1940 Indianapolis Indians Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 62-84
Finished 6th in the AA
Manager: Wes Griffin (0-0), Jewel Ens (0-0)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium
Attendance: 97,859, Avg. 1,341

1940 Indianapolis Indians Roster

The Indianapolis Indians of the American Association ended the 1940 season with a record of 62 wins and 84 losses, finishing sixth in the AA.

Wes Griffin and Jewel Ens 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
Bob Logan	18	14	.562	3.10	36	34					267.0	267	115	92		77
Pete Sivess	7	12	.368	4.89	26	24					149.0	174	93	81		51
Johnny Vander Meer	6	4	.600	2.40	14	14					105.0	76	33	28		65
Don French	6	8	.429	5.18	37	9					113.0	154	85	65		49
Earl Caldwell	5	12	.294	3.56	26	15					129.0	141	73	51		57
Red Barrett	5	13	.278	4.74	25	22					150.0	172	98	79		51
Glen Fletcher	4	0	1.000	0.00	6						32.0
John Wilson	3	3	.500	3.86	33	1					70.0	66	41	30		27
Mike Balas	2	3	.400	0.00	9						25.0
Art Jacobs	1	2	.333	0.00	13						13.0
Jim Sharp	1	5	.167	3.91	25	5					76.0	79	48	33		56
Tony Archinski	0	0		0.00	4						10.0	13				5
Art Doll	0	0		0.00	5						18.0	24				13
Harry Wolfe	0	0		0.00	2						7.0	6				3
Charles Bauer	0	1	.000	0.00	6						14.0
Totals	58	77	.430	3.51	267	124	0	0	0	0	1178.0	1172	586	459	0	454	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
Milt Galatzer	147	568	568		191	24	9	2						.336	.336	.421	.757	239
Benny Zientara	142	559	559		147	28	3	3						.263	.263	.340	.603	190
Dick West	113	401	401		114	23	4	7						.284	.284	.414	.698	166
LeGrant Scott	92	320	320		97	17	4	5						.303	.303	.428	.731	137
Vann Harrington	85	359	359		88	11	7	3						.245	.245	.340	.585	122
Allen Hunt	95	307	307		79	17	5	4						.257	.257	.384	.642	118
Wayne Blackburn	75	247	247		77	15	5	0						.312	.312	.413	.725	102
Bob Prichard	56	183	183		51	7	4	5						.279	.279	.443	.721	81
Johnny Pasek	55	149	149		47	11	1	0						.315	.315	.403	.718	60
Nolen Richardson	54	187	187		41	3	1	0						.219	.219	.246	.465	46
Joe Mack	59	181	181		40	8	1	3						.221	.221	.326	.547	59
Don Lang	60	182	182		40	5	3	7						.220	.220	.396	.615	72
Oliver Hill	46	146	146		38	2	4	1						.260	.260	.349	.610	51
Wally Berger	41	155	155		38	8	1	5						.245	.245	.406	.652	63
Red Barrett	25	52	52		12	1	0	0						.231	.231	.250	.481	13
Bob Logan	36	99	99		12	0	0	0						.121	.121	.121	.242	12
Bob Latshaw	10	28	28		8	2	0	0						.286	.286	.357	.643	10
Johnny Vander Meer	15	36	36		8	2	2	0						.222	.222	.389	.611	14
Pete Sivess	26	56	56		8	1	0	0						.143	.143	.161	.304	9
Earl Caldwell	26	39	39		6	1	0	0						.154	.154	.179	.333	7
Dee Moore	6	16	16		5	1	0	0						.312	.312	.375	.688	6
Charles Bauer	6	4	4		2									.500	.500	.500	1.000	2
Art Doll	5	7	7		2	0	0	0						.286	.286	.286	.571	2
John Wilson	33	19	19		2	0	0	0						.105	.105	.105	.211	2
Jim Sharp	25	23	23		2	0	0	0						.087	.087	.087	.174	2
Don French	38	39	39		2	0	0	0						.051	.051	.051	.103	2
Glen Fletcher	6	11	11		1									.091	.091	.091	.182	1
Mike Balas	9	8	8		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Harry Wolfe	2	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Tony Archinski	4	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1392	4385	4385	0	1158	187	54	45	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.264	.362	.626	1588	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Bob Prichard	1B	56	487	29	10		.981	9.214
Benny Zientara	2B	142	409	426	22		.974	5.880
Wayne Blackburn	3B	62	60	108	21		.889	2.710
Don Lang	3B	49	49	79	16		.889	2.612
Oliver Hill	3B	40	34	77	6		.949	2.775
Dick West	C	99	378	79	20		.958	4.616
Johnny Pasek	C	48	186	33	4		.982	4.562
Milt Galatzer	OF	130	324	13	6		.983	2.592
LeGrant Scott	OF	87	173	5	8		.957	2.046
Allen Hunt	OF	82	192	4	5		.975	2.390
Wally Berger	OF	41	104	1	3		.972	2.561
Joe Mack	OF	31	58	6	0		1.000	2.065
Don French	P	37						.000
Bob Logan	P	36						.000
John Wilson	P	33						.000
Pete Sivess	P	26						.000
Earl Caldwell	P	26						.000
Jim Sharp	P	25						.000
Red Barrett	P	25						.000
Johnny Vander Meer	P	14						.000
Art Jacobs	P	13						.000
Mike Balas	P	9						.000
Glen Fletcher	P	6						.000
Charles Bauer	P	6						.000
Art Doll	P	5						.000
Tony Archinski	P	4						.000
Harry Wolfe	P	2						.000
Vann Harrington	SS	85	170	279	27		.943	5.282
Nolen Richardson	SS	54	107	160	11		.960	4.944
Totals		1273	2731	1299	159	0	.962	3.166

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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