1940 Caruthersville/Batesville Pilots Statistics

Northeast Arkansas League (NAL) - Class: D
Team Record: 47-73
Finished 4th in the NAL
Manager: Ernie Stefani (47-73)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Batesville, Arkansas; Caruthersville, Missouri
Ballpark: American Legion Park, Daffin Field
Attendance: 8,961, Avg. 149

1940 Caruthersville/Batesville Pilots Roster

The Caruthersville/Batesville Pilots of the Northeast Arkansas League ended the 1940 season with a record of 47 wins and 73 losses, finishing fourth in the NAL.Caruthersville (31-32) moved to Batesville July 10 at the start of the second half.

Ernie Stefani 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
Charles Bailey	11	10	.524	3.88	29						195.0	194	107	84		77
Art Frantz	10	9	.526	3.49	23						152.0	161	87	59		55
George Kleine	8	9	.471	3.86	23						140.0	145	78	60		55
Bernard Yursis	8	12	.400	3.96	25						175.0	199	118	77		54
Russell Wienke	4	5	.444	3.32	11						57.0	51	33	21		34
Roy Drasites	2	7	.222	3.88	10						72.0	72	46	31		49
Norman Symsack	1	5	.167	6.88	10						51.0	74	46	39		16
Jack Dodd	1	6	.143	7.88	8						48.0	77	58	42		30
Totals	45	63	.417	4.18	139	0	0	0	0	0	890.0	973	573	413	0	370	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
Ira Smith	120	445	445		132	26	4	11						.297	.297	.447	.744	199
Richard Corona	120	469	469		124	18	5	6						.264	.264	.362	.627	170
Ernie Stefani	116	423	423		120	15	12	2						.284	.284	.390	.674	165
Peter McGarry	114	379	379		109	26	2	2						.288	.288	.383	.670	145
Charles Carey	102	375	375		108	17	7	7						.288	.288	.427	.715	160
Roland LeBlanc	50	203	203		63	14	3	5						.310	.310	.483	.793	98
Chet Dubic	66	241	241		59	13	2	5						.245	.245	.378	.622	91
Jack Valentino	68	237	237		56	8	4	0						.236	.236	.304	.540	72
Stanley Kulpinski	60	218	218		44	11	1	1						.202	.202	.275	.477	60
Joseph Cornella	43	169	169		35	3	0	5						.207	.207	.314	.521	53
Bernard Yursis	50	111	111		26	5	2	1						.234	.234	.342	.577	38
Art Frantz	57	157	157		24	4	0	0						.153	.153	.178	.331	28
Joe Ben Reese	17	75	75		18	1	0	0						.240	.240	.253	.493	19
Peyton Ashton	13	50	50		10	1	0	0						.200	.200	.220	.420	11
Marlin Griffin	18	50	50		10	2	0	0						.200	.200	.240	.440	12
Charles Bailey	34	74	74		9	0	0	0						.122	.122	.122	.243	9
Ivan Barnhart	12	38	38		8	0	1	0						.211	.211	.263	.474	10
Russell Wienke	15	35	35		7	2	0	1						.200	.200	.343	.543	12
Norman Symsack	13	21	21		5	0	0	0						.238	.238	.238	.476	5
Roy Drasites	12	32	32		3	0	1	0						.094	.094	.156	.250	5
George Kleine	24	53	53		3	0	0	0						.057	.057	.057	.113	3
Totals	1124	3855	3855	0	973	166	44	46	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.252	.354	.606	1365	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ira Smith	1B	115	934	33	39		.961	8.409
Ernie Stefani	2B	59	123	184	19		.942	5.203
Joseph Cornella	2B	43	101	100	7		.966	4.674
Joe Ben Reese	2B	17	38	30	7		.907	4.000
Jack Valentino	3B	68	82	118	24		.893	2.941
Peter McGarry	C	108	716	82	12		.985	7.389
Peyton Ashton	C	13	49	6	4		.932	4.231
Richard Corona	OF	120	285	17	15		.953	2.517
Charles Carey	OF	102	129	16	10		.935	1.422
Chet Dubic	OF	52	112	8	4		.968	2.308
Roland LeBlanc	OF	42	87	6	5		.949	2.214
Marlin Griffin	OF	18	19	1	3		.870	1.111
Charles Bailey	P	29						.000
Bernard Yursis	P	25						.000
George Kleine	P	23						.000
Art Frantz	P	23						.000
Russell Wienke	P	11						.000
Norman Symsack	P	10						.000
Roy Drasites	P	10						.000
Stanley Kulpinski	SS	60	83	142	24		.904	3.750
Ivan Barnhart	SS	12	14	20	8		.810	2.833
Totals		960	2772	763	181	0	.951	3.682

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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