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1940 NL Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings     Minor League Standings
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National Team W L WPct GB San Diego 94 68 .580 -- New York (G) 84 78 .519 10 Pittsburgh 79 83 .488 15 Brooklyn 78 84 .481 16 Boston (N) 76 86 .469 18 Montreal 71 91 .438 23 Cincinnati 70 92 .432 24 St. Louis (C) 61 101 .377 33

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-0)	San Diego Padres over Seattle (M) Mariners
NL League Series (4-2)	San Diego Padres over New York (G) Giants

League Batting Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
NYG	4.9	792	162	5744	1600	312	39	123	507	549	.279	.337	.411	.748
SDP	4.8	775	162	5690	1586	278	43	120	507	638	.279	.338	.406	.744
BRK	4.6	738	162	5634	1524	258	50	80	507	521	.271	.331	.377	.707
MON	4.3	691	162	5614	1450	240	56	93	473	605	.258	.316	.371	.687
PIT	4.2	674	162	5659	1546	229	51	89	329	621	.273	.313	.379	.692
SLC	4.1	670	162	5637	1449	279	39	73	471	671	.257	.314	.359	.674
BSN	3.9	634	162	5618	1502	245	42	43	359	566	.267	.311	.349	.660
CIN	3.7	592	162	5489	1335	221	35	104	469	775	.243	.303	.353	.656
Totals	4.3	5566	1296	45085	11992	2062	355	725	3622	4946	.266	.321	.376	.696
Average		696	162	5636	1499	258	44	91	453	618

League Pitching Stats     Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
BSN	4.2	685	162	3.80	1453.0	1387	8.6	529	3.3	783	4.8	18
NYG	4.2	688	162	3.87	1467.3	1535	9.5	414	2.6	737	4.5	22
SDP	4.3	692	162	3.98	1448.0	1489	9.2	358	2.2	557	3.4	16
CIN	4.3	703	162	3.99	1447.3	1461	9.0	439	2.7	571	3.5	36
PIT	4.5	737	162	4.07	1445.7	1505	9.3	482	3.0	550	3.4	28
BRK	4.6	746	162	4.07	1447.7	1579	9.7	428	2.6	647	4.0	16
MON	4.8	778	162	4.06	1460.3	1505	9.3	582	3.6	631	3.9	24
SLC	5.8	938	162	5.12	1447.0	1741	10.7	608	3.8	442	2.7	23
Totals	4.6	5967	1296	4.12	11616.3	12202	9.4	3840	3.0	4918	3.8	183
Average		746	162		1452	1525		480		615		23

League Miscellaneous Stats     Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance		Manager
NYG	91	71	-7	6	18	5	5	3	18	1.01	0.90	2,379,537		Matt Ida
SDP	89	73	5	6	15	6	2	2	16	0.93	1.00	2,404,205		Jamie D'Agostini
BRK	80	82	-2	4	12	0	2	1	7	1.02	0.97	1,763,108		Ty Kubick
BSN	75	87	1	3	18	0	5	0	13	1.02	0.90	1,427,500		Ben Thompson
PIT	74	88	5	2	15	0	0	1	17	1.02	0.91	1,538,235		Jay Zorn
SLC	57	105	4	2	10	0	0	1	14	1.06	1.23	626,248		Gabby Street
CIN	68	94	2	1	11	1	2	1	8	0.98	1.24	1,280,916		Shashank Misra
MON	72	90	-1	1	14	0	0	0	12	0.97	1.02	2,008,239		Hyram the Camel Jockey

League Win Shares     Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
SDP	282	141.31	94.41	46.26	7.36	2.92	9.57	5.18	10.37	10.88
NYG	252	117.33	91.75	42.89	6.19	2.99	5.85	6.78	9.99	11.10
PIT	237	98.45	91.07	47.44	8.88	2.72	7.66	7.66	6.53	14.00
BRK	234	109.60	84.35	40.02	5.82	3.84	5.20	4.29	9.61	11.26
BSN	228	78.20	96.87	52.89	14.92	3.50	3.96	5.56	10.87	14.09
MON	213	99.39	77.26	36.32	12.02	3.42	4.37	5.26	0.00	11.26
CIN	210	69.32	95.52	45.13	9.74	3.64	5.61	5.71	5.71	14.74
SLC	183	100.76	55.33	26.89	1.25	2.62	4.16	3.42	6.99	8.45

