1939 Waycross Bears Statistics

Georgia-Florida League (GGL) - Class: D
Team Record: 70-68
Finished 4th in the GGL
Manager: Al Leitz (0-0), Art Patchin (0-0)
Location: Waycross, Georgia
Ballpark: Ralph Newton Field
Attendance: 85,556, Avg. 1,240

1939 Waycross Bears Roster

Playoffs - Valdosta Trojans 3 games, Waycross Bears 2

The Waycross Bears of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1939 season with a record of 70 wins and 68 losses, finishing fourth in the GGL.

Al Leitz and Art Patchin served as manager.

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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
Pete Thomassie	135	542	542		171	25	9	1						.315	.315	.400	.716	217
Sindo Valle	139	505	505		133	18	3	0						.263	.263	.311	.574	157
Dean Evans	107	404	404		109	15	9	1						.270	.270	.359	.629	145
Al Leitz	111	318	318		99	19	3	1						.311	.311	.399	.711	127
Leon Thompson	84	304	304		95	17	5	0						.312	.312	.401	.714	122
Bill Creager	79	321	321		83	19	10	7						.259	.259	.445	.704	143
Dudley Parker	80	313	313		75	8	8	2						.240	.240	.335	.575	105
Harry Stratton	72	252	252		74	9	8	0						.294	.294	.393	.687	99
Charles Farrar	56	205	205		61	7	5	2						.298	.298	.410	.707	84
Dan Vickers	62	210	210		48	2	0	0						.229	.229	.238	.467	50
Michael Petrosky	64	147	147		44	14	1	2						.299	.299	.449	.748	66
Joseph D'Antonio	41	170	170		41	5	5	0						.241	.241	.329	.571	56
Peter Pierce	30	114	114		28	4	0	0						.246	.246	.281	.526	32
Genie Peters	23	93	93		20	3	1	1						.215	.215	.301	.516	28
Art Patchin	26	61	61		18	4	0	0						.295	.295	.361	.656	22
Elwood Lawson	23	43	43		14	1	0	0						.326	.326	.349	.674	15
Marvin Horton	12	40	40		12	3	2	0						.300	.300	.475	.775	19
Frank Bennett	25	63	63		12	1	0	0						.190	.190	.206	.397	13
James Marsh	23	48	48		9	1	0	0						.188	.188	.208	.396	10
Henry Adams	10	29	29		8	2	1	0						.276	.276	.414	.690	12
Jim Mertz	29	50	50		8	0	0	0						.160	.160	.160	.320	8
Peter Blasco	11	45	45		6	1	0	0						.133	.133	.156	.289	7
Raymond Melton	23	45	45		3	0	0	0						.067	.067	.067	.133	3
Joe Wrobke	7	14	14		2	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	2
Charles Atwater	11	20	20		2	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	2
Totals	1283	4356	4356	0	1175	178	70	17	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.270	.354	.624	1544	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Leon Thompson	1B	84	662	47	10		.986	8.440
Bill Creager	2B	79	213	221	20		.956	5.494
Joseph D'Antonio	2B	41	87	107	16		.924	4.732
Dudley Parker	3B	80	78	165	25		.907	3.038
Peter Pierce	3B	30	36	62	17		.852	3.267
Marvin Horton	3B	12	8	25	3		.917	2.750
Al Leitz	C	92	348	53	3		.993	4.359
Dan Vickers	C	62	278	41	5		.985	5.145
Raymond Melton	C	23	43	9	5		.912	2.261
Pete Thomassie	OF	135	290	21	15		.954	2.304
Dean Evans	OF	107	273	10	7		.976	2.645
Harry Stratton	OF	72	110	6	4		.967	1.611
Charles Farrar	OF	56	98	1	3		.971	1.768
Genie Peters	OF	23	52	8	4		.938	2.609
Henry Adams	OF	10	10	2	0		1.000	1.200
Sindo Valle	SS	139	307	386	53		.929	4.986
Peter Blasco	SS	11	16	22	7		.844	3.455
Totals		1056	2909	1186	197	0	.954	3.878

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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