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1940 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Boston Red Sox
season	1940
league	American League
ballpark	Fenway Park
city	Boston, Massachusetts
record	82–72 (.532)
league_place	4th
owners	Tom Yawkey
president	Tom Yawkey
general_managers	Eddie Collins
managers	Joe Cronin
radio	WAAB
(Jim Britt, Tom Hussey)
espntn	bos
brtn	BOS

(Jim Britt, Tom Hussey) 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.

Preseason

Transactions

November 12, 1939: The Red Sox purchase outfielder Dom DiMaggio and pitcher Larry Powell from the San Francisco Seals.
December 8, 1939: The Red Sox purchase infielder Marvin Owen from the Chicago White Sox.
December 26, 1939: The Brooklyn Dodgers purchase infielder Louis "Boze" Berger from the Red Sox off of waivers.
January 25, 1940: The Red Sox announce the signing of pitcher Earl Johnson to a contract.
February 2, 1940: Catcher Moe Berg is removed from the active roster. Berg would remain with the Red Sox as a coach for the 1940 and 1941 seasons.
February 8, 1940: The Red Sox sell pitcher Elden Aukur to the St. Louis Browns.
February 13, 1940: The Red Sox sell outfielder Joe Vosmik to the Brooklyn Dodgers.
March 29, 1940: The Red Sox send pitcher Russell Evans to the Minneapolis Millers to complete the deal in which Herb Hash, George Lacy, and Bill Butland were sent to the Red Sox from Minneapolis.
April 14, 1940: Pitcher Ted Olson is sold by the Red Sox to the Baltimore Orioles.

Regular season

Transactions

April 23: The Red Sox sign pitcher Emmett O'Neill of St. Mary's College.
April 25: The St. Louis Browns sell catcher Joe Glenn to the Boston Red Sox.
April 28: The Philadelphia Phillies announce the purchase of first baseman Art Mahan from the Louisville Colonels.
July 25: Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw M. Landis fines the Red Sox $500 and forces them to release Pitcher Larry Jansen after Red Sox scout Ernie Johson signed Jansen to an illegal "blank contract."
August 3: The Brooklyn Dodgers purchase pitcher Lesley Flowers from the Louisville Colonels.
August 13: The Red Sox purchase pitcher Bill Fleming from the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League.
August 19: The Red Sox claim infielder Charles Gelbert off of waivers from the Washington Nationals.
September 5: The Red Sox announce the acquisition of shortstop Skeeter Newsome from the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Hal Seling and another player to be named later.
September 6: The Red Sox announce the purchase of pitcher Mike Ryba from the Rochester Red Wings for cash and a player to be named later.
September 11: The Red Sox sell outfielder Leo Nonnenkamp to the Newark Bears.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1940 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers

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		149	548	156	.285	24	111
3B	Jim Tabor	120	459	131	.285	21	81
OF		150	661	200	.303	1	51
OF	Ted Williams	144	561	193	.344	23	113
OF		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
	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
	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

Source:

References

(November 13, 1939). "Third DiMaggio To Big Leagues". [[Lewiston Morning Tribune]].
(December 8, 1939). "Boston Sox Purchase Infielder Marvin Owen". [[Reading Eagle]].
(December 27, 1939). "Brooklyn Dodgers Buy Berger From Boston". [[The Spokesman-Review]].
"Former Gael Hurler Signs With Red Sox". [[Berkeley Daily Gazette]].
(February 2, 1940). "Moe Berg Appears Destined To Be Bull Pen Catcher". [[Lewiston Evening Journal]].
(2013). "Ethnic and Racial Minorities in the U.S. Military: An Encyclopedia". [[ABC-CLIO]].
(February 9, 1940). "Elden Aukur Sold By Sox". [[The Regina Leader-Post]].
King, Bill. "Vosmik Drops Out Of .300 Class Gets Sold Down River To Dodgers". [[The Meriden Daily Journal]].
(March 29, 1940). "Red Evans Sent to Minneapolis by Red Sox". [[Daytona Beach Morning Journal]].
(April 15, 1940). "Red Sox Drop Olson". [[The Pittsburgh Press]].
(April 24, 1940). "Emmett O'Neill To Join Red Sox". [[Berkeley Daily Gazette]].
(April 26, 1940). "Joe Glenn Sold to Red Sox". [[The Montreal Gazette]].
(April 29, 1940). "Phillies Purchase Mahan From Colonels". [[The Lewiston Daily Sun]].
(July 25, 1940). "Landis Plasters Fine on Red Sox". [[The Pittsburgh Press]].
(August 3, 1940). "Dodgers' Presnell Goes, Buys Southpaw". [[The Pittsburgh Press]].
(August 14, 1940). "Red Sox Purchase Fleming". [[The Montreal Gazette]].
(August 20, 1940). "Sox Obtain Infielder". [[The Ottawa Citizen]].
(September 5, 1940). "Red Sox Acquire Skeeter Newsome from Baltimore". [[Lewiston Evening Journal]].
(September 6, 1940). "Mike Ryba Is Sold To Red Sox By Rochester". [[The Portsmouth Times]].
(September 11, 1940). "Give Up On Nonnenkamp". [[The Windsor Daily Star]].
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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