1940 Memphis Chicks Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: A1
Team Record: 79-72
Finished 3rd in the SA
Manager: Truck Hannah (79-72)
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Ballpark: Russwood Park
Attendance: 61,144, Avg. 810

1940 Memphis Chicks Roster

Playoffs - Atlanta Crackers 3 games, Memphis Chicks 2

The Memphis Chicks of the Southern Association ended the 1940 season with a record of 79 wins and 72 losses, finishing third in the SA.

Truck Hannah 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
Les Willis	18	14	.562	4.08	39	29					234.0	251	121	106		75
John Gaddy	11	7	.611	4.39	32	23					166.0	176	97	81		66
Bob Joyce	11	13	.458	4.50	33	17					152.0	190	95	76		48
Frank Veverka	9	5	.643	3.73	24	15					140.0	148	69	58		51
Joseph Roxbury	9	12	.429	4.64	36	21					165.0	171	91	85		89
Harry Matuzak	7	7	.500	3.71	20	14					119.0	122	60	49		34
Allyn Stout	5	4	.556	2.79	13	10					84.0	69	29	26		20
Joe Kohlman	4	4	.500	4.74	29	7					95.0	126	55	50		32
Fred Johnson	1	0	1.000	7.50	4						6.0	8	5	5		2
Sam Page	1	3	.250	5.47	18	8					74.0	108	62	45		22
Totals	76	69	.524	4.23	248	144	0	0	0	0	1235.0	1369	684	581	0	439	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
Babe Barna	149	535	535	115	164	37	17	12	88	8				.307	.307	.507	.813	271
Earl Naylor	141	516	516		156	25	12	6						.302	.302	.432	.734	223
Culley Rikard	137	518	518		156	32	11	7						.301	.301	.446	.747	231
Bud Hafey	150	540	540		152	38	12	14						.281	.281	.474	.756	256
Louis Bush	144	542	542		140	23	3	1						.258	.258	.317	.576	172
Ray Honeycutt	143	514	514		138	17	1	0						.268	.268	.305	.574	157
Frank Veverka	127	440	440		123	12	6	7						.280	.280	.382	.661	168
Sid Gautreaux	114	330	330		93	14	5	4						.282	.282	.391	.673	129
Frank Piet	94	328	328		83	16	2	2						.253	.253	.332	.585	109
Vinnie Smith	67	209	209		51	6	3	1						.244	.244	.316	.560	66
Roy Anton	42	162	162		45	12	2	0						.278	.278	.377	.654	61
Les Willis	39	88	88		20	2	0	0						.227	.227	.250	.477	22
Bob Joyce	46	76	76		15	1	4	0						.197	.197	.316	.513	24
Harry Matuzak	24	39	39		12	1	1	0						.308	.308	.385	.692	15
John Gaddy	32	60	60		12	3	0	0						.200	.200	.250	.450	15
Joseph Roxbury	36	54	54		11	2	0	0						.204	.204	.241	.444	13
Sam Page	19	27	27		8	0	2	0						.296	.296	.444	.741	12
Allyn Stout	13	28	28		6	1	0	0						.214	.214	.250	.464	7
Joe Kohlman	31	28	28		4	0	1	0						.143	.143	.214	.357	6
Truck Hannah	2	6	6		1	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Totals	1550	5040	5040	115	1390	242	82	54	88	8	0	0	0	.276	.276	.388	.664	1958	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Frank Veverka	1B	94	825	61	15		.983	9.426
Roy Anton	1B	42	345	18	4		.989	8.643
Louis Bush	2B	134	302	379	24		.966	5.082
Bud Hafey	3B	96	103	138	12		.953	2.510
Frank Piet	3B	58	85	133	12		.948	3.759
Sid Gautreaux	C	96	325	62	10		.975	4.031
Vinnie Smith	C	57	199	24	7		.970	3.912
Babe Barna	OF	146	290	13	6		.981	2.075
Culley Rikard	OF	133	365	6	16		.959	2.789
Earl Naylor	OF	130	300	12	5		.984	2.400
Les Willis	P	39						.000
Joseph Roxbury	P	36						.000
Bob Joyce	P	33						.000
John Gaddy	P	32						.000
Joe Kohlman	P	29						.000
Harry Matuzak	P	20						.000
Sam Page	P	18						.000
Allyn Stout	P	13						.000
Ray Honeycutt	SS	142	273	447	40		.947	5.070
Totals		1348	3412	1293	151	0	.969	3.490

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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