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

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.

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
	60	148	35	.236	3	14
Phil Masi	63	138	27	.196	1	14
	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
	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
	4	16.1	2	0	3.86	5
	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
	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