TEAM NEWS
Sunday, 10/22/1940
Tuesday 1/31/1940 :
Thornton Lee retires ...
Bobby Reeves retires ...
Alex Hooks retires ...
Bill Dietrich gets a new one-year contract worth $3,964,286 through salary arbitration.
Gilly Campbell gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.
Wally Hebert gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.
Jimmy Ripple gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.
Johnny Oulliber gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration.
Saturday 4/1/1940 :
P Al Benton has been released.
Wednesday 4/5/1940 :
Frank Sigafoos hits 2 homers against Pittsburgh.
Emil Roy fans 11 batters against Pittsburgh.
Thursday 4/6/1940 :
Chuck Klein has 4 hits against Pittsburgh.
Arky Vaughan has 4 hits against Pittsburgh.
Arky Vaughan hits 2 homers against Pittsburgh.
Saturday 4/8/1940 :
Mel Ott hits a 454-foot homerun!!
Monday 4/10/1940 :
Mel Ott hits a 465-foot homerun!!
Ed Walsh fans 14 batters against Chicago (N).
Wednesday 4/12/1940 :
Mel Ott scores 4 runs against Chicago (N).
Chuck Klein has 5 RBI against Chicago (N).
Friday 4/14/1940 :
Ed Walsh strikes out 11 against New York (N).
Sunday 4/16/1940 :
Chuck Klein has 4 hits against Brooklyn.
Chuck Klein crushes 2 homers against Brooklyn.
Monday 4/17/1940 :
Chuck Klein was named Player of the Week!
He batted .438 in 32 AB, with 5 HR and 11 RBI.
Tuesday 4/25/1940 :
Emil Roy pitches a 2-hit shutout against Philadelphia (N)!!
Friday 4/28/1940 :
Mel Ott slams 2 homers against Pittsburgh.
Sunday 4/30/1940 :
Arky Vaughan has 5 hits against Boston (N).
Arky Vaughan scores 4 runs against Boston (N).
Monday 5/1/1940 :
Emil Roy was named Player of the Week!
He won 2 games, with one shutout, pitched 17.2 innings
with an ERA of 4.08, fanning 14.
Thursday 5/4/1940 :
Emil Roy strikes out 11 against Chicago (N).
Saturday 5/6/1940 :
Mel Ott hits a 455-foot homerun!!
Sunday 5/7/1940 :
Mel Ott has 4 hits against New York (N).
Monday 5/8/1940 :
Mel Ott was named Player of the Week!
He batted .524 in 21 AB, with 5 HR and 9 RBI.
Wednesday 5/10/1940 :
Mel Ott slams 3 homers against Brooklyn.
Saturday 5/13/1940 :
Mel Ott crushes 2 homers against St. Louis (N).
Monday 5/15/1940 :
Mel Ott was named Player of the Week!
He batted .364 in 22 AB, with 6 HR and 8 RBI.
Tuesday 5/16/1940 :
Billy Herman has 4 hits against Philadelphia (N).
Chuck Klein has 5 hits against Philadelphia (N).
Chuck Klein has 5 RBI against Philadelphia (N).
Monday 5/22/1940 :
Chuck Klein slams 2 homers against Pittsburgh.
Friday 5/26/1940 :
Mel Ott slams 2 homers against Brooklyn.
Saturday 5/27/1940 :
Mel Ott hits 2 homers against Brooklyn.
Billy Herman has 4 hits against Brooklyn.
Chuck Klein crushes 2 homers against Brooklyn.
Monday 5/29/1940 :
Mel Ott was named Player of the Week!
He batted .407 in 27 AB, with 7 HR and 14 RBI.
Thursday 6/1/1940 :
Mel Ott was named National League-Batter of the Month!
He batted .398 in 93 AB, with 21 homers and 36 RBI.
Thursday 6/1/1940 :
Billy Herman has 4 hits against Chicago (N).
Billy Herman crushes 2 homers against Chicago (N).
Friday 6/2/1940 :
Billy Herman extends his hitting streak to 16 games!
Joe Cicero has 5 RBI against New York (N).
Arky Vaughan scores 4 runs against New York (N).
Tuesday 6/6/1940 :
Emil Roy fans 11 batters against St. Louis (N).
Saturday 6/10/1940 :
Emil Roy fans 12 batters against Pittsburgh.
Monday 6/12/1940 :
Mel Ott hits a 456-foot homerun!!
Mel Ott drives in 5 runs against Pittsburgh.
Billy Herman has 4 hits against Pittsburgh.
