1940 Knoxville Smokies Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: A1
Team Record: 57-96
Finished 8th in the SA
Manager: Neil Caldwell (0-0), Freddie Lindstrom (0-0)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 68,782, Avg. 899

1940 Knoxville Smokies Roster

The Knoxville Smokies of the Southern Association ended the 1940 season with a record of 57 wins and 96 losses, finishing eighth in the SA.

Neil Caldwell and Freddie Lindstrom 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 Carpenter	13	15	.464	3.54	37	31					226.0	274	112	89		60
Sugar Cain	10	14	.417	5.13	40	29					223.0	257	145	127		83
John Koneff	9	14	.391	5.60	47	13					159.0	163	125	99		141
Paul Smith	7	6	.538	4.42	41	14					163.0	187	90	80		67
John Hubbell	5	15	.250	4.94	27	23					153.0	170	101	84		58
Jack Brewer	3	0	1.000	4.50	20	4					78.0	77	54	39		53
Jim Bivin	3	3	.500	5.34	8	8					59.0	71	38	35		14
Pete Mallory	1	7	.125	7.32	16	9					59.0	84	57	48		19
Totals	51	74	.408	4.83	236	131	0	0	0	0	1120.0	1283	722	601	0	495	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
Hugh Shelley	157	614	614		186	31	7	1						.303	.303	.381	.684	234
Malin McCulloch	145	514	514		162	31	12	16						.315	.315	.516	.831	265
Buck Stanton	150	547	547		157	30	8	5						.287	.287	.399	.686	218
Dutch Meyer	114	448	448		149	20	10	22						.333	.333	.569	.902	255
Mendel Ramsey	141	507	507		140	24	9	10						.276	.276	.418	.694	212
Eddie Lukon	122	367	367		116	22	7	10						.316	.316	.496	.812	182
George Myatt	116	415	415		111	22	9	0						.267	.267	.364	.631	151
Jim Sheehan	94	265	265		67	8	1	9						.253	.253	.392	.645	104
Art Lilly	39	126	126		26	6	3	1						.206	.206	.325	.532	41
Bob Carpenter	37	83	83		19	2	0	0						.229	.229	.253	.482	21
Jim McLeod	31	110	110		17	3	0	0						.155	.155	.182	.336	20
Sugar Cain	42	84	84		16	0	1	0						.190	.190	.214	.405	18
Bill Norman	15	47	47		14	6	1	1						.298	.298	.532	.830	25
John Hubbell	27	52	52		11	0	0	0						.212	.212	.212	.423	11
Jack Brewer	20	29	29		8	2	0	0						.276	.276	.345	.621	10
Paul Smith	41	53	53		8	0	0	0						.151	.151	.151	.302	8
Walt Shinn	15	38	38		6	4	1	0						.158	.158	.316	.474	12
John Koneff	47	53	53		5	0	0	0						.094	.094	.094	.189	5
Pete Mallory	18	17	17		2	0	0	0						.118	.118	.118	.235	2
Totals	1371	4369	4369	0	1220	211	69	75	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.279	.411	.690	1794	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Buck Stanton	1B	150	1304	81	9		.994	9.233
Dutch Meyer	2B	113	311	334	26		.961	5.708
Mendel Ramsey	3B	105	113	229	35		.907	3.257
Jim Sheehan	C	80	257	47	7		.977	3.800
Hugh Shelley	OF	156	418	12	16		.964	2.756
Malin McCulloch	OF	139	268	8	11		.962	1.986
Eddie Lukon	OF	97	182	6	10		.949	1.938
Bill Norman	OF	14	23	1	1		.960	1.714
John Koneff	P	47						.000
Paul Smith	P	41						.000
Sugar Cain	P	40						.000
Bob Carpenter	P	37						.000
John Hubbell	P	27						.000
Jack Brewer	P	20						.000
Pete Mallory	P	16						.000
George Myatt	SS	95	184	297	39		.925	5.063
Jim McLeod	SS	31	51	105	9		.945	5.032
Art Lilly	SS	19	38	66	8		.929	5.474
Totals		1227	3149	1186	171	0	.962	3.533

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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