1940 Boston Bees season explained

Boston Bees
Season:	1940
League:	National League
Ballpark:	The Bee Hive
City:	Boston, Massachusetts
Record:	65–87 (.428)
League Place:	7th
Owners:	J.A. Robert Quinn
Managers:	Casey Stengel
Radio:	WAAB (Jim Britt, Tom Hussey)
Next Season:	1941 Boston Braves season

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

Notable transactions

• May 8, 1940: Roy Weir was purchased from the Bees by the Philadelphia Athletics.^[1]
• June 15, 1940: Tony Cuccinello was traded by the Bees to the New York Giants for Manny Salvo and Al Glossop.^[2]

Roster

1940 Boston Bees
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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		85	229	44	.192	0	14
1B		124	458	107	.234	0	27
2B		130	486	148	.305	3	58
SS		151	569	157	.276	14	79
3B		123	459	115	.251	6	34
OF		149	569	160	.281	17	89
OF		103	363	106	.292	5	39
OF		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
	108	365	116	.318	0	21
	60	148	35	.236	3	14
	63	138	27	.196	1	14
	34	126	34	.270	0	19
	36	119	35	.294	2	17
	18	60	18	.300	0	8
	33	57	12	.211	0	4
	35	41	8	.195	0	1
	11	40	9	.225	0	5
	19	33	6	.182	0	2
	13	22	5	.227	0	1
	11	22	6	.273	0	4
	4	9	2	.222	0	2
	3	7	2	.286	1	4
	5	7	0	.000	0	0
	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
	34	236.1	12	13	3.16	34
	35	233.0	12	17	4.13	86
	21	160.2	10	9	3.08	60
	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
	36	177.1	10	14	3.55	64
	32	128.2	4	8	5.53	54
	21	61.0	2	5	5.75	18
	13	32.2	1	0	7.44	11
	7	32.1	0	5	5.57	2
	4	16.1	2	0	3.86	5
	6	15.0	0	2	10.20	3
	5	13.1	1	0	4.73	3
	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
	29	2	4	1	5.51	42
	5	0	0	0	16.00	5
	4	1	1	1	2.89	7

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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References

• 1940 Boston Bees season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/weirro01.shtml Roy Weir page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cuccito01.shtml 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