1940 Fond du Lac Panthers Statistics

Wisconsin State League (WSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 64-49
Finished 2nd in the WSL
Manager: Harry Rice (64-49)
Location: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Fairgrounds Park
Attendance: 43,299, Avg. 766

1940 Fond du Lac Panthers Roster

Playoffs - Fond du Lac Panthers 3 games, Sheboygan Indians 2
Finals - La Crosse Blackhawks 4 games, Fond du Lac Panthers 0

The Fond du Lac Panthers of the Wisconsin State League ended the 1940 season with a record of 64 wins and 49 losses, finishing second in the WSL.

Harry Rice 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
Edward Reynolds	14	7	.667	2.97	23						173.0	169	79	57		77
Henry Bytnar	11	10	.524	4.09	23						141.0	139	81	64		74
Russell Gresenz	10	5	.667	4.19	26						146.0	152	82	68		54
John Skronek	7	10	.412	4.35	26						147.0	162	85	71		69
Harry Rice	6	2	.750	2.76	20						88.0	111	38	27		7
Donald Opperman	5	4	.556	6.20	16						74.0	102	61	51		29
George Hofmann	2	4	.333	5.80	7						45.0	46	33	29		33
Totals	55	42	.567	4.06	141	0	0	0	0	0	814.0	881	459	367	0	343	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
William Duex	112	435	435		130	22	2	2						.299	.299	.372	.671	162
Jim McCarthy	89	346	346		115	25	1	12						.332	.332	.514	.847	178
Joe Monahan	104	372	372		112	15	5	19						.301	.301	.522	.823	194
William Metzig	112	425	425		108	31	3	8						.254	.254	.398	.652	169
Harry Wang	102	367	367		105	16	2	2						.286	.286	.357	.643	131
Richard Ronovsky	82	320	320		103	14	2	3						.322	.322	.406	.728	130
Gordon Foth	81	313	313		95	20	4	0						.304	.304	.393	.696	123
Donald Opperman	69	215	215		50	8	1	1						.233	.233	.293	.526	63
Harry Rice	47	102	102		41	4	1	3						.402	.402	.549	.951	56
Kenneth Newtson	27	118	118		35	6	0	2						.297	.297	.398	.695	47
Mike Daugherty	28	100	100		23	6	2	1						.230	.230	.360	.590	36
Fred Middlestead	19	71	71		19	4	0	3						.268	.268	.451	.718	32
Edward Reynolds	29	77	77		15	3	0	0						.195	.195	.234	.429	18
John Dean	18	82	82		14	1	2	0						.171	.171	.232	.402	19
Ed Kiddie	14	50	50		12	3	0	1						.240	.240	.360	.600	18
John Skronek	29	60	60		12	1	0	1						.200	.200	.267	.467	16
Russell Gresenz	27	52	52		8	4	1	0						.154	.154	.269	.423	14
Henry Bytnar	24	56	56		8	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	8
Bud Hembrook	18	48	48		6	1	0	0						.125	.125	.146	.271	7
Joseph Piet	10	26	26		2	0	0	0						.077	.077	.077	.154	2
Totals	1041	3635	3635	0	1013	184	26	58	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.279	.391	.670	1423	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Joe Monahan	1B	104	983	42	27		.974	9.856
William Metzig	2B	112	255	315	36		.941	5.089
William Duex	3B	81	68	185	23		.917	3.123
Kenneth Newtson	3B	25	32	19	7		.879	2.040
Harry Wang	C	102	537	65	27		.957	5.902
Jim McCarthy	OF	89	201	11	8		.964	2.382
Richard Ronovsky	OF	82	104	11	5		.958	1.402
Donald Opperman	OF	51	68	3	4		.947	1.392
Mike Daugherty	OF	28	46	2	5		.906	1.714
Fred Middlestead	OF	19	27	1	0		1.000	1.474
Bud Hembrook	OF	18	28	1	0		1.000	1.611
John Dean	OF	18	43	3	4		.920	2.556
Joseph Piet	OF	10	21	1	1		.957	2.200
John Skronek	P	26						.000
Russell Gresenz	P	26						.000
Edward Reynolds	P	23						.000
Henry Bytnar	P	23						.000
Gordon Foth	SS	81	163	234	43		.902	4.901
Totals		918	2576	893	190	0	.948	3.779

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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