1940 Boston Red Sox season

The 1940 Boston Red Sox season was the 40th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished fourth in the American League (AL) with a record of 82 wins and 72 losses.

1940 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Tom Yawkey
General manager(s)Eddie Collins
Manager(s)Joe Cronin
Local radioWAAB
(Jim Britt, Tom Hussey)
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Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 9064 0.584 — 50–29 40–35
Cleveland Indians 8965 0.578 1 51–30 38–35
New York Yankees 8867 0.568 2½ 52–24 36–43
Boston Red Sox 8272 0.532 8 45–34 37–38
Chicago White Sox 8372 0.535 7½ 42–36 41–36
St. Louis Browns 6787 0.435 23 37–39 30–48
Washington Senators 6490 0.416 26 36–41 28–49
Philadelphia Athletics 54100 0.351 36 29–42 25–58

Record vs. opponents
1940 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —11–118–1411–119–1318–412–1013–9
Chicago 11–11—6–1613–911–11–116–613–912–10
Cleveland 14–816–6—11–1110–1214–811–11–113–9
Detroit 11–119–1311–11—14–811–1118–4–116–6
New York 13–911–11–112–108–14—13–914–817–5
Philadelphia 4–186–168–1411–119–13—8–148–14
St. Louis 10–129–1311–11–14–18–18–1414–8—11–11
Washington 9–1310–129–136–165–1714–811–11—

Opening Day lineup
  7Dom DiMaggioRF
  8Doc CramerCF
  9Ted WilliamsLF
  3Jimmie Foxx1B
  4Joe CroninSS
  1Bobby Doerr2B
  5Jim Tabor3B
  2Gene Desautels    C
10Lefty GroveP

Roster
1940 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers
  • 17 Jim Bagby
 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
SSJoe Cronin149548156.28524111
OFDoc Cramer150661200.303151
OFDom DiMaggio108418126.301846

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

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
Bill Butland321125.575

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
Jim Bagby36182.210164.7357

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

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Louisville Colonels American Association Bill Burwell
A Scranton Red Sox Eastern League Nemo Leibold
B Rocky Mount Red Sox Piedmont League Heinie Manush
C Canton Terriers Middle Atlantic League Floyd "Pat" Patterson
D Elizabethton Betsy Red Sox Appalachian League Hobe Brummette
D Danville-Scholfield Leafs Bi-State League Red Barnes
D Centreville Colts Eastern Shore League Ed Walls

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Notes
  1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References
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