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All Star Reserve
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Barrington, RI
Posts: 998
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1940 Awards & Things
AL Most Valuable Player
Joe Dimaggio, Boston
141 g, 541 ab, 118 r, 201 h, 38 2b, 9 3b, 34 hr, 128 rbi, 359 tb, 95 bb, 24 k, 2 sb, 1 cs, .372 avg, .464 obp, .664 slg
NL Most Valuable Player
Joe Gordon, Brooklyn
144 g, 558 ab, 85 r, 180 h, 21 2b, 9 3b, 29 hr, 111 rbi, 306 tb, 66 bb, 54 k, 23 sb, 6 cs, .323 avg, .394 obp, .548 slg
AL Outstanding Pitcher
Max Lanier, Boston
17-8, 0 sv, 2.29 era, 28 g, 28 gs, 227.2 ip, 188 ha, 76 r, 58 er, 8 hr, 69 bb, 129 k, 1.13 whip, .221 oavg
NL Outstanding Pitcher
Johnny Allen, Brooklyn
19-3, 0 sv, 2.43 era, 30 g, 30 gs, 248.1 ip, 203 ha, 96 r, 67 er, 11 hr, 65 bb, 121 k, 1.08 whip, .221 oavg
AL Rookie of the Year
Johnny Podgajny, New York
14-11, 0 sv, 3.21 era, 30 g, 30 gs, 238.1 ip, 210 ha, 97 r, 85 er, 8 hr, 83 bb, 73 k, 1.23 whip, .238 oavg
NL Rookie of the Year
Steve Sundra, New York
14-5, 0 sv, 3.66 era, 25 g, 25 gs, 167.1 ip, 155 ha, 77 r, 68 er, 7 hr, 74 bb, 45 k, 1.37 whip, .246 oavg
Milestones
4/23 - Homer #300 for Chuck Klein
5/21 - Bill Dickey gets 2000th hit
5/26 - Pete Reiser pounds 3 HRs
6/10 - Tony Lazzeri reaches 2000 hits
7/01 - Tony Lazzeri drives in 1000th run
7/02 - Buddy Myer collects hit number 2500
7/31 - Dolph Camilli gets cycle. This is the first time this season that the cycle has been struck and the 77th time in history.
8/20 - Dom Dallessandro collects cycle. This is the second time this season for the cycle to be hit and the 78th time in history.
8/22 - Syl Johnson earns 200th win
Trades
6/17 - Washington gets p Dutch Dietz (28 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), New York (A) gets cf Jesse Hill (33 yrs old, .275-2-12-7)
6/17 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Bob Poser (30 yrs old, 7-2, 3 sv, 4.18 era, 47.1 ip, 14 k), New York (N) gets lf Jim Gleeson (28 yrs old, .242-2-26-2)
6/20 - Philadelphia (A) gets 1b Oscar Grimes (25 yrs old, .259-3-38-3), Detroit gets lf Joe Gallagher (26 yrs old, .257-15-61-6)
6/23 - New York (A) gets lf Rip Radcliffe (34 yrs old, .348-6-63-13), Chicago (A) gets ss Stu Clarke (34 yrs old, .221-4-27-4) and c George Dickey (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
7/06 - Boston (A) gets p Joe Bowman (30 yrs old, 9-13, 4.27 era, 223.2 ip, 54 k), Boston (N) gets 1b Babe Young (25 yrs old, .240-6-22-3)
7/09 - Boston (A) gets ss Billy Werber (32 yrs old, .272-10-49-7) and 2b Blas Monaco (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), St.Louis (N) gets 1b Lou Finney (29 yrs old, .242-1-23-1)
7/10 - Boston (A) gets p Jimmie Pattison (31 yrs old, 3-4, 1 sv, 4.08 era, 39.2 ip, 19 k), New York (N) gets cf Tommy Thompson (30 yrs old, .280-5-43-4)
7/11 - St.Louis (N) gets lf Augie Galan (28 yrs old, .275-5-48-17), Chicago (N) gets cf Wally Berger (34 yrs old, .269-13-50-1) and ss Alex Monchak (20 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
7/26 - Washington gets p Nub Kleinke (29 yrs old, 0-0, 18.00 era, 1.0 ip, 0 k), St.Louis (N) gets ss Dick Bartell (32 yrs old, .288-0-19-9)
7/27 - Boston (N) gets p Sid Hudson (25 yrs old, 9-17, 4.06 era, 213.0 ip, 100 k), Chicago (A) gets 1b Frank McCormick (29 yrs old, .288-12-90-2)
7/28 - Cincinnati gets p Red Evans (33 yrs old, 0-4, 3 sv, 5.40 era, 30.0 ip, 14 k), Cleveland gets 3b Al Rubeling (27 yrs old, .137-0-2-0)
7/29 - Cleveland gets p Eddie Smith (26 yrs old, 10-14, 4.54 era, 254.0 ip, 122 k) and ss Bob Neighbors (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Chicago (N) gets rf Fred Sington (30 yrs old, .250-2-25-1)
7/30 - Cleveland gets p Bob Joyce (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.00 era, 1.0 ip, 0 k), St.Louis (N) gets 2b George Meyer (31 yrs old, .233-1-38-20) and p Bill Ford (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip)
MLB Records Set or Tied
none
AL Records Set or Tied
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NL Records Set or Tied
Pitching
Walks: 166 - Bob Feller, Brooklyn
Major Free Agents
Tommy Bridges, sp
Thornton Lee, sp
Whit Wyatt, sp
Luke Appling, 2b
Mickey Haslin, 3b
Harland Clift, 3b
Lew Riggs, 3b
Buddy Myer, ss
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