1939 Kingsport Cherokees Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 70-49
Finished 2nd in the AL
Manager: Jerry Witner (0-0), Claude Trivett (0-0)
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium

1939 Kingsport Cherokees Roster

Playoffs - Kingsport Cherokees 2 games, Johnson City Cardinals 1
Finals - Elizabethton Betsy Red Sox 3 games, Kingsport Cherokees 1

The Kingsport Cherokees of the Appalachian League ended the 1939 season with a record of 70 wins and 49 losses, finishing second in the AL.

Jerry Witner and Claude Trivett 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
Paul Onkotz	19	7	.731	2.51	30	25					240.0	202	84	67		54
John Schoonover	11	10	.524	4.11	33	19					171.0	208	113	78		62
Merritt Lancaster	9	4	.692	3.04	19	14					136.0	120	55	46		38
Olen Morrison	8	9	.471	3.15	24	16					143.0	144	65	50		30
Bill Sullivan	7	3	.700	3.07	12	10					88.0	95	35	30		28
Clarence Heffelfinger	3	3	.500	3.31	9	6					49.0	41	30	18		40
Totals	57	36	.613	3.15	127	90	0	0	0	0	827.0	810	382	289	0	252	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
Emil Kreshka	119	522	522		169	14	8	7						.324	.324	.421	.745	220
Claude Trivett	107	395	395		132	21	8	6						.334	.334	.473	.808	187
Kenneth Eck	111	419	419		131	26	15	6						.313	.313	.489	.802	205
Richard Poydock	118	460	460		131	18	15	14						.285	.285	.480	.765	221
Charles Heffner	103	395	395		121	18	7	4						.306	.306	.418	.724	165
John Zarinsky	106	388	388		91	14	8	2						.235	.235	.327	.562	127
John Pardo	97	322	322		81	8	5	0						.252	.252	.307	.559	99
Paul Onkotz	39	113	113		21	6	1	0						.186	.186	.257	.442	29
Olen Morrison	36	85	85		17	3	2	2						.200	.200	.353	.553	30
Ed Zimmerman	18	57	57		13	1	1	1						.228	.228	.333	.561	19
John Schoonover	33	67	67		13	1	0	0						.194	.194	.209	.403	14
Charles Henrich	10	37	37		12	1	0	0						.324	.324	.351	.676	13
Merritt Lancaster	19	55	55		4	1	0	0						.073	.073	.091	.164	5
Clarence Heffelfinger	10	18	18		3	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	3
Bill Sullivan	13	37	37		2	0	0	0						.054	.054	.054	.108	2
Totals	939	3370	3370	0	941	132	70	42	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.279	.397	.677	1339	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Richard Poydock	1B	116	1260	57	14		.989	11.353
Charles Heffner	2B	47	113	145	17		.938	5.489
Kenneth Eck	3B	111	101	225	37		.898	2.937
John Pardo	C	97	390	93	10		.980	4.979
Emil Kreshka	OF	119	194	25	7		.969	1.840
Claude Trivett	OF	107	225	10	13		.948	2.196
Charles Henrich	OF	10	19	1	1		.952	2.000
John Schoonover	P	33						.000
Paul Onkotz	P	30						.000
Olen Morrison	P	24						.000
Merritt Lancaster	P	19						.000
Bill Sullivan	P	12						.000
Clarence Heffelfinger	P	9						.000
John Zarinsky	SS	77	130	162	17		.945	3.792
Ed Zimmerman	SS	18	35	60	8		.922	5.278
Totals		829	2467	778	124	0	.963	3.914

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