Wednesday 6/14/1940 :
Arky Vaughan has 4 hits against Boston (N).
Arky Vaughan drives in 5 runs against Boston (N).
Saturday 6/17/1940 :
Frank Sigafoos crushes 2 homers against Brooklyn.
Sunday 6/18/1940 :
Emil Roy strikes out 11 against Brooklyn.
Monday 6/19/1940 :
Birdie Tebbetts was named Player of the Week!
He batted .600 in 20 AB, with 2 HR and 9 RBI.
Monday 6/19/1940 :
Chuck Klein crushes 2 homers against St. Louis (N).
Thursday 6/22/1940 :
Frank Reiber has 4 hits against Chicago (N).
Emil Roy fans 12 batters against Chicago (N).
Friday 6/23/1940 :
Don Gutteridge has 4 hits against Chicago (N).
Monday 6/26/1940 :
Emil Roy fans 14 batters against New York (N).
Friday 6/30/1940 :
Billy Herman has 4 hits against Philadelphia (N).
Emil Roy fans 12 batters against Philadelphia (N).
Saturday 7/1/1940 :
Arky Vaughan was named National League-Batter of the Month!
He batted .441 in 93 AB, with 5 homers and 28 RBI.
Saturday 7/1/1940 :
Ed Walsh pitches a 4-hit shutout against Philadelphia (N)!!
Ed Walsh fans 13 batters against Philadelphia (N).
Sunday 7/2/1940 :
Mel Ott hits a 453-foot homerun!!
Mel Ott crushes 2 homers against Philadelphia (N).
Tuesday 7/4/1940 :
P Ed Walsh will play in the OOTP-Allstar game!
P Bill Dietrich will play in the OOTP-Allstar game!
P Emil Roy will play in the OOTP-Allstar game!
P Clarence Pickrel will play in the OOTP-Allstar game!
SS Arky Vaughan will play in the OOTP-Allstar game!
LF Mel Ott will play in the OOTP-Allstar game!
RF Chuck Klein will play in the OOTP-Allstar game!
2B Billy Herman will play in the OOTP-Allstar game!
Friday 7/7/1940 :
Ed Walsh strikes out 11 against Boston (N).
Sunday 7/9/1940 :
Wedo Martini pitches a 6-hit shutout against Boston (N)!!
Arky Vaughan has 4 hits against Boston (N).
Monday 7/10/1940 :
Mel Ott slams 2 homers against Pittsburgh.
Arky Vaughan hits 2 homers against Pittsburgh.
Thursday 7/13/1940 :
Mel Ott slams 2 homers against Pittsburgh.
Joe Cicero has 4 hits against Pittsburgh.
Friday 7/14/1940 :
Chuck Klein crushes 2 homers against Brooklyn.
Saturday 7/15/1940 :
Ed Walsh fans 12 batters against Brooklyn.
Monday 7/17/1940 :
Mel Ott was named Player of the Week!
He batted .640 in 25 AB, with 7 HR and 9 RBI.
Friday 7/21/1940 :
Chuck Klein has 4 hits against New York (N).
Chuck Klein hits 2 homers against New York (N).
Chuck Klein drives in 6 runs against New York (N).
Saturday 7/22/1940 :
Phil Cavarretta slams 2 homers against New York (N).
Phil Cavarretta drives in 5 runs against New York (N).
Emil Roy fans 13 batters against New York (N).
Arky Vaughan has 5 hits against New York (N).
Monday 7/24/1940 :
Chuck Klein was named Player of the Week!
He batted .429 in 28 AB, with 2 HR and 8 RBI.
Monday 7/24/1940 :
Mel Ott crushes 2 homers against Philadelphia (N).
Mel Ott scores 4 runs against Philadelphia (N).
Frank Sigafoos drives in 5 runs against Philadelphia (N).
Wednesday 7/26/1940 :
Emil Roy fans 12 batters against Philadelphia (N).
Saturday 7/29/1940 :
Mel Ott slams 2 homers against Boston (N).
Monday 7/31/1940 :
Mel Ott has 4 hits against Chicago (N).
Mel Ott crushes 2 homers against Chicago (N).
Mel Ott has 5 RBI against Chicago (N).
Birdie Tebbetts has 4 hits against Chicago (N).
Tuesday 8/1/1940 :
Bill Dietrich was named National League-Pitcher of the Month !
He had a record of 5-0 in 5 games started, with an ERA of 3.25.
