1940 Portsmouth Red Birds Statistics

Middle Atlantic League (MAL) - Class: C
Team Record: 59-68
Finished 6th in the MAL
Manager: Fred Dorman (0-0), Walter Alston (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Portsmouth, Ohio
Ballpark: Branch Rickey Park
Attendance: 20,000, Avg. 315

1940 Portsmouth Red Birds Roster

The Portsmouth Red Birds of the Middle Atlantic League ended the 1940 season with a record of 59 wins and 68 losses, finishing sixth in the MAL.

Fred Dorman and Walter Alston 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
Clem Dreisewerd	23	9	.719	2.48	38						247.0	227	83	68		49
Freddy Schmidt	10	7	.588	3.99	21						124.0	117	68	55		61
George Turbeville	7	7	.500	3.86	18						105.0	99	57	45		57
Bud Byerly	4	8	.333	4.46	21						123.0	122	81	61		72
James Pollock	2	1	.667	6.11	10						53.0	54	39	36		46
Robert Eisiminger	2	6	.250	6.04	14						73.0	92	60	49		36
Henry Zajac	1	2	.333	0.00	5			0			17.0					9		6
Irvin Peterman	1	6	.143	9.31	9						59.0	88	69	61		38
Totals	50	46	.521	4.21	136	0	0	0	0	0	801.0	799	457	375	0	368	0	6	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
Joe Schmidt	126	480	480		153	24	3	15						.319	.319	.475	.794	228
Walter Alston	127	446	446		122	18	3	28						.274	.274	.516	.789	230
Roy Fowler	119	454	454		121	18	2	4						.267	.267	.341	.608	155
Leonard Burton	94	363	363		92	22	7	3						.253	.253	.377	.631	137
Mel Wasley	96	340	340		91	19	2	6						.268	.268	.388	.656	132
Raymond Smith	79	249	249		60	9	4	6						.241	.241	.382	.622	95
George Turbeville	51	148	148		33	5	0	1						.223	.223	.277	.500	41
Del Ballinger	40	127	127		30	2	1	1						.236	.236	.291	.528	37
Fred Dorman	43	124	124		26	7	2	0						.210	.210	.298	.508	37
Allen Dernback	47	154	154		26	4	0	1						.169	.169	.214	.383	33
Eugene Nafie	31	109	109		25	5	1	3						.229	.229	.376	.606	41
Joe King	35	123	123		25	3	1	1						.203	.203	.268	.472	33
Jake Drake	17	63	63		15	7	0	1						.238	.238	.397	.635	25
Bobby Moers	14	49	49		12	2	0	1						.245	.245	.347	.592	17
Clem Dreisewerd	39	92	92		12	4	1	0						.130	.130	.196	.326	18
Charles Englehart	18	45	45		10	2	0	1						.222	.222	.333	.556	15
Joseph Conway	16	61	61		10	3	0	1						.164	.164	.262	.426	16
Bud Byerly	31	66	66		10	0	0	0						.152	.152	.152	.303	10
John O'Connor	17	40	40		8	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	8
Joseph Gravino	12	43	43		8	1	1	0						.186	.186	.256	.442	11
Samuel Miller	15	39	39		7	2	0	0						.179	.179	.231	.410	9
John Joyce	13	40	40		5	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	5
James Pollock	10	22	22		4	1	0	0						.182	.182	.227	.409	5
Mike Boettcher	11	24	24		3	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	3
Robert Eisiminger	18	28	28		3	0	0	0						.107	.107	.107	.214	3
Freddy Schmidt	21	45	45		3	0	0	0						.067	.067	.067	.133	3
Irvin Peterman	10	32	32		2	0	0	0						.062	.062	.062	.125	2
Henry Zajac	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1155	3810	3810	0	916	158	28	73	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.240	.354	.594	1349	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Walter Alston	1B	127	1015	77	14		.987	8.598
Allen Dernback	2B	47	93	128	19		.921	4.702
Fred Dorman	2B	42	113	114	10		.958	5.405
Bobby Moers	2B	15	34	33	5		.931	4.467
Joe Schmidt	3B	105	117	179	27		.916	2.819
Raymond Smith	C	60	335	29	14		.963	6.067
Del Ballinger	C	37	181	21	4		.981	5.459
John Joyce	C	11	56	8	7		.901	5.818
Samuel Miller	C	10	27	2	4		.879	2.900
Leonard Burton	OF	84	209	9	2		.991	2.595
Mel Wasley	OF	75	134	8	3		.979	1.893
Joe King	OF	34	89	2	2		.978	2.676
Eugene Nafie	OF	31	58	8	4		.943	2.129
George Turbeville	OF	27	42	0	2		.955	1.556
Jake Drake	OF	16	26	3	4		.879	1.812
Joseph Conway	OF	16	28	2	1		.968	1.875
John O'Connor	OF	10	9	2	1		.917	1.100
Clem Dreisewerd	P	38						.000
Freddy Schmidt	P	21						.000
Bud Byerly	P	21						.000
Robert Eisiminger	P	14						.000
James Pollock	P	10						.000
Irvin Peterman	P	9						.000
Henry Zajac	P	5						.000
Roy Fowler	SS	118	204	319	57		.902	4.432
Totals		983	2770	944	180	0	.954	3.778

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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