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This article is about the baseball team. For the NFL team, see1940 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) season.

Major League Baseball team season

1940 Brooklyn Dodgers

League	National League
Ballpark	Ebbets Field
City	Brooklyn, New York
Owners	James &Dearie Mulvey,Brooklyn Trust Company
President	Larry MacPhail
Managers	Leo Durocher
Radio	WOR Red Barber,Al Helfer
← 1939 1941 →

The1940 Brooklyn Dodgers finished the season in second place. It was their best finish in 16 years.

Offseason

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December 8, 1939:Al Todd was traded by the Dodgers to theChicago Cubs forGus Mancuso andNewt Kimball.^[1]
December 26, 1939:Boze Berger was purchased by the Dodgers from theBoston Red Sox.^[2]
February 6, 1940:Herman Franks was purchased by the Dodgers from theSt. Louis Cardinals.^[3]
February 12, 1940:Joe Vosmik was purchased by the Dodgers from theBoston Red Sox.^[4]
Prior to 1940 season:Wally Westlake was signed as an amateur free agent by the Dodgers.^[5]

Regular season

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Season standings

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v
t
e
National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	100	53	.654	—	55‍–‍21	45‍–‍32
Brooklyn Dodgers	88	65	.575	12	41‍–‍37	47‍–‍28
St. Louis Cardinals	84	69	.549	16	41‍–‍36	43‍–‍33
Pittsburgh Pirates	78	76	.506	22½	40‍–‍34	38‍–‍42
Chicago Cubs	75	79	.487	25½	40‍–‍37	35‍–‍42
New York Giants	72	80	.474	27½	33‍–‍43	39‍–‍37
Boston Bees	65	87	.428	34½	35‍–‍40	30‍–‍47
Philadelphia Phillies	50	103	.327	50	24‍–‍55	26‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

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1940 National League record v t e Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
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

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April 3, 1940:Jim Winford was purchased from the Dodgers by theSt. Louis Cardinals.^[6]
April 11, 1940:Tony Giuliani was purchased by the Dodgers from theWashington Senators.^[7]
April 11, 1940:Al Hollingsworth was purchased from the Dodgers by theWashington Senators.^[8]
April 28, 1940:Roy Hughes was purchased by the Dodgers from thePhiladelphia Phillies.^[9]
May 14, 1940:Goody Rosen was purchased from the Dodgers by thePittsburgh Pirates.^[10]
May 25, 1940:Jimmy Wasdell was purchased by the Dodgers from theWashington Senators.^[11]
May 27, 1940:Roy Cullenbine was traded by the Dodgers to theSt. Louis Browns forJoe Gallagher.^[12]
May 29, 1940:Gene Moore was purchased from the Dodgers by theBoston Bees.^[13]
June 12, 1940:Ernie Koy,Carl Doyle,Sam Nahem,Bert Haas and cash were traded by the Dodgers to theSt. Louis Cardinals forJoe Medwick andCurt Davis.^[14]
June 13, 1940:Ira Hutchinson was purchased from the Dodgers by theSt. Louis Cardinals.^[15]
July 30, 1940:Tuck Stainback was purchased from the Dodgers by theDetroit Tigers.^[16]
August 2, 1940:Wes Flowers was purchased by the Dodgers from theBoston Red Sox.^[17]
August 23, 1940:Jimmy Ripple was selected off waivers from the Dodgers by theCincinnati Reds.^[18]

Roster

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1940 Brooklyn Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers 28Tex Carleton 25Hugh Casey 26Curt Davis 26Carl Doyle 21Wes Ferrell 21Lou Fette 14Freddie Fitzsimmons 20Wes Flowers 21Lee Grissom 12Luke Hamlin 23Ed Head 33Newt Kimball 36Max Macon 16Van Mungo 18Tot Pressnell 18Steve Rachunok 15Vito Tamulis 17Whit Wyatt		Catchers 19Herman Franks 27Tony Giuliani 10Gus Mancuso 9Babe Phelps Infielders 4Dolph Camilli 3Pete Coscarart 2Leo Durocher 6Johnny Hudson 5Cookie Lavagetto 1Pee Wee Reese 34Pete Reiser 33Don Ross		Outfielders 30Roy Cullenbine 24Joe Gallagher 1,34Charlie Gilbert 20Ernie Koy 7,77Joe Medwick 1,31Gene Moore 32Jimmy Ripple 8Joe Vosmik 11Dixie Walker 29Jimmy Wasdell		Manager 2Leo Durocher Coaches 7,77Charlie Dressen 16Van Lingle Mungo 22Ben Tincup

1940 Brooklyn Dodgers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

2Leo Durocher

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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

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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

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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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	137.0	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

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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	154.0	11	8	3.62	51	53
Vito Tamulis	41	12	4	154.1	8	5	3.09	34	55
Tex Carleton	34	17	4	149.0	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	21.0	1	1	3.43	10	8
Steve Rachunok	2	1	1	10.0	0	1	4.50	5	10

Relief pitchers

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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	22.0	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	0	6.75	4	4
Lou Fette	2	3.0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0
Max Macon	2	2.0	1	0	0	22.50	0	1

Awards and honors

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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

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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

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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 DeViveiros 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

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^Al Todd atBaseball-Reference
^Boze Berger atBaseball-Reference
^Herman Franks atBaseball-Reference
^Joe Vosmik atBaseball-Reference
^Wally Westlake atBaseball-Reference
^Jim Winford atBaseball-Reference
^Tony Giuliani atBaseball-Reference
^Al Hollingsworth atBaseball-Reference
^Roy Hughes atBaseball-Reference
^Goody Rosen atBaseball-Reference
^Jimmy Wasdell atBaseball-Reference
^Roy Cullenbine atBaseball-Reference
^Gene Moore atBaseball-Reference
^Ernie Koy atBaseball-Reference
^Ira Hutchinson atBaseball-Reference
^Tuck Stainback atBaseball-Reference
^Wes Flowers atBaseball-Reference
^Jimmy Ripple atBaseball-Reference

References

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External links

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1940 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform
Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
Acme Dodgers page Archived September 13, 2007, at theWayback Machine
Retrosheet

1940 MLB season by team

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