# 1939 Boston Bees season

The 1939 Boston Bees season was the 69th season of the franchise.

## Offseason

* December 16, 1938: Ray Mueller was traded by the Bees to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Johnny Dickshot, Al Todd and cash.
* December 29, 1938: Al Simmons was purchased by the Bees from the Washington Senators for $3,000.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cincinnati Reds | 97 | 57 | .630 | — | 55‍–‍25 | 42‍–‍32 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 92 | 61 | .601 | 4½ | 51‍–‍27 | 41‍–‍34 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 84 | 69 | .549 | 12½ | 51‍–‍27 | 33‍–‍42 |
| Chicago Cubs | 84 | 70 | .545 | 13 | 44‍–‍34 | 40‍–‍36 |
| New York Giants | 77 | 74 | .510 | 18½ | 41‍–‍33 | 36‍–‍41 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 68 | 85 | .444 | 28½ | 35‍–‍42 | 33‍–‍43 |
| Boston Bees | 63 | 88 | .417 | 32½ | 37‍–‍35 | 26‍–‍53 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 45 | 106 | .298 | 50½ | 29‍–‍44 | 16‍–‍62 |

### Record vs. opponents

1939 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL |
| Boston | — | 10–12–1 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 10–11 | 13–8 | 9–12 | 9–13 |
| Brooklyn | 12–10–1 | — | 11–11–2 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 17–4–1 | 13–9 | 9–13 |
| Chicago | 16–6 | 11–11–2 | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 10–12 |
| Cincinnati | 16–6 | 12–10 | 12–10 | — | 11–11 | 19–3 | 16–6 | 11–11–2 |
| New York | 11–10 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 11–11 | — | 14–7 | 11–11 | 9–12 |
| Philadelphia | 8–13 | 4–17–1 | 10–12 | 3–19 | 7–14 | — | 8–14 | 5–17 |
| Pittsburgh | 12–9 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 14–8 | — | 8–14 |
| St. Louis | 13–9 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 11–11–2 | 12–9 | 17–5 | 14–8 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 10, 1939: Johnny Dickshot was purchased from the Bees by the New York Giants.
* April 24, 1939: Oliver Hill was purchased from the Bees by the Milwaukee Brewers.
* August 19, 1939: Milt Shoffner was selected off waivers from the Bees by the Cincinnati Reds
* August 31, 1939: Al Simmons was purchased from the Bees by the Cincinnati Reds.

### Roster
## 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 | Al López | 131 | 412 | 104 | .252 | 8 | 49 |
| 1B | Buddy Hassett | 147 | 590 | 182 | .308 | 2 | 60 |
| 2B | Tony Cuccinello | 81 | 310 | 95 | .306 | 2 | 40 |
| SS | Eddie Miller | 77 | 296 | 79 | .267 | 4 | 31 |
| 3B | Hank Majeski | 106 | 367 | 100 | .272 | 7 | 54 |
| OF | Debs Garms | 132 | 513 | 153 | .298 | 2 | 37 |
| OF | Johnny Cooney | 118 | 368 | 101 | .274 | 2 | 27 |
| OF | Max West | 130 | 449 | 128 | .285 | 19 | 62 |

#### 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 |
| Rabbit Warstler | 114 | 342 | 83 | .243 | 0 | 24 |
| Al Simmons | 93 | 330 | 93 | .282 | 7 | 43 |
| Sibby Sisti | 63 | 215 | 49 | .228 | 1 | 11 |
| Jimmy Outlaw | 65 | 133 | 35 | .263 | 0 | 5 |
| Phil Masi | 46 | 114 | 29 | .254 | 1 | 14 |
| Elbie Fletcher | 35 | 106 | 26 | .245 | 0 | 6 |
| Whitey Wietelmann | 23 | 69 | 14 | .203 | 0 | 5 |
| Bama Rowell | 21 | 59 | 11 | .186 | 0 | 6 |
| Ralph Hodgin | 32 | 48 | 10 | .208 | 0 | 4 |
| Chet Ross | 11 | 31 | 10 | .323 | 0 | 0 |
| Stan Andrews | 13 | 26 | 6 | .231 | 0 | 1 |
| Chet Clemens | 9 | 23 | 5 | .217 | 0 | 1 |
| Otto Huber | 11 | 22 | 6 | .273 | 0 | 3 |
| Red Barkley | 12 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Schuster | 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Hill | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 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 |
| Bill Posedel | 33 | 220.2 | 15 | 13 | 3.92 | 73 |
| Danny MacFayden | 33 | 191.2 | 8 | 14 | 3.90 | 46 |
| Jim Turner | 25 | 157.2 | 4 | 11 | 4.26 | 50 |
| Lou Fette | 27 | 146.0 | 10 | 10 | 2.96 | 35 |
| Al Veigel | 2 | 2.2 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Milt Shoffner | 25 | 132.1 | 4 | 6 | 3.13 | 51 |
| Johnny Lanning | 37 | 129.0 | 5 | 6 | 3.42 | 45 |
| Dick Errickson | 28 | 128.1 | 6 | 9 | 4.00 | 33 |
| Joe Sullivan | 31 | 113.2 | 6 | 9 | 3.64 | 46 |
| Tom Earley | 14 | 40.0 | 1 | 4 | 4.72 | 9 |
| Hiker Moran | 6 | 20.0 | 1 | 1 | 4.50 | 4 |
| George Barnicle | 6 | 18.1 | 2 | 2 | 4.91 | 15 |
| Joe Callahan | 4 | 17.1 | 1 | 0 | 3.12 | 8 |

#### 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 |
| Fred Frankhouse | 23 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2.61 | 12 |
| Roy Weir | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A | Hartford Bees | Eastern League | Fresco Thompson |
| B | Evansville Bees | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Bob Coleman |
| C | Utica Braves | Canadian–American League | Amby McConnell, Albert Zachary and Mike Diffley |
| C | Allentown Dukes | Interstate League | Pete Weimer, George Hennessey and Tony Parisse |
| C | Charleston Senators | Middle Atlantic League | Ed Hall |
| D | Owensboro Oilers | KITTY League | Hughie Wise |
| D | Bradford Bees | PONY League | Bunny Roser |
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