1940 Boston Bees

65-87 • 0.428 Win% • 7th in NL

📊 Season Record

65 Wins
87 Losses
0.428 Win %
7th Rank
623 R 745 RA
Diff -122

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⚡ Quick Stats

623 Runs Scored
745 Runs Allowed
-122 Run Diff
305K Attendance

📈 vs. 1940 NL Average

Batting Avg .256 3% below the 1940 league average (.263)
OBP .308 5% below the 1940 league average (.323)
SLG .289 7% below the 1940 league average (.311)
Team ERA 4.36 13% worse than the 1940 league average (3.85)
Runs Scored 623 8% below the 1940 league average (678 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumBraves Field
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Home Games 75
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Total Attendance 305,655
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Avg per Game 4,075

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Johnny Cooney 0.318 2 Bama Rowell 0.305 3 Les Scarsella 0.300 4 Al Lopez 0.294 5 Gene Moore 0.292

Home Runs

1 Chet Ross 17 2 Eddie Miller 14 3 Max West 7 4 Sibby Sisti 6 5 Gene Moore 5

RBI

1 Chet Ross 89 2 Eddie Miller 79 3 Max West 72 4 Bama Rowell 58 5 Gene Moore 39
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Eddie Miller 151 569 78 157 0 0 14 79 41 43 8 0.276
Chet Ross 149 569 84 160 0 0 17 89 59 127 4 0.281
Max West 139 524 72 137 0 0 7 72 65 54 2 0.261
Bama Rowell 130 486 46 148 0 0 3 58 18 22 12 0.305
Sibby Sisti 123 459 73 115 0 0 6 34 36 64 4 0.251
Buddy Hassett 124 458 59 107 0 0 0 27 25 16 4 0.234
Johnny Cooney 108 365 40 116 0 0 0 21 25 9 4 0.318
Gene Moore 103 363 46 106 0 0 5 39 25 32 2 0.292
Ray Berres 85 229 12 44 0 0 0 14 18 19 0 0.192
Al Glossop 60 148 17 35 0 0 3 14 17 22 1 0.236
Phil Masi 63 138 11 27 0 0 1 14 14 14 0 0.196
Tony Cuccinello 34 126 14 34 0 0 0 19 8 9 1 0.270
Al Lopez 36 119 20 35 0 0 2 17 6 8 1 0.294
Dick Errickson 34 83 3 13 0 0 0 3 0 12 0 0.157
Bill Posedel 35 82 6 14 0 0 0 10 6 11 0 0.171
Joe Sullivan 36 71 3 14 0 0 0 6 0 9 0 0.197
Les Scarsella 18 60 7 18 0 0 0 8 3 5 2 0.300
Manny Salvo 21 58 1 6 0 0 0 4 4 22 0 0.103
Rabbit Warstler 33 57 6 12 0 0 0 4 10 5 0 0.211
Nick Strincevich 33 43 2 5 0 0 0 1 2 14 0 0.116
Jim Tobin 20 43 5 12 0 0 0 3 1 10 0 0.279
Whitey Wietelmann 35 41 3 8 0 0 0 1 5 5 0 0.195
Mel Preibisch 11 40 3 9 0 0 0 5 2 4 0 0.225
Stan Andrews 19 33 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0.182
Al Javery 29 23 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 10 0 0.087
Sig Broskie 11 22 1 6 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 0.273
Bob Loane 13 22 4 5 0 0 0 1 2 5 2 0.227
Al Piechota 21 20 3 4 0 0 0 2 3 4 0 0.200
Dick Coffman 31 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.083
George Barnicle 13 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Buddy Gremp 4 9 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.222
Lou Fette 7 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.375
Don Manno 3 7 1 2 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 0.286
Claude Wilborn 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Joe Callahan 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Tom Earley 4 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.400
Hank LaManna 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.200
Hank Majeski 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Swift 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ace Williams 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Art Johnson 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Manny Salvo 3.08 2 Dick Errickson 3.16 3 Joe Sullivan 3.55 4 Jim Tobin 3.83 5 Bill Posedel 4.13

Wins

1 Dick Errickson 12 2 Bill Posedel 12 3 Manny Salvo 10 4 Joe Sullivan 10 5 Jim Tobin 7

Strikeouts

1 Bill Posedel 86 2 Joe Sullivan 64 3 Manny Salvo 60 4 Nick Strincevich 54 5 Al Javery 42
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Dick Errickson 12 13 3.16 34 29 3 236.1 90 34
Bill Posedel 12 17 4.13 35 32 1 233.0 81 86
Joe Sullivan 10 14 3.55 36 22 1 177.1 89 64
Manny Salvo 10 9 3.08 21 20 0 160.2 43 60
Nick Strincevich 4 8 5.53 32 14 1 128.2 63 54
Jim Tobin 7 3 3.83 15 11 0 96.1 24 29
Al Javery 2 4 5.51 29 4 1 83.1 36 42
Al Piechota 2 5 5.75 21 8 0 61.0 41 18
Dick Coffman 1 5 5.40 31 0 3 48.1 11 11
George Barnicle 1 0 7.44 13 2 0 32.2 31 11
Lou Fette 0 5 5.57 7 5 0 32.1 18 2
Tom Earley 2 0 3.86 4 1 0 16.1 3 5
Joe Callahan 0 2 10.20 6 2 0 15.0 13 3
Hank LaManna 1 0 4.73 5 1 0 13.1 8 3
Bill Swift 1 1 2.89 4 0 1 9.1 7 7
Ace Williams 0 0 16.00 5 0 0 9.0 12 5
Art Johnson 0 1 10.50 2 1 0 6.0 3 1

👥 Roster (41)

Stan Andrews George Barnicle Ray Berres Sig Broskie Joe Callahan Dick Coffman Johnny Cooney Tony Cuccinello Tom Earley Dick Errickson Lou Fette Al Glossop +29 more

41 players

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