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1940 Boston Bees Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 / 1941)
65-87, Finished 7th in National League
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Scored 623 runs, Allowed 745 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-88
Manager: Casey Stengel (65-87)
Ballpark: Braves Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 241,616 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 95, Pitching - 97;   one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 101

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1939 / 1941 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 65-87, Final Rank:7, GB: 34.5
Days in Firstnever
 
Biggest Leadnever led
Farthest Behind34.5last on Sunday, Sep 29, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500never
Most Games under .50030last on Wednesday, Jul 31
Longest Winning Streak6Wednesday, Aug 28 to Monday, Sep 2
Longest Losing Streak9Thursday, Jul 25 to Wednesday, Jul 31
Most Runs Allowed17Saturday, Jul 20 and Wednesday, Jul 31
Most Runs Scored17Thursday, Sep 12
Times Shutout by Opponent11 
Times Opponent Shutout9 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 65 87 623 745 .428
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 35 40 328 352 .467
Road 30 47 295 393 .390
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 1 7 27 50 .125
May 10 11 112 104 .476
June 9 17 106 155 .346
July 9 24 106 206 .273
August 21 13 147 97 .618
September 15 15 125 133 .500
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 25 39 272 339 .391
Second Half 40 48 351 406 .455
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 17 21 135 139 .447
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 21 32 280 377 .396
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BRO 9 13 59 91 .409
CHC 8 14 79 113 .364
CIN 9 12 90 95 .429
NYG 7 15 76 120 .318
PHI 15 6 98 51 .714
PIT 9 13 109 144 .409
STL 8 14 112 131 .364

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Tuesday, Apr 16 BSN BRO L 0 5 0-1 5 1.0 Wyatt 3,517 -
2 2 Tuesday, Apr 23 BSN @ BRO L 3 8 0-2 6 2.5 Carleton 13,284 --
3 3 Wednesday, Apr 24 BSN @ BRO L 6 8 0-3 7 3.5 Kimball 10,480 ---
4 4 Thursday, Apr 25 BSN @ NYG L 1 9 0-4 8 4.5 Lohrman 4,718 ----
5 5 Friday, Apr 26 BSN @ NYG L 3 5 0-5 8 5.5 Melton 4,610 -----
6 6 Saturday, Apr 27 BSN PHI L 4 5 0-6 8 6.5 Smoll 2,345 ------
7 7 Sunday, Apr 28 BSN PHI W 3 2 1-6 8 6.5 Sullivan 6,417 +
