1940 Boston Bees Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 65-87
Finished 7th in the NL
Attendance: 241,616, Avg. 5,458
Ballpark: Braves Field
Manager: Casey Stengel (65-87)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

1940 Boston Bees Roster
1940 Boston Bees Results

The Boston Bees of the National League ended the 1940 season with a record of 65 wins and 87 losses, finishing seventh in the NL.

The Bees scored 623 runs and yielded 745 runs. Chet Ross led Boston with 17 home runs and recorded 89 runs batted in. Bama Rowell paced batters with significant playing time with a .305 average. Dick Errickson and Bill Posedel topped the squad with 12 wins each, while Manny Salvo recorded a 3.08 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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Dick Errickson	12	13	.480	3.16	34	29	4	17	3	3	236.3	241	91	83	8	90	34	1	0	1	997
Bill Posedel	12	17	.414	4.13	35	32	2	18	0	1	233.0	263	118	107	16	81	86	1	0	3	1008
Manny Salvo	10	9	.526	3.08	21	20	1	14	5	0	160.7	151	63	55	9	43	60	2	2	2	662
Joe Sullivan	10	14	.417	3.55	36	22	9	7	0	1	177.3	157	89	70	9	89	64	8	0	2	766
Jim Tobin	7	3	.700	3.83	15	11	3	9	0	0	96.3	102	41	41	8	24	29	0	0	2	412
Nick Strincevich	4	8	.333	5.53	32	14	7	5	0	1	128.7	142	89	79	17	63	54	8	0	2	587
Tom Earley	2	0	1.000	3.86	4	1	1	1	1	0	16.3	16	7	7	1	3	5	2	0	0	65
Al Javery	2	4	.333	5.51	29	4	17	1	0	1	83.3	99	62	51	2	36	42	2	2	4	379
Al Piechota	2	5	.286	5.75	21	8	6	2	0	0	61.0	68	45	39	6	41	18	0	0	2	289
Hank LaManna	1	0	1.000	4.73	5	1	2	1	0	0	13.3	13	8	7	1	8	3	0	0	0	57
George Barnicle	1	0	1.000	7.44	13	2	2	1	0	0	32.7	28	28	27	1	31	11	6	1	1	158
Bill Swift	1	1	.500	2.89	4	0	2	0	0	1	9.3	12	7	3	0	7	7	0	0	0	46
Dick Coffman	1	5	.167	5.40	31	0	15	0	0	3	48.3	63	33	29	4	11	11	2	0	0	213
Ace Williams	0	0		16.00	5	0	4	0	0	0	9.0	21	17	16	0	12	5	1	0	3	59
Art Johnson	0	1	.000	10.50	2	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	10	7	7	0	3	1	1	0	0	33
Joe Callahan	0	2	.000	10.20	6	2	0	0	0	0	15.0	20	17	17	1	13	3	0	0	1	72
Lou Fette	0	5	.000	5.57	7	5	2	0	0	0	32.3	38	23	20	0	18	2	1	0	1	146
Totals	65	87	.428	4.36	300	152	77	76	9	11	1359.0	1444	745	658	83	573	435	35	5	24	5949

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Chet Ross	149	632	569	84	160	23	14	17	89	4	59	127	.281	.352	.460	.812	262	5	3	1
Eddie Miller	151	617	569	78	157	33	3	14	79	8	41	43	.276	.330	.418	.748	238	16	5	2
Bama Rowell	130	508	486	46	148	19	8	3	58	12	18	22	.305	.331	.395	.726	192	4	1	3
Max West	139	590	524	72	137	27	5	7	72	2	65	54	.261	.344	.372	.716	195	4	1	0
Johnny Cooney	108	404	365	40	116	14	3	0	21	4	25	9	.318	.363	.373	.736	136	7	1	13
Sibby Sisti	123	507	459	73	115	19	5	6	34	4	36	64	.251	.311	.353	.664	162	4	4	8
Buddy Hassett	124	485	458	59	107	19	4	0	27	4	25	16	.234	.273	.293	.566	134	14	0	2
Gene Moore	103	392	363	46	106	24	1	5	39	2	25	32	.292	.338	.405	.743	147	10	0	4
Ray Berres	85	256	229	12	44	4	1	0	14	0	18	19	.192	.251	.218	.469	50	6	0	9
Al Lopez	36	126	119	20	35	3	1	2	17	1	6	8	.294	.328	.387	.715	46	3	0	1
Al Glossop	60	165	148	17	35	2	1	3	14	1	17	22	.236	.315	.324	.639	48	2	0	0
Tony Cuccinello	34	135	126	14	34	9	0	0	19	1	8	9	.270	.319	.341	.660	43	4	1	0
Phil Masi	63	152	138	11	27	4	1	1	14	0	14	14	.196	.270	.261	.531	36	5	0	0
Les Scarsella	18	64	60	7	18	1	3	0	8	2	3	5	.300	.344	.417	.760	25	0	1	0
Joe Sullivan	36	74	71	3	14	1	0	0	6	0	0	9	.197	.197	.211	.408	15	0	0	3
Bill Posedel	35	90	82	6	14	4	0	0	10	0	6	11	.171	.227	.220	.447	18	3	0	2
Dick Errickson	34	88	83	3	13	2	0	0	3	0	0	12	.157	.157	.181	.337	15	2	0	5
Jim Tobin	20	44	43	5	12	3	0	0	3	0	1	10	.279	.295	.349	.644	15	2	0	0
Rabbit Warstler	33	68	57	6	12	0	0	0	4	0	10	5	.211	.328	.211	.539	12	4	0	1
Mel Preibisch	11	43	40	3	9	2	0	0	5	0	2	4	.225	.262	.275	.537	11	0	0	1
Whitey Wietelmann	35	46	41	3	8	1	0	0	1	0	5	5	.195	.283	.220	.502	9	1	0	0
Sig Broskie	11	23	22	1	6	1	0	0	4	0	1	2	.273	.304	.318	.623	7	0	0	0
Stan Andrews	19	33	33	1	6	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	.182	.182	.182	.364	6	0	0	0
Manny Salvo	21	62	58	1	6	0	0	0	4	0	4	22	.103	.161	.103	.265	6	2	0	0
Bob Loane	13	25	22	4	5	3	0	0	1	2	2	5	.227	.292	.364	.655	8	0	0	1
Nick Strincevich	33	47	43	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	14	.116	.156	.116	.272	5	0	0	2
Al Piechota	21	24	20	3	4	0	0	0	2	0	3	4	.200	.304	.200	.504	4	0	0	1
Lou Fette	7	10	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.375	.444	.375	.819	3	0	0	1
Tom Earley	4	7	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.400	.571	.400	.971	2	0	0	0
Don Manno	3	7	7	1	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	.286	.286	.714	1.000	5	0	0	0
Buddy Gremp	4	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	1	0	1
Al Javery	29	26	23	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	10	.087	.160	.087	.247	2	0	0	1
Hank LaManna	5	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.400	.600	2	0	0	0
Dick Coffman	31	13	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.083	.154	.083	.237	1	0	0	0
George Barnicle	13	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Claude Wilborn	5	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Art Johnson	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Joe Callahan	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Bill Swift	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Hank Majeski	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ace Williams	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0
Totals	1766	5810	5329	623	1366	219	50	59	558	48	402	581	.256	.311	.349	.660	1862	100	17	62

