# 1940 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1940 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 58th season in the history of the franchise. The team, managed by Doc Prothro, began their third season at Shibe Park and were picked by 73 of 76 writers in the pre-season Associated Press poll of baseball writers to finish last. The Phillies lost 103 games and finished last, 50 games behind the pennant-winning Cincinnati Reds.

## Offseason

In March 1940, the Phillies, along with the St. Louis Browns and Boston Bees were made outstanding offers of $5,000,000 by attorney Richard Cantillon for one of the teams to move its franchise to Los Angeles. Phillies owner Gerald Nugent quickly dismissed the possibility of the Phillies considering the move.
The 1940 season was the 25th anniversary of the team's 1915 National League pennant, the Phillies' lone to date. Gerry Nugent announced in April 1940 that the organization would welcome back the players from the 1915 team to celebrate the anniversary.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cincinnati Reds | 100 | 53 | .654 | — | 55‍–‍21 | 45‍–‍32 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 88 | 65 | .575 | 12 | 41‍–‍37 | 47‍–‍28 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 84 | 69 | .549 | 16 | 41‍–‍36 | 43‍–‍33 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 78 | 76 | .506 | 22½ | 40‍–‍34 | 38‍–‍42 |
| Chicago Cubs | 75 | 79 | .487 | 25½ | 40‍–‍37 | 35‍–‍42 |
| New York Giants | 72 | 80 | .474 | 27½ | 33‍–‍43 | 39‍–‍37 |
| Boston Bees | 65 | 87 | .428 | 34½ | 35‍–‍40 | 30‍–‍47 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 50 | 103 | .327 | 50 | 24‍–‍55 | 26‍–‍48 |

### Record vs. opponents

1940 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 9–13 | 8–14 | 9–12 | 7–15 | 15–6 | 9–13 | 8–14 |
| Brooklyn | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 8–14–1 | 16–5 | 17–5 | 15–7–1 | 9–13–1 |
| Chicago | 14–8 | 12–10 | — | 6–16 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 8–14 |
| Cincinnati | 12–9 | 14–8–1 | 16–6 | — | 15–7 | 15–7 | 16–6 | 12–10–1 |
| New York | 15–7 | 5–16 | 10–12 | 7–15 | — | 12–10 | 12–10 | 11–10 |
| Philadelphia | 6–15 | 5–17 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 10–12 | — | 6–16 | 6–16 |
| Pittsburgh | 13–9 | 7–15–1 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 10–12 | 16–6 | — | 15–7–1 |
| St. Louis | 14–8 | 13–9–1 | 14–8 | 10–12–1 | 10–11 | 16–6 | 7–15–1 | — |

### Game log

Legend :
| | Phillies win |
| | Phillies loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Phillies team member |
1940 Game Log Overall Record: 50–103 :
April (3–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 16@ Giants3–1Kirby Higbe (1–0)Carl Hubbell (0–1)None14,8401–0
–April 17@ GiantsPostponed (threatening weather, rain, cold and wet grounds); Makeup: July 7 as a traditional double-header
–April 18@ GiantsPostponed (rain, wet grounds); Makeup: August 18 as a traditional double-header
