1939 Boston Bees season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969‎
name = Boston Bees
season = 1939
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1876
Uniform
ballpark = The Bee Hive
y4 = 1915
city = Boston, Massachusetts
y5 = 1871
owners = J.A. Robert Quinn
managers =Casey Stengel
television = none
radio = WAAB
(Frankie Frisch)|

Offseason

December 29, 1938: Al Simmons was purchased by the Bees from the Washington Senators for $3,000. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/simmoal01.shtml Al Simmons page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

eason standings

Notable transactions

*August 19, 1939: Milt Shoffner was selected off waivers from the Bees by the Cincinnati Reds [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/shoffmi01.shtml Milt Shoffner page at Baseball Reference] ]
*August 31, 1939: Al Simmons was purchased from the Bees by the Cincinnati Reds.

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]

* Class A: Hartford Bees (Eastern League; Fresco Thompson, manager)
* Class B: Evansville Bees (Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League; Bob Coleman, manager)
* Class C: Utica Braves (Canadian-American League; Amby McConnell, Chink Zachary and Mike Diffley, managers)
* Class C: Allentown Dukes (Interstate League; Pete Weimer, George Hennessey and Lou Parisse, managers) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class C: Charleston Senators (Middle Atlantic League; Ed Hall, manager)
* Class D: Owensboro Oilers (KITTY League; Hugh Wise, manager)
* Class D: Bradford Bees (PONY League; John Rosar, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BSN/1939.shtml 1939 Boston Bees season at Baseball Reference]