1939 Milford Giants Statistics

Eastern Shore League (ESL) - Class: D
Team Record: 49-69
Finished 7th in the ESL
Manager: Earl Smith (0-0), Val Picinich (0-0)
Affiliation: New York Giants
Location: Milford, Delaware
Ballpark: Milford Baseball Park
Attendance: 19,000, Avg. 322

1939 Milford Giants Roster

The Milford Giants of the Eastern Shore League ended the 1939 season with a record of 49 wins and 69 losses, finishing seventh in the ESL.

Earl Smith and Val Picinich 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
Kenneth Kallenberg	11	8	.579	5.27	30						157.0	186	111	92		72
John Tansey	9	13	.409	4.50	31						188.0	195	114	94		63
Neil Saulia	7	12	.368	5.35	32						148.0	159	122	88		81
George Joseph	6	7	.462	5.52	18						106.0	143	78	65		32
William Syring	6	10	.375	4.46	21						127.0	140	78	63		37
Joe Gardina	2	5	.286	5.59	13						66.0	89	52	41		34
Totals	41	55	.427	5.03	145	0	0	0	0	0	792.0	912	555	443	0	319	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
Martin Steinmann	96	394	394		149	39	4	17						.378	.378	.627	1.005	247
Joseph McGonigle	117	452	452		148	20	4	24						.327	.327	.549	.876	248
Harold Harrigan	103	391	391		99	23	3	17						.253	.253	.458	.711	179
Ralph Benzenberg	74	296	296		95	22	2	7						.321	.321	.480	.801	142
Hal Gruber	98	361	361		94	11	5	5						.260	.260	.360	.620	130
Art Gunning	92	320	320		81	13	1	5						.253	.253	.347	.600	111
John Orban	98	336	336		81	10	3	7						.241	.241	.351	.592	118
John Tansey	81	210	210		65	11	1	8						.310	.310	.486	.795	102
Norman Jaeger	60	220	220		55	12	0	1						.250	.250	.318	.568	70
George Kessell	52	188	188		40	9	0	3						.213	.213	.309	.521	58
Kenneth Kallenberg	37	79	79		21	2	0	1						.266	.266	.329	.595	26
Michael Urban	23	82	82		18	3	0	1						.220	.220	.293	.512	24
Frank Ball	17	54	54		14	2	0	0						.259	.259	.296	.556	16
Charles Branch	17	64	64		14	3	2	0						.219	.219	.328	.547	21
Neil Saulia	37	62	62		13	2	0	1						.210	.210	.290	.500	18
Martin Steinman	14	46	46		10	1	0	0						.217	.217	.239	.457	11
Mack Short	16	52	52		7	1	1	1						.135	.135	.250	.385	13
Charles Kraus	11	37	37		5	2	0	0						.135	.135	.189	.324	7
Joe Gardina	17	29	29		4	1	0	1						.138	.138	.276	.414	8
George Joseph	18	35	35		4	0	0	0						.114	.114	.114	.229	4
William Syring	21	42	42		3	0	0	0						.071	.071	.071	.143	3
William Regan	11	22	22		2	0	0	0						.091	.091	.091	.182	2
Warren Pickell	10	7	7		1	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Franklyn Faske	10	9	9		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1130	3788	3788	0	1023	187	26	99	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.270	.412	.682	1559	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Norman Jaeger	1B	59	564	22	14		.977	9.932
Ralph Benzenberg	2B	74	203	244	17		.963	6.041
Charles Branch	2B	13	36	39	5		.938	5.769
Harold Harrigan	3B	91	101	185	29		.908	3.143
Michael Urban	3B	22	30	47	6		.928	3.500
Art Gunning	C	90	501	61	8		.986	6.244
William Regan	C	11	29	6	3		.921	3.182
Charles Kraus	C	11	59	9	5		.932	6.182
Frank Ball	C	10	61	10	1		.986	7.100
Joseph McGonigle	OF	115	135	8	6		.960	1.243
John Orban	OF	78	147	16	9		.948	2.090
Martin Steinmann	OF	70	97	9	7		.938	1.514
George Kessell	OF	33	72	7	4		.952	2.394
Mack Short	OF	15	22	0	2		.917	1.467
Martin Steinman	OF	13	9	1	0		1.000	.769
Neil Saulia	P	32						.000
John Tansey	P	31						.000
Kenneth Kallenberg	P	30						.000
William Syring	P	21						.000
George Joseph	P	18						.000
Joe Gardina	P	13						.000
Hal Gruber	SS	98	173	317	22		.957	5.000
Totals		948	2239	981	138	0	.959	3.397

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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