🏆 World Series Champions

1940 Cincinnati Reds

100-53 • 0.654 Win% • 1st in NL

📊 Season Record

100 Wins
53 Losses
0.654 Win %
1st Rank
707 R 528 RA
Diff +179

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⚡ Quick Stats

707 Runs Scored
528 Runs Allowed
+179 Run Diff
856K Attendance

📈 vs. 1940 NL Average

Batting Avg .265 1% above the 1940 league average (.263)
OBP .322 equal to the 1940 league average (.323)
SLG .315 1% above the 1940 league average (.311)
Team ERA 3.05 21% better than the 1940 league average (3.85)
Runs Scored 707 4% above the 1940 league average (678 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCrosley Field
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 856,586
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Avg per Game 11,124

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Ernie Lombardi 0.319 2 Frank McCormick 0.309 3 Willard Hershberger 0.309 4 Jimmy Ripple 0.307 5 Mike McCormick 0.300

Home Runs

1 Frank McCormick 19 2 Ernie Lombardi 14 3 Ival Goodman 12 4 Billy Werber 12 5 Lonny Frey 8

RBI

1 Frank McCormick 127 2 Ernie Lombardi 74 3 Ival Goodman 63 4 Lonny Frey 54 5 Harry Craft 48
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Frank McCormick 155 618 93 191 0 0 19 127 52 26 2 0.309
Billy Werber 143 584 105 162 0 0 12 48 68 40 16 0.277
Lonny Frey 150 563 102 150 0 0 8 54 80 48 22 0.266
Ival Goodman 136 519 78 134 0 0 12 63 60 54 9 0.258
Harry Craft 115 422 47 103 0 0 6 48 17 46 2 0.244
Mike McCormick 110 417 48 125 0 0 1 30 13 36 8 0.300
Ernie Lombardi 109 376 50 120 0 0 14 74 31 14 0 0.319
Billy Myers 90 282 33 57 0 0 5 30 30 56 0 0.202
Eddie Joost 88 278 24 60 0 0 1 24 32 40 4 0.216
Morrie Arnovich 62 211 17 60 0 0 0 21 13 10 1 0.284
Willard Hershberger 48 123 6 38 0 0 0 26 6 6 0 0.309
Bucky Walters 37 117 11 24 0 0 1 18 4 14 2 0.205
Johnny Rizzo 31 110 17 31 0 0 4 17 14 14 1 0.282
Paul Derringer 37 108 4 18 0 0 0 8 0 19 0 0.167
Jimmy Ripple 32 101 15 31 0 0 4 20 13 5 1 0.307
Gene Thompson 33 79 5 18 0 0 0 11 2 26 0 0.228
Jim Turner 25 75 7 18 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0.240
Lew Riggs 41 72 8 21 0 0 1 9 2 4 0 0.292
Bill Baker 27 69 5 15 0 0 0 7 4 8 2 0.217
Lee Gamble 38 42 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.143
Whitey Moore 25 39 1 5 0 0 0 1 2 9 0 0.128
Jimmie Wilson 16 37 2 9 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 0.243
Dick West 7 28 4 11 0 0 1 6 0 2 1 0.393
Joe Beggs 37 21 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.190
Johnny Vander Meer 12 20 6 6 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.300
Mike Dejan 12 16 1 3 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 0.188
Milt Shoffner 20 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.125
Johnny Hutchings 19 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.154
Elmer Riddle 15 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.143
Vince DiMaggio 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.250
Lefty Guise 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Wally Berger 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Red Barrett 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Elmer Riddle 1.87 2 Joe Beggs 2.00 3 Bucky Walters 2.48 4 Jim Turner 2.89 5 Paul Derringer 3.06

Wins

1 Bucky Walters 22 2 Paul Derringer 20 3 Gene Thompson 16 4 Jim Turner 14 5 Joe Beggs 12

Strikeouts

1 Paul Derringer 115 2 Bucky Walters 115 3 Gene Thompson 103 4 Whitey Moore 60 5 Jim Turner 53
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bucky Walters 22 10 2.48 36 36 0 305.0 92 115
Paul Derringer 20 12 3.06 37 37 0 296.2 48 115
Gene Thompson 16 9 3.32 33 31 0 225.1 96 103
Jim Turner 14 7 2.89 24 23 0 187.0 32 53
Whitey Moore 8 8 3.63 25 15 1 116.2 56 60
Joe Beggs 12 3 2.00 37 1 7 76.2 21 25
Milt Shoffner 1 0 5.63 20 0 0 54.1 18 17
Johnny Hutchings 2 1 3.50 19 4 0 54.0 18 18
Johnny Vander Meer 3 1 3.75 10 7 1 48.0 41 41
Elmer Riddle 1 2 1.87 15 1 2 33.2 17 9
Lefty Guise 0 0 1.17 2 0 0 7.2 5 1
Red Barrett 1 0 6.75 3 0 0 2.2 1 0

🏆 Postseason Results

World Series
CIN def. DET 4-3

👥 Roster (33)

Morrie Arnovich Bill Baker Red Barrett Joe Beggs Wally Berger Harry Craft Mike Dejan Paul Derringer Vince DiMaggio Lonny Frey Lee Gamble Ival Goodman +21 more

33 players

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