1940 Minnesota Twins
Record: 85-77
Finish: 5th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 769
Runs Allowed: 734
Exp W-L: 84-78
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 1,154,761
Manager: Walter Johnson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 81-56, 2nd in the AL
AA: 76-61, 2nd in the AL
A: 72-65, 3rd in the AL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
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
CF  Joe Dimaggio 25 157 582 92 173 37 6 22 89 1 0 53 16 .297 .356 .495 .851 90.8 20.4 5.1
1B  Zeke Bonura 31 151 514 81 130 29 9 26 104 0 1 54 31 .253 .325 .496 .821 77.3 14.8 2.6
SS  Tony Piet 33 154 539 69 157 40 5 6 59 7 3 25 69 .291 .328 .417 .746 67.4 12.9 5.3
LF  Ernie Koy 30 149 548 78 168 38 7 9 78 10 5 22 73 .307 .332 .451 .782 74.9 16.0 3.1
SS  Odell Hale 31 153 492 74 134 33 9 12 71 5 1 52 45 .272 .341 .449 .790 71.3 14.3 5.1
RF  Johnny Rizzo 27 117 415 67 118 23 1 16 60 0 0 43 42 .284 .352 .460 .812 64.9 13.7 3.5
C  Ray Mueller 28 109 362 46 81 15 1 11 45 0 0 29 33 .224 .281 .362 .642 38.8 4.8 4.8
3B  Pie Traynor 40 114 355 53 110 13 4 3 34 1 0 17 10 .310 .345 .394 .739 43.5 8.5 2.8
1B *George McQuinn 30 105 201 28 57 9 4 6 41 0 1 20 28 .284 .344 .458 .801 29.6 5.5 1.2
CF  Buster Mills 31 104 194 30 49 9 1 3 26 4 3 22 5 .253 .329 .356 .684 22.5 2.9 1.2
CF *Wally Moses 29 95 194 26 46 4 1 3 20 4 1 21 15 .237 .315 .314 .629 18.5 1.7 1.1
2B #Johnny Lucadello 21 62 188 28 50 19 2 1 19 0 1 14 13 .266 .317 .404 .721 23.2 4.5 1.6
C  Spud Davis 35 64 174 14 43 7 0 0 21 0 0 8 29 .247 .277 .287 .565 12.2 0.0 1.8
P *Cy Blanton 31 38 100 9 19 1 0 1 10 0 0 2 23 .190 .204 .230 .434 4.8 0.0 0.0
P  Bill Sayles 22 41 99 4 16 3 0 0 5 0 1 2 25 .162 .178 .192 .370 1.8 0.0 0.0
P  Clay Bryant 28 44 94 7 20 1 0 1 7 0 0 0 12 .213 .213 .255 .468 4.8 0.0 0.0
P *Al Milnar 26 32 83 8 15 4 0 0 7 0 0 2 28 .181 .200 .229 .429 1.7 0.0 0.0
LF  George Case 24 61 83 20 22 3 2 1 9 12 3 1 24 .265 .274 .386 .659 9.5 1.6 0.2
3B  Hal Luby 27 70 73 12 22 2 0 0 9 1 0 7 3 .301 .370 .329 .699 8.6 1.6 0.6
2B  Billy Myers 29 50 62 6 18 5 0 0 5 0 0 6 15 .290 .353 .371 .724 7.7 1.5 0.4
SS  Ted Gullic 33 41 60 4 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 7 9 .200 .284 .233 .517 4.1 0.0 1.0
3B  Hank Majeski 23 18 57 5 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 .158 .213 .211 .424 2.3 0.0 0.6
LF *Chet Morgan 30 21 45 2 10 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 2 .222 .239 .289 .528 2.3 0.0 0.4
C  Mickey Owen 24 13 35 3 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 4 .200 .256 .229 .485 1.8 0.0 0.3
P  Gene Schott 26 32 19 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .158 .158 .158 .316 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Beggs 29 17 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.5 0.2 0.0
P  Jack Hallett 25 85 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
1B  Oscar Grimes 25 5 4 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.250 1.750 1.8 0.6 0.0
P #Tex Carleton 33 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Luke Hamlin 35 28 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Mike Naymick 22 20 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
P  Nick Strincevich 25 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.4 2178 5586 769 1494 300 54 122 736 45 20 413 575 .267 .319 .406 .725 686.8 125.9 42.7
  Rank among 8 AL teams 6 8 7 4 3 3 8 3 5 8 3 7 8 5 7 8  
