1940 Brooklyn Dodgers
Record: 78-84
Finish: 4th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 738
Runs Allowed: 746
Exp W-L: 80-82
 
Ballpark: Ebbets Field
Attendance: 1,763,108
Manager: Ty Kubick

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-75, 7th in the NL
AA: 65-72, 6th in the NL
A: 71-66, 4th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
RF  Bobby Estalella 29 154 563 76 144 33 7 9 58 0 0 82 77 .256 .351 .387 .738 75.5 12.1 2.7
LF *Phil Weintraub 32 140 463 77 137 22 3 13 67 0 0 68 111 .296 .383 .441 .824 74.8 14.1 2.4
CF *Dom Dallessandro 26 133 451 85 145 32 5 6 48 0 1 70 29 .322 .410 .455 .865 80.4 16.7 3.5
1B *Nick Etten 26 134 451 66 116 16 5 12 77 0 1 55 17 .257 .336 .395 .731 60.7 8.8 2.7
C *Billy Sullivan 29 135 443 71 132 22 5 7 64 0 0 39 24 .298 .352 .418 .769 62.1 11.1 3.8
3B  Lee Handley 26 136 430 46 123 13 5 3 49 18 9 22 13 .286 .320 .360 .681 46.6 6.3 5.0
3B *Lew Riggs 30 125 409 70 127 32 2 3 63 2 0 34 12 .311 .362 .421 .783 57.8 10.7 2.9
2B *Stu Martin 26 117 336 29 90 21 3 6 48 1 0 17 24 .268 .301 .402 .702 36.9 4.8 5.6
SS #Jimmy Brown 30 86 259 33 72 6 3 3 26 2 0 12 21 .278 .310 .359 .669 27.8 3.6 2.2
3B  Heinie Schuble 33 98 263 23 66 8 4 2 28 3 0 10 20 .251 .276 .335 .611 23.0 2.1 2.2
CF  Pete Fox 31 104 241 24 74 11 0 5 38 1 1 13 18 .307 .341 .415 .756 31.1 5.4 1.1
CF  Bob Seeds 33 89 229 32 77 8 4 6 38 0 0 17 14 .336 .382 .485 .867 36.7 7.6 1.2
C  Frankie Pytlak 31 86 194 29 41 6 0 1 18 7 2 25 5 .211 .299 .258 .556 16.5 0.5 2.1
2B  Don Gutteridge 28 72 173 21 41 8 1 3 22 8 7 11 11 .237 .286 .347 .633 15.5 1.1 1.2
RF *Rip Radcliff 34 75 140 20 42 9 0 1 19 0 0 10 10 .300 .342 .386 .728 17.8 2.7 0.5
CF  Chick Fullis 36 38 128 13 32 7 1 0 12 0 0 13 23 .250 .319 .320 .639 13.6 1.9 0.9
P *Vito Tamulis 28 40 115 5 17 0 1 0 11 0 0 1 12 .148 .154 .165 .319 1.4 0.0 0.0
P  Van Mungo 29 39 91 4 20 0 1 0 9 0 0 1 19 .220 .228 .242 .470 3.7 0.0 0.0
P *Cliff Melton 28 34 90 6 14 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 22 .156 .156 .178 .333 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Lee 30 40 52 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 16 .077 .077 .096 .173 -2.8 0.0 0.0
P  Ernie White 23 14 40 5 8 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 8 .200 .220 .225 .445 1.5 0.0 0.0
P #Bill Crouch 29 30 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .000 .065 .000 .065 -1.8 0.0 0.0
1B  Joe Marty 26 9 23 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .000 .115 .000 .115 -1.1 0.0 0.2
P  Cotton Pippen 29 22 18 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .111 .158 .111 .269 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  George Caster 32 42 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.4 1992 5634 738 1524 258 50 80 708 42 22 507 521 .271 .329 .377 .706 676.9 109.6 40.0
  Rank among 8 NL teams 4 2 3 4 3 6 2 4 5 1 2 4 3 4 3 3  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Vito Tamulis 28 22 12 .647 40 40 0 327.0 342 131 26 74 138 3.61 23.5
 Van Mungo 29 17 12 .586 39 39 0 285.3 285 98 12 87 170 3.09 25.2
*Cliff Melton 28 10 16 .385 34 30 0 246.3 289 119 23 49 108 4.35 9.9
 Bill Lee 30 5 8 .385 40 19 5 165.0 159 63 15 67 77 3.44 11.5
*Ernie White 23 5 8 .385 14 14 0 111.7 116 55 6 43 48 4.43 4.9