–April 19BeesPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 3 as a traditional double-header
–April 20BeesPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 6 as a traditional double-header
–April 21BeesPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 7 as a traditional double-header
–April 22GiantsPostponed (cold weather, rain, wet grounds); Makeup: June 30 as a traditional double-header
2April 23Giants0–1Harry Gumbert (1–0)Kirby Higbe (0–1)None5,0001–1
3April 24Giants2–5Hy Vandenberg (1–0)Hugh Mulcahy (0–1)None3,0001–2
4April 25Dodgers1–3Hugh Casey (2–0)Ike Pearson (0–1)None1,4661–3
5April 26Dodgers0–6Freddie Fitzsimmons (1–0)Lefty Smoll (0–1)None1,5001–4
6April 27@ Bees5–4Lefty Smoll (1–1)Al Javery (0–1)Lloyd Brown (1)2,3452–4
7April 28@ Bees2–3Joe Sullivan (1–0)Kirby Higbe (1–2)None6,4172–5
8April 30@ Pirates6–2Hugh Mulcahy (1–1)Bob Klinger (1–2)None2,0153–5 :
May (9–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
–May 1@ PiratesPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 9 as a traditional double-header
–May 2@ PiratesPostponed (threatening and cold weather, rain, wet grounds); Makeup: August 28 as a traditional double-header
–May 3@ RedsPostponed (rain, wet grounds, cold weather); Makeup: July 14 as a traditional double-header
9May 4@ Reds2–3 (11)Joe Beggs (1–0)Kirby Higbe (1–3)None4,5303–6
10May 5@ Cubs7–5Hugh Mulcahy (2–1)Bill Lee (2–3)Lloyd Brown (2)14,6764–6
11May 6@ Cubs4–5 (11)Larry French (4–1)Lloyd Brown (0–1)None5,2934–7
12May 7@ Cubs1–0Ike Pearson (1–1)Claude Passeau (1–3)None2,0545–7
13May 8@ Cardinals4–7Bill McGee (2–1)Lefty Smoll (1–2)Clyde Shoun (1)1,3335–8
14May 9@ Cardinals4–8Ernie White (1–0)Lloyd Brown (0–2)None1,1615–9
15May 11@ Dodgers5–4Kirby Higbe (2–3)Luke Hamlin (2–1)None10,8706–9
16May 12@ Dodgers3–5Freddie Fitzsimmons (2–0)Si Johnson (0–1)Tot Pressnell (1)14,5056–10
17May 13@ Dodgers3–6Vito Tamulis (1–0)Ike Pearson (1–2)None5,3376–11
18May 14Cardinals4–0Hugh Mulcahy (3–1)Ernie White (1–1)None1,5007–11
19May 15Cardinals6–3Kirby Higbe (3–3)Gene Lillard (0–1)None2,0008–11
–May 16CardinalsPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 25
20May 17Reds2–7 (11)Whitey Moore (1–0)Lloyd Brown (0–3)Elmer Riddle (2)1,7318–12
21May 18Reds8–3Hugh Mulcahy (4–1)Paul Derringer (3–3)None8,0009–12
22May 19Pirates6–5Si Johnson (1–1)Rip Sewell (0–1)None8,98110–12
23May 20Pirates8–7Lefty Hoerst (1–0)Dick Lanahan (0–2)None1,00011–12
–May 21PiratesPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 26 as a traditional double-header
–May 22CubsPostponed (rain); Makeup: May 23
24May 23Cubs3–4 (13)Vern Olsen (2–1)Hugh Mulcahy (4–2)Vance Page (1)7,80111–13
–May 24DodgersPostponed (rain, cold, threatening weather); Makeup: September 5
–May 25DodgersPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 6 as a traditional double-header
25May 26Dodgers1–2 (10)Vito Tamulis (2–0)Kirby Higbe (3–4)None3,28111–14
26May 27@ Dodgers0–6Whit Wyatt (4–2)Lefty Smoll (1–3)None3,57811–15
