1939 Boston Bees season

1939 Boston Bees
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1876);
Location
	The Bee Hive (since 1915); Boston, Massachusetts (since 1871);
Results
Record	63–88 (.417)
League place	7th
Other information
Owner(s)	J.A. Robert Quinn
Manager(s)	Casey Stengel
Local radio	WAAB; (Frankie Frisch)
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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

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	97	57	0.630	—	55–25	42–32
St. Louis Cardinals	92	61	0.601	4½	51–27	41–34
Brooklyn Dodgers	84	69	0.549	12½	51–27	33–42
Chicago Cubs	84	70	0.545	13	44–34	40–36
New York Giants	77	74	0.510	18½	41–33	36–41
Pittsburgh Pirates	68	85	0.444	28½	35–42	33–43
Boston Bees	63	88	0.417	32½	37–35	26–53
Philadelphia Phillies	45	106	0.298	50½	29–44	16–62

Record vs. opponents

1939 National League Records Sources:
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

1939 Boston Bees

Roster

Pitchers

20 George Barnicle

34 Joe Callahan

11 Tom Earley

18 Dick Errickson

16 Lou Fette

12 Fred Frankhouse

17 Johnny Lanning

14 Danny MacFayden

26 Hiker Moran

21 Bill Posedel

15 Milt Shoffner

19 Joe Sullivan

23 Jim Turner

27 Al Veigel

11 Roy Weir

Catchers

29 Stan Andrews

7 Al López

10 Phil Masi

Infielders

37 Red Barkley

3 Tony Cuccinello

5 Elbie Fletcher

6 Buddy Hassett

2,25 Otto Huber

2 Hank Majeski

1 Eddie Miller

36 Bill Schuster

5,25 Sibby Sisti

8 Rabbit Warstler

15 Whitey Wietelmann

Outfielders

41 Chet Clemens

24 Johnny Cooney

9 Debs Garms

25 Ralph Hodgin

22 Jimmy Outlaw

38 Chet Ross

1 Bama Rowell

20 Al Simmons

4 Max West

Other batters

28 Oliver Hill

Manager

31 Casey Stengel

Coaches

32 George Kelly

33 Mike Kelly

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	Al Lopez	131	412	104	.252	8	49
SS	Eddie Miller	77	296	79	.267	4	31
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
Al Simmons	93	330	93	.282	7	43
Chet Clemens	9	23	5	.217	0	1
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
Jim Turner	25	157.2	4	11	4.26	50
Lou Fette	27	146	10	10	2.96	35

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
Milt Shoffner	25	132.1	4	6	3.13	51
Dick Errickson	28	128.1	6	9	4.00	33
Joe Sullivan	31	113.2	6	9	3.64	46
Tom Earley	14	40	1	4	4.72	9
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
Roy Weir	2	0	0	0	0.00	2

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Hartford Bees	Eastern League	Fresco Thompson
B	Evansville Bees	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Bob Coleman
C	Utica Braves	Canadian–American League	Amby McConnell, Chink Zachary and Mike Diffley
C	Allentown Dukes	Interstate League	Pete Weimer, George Hennessey and Lou Parisse
C	Charleston Senators	Middle Atlantic League	Ed Hall
D	Owensboro Oilers	KITTY League	Hughie Wise
D	Bradford Bees	PONY League	John Rosar

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Allentown^[5]

Notes

1 2 Johnny Dickshot page at Baseball Reference
1 2 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

1939 Boston Bees season at Baseball Reference

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[dickshot-1] 1 2 Johnny Dickshot page at Baseball Reference

[simmons-2] 1 2 Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference

[3] Oliver Hill page at Baseball Reference

[4] Milt Shoffner page at Baseball Reference

[5] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

1939 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1939 All-Star Game 1939 World Series

1939 Boston Bees
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
The Bee Hive (since 1915) Boston, Massachusetts (since 1871)
Results
Record	63–88 (.417)
League place	7th
Other information
Owner(s)	J.A. Robert Quinn
Manager(s)	Casey Stengel
Local radio	WAAB (Frankie Frisch)
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