1939 Topeka Owls Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: D
Team Record: 72-65
Finished 8th in the WL
Manager: William Wilson (72-65)
Affiliation: St. Louis Browns
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Ballpark: Community Park
Attendance: 85,500, Avg. 1,248

1939 Topeka Owls Roster

Playoffs - Topeka Owls 3 games, Joplin Miners 2
Finals - Springfield Cardinals 3 games, Topeka Owls 2

The Topeka Owls of the Western League ended the 1939 season with a record of 72 wins and 65 losses, finishing eighth in the WL.

William Wilson served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Maury Newlin	26	6	.812	43						258.0	237	117			99
Joe Malman	12	5	.706	21						138.0	184	104			34
Elmer Phillips	9	7	.562	20						146.0	162	86			52
Manny Pérez	8	8	.500	22						126.0	121	80			77
John Gotter	4	7	.364	18						70.0	71	78			110
William Wilson	2	3	.400	20						79.0	91	53			26
Hooks Iott	1	2	.333	12						59.0	63	40			50
Lawrence Susee	1	2	.333	7						31.0	40	31			27
Bill Schwartz	1	3	.250	7						31.0	41	29			16
Cecil Lindsey	0	2	.000	11						33.0	49	37			34
Robert Williams	0	6	.000	11						40.0	33	35			47
Totals	64	51	.557	192	0	0	0	0	0	1011.0	1092	690	0	0	572	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
Clarence Springer	138	574	574		187	33	8	22						.326	.326	.526	.852	302
Fuzz White	138	541	541		175	34	9	10						.323	.323	.475	.799	257
Harry Goorabian	123	430	430		136	23	4	38						.316	.316	.653	.970	281
Lou Burtner	135	548	548		134	21	8	6						.245	.245	.345	.589	189
William Wilson	116	386	386		112	24	5	9						.290	.290	.448	.738	173
John Hansen	113	402	402		112	18	5	8						.279	.279	.408	.687	164
Stanley Cazen	108	370	370		88	12	0	5						.238	.238	.311	.549	115
Mark Carrola	96	277	277		72	11	7	3						.260	.260	.383	.643	106
Howard Eaton	48	157	157		41	7	0	0						.261	.261	.306	.567	48
James Burris	43	159	159		37	7	1	0						.233	.233	.289	.522	46
Wil Morrison	40	117	117		31	5	1	4						.265	.265	.427	.692	50
Roy Mikus	25	107	107		23	5	1	1						.215	.215	.308	.523	33
Maury Newlin	46	91	91		20	2	0	1						.220	.220	.275	.495	25
Robert Williams	17	29	29		10	2	0	1						.345	.345	.517	.862	15
Elmer Phillips	27	50	50		10	2	1	0						.200	.200	.280	.480	14
Joe Malman	25	59	59		10	1	0	0						.169	.169	.186	.356	11
Marshall Sneed	20	61	61		8	0	0	0						.131	.131	.131	.262	8
Manny Pérez	24	47	47		7	2	0	1						.149	.149	.255	.404	12
John Gotter	22	30	30		5	1	1	0						.167	.167	.267	.433	8
Hooks Iott	12	16	16		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Cecil Lindsey	11	12	12		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1327	4463	4463	0	1218	210	51	109	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.416	.689	1857	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
John Hansen	1B	113	1027	51	11		.990	9.540
Roy Mikus	1B	25	120	2	3		.976	4.880
Lou Burtner	2B	135	318	341	41		.941	4.881
Wil Morrison	3B	38	39	91	12		.915	3.421
James Burris	3B	27	25	85	11		.909	4.074
William Wilson	C	93	517	89	13		.979	6.516
Mark Carrola	C	62	262	36	13		.958	4.806
Fuzz White	OF	138	330	9	14		.960	2.457
Clarence Springer	OF	138	221	22	12		.953	1.761
Stanley Cazen	OF	108	161	13	11		.941	1.611
Marshall Sneed	OF	20	29	3	4		.889	1.600
Maury Newlin	P	43						.000
Manny Pérez	P	22						.000
Joe Malman	P	21						.000
Elmer Phillips	P	20						.000
John Gotter	P	18						.000
Hooks Iott	P	12						.000
Robert Williams	P	11						.000
Cecil Lindsey	P	11						.000
Harry Goorabian	SS	69	100	232	29		.920	4.812
Howard Eaton	SS	48	78	137	24		.900	4.479
Totals		1172	3227	1111	198	0	.956	3.701

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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