1940 Boston Bees
LeagueNational League
BallparkThe Bee Hive
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record65–87 (.428)
League place7th
OwnersJ.A. Robert Quinn
ManagersCasey Stengel
RadioWAAB
(Jim Britt, Tom Hussey)
← 1939
1941 →

The 1940 Boston Bees season was the 70th season of the franchise. The Bees finished seventh in the National League with a record of 65 wins and 87 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 100 53 0.654 — 55–21 45–32
Brooklyn Dodgers 88 65 0.575 12 41–37 47–28
St. Louis Cardinals 84 69 0.549 16 41–36 43–33
Pittsburgh Pirates 78 76 0.506 22½ 40–34 38–42
Chicago Cubs 75 79 0.487 25½ 40–37 35–42
New York Giants 72 80 0.474 27½ 33–43 39–37
Boston Bees 65 87 0.428 34½ 35–40 30–47
Philadelphia Phillies 50 103 0.327 50 24–55 26–48

Record vs. opponents

1940 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston — 9–13 8–14 9–12 7–15 15–6 9–13 8–14
Brooklyn 13–9 — 10–12 8–14–1 16–5 17–5 15–7–1 9–13–1
Chicago 14–8 12–10 — 6–16 12–10 12–10 11–11 8–14
Cincinnati 12–9 14–8–1 16–6 — 15–7 15–7 16–6 12–10–1
New York 15–7 5–16 10–12 7–15 — 12–10 12–10 11–10
Philadelphia 6–15 5–17 10–12 7–15 10–12 — 6–16 6–16
Pittsburgh 13–9 7–15–1 11–11 6–16 10–12 16–6 — 15–7–1
St. Louis 14–8 13–9–1 14–8 10–12–1 10–11 16–6 7–15–1 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1940 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 Ray Berres 85 229 44 .192 0 14
1B Buddy Hassett 124 458 107 .234 0 27
2B Bama Rowell 130 486 148 .305 3 58
SS Eddie Miller 151 569 157 .276 14 79
3B Sibby Sisti 123 459 115 .251 6 34
OF Chet Ross 149 569 160 .281 17 89
OF Gene Moore 103 363 106 .292 5 39
OF Max West 139 524 137 .261 7 72

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
Johnny Cooney 108 365 116 .318 0 21
Al Glossop 60 148 35 .236 3 14
Phil Masi 63 138 27 .196 1 14
Tony Cuccinello 34 126 34 .270 0 19
Al López 36 119 35 .294 2 17
Les Scarsella 18 60 18 .300 0 8
Rabbit Warstler 33 57 12 .211 0 4
Whitey Wietelmann 35 41 8 .195 0 1
Mel Preibisch 11 40 9 .225 0 5
Stan Andrews 19 33 6 .182 0 2
Bob Loane 13 22 5 .227 0 1
Sig Broskie 11 22 6 .273 0 4
Buddy Gremp 4 9 2 .222 0 2
Don Manno 3 7 2 .286 1 4
Claude Wilborn 5 7 0 .000 0 0
Hank Majeski 3 3 0 .000 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
Dick Errickson 34 236.1 12 13 3.16 34
Bill Posedel 35 233.0 12 17 4.13 86
Manny Salvo 21 160.2 10 9 3.08 60
Jim Tobin 15 96.1 7 3 3.83 29

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
Joe Sullivan 36 177.1 10 14 3.55 64
Nick Strincevich 32 128.2 4 8 5.53 54
Al Piechota 21 61.0 2 5 5.75 18
George Barnicle 13 32.2 1 0 7.44 11
Lou Fette 7 32.1 0 5 5.57 2
Tom Earley 4 16.1 2 0 3.86 5
Joe Callahan 6 15.0 0 2 10.20 3
Hank LaManna 5 13.1 1 0 4.73 3
Art Johnson 2 6.0 0 1 10.50 1

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
Dick Coffman 31 1 5 3 5.40 11
Al Javery 29 2 4 1 5.51 42
Ace Williams 5 0 0 0 16.00 5
Bill Swift 4 1 1 1 2.89 7

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A Hartford Bees Eastern League Jack Onslow
B Evansville Bees Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Bob Coleman
B York Bees Interstate League Rudy Hulswitt
D Owensboro Oilers KITTY League Hughie Wise and Harold Sueme
D Bradford Bees PONY League Eddie Onslow and Vic George

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Notes

  1. ^ Roy Weir page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Tony Cuccinello page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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