
1939 Boston Bees Statistics
Team Record: 63-88
Finished 7th in the NL
Attendance: 285,994, Avg. 5,453
Ballpark: Braves Field
Manager: Casey Stengel (63-88)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1939 Boston Bees Results
The Boston Bees of the National League ended the 1939 season with a record of 63 wins and 88 losses, finishing seventh in the NL.
The Bees scored 572 runs and gave up 659 runs. Max West led Boston with 19 home runs and recorded 82 runs batted in. Buddy Hassett paced hitters with significant playing time with a .308 average. Bill Posedel topped the team with 15 wins, while Lou Fette earned a 2.96 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Casey Stengel coached the team.
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Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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Bill Posedel | 15 | 13 | .536 | 3.92 | 33 | 29 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 220.7 | 221 | 103 | 96 | 8 | 78 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 927 |
Lou Fette | 10 | 10 | .500 | 2.96 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 146.0 | 123 | 62 | 48 | 7 | 61 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 608 |
Danny MacFayden | 8 | 14 | .364 | 3.90 | 33 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 191.7 | 221 | 100 | 83 | 11 | 59 | 0 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 846 |
Joe Sullivan | 6 | 9 | .400 | 3.64 | 31 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 113.7 | 114 | 57 | 46 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 496 |
Dick Errickson | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.00 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 128.3 | 143 | 63 | 57 | 6 | 54 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 559 |
Johnny Lanning | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.42 | 37 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 129.0 | 120 | 53 | 49 | 6 | 53 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 548 |
Milt Shoffner | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.13 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 132.3 | 133 | 56 | 46 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 562 |
Jim Turner | 4 | 11 | .267 | 4.28 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 157.7 | 181 | 83 | 75 | 10 | 51 | 0 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 692 |
George Barnicle | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.91 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.3 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 79 |
Joe Callahan | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73 |
Hiker Moran | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.50 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 90 |
Tom Earley | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.73 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40.0 | 49 | 28 | 21 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 189 |
Bill Weir | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
Al Veigel | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Fred Frankhouse | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.61 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 38.0 | 37 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 166 |
Totals | 63 | 88 | .417 | 3.71 | 296 | 152 | 84 | 68 | 11 | 15 | 1358.3 | 1400 | 654 | 560 | 63 | 513 | 0 | 430 | 19 | 5 | 20 | 5863 |
Batting:
Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Buddy Hassett | 147 | 638 | 590 | 72 | 182 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 60 | 13 | 0 | 29 | 14 | .308 | .342 | .354 | .696 | 209 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
Debs Garms | 132 | 566 | 513 | 68 | 153 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 20 | .298 | .350 | .392 | .742 | 201 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Max West | 130 | 513 | 449 | 67 | 128 | 26 | 6 | 19 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 55 | .285 | .364 | .497 | .861 | 223 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Al Lopez | 131 | 463 | 412 | 32 | 104 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 45 | .252 | .319 | .369 | .688 | 152 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Cooney | 118 | 402 | 368 | 39 | 101 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8 | .274 | .317 | .318 | .635 | 117 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Hank Majeski | 106 | 394 | 367 | 35 | 100 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 30 | .272 | .310 | .379 | .689 | 139 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Tony Cuccinello | 81 | 342 | 310 | 42 | 95 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 26 | .306 | .360 | .387 | .747 | 120 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Al Simmons | 93 | 358 | 330 | 39 | 93 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 40 | .282 | .331 | .427 | .758 | 141 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Rabbit Warstler | 114 | 370 | 342 | 34 | 83 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 31 | .243 | .292 | .292 | .585 | 100 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Miller | 77 | 324 | 296 | 32 | 79 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 21 | .267 | .315 | .361 | .677 | 107 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Sibby Sisti | 63 | 232 | 215 | 19 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 38 | .228 | .269 | .284 | .552 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Jimmy Outlaw | 65 | 144 | 133 | 15 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 14 | .263 | .315 | .278 | .593 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Phil Masi | 46 | 124 | 114 | 14 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | .254 | .315 | .377 | .692 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Elbie Fletcher | 35 | 126 | 106 | 14 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | .245 | .365 | .264 | .629 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Whitey Wietelmann | 23 | 71 | 69 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .203 | .225 | .217 | .443 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Turner | 25 | 59 | 55 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .236 | .250 | .309 | .559 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Sullivan | 33 | 44 | 40 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .300 | .349 | .325 | .674 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Danny MacFayden | 33 | 74 | 67 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .179 | .203 | .194 | .397 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Bama Rowell | 21 | 62 | 59 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .186 | .200 | .288 | .488 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Chet Ross | 11 | 33 | 31 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .323 | .364 | .419 | .783 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Errickson | 28 | 47 | 44 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .227 | .244 | .227 | .472 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ralph Hodgin | 32 | 51 | 48 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .208 | .255 | .229 | .484 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Posedel | 33 | 82 | 73 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .110 | .156 | .123 | .279 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Milt Shoffner | 25 | 50 | 44 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .159 | .229 | .159 | .388 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Otto