1940 Springfield Browns Statistics

Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 73-53
Finished 3rd in the IIIL
Manager: Art Scharein (73-53)
Affiliation: St. Louis Browns
Location: Springfield, Illinois
Ballpark: Robin Roberts Stadium at Lanphier Park
Attendance: 56,569, Avg. 898

1940 Springfield Browns Roster

Playoffs - Cedar Rapids Raiders 3 games, Springfield Browns 0

The Springfield Browns of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1940 season with a record of 73 wins and 53 losses, finishing third in the IIIL.

Art Scharein served as manager.

Click on column headings to sort.

Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Paul Gunter	14	11	.560	3.75	29						192.0	179	104	80		59
Gorman Stalder	13	6	.684	4.20	23						165.0	153	96	77		80
Charles Cronin	13	11	.542	4.09	31						187.0	197	98	85		60
Earl Jones	12	5	.706	4.15	26						156.0	127	87	72		117
William Scott	9	7	.562	5.01	19						124.0	155	88	69		69
Ben Kneupper	8	6	.571	3.66	38						118.0	131	64	48		33
Homer Gibson	3	4	.429	3.96	8						50.0	48	28	22		22
Totals	72	50	.590	4.11	174	0	0	0	0	0	992.0	990	565	453	0	440	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
Ed Busch	126	514	514		155	19	10	5						.302	.302	.407	.708	209
Clarence Springer	125	495	495		141	32	5	11						.285	.285	.436	.721	216
Len Schulte	111	442	442		124	19	2	6						.281	.281	.373	.654	165
John Hansen	126	452	452		122	26	4	6						.270	.270	.385	.655	174
Fred Stroble	98	351	351		96	17	3	15						.274	.274	.467	.741	164
George Bradley	85	326	326		94	16	5	19						.288	.288	.543	.831	177
William Hornsby	86	305	305		86	8	5	7						.282	.282	.410	.692	125
Tommy Woodruff	55	222	222		55	6	8	2						.248	.248	.374	.622	83
Joseph Morjoseph	53	192	192		51	8	5	5						.266	.266	.438	.703	84
Harry Goorabian	59	202	202		50	8	3	9						.248	.248	.450	.698	91
Art Keller	56	164	164		46	9	3	3						.280	.280	.427	.707	70
Art Scharein	46	147	147		42	4	1	0						.286	.286	.327	.612	48
Earl Jones	27	63	63		17	0	0	0						.270	.270	.270	.540	17
Paul Gunter	32	83	83		17	3	2	0						.205	.205	.289	.494	24
William Scott	20	52	52		14	1	0	0						.269	.269	.288	.558	15
Charles Cronin	33	72	72		13	1	0	0						.181	.181	.194	.375	14
Joe Grace	8	29	29		11	2	1	3						.379	.379	.828	1.207	24
Gorman Stalder	23	63	63		10	0	0	0						.159	.159	.159	.317	10
Ben Kneupper	38	43	43		3	0	0	0						.070	.070	.070	.140	3
Ray Coleman	7	22	22		2	0	0	0						.091	.091	.091	.182	2
Totals	1214	4239	4239	0	1149	179	57	91	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.271	.405	.676	1715	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
John Hansen	1B	126	1039	59	12		.989	8.714
Len Schulte	2B	97	160	241	32		.926	4.134
Art Scharein	2B	34	59	77	6		.958	4.000
Ed Busch	3B	124	138	227	27		.931	2.944
William Hornsby	C	79	480	47	13		.976	6.671
Art Keller	C	44	233	29	10		.963	5.955
Clarence Springer	OF	125	177	10	14		.930	1.496
Fred Stroble	OF	98	253	4	11		.959	2.622
George Bradley	OF	84	172	13	7		.964	2.202
Joseph Morjoseph	OF	52	96	5	8		.927	1.942
Ben Kneupper	P	38						.000
Charles Cronin	P	31						.000
Paul Gunter	P	29						.000
Earl Jones	P	26						.000
Gorman Stalder	P	23						.000
William Scott	P	19						.000
Harry Goorabian	SS	59	109	173	13		.956	4.780
Tommy Woodruff	SS	54	99	145	29		.894	4.519
Totals		1142	3015	1030	182	0	.957	3.542

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.

Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.