27May 28@ Dodgers2–4Freddie Fitzsimmons (4–0)Hugh Mulcahy (4–3)None28,91811–16
28May 29@ Bees1–3Dick Errickson (2–0)Boom-Boom Beck (0–1)None1,14311–17
29May 30 (1)@ Bees5–1Kirby Higbe (4–4)Lou Fette (0–2)Nonesee 2nd game12–17
30May 30 (2)@ Bees1–5 (11)Joe Sullivan (2–4)Si Johnson (1–2)None14,73812–18 :
June (9–21)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
31June 1@ Cardinals5–4Hugh Mulcahy (5–3)Jack Russell (2–1)Lloyd Brown (3)2,02713–18
32June 2 (1)@ Cardinals4–2Boom-Boom Beck (1–1)Max Lanier (2–2)Nonesee 2nd game14–18
33June 2 (2)@ Cardinals2–9Bob Bowman (1–3)Lefty Smoll (1–4)None7,06114–19
34June 4@ Cubs6–12Charlie Root (1–0)Syl Johnson (0–1)None3,43314–20
35June 5@ Cubs2–3Larry French (6–4)Hugh Mulcahy (5–4)None3,30414–21
36June 6@ Cubs5–11Bill Lee (5–7)Ike Pearson (1–3)Jake Mooty (1)3,46114–22
37June 7@ Pirates4–10Johnny Lanning (1–1)Si Johnson (1–3)None1,17414–23
38June 8@ Pirates5–6Ken Heintzelman (1–0)Si Johnson (1–4)Mace Brown (1)3,05514–24
39June 9 (1)@ Pirates6–1Hugh Mulcahy (6–4)Bob Klinger (4–5)Nonesee 2nd game15–24
40June 9 (2)@ Pirates5–11 (8)Mace Brown (4–4)Ike Pearson (1–4)None14,45015–25
41June 11@ Reds4–1Boom-Boom Beck (2–1)Bucky Walters (9–2)None3,62316–25
42June 12@ Reds1–2Paul Derringer (8–4)Kirby Higbe (4–5)None17,28916–26
43June 14Cardinals2–6Bob Bowman (2–3)Hugh Mulcahy (6–5)None3,00016–27
44June 15Cardinals1–14Mort Cooper (1–3)Boom-Boom Beck (2–2)None1,00016–28
45June 16 (1)Cardinals3–9Jack Russell (3–2)Kirby Higbe (4–6)Nonesee 2nd game16–29
46June 16 (2)Cardinals1–3Lon Warneke (4–6)Cy Blanton (0–1)None9,84716–30
47June 17Reds2–6Whitey Moore (2–1)Boom-Boom Beck (2–3)None1,00016–31
48June 18Reds3–1Hugh Mulcahy (7–5)Bucky Walters (9–4)None10,38117–31
49June 20Reds4–3 (12)Kirby Higbe (5–6)Joe Beggs (3–2)None7,42118–31
50June 21Cubs6–5Lloyd Brown (1–3)Bill Lee (5–9)Ike Pearson (1)1,00019–31
51June 22Cubs2–10Claude Passeau (6–7)Ike Pearson (1–5)None2,50019–32
52June 23 (1)Cubs2–3Jake Mooty (4–0)Hugh Mulcahy (7–6)Nonesee 2nd game19–33
53June 23 (2)Cubs2–7Ken Raffensberger (3–1)Boom-Boom Beck (2–4)None12,20119–34
–June 24PiratesPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 3
54June 25Pirates7–9Johnny Lanning (2–2)Kirby Higbe (5–7)Bob Klinger (1)1,00019–35
55June 26 (1)Pirates4–2Cy Blanton (1–1)Joe Bowman (4–5)Nonesee 2nd game20–35
56June 26 (2)Pirates6–11Rip Sewell (4–1)Boom-Boom Beck (2–5)Mace Brown (4)12,56520–36
57June 27Giants0–7Hal Schumacher (5–6)Hugh Mulcahy (7–7)None10,98520–37
58June 29Giants0–5Bill Lohrman (7–3)Kirby Higbe (5–8)None2,00020–38
59June 30 (1)Giants7–4Cy Blanton (2–1)Paul Dean (2–2)Nonesee 2nd game21–38
60June 30 (2)Giants3–7Jumbo Brown (1–2)Lefty Smoll (1–5)Red Lynn (1)10,81621–39 :
July (11–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
61July 1Dodgers3–4Tot Pressnell (4–2)Hugh Mulcahy (7–8)Curt Davis (2)1,51621–40
62July 2Dodgers1–4Tex Carleton (4–1)Ike Pearson (1–6)None1,06721–41
63July 3 (1)Bees3–8Joe Sullivan (5–7)Kirby Higbe (5–9)None7,00021–42
–July 3 (2)BeesPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 8