Huber | 11 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .273 | .273 | .318 | .591 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Stan Andrews | 13 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .231 | .259 | .231 | .490 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Lanning | 37 | 44 | 42 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .143 | .143 | .190 | .333 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Chet Clemens | 9 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .217 | .250 | .217 | .467 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Earley | 14 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lou Fette | 27 | 53 | 49 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .061 | .061 | .102 | .163 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Oliver Hill | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hiker Moran | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .200 | .429 | .200 | .629 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Red Barkley | 12 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Weir | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
George Barnicle | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Al Veigel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Callahan | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Frankhouse | 23 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Schuster | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1772 | 5795 | 5286 | 572 | 1395 | 199 | 39 | 56 | 534 | 41 | 0 | 366 | 494 | .264 | .314 | .348 | .662 | 1840 | 119 | 21 | 122 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Buddy Hassett | 1B | 123 | 0 | 0.0 | 1143 | 112 | 19 | 127 | .985 | 1.203 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Elbie Fletcher | 1B | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 335 | 8 | 5 | 34 | .986 | 11.065 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Johnny Cooney | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Whitey Wietelmann | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rabbit Warstler | 2B | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 89 | 135 | 7 | 36 | .970 | 5.209 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sibby Sisti | 2B | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 91 | 83 | 1 | 24 | .994 | 5.118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Otto Huber | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tony Cuccinello | 2B | 80 | 0 | 0.0 | 208 | 246 | 14 | 66 | .970 | 5.675 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rabbit Warstler | 3B | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 4 | .968 | 1.429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sibby Sisti | 3B | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 37 | 4 | 3 | .935 | 3.412 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Schuster | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jimmy Outlaw | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hank Majeski | 3B | 99 | 0 | 0.0 | 111 | 196 | 18 | 19 | .945 | 3.101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Otto Huber | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Debs Garms | 3B | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 83 | 5 | 5 | .958 | 3.081 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Red Barkley | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Phil Masi | C | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 104 | 15 | 5 | 4 | .960 | 2.833 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Al Lopez | C | 129 | 0 | 0.0 | 424 | 72 | 7 | 11 | .986 | 3.845 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Stan Andrews | C | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .857 | 2.400 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Max West | OF | 124 | 0 | 0.0 | 287 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .974 | 2.379 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Al Simmons | OF | 82 | 0 | 0.0 | 158 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .982 | 2.012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bama Rowell | OF | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .853 | 1.813 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Chet Ross | OF | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jimmy Outlaw | OF | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 80 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .964 | 2.077 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ralph Hodgin | OF | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Buddy Hassett | OF | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.870 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Debs Garms | OF | 96 | 0 | 0.0 | 183 | 6 | 7 | 2 | .964 | 1.969 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Johnny Cooney | OF | 116 | 0 | 0.0 | 236 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .992 | 2.121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Chet Clemens | OF | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Weir | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Al Veigel | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Turner | P | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 38 | 2 | 3 | .958 | 1.840 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Sullivan | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .935 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Milt Shoffner | P | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 3 | .941 | 1.280 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Posedel | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 40 | 4 | 1 | .926 | 1.515 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hiker Moran | P | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Danny MacFayden | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 47 | 3 | 2 | .949 | 1.697 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Johnny Lanning | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 25 | 3 | 3 | .925 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Fred Frankhouse | P | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .174 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lou Fette | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 46 | 3 | 2 | .944 | 1.889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dick Errickson | P | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 36 | 2 | 1 | .953 | 1.464 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Earley | P | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Callahan | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Barnicle | P | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Whitey Wietelmann | SS | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 36 | 66 | 5 | 10 | .953 | 4.636 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rabbit Warstler | SS | 49 | 0 | 0.0 | 96 | 145 | 12 | 35 | .953 | 4.918 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sibby Sisti | SS | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 32 | 3 | 5 | .949 | 5.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Schuster | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eddie Miller | SS | 77 | 0 | 0.0 | 183 | 275 | 14 | 76 | .970 | 5.948 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Red Barkley | SS | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .842 | 2.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1666 | 0 | 0.0 | 4074 | 1912 | 181 | 490 | .971 | 3.593 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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