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MIA2

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Sep 15, 2026Tuesday

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CHC3

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AL · 90–64 (.584) · Rank 1 · Attendance 1112693 Pennant

Batting

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Barney McCosky	143	589	200	4	57	13	.340	.899
Rudy York	155	588	186	33	134	3	.316	.993
Hank Greenberg	148	573	195	41	150	6	.340	1.103
Dick Bartell	139	528	123	7	53	12	.233	.665
Charlie Gehringer	139	515	161	10	81	10	.313	.875
Pinky Higgins	131	480	130	13	76	4	.271	.772
Birdie Tebbetts	111	379	112	4	46	4	.296	.769
Pete Fox	93	350	101	5	48	7	.289	.732
Bruce Campbell	103	297	84	8	44	2	.283	.829
Billy Sullivan	78	220	68	3	41	2	.309	.849
Earl Averill	64	118	33	2	20	0	.280	.690
Bobo Newsom	36	107	23	0	16	0	.215	.484
Red Kress	33	99	22	1	11	0	.222	.597
Tommy Bridges	29	68	12	0	4	0	.176	.417
Schoolboy Rowe	27	67	18	1	18	1	.269	.752
Johnny Gorsica	29	62	12	1	7	0	.194	.537
Dutch Meyer	23	58	15	0	6	2	.259	.627
Frank Croucher	37	57	6	0	2	0	.105	.269
Hal Newhouser	28	40	8	0	2	0	.200	.456
Tuck Stainback	15	40	9	0	1	0	.225	.537
Scat Metha	26	37	9	0	3	0	.243	.579
Dizzy Trout	33	31	4	0	4	0	.129	.311
Fred Hutchinson	17	30	8	0	2	0	.267	.567
Lynn Nelson	19	23	8	1	3	0	.348	.826
Al Benton	42	17	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Tom Seats	26	12	1	0	0	0	.083	.166
Cotton Pippen	4	8	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Archie McKain	27	7	1	0	0	0	.143	.476
Clay Smith	14	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Floyd Giebell	2	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Pat Mullin	4	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Frank Secory	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Dick Conger	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bud Thomas	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Uhl	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	SO	WHIP
Bobo Newsom	21	5	2.83	36	0	164	1.269
Tommy Bridges	12	9	3.37	29	0	133	1.310
Schoolboy Rowe	16	3	3.46	27	0	61	1.260
Johnny Gorsica	7	7	4.33	29	0	68	1.419
Hal Newhouser	9	9	4.86	28	0	89	1.688
Dizzy Trout	3	7	4.47	33	2	64	1.778
Al Benton	6	10	4.42	42	17	50	1.626
Fred Hutchinson	3	7	5.68	17	0	32	1.461
Tom Seats	2	2	4.69	26	1	25	1.581
Archie McKain	5	0	2.82	27	3	24	1.431
Clay Smith	1	1	5.08	14	0	14	1.588
Cotton Pippen	1	2	6.75	4	0	9	1.828
Floyd Giebell	2	0	1.00	2	0	11	1.000
Lynn Nelson	1	1	10.93	6	0	7	2.286
Bud Thomas	0	1	9.00	3	0	0	2.750
Dick Conger	1	0	3.00	2	0	1	1.667
Bob Uhl	0	0		1	0	0

Schedule (162 games)

