1940 Boston Red Sox season
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Record | 82–72 (.532) |
League place | 4th (tied; 8 GB) |
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Owner(s) | Tom Yawkey |
General manager(s) | Eddie Collins |
Manager(s) | Joe Cronin |
Local radio | WAAB (Jim Britt, Tom Hussey) |
Stats | ESPN.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 |
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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
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Charlie Wagner | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.52 | 13 |
Ted Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |
Farm system
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