1940 Boston Red Sox Roster by Baseball Almanac

1940 Boston Red Sox Roster

The 1940 Boston Red Sox team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1940 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1940 Boston Red Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1940 Boston Red Sox salary list, a 1940 Boston Red Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1940 Boston Red Sox primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.

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#	Pitchers	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
17	Jim Bagby	6-02	170	Right	Right	1916-09-08
28	Bill Butland	6-05	185	Left	Right	1918-03-22
16	Emerson Dickman	6-02	175	Right	Right	1914-11-12
28	Bill Fleming	6-00	190	Right	Right	1913-07-31
12	Denny Galehouse	6-01	195	Right	Right	1911-12-07
10	Lefty Grove	6-03	190	Left	Left	1900-03-06
20	Mickey Harris	6-00	195	Left	Left	1917-01-30
29	Herb Hash	6-01	180	Right	Right	1911-02-13
19	Joe Heving	6-01	185	Right	Right	1900-09-02
20	Earl Johnson	6-03	190	Left	Left	1919-04-02
28	Alex Mustaikis	6-03	180	Right	Right	1909-03-26
21	Fritz Ostermueller	5-11	175	Left	Left	1907-09-15
15	Woody Rich	6-02	185	Right	Left	1916-03-09
27	Yank Terry	6-01	180	Right	Right	1911-02-11
27	Charlie Wagner	5-11	170	Right	Right	1912-12-03
18	Jack Wilson	5-11	210	Right	Right	1912-04-12
#	Catchers	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
2	Gene Desautels	5-11	170	Right	Right	1907-06-13
26	Joe Glenn	5-11	175	Right	Right	1908-11-19
23	Johnny Peacock	5-11	165	Right	Left	1910-01-10
#	Infielders	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
14	Tom Carey	5-08�	170	Right	Right	1906-10-11
4	Joe Cronin	5-11�	180	Right	Right	1906-10-12
1	Bobby Doerr	5-11	175	Right	Right	1918-04-07
3	Jimmie Foxx	6-00	195	Right	Right	1907-10-22
15	Charlie Gelbert	5-11	170	Right	Right	1906-01-26
32	Tony Lupien	5-10�	185	Left	Left	1917-04-23
6	Marv Owen	6-01	175	Right	Right	1906-03-22
5	Jim Tabor	6-02	175	Right	Right	1916-11-05
#	Outfielders	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
8	Doc Cramer	6-02	185	Right	Left	1905-07-22
7	Dom DiMaggio	5-09	168	Right	Right	1917-02-12
25	Lou Finney	6-00	180	Right	Left	1910-08-13
24	Stan Spence	5-10�	180	Left	Left	1915-03-20
9	Ted Williams	6-03	205	Right	Left	1918-08-30
#	Other Positions	Height	Weight	Throws	Bats	Date Of Birth
24	Red Nonnenkamp	5-11	165	Left	Left	1910-07-07
1940 Boston Red Sox Roster

The 1940 Boston Red Sox played 154 games during the regular season, won 82 games, lost 72 games, and finished in fifth position. They played their home games at Fenway Park (Park Factors: 104/103) where 716,234 fans witnessed their 1940 Red Sox finish the season with a .532 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1940 Boston Red Sox Opening Day starters list, a 1940 Boston Red Sox salary list, a 1940 Boston Red Sox uniform number breakdown and a 1940 Boston Red Sox primary starters list:

1940 Boston Red Sox
Opening Day Starters

No Opening Day Information Available
1940 Boston Red Sox
Most Games by Position
C Gene Desautels (70)
1B Jimmie Foxx (95)
2B Bobby Doerr (151)
3B Jim Tabor (120)
SS Joe Cronin (146)
LF Ted Williams (129)
CF Doc Cramer (97)
RF Lou Finney (69)

SP Jim Bagby
SP Denny Galehouse
SP Lefty Grove
SP Fritz Ostermueller

RP Emerson Dickman
RP Joe Heving
CL Jack Wilson

1940 Boston Red Sox
Salaries
Joe Cronin $27,000.00
Jimmie Foxx $25,000.00
Lefty Grove $15,000.00
Doc Cramer $12,500.00
Ted Williams $12,000.00
Bobby Doerr $10,000.00
Joe Glenn $8,500.00
Dom DiMaggio $5,300.00
Tom Carey $5,000.00

1940 Boston Red Sox
Uniform Numbers
#1 Bobby Doerr
#2 Gene Desautels
#3 Jimmie Foxx
#4 Joe Cronin
#5 Jim Tabor
#6 Marv Owen
#7 Dom DiMaggio
#8 Doc Cramer
#9 Ted Williams
#10 Lefty Grove
#12 Denny Galehouse
#14 Tom Carey
#15 Charlie Gelbert
#15 Woody Rich
#16 Emerson Dickman
#17 Jim Bagby
#18 Jack Wilson
#19 Joe Heving
#20 Mickey Harris
#20 Earl Johnson
#21 Fritz Ostermueller
#23 Johnny Peacock
#24 Red Nonnenkamp
#24 Stan Spence
#25 Lou Finney
#26 Joe Glenn
#27 Yank Terry
#27 Charlie Wagner
#28 Bill Butland
#28 Bill Fleming
#28 Alex Mustaikis
#29 Herb Hash
#32 Tony Lupien

Did you know that a 1940 Boston Red Sox Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?

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