64July 4 (1)Bees4–3Cy Blanton (3–1)Manny Salvo (2–1)Nonesee 2nd game22–42
65July 4 (2)Bees4–5Dick Coffman (1–2)Lefty Smoll (1–6)Bill Posedel (1)5,08222–43
66July 5@ Giants2–15Cliff Melton (8–2)Hugh Mulcahy (7–9)None4,70222–44
67July 6@ Giants8–2Kirby Higbe (6–9)Paul Dean (2–3)None5,64523–44
68July 7 (1)@ Giants4–6Hal Schumacher (6–7)Hugh Mulcahy (7–10)Bill Lohrman (1)see 2nd game23–45
69July 7 (2)@ Giants4–2Si Johnson (2–4)Roy Joiner (2–1)None16,39024–45
–July 91940 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis
–July 11@ PiratesPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 30
70July 12@ Pirates6–3Hugh Mulcahy (8–10)Joe Bowman (4–7)None9,04225–45
71July 13@ Pirates8–9Danny MacFayden (2–2)Si Johnson (2–5)Joe Bowman (1)2,37525–46
72July 14 (1)@ Reds2–3Jim Turner (6–3)Kirby Higbe (6–10)Nonesee 2nd game25–47
73July 14 (2)@ Reds1–7Whitey Moore (3–2)Boom-Boom Beck (2–6)None17,25125–48
74July 15@ Reds2–3Bucky Walters (13–4)Ike Pearson (1–7)None3,01525–49
–July 16@ RedsPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 28 as a traditional double-header in Philadelphia
75July 17@ Cardinals3–0Hugh Mulcahy (9–10)Mort Cooper (5–6)None7,11326–49
76July 19 (1)@ Cardinals2–3Bill McGee (8–5)Kirby Higbe (6–11)None1,68026–50
77July 19 (2)@ Cardinals3–5Bob Bowman (3–3)Cy Blanton (3–2)None1,63026–51
78July 20@ Cubs9–3Ike Pearson (2–7)Larry French (9–8)None5,38227–51
79July 21 (1)@ Cubs8–2Hugh Mulcahy (10–10)Vern Olsen (6–6)Nonesee 2nd game28–51
80July 21 (2)@ Cubs5–8Jake Mooty (6–3)Si Johnson (2–6)None15,73728–52
81July 23Cardinals3–7Bill McGee (9–5)Cy Blanton (3–3)Ira Hutchinson (1)4,00028–53
–July 24CardinalsPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 16 as a traditional double-header
–July 25CardinalsPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 15 as a traditional double-header
82July 26Reds5–9Paul Derringer (14–7)Kirby Higbe (6–12)Joe Beggs (2)6,21128–54
83July 27Reds5–3Hugh Mulcahy (11–10)Whitey Moore (4–3)None3,50029–54
84July 28 (1)Reds2–7Jim Turner (8–3)Boom-Boom Beck (2–7)Nonesee 2nd game29–55
85July 28 (2)Reds4–1Cy Blanton (4–3)Bucky Walters (15–5)None10,16030–55
86July 29Cubs3–7Claude Passeau (12–9)Ike Pearson (2–8)None1,00030–56
87July 30Cubs7–5Kirby Higbe (7–12)Bill Lee (7–13)Si Johnson (1)1,00031–56
88July 31Cubs7–3Hugh Mulcahy (12–10)Jake Mooty (6–5)None7,50032–56 :
August (7–23)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
89August 2Pirates2–5 (10)Joe Bowman (6–7)Si Johnson (2–7)Bob Klinger (2)7,52132–57
90August 3Pirates0–8Mace Brown (8–7)Kirby Higbe (7–13)None1,00032–58
91August 4 (1)Pirates1–6Rip Sewell (9–2)Hugh Mulcahy (12–11)Nonesee 2nd game32–59
92August 4 (2)Pirates4–6Johnny Lanning (4–2)Charlie Frye (0–1)Ken Heintzelman (2)7,18232–60
93August 6 (1)Bees0–3Manny Salvo (6–5)Si Johnson (2–8)None5,28832–61
94August 6 (2)Bees2–12Joe Sullivan (8–12)Kirby Higbe (7–14)None5,28032–62
95August 7Bees3–6Bill Posedel (7–14)Ike Pearson (2–9)None4,92932–63
