1940 By The Numbers
World Series
New York Giants over St Louis Browns 4-3
MVP Ted Williams (Giants)
Batting Champions
AL: Johnny Mize (Philadelphia Athletics) .382
NL: Ted Williams (New York Giants) .399
The Home Run Kings
AL: Johnny Mize (Philadelphia Athletics) 35
NL: Ted Williams (New York Giants) 38
New Records
None
Accomplishments
Bob Feller (Washington Senators) AL Pitching Triple Crown (3rd)
Johnny Mize (Philadelphia Athletics) AL Batting Triple Crown
Ted Williams (New York Giants) NL Batting Triple Crown
Lefty Gomez (Boston Bees) No Hitter
Josh Gibson (Pittsburgh Pirates), Stan Musial (New York Yankees), and George Selkirk (Washington Senators) 3 HR game
Arky Vaughan (Washington Senators) 6 hit game
Wally Judnich (Pittsburgh Pirates) hit for the cycle
Lon Warneke (Philadelphia Athletics), Claude Passeau (Boston Red Sox), and Bob Feller (Washington Senators) all won 20 or more games.
Lou Gehrig (Pittsburgh Pirates) 500th HR
Riggs Stephenson (Detroit Tigers) 3000th hit
Al Simmons (Pittsburgh Pirates) 3500th hit
Joe Cronin (Chicago Cubs) 2500th hit
The Slam File
40 this year. Ted Wiliams (New York Giants) hits the first WS slam. Lou Gehrig (Pittsburgh Pirates) hit 3
Code:
April 19th 1940 Bill Nicholson (Philadelphia Phillies)
April 24th 1940 Dolph Camilli (Brooklyn Dodgers)
April 25th 1940 Hank Leiber (St Louis Browns)
April 27th 1940 Charlie Berry (Chicago Cubs)
April 30th 1940 Al Simmons (Pittsburgh Pirates)
May 3rd 1940 Frankie Kelleher (Chicago White Sox)
May 7th 1940 Hal Trosky (Chicago White Sox)
May 8th 1940 Nanny Fernandez (Philadelphia Athletics)
May 11th 1940 Frankie Kelleher (Chicago White Sox)
May 17th 1940 Hooper Triplett (Philadelhia Phillies)
May 18th 1940 Joe Kuhel (Philadelhia Phillies) walk off
May 20th 1940 Josh Gibson (Pittsburgh Pirates)
May 21st 1940 Charlie Berry (Chicago Cubs)
May 22nd 1940 Ernie Lombardi (Philadelphia Phillies)
June 11th 1940 Lou Gehrig (Pittsburgh Pirates)
June 15th 1940 Pete Fleming (Cincinnati Reds)
June 20th 1940 Rudy York (Boston Bees)
June 20th 1940 Schoolboy Rowe (Washington Senators) P
July 7th 1940 Ray Pepper (St Louis Browns)
July 13th 1940 Ted Williams (New York Giants)
July 13th 1940 Sid Gordon (St Louis Browns)
July 15th 1940 Bobby Doerr (Philadelphia Athletics)
July 17th 1940 Hank Greenberg (Washington Senators)
July 28th 1940 Vince DiMaggio (St Louis Cardinals)
August 1st 1940 Lou Gehrig (Pittsburgh Pirates)
August 7th 1940 Ed Fernandes (Boston Bees)
August 13th 1940 Chet Laabs (Cleveland Indians)
August 17th 1940 Buck Leonard (St Louis Cardinals)
August 17th 1940 Hank Greenberg (Washington Senators)
August 21st 1940 Vince DiMaggio (St Louis Cardinals)
August 25th 1940 Bill Nicholson (Philadelphia Phillies)
August 27th 1940 Joe DiMaggio (Chicago Cubs)
September 5th 1940 Charlie Gehringer (St Louis Cardinals) PH Walk off
September 12th 1940 Lou Gehrig (Pittsburgh Pirates)
September 15th 1940 Frankie Hayes(St Louis Browns)
September 16th 1940 Jim Tabor (Boston Red Sox)
September 18th 1940 Harry Brecheen (Brooklyn Dodgers) P
September 24th 1940 Dolph Camilli (Brooklyn Dodgers)
September 28th 1940 Buck Leonard (St Louis Cardinals)
September 29th 1940 Bill Nicholson (Philadelphia Phillies)
October 3rd 1940 Ted Williams (New York Giants) WS