1940 Season
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1940 National League Cy Young Award

by Votes
 
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
The Cy Young Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
1 Claude Passeau
CHN
SP
31.2
6.4
25.8
15.8
2 Bucky Walters
CIN
SP
31.2
6.4
31.5
20.7
3 Larry French
CHN
SP
32.7
4.9
17.6
8.9
4 Whit Wyatt
BRO
SP
32.8
4.5
16.4
7.9
5 Kirby Higbe
PHI
SP
25.2
4.4
20.4
10.3
6 Rip Sewell
PIT
SP
33.1
4.4
14.4
7.6
7 Freddie Fitzsimmons
BRO
SP
38.9
4.4
14.7
9.9
8 Dick Errickson
BSN
SP
28.3
4.3
17.9
9.5
9 Lon Warneke
SLN
SP
31.3
4.0
17.5
9.2
10 Mort Cooper
SLN
SP
27.3
3.9
15.5
7.2
11 Vito Tamulis
BRO
SP
29.0
3.9
12.7
7.0
12 Hal Schumacher
NY1
SP
29.6
3.8
16.5
8.5
13 Vern Olsen *
CHN
SP
22.3
3.8
13.6
7.4
14 Paul Derringer
CIN
SP
33.7
3.6
25.1
14.5
15 Luke Hamlin
BRO
SP
36.0
3.6
13.4
6.9
16 Hugh Casey
BRO
SW
26.7
3.2
11.6
6.0
17 Junior Thompson
CIN
SP
23.1
2.7
17.5
9.5
18 Clyde Shoun
SLN
SP
28.3
2.7
13.1
5.9
19 Hugh Mulcahy
PHI
SP
26.8
2.6
17.7
7.8
20 Bill McGee
SLN
SP
30.6
2.4
13.7
5.9
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

1940 American League Cy Young Award

by Votes
 
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
The Cy Young Award was not awarded this season
by Wins Above Replacement
Pitching
  Player Tm Pos Age
1 Bob Feller
CLE
SP
21.7
9.9
34.6
22.9
2 Bobo Newsom
DET
SP
32.9
7.5
26.2
16.6
3 Johnny Rigney
CHA
SP
25.7
6.6
23.2
13.0
4 Dutch Leonard
WS1
SP
31.3
5.2
20.7
10.2
5 Schoolboy Rowe
DET
SP
30.5
5.2
16.4
10.2
6 Tommy Bridges
DET
SP
33.5
5.1
16.7
9.5
7 Ken Chase
WS1
SP
26.7
4.8
20.5
10.9
8 Johnny Babich
PHA
SP
27.1
4.6
14.6
6.2
9 Elden Auker
SLA
SP
29.8
4.3
20.9
11.3
10 Thornton Lee
CHA
SP
33.8
3.9
16.9
8.6
11 Eddie Smith
CHA
SP
26.5
3.4
16.7
9.2
12 Ted Lyons
CHA
SP
39.5
3.3
14.6
7.8
13 Tiny Bonham *
NYA
SP
26.9
3.2
12.0
8.4
14 Red Ruffing
NYA
SP
35.2
3.0
17.0
8.7
15 Al Smith
CLE
SP
32.7
3.0
14.9
8.2
16 Johnny Gorsica *
DET
SP
25.3
2.8
10.1
4.2
17 Lefty Grove
BOS
SP
40.3
2.8
10.9
5.3
18 Marius Russo
NYA
SP
26.0
2.7
15.5
8.6
19 Al Milnar
CLE
SP
26.5
2.7
18.0
9.2
20 Nels Potter
PHA
SP
28.9
2.5
9.3
2.0
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
*Rookie

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James