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29 teams in AL, NAL, NL, NN2 · 1243 regular-season games · 1940-04-16 to 1940-09-29 · attendance 9,823,484

◀ 1939 1941 ▶

World Series champion

Cincinnati Reds

MVP

Hank Greenberg AL
Frank McCormick NL

All-Star Games

1940-07-09 at Sportsman's Park III
1940-08-18 at Comiskey Park I

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
World Series	Cincinnati Reds 4–3 Detroit Tigers	7

Standings

AL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Detroit Tigers	90	64	.584	—	717	1,112,693	Del Baker	Pennant
2	Cleveland Indians	89	65	.578	1	637	902,576	Ossie Vitt
3	New York Yankees	88	66	.571	2	671	988,975	Joe McCarthy
4	Boston Red Sox	82	72	.532	8	825	716,234	Joe Cronin
4	Chicago White Sox	82	72	.532	8	672	660,336	Jimmy Dykes
6	St. Louis Browns	67	87	.435	23	882	239,591	Fred Haney
7	Washington Senators	64	90	.416	26	811	381,241	Bucky Harris
8	Philadelphia Athletics	54	100	.351	36	932	432,145	Connie Mack

NL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Cincinnati Reds	100	53	.654	—	528	850,180	Bill McKechnie	World Series
2	Brooklyn Dodgers	88	65	.575	12	621	975,978	Leo Durocher
3	St. Louis Cardinals	84	69	.549	16	699	324,078	Ray Blades, Mike Gonzalez, Billy Southworth
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	78	76	.506	22.5	783	507,934	Frankie Frisch
5	Chicago Cubs	75	79	.487	25.5	636	534,878	Gabby Hartnett
6	New York Giants	72	80	.474	27.5	659	747,852	Bill Terry
7	Boston Bees	65	87	.428	34.5	745	241,616	Casey Stengel
8	Philadelphia Phillies	50	103	.327	50	750	207,177	Doc Prothro

Negro American League

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Manager
1	Kansas City Monarchs	38	13	.745	—	144	Andy Cooper	Pennant
2	Memphis Red Sox	31	26	.544	10	225	Ruben Jones
3	Cleveland Bears	18	18	.500	12.5	146	Jim Williams, Alonzo Mitchell
4	St. Louis-New Orleans Stars	24	25	.490	13	161	George Mitchell
5	Chicago American Giants	22	26	.458	14.5	119	Wilson Redus
6	Birmingham Black Barons	16	29	.356	19	152	Candy Jim Taylor
7	Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords	9	21	.300	18.5	62	Oscar Charleston

Negro National League (II)

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Manager
1	Homestead Grays	28	13	.683	—	266	Vic Harris	Pennant
2	Baltimore Elite Giants	25	14	.641	2	333	Felton Snow
3	Newark Eagles	25	16	.610	3	236	Dick Lundy, Biz Mackey
4	Philadelphia Stars	17	30	.362	14	365	Roy Parnell, Jake Dunn
5	New York Black Yankees	9	19	.321	12.5	217	Tex Burnett
6	New York Cubans	8	20	.286	13.5	175	José María Fernández

Leaders

AL

RBI

AVG

ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

ERA

No-hitters

Bob Feller, Cleveland Indians vs. Chicago White Sox, 1940-04-16
Tex Carleton, Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Cincinnati Reds, 1940-04-30

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