1940 Cincinnati Reds
Record: 70-92
Finish: 7th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 592
Runs Allowed: 703
Exp W-L: 68-94
 
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Attendance: 1,280,916
Manager: Shashank Misra

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 80-57, 2nd in the NL
AA: 64-73, 7th in the NL
A: 71-66, 3rd in the NL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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
C *Bill Delancey 28 150 554 88 159 30 1 23 79 0 0 51 62 .287 .347 .469 .816 81.6 12.8 7.4
RF *Bill Nicholson 25 148 499 75 140 21 7 21 83 4 0 70 83 .281 .370 .477 .847 83.5 13.4 3.5
3B  Red Barkley 26 152 467 41 107 14 3 3 37 0 0 43 102 .229 .295 .291 .586 39.1 2.4 4.6
1B *Don Hurst 34 145 461 67 128 32 1 21 83 0 0 49 112 .278 .346 .488 .834 72.9 12.1 2.6
CF *Hal Epps 26 128 451 52 112 15 3 2 29 0 0 36 42 .248 .305 .308 .613 39.8 3.2 4.1
2B  Leo Norris 32 147 405 43 109 24 3 12 56 0 0 20 50 .269 .304 .432 .736 48.9 6.5 3.3
SS  George Fallon 25 125 369 26 73 13 0 2 30 0 0 21 26 .198 .241 .249 .490 20.2 0.0 3.7
CF *Stan Spence 25 100 345 48 77 13 5 4 25 0 0 41 15 .223 .305 .325 .630 33.9 3.0 2.9
RF *Art Parks 28 114 275 25 81 12 1 3 27 0 0 34 5 .295 .370 .378 .748 39.1 6.2 1.4
SS  Ham Schulte 27 90 284 25 59 11 1 2 20 0 0 22 19 .208 .264 .275 .538 19.2 0.0 2.6
LF  George Puccinelli 33 99 196 17 45 9 0 4 22 0 0 20 42 .230 .297 .337 .634 19.2 1.4 1.1
P  Joe Dobson 23 43 115 0 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 44 .078 .093 .087 .180 -3.6 0.0 0.0
CF *Mel Almada 27 89 119 12 29 3 3 0 8 0 0 3 8 .244 .260 .319 .579 8.6 0.3 0.6
LF  Harry Craft 25 39 107 9 37 6 2 2 14 0 0 3 8 .346 .364 .495 .859 16.0 2.9 0.8
2B  Stu Clarke 34 74 101 15 19 5 1 1 8 0 0 8 17 .188 .248 .287 .535 5.8 0.0 1.5
2B  Billy Jurges 32 66 97 11 29 3 2 0 9 0 0 11 13 .299 .370 .371 .742 13.4 2.3 1.0
C  Joe Glenn 31 38 101 4 24 0 0 0 9 0 0 5 23 .238 .274 .238 .511 4.7 0.0 1.6
P *Harry Brecheen 25 33 95 6 19 2 1 0 4 0 0 2 21 .200 .216 .242 .459 4.1 0.0 0.0
P  Sid Hudson 25 31 76 2 8 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 8 .105 .150 .118 .268 -0.1 0.0 0.0
2B  Pee Wee Reese 21 24 80 8 19 2 0 0 2 5 0 10 9 .238 .319 .263 .581 9.0 1.0 0.9
CF *Mike Chartak 24 24 80 8 18 2 0 3 9 0 0 5 14 .225 .271 .363 .633 8.3 0.7 0.6
P  Frank Barrett 26 41 66 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 26 .136 .162 .136 .298 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Earl Johnson 21 52 54 1 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 14 .093 .109 .148 .257 -0.4 0.0 0.0
C  Clyde McCullough 23 9 32 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .188 .212 .219 .431 0.8 0.0 0.6
C  Hal Spindel 27 14 26 2 9 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 .346 .393 .462 .854 4.4 0.9 0.4
P  Gordon Rhodes 32 32 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .067 .125 .067 .192 -0.5 0.0 0.0
LF *Red Nonnenkamp 29 10 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .100 .250 .100 .350 0.4 0.0 0.1
P *Fred Archer 30 61 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Art Johnson 23 78 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Tommy Bridges 33 63 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Nate Andrews 26 61 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.2 0.0
  Team Totals 27.3 2280 5489 592 1335 221 35 104 572 9 0 469 775 .243 .303 .353 .656 569.8 69.3 45.1
  Rank among 8 NL teams 7 8 8 8 8 2 8 7 1 5 8 8 8 7 8 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
 Joe Dobson 23 18 14 .563 43 43 0 314.0 298 112 11 83 125 3.21 25.8