* - 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
 Cy Blanton 31 16 18 .471 38 38 0 303.0 315 133 15 62 123 3.95 17.1
 Bill Sayles 22 14 19 .424 41 41 0 294.3 268 140 26 139 182 4.28 11.8
 Clay Bryant 28 15 12 .556 44 44 0 277.7 259 133 15 146 136 4.31 14.4
*Al Milnar 26 16 9 .640 32 32 0 253.3 262 114 9 103 91 4.05 14.8
 Jack Hallett 25 10 5 .667 85 0 18 99.0 111 44 5 44 40 4.00 10.6
 Gene Schott 26 7 5 .583 32 6 0 86.0 78 27 1 42 19 2.83 7.8
 Luke Hamlin 35 0 2 .000 28 0 1 40.7 40 11 2 14 12 2.43 3.4
 Tex Carleton 33 3 2 .600 23 0 0 37.3 37 13 3 14 18 3.13 3.2
 Joe Beggs 29 2 1 .667 17 1 3 26.3 32 15 3 4 8 5.13 1.6
 Mike Naymick 22 2 3 .400 20 0 2 23.3 22 11 3 11 11 4.24 1.7
 Nick Strincevich 25 0 1 .000 5 0 0 5.0 11 9 0 2 0 16.20 0.0
 Dick Barrett 33 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 27.9 85 77 .525 366 162 24 1447.0 1436 651 83 581 641 4.05 86.3
Rank among 8 AL teams 5 5 5 5 6 1 3 4 7 3 4  
* - 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 .989 31.6
R.Mueller 942.0 106 108 436 40 6 0 .988 35.6
S.Davis 420.3 46 57 205 10 3 0 .986 18.2
M.Owen 84.7 10 12 33 3 1 0 .973 0.0
Team Total 1447.0 162 177 674 53 10 0 .986 31.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.28
Z.Bonura 1165.3 128 147 1389 100 11 125 .993 11.50
G.McQuinn 268.0 33 39 303 15 2 30 .994 10.68
T.Gullic 13.7 1 4 23 1 0 1 1.000 15.81
Team Total 1447.0 162 190 1715 116 13 156 .993 11.39
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 6.20
T.Piet 645.3 75 77 141 266 10 50 .976 5.68
O.Hale 593.7 68 72 134 222 7 49 .981 5.40
H.Luby 94.3 9 21 26 43 3 8 .958 6.58
B.Myers 86.7 9 15 25 28 0 8 1.000 5.50
J.Lucadello 11.0 0 6 3 4 0 2 1.000 5.73
O.Grimes 10.0 1 2 2 3 0 1 1.000 4.50
T.Gullic 6.0 0 3 2 4 1 2 .857 9.00
Team Total 1447.0 162 196 333 570 21 120 .977 5.62
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.99
P.Traynor 751.7 90 106 56 175 15 17 .939 2.77
J.Lucadello 411.0 52 55 30 101 11 4 .923 2.87
H.Majeski 144.7 18 18 5 36 2 1 .953 2.55
G.McQuinn 112.3 2 42 12 30 1 3 .977 3.37
H.Luby 12.3 0 7 2 3 0 1 1.000 3.65
T.Gullic 9.0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00
B.Myers 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
O.Hale 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
O.Grimes 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1447.0 162 236 107 347 29 26 .940 2.82
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 5.54
O.Hale 648.3 75 79 105 278 14 42 .965 5.32
T.Piet 628.7 74 77 112 260 8 54 .979 5.33
T.Gullic 128.7 12 23 30 52 2 14 .976 5.74
B.Myers 16.7 1 6 6 7 0 3 1.000 7.02
H.Luby 15.7 0 10 3 11 0 1 1.000 8.05
P.Traynor 5.0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.80
G.McQuinn 4.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1447.0 162 198 259 608 25 114 .972 5.39
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.96
E.Koy 1066.3 122 129 247 8 4 1 .985 2.15
J.Rizzo 214.7 24 25 49 3 1 0 .981 2.18
G.Case 103.0 13 15 18 0 2 0 .900 1.57
B.Mills 31.0 0 17 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.29
C.Morgan 29.0 3 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.17
T.Gullic 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.0 162 192 322 11 7 1 .979 2.07
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.59
J.Dimaggio 1277.3 146 155 398 2 4 1 .990 2.82
C.Morgan 59.7 7 9 20 1 1 0 .955 3.17
W.Moses 56.7 5 9 22 1 0 0 1.000 3.65
