The 1940 major league baseball season began on April 16, 1940. The regular season ended on September 29, with the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively.

1940 Major Leagues Standings, Team and Player Statistics, Leaderboards, Award Winners, Trades, Minor Leagues, Fielding, Batting, Pitching, New Debuts

Check out the 1940 MLB Season History, featuring league standings, postseason results, no-hitters, and baseball's leaders in Home Runs, ERA, and more.

Baseball history in 1940 American League by Baseball Almanac - a walk through the 1940 American League season with stats, top 25, final standings, rosters and other baseball history.

The 1940 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 16 through October 8, 1940. Both the American League (AL) and National League (NL) had eight teams, with each team playing a 154-game schedule. The Cincinnati Reds won the World Series over the Detroit Tigers in seven games.

Summary of the 1940 Major League Baseball season with standings, statistics, rosters, leaderboards and boxscores.

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The following are the baseball events of the year 1940 throughout the world. 1 American League Triple Crown pitching winner. All Negro leagues standings below are per Seamheads. [1] Notes: The Crawfords split time between Toledo and Indianapolis. *The Stars split time between St. Louis and New Orleans.

The four-time defending world champions tripped out of the starting gate in 1940, sticking to last place in May before re-emerging late into the American League pennant race, where they bowed out in