1940 World Series

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

**The World Series**
2000s
2007 • 2006 • 2005 • 2004 2003 • 2002 • 2001 • 2000
1990s
1999 • 1998 • 1997 • 1996 • 1995 (1994) • 1993 • 1992 • 1991 • 1990
1980s
1989 • 1988 • 1987 • 1986 • 1985 1984 • 1983 • 1982 • 1981 • 1980
1970s
1979 • 1978 • 1977 • 1976 • 1975 1974 • 1973 • 1972 • 1971 • 1970
1960s
1969 • 1968 • 1967 • 1966 • 1965 1964 • 1963 • 1962 • 1961 • 1960
1950s
1959 • 1958 • 1957 • 1956 • 1955 1954 • 1953 • 1952 • 1951 • 1950
1940s
1949 • 1948 • 1947 • 1946 • 1945 1944 • 1943 • 1942 • 1941 • 1940
1930s
1939 • 1938 • 1937 • 1936 • 1935 1934 • 1933 • 1932 • 1931 • 1930
1920s
1929 • 1928 • 1927 • 1926 • 1925 1924 • 1923 • 1922 • 1921 • 1920
1910s
1919 • 1918 • 1917 • 1916 • 1915 1914 • 1913 • 1912 • 1911 • 1910
1900s
1909 • 1908 • 1907 • 1906 1905 • (1904) • 1903

The 1940 World Series matched the Cincinnati Reds against the Detroit Tigers, with the Reds winning the Series in seven games for their second championship, their first since the scandal-tainted victory in 1919. Bill Klem worked the last of his record 18 World Series as an umpire.

A closely contested Series, especially the final game which was a heartbreaker for the Tigers, as losing pitcher Bobo Newsom had lost his father, who died in a Cincinnati hotel room the day after watching his son win Game 1. Bobo pitched a shutout "for dad" in his next start.

Records: Cincinnati Reds (W: 100, L: 53, Pct: .654, GA: 12) - Detroit Tigers (W: 90, L: 64, Pct: .584, GA: 1)

Managers: Bill McKechnie (Cincinnati), Del Baker (Detroit)

Umpires: Bill Klem (NL), Red Ormsby (AL), Lee Ballanfant (NL), Steve Basil (AL)

1 Summary
2 Matchups
3 Composite Box
4 Trivia
5 Reference(s)
6 External Links

[edit] Summary

NL Cincinnati Reds (4) vs. AL Detroit Tigers (3)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Tigers – 7, Reds – 2	October 2	Crosley Field	31,793
2	Tigers – 3, Reds – 5	October 3	Crosley Field	30,640
3	Reds – 4, Tigers – 7	October 4	Briggs Stadium	52,877
4	Reds – 5, Tigers – 2	October 5	Briggs Stadium	54,093
5	Reds – 0, Tigers – 8	October 6	Briggs Stadium	55,189
6	Tigers – 0, Reds – 4	October 7	Crosley Field	30,481
7	Tigers – 1, Reds – 2	October 8	Crosley Field	26,854

[edit] Matchups

[edit] Game 1

October 2: Crosley Field, Cincinnati, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit (A)	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	7	10	1
Cincinnati (N)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	3
W: Bobo Newsom (1-0) L: Paul Derringer (0-1)
HR: DET – Bruce Campbell (1)

[edit] Game 2

October 3: Crosley Field, Cincinnati, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit (A)	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	1
Cincinnati (N)	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	9	0
W: Bucky Walters (1-0) L: Schoolboy Rowe (0-1)
HR: CIN – Jimmy Ripple (1)

[edit] Game 3

October 4: Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati (N)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	10	1
Detroit (A)	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	x	7	13	1
W: Tommy Bridges (1-0) L: Jim Turner (0-1)
HR: : DET – Rudy York (1), Pinky Higgins (1)

[edit] Game 4

October 5: Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati (N)	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	11	1
Detroit (A)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	5	1
W: Paul Derringer (1-1) L: Dizzy Trout (0-1)

[edit] Game 5

October 6: Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0
Detroit (A)	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	1	x	8	13	0
W: Bobo Newsom (2-0) L: Junior Thompson (0-1)
HR: : DET – Hank Greenberg (1)

[edit] Game 6

October 7: Crosley Field, Cincinnati, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Cincinnati (N)	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	x	4	10	2
W: Bucky Walters (2-0) L: Schoolboy Rowe (0-2)
HR: CIN – Bucky Walters (1)

[edit] Game 7

October 8: Crosley Field, Cincinnati, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Detroit (A)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0
Cincinnati (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	x	2	7	1
W: Paul Derringer (2-1) L: Bobo Newsom (2-1)

[edit] Composite Box

1940 World Series (4-3): Cincinnati Reds (N.L.) over Detroit Tigers (A.L.)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cincinnati Reds	5	2	3	3	0	1	2	4	2	22	58	8
Detroit Tigers	2	5	5	2	2	2	4	3	0	28	56	4
Total Attendance: 281,927 Average Attendance: 40,275
Winning Player’s Share: – $5,804 Losing Player’s Share – $3,532

[edit] Trivia

The Cincinnati Reds' win in Game 2 snapped a 10-game losing streak for the National League in the World Series, tying the 10-game streak by the NL from 1927-1929.

Willard Hershberger, who had been the backup catcher for Ernie Lombardi in the 1939 Series, committed suicide during the season. One of the Reds' coaches, forty-year-old Jimmy Wilson, took over as Lombardi's backup. During the Series, he batted .353 and was credited with the only stolen base.

Bucky Walters was the fourth National League pitcher to hit a home run during a Series game. The others were:

Name                    Date            Inning          World Series
Rosy Ryan               10-06-1924      4th             1924 World Series
Jack Bentley            10-08-1924      5th             1924 World Series
Jesse Haines            10-05-1926      4th             1926 World Series

[edit] Reference(s)

Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. The World Series. 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 179-183)

[edit] External Links

Modern Major League Baseball World Series

1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909
1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919
1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929
1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939
1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949
1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959
1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969
1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979
1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989
1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../1/9/4/1940_World_Series_53d0.html"

Categories: World Series | 1940 in baseball | Cincinnati Reds | Detroit Tigers