1940 Elmira Pioneers Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 67-72
Finished 6th in the EL
Manager: Bill Killefer (67-72)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Elmira, New York
Ballpark: Dunn Field
Attendance: 60,066, Avg. 864

1940 Elmira Pioneers Roster

The Elmira Pioneers of the Eastern League ended the 1940 season with a record of 67 wins and 72 losses, finishing sixth in the EL.

Bill Killefer 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
Ed Head	12	7	.632	2.56	21	20					179.0	148	62	51		64
John Hvisdos	12	11	.522	3.08	27	24					196.0	192	83	67		65
Paul Paynick	11	14	.440	3.54	35	27					229.0	217	109	90		105
Sam Scariot	8	9	.471	2.98	24	17					136.0	117	54	45		65
Charlie Gassaway	6	6	.500	4.35	19	13					93.0	90	56	45		60
Chet Kehn	2	5	.286	3.60	17	8					70.0	64	38	28		33
Virgil Ricketts	0	5	.000	6.17	15	8					54.0	71	47	37		25
Totals	51	57	.472	3.41	158	117	0	0	0	0	957.0	899	449	363	0	417	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 Leonard	140	543	543		141	31	7	1						.260	.260	.348	.608	189
Butch Moran	125	449	449		121	26	7	7						.269	.269	.405	.675	182
Jack Glynn	115	387	387		95	15	5	0						.245	.245	.310	.556	120
Pete Reiser	67	249	249		94	15	12	7						.378	.378	.618	.996	154
Leo Norris	89	325	325		90	20	4	2						.277	.277	.382	.658	124
Bill Norman	91	277	277		83	23	2	6						.300	.300	.462	.762	128
William Skelley	82	264	264		57	13	1	0						.216	.216	.273	.489	72
Joe Just	85	241	241		48	8	1	1						.199	.199	.253	.452	61
Paul Gillespie	66	144	144		38	8	1	3						.264	.264	.396	.660	57
Eddie Hope	49	143	143		27	5	0	0						.189	.189	.224	.413	32
Albert Smith	23	63	63		19	2	0	2						.302	.302	.429	.730	27
Buck Templeton	20	47	47		14	2	0	0						.298	.298	.340	.638	16
John Hvisdos	32	80	80		14	2	0	0						.175	.175	.200	.375	16
William Miller	22	66	66		12	1	0	0						.182	.182	.197	.379	13
James George	23	56	56		11	1	0	0						.196	.196	.214	.411	12
Paul Paynick	38	83	83		11	3	0	0						.133	.133	.169	.301	14
Ed Head	22	63	63		10	3	0	0						.159	.159	.206	.365	13
Stew Hofferth	19	48	48		9	0	0	1						.188	.188	.250	.438	12
Walter Rospond	10	32	32		8	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	8
Sam Scariot	24	48	48		7	0	0	0						.146	.146	.146	.292	7
Chet Kehn	19	30	30		6	1	0	0						.200	.200	.233	.433	7
Charlie Gassaway	19	36	36		6	1	0	0						.167	.167	.194	.361	7
Virgil Ricketts	15	15	15		3	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	3
Totals	1195	3689	3689	0	924	180	40	30	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.345	.596	1274	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Butch Moran	1B	124	1096	73	12		.990	9.427
Leo Norris	3B	89	109	163	13		.954	3.056
Albert Smith	3B	17	23	36	6		.908	3.471
Joe Just	C	79	419	53	4		.992	5.975
Paul Gillespie	C	45	140	24	7		.959	3.644
Stew Hofferth	C	14	70	8	1		.987	5.571
Harry Leonard	OF	140	330	12	15		.958	2.443
Jack Glynn	OF	103	170	3	7		.961	1.680
Bill Norman	OF	90	150	6	4		.975	1.733
Pete Reiser	OF	66	109	11	5		.960	1.818
James George	OF	15	28	3	2		.939	2.067
Paul Paynick	P	35						.000
John Hvisdos	P	27						.000
Sam Scariot	P	24						.000
Ed Head	P	21						.000
Charlie Gassaway	P	19						.000
Chet Kehn	P	17						.000
Virgil Ricketts	P	15						.000
William Skelley	SS	62	105	164	20		.931	4.339
Eddie Hope	SS	49	83	143	11		.954	4.612
William Miller	SS	22	32	66	7		.933	4.455
Buck Templeton	SS	11	14	24	4		.905	3.455
Totals		1084	2878	789	118	0	.969	3.383

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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