96August 8Bees2–6Jim Tobin (1–0)Hugh Mulcahy (12–12)None1,00032–64
97August 10Giants0–1Harry Gumbert (9–9)Si Johnson (2–9)None1,50032–65
98August 11 (1)Giants2–0Kirby Higbe (8–14)Cliff Melton (8–4)Nonesee 2nd game33–65
99August 11 (2)Giants2–8Hal Schumacher (9–9)Hugh Mulcahy (12–13)None6,66633–66
–August 13@ DodgersPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 14 as a traditional double-header
100August 14 (1)@ Dodgers5–6Freddie Fitzsimmons (12–2)Si Johnson (2–10)Tex Carleton (2)see 2nd game33–67
101August 14 (2)@ Dodgers9–6Boom-Boom Beck (3–7)Tex Carleton (4–6)Kirby Higbe (1)24,35634–67
102August 15@ Dodgers4–2Kirby Higbe (9–14)Whit Wyatt (12–10)None4,84035–67
103August 16@ Giants3–5Hal Schumacher (10–9)Hugh Mulcahy (12–14)None7,36235–68
–August 17@ GiantsPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 26 as a traditional double-header
104August 18 (1)@ Giants6–3Kirby Higbe (10–14)Cliff Melton (8–6)Syl Johnson (1)see 2nd game36–68
105August 18 (2)@ Giants8–6Si Johnson (3–10)Harry Gumbert (9–11)None9,50237–68
106August 20@ Cubs0–4Claude Passeau (15–11)Hugh Mulcahy (12–15)None4,50837–69
107August 21@ Cubs7–5 (10)Lefty Smoll (2–6)Ken Raffensberger (5–6)Syl Johnson (2)4,20038–69
108August 22@ Cardinals0–9Mort Cooper (9–8)Charlie Frye (0–2)None2,13638–70
109August 23@ Cardinals2–5Bob Bowman (5–4)Kirby Higbe (10–15)None1,09538–71
110August 24@ Cardinals0–1Lon Warneke (13–7)Si Johnson (3–11)None2,42338–72
111August 25 (1)@ Reds2–3Jim Turner (10–6)Boom-Boom Beck (3–8)Nonesee 2nd game38–73
112August 25 (2)@ Reds5–6Johnny Hutchings (2–1)Hugh Mulcahy (12–16)None23,54438–74
113August 26 (1)@ Reds2–3Bucky Walters (18–9)Lefty Smoll (2–7)Nonesee 2nd game38–75
114August 26 (2)@ Reds6–1Syl Johnson (1–1)Whitey Moore (6–7)None7,02439–75
–August 27@ RedsPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 26 as a traditional double-header
115August 28 (1)@ Pirates0–5Rip Sewell (12–3)Hugh Mulcahy (12–17)Nonesee 2nd game39–76
116August 28 (2)@ Pirates2–5Joe Bowman (7–8)Kirby Higbe (10–16)None4,10039–77
117August 29@ Pirates0–4Mace Brown (9–8)Ike Pearson (2–10)Danny MacFayden (2)2,23939–78
–August 30@ PiratesPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 10 as a traditional double-header in Philadelphia
118August 31@ Bees4–9Joe Sullivan (10–13)Charlie Frye (0–3)None3,02439–79 :
September (11–24)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
119September 1 (1)@ Bees1–2Jim Tobin (4–2)Hugh Mulcahy (12–18)Nonesee 2nd game39–80
120September 1 (2)@ Bees0–10Manny Salvo (9–6)Ike Pearson (2–11)None10,98639–81
121September 2 (1)Giants11–2Kirby Higbe (11–16)Harry Gumbert (9–12)Nonesee 2nd game40–81
122September 2 (2)Giants6–5 (10)Boom-Boom Beck (4–8)Roy Joiner (3–2)None13,32541–81
123September 4Dodgers0–3Luke Hamlin (9–7)Charlie Frye (0–4)None18,03141–82
124September 5Dodgers5–8 (10)Vito Tamulis (8–4)Hugh Mulcahy (12–19)None50041–83
125September 6 (1)Dodgers0–3Freddie Fitzsimmons (14–2)Kirby Higbe (11–17)Nonesee 2nd game41–84
126September 6 (2)Dodgers3–14Hugh Casey (8–7)Lefty Smoll (2–8)None8,35841–85
