1940 Decatur Commodores Statistics

Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 73-52
Finished 2nd in the IIIL
Manager: Tony Kaufmann (0-0), Bob Morrow (0-0), Lou Scoffic (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 37,667, Avg. 603

1940 Decatur Commodores Roster

Playoffs - Decatur Commodores 3 games, Evansville Braves 2
Finals - Cedar Rapids Raiders 3 games, Decatur Commodores 1

The Decatur Commodores of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1940 season with a record of 73 wins and 52 losses, finishing second in the IIIL.

Tony Kaufmann, Bob Morrow and Lou Scoffic 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
Max Surkont	19	5	.792	2.50	33						234.0	193	100	65		94
William Yarewick	16	10	.615	3.54	34						211.0	190	97	83		93
Jack Card	12	10	.545	3.79	29						185.0	202	103	78		61
Roman Roh	9	9	.500	4.13	30						159.0	166	92	73		92
Ray Hart	8	4	.667	2.63	14						106.0	98	43	31		56
Robert Eisiminger	2	6	.250	6.71	16						59.0	76	53	44		35
Totals	66	44	.600	3.53	156	0	0	0	0	0	954.0	925	488	374	0	431	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
Lou Scoffic	121	458	458		164	23	8	10						.358	.358	.509	.867	233
Dain Clay	114	431	431		153	23	14	10						.355	.355	.543	.898	234
Archie Horne	124	512	512		149	20	8	0						.291	.291	.361	.652	185
Harry Schmiel	120	482	482		147	27	15	1						.305	.305	.429	.734	207
Jake Suytar	121	455	455		125	22	8	9						.275	.275	.418	.692	190
Claude Wright	120	436	436		111	13	4	5						.255	.255	.337	.592	147
Justin Stein	87	344	344		89	15	7	3						.259	.259	.369	.628	127
George Niedson	92	274	274		78	16	5	4						.285	.285	.423	.708	116
Clyde Kluttz	62	201	201		52	15	6	0						.259	.259	.393	.652	79
Ted Kakoliris	35	141	141		33	4	2	1						.234	.234	.312	.546	44
William Yarewick	34	83	83		20	0	2	1						.241	.241	.325	.566	27
Archie Templeton	30	50	50		14	2	1	1						.280	.280	.420	.700	21
Max Surkont	34	93	93		13	1	1	0						.140	.140	.172	.312	16
Ray Hart	14	44	44		10	1	1	0						.227	.227	.295	.523	13
Roman Roh	32	57	57		10	2	0	0						.175	.175	.211	.386	12
Jack Card	30	73	73		10	2	0	0						.137	.137	.164	.301	12
Russ Wein	11	34	34		7	0	0	0						.206	.206	.206	.412	7
Dick Sisler	3	10	10		3	1	1	0						.300	.300	.600	.900	6
Raymond Smith	11	14	14		3	0	0	0						.214	.214	.214	.429	3
Robert Eisiminger	17	23	23		2	1	0	0						.087	.087	.130	.217	3
Totals	1212	4215	4215	0	1193	188	83	45	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.283	.399	.682	1682	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jake Suytar	1B	121	1046	82	15		.987	9.322
Archie Horne	2B	117	298	328	36		.946	5.350
Justin Stein	3B	86	60	162	21		.914	2.581
Ted Kakoliris	3B	30	30	53	11		.883	2.767
George Niedson	C	75	394	48	14		.969	5.893
Clyde Kluttz	C	58	351	34	10		.975	6.638
Harry Schmiel	OF	119	203	12	6		.973	1.807
Lou Scoffic	OF	116	293	6	8		.974	2.578
Dain Clay	OF	114	196	8	12		.944	1.789
Archie Templeton	OF	15	10	0	0		1.000	.667
William Yarewick	P	34						.000
Max Surkont	P	33						.000
Roman Roh	P	30						.000
Jack Card	P	29						.000
Robert Eisiminger	P	16						.000
Ray Hart	P	14						.000
Claude Wright	SS	117	213	286	45		.917	4.265
Totals		1124	3094	1019	178	0	.959	3.659

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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