8 8 Tuesday, Apr 30 BSN @ CHC L 7 8 1-7 8 7.5 Lee 4,808 -
9 9 Friday, May 3 BSN @ STL W 4 2 2-7 8 6.5 Posedel 835 +
10 10 Saturday, May 4 BSN @ STL L 1 3 2-8 8 7.0 McGee 2,071 -
11 11 Sunday, May 5 BSN @ PIT W 5 1 3-8 8 7.0 Strincevich 10,992 +
12 12 Monday, May 6 BSN @ PIT W 10 7 4-8 6 7.0 Swift 2,142 ++
13 13 Tuesday, May 7 BSN @ PIT W 11 9 5-8 5 6.0 Earley 2,098 +++
14 14 Wednesday, May 8 BSN @ CIN W 10 4 6-8 4 5.5 Posedel 4,301 ++++
15 15 Thursday, May 9 BSN @ CIN L 1 4 6-9 6 6.5 Walters 3,450 -
16 16 Saturday, May 11 BSN NYG L 2 10 6-10 7 6.5 Lohrman 6,278 --
17 17 Sunday, May 12 BSN NYG L 2 3 6-11 6 8.0 Schumacher 7,555 ---
18 18 Monday, May 13 BSN NYG L 5 11 6-12 7 8.5 Gumbert 1,416 ----
19 19 Wednesday, May 15 BSN CHC L 0 2 6-13 6 9.0 French 1,919 -----
20 20 Thursday, May 16 BSN CHC L 4 5 6-14 7 9.5 Lee 1,134 ------
21 21 Saturday, May 18 BSN PIT W 15 5 7-14 6 9.0 Piechota 4,264 +
22 22 Sunday, May 19 BSN CIN L 4 8 7-15 7 10.0 Walters 12,983 -
23 23 Monday, May 20 BSN CIN W 13 4 8-15 6 9.0 Errickson 1,512 +
24 24 Friday, May 24 BSN @ NYG L 1 8 8-16 7 9.0 Gumbert 20,260 -
25 25 Sunday, May 26 BSN @ NYG L 8 10 8-17 7 10.0 Joiner 5,950 --
26 26 Monday, May 27 BSN NYG W 7 1 9-17 6 10.5 Posedel 1,415 +
27 27 Wednesday, May 29 BSN PHI W 3 1 10-17 6 10.0 Errickson 1,143 ++
28 28 Thursday, May 30 BSN PHI L 1 5 10-18 6 11.0 Higbe -
29 29 Thursday, May 30 BSN PHI W 5 1 11-18 6 11.0 Sullivan 14,738 +
30 30 Saturday, Jun 1 BSN @ CIN L 2 3 11-19 6 12.0 Thompson 4,646 -
31 31 Sunday, Jun 2 BSN @ CIN L 1 11 11-20 6 12.0 Walters --
32 32 Sunday, Jun 2 BSN @ CIN W 2 0 12-20 6 12.0 Errickson 28,067 +
33 33 Monday, Jun 3 BSN @ CIN L 2 3 12-21 7 13.0 Derringer 3,006 -
34 34 Tuesday, Jun 4 BSN @ PIT L 2 14 12-22 7 13.0 Bowman 20,310 --
35 35 Thursday, Jun 6 BSN @ PIT L 6 7 12-23 7 14.0 Sewell 1,165 ---
36 36 Friday, Jun 7 BSN @ CHC L 3 5 12-24 8 14.0 Passeau 3,756 ----
37 37 Saturday, Jun 8 BSN @ CHC L 1 3 12-25 8 15.0 Olsen 6,148 -----
38 38 Sunday, Jun 9 BSN @ CHC L 1 7 12-26 8 16.0 French ------
39 39 Sunday, Jun 9 BSN @ CHC L 8 15 12-27 8 16.0 Raffensberger 17,714 -------
40 40 Monday, Jun 10 BSN @ STL W 12 2 13-27 7 15.5 Sullivan 894 +
41 41 Friday, Jun 14 BSN CHC W 4 2 14-27 7 15.5 Errickson 1,657 ++
42 42 Saturday, Jun 15 BSN CHC L 5 11 14-28 8 16.5 French 2,466 -
43 43 Sunday, Jun 16 BSN CHC W 5 4 15-28 7 15.5 Posedel +
44 44 Sunday, Jun 16 BSN CHC L 1 9 15-29 7 15.5 Passeau 10,972 -
