The 1940 Boston Bees season was the 70th season of the franchise. The Bees finished seventh in the National League with a record of 65 wins and 87 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

* May 8, 1940:

Roy Weir William Franklin "Roy" Weir (February 25, 1911 – September 30, 1989) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched parts of four seasons for the Boston Bees from 1936 until 1939. During World War II, Wier served in the navy as a gunnery offi ...

was purchased from the Bees by the

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. * June 15, 1940: Tony Cuccinello was traded by the Bees to the

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for Manny Salvo and

Al Glossop Alban Glossop (July 12, 1914 – July 2, 1991) was an American professional baseball infielder. The native of Christopher, Illinois, had a 17-year career, including 309 games in Major League Baseball over all or parts of five seasons (–, – an ...

Roster

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''

Other batters

''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''

Pitching

Starting pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Other pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Relief pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts''

Farm system

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

Notes

References

1940 Boston Bees season at Baseball Reference
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