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.Johnny Dickshot page at Baseball Reference December 29, 1938: Al Simmons was purchased by the Bees from the Washington Senators for $3,000.Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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.Oliver Hill page at Baseball Reference August 19, 1939: Milt Shoffner was selected off waivers from the Bees by the Cincinnati RedsMilt Shoffner page at Baseball Reference August 31, 1939: Al Simmons was purchased from the Bees by the Cincinnati Reds.

Roster 1939 Boston Bees Roster Pitchers 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 C 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 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 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 Rabbit Warstler 114 342 83 .243 0 24 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 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 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 Bill Posedel 33 220.2 15 13 3.92 73 Danny MacFayden 33 191.2 8 14 3.90 46 25 157.2 4 11 4.26 50 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 25 132.1 4 6 3.13 51 Johnny Lanning 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 Hiker Moran 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 Fred Frankhouse 23 0 2 4 2.61 12 2 0 0 0 0.00 2

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AllentownJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

Notes

References 1939 Boston Bees season at Baseball Reference