1940 Boston Red Sox season

1940 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record82–72 (.532)
League place4th (tied; 8 GB)
Other information
Owner(s)Tom Yawkey
General manager(s)Eddie Collins
Manager(s)Joe Cronin
Local radioWAAB
(Jim Britt, Tom Hussey)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 1940 Boston Red Sox season was the 40th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished tied for fourth place in the American League (AL) with a record of 82 wins and 72 losses, eight games behind the Detroit Tigers.

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 90 64 0.584 50–29 40–35
Cleveland Indians 89 65 0.578 1 51–30 38–35
New York Yankees 88 66 0.571 2 52–24 36–42
Boston Red Sox 82 72 0.532 8 45–34 37–38
Chicago White Sox 82 72 0.532 8 41–36 41–36
St. Louis Browns 67 87 0.435 23 37–39 30–48
Washington Senators 64 90 0.416 26 36–41 28–49
Philadelphia Athletics 54 100 0.351 36 29–42 25–58


Record vs. opponents


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Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston 11–11 8–14 11–11 9–13 18–4 12–10 13–9
Chicago 11–11 6–16 13–9 11–11–1 16–6 13–9 12–10
Cleveland 14–8 16–6 11–11 10–12 14–8 11–11–1 13–9
Detroit 11–11 9–13 11–11 14–8 11–11 18–4–1 16–6
New York 13–9 11–11–1 12–10 8–14 13–9 14–8 17–5
Philadelphia 4–18 6–16 8–14 11–11 9–13 8–14 8–14
St. Louis 10–12 9–13 11–11–1 4–18–1 8–14 14–8 11–11
Washington 9–13 10–12 9–13 6–16 5–17 14–8 11–11


Opening Day lineup

  7 Dom DiMaggio RF
  8 Doc Cramer CF
  9 Ted Williams LF
  3 Jimmie Foxx 1B
  4 Joe Cronin SS
  1 Bobby Doerr 2B
  5 Jim Tabor 3B
  2 Gene Desautels     C
10 Lefty Grove P

Roster

1940 Boston Red Sox
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 Gene Desautels 71 222 50 .225 0 17
1B Jimmie Foxx 144 515 153 .297 36 119
2B Bobby Doerr 151 595 173 .291 22 105
SS Joe Cronin 149 548 156 .285 24 111
3B Jim Tabor 120 459 131 .285 21 81
OF Doc Cramer 150 661 200 .303 1 51
OF Ted Williams 144 561 193 .344 23 113
OF Dom DiMaggio 108 418 126 .301 8 46

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
Lou Finney 130 534 171 .320 5 73
Johnny Peacock 63 131 37 .282 0 13
Charlie Gelbert 30 91 18 .198 0 8
Stan Spence 51 68 19 .279 2 13
Tom Carey 43 62 20 .323 0 7
Marv Owen 20 57 12 .211 0 6
Joe Glenn 22 47 6 .128 0 4
Tony Lupien 10 19 9 .474 0 4
Red Nonnenkamp 9 7 0 .000 0 1

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
Lefty Grove 22 153.1 7 6 3.99 62
Denny Galehouse 25 120.0 6 6 5.18 53
Bill Butland 3 21.0 1 2 5.57 5

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 Bagby 36 182.2 10 16 4.73 57
Jack Wilson 41 157.2 12 6 5.08 102
Fritz Ostermueller 31 143.2 5 9 4.95 80
Herb Hash 34 120.0 7 7 4.95 36
Joe Heving 39 119.0 12 7 4.01 55
Emerson Dickman 35 100.0 8 6 6.03 40
Earl Johnson 17 70.1 6 2 4.09 26
Mickey Harris 13 68.1 4 2 5.00 36
Bill Fleming 10 46.1 1 2 4.86 24
Yank Terry 4 19.1 1 0 8.84 9
Alex Mustaikis 6 15.0 0 1 9.00 6
Woody Rich 3 11.2 1 0 0.77 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
Charlie Wagner 12 1 0 0 5.52 13
Ted Williams 1 0 0 0 4.50 1

Farm system

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-Schoolfield Leafs Bi-State League Red Barnes
D Centreville Red Sox Eastern Shore League Ed Walls

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