1940 Brooklyn Dodgers season explained

Brooklyn Dodgers
Season:	1940
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Ebbets Field
City:	Brooklyn, New York
Owners:	James & Dearie Mulvey, Brooklyn Trust Company
Managers:	Leo Durocher
Radio:	WOR Red Barber, Al Helfer

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

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		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	118	370	40	109	.295	13	61	2
1B	142	512	92	147	.287	23	96	9
2B	143	506	55	120	.237	9	58	5
3B	118	448	56	115	.257	4	43	4
SS	84	312	58	85	.272	5	28	15
OF	143	556	75	171	.308	6	66	3
OF	106	423	62	127	.300	14	66	2
OF	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

G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
77	230	35	64	.278	3	37	4
58	225	34	66	.293	3	20	2
85	179	13	39	.218	0	19	2
62	160	10	37	.231	1	14	1
60	144	16	33	.229	0	16	0
57	142	23	35	.246	2	8	0
65	131	11	24	.183	1	14	2
57	110	10	29	.264	3	16	1
22	61	8	11	.180	1	9	2
24	48	9	11	.229	1	8	1
10	38	4	11	.289	1	8	1
10	26	3	7	.269	0	2	0
7	13	0	3	.231	0	0	0
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

G	GS	CG	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
37	34	16	239.1	15	14	3.46	62	124
33	25	9	182.1	9	8	3.06	34	91
22	18	9	137.0	8	7	3.81	19	46
20	18	11	134.1	16	2	2.81	25	35
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

G	GS	CG	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO
44	10	5	154.0	11	8	3.62	51	53
41	12	4	154.1	8	5	3.09	34	55
34	17	4	149.0	6	6	3.81	47	88
24	4	1	68.1	6	5	3.69	17	21
13	5	2	39.1	1	2	4.12	18	13
5	2	0	21.0	1	1	3.43	10	8
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

G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	BB	SO
21	33.2	3	1	1	3.21	15	21
7	22.0	1	0	1	2.45	10	9
3	5.2	0	0	1	27.00	6	4
1	4.0	0	0	0	6.75	4	4
2	3.0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0
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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Knoxville

References

External links

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/toddal01.shtml Al Todd
https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bergebo01.shtml Boze Berger
https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/frankhe01.shtml Herman Franks
https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/vosmijo01.shtml Joe Vosmik
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/westlwa01.shtml Wally Westlake
https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/winfoji01.shtml Jim Winford
https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/giulito01.shtml Tony Giuliani
https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hollial01.shtml Al Hollingsworth
https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hughero01.shtml Roy Hughes
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rosengo01.shtml Goody Rosen
https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wasdeji01.shtml Jimmy Wasdell
https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cullero01.shtml Roy Cullenbine
https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/moorege03.shtml Gene Moore
https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/koyer01.shtml Ernie Koy
https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hutchir01.shtml Ira Hutchinson
https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/staintu01.shtml Tuck Stainback
https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/flowewe01.shtml Wes Flowers
https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ripplji01.shtml Jimmy Ripple