*Harry Brecheen 25 14 10 .583 33 33 0 243.7 227 80 14 57 104 2.95 24.8
 Sid Hudson 25 10 14 .417 31 31 0 224.7 217 105 23 54 85 4.21 11.8
 Frank Barrett 26 7 17 .292 41 30 1 206.7 239 129 20 71 86 5.62 1.0
*Earl Johnson 21 7 8 .467 52 22 8 192.3 172 69 7 58 72 3.23 19.5
*Art Johnson 23 4 11 .267 78 0 9 67.0 87 46 5 24 21 6.18 0.5
*Fred Archer 30 2 8 .200 61 1 6 53.0 58 34 7 25 13 5.77 0.3
 Gordon Rhodes 32 3 1 .750 32 2 4 52.3 47 17 2 25 24 2.92 6.4
 Nate Andrews 26 2 5 .286 61 0 4 51.3 70 24 3 17 15 4.21 3.1
 Tommy Bridges 33 3 4 .429 63 0 4 43.3 46 26 2 25 26 5.40 2.1
Team Totals 26.4 70 92 .432 495 162 36 1448.3 1461 642 94 439 571 3.99 95.5
Rank among 8 NL teams 7 7 1 7 5 2 2 4 4 5 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 .990 33.6
B.Delancey 1121.3 126 126 470 48 8 0 .985 38.2
J.Glenn 185.3 21 21 82 12 1 1 .989 33.3
C.McCullough 80.7 9 9 35 4 0 0 1.000 40.0
H.Spindel 61.0 6 11 21 2 0 1 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1448.3 162 167 608 66 9 2 .987 38.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.37
D.Hurst 1027.7 113 140 1284 83 6 106 .996 11.97
L.Norris 216.0 28 28 266 18 4 19 .986 11.83
M.Almada 97.7 12 14 122 11 1 10 .993 12.26
B.Delancey 79.0 6 18 95 8 1 6 .990 11.73
J.Glenn 25.0 3 4 32 0 1 3 .970 11.52
G.Puccinelli 3.0 0 2 4 1 0 2 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1448.3 162 206 1803 121 13 146 .993 11.96
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 6.32
H.Schulte 703.3 86 87 159 293 12 57 .974 5.78
L.Norris 622.0 67 90 159 282 10 50 .978 6.38
B.Jurges 74.0 5 19 19 33 0 9 1.000 6.32
S.Clarke 47.0 4 14 12 17 0 6 1.000 5.55
G.Fallon 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1448.3 162 211 349 626 22 122 .978 6.06
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 3.07
R.Barkley 1209.0 142 145 87 313 16 26 .962 2.98
S.Clarke 177.0 15 40 22 41 1 5 .984 3.20
B.Jurges 33.3 2 9 2 12 0 0 1.000 3.78
G.Fallon 28.0 3 6 1 11 0 1 1.000 3.86
G.Puccinelli 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.3 162 201 112 377 17 32 .966 3.04
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.57
G.Fallon 935.7 117 120 129 386 14 64 .974 4.95
P.Reese 191.7 22 23 26 87 1 9 .991 5.31
B.Jurges 168.3 16 38 23 60 8 10 .912 4.44
S.Clarke 65.3 6 15 11 41 0 11 1.000 7.16
L.Norris 48.3 0 23 8 17 1 2 .962 4.66
R.Barkley 13.0 1 4 3 5 1 1 .889 5.54
H.Schulte 13.0 0 3 1 8 0 0 1.000 6.23
M.Almada 7.0 0 3 2 3 1 2 .833 6.43
H.Craft 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00
G.Puccinelli 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Epps 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1448.3 162 233 204 609 26 100 .969 5.05
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 1.97
A.Parks 466.3 50 67 105 1 2 0 .981 2.05
S.Spence 315.7 35 38 76 5 0 0 1.000 2.31
G.Puccinelli 262.0 29 39 67 2 2 0 .972 2.37
H.Epps 160.0 19 21 50 2 1 0 .981 2.93
M.Chartak 153.0 18 18 39 0 0 0 1.000 2.29
H.Craft 61.3 8 9 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.76
M.Almada 16.0 2 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81
R.Nonnenkamp 9.0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.00
J.Glenn 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.3 162 198 355 11 5 1 .987 2.27
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.60
H.Epps 791.0 90 97 249 7 7 3 .973 2.91
S.Spence 426.7 47 55 136 2 1 1 .993 2.91
H.Craft 171.7 21 25 50 1 1 1 .981 2.67
M.Almada 49.0 3 18 17 1 1 1 .947 3.31
R.Nonnenkamp 10.0 1 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1448.3 162 198 457 11 10 6 .979 2.91
