1940 Atlanta Crackers Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: A1
Team Record: 93-58
Finished 2nd in the SA
Manager: Paul Richards (93-58)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Ballpark: Ponce de Leon Park II
Attendance: 196,793, Avg. 2,607

1940 Atlanta Crackers Roster

Playoffs - Atlanta Crackers 3 games, Memphis Chicks 2
Finals - Nashville Vols 4 games, Atlanta Crackers 2

The Atlanta Crackers of the Southern Association ended the 1940 season with a record of 93 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the SA.

Paul Richards served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Emile Lochbaum	15	8	.652	3.74	47	23					202.0	207	99	84		69
Lum Harris	15	9	.625	3.68	40	25					208.0	234	109	85		65
Lawrence Miller	14	9	.609	3.44	36	27					178.0	180	82	68		72
Charles Burgess	13	7	.650	3.56	40	14					139.0	133	68	55		80
Jennings Poindexter	11	7	.611	3.45	25	15					128.0	127	63	49		51
Bill Kirksieck	9	7	.562	3.86	41	12					168.0	189	94	72		71
Herman Besse	6	2	.750	4.76	12	10					70.0	75	38	37		27
Lew Carpenter	6	3	.667	4.71	17	9					86.0	98	60	45		27
Totals	89	52	.631	3.78	258	135	0	0	0	0	1179.0	1243	613	495	0	462	0	0	0	0	0	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Emil Mailho	152	555	555		202	56	8	10						.364	.364	.548	.912	304
Alf Anderson	148	567	567		199	41	11	0						.351	.351	.462	.813	262
Willard Marshall	136	500	500		157	28	9	14						.314	.314	.490	.804	245
Tom Hafey	116	391	391		120	25	6	8						.307	.307	.463	.770	181
Oliver Hill	85	347	347		119	16	4	5						.343	.343	.455	.798	158
Paul Richards	99	347	347		94	20	2	2						.271	.271	.357	.628	124
Lester Burge	88	296	296		82	15	4	12						.277	.277	.476	.753	141
Dewey Williams	99	317	317		82	18	6	3						.259	.259	.382	.640	121
Glenn McQuillen	55	188	188		56	7	6	7						.298	.298	.511	.809	96
Hubert Bates	40	147	147		42	10	2	0						.286	.286	.381	.667	56
Lum Harris	41	73	73		17	3	0	0						.233	.233	.274	.507	20
Herman Besse	16	31	31		12	2	2	0						.387	.387	.581	.968	18
Edwin Vandegrift	15	51	51		11	5	2	0						.216	.216	.392	.608	20
Emile Lochbaum	48	67	67		11	3	0	0						.164	.164	.209	.373	14
Jennings Poindexter	28	48	48		10	5	0	0						.208	.208	.312	.521	15
Lawrence Miller	37	61	61		10	1	0	0						.164	.164	.180	.344	11
Patrick Petrino	11	36	36		9	2	0	0						.250	.250	.306	.556	11
Larry Smith	15	33	33		7	3	0	0						.212	.212	.303	.515	10
Connie Ryan	14	42	42		7	1	0	0						.167	.167	.190	.357	8
Charles Burgess	48	48	48		6	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	6
Bill Kirksieck	41	53	53		5	0	0	0						.094	.094	.094	.189	5
Lew Carpenter	17	28	28		1	0	0	0						.036	.036	.036	.071	1
Tommy O'Brien	2	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1351	4228	4228	0	1259	261	62	61	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.298	.432	.730	1827	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Lester Burge	1B	73	565	49	13		.979	8.411
Tom Hafey	1B	50	366	28	5		.987	7.880
Edwin Vandegrift	2B	14	35	42	2		.975	5.500
Connie Ryan	2B	10	17	28	4		.918	4.500
Oliver Hill	3B	85	90	120	15		.933	2.471
Dewey Williams	C	76	301	46	10		.972	4.566
Paul Richards	C	69	319	57	4		.989	5.449
Larry Smith	C	10	27	8	2		.946	3.500
Emil Mailho	OF	152	334	16	9		.975	2.303
Willard Marshall	OF	124	264	13	13		.955	2.234
Glenn McQuillen	OF	48	82	1	12		.874	1.729
Hubert Bates	OF	40	118	7	3		.977	3.125
Emile Lochbaum	P	47						.000
Bill Kirksieck	P	41						.000
Lum Harris	P	40						.000
Charles Burgess	P	40						.000
Lawrence Miller	P	36						.000
Jennings Poindexter	P	25						.000
Lew Carpenter	P	17						.000
Herman Besse	P	12						.000
Alf Anderson	SS	148						.000
Totals		1157	2518	415	92	0	.970	2.535

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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