1939 Boston Bees season
Appearance
1939 Boston Bees | |
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Ballpark | The Bee Hive |
City | Boston, Massachusetts |
Record | 63–88 (.417) |
Owners | J.A. Robert Quinn |
Managers | Casey Stengel |
Radio | WAAB (Frankie Frisch, Tom Hussey) |
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.[1]
- December 29, 1938: Al Simmons was purchased by the Bees from the Washington Senators for $3,000.[2]
Regular season
Season standings
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cincinnati Reds | 97 | 57 | .630 | — | 55–25 | 42–32 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 92 | 61 | .601 | 4½ | 51–27 | 41–34 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 84 | 69 | .549 | 12½ | 51–27 | 33–42 |
Chicago Cubs | 84 | 70 | .545 | 13 | 44–34 | 40–36 |
New York Giants | 77 | 74 | .510 | 18½ | 41–33 | 36–41 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 68 | 85 | .444 | 28½ | 35–42 | 33–43 |
Boston Bees | 63 | 88 | .417 | 32½ | 37–35 | 26–53 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 45 | 106 | .298 | 50½ | 29–44 | 16–62 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 10–12–1 | 6–16 | 6–16 | 10–11 | 13–8 | 9–12 | 9–13 | |||||
Brooklyn | 12–10–1 | — | 11–11–2 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 17–4–1 | 13–9 | 9–13 | |||||
Chicago | 16–6 | 11–11–2 | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 10–12 | |||||
Cincinnati | 16–6 | 12–10 | 12–10 | — | 11–11 | 19–3 | 16–6 | 11–11–2 | |||||
New York | 11–10 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 11–11 | — | 14–7 | 11–11 | 9–12 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–13 | 4–17–1 | 10–12 | 3–19 | 7–14 | — | 8–14 | 5–17 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 12–9 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 14–8 | — | 8–14 | |||||
St. Louis | 13–9 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 11–11–2 | 12–9 | 17–5 | 14–8 | — |
Notable transactions
- April 10, 1939: Johnny Dickshot was purchased from the Bees by the New York Giants.[1]
- April 24, 1939: Oliver Hill was purchased from the Bees by the Milwaukee Brewers.[3]
- August 19, 1939: Milt Shoffner was selected off waivers from the Bees by the Cincinnati Reds[4]
- August 31, 1939: Al Simmons was purchased from the Bees by the Cincinnati Reds.[2]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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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 |
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C | Al López | 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 | Eddie Miller | 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 | Max West | 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 |
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Rabbit Warstler | 114 | 342 | 83 | .243 | 0 | 24 |
Al Simmons | 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 |
Chet Clemens | 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 |
Oliver Hill | 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 |
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Bill Posedel | 33 | 220.2 | 15 | 13 | 3.92 | 73 |
Danny MacFayden | 33 | 191.2 | 8 | 14 | 3.90 | 46 |
Jim Turner | 25 | 157.2 | 4 | 11 | 4.26 | 50 |
Lou Fette | 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 |
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Milt Shoffner | 25 | 132.1 | 4 | 6 | 3.13 | 51 |
Johnny Lanning | 37 | 129.0 | 5 | 6 | 3.42 | 45 |
Dick Errickson | 28 | 128.1 | 6 | 9 | 4.00 | 33 |
Joe Sullivan | 31 | 113.2 | 6 | 9 | 3.64 | 46 |
Tom Earley | 14 | 40.0 | 1 | 4 | 4.72 | 9 |
Hiker Moran | 6 | 20.0 | 1 | 1 | 4.50 | 4 |
George Barnicle | 6 | 18.1 | 2 | 2 | 4.91 | 15 |
Joe Callahan | 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 |
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Fred Frankhouse | 23 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2.61 | 12 |
Roy Weir | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Allentown[5]
Notes
- ^ a b Johnny Dickshot page at Baseball Reference
- ^ a b Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Oliver Hill page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Milt Shoffner page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
References