1940 La Crosse Blackhawks Statistics

Wisconsin State League (WSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 76-37
Finished 1st in the WSL
Manager: Ed Konetchy (76-37)
Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Copeland Park
Attendance: 50,000, Avg. 885

1940 La Crosse Blackhawks Roster

Playoffs - La Crosse Blackhawks 3 games, Wisconsin Rapids White Sox 0
Finals - La Crosse Blackhawks 4 games, Fond du Lac Panthers 0

The La Crosse Blackhawks of the Wisconsin State League ended the 1940 season with a record of 76 wins and 37 losses, finishing first in the WSL.

Ed Konetchy 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
Mervin Henley	20	3	.870	1.82	31						208.0	147	58	42		60
Lawrence Johnson	17	5	.773	2.65	24						197.0	178	78	58		57
Hank Glor	13	9	.591	2.83	25						162.0	147	64	51		47
Otey Clark	11	7	.611	4.50	24						136.0	154	77	68		57
Loren Bain	10	4	.714	3.25	19						119.0	80	46	43		47
Gordon Sills	5	2	.714	5.26	18						77.0	82	56	45		55
Totals	76	30	.717	3.07	141	0	0	0	0	0	899.0	788	379	307	0	323	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
Harold Schadt	113	438	438		120	20	6	2						.274	.274	.361	.635	158
Winfred Hansch	112	406	406		118	23	3	5						.291	.291	.399	.690	162
John Schroeder	82	326	326		110	27	2	2						.337	.337	.451	.788	147
Marvin Janes	105	376	376		108	24	5	10						.287	.287	.457	.745	172
Ralph Mengelt	110	392	392		96	20	6	0						.245	.245	.327	.571	128
Gilbert Neumann	104	364	364		90	18	7	3						.247	.247	.360	.607	131
Orval Tobeck	102	315	315		64	10	2	1						.203	.203	.257	.460	81
Royce Hoard	44	154	154		40	4	0	0						.260	.260	.286	.545	44
Mervin Henley	51	114	114		32	8	0	3						.281	.281	.430	.711	49
Harold Ludwig	41	133	133		30	4	1	0						.226	.226	.271	.496	36
Eldon Grimslid	21	81	81		17	2	2	0						.210	.210	.284	.494	23
Lawrence Johnson	25	68	68		13	0	0	0						.191	.191	.191	.382	13
Lucian Paule	25	64	64		11	1	0	1						.172	.172	.234	.406	15
Stan Cyson	13	46	46		10	0	2	1						.217	.217	.370	.587	17
Bob Teeples	14	53	53		9	1	0	1						.170	.170	.245	.415	13
Otey Clark	24	62	62		9	1	0	0						.145	.145	.161	.306	10
Hank Glor	27	61	61		7	0	0	0						.115	.115	.115	.230	7
Loren Bain	18	38	38		6	3	0	0						.158	.158	.237	.395	9
Gordon Sills	17	26	26		4	0	0	0						.154	.154	.154	.308	4
Totals	1048	3517	3517	0	894	166	36	29	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.254	.347	.601	1219	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Gilbert Neumann	1B	104	1032	33	10		.991	1.240
John Schroeder	2B	82	193	238	20		.956	5.256
Ralph Mengelt	3B	110	102	251	35		.910	3.209
Royce Hoard	C	44	271	23	12		.961	6.682
Harold Ludwig	C	38	188	23	3		.986	5.553
Lucian Paule	C	17	81	7	2		.978	5.176
Harold Schadt	OF	113	237	6	11		.957	2.150
Marvin Janes	OF	92	115	9	6		.954	1.348
Winfred Hansch	OF	80	133	12	4		.973	1.812
Eldon Grimslid	OF	19	26	3	3		.906	1.526
Stan Cyson	OF	13	19	1	2		.909	1.538
Mervin Henley	P	31						.000
Hank Glor	P	25						.000
Lawrence Johnson	P	24						.000
Otey Clark	P	24						.000
Loren Bain	P	19						.000
Gordon Sills	P	18						.000
Orval Tobeck	SS	98	140	281	34		.925	4.296
Bob Teeples	SS	14	16	26	5		.894	3.000
Totals		965	2553	913	147	0	.959	3.592

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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