1939 Boston Bees
LeagueNational League
BallparkThe Bee Hive
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record63–88 (.417)
League place7th
OwnersJ.A. Robert Quinn
ManagersCasey Stengel
RadioWAAB
(Frankie Frisch, Tom Hussey)
← 1938
1940 →

The 1939 Boston Bees season was the 69th season of the franchise.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 97 57 0.630 — 55–25 42–32
St. Louis Cardinals 92 61 0.601 4½ 51–27 41–34
Brooklyn Dodgers 84 69 0.549 12½ 51–27 33–42
Chicago Cubs 84 70 0.545 13 44–34 40–36
New York Giants 77 74 0.510 18½ 41–33 36–41
Pittsburgh Pirates 68 85 0.444 28½ 35–42 33–43
Boston Bees 63 88 0.417 32½ 37–35 26–53
Philadelphia Phillies 45 106 0.298 50½ 29–44 16–62

Record vs. opponents

1939 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 10–12–1 6–16 6–16 10–11 13–8 9–12 9–13
Brooklyn 12–10–1 — 11–11–2 10–12 12–10 17–4–1 13–9 9–13
Chicago 16–6 11–11–2 — 10–12 11–11 12–10 14–8 10–12
Cincinnati 16–6 12–10 12–10 — 11–11 19–3 16–6 11–11–2
New York 11–10 10–12 11–11 11–11 — 14–7 11–11 9–12
Philadelphia 8–13 4–17–1 10–12 3–19 7–14 — 8–14 5–17
Pittsburgh 12–9 9–13 8–14 6–16 11–11 14–8 — 8–14
St. Louis 13–9 13–9 12–10 11–11–2 12–9 17–5 14–8 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1939 Boston Bees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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 Al López 131 412 104 .252 8 49
1B Buddy Hassett 147 590 182 .308 2 60
2B Tony Cuccinello 81 310 95 .306 2 40
SS Eddie Miller 77 296 79 .267 4 31
3B Hank Majeski 106 367 100 .272 7 54
OF Debs Garms 132 513 153 .298 2 37
OF Johnny Cooney 118 368 101 .274 2 27
OF Max West 130 449 128 .285 19 62

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
Rabbit Warstler 114 342 83 .243 0 24
Al Simmons 93 330 93 .282 7 43
Sibby Sisti 63 215 49 .228 1 11
Jimmy Outlaw 65 133 35 .263 0 5
Phil Masi 46 114 29 .254 1 14
Elbie Fletcher 35 106 26 .245 0 6
Whitey Wietelmann 23 69 14 .203 0 5
Bama Rowell 21 59 11 .186 0 6
Ralph Hodgin 32 48 10 .208 0 4
Chet Ross 11 31 10 .323 0 0
Stan Andrews 13 26 6 .231 0 1
Chet Clemens 9 23 5 .217 0 1
Otto Huber 11 22 6 .273 0 3
Red Barkley 12 11 0 .000 0 0
Bill Schuster 2 3 0 .000 0 0
Oliver Hill 2 2 1 .500 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
Bill Posedel 33 220.2 15 13 3.92 73
Danny MacFayden 33 191.2 8 14 3.90 46
Jim Turner 25 157.2 4 11 4.26 50
Lou Fette 27 146.0 10 10 2.96 35
Al Veigel 2 2.2 0 1 6.75 1

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
Milt Shoffner 25 132.1 4 6 3.13 51
Johnny Lanning 37 129.0 5 6 3.42 45
Dick Errickson 28 128.1 6 9 4.00 33
Joe Sullivan 31 113.2 6 9 3.64 46
Tom Earley 14 40.0 1 4 4.72 9
Hiker Moran 6 20.0 1 1 4.50 4
George Barnicle 6 18.1 2 2 4.91 15
Joe Callahan 4 17.1 1 0 3.12 8

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
Fred Frankhouse 23 0 2 4 2.61 12
Roy Weir 2 0 0 0 0.00 2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A Hartford Bees Eastern League Fresco Thompson
B Evansville Bees Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Bob Coleman
C Utica Braves Canadian–American League Amby McConnell, Albert Zachary and Mike Diffley
C Allentown Dukes Interstate League Pete Weimer, George Hennessey and Tony Parisse
C Charleston Senators Middle Atlantic League Ed Hall
D Owensboro Oilers KITTY League Hughie Wise
D Bradford Bees PONY League Bunny Roser

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Allentown[5]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Johnny Dickshot page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ a b Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Oliver Hill page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Milt Shoffner page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References


Categories