45 45 Monday, Jun 17 BSN PIT W 5 3 16-29 6 15.0 Posedel +
46 46 Monday, Jun 17 BSN PIT W 5 1 17-29 6 15.0 Piechota 5,224 ++
47 47 Wednesday, Jun 19 BSN PIT L 1 5 17-30 7 15.0 Bowman 1,771 -
48 48 Thursday, Jun 20 BSN PIT L 7 8 17-31 8 15.0 Butcher 1,445 --
49 49 Saturday, Jun 22 BSN STL L 2 9 17-32 8 15.5 Cooper 4,441 ---
50 50 Sunday, Jun 23 BSN STL W 7 5 18-32 7 15.5 Salvo +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Sunday, Jun 23 BSN STL W 10 5 19-32 7 15.5 Sullivan 10,342 ++
52 52 Friday, Jun 28 BSN @ BRO L 1 2 19-33 7 15.5 Wyatt 5,504 -
53 53 Saturday, Jun 29 BSN @ BRO L 4 10 19-34 7 16.5 Davis 8,289 --
54 54 Sunday, Jun 30 BSN @ BRO L 2 9 19-35 7 17.5 Fitzsimmons ---
55 55 Sunday, Jun 30 BSN @ BRO W 7 2 20-35 7 17.5 Salvo 28,909 +
56 56 Monday, Jul 1 BSN @ NYG L 1 7 20-36 7 17.5 Melton 3,302 -
57 57 Tuesday, Jul 2 BSN @ NYG W 5 3 21-36 7 17.0 Errickson 3,473 +
58 58 Wednesday, Jul 3 BSN @ PHI W 8 3 22-36 7 17.0 Sullivan 7,000 ++
59 59 Thursday, Jul 4 BSN @ PHI L 3 4 22-37 7 18.0 Blanton -
60 60 Thursday, Jul 4 BSN @ PHI W 5 4 23-37 7 18.0 Coffman 5,082 +
61 61 Friday, Jul 5 BSN BRO L 2 6 23-38 7 19.0 Kimball 3,881 -
62 62 Saturday, Jul 6 BSN BRO L 0 2 23-39 7 20.0 Pressnell 5,112 --
63 63 Sunday, Jul 7 BSN BRO W 1 0 24-39 7 18.5 Salvo +
64 64 Sunday, Jul 7 BSN BRO W 2 1 25-39 7 18.5 Posedel 21,928 ++
65 65 Thursday, Jul 11 BSN @ CHC L 2 8 25-40 6 19.0 Passeau -
66 66 Thursday, Jul 11 BSN @ CHC W 2 1 26-40 6 19.0 Errickson 7,347 +
67 67 Friday, Jul 12 BSN @ CHC L 0 2 26-41 7 19.5 Olsen 4,508 -
68 68 Saturday, Jul 13 BSN @ CHC W 5 0 27-41 7 19.0 Salvo 5,760 +
69 69 Sunday, Jul 14 BSN @ STL L 7 8 27-42 7 21.0 Hutchinson -
70 70 Sunday, Jul 14 BSN @ STL L 1 3 27-43 7 21.0 McGee 6,760 --
71 71 Monday, Jul 15 BSN @ STL L 2 12 27-44 7 22.0 Warneke 711 ---
72 72 Tuesday, Jul 16 BSN @ STL L 3 4 27-45 7 22.5 Shoun 9,819 ----
73 73 Wednesday, Jul 17 BSN @ CIN L 3 4 27-46 7 23.5 Derringer 21,361 -----
74 74 Friday, Jul 19 BSN @ CIN W 8 7 28-46 7 22.5 Sullivan 4,802 +
75 75 Saturday, Jul 20 BSN @ PIT L 6 17 28-47 7 23.5 Brown 2,661 -
76 76 Sunday, Jul 21 BSN @ PIT L 3 5 28-48 7 25.5 Lanahan --
77 77 Sunday, Jul 21 BSN @ PIT L 2 16 28-49 7 25.5 Bowman 11,071 ---
78 78 Tuesday, Jul 23 BSN CHC L 1 6 28-50 7 27.0 Raffensberger 1,499 ----
79 79 Wednesday, Jul 24 BSN CHC W 4 3 29-50 7 27.0 Errickson 7,419 +
80 80 Thursday, Jul 25 BSN CHC L 4 8 29-51 7 27.5 Lee 1,440 -
81 81 Friday, Jul 26 BSN PIT L 0 9 29-52 7 28.5 Heintzelman 1,093 --
