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
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions May 8, 1940: Roy Weir was purchased from the Bees by the Philadelphia Athletics.Roy Weir page at Baseball Reference June 15, 1940: Tony Cuccinello was traded by the Bees to the New York Giants for Manny Salvo and Al Glossop.Tony Cuccinello page at Baseball Reference
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 60 148 35 .236 3 14 Phil Masi 63 138 27 .196 1 14 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 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 4 16.1 2 0 3.86 5 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 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
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
Notes
References 1940 Boston Bees season at Baseball Reference