1940 Cincinnati Reds Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 100-53
Finished 1st in the NL
Attendance: 850,180, Avg. 13,384
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Won World Series
World Series - Defeated Detroit Tigers 4-3
Manager: Bill McKechnie (100-53)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

1940 Cincinnati Reds Roster
1940 Cincinnati Reds Results

The Cincinnati Reds of the National League ended the 1940 season with a record of 100 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the NL.

The Reds conceded 528 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Cincinnati plated 707 runs. Frank McCormick paced the team with 19 home runs and accounted for 127 RBI, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .309. Bucky Walters topped the squad with 22 wins, plus Paul Derringer and Gene Thompson added 15 or more wins, too Bucky Walters recorded a 2.48 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Bill McKechnie coached the team. The 1940 Cincinnati Reds won the World Series.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Bucky Walters	22	10	.688	2.48	36	36	0	29	3	0	305.0	241	95	84	19	92	115	5	0	3	1207
Paul Derringer	20	12	.625	3.06	37	37	0	26	3	0	296.7	280	110	101	17	48	115	0	0	1	1205
Gene Thompson	16	9	.640	3.32	33	31	1	17	3	0	225.3	197	90	83	10	96	103	2	2	3	951
Jim Turner	14	7	.667	2.89	24	23	1	11	0	0	187.0	187	70	60	9	32	53	0	0	1	749
Joe Beggs	12	3	.800	2.00	37	1	27	0	0	7	76.7	68	19	17	1	21	25	1	0	0	305
Whitey Moore	8	8	.500	3.63	25	15	7	5	1	1	116.7	100	48	47	8	56	60	7	0	0	502
Johnny Vander Meer	3	1	.750	3.75	10	7	2	2	0	1	48.0	38	24	20	3	41	41	1	1	1	224
Johnny Hutchings	2	1	.667	3.50	19	4	9	0	0	0	54.0	53	21	21	3	18	18	1	0	2	228
Milt Shoffner	1	0	1.000	5.63	20	0	5	0	0	0	54.3	56	35	34	3	18	17	0	0	0	232
Red Barrett	1	0	1.000	6.75	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.7	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	12
Elmer Riddle	1	2	.333	1.87	15	1	12	1	0	2	33.7	30	12	7	0	17	9	0	0	0	142
Lefty Guise	0	0		1.17	2	0	0	0	0	0	7.7	8	2	1	0	5	1	1	0	0	34
Totals	100	53	.654	3.05	261	155	64	91	10	11	1407.7	1263	528	477	73	445	557	18	3	11	5791

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Frank McCormick	155	676	618	93	191	44	3	19	127	2	52	26	.309	.367	.482	.850	298	23	5	1
Billy Werber	143	663	584	105	162	35	5	12	48	16	68	40	.277	.361	.416	.777	243	7	8	3
Lonny Frey	150	663	563	102	150	23	6	8	54	22	80	48	.266	.361	.371	.732	209	6	3	17
Ival Goodman	136	594	519	78	134	20	6	12	63	9	60	54	.258	.335	.389	.724	202	3	0	15
Mike McCormick	110	453	417	48	125	20	0	1	30	8	13	36	.300	.326	.355	.681	148	7	3	20
Ernie Lombardi	109	414	376	50	120	22	0	14	74	0	31	14	.319	.382	.489	.871	184	18	7	0
Harry Craft	115	452	422	47	103	18	5	6	48	2	17	46	.244	.277	.353	.630	149	5	2	11
Morrie Arnovich	62	226	211	17	60	10	2	0	21	1	13	10	.284	.326	.351	.677	74	8	0	2
Eddie Joost	88	323	278	24	60	7	2	1	24	4	32	40	.216	.301	.266	.567	74	7	2	11
Billy Myers	90	323	282	33	57	14	2	5	30	0	30	56	.202	.283	.319	.603	90	4	2	9
Willard Hershberger	48	133	123	6	38	4	2	0	26	0	6	6	.309	.351	.374	.725	46	5	2	2
Jimmy Ripple	32	119	101	15	31	10	0	4	20	1	13	5	.307	.397	.525	.921	53	1	2	3
Johnny Rizzo	31	124	110	17	31	6	0	4	17	1	14	14	.282	.363	.445	.808	49	1	0	0
Bucky Walters	37	127	117	11	24	3	0	1	18	2	4	14	.205	.231	.256	.488	30	1	0	6
Lew Riggs	41	74	72	8	21	7	1	1	9	0	2	4	.292	.311	.458	.769	33	1	0	0
Jim Turner	25	76	75	7	18	5	1	0	2	0	0	3	.240	.240	.333	.573	25	1	0	1
Gene Thompson	33	89	79	5	18	4	1	0	11	0	2	26	.228	.247	.304	.551	24	1	0	8
Paul Derringer	37	112	108	4	18	4	0	0	8	0	0	19	.167	.167	.204	.370	22	1	0	4
Bill Baker	27	73	69	5	15	1	1	0	7	2	4	8	.217	.260	.261	.521	18	4	0	0
Dick West	7	28	28	4	11	2	0	1	6	1	0	2	.393	.393	.571	.964	16	0	0	0
Jimmie Wilson	16	41	37	2	9	2	0	0	3	1	2	1	.243	.282	.297	.579	11	0	0	2
Johnny Vander Meer	12	21	20	6	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	.300	.333	.400	.733	8	0	0	0
Lee Gamble	38	46	42	12	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.167	.310	7	1	0	4
Whitey Moore	25	45	39	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	9	.128	.171	.128	.299	5	0	0	4
Joe Beggs	37	22	21	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.190	.190	.190	.381	4	0	0	1
Mike Dejan	12	19	16	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	3	3	.188	.316	.313	.628	5	1	0	0
Johnny Hutchings	19	15	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.154	.267	.154	.421	2	1	0	0
Milt Shoffner	20	17	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	2	0	0	1
Lefty Guise	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0
Vince DiMaggio	2	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	1	1	0	0
Elmer Riddle	15	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	0	0	0
Wally Berger	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Red Barrett	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1679	5986	5372	707	1427	264	38	89	649	72	453	503	.266	.327	.379	.706	2034	108	36	125

