1940 Bluefield Blue-Grays Statistics
Mountain State League (MSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 65-51
Finished 3rd in the MSL
Manager: Vic Sorrell (65-51)
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
1940 Bluefield Blue-Grays RosterTeam Record: 65-51
Finished 3rd in the MSL
Manager: Vic Sorrell (65-51)
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Playoffs - Williamson Red Birds 2 games, Bluefield Blue-Grays 0
The Bluefield Blue-Grays of the Mountain State League ended the 1940 season with a record of 65 wins and 51 losses, finishing third in the MSL.
Vic Sorrell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Eakin | 14 | 10 | .583 | 4.35 | 29 | 21 | 186.0 | 185 | 104 | 90 | 79 | |||||||||||
| Milton Gehrman | 9 | 6 | .600 | 5.90 | 24 | 13 | 119.0 | 162 | 92 | 78 | 74 | |||||||||||
| Lewis Ritter | 8 | 11 | .421 | 5.36 | 25 | 21 | 151.0 | 184 | 97 | 90 | 91 | |||||||||||
| Vic Sorrell | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1.98 | 6 | 5 | 41.0 | 37 | 17 | 9 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Woodrow Wilson | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.40 | 15 | 12 | 92.0 | 97 | 57 | 45 | 50 | |||||||||||
| Earl Ryals | 5 | 9 | .357 | 5.59 | 23 | 12 | 132.0 | 160 | 92 | 82 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 46 | 42 | .523 | 4.92 | 122 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 721.0 | 825 | 459 | 394 | 0 | 346 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Jordan | 118 | 517 | 517 | 174 | 35 | 5 | 6 | .337 | .337 | .458 | .795 | 237 | |||||||||||
| Steve Urick | 118 | 458 | 458 | 157 | 40 | 3 | 11 | .343 | .343 | .515 | .858 | 236 | |||||||||||
| Pete Mihalic | 111 | 442 | 442 | 144 | 24 | 6 | 22 | .326 | .326 | .557 | .882 | 246 | |||||||||||
| Adolph Honeycutt | 101 | 425 | 425 | 143 | 27 | 8 | 5 | .336 | .336 | .473 | .809 | 201 | |||||||||||
| Richard Williams | 119 | 474 | 474 | 141 | 25 | 5 | 21 | .297 | .297 | .504 | .802 | 239 | |||||||||||
| Marvin Lorenz | 100 | 375 | 375 | 128 | 26 | 3 | 11 | .341 | .341 | .515 | .856 | 193 | |||||||||||
| Marvin McNulty | 52 | 183 | 183 | 72 | 10 | 2 | 14 | .393 | .393 | .699 | 1.093 | 128 | |||||||||||
| Lewis Ritter | 41 | 112 | 112 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .312 | .312 | .384 | .696 | 43 | |||||||||||
| Chester Sullivan | 33 | 122 | 122 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .262 | .262 | .369 | .631 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Nicholas McKay | 46 | 140 | 140 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .257 | .457 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Leroy Spell | 21 | 69 | 69 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .290 | .290 | .391 | .681 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Stanley Lujack | 20 | 77 | 77 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .260 | .260 | .351 | .610 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Eakin | 29 | 75 | 75 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .227 | .427 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Milton Gehrman | 25 | 52 | 52 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .288 | .538 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Joe Linsalata | 15 | 47 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .234 | .234 | .362 | .596 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Harold Troutman | 13 | 55 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .218 | .418 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Bernard Pearlman | 11 | 29 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .310 | .310 | .379 | .690 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Woodrow Wilson | 18 | 44 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .205 | .386 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Earl Ryals | 25 | 51 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .157 | .157 | .235 | .392 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Occar Martin | 10 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1026 | 3765 | 3765 | 0 | 1172 | 219 | 39 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .311 | .311 | .466 | .777 | 1754 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Lorenz | 1B | 76 | 597 | 22 | 15 | .976 | 8.145 | |
| Stanley Lujack | 1B | 20 | 139 | 5 | 3 | .980 | 7.200 | |
| Harold Troutman | 1B | 13 | 109 | 2 | 3 | .974 | 8.538 | |
| Charles Jordan | 2B | 118 | 332 | 333 | 22 | .968 | 5.636 | |
| Steve Urick | 3B | 115 | 139 | 212 | 52 | .871 | 3.052 | |
| Marvin McNulty | C | 45 | 229 | 35 | 2 | .992 | 5.867 | |
| Nicholas McKay | C | 41 | 248 | 10 | 3 | .989 | 6.293 | |
| Joe Linsalata | C | 15 | 56 | 8 | 3 | .955 | 4.267 | |
| Richard Williams | OF | 119 | 225 | 9 | 16 | .936 | 1.966 | |
| Pete Mihalic | OF | 111 | 157 | 9 | 3 | .982 | 1.495 | |
| Adolph Honeycutt | OF | 101 | 219 | 8 | 12 | .950 | 2.248 | |
| Ralph Eakin | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Lewis Ritter | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Milton Gehrman | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Earl Ryals | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Woodrow Wilson | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Chester Sullivan | SS | 33 | 69 | 80 | 13 | .920 | 4.515 | |
| Leroy Spell | SS | 12 | 15 | 13 | 4 | .875 | 2.333 | |
| Totals | 935 | 2534 | 746 | 151 | 0 | .956 | 3.508 |
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