Boston Bees

A final score from June 9, 1940 shows the Chicago Cubs defeating the Boston Bees 7-1 in a regular-season Major League Baseball game. The Bees were the temporary name of the Boston Braves franchise in the late 1930s and 1940s. The decades-old result is circulating among baseball fans interested in historic scores and franchise history.

A final score from July 13, 1940 shows the Boston Bees defeating the Chicago Cubs 5-0. The Bees were the name used by the Boston Braves franchise from 1938 to 1940, so the result predates modern team names. Fans of baseball history are being reminded of that unusual era of the franchise's identity through the archived box score.

A final score from August 6, 1939 has drawn attention: the Boston Bees beat the Chicago Cubs 9-8. The Bees, the Boston National League franchise now known as the Atlanta Braves, were the Cubs' opponent that day. Fans are revisiting the box score as a curiosity from baseball's past, when Boston still had a National League team playing under the Bees name.

MLB's historical database lists a final score of Bees 6, Reds 5 from July 9, 1936, with the Boston Bees defeating the Cincinnati Reds. The Bees name was the Boston franchise's brief identity in the 1930s before it became the Braves. Fans are revisiting the old box score for its unusual team name and Depression-era baseball nostalgia.

A box score from August 24, 1939 is drawing attention, showing the Chicago Cubs defeating the Boston Bees 6-1. The Bees were the name used by the Boston Braves franchise during the late 1930s. Fans are revisiting the vintage matchup as a nostalgic slice of baseball history, recalling an era when the National League team in Boston carried one of the sport's more unusual nicknames.

A box score from August 23, 1936, shows the New York Giants defeating the Boston Bees 6-1, according to MLB's game archive. The Bees, the name the Boston Braves carried in the late 1930s, are long defunct in that form, and archived scores like this one periodically surface as fans revisit baseball history.

MLB.com's Gameday archive lists a final score of Pirates 6, Bees 1 from May 2, 1936. The Boston Bees were the name then used by the franchise now known as the Atlanta Braves, which played under that nickname in Boston from 1936 to 1944. The result adds to the historical record of that season, which the Pittsburgh Pirates went on to finish in fourth place in the National League.