1940 Major League Baseball season

1940 MLB season
LeagueAmerican League (AL)
National League (NL)
SportBaseball
DurationRegular season:
  • April 16 – September 29, 1940
World Series:
  • October 2 – October 8, 1940
Number of games154
Number of teams16 (8 per league)
Regular season
Season MVPAL: Hank Greenberg (DET)
NL: Frank McCormick (CIN)
AL championsDetroit Tigers
  AL runners-upCleveland Indians
NL championsCincinnati Reds
  NL runners-upBrooklyn Dodgers
World Series
ChampionsCincinnati Reds
  Runners-upDetroit Tigers
Locations of teams for the 1940 American League season
American League

The 1940 major league baseball season began on April 16, 1940. The regular season ended on September 29, with the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 37th World Series on October 2 and ended with Game 7 on October 8. The Reds defeated the Tigers, four games to three.

The eighth Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played on July 9, hosted by the St. Louis Browns and St. Louis Cardinals at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, Missouri, with the National League winning, 4–0.


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