127September 7 (1)Bees2–3 (10)Bill Posedel (11–16)Syl Johnson (1–2)Nonesee 2nd game41–86
128September 7 (2)Bees1–3Al Javery (2–4)Ike Pearson (2–12)None1,50041–87
129September 8 (1)Bees2–1 (12)Kirby Higbe (12–17)Dick Errickson (11–11)Nonesee 2nd game42–87
130September 8 (2)Bees3–1Si Johnson (4–11)Jim Tobin (4–3)None5,00043–87
131September 10 (1)Pirates3–11Joe Bowman (8–9)Hugh Mulcahy (12–20)Nonesee 2nd game43–88
132September 10 (2)Pirates1–11Rip Sewell (14–3)Charlie Frye (0–5)None1,00043–89
133September 11Pirates3–9Mace Brown (10–8)Ike Pearson (2–13)None2,50043–90
134September 12Cubs1–5Larry French (13–13)Si Johnson (4–12)None1,00043–91
135September 13Cubs6–1Kirby Higbe (13–17)Charlie Root (2–4)None50044–91
136September 14Cubs5–3Syl Johnson (2–2)Bill Lee (8–16)None1,50045–91
137September 15 (1)Cardinals0–7Bill McGee (15–9)Ike Pearson (2–14)Nonesee 2nd game45–92
138September 15 (2)Cardinals1–3Bob Bowman (7–5)Johnny Podgajny (0–1)None7,92945–93
139September 16 (1)Cardinals3–2Si Johnson (5–12)Mort Cooper (9–12)Nonesee 2nd game46–93
140September 16 (1)Cardinals1–7Ira Hutchinson (2–2)Charlie Frye (0–6)None1,00046–94
141September 17Reds1–2Whitey Moore (8–7)Kirby Higbe (13–18)None1,19746–95
142September 18Reds3–4 (13)Johnny Vander Meer (2–0)Hugh Mulcahy (12–21)Joe Beggs (7)2,09346–96
143September 19Reds1–4Paul Derringer (20–12)Johnny Podgajny (0–2)None1,09446–97
144September 21@ Dodgers4–2Kirby Higbe (14–18)Luke Hamlin (9–8)None5,72747–97
145September 22 (1)@ Dodgers2–10Freddie Fitzsimmons (16–2)Si Johnson (5–13)Nonesee 2nd game47–98
146September 22 (2)@ Dodgers2–5 (8)Curt Davis (8–11)Boom-Boom Beck (4–9)None18,67247–99
147September 23 (1)@ Bees6–2Johnny Podgajny (1–2)Manny Salvo (10–9)Nonesee 2nd game48–99
148September 23 (2)@ Bees0–8Tom Earley (2–0)Hugh Mulcahy (12–22)None1,65048–100
–September 25@ BeesCanceled (rain); No makeup scheduled
149September 26 (1)@ Giants1–3Harry Gumbert (12–14)Kirby Higbe (14–19)Nonesee 2nd game48–101
150September 26 (2)@ Giants1–2Bob Carpenter (2–0)Si Johnson (5–14)None1,23948–102
151September 27@ Giants6–0Hugh Mulcahy (13–22)Carl Hubbell (11–12)None1,12849–102
152September 28Dodgers5–1Ike Pearson (3–14)Ed Head (1–2)None1,50050–102
153September 29Dodgers0–5Lee Grissom (2–5)Johnny Podgajny (1–3)None2,00050–103 :
The original schedule indicated single games on June 2 and 3 and July 18 and 19 at St. Louis which became double-headers on June 2 and July 19.
The second game of a scheduled double-header on June 9, 1940, ended after eight innings due to the Pennsylvania Sunday curfew law with the score 5–11.
The St. Louis Cardinals turned a double-play in the second game on July 19, 1940. Contemporary newspaper accounts, as well as Retrosheet, indicate that the Phillies protested the game, but Baseball-Reference.com does not indicate that an official protest had occurred.
The original schedule indicated single games on August 9 and 11 with New York which became a double-header on August 11.