G.Case 36.0 4 10 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.75
E.Koy 8.0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Mills 7.3 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.46
J.Rizzo 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.0 162 191 453 4 5 1 .989 2.84
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.13
J.Rizzo 759.7 86 90 220 4 2 2 .991 2.65
B.Mills 379.0 46 51 95 4 2 1 .980 2.35
W.Moses 289.3 30 44 68 0 2 0 .971 2.12
C.Morgan 13.0 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
G.Case 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Gullic 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
G.McQuinn 1.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.0 162 195 387 8 7 3 .983 2.46
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.33
C.Blanton 303.0 38 38 19 50 0 6 1.000 2.05
B.Sayles 294.3 41 41 12 61 2 4 .973 2.23
C.Bryant 277.7 44 44 14 52 2 4 .971 2.14
A.Milnar 253.3 32 32 9 46 0 7 1.000 1.95
J.Hallett 99.0 0 85 4 20 2 0 .923 2.18
G.Schott 86.0 6 32 7 18 3 2 .893 2.62
L.Hamlin 40.7 0 28 4 13 0 4 1.000 3.76
T.Carleton 37.3 0 23 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.93
J.Beggs 26.3 1 17 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.03
M.Naymick 23.3 0 20 1 6 1 0 .875 2.70
N.Strincevich 5.0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
D.Barrett 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1447.0 162 366 75 274 10 27 .972 2.17
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Koy .307
On-Base Pct Dimaggio .356
Slugging Pct Bonura .496
OPS Dimaggio .851
XR Dimaggio 90.8
Games Dimaggio 157
At-Bats Dimaggio 582
Runs Dimaggio 92
Hits Dimaggio 173
Total Bases Dimaggio 288
Singles Koy 114
Doubles Piet 40
Triples Bonura, Hale 9
Homeruns Bonura 26
RBIs Bonura 104
Stolen Bases Case 12
Caught Stealing Koy 5
Walks Bonura 54
Strikeouts Koy 73
ERA Blanton 3.95
Wins Blanton, Milnar 16
Losses Sayles 19
Winning Pct Milnar .640
Saves Hallett 18
Games Pitched Hallett 85
Games Started Bryant 44
Complete Games Blanton 24
Shutouts Blanton, Sayles 2
Innings Pitched Blanton 303.0
Hits Allowed Blanton 315
Homeruns Allowed Sayles 26
Strikeouts Sayles 182
Walks Allowed Bryant 146
Walks per 9IP Blanton 1.8
Hits per 9IP Sayles 8.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Sayles 5.6
WHiP Blanton 1.24
OAVG Sayles .239
OOBP Blanton .301
OSLG Bryant .362
OOPS Blanton .686
Team All-Stars
Luke Hamlin
Pie Traynor
Player Salaries
Zeke Bonura $ 6,000,000
Clay Bryant $ 5,500,000
Cy Blanton $ 5,000,000
Tex Carleton $ 4,600,000
Tony Piet $ 3,750,000
Wally Moses $ 3,628,571
Spud Davis $ 3,500,000
Odell Hale $ 3,270,000
Billy Myers $ 2,564,286
Dick Barrett $ 1,537,143
Pie Traynor $ 1,000,000
George McQuinn $ 964,286
Buster Mills $ 892,857
Luke Hamlin $ 517,143
Jim Mooney $ 350,000
Sammy Byrd $ 350,000
Bob Boken $ 350,000
Johnny Lucadello $ 300,000
Joe Dimaggio $ 300,000
Oscar Grimes $ 300,000
Joe Beggs $ 300,000
Ted Gullic $ 300,000
George Case $ 300,000
Jack Hallett $ 300,000
Hal Luby $ 300,000
Hank Majeski $ 300,000
Al Milnar $ 300,000
Chet Morgan $ 300,000
Ray Mueller $ 300,000
Mike Naymick $ 300,000
Mickey Owen $ 300,000
Johnny Rizzo $ 300,000
Bill Sayles $ 300,000
Gene Schott $ 300,000
Nick Strincevich $ 300,000
Ernie Koy $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Ed Connolly Montreal Clay Bryant
Odell Hale
2/3 Traded Bill Hallahan Detroit Joe Beggs
7/21 Released Clint Brown