgia–Florida League	Bernie DeViveiros Stew Hofferth
D	Bowling Green Barons	Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League	Ellis Powers
D	Landis Dodgers	North Carolina State League	Otis Carter
D	Newport Dodgers	Northeast Arkansas League	Cliff Green Paul Chervinko
D	Superior Blues	Northern League	James Geygan
D	Johnstown Johnnies	Pennsylvania State Association	George Treadwell
D	Olean Oilers	Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League	Jake Pitler

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Knoxville

Notes

^ Al Todd at Baseball-Reference
^ Boze Berger at Baseball-Reference
^ Herman Franks at Baseball-Reference
^ Joe Vosmik at Baseball-Reference
^ Wally Westlake at Baseball-Reference
^ Jim Winford at Baseball-Reference
^ Tony Giuliani at Baseball-Reference
^ Al Hollingsworth at Baseball-Reference
^ Roy Hughes at Baseball-Reference
^ Goody Rosen at Baseball-Reference
^ Jimmy Wasdell at Baseball-Reference
^ Roy Cullenbine at Baseball-Reference
^ Gene Moore at Baseball-Reference
^ Ernie Koy at Baseball-Reference
^ Ira Hutchinson at Baseball-Reference
^ Tuck Stainback at Baseball-Reference
^ Wes Flowers at Baseball-Reference
^ Jimmy Ripple at Baseball-Reference

References

External links

1940 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform
Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
Retrosheet

[1] Al Todd at Baseball-Reference

[2] Boze Berger at Baseball-Reference

[3] Herman Franks at Baseball-Reference

[4] Joe Vosmik at Baseball-Reference

[5] Wally Westlake at Baseball-Reference

[6] Jim Winford at Baseball-Reference

[7] Tony Giuliani at Baseball-Reference

[8] Al Hollingsworth at Baseball-Reference

[9] Roy Hughes at Baseball-Reference

[10] Goody Rosen at Baseball-Reference

[11] Jimmy Wasdell at Baseball-Reference

[12] Roy Cullenbine at Baseball-Reference

[13] Gene Moore at Baseball-Reference

[14] Ernie Koy at Baseball-Reference

[15] Ira Hutchinson at Baseball-Reference

[16] Tuck Stainback at Baseball-Reference

[17] Wes Flowers at Baseball-Reference

[18] Jimmy Ripple at Baseball-Reference

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