1938 Joplin Miners Statistics

Western Association (WA) - Class: C
Team Record: 63-74
Finished 6th in the WA
Manager: Ted Mayer (63-74)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Joplin, Missouri
Ballpark: Miners Park II
Attendance: 32,384, Avg. 473

1938 Joplin Miners Roster

The Joplin Miners of the Western Association ended the 1938 season with a record of 63 wins and 74 losses, finishing sixth in the WA.

Ted Mayer 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
Tommy Tisdale	13	5	.722	2.92	23						145.0	131	69	47		46
Charles Wensloff	13	13	.500	3.48	28						202.0	208	104	78		52
Al Gerheauser	9	15	.375	4.26	31						184.0	206	123	87		94
Charles Mason	8	6	.571	4.14	19						124.0	120	71	57		65
Ed Smith	6	4	.600	4.50	19						86.0	78	64	43		72
Osborne Jacobsen	5	8	.385	4.64	25						132.0	142	80	68		74
Joseph Foran	1	4	.200	8.55	8						40.0	48	47	38		44
Totals	55	55	.500	4.12	153	0	0	0	0	0	913.0	933	558	418	0	447	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
Mel Cole	135	576	576		181	25	5	0						.314	.314	.375	.689	216
Russ Derry	117	424	424		129	22	11	24						.304	.304	.578	.882	245
Frank Stapleton	109	409	409		116	23	12	4						.284	.284	.428	.711	175
Ray Richards	91	366	366		112	24	11	3						.306	.306	.456	.762	167
Ted Mayer	94	309	309		100	31	4	2						.324	.324	.469	.793	145
Arnold Evans	77	307	307		95	11	8	1						.309	.309	.407	.717	125
Russell Scherbarth	94	340	340		81	15	4	1						.238	.238	.315	.553	107
James Adlam	82	309	309		74	13	7	6						.239	.239	.385	.625	119
Bill Burich	58	205	205		60	8	0	2						.293	.293	.361	.654	74
Stanley Sarbeiski	63	220	220		52	10	0	1						.236	.236	.295	.532	65
Harry Bassin	29	105	105		32	13	2	1						.305	.305	.495	.800	52
Danny Reagan	46	129	129		31	5	0	0						.240	.240	.279	.519	36
Nicholas Lemone	31	96	96		29	7	3	1						.302	.302	.469	.771	45
Loyd Christopher	36	132	132		27	6	5	1						.205	.205	.348	.553	46
Tommy Tisdale	29	66	66		23	4	1	0						.348	.348	.439	.788	29
Charles Wensloff	30	84	84		22	5	1	1						.262	.262	.381	.643	32
Ken Blackman	26	93	93		19	1	1	0						.204	.204	.237	.441	22
John Simontacchi	14	55	55		17	2	2	0						.309	.309	.418	.727	23
Tony Sams	16	63	63		14	3	1	0						.222	.222	.302	.524	19
Al Gerheauser	31	73	73		13	1	1	1						.178	.178	.260	.438	19
Osborne Jacobsen	25	52	52		10	0	0	0						.192	.192	.192	.385	10
Charles Mason	25	53	53		8	2	1	1						.151	.151	.283	.434	15
Ed Smith	21	35	35		3	1	0	0						.086	.086	.114	.200	4
Totals	1279	4501	4501	0	1248	232	80	50	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.277	.398	.675	1790	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Russell Scherbarth	1B	94	746	37	8		.990	8.330
Harry Bassin	1B	29	233	7	3		.988	8.276
James Adlam	2B	82	205	180	26		.937	4.695
Nicholas Lemone	2B	30	63	70	10		.930	4.433
Mel Cole	3B	80	88	125	27		.888	2.662
Bill Burich	3B	57	42	106	34		.813	2.596
Ted Mayer	C	81	561	54	7		.989	7.593
Danny Reagan	C	39	233	24	4		.985	6.590
Ken Blackman	C	16	76	17	2		.979	5.812
Russ Derry	OF	117	233	12	14		.946	2.094
Frank Stapleton	OF	93	128	12	9		.940	1.505
Arnold Evans	OF	74	128	9	5		.965	1.851
Stanley Sarbeiski	OF	62	123	4	5		.962	2.048
Loyd Christopher	OF	36	75	5	1		.988	2.222
John Simontacchi	OF	12	22	0	2		.917	1.833
Al Gerheauser	P	31						.000
Charles Wensloff	P	28						.000
Osborne Jacobsen	P	25						.000
Tommy Tisdale	P	23						.000
Ed Smith	P	19						.000
Charles Mason	P	19						.000
Joseph Foran	P	8						.000
Ray Richards	SS	70	94	179	40		.872	3.900
Tony Sams	SS	15	29	43	8		.900	4.800
Totals		1140	3079	884	205	0	.951	3.476

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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