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1940 World Series (4-3): Cincinnati Reds (100-53) over Detroit Tigers (90-64)

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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 2, 1940 at Crosley Fld (Cincinnati Reds)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               0  5  0    0  2  0    0  0  0     7 10  1
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  0     2  8  3

    PITCHERS: DET - Newsom
              CIN - Derringer, Moore (2), Riddle (9)

               WP - Bobo Newsom
	       LP - Paul Derringer
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: DET - Campbell
              CIN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 31,793

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 3, 1940 at Crosley Fld (Cincinnati Reds)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               2  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     3  3  1
    Cincinnati Reds              0  2  2    1  0  0    0  0  x     5  9  0

    PITCHERS: DET - Rowe, Gorsica (4)
              CIN - Walters

               WP - Bucky Walters
	       LP - Schoolboy Rowe
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: DET - none
              CIN - Ripple

  ATTENDANCE: 30,640

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 4, 1940 at Tiger Stad (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cincinnati Reds              1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  2     4 10  1
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  0    1  0  0    4  2  x     7 13  1

    PITCHERS: CIN - Turner, Moore (7), Beggs (8)
              DET - Bridges

               WP - Tommy Bridges
	       LP - Jim Turner
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CIN - none
              DET - Higgins, York

  ATTENDANCE: 52,877

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 5, 1940 at Tiger Stad (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cincinnati Reds              2  0  1    1  0  0    0  1  0     5 11  1
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  0     2  5  1

    PITCHERS: CIN - Derringer
              DET - Trout, Smith (3), McKain (7)

               WP - Paul Derringer
	       LP - Dizzy Trout
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CIN - none
              DET - none

  ATTENDANCE: 54,093

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 6, 1940 at Tiger Stad (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  3  0
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  3    4  0  0    0  1  x     8 13  0

    PITCHERS: CIN - Thompson, Moore (4), Vander Meer (5), Hutchings (8)
              DET - Newsom

               WP - Bobo Newsom
	       LP - Junior Thompson
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CIN - none
              DET - Greenberg

  ATTENDANCE: 55,189

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 7, 1940 at Crosley Fld (Cincinnati Reds)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  5  0
    Cincinnati Reds              2  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  x     4 10  2

    PITCHERS: DET - Rowe, Gorsica (1), Hutchinson (8)
              CIN - Walters

               WP - Bucky Walters
	       LP - Schoolboy Rowe
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: DET - none
              CIN - Walters

  ATTENDANCE: 30,481

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 8, 1940 at Crosley Fld (Cincinnati Reds)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  7  0
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  x     2  7  1

    PITCHERS: DET - Newsom
              CIN - Derringer

               WP - Paul Derringer
	       LP - Bobo Newsom
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: DET - none
              CIN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 26,854

Series Batting Stats

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Cincinnati Reds

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Morrie Arnovich     1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |+352  88  0  .250  .606   1
 Bill Baker          3   4  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .250  .250  .250  0 |  69  15  0  .217  .521   2
 Joe Beggs           1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  21   4  0  .190  .380   0
 Harry Craft         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 422 103  6  .244  .630   2
 Paul Derringer      3   7  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 108  18  0  .167  .371   0
*Lonny Frey          3   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 563 150  8  .266  .732  22
*Ival Goodman        7  29  5  8  2  0  0   5  0  3  .276  .276  .345  0 | 519 134 12  .258  .724   9
#Johnny Hutchings    1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  13   2  0  .154  .421   0
 Eddie Joost         7  25  0  5  0  0  0   2  1  2  .200  .231  .200  0 | 278  60  1  .216  .567   4
 Ernie Lombardi      2   3  0  1  1  0  0   0  1  0  .333  .500  .667  0 | 376 120 14  .319  .871   0
 Frank McCormick     7  28  2  6  1  0  0   0  1  1  .214  .241  .250  0 | 618 191 19  .309  .849   2
 Mike McCormick      7  29  1  9  3  0  0   2  1  6  .310  .333  .414  0 | 417 125  1  .300  .681   8
 Whitey Moore        3   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  39   5  0  .128  .299   0
 Billy Myers         7  23  0  3  0  0  0   2  2  5  .130  .200  .130  0 | 282  57  5  .202  .602   0
 Elmer Riddle        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   7   1  0  .143  .393   0
*Lew Riggs           3   3  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  72  21  1  .292  .769   0
*Jimmy Ripple        7  21  3  7  2  0  1   6  4  2  .333  .440  .571  0 |+114  34  4  .298  .880   1
 Junior Thompson     1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  79  18  0  .228  .551   0
*Jim Turner          1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  75  18  0  .240  .573   0
#Johnny Vander Meer  1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  20   6  0  .300  .733   0
 Bucky Walters       2   7  2  2  1  0  1   2  0  1  .286  .286  .857  0 | 117  24  1  .205  .487   2
 Billy Werber        7  27  5 10  4  0  0   2  4  2  .370  .452  .519  0 | 584 162 12  .277  .777  16
 Jimmie Wilson       6  17  2  6  0  0  0   0  1  2  .353  .389  .353  1 |  37   9  0  .243  .579   1
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 232 22 58 14  0  2  21 15 30  .250  .296  .336  1 |         89  .266  .701  72

