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
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.
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 25 | 157.2 | 4 | 11 | 4.26 | 50 | |
| 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 |
| 25 | 132.1 | 4 | 6 | 3.13 | 51 | |
| Johnny Lanning | 37 | 129.0 | 5 | 6 | 3.42 | 45 |
| 28 | 128.1 | 6 | 9 | 4.00 | 33 | |
| 31 | 113.2 | 6 | 9 | 3.64 | 46 | |
| 14 | 40.0 | 1 | 4 | 4.72 | 9 | |
| Hiker Moran | 6 | 20.0 | 1 | 1 | 4.50 | 4 |
| 6 | 18.1 | 2 | 2 | 4.91 | 15 | |
| 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 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |