1940 Topeka Owls Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: D
Team Record: 73-60
Finished 3rd in the WL
Manager: William Wilson (0-0), Pete Monahan (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Browns
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Attendance: 95,000, Avg. 1,429

1940 Topeka Owls Roster

Playoffs - St. Joseph Saints 3 games, Topeka Owls 1

The Topeka Owls of the Western League ended the 1940 season with a record of 73 wins and 60 losses, finishing third in the WL.

William Wilson and Pete Monahan 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
Joe Malman	21	6	.778	2.69	35						254.0	260	99	76		68
Norman Merrill	16	8	.667	4.17	28						177.0	163	92	82		105
Bill Karlowski	13	8	.619	4.33	30						187.0	199	124	90		98
Winlow Johnson	7	6	.538	2.14	22						105.0	104	55	25		49
Frank Tincup	6	6	.500	5.32	14						88.0	98	62	52		58
William Wilson	3	2	.600	5.36	15						47.0	62	37	28		17
Johnny Munchel	3	4	.429	5.14	11						70.0	59	47	40		65
Robert Hope	3	5	.375	5.59	12						66.0	76	49	41		69
Totals	72	45	.615	3.93	167	0	0	0	0	0	994.0	1021	565	434	0	529	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
John Novosel	123	474	474		172	43	9	4						.363	.363	.517	.880	245
Jack Devincenzi	129	476	476		152	29	6	17						.319	.319	.513	.832	244
Fred Lanifero	121	460	460		151	30	7	3						.328	.328	.443	.772	204
Bill Rigney	135	544	544		150	32	4	2						.276	.276	.360	.636	196
Pete Monahan	128	471	471		149	32	4	14						.316	.316	.490	.807	231
Mel Skelley	135	518	518		142	29	3	5						.274	.274	.371	.645	192
Doug White	127	481	481		132	30	2	13						.274	.274	.426	.701	205
Jim Acton	104	348	348		98	22	3	8						.282	.282	.431	.713	150
William Wilson	74	257	257		78	14	0	11						.304	.304	.486	.790	125
Olan Dabbs	41	137	137		29	6	2	0						.212	.212	.285	.496	39
Norman Merrill	46	106	106		26	7	2	0						.245	.245	.349	.594	37
Joe Malman	35	90	90		19	1	1	0						.211	.211	.244	.456	22
Eddie Lodigiani	22	64	64		14	3	0	0						.219	.219	.266	.484	17
Bill Karlowski	31	70	70		14	3	0	0						.200	.200	.243	.443	17
Ervin Reid	19	52	52		12	0	0	0						.231	.231	.231	.462	12
Frank Tincup	16	28	28		6	0	0	0						.214	.214	.214	.429	6
Winlow Johnson	22	34	34		6	2	0	0						.176	.176	.235	.412	8
Johnny Munchel	11	23	23		1	1	0	0						.043	.043	.087	.130	2
Robert Hope	12	23	23		1	0	0	0						.043	.043	.043	.087	1
Totals	1331	4656	4656	0	1352	284	43	77	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.290	.419	.710	1953	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Pete Monahan	1B	123	1142	72	18		.985	9.870
Fred Lanifero	2B	121	315	349	22		.968	5.488
Eddie Lodigiani	2B	16	35	43	9		.897	4.875
Mel Skelley	3B	135	151	247	41		.907	2.948
Olan Dabbs	3B	36	38	65	8		.928	2.861
Jim Acton	C	83	365	48	16		.963	4.976
William Wilson	C	63	316	50	8		.979	5.810
Jack Devincenzi	OF	128	271	17	1		.997	2.250
Doug White	OF	127	233	13	18		.932	1.937
John Novosel	OF	123	192	17	12		.946	1.699
Joe Malman	P	35						.000
Bill Karlowski	P	30						.000
Norman Merrill	P	28						.000
Winlow Johnson	P	22						.000
Frank Tincup	P	14						.000
Robert Hope	P	12						.000
Johnny Munchel	P	11						.000
Bill Rigney	SS	135	234	453	51		.931	5.089
Totals		1242	3292	1374	204	0	.958	3.757

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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