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger:	Mel Ott	SDP	.304, 41 HR, 122 RBI
Platinum Arm:	Johnny Vander Meer	BSN	18-14, 2.72, 338.0 IP, 245 K
Bronze Rookie:	Harry Brecheen	CIN	14-10, 2.95, 243.7 IP, 104 K
Gold Glove Winners
P	Max Butcher	SLC	.988, 20 PO, 61 A, 1 E
C	Bill Dickey	BSN	1.000, 506 PO, 37 A, 0 E 50.0% (12-24) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Frank McCormick	PIT	.993, 1649 PO, 138 A, 13 E
2B	Joe Gordon	PIT	.979, 289 PO, 554 A, 18 E
3B	Red Barkley	CIN	.962, 87 PO, 313 A, 16 E
SS	Lou Boudreau	SDP	.972, 196 PO, 614 A, 23 E
LF	Roy Cullenbine	SDP	.975, 227 PO, 10 A, 6 E
CF	Wally Judnich	SLC	.997, 296 PO, 9 A, 1 E
RF	Bill Nicholson	CIN	.970, 284 PO, 9 A, 9 E

League Batting Leaderboards     Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average Galan NYG .333 Cullenbine SDP .331 Boyle BSN .329 Dallessandro BRK .322 Berger NYG .320	On-Base Pct Cullenbine SDP .450 Dallessandro BRK .410 Galan NYG .401 Fleming SLC .394 Fletcher SDP .392	Slugging Pct Ott SDP .588 Berger NYG .525 Cullenbine SDP .503 Hurst CIN .488 Nicholson CIN .477	OPS Ott SDP .973 Cullenbine SDP .953 Berger NYG .907 Dallessandro BRK .865 Galan NYG .848
XR Ott SDP 114.9 Berger NYG 114.2 Cullenbine SDP 110.4 Galan NYG 108.7 Connors MON 95.7	Games Berger NYG 160 Galan NYG 158 Chiozza SLC 157 Connors MON 157 Hassett PIT 156	At-Bats Galan NYG 633 Berger NYG 621 Chiozza SLC 616 Haas BSN 609 Cuccinello SDP 595	Runs Galan NYG 108 Ott SDP 103 Berger NYG 96 Connors MON 93 Slaughter SLC 93
Hits Galan NYG 211 Berger NYG 199 Hassett PIT 185 Boyle BSN 177 Cuccinello SDP 177	Total Bases Berger NYG 326 Ott SDP 325 Galan NYG 283 Hassett PIT 274 Connors MON 266	Singles Galan NYG 158 McCormick SLC 143 Hassett PIT 138 Boyle BSN 137 Berger NYG 135	Doubles Slaughter SLC 43 Galan NYG 42 McCormick   38 Chiozza SLC 37 Phelps SDP 35
Triples Walker NYG 11 Hassett PIT 10 Fleming SLC 8 Kuhel MON 8 Berger NYG 7	Homeruns Ott SDP 41 Berger NYG 28 Connors MON 26 Delancey CIN 23 Hurst CIN 21	RBIs Ott SDP 122 Berger NYG 112 Connors MON 94 Slaughter SLC 92 Hassett PIT 91	Stolen Bases Haas BSN 55 Whitehead BSN 22 Handley BRK 18 McCosky MON 17 Rosen   15
Caught Stealing Haas BSN 14 Hopp PIT 11 Chapman PIT 9 Handley BRK 9 McCosky MON 9	Walks Cullenbine SDP 111 Connors MON 82 Estalella BRK 82 Ott SDP 79 Fleming SLC 78	Strikeouts Gordon PIT 147 Ott SDP 114 Hurst CIN 112 Weintraub BRK 111 Barkley CIN 102

