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The following are the baseball events of the year 1940 throughout the world.
Champions[]
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
Other champions[]
- Negro League Baseball All-Star Game: East, 11-0
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
- 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
Major League Baseball final standings[]
American League final standings[]
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National League final standings[]
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Events[]
- September 24 - Jimmie Foxx hits 500th home run.
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
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