 Bill Crouch 29 5 13 .278 30 13 8 105.0 132 68 12 35 33 5.83 0.1
 Cotton Pippen 29 2 6 .250 22 7 1 76.3 78 29 5 23 19 3.42 4.8
 Hugh Casey 26 6 5 .545 51 0 1 53.3 65 29 5 20 17 4.89 3.0
 George Caster 32 3 2 .600 42 0 1 42.7 50 24 0 19 25 5.06 1.4
*Chet Falk 35 3 2 .600 33 0 0 35.0 63 39 8 11 12 10.03 0.0
Team Totals 28.9 78 84 .481 345 162 16 1447.6 1579 655 112 428 647 4.07 84.3
Rank among 8 NL teams 4 4 7 4 6 7 8 6 3 3 7  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 33.6
B.Sullivan 954.0 107 108 451 35 7 0 .986 26.4
F.Pytlak 493.7 55 56 229 24 2 0 .992 35.0
Team Total 1447.7 162 164 680 59 9 0 .988 28.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.37
N.Etten 994.0 114 117 1210 88 8 105 .994 11.75
B.Seeds 356.0 42 49 433 39 3 39 .994 11.93
D.Gutteridge 57.0 6 11 66 4 0 4 1.000 11.05
P.Weintraub 26.0 0 13 28 0 0 5 1.000 9.69
B.Sullivan 6.7 0 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 12.16
B.Estalella 4.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
H.Schuble 4.0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1447.7 162 198 1751 131 11 154 .994 11.70
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 6.32
J.Brown 651.0 79 81 159 267 15 50 .966 5.89
H.Schuble 508.0 55 67 143 215 8 48 .978 6.34
L.Handley 167.0 18 23 42 89 9 19 .936 7.06
S.Martin 67.0 4 21 18 30 0 9 1.000 6.45
J.Marty 50.7 6 6 15 20 1 4 .972 6.22
D.Gutteridge 4.0 0 4 1 2 1 0 .750 6.75
Team Total 1447.7 162 202 378 623 34 130 .967 6.22
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 3.07
L.Riggs 981.0 112 116 82 263 20 22 .945 3.17
D.Gutteridge 302.7 35 41 27 78 4 6 .963 3.12
L.Handley 78.0 8 15 6 19 2 1 .926 2.88
H.Schuble 66.3 7 11 3 22 2 1 .926 3.39
B.Sullivan 12.0 0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 3.75
J.Brown 6.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Marty 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.7 162 192 120 385 28 30 .947 3.14
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.57
S.Martin 759.3 88 96 121 350 9 68 .981 5.58
L.Handley 647.0 73 85 93 290 9 41 .977 5.33
H.Schuble 19.0 0 8 1 8 1 2 .900 4.26
D.Gutteridge 9.3 0 6 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.89
J.Marty 8.0 1 1 1 4 0 0 1.000 5.63
J.Brown 5.0 0 1 1 3 0 2 1.000 7.20
Team Total 1447.7 162 197 217 658 19 113 .979 5.44
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 1.97
P.Weintraub 1002.3 114 118 219 8 1 0 .996 2.04
P.Fox 292.0 35 37 65 0 1 0 .985 2.00
D.Gutteridge 60.0 7 8 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.65
B.Seeds 52.3 6 8 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.41
D.Dallessandro 12.0 0 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
B.Sullivan 7.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Estalella 6.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Radcliff 6.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
N.Etten 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
C.Fullis 3.7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46
H.Schuble 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1447.7 162 195 319 9 2 0 .994 2.04
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.60
D.Dallessandro 980.0 111 118 323 5 13 1 .962 3.01
C.Fullis 307.0 37 37 87 1 2 0 .978 2.58