League Pitching Leaderboards     Help

ERA Vander Meer BSN 2.72 Brecheen CIN 2.95 Prim NYG 3.01 Mungo BRK 3.09 Dobson CIN 3.21	Wins Tamulis BRK 22 Swift SDP 21 Dickson PIT 18 Dobson CIN 18 Prim NYG 18	Losses Passeau NYG 26 Trout BSN 22 Bowman MON 21 Blaeholder SDP 19 Dickson PIT 19	Winning Pct Prim NYG .750 Swift SDP .700 Dean NYG .652 Tamulis BRK .647 Humphries SDP .630
Saves McKain MON 16 Benton NYG 13 Galehouse SLC 12 Pezzullo BSN 12 Lamaster   11	Games Pitched Benton NYG 85 Johnson CIN 78 Hollingsworth MON 71 Salvo SLC 67 Linke MON 64	Games Started Dean BSN 44 Passeau NYG 44 Dobson CIN 43 Vander Meer BSN 43 Nahem SLC 42	Complete Games Tamulis BRK 24 Blaeholder SDP 23 Dean BSN 23 Dickson PIT 23 Trout BSN 21
Shutouts Newhouser SDP 5 Newsom NYG 4 Dean BSN 3 Javery MON 3 Wilshere MON 3	Innings Pitched Dean BSN 356.7 Trout BSN 338.3 Vander Meer BSN 338.0 Passeau NYG 337.3 Swift SDP 329.7	Hits Allowed Passeau NYG 364 Dickson PIT 349 Trout BSN 349 Dean BSN 343 Tamulis BRK 342	Homeruns Allowed Blaeholder SDP 33 Trout BSN 30 Dean BSN 28 Swift SDP 28 Bowman MON 26
Strikeouts Vander Meer BSN 245 Dean BSN 201 Wilshere MON 188 Dean NYG 177 Mungo BRK 170	Walks Allowed Vander Meer BSN 146 Wilshere MON 140 Bowman MON 121 Nahem SLC 120 Trout BSN 119	Walks per 9IP Prim NYG 1.5 Dean NYG 1.6 Melton BRK 1.8 Dean BSN 1.8 Swift SDP 2.0	Hits per 9IP Vander Meer BSN 7.1 Wilshere MON 7.3 Johnson CIN 8.0 Rigney PIT 8.3 Brecheen CIN 8.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Vander Meer BSN 6.5 Dean NYG 5.7 Wilshere MON 5.7 Mungo BRK 5.4 Rigney PIT 5.2	WHiP Prim NYG 1.12 Dean NYG 1.16 Dean BSN 1.16 Brecheen CIN 1.17 Swift SDP 1.19	OAVG Vander Meer BSN .217 Wilshere MON .220 Johnson CIN .238 Rigney PIT .242 Brecheen CIN .246	OOBP Prim NYG .282 Dean NYG .286 Dean BSN .290 Brecheen CIN .291 Johnson CIN .294
OSLG Johnson CIN .326 Mungo BRK .337 Vander Meer BSN .338 Wilshere MON .341 Newhouser SDP .350	OOPS Johnson CIN .620 Vander Meer BSN .637 Brecheen CIN .649 Dobson CIN .649 Mungo BRK .649

League All-Stars
Al Benton	Wally Berger	Lou Chiozza
Syd Cohen	Merv Connors	Bill Crouch
Roy Cullenbine	Dom Dallessandro	Dizzy Dean
Paul Dean	Bill Delancey	Bill Dickey
Woody English	Bobby Estalella	Elbie Fletcher
Augie Galan	Johnny Humphries	Mark Koenig
Mel Ott	Babe Phelps	Ray Prim
Enos Slaughter	Bill Swift	Vito Tamulis
Johnny Vander Meer

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Van Mungo	BRK	$ 18,700,000
2.	Wally Berger	NYG	$ 14,100,000
3.	Mel Ott	SDP	$ 11,000,000
	George Blaeholder	SDP	$ 11,000,000
5.	Paul Dean	NYG	$ 10,210,000
6.	Vito Tamulis	BRK	$ 10,000,000
7.	Johnny Hodapp	BSN	$ 9,000,000
8.	Billy Sullivan	BRK	$ 8,500,001
9.	Bobo Newsom	NYG	$ 7,500,000
	Roy Mahaffey	SLC	$ 7,500,000
11.	Earl Clark	BSN	$ 6,500,000
12.	Bill Swift	SDP	$ 6,100,000
13.	Paul Waner	BSN	$ 6,000,000
14.	Dizzy Dean	BSN	$ 5,750,000
15.	Babe Phelps	SDP	$ 5,200,000
16.	Joe Bowman	MON	$ 5,087,000
17.	Travis Jackson	BSN	$ 5,000,000
	Frank McCormick	NYG	$ 5,000,000
	Shanty Hogan	MON	$ 5,000,000
20.	Bill Dickey	BSN	$ 4,790,000
21.	Augie Galan	NYG	$ 4,614,286
22.	Pinky Whitney	PIT	$ 4,500,000
23.	Red Worthington	SDP	$ 4,300,000
24.	Don Hurst	CIN	$ 4,275,334
25.	Cecil Travis	NYG	$ 4,250,000
	Ernie Lombardi	NYG	$ 4,250,000
	Lou Chiozza	SLC	$ 4,250,000

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