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1940 MLB Season

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1Hank GreenbergBAT20
  2. 2Johnny MizeBAT18.2
  3. 3Rudy YorkBAT17.4
  4. 4Ted WilliamsBAT17.1
  5. 5Bob FellerPITCH17
  6. 6Joe DiMaggioBAT16.7
  7. 7Jimmie FoxxBAT16.6
  8. 8Joe GordonBAT15
  9. 9Joe CroninBAT14.4
  10. 10Joe KuhelBAT14.4
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Pee Wee ReeseSS155.9
  2. 2Dom DiMaggioCF116.2
  3. 3Walker CooperC112.2
  4. 4Elmer ValoOF109.1
  5. 5Harry BrecheenP103.5
  6. 6Stan SpenceOF87.4
  7. 7Danny LitwhilerLF77.4
  8. 8Marty MarionSS77.1

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Syl JohnsonP135.5
  2. 2Wally BergerCF127.7
  3. 3Turkey StearnesOF126.4
  4. 4Jack RussellP93.5
  5. 5Gus Suhr1B93.2
  6. 6Zeke Bonura1B84.6
  7. 7Lloyd BrownP79.6
  8. 8Billy RogellSS76.7

Teams · 29

TeamRecordRoster VALTop playerResult
Cincinnati Reds100-53218.3Frank McCormickPlayoffs
Detroit Tigers90-64238.9Hank GreenbergPlayoffs
Homestead Grays41-1547Ray Brown
Cleveland Indians89-65220Bob Feller
Los Angeles Dodgers88-65193.4Dolph Camilli
New York Yankees88-66224.9Joe DiMaggio
Kansas City Monarchs27-1125.1Hilton Smith
St. Louis Cardinals84-69211.1Johnny Mize
Baltimore Elite Giants38-2336.7Bill Hoskins
Boston Red Sox82-72228.6Ted Williams
Chicago White Sox82-72202.3Joe Kuhel
Newark Eagles23-1829.6Lennie Pearson
Pittsburgh Pirates78-76206.3Elbie Fletcher
Cleveland Bears14-13——
St. Louis-New Orleans Stars15-153.6Leslie Green
Birmingham Black Barons14-176.3Dan Bankhead
Chicago Cubs75-79214.5Claude Passeau
Toledo-Indianapolis Crawfords4-11——
San Francisco Giants72-80214.6Mel Ott
Chicago American Giants7-15——
Philadelphia Stars27-3640.3Gene Benson
Memphis Red Sox20-2918.5Neil Robinson
New York Cubans10-203.2Alejandro Crespo
New York Black Yankees9-246.2Henry Spearman
Baltimore Orioles67-87165.9Wally Judnich
Atlanta Black Crackers65-87147.2Chet Ross
Minnesota Twins64-90153.6Gee Walker
Athletics54-100162.9Bob Johnson
Philadelphia Phillies50-103148.2Kirby Higbe

Record basis: summed pitcher wins and losses.