P.Fox 132.0 14 22 43 1 3 0 .936 3.00
B.Seeds 17.3 0 8 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.60
B.Estalella 8.3 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.32
R.Radcliff 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1447.7 162 192 463 7 18 1 .963 2.92
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.08
B.Estalella 1223.0 137 142 266 7 6 0 .978 2.01
R.Radcliff 207.3 24 27 42 3 0 0 1.000 1.95
S.Martin 9.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Seeds 5.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Fox 3.3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 5.41
Team Total 1447.7 162 175 313 10 6 0 .982 2.01
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.34
V.Tamulis 327.0 40 40 22 53 1 2 .987 2.06
V.Mungo 285.3 39 39 15 48 2 5 .969 1.99
C.Melton 246.3 30 34 26 40 0 1 1.000 2.41
B.Lee 165.0 19 40 8 31 2 1 .951 2.13
E.White 111.7 14 14 4 15 0 1 1.000 1.53
B.Crouch 105.0 13 30 7 13 0 1 1.000 1.71
C.Pippen 76.3 7 22 3 17 2 0 .909 2.36
H.Casey 53.3 0 51 7 8 1 1 .938 2.53
G.Caster 42.7 0 42 0 9 1 1 .900 1.90
C.Falk 35.0 0 33 1 13 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1447.6 162 345 93 247 9 13 .974 2.11
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Dallessandro .322
On-Base Pct Dallessandro .410
Slugging Pct Dallessandro .455
OPS Dallessandro .865
XR Dallessandro 80.4
Games Estalella 154
At-Bats Estalella 563
Runs Dallessandro 85
Hits Dallessandro 145
Total Bases Estalella 218
Singles Handley, Dallessandro 102
Doubles Estalella 33
Triples Estalella 7
Homeruns Weintraub 13
RBIs Etten 77
Stolen Bases Handley 18
Caught Stealing Handley 9
Walks Estalella 82
Strikeouts Weintraub 111
ERA Mungo 3.09
Wins Tamulis 22
Losses Melton 16
Winning Pct Tamulis .647
Saves Crouch 8
Games Pitched Casey 51
Games Started Tamulis 40
Complete Games Tamulis 24
Shutouts Mungo, Tamulis 2
Innings Pitched Tamulis 327.0
Hits Allowed Tamulis 342
Homeruns Allowed Tamulis 26
Strikeouts Mungo 170
Walks Allowed Mungo 87
Walks per 9IP Melton 1.8
Hits per 9IP Lee 8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Mungo 5.4
WHiP Tamulis 1.27
OAVG Lee .253
OOBP Tamulis .306
OSLG Mungo .337
OOPS Mungo .649
Team All-Stars
Bill Crouch
Dom Dallessandro
Bobby Estalella
Vito Tamulis
Player Salaries
Van Mungo $ 18,700,000
Vito Tamulis $ 10,000,000
Billy Sullivan $ 8,500,001
Pete Fox $ 3,900,000
Bob Seeds $ 2,500,000
Phil Weintraub $ 2,370,000
Bobby Estalella $ 2,078,571
John Stone $ 1,710,000
Lew Riggs $ 1,528,571
Rip Radcliff $ 1,357,143
Frankie Pytlak $ 850,000
George Caster $ 650,000
Bill Lee $ 625,000
Heinie Schuble $ 510,000
Chet Falk $ 500,000
Jimmy Brown $ 350,000
Cotton Pippen $ 350,000
Bill Crouch $ 300,000
Dom Dallessandro $ 300,000
Cliff Melton $ 300,000
Nick Etten $ 300,000
Chick Fullis $ 300,000
Don Gutteridge $ 300,000
Lee Handley $ 300,000
Joe Marty $ 300,000
Ernie White $ 300,000
Stu Martin $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Bob Feller Cleveland Nick Etten
Lew Riggs
2/2 Signed     George Caster
2/3 Traded Jimmy Bloodworth Montreal Phil Weintraub
2/3 Signed     Billy Sullivan
2/5 Signed     Chet Falk
6/1 Released Tony Freitas    
6/1 Released Al Blanche    
6/1 Released Harry Kimberlin    
10/3 Released Hugh Casey