1940 Boston Bees season

1940  Boston Bees
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)
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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

v t e 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 v t e Sources:
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

• 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 27 George Barnicle 30 Joe Callahan 24 Dick Coffman 26 Tom Earley 19 Dick Errickson 18 Lou Fette 34 Al Javery 12 Art Johnson 27,31 Frank LaManna 28 Al Piechota 20 Bill Posedel 23 Manny Salvo 25 Nick Strincevich 21 Joe Sullivan 23 Bill Swift 22 Jim Tobin 5,30 Ace Williams		Catchers 11 Stan Andrews 29 Ray Berres 18 Sig Broskie  8 Al López 10 Phil Masi Infielders  5 Tony Cuccinello  3 Al Glossop 30 Buddy Gremp  2 Buddy Hassett  7 Eddie Miller 16 Bama Rowell  3 Les Scarsella  1 Sibby Sisti 12 Rabbit Warstler 15 Whitey Wietelmann		Outfielders  9 Johnny Cooney 17 Bob Loane 17 Don Manno 8,14 Gene Moore 14 Mel Preibisch  6 Chet Ross  4 Max West 31 Claude Wilborn Other batters 14 Hank Majeski		Manager 32 Casey Stengel Coaches  9 Johnny Cooney 33 George Kelly

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

References

• 1940 Boston Bees season at Baseball Reference