# 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.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cincinnati Reds | 100 | 53 | .654 | — | 55‍–‍21 | 45‍–‍32 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 88 | 65 | .575 | 12 | 41‍–‍37 | 47‍–‍28 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 84 | 69 | .549 | 16 | 41‍–‍36 | 43‍–‍33 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 78 | 76 | .506 | 22½ | 40‍–‍34 | 38‍–‍42 |
| Chicago Cubs | 75 | 79 | .487 | 25½ | 40‍–‍37 | 35‍–‍42 |
| New York Giants | 72 | 80 | .474 | 27½ | 33‍–‍43 | 39‍–‍37 |
| Boston Bees | 65 | 87 | .428 | 34½ | 35‍–‍40 | 30‍–‍47 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 50 | 103 | .327 | 50 | 24‍–‍55 | 26‍–‍48 |

### Record vs. opponents

1940 National League recordvte 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.
* June 15, 1940: Tony Cuccinello was traded by the Bees to the New York Giants for Manny Salvo and Al Glossop.

### 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 | 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

| 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 |