82 82 Saturday, Jul 27 BSN PIT L 4 10 29-53 7 28.5 MacFayden 1,509 ---
83 83 Sunday, Jul 28 BSN PIT L 2 5 29-54 8 29.5 Lanahan ----
84 84 Sunday, Jul 28 BSN PIT L 3 7 29-55 8 29.5 Butcher 5,471 -----
85 85 Monday, Jul 29 BSN STL L 3 8 29-56 8 29.5 Bowman 747 ------
86 86 Tuesday, Jul 30 BSN STL L 5 13 29-57 8 30.5 Warneke 753 -------
87 87 Wednesday, Jul 31 BSN STL L 1 3 29-58 8 31.0 Shoun --------
88 88 Wednesday, Jul 31 BSN STL L 8 17 29-59 8 31.0 McGee 2,010 ---------
89 89 Friday, Aug 2 BSN CIN W 10 3 30-59 8 29.0 Strincevich +
90 90 Friday, Aug 2 BSN CIN W 4 3 31-59 8 29.0 Salvo 4,069 ++
91 91 Saturday, Aug 3 BSN CIN L 1 3 31-60 8 29.0 Derringer -
92 92 Saturday, Aug 3 BSN CIN W 5 2 32-60 8 29.0 Sullivan 7,895 +
93 93 Sunday, Aug 4 BSN CIN W 5 3 33-60 7 29.0 Errickson ++
94 94 Sunday, Aug 4 BSN CIN L 9 12 33-61 7 29.0 Turner 14,911 -
95 95 Tuesday, Aug 6 BSN @ PHI W 3 0 34-61 7 28.0 Salvo +
96 96 Tuesday, Aug 6 BSN @ PHI W 12 2 35-61 7 28.0 Sullivan 5,280 ++
97 97 Wednesday, Aug 7 BSN @ PHI W 6 3 36-61 7 27.0 Posedel 4,929 +++
98 98 Thursday, Aug 8 BSN @ PHI W 6 2 37-61 7 27.0 Tobin 1,000 ++++
99 99 Friday, Aug 9 BSN BRO L 0 1 37-62 7 28.0 Wyatt 2,648 -
100 100 Saturday, Aug 10 BSN BRO W 4 3 38-62 7 28.0 Salvo 4,688 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Sunday, Aug 11 BSN BRO W 3 2 39-62 7 27.0 Posedel ++
102 102 Sunday, Aug 11 BSN BRO L 0 3 39-63 7 27.0 Tamulis 24,021 -
103 103 Tuesday, Aug 13 BSN NYG W 4 1 40-63 7 26.5 Tobin 2,434 +
104 104 Wednesday, Aug 14 BSN NYG L 0 1 40-64 7 26.5 Hubbell -
105 105 Wednesday, Aug 14 BSN NYG W 6 0 41-64 7 26.5 Salvo 8,014 +
106 106 Thursday, Aug 15 BSN NYG W 12 1 42-64 7 25.5 Sullivan 2,506 ++
107 107 Friday, Aug 16 BSN @ BRO W 2 1 43-64 7 26.0 Strincevich 33,590 +++
108 108 Sunday, Aug 18 BSN @ BRO L 2 7 43-65 7 26.0 Wyatt -
109 109 Sunday, Aug 18 BSN @ BRO L 1 3 43-66 7 26.0 Hamlin 21,178 --
110 110 Monday, Aug 19 BSN @ PIT W 3 0 44-66 7 25.0 Errickson 1,803 +
111 111 Tuesday, Aug 20 BSN @ PIT L 3 6 44-67 7 26.0 Lanahan 1,050 -
112 112 Wednesday, Aug 21 BSN @ PIT L 2 3 44-68 7 26.0 Heintzelman 2,281 --
113 113 Thursday, Aug 22 BSN @ CIN L 2 3 44-69 7 27.0 Walters 5,179 ---
114 114 Friday, Aug 23 BSN @ CIN W 7 2 45-69 7 26.0 Tobin 4,510 +
115 115 Saturday, Aug 24 BSN @ CIN L 0 5 45-70 7 27.0 Thompson 7,246 -
116 116 Sunday, Aug 25 BSN @ STL W 4 1 46-70 7 28.0 Posedel +
117 117 Sunday, Aug 25 BSN @ STL L 5 8 46-71 7 28.0 Lanier 12,591 -