Tuesday 8/1/1940 :
Mel Ott was named National League-Batter of the Month!
He batted .473 in 91 AB, with 20 homers and 36 RBI.
Wednesday 8/2/1940 :
Mel Ott slams 2 homers against Brooklyn.
Thursday 8/3/1940 :
Mel Ott has 4 hits against Brooklyn.
Saturday 8/5/1940 :
Mel Ott has homered in 6 straight games!
Monday 8/7/1940 :
Mel Ott was named Player of the Week!
He batted .480 in 25 AB, with 7 HR and 14 RBI.
Tuesday 8/8/1940 :
Arky Vaughan has 5 RBI against Pittsburgh.
Wednesday 8/16/1940 :
Billy Herman slams 2 homers against New York (N).
Saturday 8/19/1940 :
Joe Cicero slams 2 homers against Philadelphia (N).
Joe Cicero drives in 5 runs against Philadelphia (N).
Sunday 8/20/1940 :
Mel Ott slams 3 homers against Boston (N).
Mel Ott drives in 5 runs against Boston (N).
Thursday 8/24/1940 :
Mel Ott hits a 454-foot homerun!!
Mel Ott has 4 hits against Pittsburgh.
Mel Ott hits 2 homers against Pittsburgh.
Mel Ott has 6 RBI against Pittsburgh.
Friday 8/25/1940 :
Don Gutteridge crushes 2 homers against Pittsburgh.
Monday 8/28/1940 :
Arky Vaughan hits 3 homers against Brooklyn.
Tuesday 8/29/1940 :
Ed Walsh fans 12 batters against Brooklyn.
Wednesday 8/30/1940 :
Arky Vaughan hits 2 homers against Brooklyn.
Arky Vaughan drives in 5 runs against Brooklyn.
Friday 9/1/1940 :
Chuck Klein scores 4 runs against St. Louis (N).
Saturday 9/2/1940 :
Billy Herman has 4 hits against St. Louis (N).
Sunday 9/3/1940 :
Phil Cavarretta has 4 hits against St. Louis (N).
Tuesday 9/5/1940 :
Chuck Klein slams 2 homers against Chicago (N).
Thursday 9/7/1940 :
Mel Ott crushes 2 homers against New York (N).
Billy Herman has 4 hits against New York (N).
Sunday 9/10/1940 :
Emil Roy strikes out 15 against Philadelphia (N).
Tuesday 9/12/1940 :
Frank Sigafoos hits a 455-foot homerun!!
Birdie Tebbetts has 4 hits against Philadelphia (N).
Saturday 9/16/1940 :
Phil Cavarretta has 5 RBI against Boston (N).
Sunday 9/17/1940 :
Billy Herman has 4 hits against Boston (N).
Thursday 9/21/1940 :
Mel Ott has 4 hits against Brooklyn.
Mel Ott crushes 2 homers against Brooklyn.
Saturday 9/23/1940 :
Emil Roy sets a new season NL-Record for Bases on Balls with 213!
Tuesday 9/26/1940 :
Ed Walsh strikes out 12 against New York (N).
Wednesday 9/27/1940 :
Stan Spence hits a 454-foot homerun!!
Thursday 9/28/1940 :
Bill Dietrich pitches a 4-hit shutout against Chicago (N)!!
Friday 9/29/1940 :
Mel Ott hits a 475-foot homerun!!
Mel Ott slams 2 homers against Brooklyn.
Saturday 9/30/1940 :
Mel Ott hits a 462-foot homerun!!
Mel Ott hits 2 homers against Philadelphia (N).
Monday 10/2/1940 :
Mel Ott crushes 2 homers against Philadelphia (N).
Wednesday 10/4/1940 :
Arky Vaughan has 4 hits against Boston (N).
Saturday 10/7/1940 :
Mel Ott has 4 hits against New York (N).
Mel Ott hits 2 homers against New York (N).
Mel Ott scores 4 runs against New York (N).
Saturday 10/14/1940 :
Ed Walsh pitches a 3-hit shutout against Cleveland!!
Ed Walsh strikes out 11 against Cleveland.
Monday 10/16/1940 :
Mel Ott hits a 466-foot homerun!!
Tuesday 10/17/1940 :
Billy Herman has 4 hits against Cleveland.
Billy Herman scores 4 runs against Cleveland.
Frank Sigafoos has 4 hits against Cleveland.
Sunday 10/22/1940 :
Mel Ott was named National League-Batter of the Year!
He batted .335 in 570 AB, with 92 homers and 182 RBI.

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