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Cincinnati Reds 4, Detroit Tigers 3 · 1940-10-02 to 1940-10-08 · 7 games · attendance 281,927 · season overview

◀ 1939 1941 ▶

Champion · 2nd title

Cincinnati Reds
Manager Bill McKechnie

Runner-up

Detroit Tigers
Manager Del Baker

Ballparks

Crosley Field
Tiger Stadium

Note

Decided in game 7

Games

#	Date	Away at Home	Series	Park	Attendance	Win	Loss	Save
1	1940-10-02	Detroit Tigers 7 at Cincinnati Reds 2	0–1	Crosley Field	31,793	Bobo Newsom	Paul Derringer
2	1940-10-03	Detroit Tigers 3 at Cincinnati Reds 5	1–1	Crosley Field	30,640	Bucky Walters	Schoolboy Rowe
3	1940-10-04	Cincinnati Reds 4 at Detroit Tigers 7	1–2	Tiger Stadium	52,877	Tommy Bridges	Jim Turner
4	1940-10-05	Cincinnati Reds 5 at Detroit Tigers 2	2–2	Tiger Stadium	54,093	Paul Derringer	Dizzy Trout
5	1940-10-06	Cincinnati Reds 0 at Detroit Tigers 8	2–3	Tiger Stadium	55,189	Bobo Newsom	Junior Thompson
6	1940-10-07	Detroit Tigers 0 at Cincinnati Reds 4	3–3	Crosley Field	30,481	Bucky Walters	Schoolboy Rowe
7	1940-10-08	Detroit Tigers 1 at Cincinnati Reds 2	4–3	Crosley Field	26,854	Paul Derringer	Bobo Newsom

The players

Cincinnati Reds

Batting	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
Mike McCormick	7	29	1	9	3	0	0	2	1	6	0	.310
Ival Goodman	7	29	5	8	2	0	0	5	0	3	0	.276
Frank McCormick	7	28	2	6	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	.214
Billy Werber	7	27	5	10	4	0	0	2	4	2	0	.370
Eddie Joost	7	25	0	5	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	.200
Billy Myers	7	23	0	3	0	0	0	2	2	5	0	.130
Jimmy Ripple	7	21	3	7	2	0	1	6	4	2	0	.333
Jimmie Wilson	6	17	2	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	.353
Bucky Walters	2	7	2	2	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	.286
Paul Derringer	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Bill Baker	3	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250
Ernie Lombardi	2	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333
Lew Riggs	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Lonny Frey	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Whitey Moore	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Jim Turner	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Morrie Arnovich	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Harry Craft	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Gene Thompson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000

Pitching	G	GS	W–L	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Paul Derringer	3	3	2–1	0	19.1	17	8	6	10	6	0	2.79
Bucky Walters	2	2	2–0	0	18.0	8	3	3	6	6	0	1.50
Whitey Moore	3	0	0–0	0	8.1	8	3	3	6	7	1	3.24
Jim Turner	1	1	0–1	0	6.0	8	5	5	0	4	2	7.50
Gene Thompson	1	1	0–1	0	3.1	8	6	6	4	2	1	16.20
Johnny Vander Meer	1	0	0–0	0	3.0	2	0	0	3	2	0	0.00
Elmer Riddle	1	0	0–0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Johnny Hutchings	1	0	0–0	0	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	9.00
Joe Beggs	1	0	0–0	0	1.0	3	2	1	0	1	0	9.00

Detroit Tigers

Batting	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
Hank Greenberg	7	28	5	10	2	1	1	6	2	5	0	.357
Charlie Gehringer	7	28	3	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	.214
Dick Bartell	7	26	2	7	2	0	0	3	3	3	0	.269
Rudy York	7	26	3	6	0	1	1	2	4	7	0	.231
Bruce Campbell	7	25	4	9	1	0	1	5	4	4	0	.360
Pinky Higgins	7	24	2	8	3	1	1	6	3	3	0	.333
Barney McCosky	7	23	5	7	1	0	0	1	7	0	0	.304
Billy Sullivan	5	13	3	2	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	.154
Birdie Tebbetts	4	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Bobo Newsom	3	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.100
Johnny Gorsica	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Earl Averill	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Tommy Bridges	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Pete Fox	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Schoolboy Rowe	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Clay Smith	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Dizzy Trout	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching	G	GS	W–L	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Bobo Newsom	3	3	2–1	0	26.0	18	4	4	4	17	0	1.38
Johnny Gorsica	2	0	0–0	0	11.1	6	1	1	4	4	0	0.79
Tommy Bridges	1	1	1–0	0	9.0	10	4	3	1	5	0	3.00
Clay Smith	1	0	0–0	0	4.0	1	1	1	3	1	0	2.25
Schoolboy Rowe	2	2	0–2	0	3.2	12	7	7	1	1	1	17.18
Archie McKain	1	0	0–0	0	3.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	3.00
Dizzy Trout	1	1	0–1	0	2.0	6	3	2	1	1	0	9.00
Fred Hutchinson	1	0	0–0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	9.00