118 118 Monday, Aug 26 BSN @ STL W 3 1 47-71 7 27.5 Strincevich 8,472 +
119 119 Tuesday, Aug 27 BSN @ STL L 3 4 47-72 7 28.0 Bowman 734 -
120 120 Wednesday, Aug 28 BSN @ CHC W 8 3 48-72 7 27.5 Errickson 6,147 +
121 121 Thursday, Aug 29 BSN @ CHC W 3 1 49-72 7 27.5 Posedel 7,083 ++
122 122 Saturday, Aug 31 BSN PHI W 9 4 50-72 7 27.0 Sullivan 3,024 +++
123 123 Sunday, Sep 1 BSN PHI W 2 1 51-72 7 27.0 Tobin ++++
124 124 Sunday, Sep 1 BSN PHI W 10 0 52-72 7 27.0 Salvo 10,986 +++++
125 125 Monday, Sep 2 BSN BRO W 7 6 53-72 7 27.0 Javery ++++++
126 126 Monday, Sep 2 BSN BRO L 2 6 53-73 7 27.0 Davis 23,719 -
127 127 Wednesday, Sep 4 BSN @ NYG W 2 0 54-73 7 27.5 Errickson 3,185 +
128 128 Thursday, Sep 5 BSN @ NYG L 7 8 54-74 7 29.0 Lynn -
129 129 Thursday, Sep 5 BSN @ NYG L 1 4 54-75 7 29.0 Schumacher 8,111 --
130 130 Saturday, Sep 7 BSN @ PHI W 3 2 55-75 7 28.5 Posedel +
131 131 Saturday, Sep 7 BSN @ PHI W 3 1 56-75 7 28.5 Javery 1,500 ++
132 132 Sunday, Sep 8 BSN @ PHI L 1 2 56-76 7 29.0 Higbe -
133 133 Sunday, Sep 8 BSN @ PHI L 1 3 56-77 7 29.0 Johnson 5,000 --
134 134 Wednesday, Sep 11 BSN CIN L 0 8 56-78 7 31.0 Walters ---
135 135 Wednesday, Sep 11 BSN CIN L 1 3 56-79 7 31.0 Derringer 4,042 ----
136 136 Thursday, Sep 12 BSN STL W 17 7 57-79 7 30.5 Tobin +
137 137 Thursday, Sep 12 BSN STL W 6 1 58-79 7 30.5 Posedel 2,711 ++
138 138 Friday, Sep 13 BSN STL L 3 9 58-80 7 31.5 Warneke 1,166 -
139 139 Saturday, Sep 14 BSN STL L 5 6 58-81 7 32.5 Shoun 1,307 --
140 140 Sunday, Sep 15 BSN CHC W 7 3 59-81 7 33.0 Salvo +
141 141 Sunday, Sep 15 BSN CHC L 4 7 59-82 7 33.0 Dean 11,375 -
142 142 Tuesday, Sep 17 BSN PIT W 10 5 60-82 7 33.5 Errickson 1,077 +
143 143 Wednesday, Sep 18 BSN PIT W 4 1 61-82 7 33.5 Tobin 2,013 ++
144 144 Saturday, Sep 21 BSN NYG L 1 3 61-83 7 34.5 Gumbert 2,226 -
145 145 Sunday, Sep 22 BSN NYG W 4 3 62-83 7 34.5 Tobin +
146 146 Sunday, Sep 22 BSN NYG L 3 7 62-84 7 34.5 Carpenter 11,330 -
147 147 Monday, Sep 23 BSN PHI L 2 6 62-85 7 34.0 Podgajny --
148 148 Monday, Sep 23 BSN PHI W 8 0 63-85 7 34.0 Earley 1,650 +
149 149 Thursday, Sep 26 BSN @ BRO W 5 2 64-85 7 33.0 Barnicle ++
150 150 Thursday, Sep 26 BSN @ BRO W 5 4 65-85 7 33.0 LaManna 6,086 +++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Saturday, Sep 28 BSN @ NYG L 1 11 65-86 7 33.5 Schumacher 1,582 -
152 152 Sunday, Sep 29 BSN @ NYG L 0 14 65-87 7 34.5 Lohrman --
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

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