1940 Boston Bees 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.

1940 Boston Bees
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record65–87 (.428)
League place7th
Other information
Owner(s)J.A. Robert Quinn
Manager(s)Casey Stengel
Local radioWAAB
(Jim Britt)
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Regular season

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 10053 0.654 — 55–21 45–32
Brooklyn Dodgers 8865 0.575 12 41–37 47–28
St. Louis Cardinals 8469 0.549 16 41–36 43–33
Pittsburgh Pirates 7876 0.506 22½ 40–34 38–42
Chicago Cubs 7579 0.487 25½ 40–37 35–42
New York Giants 7280 0.474 27½ 33–43 39–37
Boston Bees 6587 0.428 34½ 35–40 30–47
Philadelphia Phillies 50103 0.327 50 24–55 26–48

Record vs. opponents
1940 National League Records

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —9–138–149–127–1515–69–138–14
Brooklyn 13–9—10–128–14–116–517–515–7–19–13–1
Chicago 14–812–10—6–1612–1012–1011–118–14
Cincinnati 12–914–8–116–6—15–715–716–612–10–1
New York 15–75–1610–127–15—12–1012–1011–10
Philadelphia 6–155–1710–127–1510–12—6–166–16
Pittsburgh 13–97–15–111–116–1610–1216–6—15–7–1
St. Louis 14–813–9–114–810–12–110–1116–67–15–1—

Notable transactions

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

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
Al Glossop6014835.236314
Tony Cuccinello3412634.270019

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
Manny Salvo21160.21093.0860

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
Tom Earley416.1203.865
Joe Callahan6150210.203

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 Coffman311535.4011
George Barnicle131007.4411

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
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