With the Reds, he would go to six All-Star Games and had four 20 Win years. While he did allow many Hits, he did not walk very many batters and led the National League twice in BB/9 (1939 & 1940). In both of those seasons, Derringer finished in the top five in MVP voting, with a third-place rank in '39. That year, he also was atop the NL leaderboard in FIP (3.15) and SO/BB (2.66), and he helped the Reds win the National League Pennant. The Reds won the Pennant again in 1940, but this time they won the World Series, with Derringer going 2-1 with a 2.79 ERA. Derringer would notably finish in the top ten in FIP 13 times and in SO/BB 12 times.
He would play his final three years in Baseball with the Chicago Cubs. Derringer retired in 1945 with a 223-212 record and 1,507 Strikeouts.
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