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The 1940 season of the National League was the sixty-fifth season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Cincinnati Reds	155	100	53	2	.645	-.-	707 (4.56)	528 (3.41)	0.266	0.323	0.379	3.05	0.981
2	Brooklyn Dodgers	156	88	65	3	.564	12.0	697 (4.47)	621 (3.98)	0.260	0.324	0.383	3.50	0.970
3	St. Louis Cardinals	156	84	69	3	.538	16.0	747 (4.79)	699 (4.48)	0.275	0.333	0.411	3.83	0.971
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	156	78	76	2	.500	22.5	809 (5.19)	783 (5.02)	0.276	0.343	0.394	4.36	0.966
5	Chicago Cubs	154	75	79	0	.487	25.5	681 (4.42)	636 (4.13)	0.267	0.328	0.384	3.54	0.968
6	New York Giants	152	72	80	0	.474	27.5	663 (4.36)	659 (4.34)	0.267	0.325	0.374	3.79	0.977
7	Boston Bees	152	65	87	0	.428	34.5	623 (4.10)	745 (4.90)	0.256	0.308	0.349	4.36	0.970
8	Philadelphia Phillies	153	50	103	0	.327	50.0	494 (3.23)	750 (4.90)	0.238	0.298	0.331	4.40	0.970

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates	156
At Bats	Frank McCormick	Cincinnati Reds	618
Runs Scored	Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates	113
Hits	Stan Hack Frank McCormick	Chicago Cubs Cincinnati Reds	191
Doubles	Frank McCormick	Cincinnati Reds	44
Triples	Arky Vaughan	Pittsburgh Pirates	15
Home Runs	Johnny Mize	St. Louis Cardinals	43
Total Bases	Johnny Mize	St. Louis Cardinals	368
Runs Batted In	Johnny Mize	St. Louis Cardinals	137
Stolen Bases	Lonny Frey	Cincinnati Reds	22
Walks	Elbie Fletcher	Pittsburgh Pirates	119
Hit by Pitch	Elbie Fletcher	Pittsburgh Pirates	9
Strikeouts	Chet Ross	Boston Bees	127
Sacrifice Hits	Mike McCormick Ham Schulte	Cincinnati Reds Philadelphia Phillies	20
Grounded into Double Plays	Frank McCormick	Cincinnati Reds	23
Batting Average	Debs Garms	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.355
On-Base Percentage	Elbie Fletcher	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.418
Slugging Percentage	Johnny Mize	St. Louis Cardinals	0.636
On-Base plus Slugging	Johnny Mize	St. Louis Cardinals	1.040
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Johnny Mize	St. Louis Cardinals	176

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Bucky Walters	Cincinnati Reds	22
Losses	Hugh Mulcahy	Philadelphia Phillies	22
Win-Loss Percentage	Freddie Fitzsimmons	Brooklyn Dodgers	0.889
Appearances	Clyde Shoun	St. Louis Cardinals	54
Games Started	Paul Derringer	Cincinnati Reds	37
Complete Games	Bucky Walters	Cincinnati Reds	29
Shutouts	Manny Salvo Whit Wyatt	Boston Bees Brooklyn Dodgers	5
Games Finished	Joe Beggs	Cincinnati Reds	27
Saves	Joe Beggs Jumbo Brown Mace Brown	Cincinnati Reds New York Giants Pittsburgh Pirates	7
Innings Pitched	Bucky Walters	Cincinnati Reds	305.0
Batters Faced	Bucky Walters	Cincinnati Reds	1207
Hits Allowed	Hugh Mulcahy	Philadelphia Phillies	283
Home Runs Allowed	Carl Hubbell	New York Giants	22
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Kirby Higbe	Philadelphia Phillies	121
Hit Batsmen	Carl Doyle	Brooklyn Dodgers/St. Louis Cardinals	10
Strikeouts	Kirby Higbe	Philadelphia Phillies	137
Wild Pitches	Kirby Higbe Bill McGee	Philadelphia Phillies St. Louis Cardinals	9
Balks	Mort Cooper Al Javery Bill McGee Hugh Mulcahy Manny Salvo Junior Thompson	St. Louis Cardinals Boston Bees St. Louis Cardinals Philadelphia Phillies Boston Bees Cincinnati Reds	2
Runs Allowed	Hugh Mulcahy	Philadelphia Phillies	141
Earned Runs Allowed	Bill Lee	Chicago Cubs	118
Earned Run Average	Bucky Walters	Cincinnati Reds	2.48
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Bucky Walters	Cincinnati Reds	1.092

All-Star Game

The National League won the eighth midsummer classic at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, MO on Tuesday, July 9, 1940 by a score of 4 to 0. The league's manager was Bill McKechnie.

Postseason

In the World Series, the National League champion Cincinnati Reds defeated the American League's Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3.

Award winners

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Frank McCormick, a first baseman with the Cincinnati Reds. In the award's voting, he had 274 out of a possible 336 points and 16 first place votes.

Hall of Fame Game

The first annual Hall of Fame Game was played on June 13 at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY near the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In the game, the National League's Chicago Cubs defeated the Boston Red Sox of the American League by a score of 10 to 9.

Umpires

• Lee Ballanfant
• Al Barlick
• George Barr
• Bick Campbell
• Tom Dunn
• Larry Goetz
• Lou Jorda
• Bill Klem
• George Magerkurth
• Babe Pinelli
• Beans Reardon
• Ziggy Sears
• Dolly Stark
• Bill Stewart
• Lon Warneke*
• Jimmie Wilson*

* Denotes a fill-in umpire