Date	Opponent	Result
1940-04-16	vs SLA	L 1–5
1940-04-18	vs SLA	W 4–2
1940-04-19	@ CLE	L 0–4
1940-04-21	@ CLE	W 12–2
1940-04-22	@ CHA	W 6–5
1940-04-24	@ CHA	W 2–1
1940-04-25	@ SLA	W 4–2
1940-04-27	vs CLE	L 2–4
1940-04-28	vs CLE	L 9–11
1940-04-29	vs CLE	W 4–3
1940-04-30	@ WS1	L 4–9
1940-05-01	@ WS1	W 10–7
1940-05-02	@ WS1	W 5–3
1940-05-04	@ PHA	L 5–14
1940-05-05	@ NYA	W 6–4
1940-05-06	@ NYA	W 6–4
1940-05-07	@ NYA	W 4–2
1940-05-08	@ BOS	L 4–5
1940-05-09	@ BOS	L 5–6
1940-05-10	vs CHA	W 3–0
1940-05-11	vs CHA	L 0–1
1940-05-12	vs CHA	L 3–4
1940-05-14	vs WS1	L 2–4
1940-05-18	vs PHA	W 8–6
1940-05-20	vs BOS	W 10–7
1940-05-21	vs BOS	L 8–11
1940-05-22	vs NYA	L 2–8
1940-05-23	vs NYA	W 3–2
1940-05-24	@ CHA	L 1–2
1940-05-25	@ CHA	W 10–4
1940-05-27	@ CLE	W 6–1
1940-05-28	@ CLE	W 8–5
1940-05-29	@ CLE	L 4–7
1940-05-30	vs SLA	W 2–1
1940-05-30	vs SLA	W 15–6
1940-06-01	@ WS1	W 12–3
1940-06-02	@ WS1	W 8–6
1940-06-03	@ WS1	L 3–9
1940-06-04	@ PHA	L 6–8
1940-06-05	@ PHA	W 9–1
1940-06-06	@ PHA	L 4–7
1940-06-07	@ BOS	W 7–1
1940-06-08	@ BOS	W 4–2
1940-06-11	@ NYA	W 6–1
1940-06-12	@ NYA	L 5–7
1940-06-13	@ CLE	L 2–3
1940-06-14	vs WS1	W 10–1
1940-06-15	vs WS1	W 11–1
1940-06-15	vs WS1	W 8–0
1940-06-16	vs WS1	W 8–7
1940-06-19	vs PHA	W 5–4
1940-06-19	vs PHA	W 9–4
1940-06-20	vs PHA	L 4–6
1940-06-21	vs NYA	L 7–12
1940-06-22	vs NYA	W 3–2
1940-06-23	vs NYA	W 9–2
1940-06-25	vs BOS	L 7–11
1940-06-25	vs BOS	W 5–1
1940-06-26	vs BOS	L 1–3
1940-06-27	@ SLA	W 2–1
1940-06-29	@ SLA	W 9–5
1940-06-29	@ SLA	T 9–9
1940-06-30	@ SLA	L 6–7
1940-06-30	@ SLA	W 10–1
1940-07-01	vs CHA	W 3–1
1940-07-02	vs CHA	W 10–9
1940-07-03	vs CHA	L 7–12
1940-07-04	vs CLE	W 5–3
1940-07-04	vs CLE	L 1–2
1940-07-06	vs SLA	W 11–2
1940-07-06	vs SLA	W 2–0
1940-07-07	vs SLA	W 5–2
1940-07-11	@ WS1	L 3–7
1940-07-13	@ WS1	W 4–3
1940-07-13	@ WS1	W 4–0
1940-07-14	@ PHA	L 2–8
1940-07-14	@ PHA	L 2–5
1940-07-15	@ PHA	W 9–8
1940-07-16	@ PHA	L 1–3
1940-07-17	@ BOS	L 3–8
1940-07-17	@ BOS	L 5–8
1940-07-18	@ BOS	W 10–8
1940-07-19	@ BOS	W 4–0
1940-07-20	@ NYA	W 3–1
1940-07-21	@ NYA	W 4–3
1940-07-21	@ NYA	W 3–2
1940-07-23	vs WS1	L 3–6
1940-07-24	vs WS1	W 7–5
1940-07-25	vs WS1	W 5–2
1940-07-26	vs PHA	L 4–7
1940-07-27	vs PHA	W 15–2
1940-07-27	vs PHA	W 8–7
1940-07-28	vs PHA	L 5–9
1940-07-29	vs PHA	L 7–9
1940-07-30	vs NYA	L 6–8
1940-07-31	vs NYA	W 7–6
1940-08-01	vs NYA	W 11–2
1940-08-02	vs BOS	L 9–12
1940-08-03	vs BOS	W 6–4
1940-08-03	vs BOS	W 14–2
1940-08-04	vs BOS	L 3–7
1940-08-05	@ SLA	W 9–2
1940-08-05	@ SLA	L 0–4
1940-08-06	@ SLA	W 6–2
1940-08-07	@ SLA	W 7–5
1940-08-09	@ CHA	L 2–3
1940-08-10	@ CHA	W 5–2
1940-08-11	@ CHA	L 3–4
1940-08-11	@ CHA	L 3–4
1940-08-12	@ CLE	L 5–8
1940-08-13	@ CLE	L 5–6
1940-08-14	vs SLA	W 13–7
1940-08-15	vs SLA	W 5–2
1940-08-16	vs CHA	L 4–13
1940-08-17	vs CHA	L 5–9
1940-08-18	vs CHA	L 5–7
1940-08-20	@ NYA	L 3–4
1940-08-20	@ NYA	L 2–4
1940-08-21	@ NYA	L 5–6
1940-08-22	@ BOS	W 9–8
1940-08-24	@ BOS	W 12–1
1940-08-24	@ BOS	L 7–8
1940-08-25	@ PHA	W 7–3
1940-08-29	@ WS1	W 3–2
1940-08-29	@ WS1	W 6–0
1940-08-31	@ SLA	W 6–1
1940-09-01	@ SLA	L 2–8
1940-09-02	@ CHA	L 1–2
1940-09-02	@ CHA	L 0–4
1940-09-03	@ CHA	L 2–10
1940-09-04	vs CLE	W 7–2
1940-09-05	vs CLE	W 11–3
1940-09-06	vs CLE	W 10–5
1940-09-07	vs SLA	W 5–4
1940-09-08	vs SLA	W 5–4
1940-09-10	vs BOS	L 5–6
1940-09-11	vs BOS	W 11–7
1940-09-12	vs NYA	W 6–3
1940-09-13	vs NYA	W 8–0
1940-09-14	vs NYA	L 7–16
1940-09-15	vs WS1	L 1–6
1940-09-16	vs WS1	W 9–2
1940-09-17	vs WS1	W 6–3
1940-09-18	vs PHA	W 14–0
1940-09-18	vs PHA	L 6–13
1940-09-19	vs PHA	W 13–2
1940-09-19	vs PHA	W 10–1
1940-09-20	vs CLE	W 6–5
1940-09-21	vs CLE	W 5–0
1940-09-22	vs CLE	L 5–10
1940-09-25	vs CHA	W 10–9
1940-09-25	vs CHA	W 3–2
1940-09-27	@ CLE	W 2–0
1940-09-28	@ CLE	L 1–2
1940-09-29	@ CLE	L 2–3
1940-10-02	@ CIN	W 7–2
1940-10-03	@ CIN	L 3–5
1940-10-04	vs CIN	W 7–4
1940-10-05	vs CIN	L 2–5
1940-10-06	vs CIN	W 8–0
1940-10-07	@ CIN	L 0–4
1940-10-08	@ CIN	L 1–2