1940 Boston Bees season

March 2026 November 2013 Boston Bees 1940 National League The Bee Hive Boston, Massachusetts 65–87 (.428) 7th J.A. Robert Quinn Casey Stengel WAAB(Jim Britt, Tom Hussey) 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 Season standings Boston Bees Record vs. opponents BSN 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 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 Joe Callahan (baseball) 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 Minor League Baseball 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 GeorgeJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 Notes 2 References 1940 Boston Bees season at Baseball Reference Category:Boston Braves seasons Boston Bees Boston Bees Category:1940s in Boston