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Frank McCormick	1B	155	1587	98	8	146	.995	1.871	0
Harry Craft	1B	2	16	1	0	1	1.000	8.500	0
Eddie Joost	2B	7	12	16	0	3	1.000	4.000	0
Lonny Frey	2B	150	366	512	21	111	.977	5.853	0
Billy Werber	3B	143	139	287	17	24	.962	2.979	0
Lew Riggs	3B	11	10	23	2	2	.943	3.000	0
Eddie Joost	3B	4	4	14	0	0	1.000	4.500	0
Jimmie Wilson	C	16	46	10	1	0	.982	3.500	0
Dick West	C	7	19	2	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Ernie Lombardi	C	101	397	46	5	5	.989	4.386	7
Willard Hershberger	C	37	121	11	2	0	.985	3.568	2
Bill Baker	C	24	87	9	0	1	1.000	4.000	2
Johnny Rizzo	OF	30	68	6	2	2	.974	2.467	0
Jimmy Ripple	OF	30	45	0	0	0	1.000	1.500	0
Mike McCormick	OF	107	266	9	4	2	.986	2.570	0
Ival Goodman	OF	135	252	6	8	0	.970	1.911	0
Lee Gamble	OF	10	18	1	0	0	1.000	1.900	0
Vince DiMaggio	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Mike Dejan	OF	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Harry Craft	OF	109	284	7	1	2	.997	2.670	0
Morrie Arnovich	OF	60	129	5	0	0	1.000	2.233	0
Bucky Walters	P	36	13	56	4	7	.945	1.917	0
Johnny Vander Meer	P	10	0	9	0	0	1.000	.900	0
Jim Turner	P	24	8	35	1	1	.977	1.792	0
Gene Thompson	P	33	12	40	4	1	.929	1.576	0
Milt Shoffner	P	20	0	10	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Elmer Riddle	P	15	0	7	0	2	1.000	.467	0
Whitey Moore	P	25	3	9	1	0	.923	.480	0
Johnny Hutchings	P	19	1	6	0	0	1.000	.368	0
Lefty Guise	P	2	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.500	0
Paul Derringer	P	37	8	47	3	1	.948	1.486	0
Joe Beggs	P	37	6	20	0	3	1.000	.703	0
Red Barrett	P	3	0	2	0	1	1.000	.667	0
Billy Myers	SS	88	155	269	17	62	.961	4.818	0
Eddie Joost	SS	78	145	240	16	48	.960	4.936	0
Totals		1568	4223	1816	117	425	.981	3.851	11

