1940 Shreveport Sports Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: A1
Team Record: 72-88
Finished 7th in the TL
Manager: Homer Peel (0-0), Hub Northen (0-0)
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Ballpark: SPAR Stadium
Attendance: 71,815, Avg. 898

1940 Shreveport Sports Roster

The Shreveport Sports of the Texas League ended the 1940 season with a record of 72 wins and 88 losses, finishing seventh in the TL.

Homer Peel and Hub Northen 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
Bobby Coombs	19	14	.576	3.13	36						273.0	285	119	95		31
Hugo Klaerner	16	16	.500	2.92	38						265.0	243	105	86		73
Jackie Reid	16	16	.500	2.99	45						262.0	260	106	87		37
Jim Brillheart	5	9	.357	3.35	37						242.0	153	101	90		77
Horace Lisenbee	3	5	.375	4.22	18						64.0	60	35	30		14
Walt Navie	2	4	.333	4.62	27						72.0	75	44	37		33
Wynn Jackson	0	0		0.90	5						10.0	5	2	1		2
Frank Sansosti	0	1	.000	0.00	4						9.0	8				3
Ray Benge	0	1	.000	3.00	2						3.0	4	1	1		0
Fred Johnson	0	2	.000	3.75	6						24.0	27	11	10		3
Eddie Lopat	0	3	.000	5.94	15						47.0	51	39	31		24
Totals	61	71	.462	3.31	233	0	0	0	0	0	1271.0	1171	563	468	0	297	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
Jake Jones	154	541	541		163	34	2	16						.301	.301	.460	.762	249
Tony York	162	628	628		149	37	6	15						.237	.237	.387	.624	243
Guy Curtright	133	456	456		119	16	4	10						.261	.261	.379	.640	173
Joe Vitter	135	477	477		119	25	7	2						.249	.249	.344	.593	164
George Washington	121	394	394		107	32	4	6						.272	.272	.419	.690	165
Joseph Greenberg	91	325	325		100	16	0	7						.308	.308	.422	.729	137
Ray Taylor	92	363	363		100	14	4	2						.275	.275	.353	.628	128
Neil Andrews	108	328	328		87	18	0	3						.265	.265	.348	.613	114
Homer Peel	64	169	169		55	12	0	2						.325	.325	.432	.757	73
Del Friar	94	215	215		49	4	1	3						.228	.228	.298	.526	64
John Simontacchi	65	199	199		47	13	1	0						.236	.236	.312	.548	62
Bobby Coombs	37	97	97		18	0	0	0						.186	.186	.186	.371	18
Hugo Klaerner	38	95	95		17	3	1	0						.179	.179	.232	.411	22
Jackie Reid	45	87	87		13	2	0	0						.149	.149	.172	.322	15
Howard Ermisch	16	46	46		10	0	1	0						.217	.217	.261	.478	12
Jim Brillheart	37	46	46		9	0	0	1						.196	.196	.261	.457	12
Walt Navie	31	30	30		5	2	0	0						.167	.167	.233	.400	7
Eddie Lopat	16	19	19		3	0	0	0						.158	.158	.158	.316	3
Ross Van Antwerp	8	14	14		2	1	0	0						.143	.143	.214	.357	3
Wynn Jackson	6	2	2		1	1	0	0						.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2
Fred Johnson	6	9	9		1	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Horace Lisenbee	18	14	14		1	1	0	0						.071	.071	.143	.214	2
Bob Richards	2	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1479	4556	4556	0	1175	231	31	67	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.258	.366	.624	1669	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jake Jones	1B	154	1528	56	19		.988	1.286
Ray Taylor	2B	91	187	247	15		.967	4.769
Joseph Greenberg	3B	83	78	129	26		.888	2.494
Joe Vitter	3B	71	59	159	15		.936	3.070
Howard Ermisch	3B	16	14	26	6		.870	2.500
Neil Andrews	C	102	450	49	8		.984	4.892
Del Friar	C	74	80	32	6		.949	1.514
Guy Curtright	OF	129	273	5	7		.975	2.155
George Washington	OF	113	160	3	4		.976	1.442
John Simontacchi	OF	61	78	5	5		.943	1.361
Homer Peel	OF	49	79	2	2		.976	1.653
Jackie Reid	P	45						.000
Hugo Klaerner	P	38						.000
Jim Brillheart	P	37						.000
Bobby Coombs	P	36						.000
Walt Navie	P	27						.000
Horace Lisenbee	P	18						.000
Eddie Lopat	P	15						.000
Fred Johnson	P	6						.000
Wynn Jackson	P	5						.000
Frank Sansosti	P	4						.000
Ray Benge	P	2						.000
Tony York	SS	162	280	564	52		.942	5.210
Totals		1338	3266	1277	165	0	.965	3.395

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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