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1940 Brooklyn Dodgers  (1939)  (1941) 93-61, 1st in National League Scored 816 runs, Allowed 717 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .703 Park Factor: Batting - 100 / Pitching - 99 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 78-76   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 88-65 Manager(s): Robert Rescigno Lost to Boston Red Sox in World Series, 4 games to 2.

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B *Dolph Camilli        33  148  557  132  165  36  12  33   91  24   6  105  110  .296  .409  .582  141   9.3  1e12       64  
 OF *Dixie Walker         29  147  594   94  212  49  10  13  112   7   7   49   30  .357  .407  .539  127   8.5  2(0)e11   153  
 OF  Joe Medwick          28  151  627   92  192  26  15  17  111   6   6   35   52  .306  .341  .477  101   5.9  3(+1)e6    -5  
 2B #Jimmy Brown          30  127  472   59  162  12   8   0   60  20   9   26   17  .343  .383  .403   73   5.8  3e31      133  
 C  *Babe Phelps          32  112  381   59  113  28   3  16   60   9   6   40   35  .297  .362  .512   68   6.4  4(+2)e8    32  
 OF  Ernie Koy            30   96  357   51  114  17   4   5   42  13   2   32   71  .319  .371  .431   57   5.9  3(+2)e8    -7  
 SS  Pee Wee Reese        21  115  332   61   95  12   3   8   54  27   9   52   55  .286  .380  .413   55   5.5  2e44       55  
 3B  Cookie Lavagetto     27  127  436   65  104  20   2   6   43   6   6   73   50  .239  .349  .335   51   3.9  2e31      -21  
 C   Spud Davis           35   80  238   28   83  16   0   5   37   1   0   29   27  .349  .420  .479   50   8.2  4(0)e10    60  
 OF  Mike Kreevich        32   83  225   32   60   8   3   5   29   8   3   18   22  .267  .317  .396   28   4.1  2(0)e8     21  
 UT *Pete Reiser          21  101  252   35   66   7   1   3   30   9   2   24   48  .262  .329  .333   27   3.7            -93  
 SS  Billy Myers          29   80  259   36   55  10   3   7   33   0   0   28   61  .212  .291  .355   27   3.5  2e44       43  
 2B  Pete Coscarart       27   53  189   21   38   6   3   2   27   2   1   23   28  .201  .284  .296   16   2.8  3e33      -84  
 1B *Buddy Hassett        28   26   59   10   14   3   1   1    7   1   0    6    5  .237  .313  .373    7   4.1  4e30      120  
 OF  Joe Gallagher        26    8   14    1    5   1   0   1    5   0   0    0    2  .357  .357  .643    3   9.6  3(-3)e13  284  
 C   Rick Ferrell         34   35   21    0    6   0   0   0    0   0   0    4    2  .286  .400  .286    2   4.5  2(-1)e7   -19  
 PH  Leo Durocher         34    8    6    1    2   1   1   0    0   0   0    1    1  .333  .429  .833    2  15.2            658  
 1B *Gus Suhr             34    6   21    3    1   0   0   1    1   0   0    4    7  .048  .231  .190    1   1.7  2e30     -279  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           845                   40

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Luke Hamlin          36  15   5  .750  27  26   6   1   1   0   1  188.1  169   80   61  15   56  130  2.92   75   3.5  -94  
  P  Whit Wyatt           32  15  15  .500  35  35   9   0   0   0   0  241.0  251  145  123  28   87  161  4.59  126   4.6   -4  
  P  Johnny Allen         35  10   6  .625  26   9   2  13   2   2   0   86.1   78   38   32   2   32   51  3.34   35   3.7  -17  
  P  Curt Davis           36   8   2  .800  35  11   1  14   3   0   0  117.1  128   56   51  14   39   50  3.91   65   4.9  -21  
  P  Hugh Casey           26   8   2  .800  45   5   0  20   4   2   0  118.0  123   60   58  14   46   51  4.42   67   5.2   25  
  P *Al Milnar            26   8  11  .421  43  22   2   8   2   0   0  172.1  175  100   84  18   91   69  4.39   99   5.1    4  
  P  Tot Pressnell        33   7   2  .778  33   0   0  27  11   3   0   42.0   26    8    7   5    9   13  1.50    9   2.0 -139  
  P  Freddie Fitzsimmons  38   7   5  .583  19  18   7   1   0   0   0  137.2  132   64   42  12   37   48  2.75   59   3.8   30  
  P *Vito Tamulis         28   6   5  .545  55   1   0  29  10   3   0   88.0   86   39   34   5   37   41  3.48   39   3.9   -5  
  P  Tex Carleton         33   5   2  .714  28  14   1   5   0   0   0  112.1  123   64   62  16   47   87  4.97   71   5.8   68  
  P  Junior Thompson      23   3   6  .333  17  12   3   3   1   0   0   89.2  100   58   45  10   51   56  4.52   58   5.7  116  
  P  Johnny Lanning       29   1   0 1.000   8   1   1   1   0   0   0   21.0   13    5    5   1    7    4  2.14    4   1.8 -238  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 31                                                                                      713         -3

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Babe Phelps 872 101 108 543 51 16 4 .974 74 34 Spud Davis 485 53 62 290 19 14 1 .957 37 11 Rick Ferrell 57 0 30 28 6 0 0 1.000 1 3 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dolph Camilli 1258 137 142 1219 136 18 117 .987 9.69 Buddy Hassett 109 12 16 101 13 1 13 .991 9.41 Gus Suhr 47 5 5 48 1 3 6 .942 9.38 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jimmy Brown 956 106 107 270 296 16 68 .973 5.33 Pete Coscarart 456 48 52 148 125 10 33 .965 5.39 Leo Durocher 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Cookie Lavagetto 1013 109 114 130 289 19 32 .957 3.72 Pete Reiser 253 29 31 22 83 4 8 .963 3.74 Jimmy Brown 148 16 19 21 46 4 2 .944 4.07 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pee Wee Reese 739 77 93 145 188 16 38 .954 4.06 Billy Myers 669 76 80 129 195 18 40 .947 4.36 Pete Reiser 6 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Medwick 1338 151 151 403 14 5 2 .988 2.80 Mike Kreevich 34 0 18 14 0 0 0 1.000 3.71 Ernie Koy 19 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 Joe Gallagher 13 1 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.15 Dixie Walker 5 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Pete Reiser 4 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 Buddy Hassett 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dixie Walker 781 87 87 208 8 6 0 .973 2.49 Mike Kreevich 480 51 59 112 10 2 1 .984 2.29 Pete Reiser 150 16 18 45 2 0 0 1.000 2.81 Ernie Koy 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ernie Koy 788 87 88 163 2 2 0 .988 1.89 Dixie Walker 480 54 55 72 2 7 1 .914 1.39 Pete Reiser 136 12 33 18 0 1 0 .947 1.19 Joe Gallagher 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1940 Draft

Round 1 (#4):	Johnny Allen
Round 1 (#6):	Rick Ferrell
Round 1 (#12):	Billy Myers
Round 2 (#19):	Ernie Koy

Transactions

• 1940-01: acquired Pete Coscarart as a free agent
• 1940-03: acquired Buddy Hassett as a free agent
• 1940-04: acquired Gus Suhr as a free agent

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