Английская Википедия:1940 Boston Red Sox season

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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox baseball team season 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 9, 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.

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

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

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External links

• 1940 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1940 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com