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1 Regular season  


1.1  Season standings  




1.2  Record vs. opponents  




1.3  Notable transactions  




1.4  Roster  






2 Player stats  


2.1  Batting  


2.1.1  Starters by position  




2.1.2  Other batters  






2.2  Pitching  


2.2.1  Starting pitchers  




2.2.2  Other pitchers  




2.2.3  Relief pitchers  








3 Farm system  




4 Notes  




5 References  













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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

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Season standings

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    • National League
    Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
    Cincinnati Reds 100 53 .654 — 55‍–‍21 45‍–‍32
    Brooklyn Dodgers 88 65 .575 12 41‍–‍37 47‍–‍28
    St. Louis Cardinals 84 69 .549 16 41‍–‍36 43‍–‍33
    Pittsburgh Pirates 78 76 .506 22½ 40‍–‍34 38‍–‍42
    Chicago Cubs 75 79 .487 25½ 40‍–‍37 35‍–‍42
    New York Giants 72 80 .474 27½ 33‍–‍43 39‍–‍37
    Boston Bees 65 87 .428 34½ 35‍–‍40 30‍–‍47
    Philadelphia Phillies 50 103 .327 50 24‍–‍55 26‍–‍48

    Record vs. opponents

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    1940 National League record
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    • 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

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    Roster

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    1940 Boston Bees
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders

    Other batters

    		Manager

    Coaches

    Player stats

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    Batting

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    Starters by position

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    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

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    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

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    Starting pitchers

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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

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