1940 Reading Chicks Roster
Team Record: 76-52
Finished 1st in the ISL
Manager: Tom Oliver (76-52)
Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Lauer Park
Playoffs - Reading Chicks 3 games, Trenton Senators 0
Finals - Hazleton Mountaineers/Lancaster Red Roses 4 games, Reading Chicks 1
The Reading Chicks of the Inter-State League ended the 1940 season with a record of 76 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the ISL.
Tom Oliver served as manager.
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Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
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Victor Budura | R | R | January 29, 1920 | 5'11" | 175 | |
Earl Eichler | R | R | September 29, 1919 | 6'1" | 175 | |
Buck Elliott | L | R | February 27, 1919 | 6'0" | 170 | Lewisburg, PA US |
Carl Furillo | R | R | March 8, 1922 | 6'0" | 190 | Stony Creek Mills, PA US |
Bill Gates | R | R | November 23, 1918 | 5'9" | 160 | Baltimore, MD US |
Gerald Geigerich | L | 5'8" | 155 | |||
Lloyd Gross | R | R | 6'2" | 198 | ||
Bob Hamilton | L | R | April 20, 1918 | 6'0" | 170 | Inglewood, CA US |
Heinie Heltzel | R | R | December 21, 1913 | 5'10" | 150 | York, PA US |
Dixie Howell | R | R | April 24, 1920 | 5'11" | 190 | Louisville, KY US |
Alexander Ivan | R | R | February 6, 1916 | 6'1" | 200 | |
Lyle Judy | R | R | November 15, 1913 | 5'10" | 150 | Lawrenceville, IL US |
Frederick Kiebler | R | R | 6'0" | 172 | ||
Faulene Kirkland | R | 5'7" | 168 | |||
Charles LaMendola | L | L | May 1, 1916 | 5'9" | 175 | Buffalo, NY US |
Austin Lepine | R | R | September 9, 1915 | 6'3" | 170 | New Brunswick, NJ US |
William Leslie | ||||||
Robert List | R | R | 6'4" | 200 | ||
Bill Luce | R | R | June 29, 1914 | 6'0" | 170 | |
Walt Nothe | L | L | December 15, 1917 | 6'2" | 200 | Philadelphia, PA US |
Tom Oliver | R | R | January 15, 1903 | 6'0" | 168 | Montgomery, AL US |
George Pfister | R | R | September 4, 1918 | 6'0" | 200 | Bound Brook, NJ US |
Vincent Polito | R | April 7, 1916 | 5'7" | 170 | ||
Wilbur Reeser | R | L | June 28, 1918 | 6'0" | 205 | |
Herman Rehbein | R | R | October 13, 1917 | 6'1" | 180 | |
Alex Stutzke | R | January 5, 1914 | 5'10" | 182 | ||
Newell Valentine | R | R | 6'1" | 173 | ||
Vic Weiss | L | November 20, 1914 | 5'10" | 170 | ||
James Young | R | R | 6'2" | 180 |