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1940 Season

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29 teams competing in 2 leagues

🏆 Postseason

1940 Bracket

World Series CIN def. DET (4-3)

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⚾ Batting Leaders

1940 Home Run Leaders

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Batting Average

1 Buck Leonard 0.378 2 Monte Irvin 0.370 3 Jesse Williams 0.368 4 Johnny Washington 0.367 5 Debs Garms 0.355

Home Runs

1 Johnny Mize 43 2 Hank Greenberg 41 3 Jimmie Foxx 36 4 Rudy York 33 5 Joe DiMaggio 31

RBI

1 Hank Greenberg 150 2 Johnny Mize 137 3 Rudy York 134 4 Joe DiMaggio 133 5 Frank McCormick 127

Stolen Bases

1 George Case 35 2 Lonny Frey 22 3 Stan Hack 21 4 Gee Walker 21 5 Joe Gordon 18

Hits

1 Doc Cramer 200 2 Barney McCosky 200 3 Rip Radcliff 200 4 Luke Appling 197 5 Taffy Wright 196

Runs

1 Ted Williams 134 2 Hank Greenberg 129 3 Barney McCosky 123 4 Arky Vaughan 113 5 Joe Gordon 112

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🎯 Pitching Leaders

1940 Strikeout Leaders

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ERA

1 George Walker 1.21 2 Elmer Riddle 1.87 3 Tiny Bonham 1.90 4 Joe Beggs 2.00 5 Ray Brown 2.07

Wins

1 Bob Feller 27 2 Bucky Walters 22 3 Bobo Newsom 21 4 Paul Derringer 20 5 Claude Passeau 20

Strikeouts

1 Bob Feller 261 2 Bobo Newsom 164 3 Johnny Rigney 141 4 Kirby Higbe 137 5 Tommy Bridges 133

Saves

1 Al Benton 17 2 Clint Brown 10 3 Johnny Murphy 9 4 Joe Beggs 7 5 Jumbo Brown 7

WHIP

1 George Walker 0.73 2 Tiny Bonham 0.97 3 Johnny Wright 0.97 4 Johnny Podgajny 0.97 5 Syl Johnson 1.03

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📋 Standings

NAL

Kansas City Monarchs ★ 38-13 Memphis Red Sox 31-26 Cleveland Bears 18-18 St. Louis-New Orleans Stars 24-25 Chicago American Giants 22-26 Birmingham Black Barons 16-29 Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords 9-21

NN2

Homestead Grays ★ 28-13 Baltimore Elite Giants 25-14 Newark Eagles 25-16 Philadelphia Stars 17-30 New York Black Yankees 9-19 New York Cubans 8-20

American League

Detroit Tigers ★ 90-64 Cleveland Indians 89-65 New York Yankees 88-66 Boston Red Sox 82-72 Chicago White Sox 82-72 St. Louis Browns 67-87 Washington Senators 64-90 Philadelphia Athletics 54-100

National League

Cincinnati Reds ★ 100-53 Brooklyn Dodgers 88-65 St. Louis Cardinals 84-69 Pittsburgh Pirates 78-76 Chicago Cubs 75-79 New York Giants 72-80 Boston Bees 65-87 Philadelphia Phillies 50-103

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