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Detroit Tigers

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
*Earl Averill        3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 118  33  2  .280  .690   0
 Dick Bartell        7  26  2  7  2  0  0   3  3  3  .269  .345  .346  0 | 528 123  7  .233  .665  12
 Tommy Bridges       1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  68  12  0  .176  .417   0
*Bruce Campbell      7  25  4  9  1  0  1   5  4  4  .360  .448  .520  0 | 297  84  8  .283  .829   2
 Frank Croucher      1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  57   6  0  .105  .269   0
 Pete Fox            1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 350 101  5  .289  .732   7
*Charlie Gehringer   7  28  3  6  0  0  0   1  2  0  .214  .267  .214  0 | 515 161 10  .313  .875  10
 Johnny Gorsica      2   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  62  12  1  .194  .537   0
 Hank Greenberg      7  28  5 10  2  1  1   6  2  5  .357  .400  .607  0 | 573 195 41  .340 1.103   6
 Pinky Higgins       7  24  2  8  3  1  1   6  3  3  .333  .407  .667  0 | 480 130 13  .271  .772   4
*Fred Hutchinson     1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  30   8  0  .267  .567   0
*Barney McCosky      7  23  5  7  1  0  0   1  7  0  .304  .467  .348  0 | 589 200  4  .340  .899  13
#Archie McKain       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   7   1  0  .143  .476   0
 Bobo Newsom         3  10  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .100  .100  .100  0 | 107  23  0  .215  .484   0
 Schoolboy Rowe      2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  67  18  1  .269  .752   1
 Clay Smith          1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |   7   0  0  .000  .000   0
*Billy Sullivan      5  13  3  2  0  0  0   0  5  2  .154  .389  .154  0 | 220  68  3  .309  .849   2
 Birdie Tebbetts     4  11  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 379 112  4  .296  .769   4
 Dizzy Trout         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  31   4  0  .129  .311   0
 Rudy York           7  26  3  6  0  1  1   2  4  7  .231  .333  .423  0 | 588 186 33  .316  .993   3
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 228 28 56  9  3  4  24 30 30  .246  .333  .364  0 |        134  .286  .806  66

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Cincinnati Reds

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Paul Derringer      3   2.79 2-1  0  2 19.3 17  6 10  6 | 20-12 297  3.06  1.11 115   
 Bucky Walters       2   1.50 2-0  0  2 18.0  8  3  6  6 | 22-10 305  2.48  1.09 115   
 Whitey Moore        3   3.24 0-0  0  0  8.3  8  3  6  7 |  8-8  117  3.63  1.34  60  1
 Jim Turner          1   7.50 0-1  0  0  6.0  8  5  0  4 | 14-7  187  2.89  1.17  53   
 Junior Thompson     1  16.20 0-1  0  0  3.3  8  6  4  2 | 16-9  225  3.32  1.30 103   
*Johnny Vander Meer  1   0.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  2  0  3  2 |  3-1   48  3.75  1.65  41  1
 Joe Beggs           1   9.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  3  1  0  1 | 12-3   77  2.00  1.16  25  7
 Johnny Hutchings    1   9.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  2  1  1  0 |  2-1   54  3.50  1.31  18   
 Elmer Riddle        1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  0  0  0  2 |  1-2   34  1.87  1.40   9  2
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.69 4-3  0  4 61.0 56 25 30 30 |            3.05 1.210   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Detroit Tigers

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Bobo Newsom         3   1.38 2-1  0  3 26.0 18  4  4 17 | 21-5  264  2.83  1.27 164   
 Johnny Gorsica      2   0.79 0-0  0  0 11.3  6  1  4  4 |  7-7  160  4.33  1.42  68   
 Tommy Bridges       1   3.00 1-0  0  1  9.0 10  3  1  5 | 12-9  198  3.37  1.31 133   
 Clay Smith          1   2.25 0-0  0  0  4.0  1  1  3  1 |  1-1   28  5.08  1.59  14   
 Schoolboy Rowe      2  17.18 0-2  0  0  3.7 12  7  1  1 | 16-3  169  3.46  1.26  61   
*Archie McKain       1   3.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  4  1  0  0 |  5-0   51  2.82  1.43  24  3
 Dizzy Trout         1   9.00 0-1  0  0  2.0  6  2  1  1 |  3-7  101  4.47  1.78  64  2
 Fred Hutchinson     1   9.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  1  1  1  1 |  3-7   76  5.68  1.46  32   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.00 3-4  0  4 60.0 58 20 15 30 |            4.01 1.450   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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