1940 Brooklyn Dodgers season

1940 Brooklyn Dodgers
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1890);
Location
	Ebbets Field (since 1913); Brooklyn, New York (since 1883);
Other information
Owner(s)	James & Dearie Mulvey, Brooklyn Trust Company
General manager(s)	Larry MacPhail
Manager(s)	Leo Durocher
Local radio	WOR; Red Barber, Al Helfer
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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

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	100	53	0.654	—	55–21	45–32
Brooklyn Dodgers	88	65	0.575	12	41–37	47–28
St. Louis Cardinals	84	69	0.549	16	41–36	43–33
Pittsburgh Pirates	78	76	0.506	22½	40–34	38–42
Chicago Cubs	75	79	0.487	25½	40–37	35–42
New York Giants	72	80	0.474	27½	33–43	39–37
Boston Bees	65	87	0.428	34½	35–40	30–47
Philadelphia Phillies	50	103	0.327	50	24–55	26–48

Record vs. opponents

1940 National League Records Sources:
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

28 Tex Carleton

25 Hugh Casey

26 Curt Davis

26 Carl Doyle

21 Wes Ferrell

21 Lou Fette

14 Freddie Fitzsimmons

20 Wes Flowers

21 Lee Grissom

12 Luke Hamlin

23 Ed Head

33 Newt Kimball

36 Max Macon

16 Van Mungo

18 Tot Pressnell

18 Steve Rachunok

15 Vito Tamulis

17 Whit Wyatt

Catchers

19 Herman Franks

27 Tony Giuliani

10 Gus Mancuso

9 Babe Phelps

Infielders

4 Dolph Camilli

3 Pete Coscarart

2 Leo Durocher

6 Johnny Hudson

5 Cookie Lavagetto

1 Pee Wee Reese

34 Pete Reiser

33 Don Ross

Outfielders

30 Roy Cullenbine

24 Joe Gallagher

1,34 Charlie Gilbert

20 Ernie Koy

7,77 Joe Medwick

1,31 Gene Moore

32 Jimmy Ripple

8 Joe Vosmik

11 Dixie Walker

29 Jimmy Wasdell

Manager

2 Leo Durocher

Coaches

7,77 Charlie Dressen

16 Van Lingle Mungo

22 Ben Tincup

Player stats

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

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	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	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	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	1	1	3.43	10	8
Steve Rachunok	2	1	1	10	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	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	6.75	4	4
Lou Fette	2	3	0	0	0	0.00	2	0
Max Macon	2	2	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 deVivieros 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

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[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

1940 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1940 All-Star Game 1940 World Series