1939 Boston Bees season explained

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

Notable transactions

• April 10, 1939: Johnny Dickshot was purchased from the Bees by the New York Giants.
• 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		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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		131	412	104	.252	8	49
1B		147	590	182	.308	2	60
2B		81	310	95	.306	2	40
SS		77	296	79	.267	4	31
3B		106	367	100	.272	7	54
OF		132	513	153	.298	2	37
OF		118	368	101	.274	2	27
OF		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
	114	342	83	.243	0	24
	93	330	93	.282	7	43
	63	215	49	.228	1	11
	65	133	35	.263	0	5
	46	114	29	.254	1	14
	35	106	26	.245	0	6
	23	69	14	.203	0	5
	21	59	11	.186	0	6
	32	48	10	.208	0	4
	11	31	10	.323	0	0
	13	26	6	.231	0	1
	9	23	5	.217	0	1
	11	22	6	.273	0	3
	12	11	0	.000	0	0
	2	3	0	.000	0	0
	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
	33	220.2	15	13	3.92	73
	33	191.2	8	14	3.90	46
	25	157.2	4	11	4.26	50
	27	146.0	10	10	2.96	35
	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
	25	132.1	4	6	3.13	51
	37	129.0	5	6	3.42	45
	28	128.1	6	9	4.00	33
	31	113.2	6	9	3.64	46
	14	40.0	1	4	4.72	9
	6	20.0	1	1	4.50	4
	6	18.1	2	2	4.91	15
	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
	23	0	2	4	2.61	12
	2	0	0	0	0.00	2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Allentown^[5]

References

• 1939 Boston Bees season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dicksjo01.shtml Johnny Dickshot page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/simmoal01.shtml Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hillol01.shtml Oliver Hill page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/shoffmi01.shtml 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