1940 Springfield Cardinals Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: D
Team Record: 56-76
Finished 11th in the WL
Manager: George Silvey (0-0), Ollie Vanek (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Springfield, Missouri
Attendance: 35,000, Avg. 530

1940 Springfield Cardinals Roster

The Springfield Cardinals of the Western League ended the 1940 season with a record of 56 wins and 76 losses, finishing eleventh in the WL.

George Silvey and Ollie Vanek 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
Lloyd Hopkins	15	11	.577	4.56	37						211.0	252	133	107		105
Blix Donnelly	7	13	.350	5.62	30						165.0	173	117	103		112
Earl Dothager	6	3	.667	7.46	16						82.0	97	83	68		67
Theodore Novak	6	8	.429	5.44	18						101.0	122	89	61		41
Paul Billett	5	8	.385	5.65	22						113.0	133	93	71		71
Samuel Kuipers	5	14	.263	6.63	30						175.0	200	163	129		147
Leonard Popevis	3	4	.429	5.03	16						59.0	46	47	33		62
Frank Zera	3	4	.429	8.73	14						67.0	81	76	65		60
Raymond Bunch	2	4	.333	4.50	10						46.0	53	33	23		21
Totals	52	69	.430	5.83	193	0	0	0	0	0	1019.0	1157	834	660	0	686	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
George Valine	134	515	515		172	46	6	7						.334	.334	.487	.821	251
David Smith	116	474	474		170	38	5	11						.359	.359	.530	.888	251
Del Wilber	113	435	435		134	34	8	7						.308	.308	.471	.779	205
Thomas Astbury	119	438	438		118	23	3	5						.269	.269	.370	.639	162
Regis Wortman	107	380	380		105	24	1	1						.276	.276	.353	.629	134
Frank Zera	98	314	314		82	23	2	1						.261	.261	.357	.618	112
George Silvey	77	277	277		80	13	6	5						.289	.289	.433	.722	120
Tom Koval	73	270	270		78	11	6	9						.289	.289	.474	.763	128
Erwin Prasse	69	259	259		76	17	5	7						.293	.293	.479	.772	124
Lloyd Hopkins	57	140	140		38	2	2	1						.271	.271	.336	.607	47
Ollie Vanek	31	108	108		35	6	3	1						.324	.324	.463	.787	50
Harold Bush	32	112	112		27	5	2	2						.241	.241	.375	.616	42
Blix Donnelly	35	74	74		18	2	1	1						.243	.243	.338	.581	25
Samuel Kuipers	32	81	81		17	4	1	1						.210	.210	.321	.531	26
Orval Cott	17	63	63		14	4	0	0						.222	.222	.286	.508	18
Theodore Novak	26	66	66		14	5	2	2						.212	.212	.439	.652	29
Paul Billett	22	47	47		11	1	0	0						.234	.234	.255	.489	12
Charles Powers	16	58	58		11	3	0	0						.190	.190	.241	.431	14
Earl Dothager	16	30	30		7	0	0	0						.233	.233	.233	.467	7
Leonard Popevis	17	20	20		4	1	0	0						.200	.200	.250	.450	5
Raymond Bunch	12	21	21		3	1	0	0						.143	.143	.190	.333	4
Totals	1219	4182	4182	0	1214	263	53	61	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.290	.422	.713	1766	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
George Silvey	1B	77	650	26	11		.984	8.779
Harold Bush	1B	32	244	9	7		.973	7.906
Erwin Prasse	2B	69	173	145	20		.941	4.609
George Valine	3B	102	104	191	23		.928	2.892
Orval Cott	3B	17	22	34	7		.889	3.294
Del Wilber	C	95	578	64	16		.976	6.758
Frank Zera	C	40	188	25	18		.922	5.325
Thomas Astbury	OF	119	210	9	20		.916	1.840
David Smith	OF	104	212	7	23		.905	2.106
Tom Koval	OF	73	133	13	8		.948	2.000
Ollie Vanek	OF	31	56	6	2		.969	2.000
Lloyd Hopkins	P	37						.000
Samuel Kuipers	P	30						.000
Blix Donnelly	P	30						.000
Paul Billett	P	22						.000
Theodore Novak	P	18						.000
Leonard Popevis	P	16						.000
Earl Dothager	P	16						.000
Raymond Bunch	P	10						.000
Regis Wortman	SS	86	153	245	29		.932	4.628
Totals		1024	2723	774	184	0	.950	3.415

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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