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Max West	1B	36	338	24	5	33	.986	1.056	0
Les Scarsella	1B	15	137	7	2	17	.986	9.600	0
Buddy Hassett	1B	98	877	91	21	102	.979	9.878	0
Buddy Gremp	1B	3	18	1	0	2	1.000	6.333	0
Johnny Cooney	1B	7	56	4	0	5	1.000	8.571	0
Whitey Wietelmann	2B	15	14	11	1	5	.962	1.667	0
Rabbit Warstler	2B	24	32	43	2	15	.974	3.125	0
Sibby Sisti	2B	16	25	33	1	7	.983	3.625	0
Bama Rowell	2B	115	251	360	30	81	.953	5.313	0
Al Glossop	2B	18	31	59	6	12	.938	5.000	0
Whitey Wietelmann	3B	9	2	10	1	2	.923	1.333	0
Rabbit Warstler	3B	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Sibby Sisti	3B	102	117	192	21	21	.936	3.029	0
Al Glossop	3B	18	17	41	3	4	.951	3.222	0
Tony Cuccinello	3B	33	30	61	2	8	.978	2.758	0
Phil Masi	C	52	137	32	6	2	.966	3.250	3
Al Lopez	C	36	119	33	2	4	.987	4.222	1
Sig Broskie	C	11	23	6	2	1	.935	2.636	0
Ray Berres	C	85	254	56	6	6	.981	3.647	2
Stan Andrews	C	14	29	5	2	0	.944	2.429	1
Claude Wilborn	OF	3	1	0	1	0	.500	.333	0
Max West	OF	102	220	16	6	1	.975	2.314	0
Bama Rowell	OF	7	7	0	2	0	.778	1.000	0
Chet Ross	OF	149	347	12	14	2	.962	2.409	0
Mel Preibisch	OF	11	29	1	0	0	1.000	2.727	0
Gene Moore	OF	94	198	11	3	3	.986	2.223	0
Don Manno	OF	2	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.500	0
Bob Loane	OF	10	19	2	0	1	1.000	2.100	0
Buddy Hassett	OF	13	22	0	0	0	1.000	1.692	0
Johnny Cooney	OF	99	238	5	2	0	.992	2.455	0
Ace Williams	P	5	0	4	0	0	1.000	.800	0
Jim Tobin	P	15	6	16	1	1	.957	1.467	0
Bill Swift	P	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Joe Sullivan	P	36	8	38	3	1	.939	1.278	0
Nick Strincevich	P	32	11	14	1	1	.962	.781	0
Manny Salvo	P	21	7	26	2	1	.943	1.571	0
Bill Posedel	P	35	17	42	3	3	.952	1.686	0
Al Piechota	P	21	2	12	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Hank LaManna	P	5	2	2	1	1	.800	.800	0
Art Johnson	P	2	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.500	0
Al Javery	P	29	1	10	2	0	.846	.379	0
Lou Fette	P	7	1	4	0	0	1.000	.714	0
Dick Errickson	P	34	9	58	2	5	.971	1.971	0
Tom Earley	P	4	2	1	0	0	1.000	.750	0
Dick Coffman	P	31	4	7	0	0	1.000	.355	0
Joe Callahan	P	6	0	6	0	1	1.000	1.000	0
George Barnicle	P	13	1	9	0	1	1.000	.769	0
Whitey Wietelmann	SS	3	4	6	0	2	1.000	3.333	0
Rabbit Warstler	SS	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Eddie Miller	SS	151	405	487	28	122	.970	5.907	0
Al Glossop	SS	1	2	2	0	0	1.000	4.000	0
Totals		1655	4075	1865	184	473	.970	3.589	7

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