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF
Bucky Walters	WS	2	0	1.000	1.50	2	2	0	2	1	18.0	8	3	3	0	6	0	6	0	66
Paul Derringer	WS	2	1	.667	2.79	3	3	0	2	0	19.3	17	8	6	0	10	2	6	0	84
Elmer Riddle	WS	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3
Johnny Vander Meer	WS	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	14
Whitey Moore	WS	0	0		3.24	3	0	0	0	0	8.3	8	3	3	1	6	0	7	0	38
Joe Beggs	WS	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	5
Johnny Hutchings	WS	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	6
Jim Turner	WS	0	1	.000	7.50	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	8	5	5	2	0	0	4	0	25
Gene Thompson	WS	0	1	.000	16.20	1	1	0	0	0	3.3	8	6	6	1	4	0	2	0	20
Totals		4	3	.571	3.69	14	7	3	4	1	61.0	56	28	25	4	30	2	30	1	261

Postseason - Batting:

Player	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH	IBB
Billy Werber	WS	7	31	27	5	10	4	0	2	0	1	4	2	.370	.452	.519	.970	14	1	0	0
Mike McCormick	WS	7	31	29	1	9	3	0	2	0	0	1	6	.310	.333	.414	.747	12	1	1	0
Ival Goodman	WS	7	30	29	5	8	2	0	5	0	0	0	3	.276	.276	.345	.621	10	0	1	0
Jimmy Ripple	WS	7	25	21	3	7	2	1	6	0	0	4	2	.333	.440	.571	1.011	12	0	0	2
Jimmie Wilson	WS	6	19	17	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	.353	.389	.353	.742	6	1	1	0
Frank McCormick	WS	7	29	28	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.214	.241	.250	.491	7	0	0	0
Eddie Joost	WS	7	26	25	0	5	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	.200	.231	.200	.431	5	1	0	0
Billy Myers	WS	7	25	23	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	.130	.200	.130	.330	3	0	0	1
Bucky Walters	WS	2	7	7	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.857	1.143	6	0	0	0
Ernie Lombardi	WS	2	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.667	1.167	2	0	0	1
Bill Baker	WS	3	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0
Morrie Arnovich	WS	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0
Harry Craft	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Paul Derringer	WS	3	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Lonny Frey	WS	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Whitey Moore	WS	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Lew Riggs	WS	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Gene Thompson	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Jim Turner	WS	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Joe Beggs	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Johnny Hutchings	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Elmer Riddle	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Johnny Vander Meer	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals		82	251	232	22	58	14	2	21	1	2	15	30	.250	.296	.336	.632	78	4	4	4

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB
Frank McCormick	WS	1B	7	7	61.0	59	5	1	8	.985	9.443	9.143	0
Eddie Joost	WS	2B	7	7	59.0	14	11	0	6	1.000	3.814	3.571	0
Lonny Frey	WS	2B	1	0	2.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000	0
Billy Werber	WS	3B	7	7	61.0	9	16	2	3	.926	3.689	3.571	0
Jimmie Wilson	WS	C	6	6	47.0	26	2	0	1	1.000	5.362	4.667	1
Ernie Lombardi	WS	C	1	1	7.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	5.143	4.000	0
Bill Baker	WS	C	3	0	7.0	7	0	1	1	.875	9.000	2.333	0
Mike McCormick	WS	CF	7	7	61.0	23	1	1	0	.960	3.541	3.429	0
Jimmy Ripple	WS	LF	7	7	58.0	14	0	0	0	1.000	2.172	2.000	0
Morrie Arnovich	WS	LF	1	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	6.000	2.000	0
Paul Derringer	WS	P	3	3	19.3	0	5	0	1	1.000	2.328	1.667	0
Bucky Walters	WS	P	2	2	18.0	0	4	0	0	1.000	2.000	2.000	0
Whitey Moore	WS	P	3	0	8.3	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.080	.333	0
Jim Turner	WS	P	1	1	6.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.500	1.000	0
Gene Thompson	WS	P	1	1	3.3	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.700	1.000	0
Johnny Vander Meer	WS	P	1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Elmer Riddle	WS	P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Johnny Hutchings	WS	P	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.000	0
Joe Beggs	WS	P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0
Ival Goodman	WS	RF	7	7	61.0	11	0	0	0	1.000	1.623	1.571	0
Billy Myers	WS	SS	7	7	61.0	14	17	3	5	.912	4.574	4.429	0
Totals			75	63	549.0	183	66	8	25	.969	4.082	3.320	1

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