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.08
B.Nicholson 1172.3 128 145 284 9 9 4 .970 2.25
G.Puccinelli 104.3 14 14 22 1 0 1 1.000 1.98
A.Parks 99.0 12 12 18 1 3 0 .864 1.73
M.Chartak 40.0 5 5 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.93
M.Almada 16.7 1 3 6 0 1 0 .857 3.24
H.Epps 15.0 2 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.20
J.Glenn 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.3 162 182 350 11 13 5 .965 2.24
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.34
J.Dobson 314.0 43 43 19 51 1 3 .986 2.01
H.Brecheen 243.7 33 33 14 50 1 4 .985 2.36
S.Hudson 224.7 31 31 16 37 0 3 1.000 2.12
F.Barrett 206.7 30 41 12 49 1 3 .984 2.66
E.Johnson 192.3 22 52 9 22 1 2 .969 1.45
A.Johnson 67.0 0 78 5 21 0 0 1.000 3.49
F.Archer 53.0 1 61 2 16 0 0 1.000 3.06
G.Rhodes 52.3 2 32 4 9 2 0 .867 2.24
N.Andrews 51.3 0 61 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.75
T.Bridges 43.3 0 63 1 5 0 1 1.000 1.25
Team Total 1448.3 162 495 86 266 6 16 .983 2.19
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Delancey .287
On-Base Pct Nicholson .370
Slugging Pct Hurst .488
OPS Nicholson .847
XR Nicholson 83.5
Games Barkley 152
At-Bats Delancey 554
Runs Delancey 88
Hits Delancey 159
Total Bases Delancey 260
Singles Delancey 105
Doubles Hurst 32
Triples Nicholson 7
Homeruns Delancey 23
RBIs Hurst, Nicholson 83
Stolen Bases Reese 5
Caught Stealing No Qualifiers
Walks Nicholson 70
Strikeouts Hurst 112
ERA Brecheen 2.95
Wins Dobson 18
Losses Barrett 17
Winning Pct Brecheen .583
Saves Johnson 9
Games Pitched Johnson 78
Games Started Dobson 43
Complete Games Dobson, Hudson, Johnson 5
Shutouts Dobson, Hudson, Johnson 1
Innings Pitched Dobson 314.0
Hits Allowed Dobson 298
Homeruns Allowed Hudson 23
Strikeouts Dobson 125
Walks Allowed Dobson 83
Walks per 9IP Brecheen 2.1
Hits per 9IP Johnson 8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Brecheen 3.8
WHiP Brecheen 1.17
OAVG Johnson .238
OOBP Brecheen .291
OSLG Johnson .326
OOPS Johnson .620
Team All-Stars
Bill Delancey
Player Salaries
Don Hurst $ 4,275,334
Bill Delancey $ 4,200,000
Bill Nicholson $ 2,564,286
Tommy Bridges $ 650,000
Gordon Rhodes $ 550,000
Stu Clarke $ 489,334
George Puccinelli $ 450,000
Leo Norris $ 350,000
Sid Hudson $ 300,000
Joe Dobson $ 300,000
Frank Barrett $ 300,000
Mike Chartak $ 300,000
Red Barkley $ 300,000
Fred Archer $ 300,000
Harry Craft $ 300,000
Nate Andrews $ 300,000
Harry Brecheen $ 300,000
Hal Epps $ 300,000
Mel Almada $ 300,000
Joe Glenn $ 300,000
Hal Spindel $ 300,000
Art Johnson $ 300,000
Earl Johnson $ 300,000
Buster Maynard $ 300,000
Clyde McCullough $ 300,000
Art Parks $ 300,000
Pee Wee Reese $ 300,000
Ham Schulte $ 300,000
Stan Spence $ 300,000
George Fallon $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Joe Krakauskas Boston (N) Red Phillips
2/1 Traded Skeeter Newsome New York (A) Red Evans
2/2 Signed     Don Hurst
2/3 Signed     Leon Chagnon
2/5 Signed     Billy Rogell
2/7 Signed     Billy Jurges
2/9 Signed     Charlie Berry
2/10 Signed     George Puccinelli
2/10 Signed     Pid Purdy
3/3 Traded Red Phillips
$2,000,000
Boston (A) Ham Schulte
4/2 Released Leon Chagnon    
4/2 Traded Preacher Roe
$2,000,000
Tampa Bay Chile Gomez
Round Draft Pick.
5/1 Released Billy Rogell    
5/1 Released Charlie Berry    
6/1 Released Red Evans    
6/1 Released Jennings Poindexter    
6/1 Released Joe Cascarella    
7/1 Released Chile Gomez    
7/1 Released Pid Purdy    
7/1 Released Woody Rich    
7/1 Released Yank Terry    
7/1 Released Red Nonnenkamp    
9/22 Released Billy Jurges