1940 Selma Cloverleafs Statistics

Southeastern League (SL) - Class: B
Team Record: 72-77
Finished 4th in the SL
Manager: Wes Kingdon (0-0), Paul Wanninger (0-0)
Location: Selma, Alabama
Ballpark: Rowell Field

1940 Selma Cloverleafs Roster

Playoffs - Jackson Senators 4 games, Selma Cloverleafs 1

The Selma Cloverleafs of the Southeastern League ended the 1940 season with a record of 72 wins and 77 losses, finishing fourth in the SL.

Wes Kingdon and Paul Wanninger 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
Lester Elledge	15	8	.652	2.90	36						217.0	230	94	70		57
Mearl Strachan	15	11	.577	3.68	40						230.0	256	130	94		65
LeRoy Pritchett	13	14	.481	3.52	37						225.0	239	113	88		59
Burton Swift	10	9	.526	3.62	30						154.0	154	85	62		54
Johnnie Chambers	9	14	.391	3.70	34						219.0	256	130	90		34
Stew Bowers	4	5	.444	3.16	14						74.0	63	31	26		25
Dot Pitman	3	10	.231	5.85	17						80.0	91	59	52		47
Totals	69	71	.493	3.62	208	0	0	0	0	0	1199.0	1289	642	482	0	341	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
Marvin Pelton	149	560	560		184	45	8	13						.329	.329	.507	.836	284
Ted Mueller	131	489	489		169	27	11	8						.346	.346	.495	.840	242
Benny Hassler	149	551	551		168	36	8	11						.305	.305	.459	.764	253
Allen McElreath	140	503	503		164	31	9	7						.326	.326	.465	.791	234
Grover Resinger	123	464	464		146	33	3	1						.315	.315	.405	.720	188
Joe Mene	123	498	498		146	23	13	4						.293	.293	.416	.709	207
Wilmer Lane	134	466	466		114	18	0	1						.245	.245	.290	.534	135
Frank Haggerty	95	333	333		67	12	2	0						.201	.201	.249	.450	83
LeRoy Pritchett	59	135	135		27	6	2	0						.200	.200	.274	.474	37
George Stallings	28	86	86		21	5	0	0						.244	.244	.302	.547	26
Burton Swift	50	110	110		20	6	1	3						.182	.182	.336	.518	37
Johnnie Chambers	40	89	89		19	3	0	0						.213	.213	.247	.461	22
Mearl Strachan	42	92	92		17	4	0	0						.185	.185	.228	.413	21
Wes Kingdon	19	52	52		16	4	0	0						.308	.308	.385	.692	20
Grady Dunlap	14	41	41		13	4	0	0						.317	.317	.415	.732	17
Judson Holsing	17	53	53		11	4	0	0						.208	.208	.283	.491	15
Salvatore Ferrara	28	50	50		10	1	0	0						.200	.200	.220	.420	11
Woody Arkeketa	14	47	47		7	2	1	0						.149	.149	.234	.383	11
Lester Elledge	37	71	71		6	0	1	0						.085	.085	.113	.197	8
Robert Bond	13	34	34		5	1	0	0						.147	.147	.176	.324	6
Stew Bolen	11	20	20		4	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	4
Dot Pitman	18	27	27		4	0	0	0						.148	.148	.148	.296	4
Raymond Rhodes	11	19	19		3	0	0	0						.158	.158	.158	.316	3
Stew Bowers	14	27	27		3	1	0	0						.111	.111	.148	.259	4
Hillis Layne	6	20	20		2	1	0	0						.100	.100	.150	.250	3
Totals	1465	4837	4837	0	1346	267	59	48	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.278	.388	.666	1875	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ted Mueller	1B	123	1113	57	24		.980	9.512
Robert Bond	1B	10	67	5	1		.986	7.200
Benny Hassler	2B	143	359	419	32		.960	5.441
Grover Resinger	3B	123	121	275	23		.945	3.220
Woody Arkeketa	3B	12	14	23	2		.949	3.083
Wilmer Lane	C	131	614	67	10		.986	5.198
Salvatore Ferrara	C	25	85	7	4		.958	3.680
Allen McElreath	OF	140	339	19	14		.962	2.557
Marvin Pelton	OF	137	229	14	7		.972	1.774
Joe Mene	OF	122	261	9	14		.951	2.213
Mearl Strachan	P	40						.000
LeRoy Pritchett	P	37						.000
Lester Elledge	P	36						.000
Johnnie Chambers	P	34						.000
Burton Swift	P	30						.000
Dot Pitman	P	17						.000
Stew Bowers	P	14						.000
Frank Haggerty	SS	95	197	316	48		.914	5.400
George Stallings	SS	21	26	52	14		.848	3.714
Judson Holsing	SS	17	19	41	7		.896	3.529
Wes Kingdon	SS	16	21	50	5		.934	4.438
Totals		1323	3465	1354	205	0	.959	3.642

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