1940 Boston Red Sox

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W-L Record: 82-72 -- 5th in American League - Manager: Joe Cronin Location: Boston,MA Baseball Stadium: Fenway Park Top Draft Pick: Attendance: 716,234 Youngest Player: Earl Johnson (21) Oldest Player: Lefty Grove (40) Longest Tenure: Lefty Grove, Fritz Ostermueller (7)

Statistics

Roster

Personnel

Baseball Roster for 1940 Boston Red Sox

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	Born	Place	High Level	mlbYears	Salary
17	Jim Bagby	P	23	R	R	6-2	170	9/8/1916	Cleveland,Ohio	MLB	1938-1947
28	Bill Butland	P	22	R	L	6-5	185	3/22/1918	Terre Haute,Indiana	MLB	1940-1947
14	Tom Carey	2B-SS	33	R	R		170	10/11/1906	Hoboken,New Jersey	MLB	1935-1946
8	Doc Cramer	OF	34	L	R	6-2	185	7/22/1905	Beach Haven,New Jersey	MLB	1929-1948
4	Joe Cronin	SS	33	R	R	5-11	180	10/12/1906	San Francisco,California	MLB	1926-1945
2	Gene Desautels	C	33	R	R	5-11	170	6/13/1907	Worcester,Massachusetts	MLB	1930-1946
16	Emerson Dickman	P	25	R	R	6-2	175	11/12/1914	Buffalo,New York	MLB	1936-1941
7	Dom DiMaggio	OF	23	R	R	5-9	168	2/12/1917	San Francisco,California	MLB	1940-1953
1	Bobby Doerr	2B	22	R	R	5-11	175	4/7/1918	Los Angeles,California	MLB	1937-1951
25	Lou Finney	OF-1B	29	L	R	6-0	180	8/13/1910	Buffalo,New York	MLB	1931-1947
28	Bill Fleming	P	26	R	R	6-0	190	7/31/1913	Rowland,California	MLB	1940-1946
3	Jimmie Foxx	1B	32	R	R	6-0	195	10/22/1907	Sudlersville,Maryland	MLB	1925-1945
12	Denny Galehouse	P	28	R	R	6-1	195	12/7/1911	Marshallville,Ohio	MLB	1934-1949
15	Charlie Gelbert	SS-3B	34	R	R	5-11	170	1/26/1906	Scranton,Pennsylvania	MLB	1929-1940
26	Joe Glenn	C	31	R	R	5-11	175	11/19/1908	Dickson City,Pennsylvania	MLB	1932-1940
10	Lefty Grove	P	40	L	L	6-3	190	3/6/1900	Lonaconing,Maryland	MLB	1925-1941
20	Mickey Harris	P	23	L	L	6-0	195	1/30/1917	New York,New York	MLB	1940-1952
29	Herb Hash	P	29	R	R	6-1	180	2/13/1911	Woolwine,Virginia	MLB	1940-1941
19	Joe Heving	P	39	R	R	6-1	185	9/2/1900	Covington,Kentucky	MLB	1930-1945
20	Earl Johnson	P	21	L	L	6-3	190	4/2/1919	Redmond,Washington	MLB	1940-1951
32	Tony Lupien	1B	23	L	L	5-10	185	4/23/1917	Chelmsford,Massachusetts	MLB	1940-1948
28	Alex Mustaikis	P	31	R	R	6-3	180	3/26/1909	Chelsea,Massachusetts	MLB	1940-1940
24	Red Nonnenkamp	OF	28	L	L	5-11	185	7/7/1911	St. Louis,Missouri	MLB	1933-1940
21	Fritz Ostermueller	P	32	L	L	5-11	175	9/15/1907	Quincy,Illinois	MLB	1934-1948
6	Marv Owen	3B	34	R	R	6-1	175	3/22/1906	Agnew,California	MLB	1931-1940
23	Johnny Peacock	C	30	L	R	5-11	165	1/10/1910	Fremont,North Carolina	MLB	1937-1945
15	Woody Rich	P	24	L	R	6-2	185	3/9/1916	Morganton,North Carolina	MLB	1939-1944
24	Stan Spence	OF	25	L	L		180	3/20/1915	South Portsmouth,Kentucky	MLB	1940-1949
5	Jim Tabor	3B	23	R	R	6-2	175	11/5/1916	New Hope,Alabama	MLB	1938-1947
27	Yank Terry	P	29	R	R	6-1	180	2/11/1911	Bedford,Indiana	MLB	1940-1945
27	Charlie Wagner	P	27	R	R	5-11	170	12/3/1912	Reading,Pennsylvania	MLB	1938-1946
9	Ted Williams	OF	21	L	R	6-3	205	8/30/1918	San Diego,California	MLB	1939-1960
18	Jack Wilson	P	28	R	R	5-11	210	4/12/1912	Portland,Oregon	MLB	1934-1942

Team Personnel

Moe Berg (First Base Coach)
Jim Britt (Broadcaster)
Joe Cronin (Manager)
Tom Daly (Third Base Coach)
Tom Hussey (Broadcaster)
Frank Shellenback (Pitching Coach)

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