1940 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1940 throughout the world.  

[edit] Champions

[edit] Major League Baseball

• World Series: Cincinnati Reds over Detroit Tigers (4-3)
• All-Star Game, July 9 at Sportsman's Park: National League, 4-0

[edit] Other champions

• Negro League Baseball All-Star Game: East, 11-0

[edit] Awards and honors

• Most Valuable Player
  • Hank Greenberg (AL) - OF, Detroit Tigers
  • Frank McCormick (NL) - 1B, Cincinnati Reds
• The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
  • Bob Feller - P, Cleveland Indians
• The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award
  • Hank Greenberg (AL) - OF, Detroit Tigers
  • Frank McCormick (NL) - 1B, Cincinnati Reds
• The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
  • Bill McKechnie - Cincinnati Reds

[edit] Major League Baseball final standings

[edit] American League final standings

[edit] National League final standings

[edit] Events

• September 24 - Jimmie Foxx hits 500th home run.

[edit] Births

• February 25 - Ron Santo
• March 6 - Willie Stargell
• April 15 - Willie Davis
• May 20 - Sadaharu Oh
• July 18 - Joe Torre
• July 20 - Tony Oliva
• September 12 - Mickey Lolich
• November 23 - Luis Tiant

[edit] Deaths

• February 13 - Walter Barnes, 79, sports editor for several Boston newspapers from 1891 to 1933 who was that city's first regular sports columnist
• August 21 - Ernest Thayer, 77, newspaper editor whose 1888 poem "Casey at the Bat" became a staple of baseball culture
• October 17 - George Davis, 70, shortstop for the Giants and White Sox who set records for career hits (2600+) and RBI (1437) by a switch-hitter, and ranked third in total games upon retirement; batted .308 in 1906 World Series as White Sox upset Cubs
• December 16 - Billy Hamilton, 74, center fielder and leadoff hitter for Philadelphia and Boston who batted .344 lifetime, winning two batting titles; led NL in runs four times and in walks and steals five times each; had eleven 100-run seasons including record 192 in 1894, and his 1690 career runs - over one per game - ranked second in history upon retirement; batted .343 and .369 for 1897-98 Boston champions