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July 9, 1940 – All-Star Game held at Sportsman Park in St. Louis, Missouri. The National League beat the American League 4–1 with help from Max West's home run. September 24, 1940 – Jimmie Foxx "The Beast" hits his 500th career home run. October 8, 1940 – The Cincinnati Reds defeat the Detroit Tigers in game 7 of the World Series.
Negro National League II champion Negro American League World Series champion NNL I / NSL / NNL II / NAL Championship Series 1930: Philadelphia Athletics: St. Louis Cardinals: St. Louis Stars – – – – Philadelphia Athletics St. Louis Stars 1931 – – – – St. Louis Cardinals – 1932: New York Yankees: Chicago Cubs – Chicago ...
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
1940 Major League teams & 1940 Negro Major League teams AL NL NAL NNL; Boston Red Sox: Boston Bees: Birmingham Black Barons** Baltimore Elite Giants: Chicago White Sox: Brooklyn Dodgers: Chicago American Giants: Homestead Grays: Cleveland Indians: Chicago Cubs: Cleveland Bears: New York Black Yankees: Detroit Tigers: Cincinnati Reds: Kansas ...
vs. Negro American League vs. Major Black Teams Negro American League W L T Pct. GB W L T Pct. Kansas City Monarchs: 42 16 3 .713 — 43 21 3 .664 Memphis Red Sox: 37 28 0 .569 8½ 45 43 0 .511 Cleveland Bears: 21 18 1 .538 11½ 22 21 1 .511 St. Louis–New Orleans Stars: 25 31 3 .449 16 30 35 3 .463 Chicago American Giants: 24 30 2 .446 16 25 ...
Set a Major League record for most runs scored in an inning on Opening Day, by scoring 14 runs in the third inning against the Colorado Rockies. [83] Colorado Rockies: Set a Major League record for a team with the most consecutive games to start a season trailing, with 30 games in a row on May 1 against the Miami Marlins. [84]
The first 2024 MLB spring training game is on Feb. 24, with all 30 teams in action two days later.
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