1940 Columbus Red Birds Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 90-60
Finished 2nd in the AA
Manager: Burt Shotton (90-60)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 121,680, Avg. 1,622

1940 Columbus Red Birds Roster

Playoffs - Louisville Colonels 4 games, Columbus Red Birds 2

The Columbus Red Birds of the American Association ended the 1940 season with a record of 90 wins and 60 losses, finishing second in the AA.

Burt Shotton 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
Murry Dickson	17	8	.680	3.33	36	28					219.0	212	108	81		86
Harry Brecheen	16	9	.640	2.75	34	24					216.0	207	90	66		52
Ernie White	13	4	.765	2.25	26	16					136.0	102	44	34		59
Tom Sunkel	13	7	.650	3.53	31	27					181.0	155	81	71		117
Lee Sherrill	10	7	.588	3.64	35	13					126.0	109	55	51		62
Rube Melton	10	10	.500	3.48	43	28					207.0	195	105	80		139
Frank Barrett	8	8	.500	3.07	47	10					126.0	123	66	43		84
Bill Curlee	1	1	.500	0.00	17						32.0
Vernon Horn	1	2	.333	0.00	11						37.0
George Hader	1	3	.250	0.00	7						23.0
Milton Lowery	0	0		0.00	4						5.0	8				8
Fred Martin	0	0		9.00	3						5.0	9	7	5		6
Jim Winford	0	1	.000	0.00	4						12.0
Totals	90	60	.600	2.93	298	146	0	0	0	0	1325.0	1120	556	431	0	613	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
Harry Walker	140	537	537		168	39	7	17						.313	.313	.507	.819	272
Coaker Triplett	120	466	466		158	27	12	11						.339	.339	.519	.858	242
Red Jones	129	484	484		156	30	12	9						.322	.322	.490	.812	237
Jim Bucher	127	523	523		149	27	8	6						.285	.285	.402	.686	210
Walker Cooper	131	477	477		144	29	12	3						.302	.302	.432	.734	206
Jack Sturdy	128	478	478		141	27	3	3						.295	.295	.383	.678	183
Bob Repass	135	464	464		138	22	9	0						.297	.297	.384	.681	178
Jim Hitchcock	106	354	354		92	12	4	0						.260	.260	.316	.576	112
Pete Fleming	83	239	239		67	13	4	1						.280	.280	.381	.661	91
Larry Barton	57	167	167	25	42	12	2	8	35	3				.251	.251	.491	.743	82
William Rabe	36	105	105		29	6	1	2						.276	.276	.410	.686	43
Jack Bolling	45	128	128		27	8	0	0						.211	.211	.273	.484	35
Harry Brecheen	48	100	100		26	0	1	2						.260	.260	.340	.600	34
Murry Dickson	41	94	94		24	2	1	1						.255	.255	.330	.585	31
Richard Tichacek	41	101	101		24	8	1	1						.238	.238	.366	.604	37
Lynn Myers	29	103	103		20	4	2	0						.194	.194	.272	.466	28
Averett Thompson	18	47	47		13	3	0	0						.277	.277	.340	.617	16
Rube Melton	43	66	66		11	3	0	1						.167	.167	.258	.424	17
Tom Sunkel	31	69	69		11	0	0	0						.159	.159	.159	.319	11
Lee Sherrill	35	42	42		10	2	0	0						.238	.238	.286	.524	12
Bobby Moers	11	40	40		9	1	1	0						.225	.225	.300	.525	12
Goody Rosen	10	33	33		7	1	0	2						.212	.212	.424	.636	14
Ernie White	27	50	50		7	2	0	0						.140	.140	.180	.320	9
Frank Barrett	47	33	33		5	0	0	0						.152	.152	.152	.303	5
George Hader	7	7	7		2									.286	.286	.286	.571	2
Fred Martin	3	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Al Unser	7	3	3		1	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Bill Curlee	17	7	7		1	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	1
George Niedson	3	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Milton Lowery	4	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Vernon Horn	11	11	11		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jim Winford	4	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1674	5235	5235	25	1483	278	80	67	35	3	0	0	0	.283	.283	.405	.689	2122	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jack Sturdy	1B	80	646	32	11		.984	8.475
Larry Barton	1B	53	338	27	2		.995	6.887
Jack Bolling	1B	34	250	21	5		.982	7.971
Jim Bucher	2B	108	230	269	36		.933	4.620
Bob Repass	3B	90	102	126	14		.942	2.533
Walker Cooper	C	130	705	120	15		.982	6.346
Richard Tichacek	C	38	155	24	3		.984	4.711
Red Jones	OF	128	240	8	11		.958	1.938
Harry Walker	OF	122	316	13	11		.968	2.697
Coaker Triplett	OF	116	252	9	8		.970	2.250
Pete Fleming	OF	57	93	6	5		.952	1.737
William Rabe	OF	25	63	0	1		.984	2.520
Averett Thompson	OF	10	16	0	0		1.000	1.600
Frank Barrett	P	47						.000
Rube Melton	P	43						.000
Murry Dickson	P	36						.000
Lee Sherrill	P	35						.000
Harry Brecheen	P	34						.000
Tom Sunkel	P	31						.000
Ernie White	P	26						.000
Bill Curlee	P	17						.000
Vernon Horn	P	11						.000
George Hader	P	7						.000
Jim Winford	P	4						.000
Milton Lowery	P	4						.000
Fred Martin	P	3						.000
Jim Hitchcock	SS	91	140	224	28		.929	4.000
Lynn Myers	SS	25	55	70	6		.954	5.000
Totals		1405	3601	949	156	0	.967	3.238

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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