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1940 Season

1939 / 1941

1940 World Series
Cincinnati Reds Dressed to the Nines	Defeated	Detroit Tigers Dressed to the Nines

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Johnny
Mize

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Feller

All-1940 Team

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

Left Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Hank Greenberg	DET	7.1	7.2	-0.8
Ted Williams	BOS	6.4	6.5	-0.8
Johnny Rizzo	MULT	3.8	3.6	-0.4
Bob Johnson	PHA	3.8	3.7	-0.5

Center Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Joe DiMaggio	NYA	7.3	6.8	0.3
Terry Moore	SLN	4.4	3.6	0.7
Jim Gleeson	CHN	4.2	4.2	-0.4
Barney McCosky	DET	4.0	4.0	-0.1

Right Field	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Charlie Keller	NYA	5.4	4.6	0.2
Mel Ott	NY1	5.2	5.0	-0.2
Bill Nicholson	CHN	4.1	4.4	-1.0
Enos Slaughter	SLN	3.9	3.7	-0.5

Shortstop	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Arky Vaughan	PIT	6.4	6.5	1.0
Lou Boudreau	CLE	6.0	4.5	2.5
Luke Appling	CHA	5.3	5.1	1.2
Eddie Miller	BSN	4.8	4.1	1.8

Second Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Lonny Frey	CIN	5.9	3.3	3.3
Joe Gordon	NYA	5.9	4.5	2.0
Charlie Gehringer	DET	3.8	4.8	-0.5
Billy Herman	CHN	3.3	3.0	1.0

Third Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Stan Hack	CHN	5.4	5.4	0.2
Billy Werber	CIN	4.5	3.5	1.2
Harlond Clift	SLA	4.4	3.8	0.7
Cecil Travis	WS1	3.8	3.9	0.2

First Base	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Johnny Mize	SLN	7.4	7.7	-1.0
Frank McCormick	CIN	5.7	4.4	0.6
Rudy York	DET	5.4	5.3	-0.6
Jimmie Foxx	BOS	5.2	5.2	-0.3

Catcher	Tm	WAR	Off	Fld
Ernie Lombardi	CIN	3.9	3.9	0.3
Harry Danning	NY1	3.8	3.9	0.4
Frankie Hayes	PHA	3.8	4.0	0.2
Spud Davis	PIT	3.0	2.9	0.4

Starting Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Bob Feller	CLE	320.3	9.8	9.9	-0.1
Bobo Newsom	DET	264.0	7.4	7.5	-0.1
Claude Passeau	CHN	280.7	7.1	6.4	0.7
Bucky Walters	CIN	305.0	6.7	6.4	0.3
Johnny Rigney	CHA	280.7	6.6	6.6	0.0
Schoolboy Rowe	DET	169.0	5.8	5.2	0.6
Larry French*	CHN	246.0	5.1	4.9	0.2
Tommy Bridges	DET	197.7	4.9	5.1	-0.3
Dutch Leonard	WS1	289.0	4.8	5.2	-0.5
Ken Chase*	WS1	261.7	4.7	4.8	-0.1

Swingman	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Hugh Casey	BRO	154.0	3.4	3.2	0.3
Joe Heving	BOS	119.0	1.8	1.8	0.0
Bill Beckmann	PHA	127.3	1.6	1.7	-0.1
Ken Raffensberger*	CHN	114.7	1.1	1.3	-0.1

Relief Pitcher	Tm	IP	WAR	Pit	Off
Joe Beggs	CIN	76.7	2.1	2.2	-0.0
Archie McKain*	DET	51.0	1.8	1.8	0.0
Harry Eisenstat*	CLE	71.7	1.7	1.6	0.1
Ira Hutchinson	SLN	63.3	1.3	1.3	0.0
Clint Brown	CHA	66.0	1.0	1.1	-0.1
Jack Russell	SLN	54.0	0.9	1.2	-0.2
Bill Trotter	SLA	98.0	0.9	1.2	-0.3
Johnny Murphy	NYA	63.3	0.9	0.9	0.0
Van Mungo	BRO	22.0	0.8	0.9	-0.1
Al Benton	DET	79.3	0.7	1.1	-0.4

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James