The original schedule indicated single games on September 20 and 22 at Brooklyn which became a double-header on September 22.
The original schedule indicated single games on September 23 and 24 at Boston which became a double-header on September 23. :

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Bennie Warren | 106 | 289 | 71 | .246 | 12 | 34 |
| 1B | Art Mahan | 146 | 544 | 133 | .244 | 2 | 39 |
| 2B | Ham Schulte | 120 | 436 | 103 | .236 | 1 | 21 |
| SS | Bobby Bragan | 132 | 474 | 105 | .222 | 7 | 44 |
| 3B | Pinky May | 136 | 501 | 147 | .293 | 1 | 48 |
| OF | Joe Marty | 123 | 455 | 123 | .270 | 13 | 50 |
| OF | Chuck Klein | 116 | 354 | 77 | .218 | 7 | 37 |
| OF | Johnny Rizzo | 103 | 367 | 107 | .292 | 20 | 53 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Heinie Mueller | 97 | 263 | 65 | .247 | 3 | 28 |
| Bill Atwood | 78 | 203 | 39 | .192 | 0 | 22 |
| Mel Mazzera | 69 | 156 | 37 | .237 | 0 | 13 |
| Danny Litwhiler | 36 | 142 | 49 | .345 | 5 | 17 |
| Morrie Arnovich | 39 | 141 | 28 | .199 | 0 | 12 |
| Hersh Martin | 33 | 83 | 21 | .253 | 0 | 5 |
| Wally Millies | 26 | 43 | 3 | .070 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Berger | 20 | 41 | 13 | .317 | 1 | 5 |
| Hal Marnie | 11 | 34 | 6 | .176 | 0 | 4 |
| George Jumonville | 11 | 34 | 3 | .088 | 0 | 0 |
| Del Young | 15 | 33 | 8 | .242 | 0 | 1 |
| Neb Stewart | 10 | 31 | 4 | .129 | 0 | 0 |
| Gus Suhr | 10 | 25 | 4 | .160 | 2 | 5 |
| George Scharein | 7 | 17 | 5 | .294 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Monchak | 19 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam File | 7 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 0 | 1 |
| Stan Benjamin | 8 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
| Ed Levy | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Kirby Higbe | 41 | 283.0 | 14 | 19 | 3.72 | 137 |
| Hugh Mulcahy | 36 | 280.0 | 13 | 22 | 3.60 | 82 |
| Ike Pearson | 29 | 145.1 | 3 | 14 | 5.45 | 43 |
| Cy Blanton | 13 | 77.0 | 4 | 3 | 4.32 | 24 |
| Johnny Podgajny | 4 | 35.0 | 1 | 3 | 2.83 | 12 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Si Johnson | 37 | 138.1 | 5 | 14 | 4.88 | 58 |
| Boom-Boom Beck | 29 | 129.1 | 4 | 9 | 4.31 | 38 |
| Lefty Smoll | 33 | 109.0 | 2 | 8 | 5.37 | 31 |
| Charlie Frye | 15 | 50.1 | 0 | 6 | 4.65 | 18 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Lloyd Brown | 18 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6.21 | 16 |
| Syl Johnson | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4.20 | 13 |
| Lefty Hoerst | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.25 | 3 |
| Max Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.86 | 3 |
| Roy Bruner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.68 | 4 |
| Paul Masterson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 3 |
| Art Mahan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Baltimore Orioles | International League | Alphonse "Tommy" Thomas |
| B | Portsmouth Cubs | Piedmont League | Ray Brubaker and Cowboy McHenry |
| B | Pensacola Fliers | Southeastern League | Wally Dashiell |
| C | Ottawa/Ogdensburg Senators | Canadian–American League | Cy Morgan |
| D | Martinsville Manufacturers | Bi-State League | Harry Daughtry |
| D | Dover Orioles | Eastern Shore League | Cap Clark |
| D | Moultrie Packers | Georgia–Florida League | Joe Holden and George Jacobs |
| D | Wausau Timberjacks | Northern League | Wally Gilbert |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Martinsville
Ottawa franchise played first half of its schedule in Ogdensburg, New York