Anyone on the 25man roster and coaching staff for the world series automatically gets the a ring. The world war ii army enlistment records file and access. The 1940 world series featured the detroit tigers and the cincinnati reds, with the tigers losing in 7 games. Cincinnati entered the season as the reigning national league champions, having been swept by the new york yankees in the world series. Many consider the 1939 yankees one of baseballs greatest teams. They missed the playoffs for five straight seasons, from 1942. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Its not official, and the club will wait quite possibly until tuesday morning to finalize a decision, but all signs point to seager returning for the world series. Alltime historical stats draft history hall of fame history world series history. Sox later drawing criticism for his role in the franchise being the last to have a black player on the majorleague roster. Around once a week well give you a quick update on all the things weve been up to. Seventh game, reds out of dugout, crowd, billy sullivan at bat against paul derringer, sullivan gets base hit off frank mccormicks glove, gehringer at bat w. The cincinnati reds of the national league ended the 1940 season with a record of 100 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the nl.
But this gives me a chance to catch up on all the old guys and their games. The 1940 cincinnati reds team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1940 season. Tigers stole signs from reds during 1940 world series. World war ii affected the rosters of many teams, including the rangers, and the blueshirts did not fare well in the rest of the 1940s.
The 1940 cincinnati reds team roster seen on this page. Nepa players in major league baseball history sports. This would be the reds last world series championship for 35 years despite appearances in 1961, 1970, and 1972. The american leagues newest dynasty had once again, swept the national league champs in four games without babe ruth or lou gehrig in their lineup. Follow cincinnati reds team history, regular season results, postseason results, and more on. The entire wikipedia with video and photo galleries for each article. It was the 10th straight world series loss for a national league team. World war ii operations reports national archives and.
The 1940 detroit tigers team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1940 season. To learn about our efforts to improve the accessibility and usability of our website, please visit our accessibility information page. The 1940 world series matched the cincinnati reds against the detroit tigers, the reds winning a closely contested sevengame series for their second championship 21 years after their scandaltainted victory in 1919. The tigers scored five runs in the 2nd inning, and bruce campbell added a tworun home run. The main subseries, world war ii operations reports, and part of the subseries titled miscellaneous lists m. I suppose i like baseball because its similar in a lot of ways to cricket complex, and. The top 20 third basemen in detroit tigers history. Extremely rare color footage of the 1939 world series between the yankees and reds. Records of the bureau of naval personnel national archives. Hull nine young men who have enlisted in the regular army wait outside the fair park recruiting station in dallas, texas, in january 1946.
The 1940 world series was billed as a clash between baseballs best pitching staff and the games most powerful lineup. The 1940 washington senators team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1940 season. The 1940 cincinnati reds season was a season in american baseball that represented the cincinnati reds. Seager back, granderson left off curtis granderson was dropped from the world series roster to make room. Record group 24 17981991 bulk 17981956 overview of records locations table of contents 24.