1940 Asheville Tourists Statistics

Piedmont League (PL) - Class: B
Team Record: 75-60
Finished 2nd in the PL
Manager: Tommie West (75-60)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Old McCormick Field

1940 Asheville Tourists Roster

Playoffs - Rocky Mount Red Sox 4 games, Asheville Tourists 2

The Asheville Tourists of the Piedmont League ended the 1940 season with a record of 75 wins and 60 losses, finishing second in the PL.

Tommie West 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
Ken Burkhart	20	6	.769	2.63	33						233.0	192	80	68		76
Edward Hurley	12	11	.522	3.73	32						188.0	187	101	78		93
Frank Nelson	11	9	.550	2.86	36						208.0	185	88	66		83
Milton Lowery	10	5	.667	2.88	24						153.0	130	59	49		61
Harry Polly	10	11	.476	3.43	34						189.0	201	100	72		48
Clarence Beers	8	12	.400	3.41	34						145.0	145	87	55		57
Freddy Schmidt	4	3	.571	4.90	14						68.0	76	47	37		36
Ken Holcombe	0	1	.000	3.00	3						3.0	6	4	1		5
Totals	75	58	.564	3.23	210	0	0	0	0	0	1187.0	1122	566	426	0	459	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
Walter Schuerbaum	136	538	538		155	23	10	11						.288	.288	.429	.717	231
Michael Natisin	136	513	513		149	26	5	10						.290	.290	.419	.710	215
Emil Verban	131	524	524		148	19	0	2						.282	.282	.330	.613	173
Bobby Rhawn	136	504	504		137	23	7	11						.272	.272	.411	.683	207
Tony Castano	100	381	381		108	13	2	0						.283	.283	.328	.612	125
Tommie West	100	353	353		107	25	4	5						.303	.303	.439	.742	155
Bill Hart	108	401	401		107	19	5	9						.267	.267	.406	.673	163
Harry Pletersek	128	449	449		104	21	6	2						.232	.232	.318	.550	143
Eddie Malone	88	291	291		76	11	3	4						.261	.261	.361	.622	105
Milton Lowery	54	145	145		38	3	1	3						.262	.262	.359	.621	52
Frank Nelson	47	105	105		23	4	2	1						.219	.219	.324	.543	34
Ken Burkhart	34	85	85		21	1	0	0						.247	.247	.259	.506	22
Clarence Beers	47	84	84		20	7	2	0						.238	.238	.369	.607	31
Edward Hurley	32	65	65		18	2	0	0						.277	.277	.308	.585	20
A. C. Phillips	18	62	62		10	1	0	1						.161	.161	.226	.387	14
Erwin Prasse	16	55	55		9	0	0	0						.164	.164	.164	.327	9
Harry Polly	34	70	70		8	2	0	1						.114	.114	.186	.300	13
Freddy Schmidt	15	29	29		7	0	0	1						.241	.241	.345	.586	10
Totals	1360	4654	4654	0	1245	200	47	61	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.268	.370	.638	1722	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Michael Natisin	1B	136	1222	73	19		.986	9.522
Emil Verban	2B	129	358	376	36		.953	5.690
Erwin Prasse	3B	163	14	27	4		.911	.252
Bobby Rhawn	3B	97	73	203	36		.885	2.845
Tommie West	C	94	503	44	10		.982	5.819
Eddie Malone	C	52	215	27	5		.980	4.654
Walter Schuerbaum	OF	136	281	15	4		.987	2.176
Harry Pletersek	OF	126	274	10	15		.950	2.254
Tony Castano	OF	94	186	11	3		.985	2.096
A. C. Phillips	OF	12	25	2	1		.964	2.250
Frank Nelson	P	36						.000
Harry Polly	P	34						.000
Clarence Beers	P	34						.000
Ken Burkhart	P	33						.000
Edward Hurley	P	32						.000
Milton Lowery	P	24						.000
Freddy Schmidt	P	14						.000
Ken Holcombe	P	3						.000
Bill Hart	SS	98	180	321	28		.947	5.112
Totals		1347	3331	1109	161	0	.965	3.296

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