1940 Williamson Red Birds Statistics

Mountain State League (MSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 76-45
Finished 1st in the MSL
Manager: Harry Wickel (76-45)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Williamson, West Virginia
Ballpark: Montezuma Park

1940 Williamson Red Birds Roster

Playoffs - Williamson Red Birds 2 games, Bluefield Blue-Grays 0
Finals - Williamson Red Birds 3 games, Logan Indians 1

The Williamson Red Birds of the Mountain State League ended the 1940 season with a record of 76 wins and 45 losses, finishing first in the MSL.

Harry Wickel 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
Harold Sharp	18	7	.720	3.25	30	23					208.0	231	105	75		54
Ernest Peters	17	5	.773	3.19	28	22					203.0	206	95	72		75
Wayne Bruce	13	7	.650	4.17	32	13					149.0	153	84	69		47
Frank Gravino	10	5	.667	4.57	25	17					130.0	108	80	66		133
Donald Krupin	7	5	.583	5.57	20	14					105.0	131	76	65		41
James Smith	4	3	.571	4.97	9	6					58.0	58	35	32		31
Pemberton	2	2	.500	6.62	6	4					34.0	49	33	25		10
Harry Wickel	1	1	.500	3.46	9	2					39.0	44	18	15		14
Chester Sheets	1	2	.333	7.00	10	5					36.0	47	38	28		33
Tony Kvadas	1	4	.200	8.74	9	6					35.0	54	40	34		40
Totals	74	41	.643	4.34	178	112	0	0	0	0	997.0	1081	604	481	0	478	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
Bill Shewey	117	484	484		162	30	21	10						.335	.335	.545	.880	264
Pat Capri	121	461	461		146	34	7	8						.317	.317	.473	.790	218
Harry Wickel	123	445	445		142	31	14	2						.319	.319	.465	.784	207
Raymond King	123	473	473		141	19	17	1						.298	.298	.416	.715	197
Howard Kelly	118	468	468		130	27	6	2						.278	.278	.374	.652	175
Paul Atwater	122	487	487		129	21	8	5						.265	.265	.372	.637	181
Charles Carman	120	444	444		128	29	4	4						.288	.288	.399	.687	177
Hal Van Pelt	121	468	468		115	21	3	2						.246	.246	.316	.562	148
Frank Gravino	39	88	88		20	2	1	2						.227	.227	.341	.568	30
Wayne Bruce	43	81	81		18	2	0	0						.222	.222	.247	.469	20
Ernest Peters	31	86	86		18	2	0	0						.209	.209	.233	.442	20
Harold Sharp	30	73	73		13	2	0	0						.178	.178	.205	.384	15
James Smith	14	33	33		10	0	0	1						.303	.303	.394	.697	13
Donald Krupin	22	44	44		10	2	0	0						.227	.227	.273	.500	12
Chester Sheets	10	13	13		1	0	0	0						.077	.077	.077	.154	1
Tony Kvadas	10	14	14		1	1	0	0						.071	.071	.143	.214	2
Totals	1164	4162	4162	0	1184	223	81	37	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.284	.404	.688	1680	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Hal Van Pelt	1B	121	1102	46	26		.978	9.488
Pat Capri	2B	121	372	378	50		.938	6.198
Paul Atwater	3B	122	112	272	48		.889	3.148
Charles Carman	C	118	586	74	16		.976	5.593
Raymond King	OF	119	173	18	10		.950	1.605
Howard Kelly	OF	118	207	8	12		.947	1.822
Bill Shewey	OF	117	307	22	10		.971	2.812
Wayne Bruce	P	32						.000
Harold Sharp	P	30						.000
Ernest Peters	P	28						.000
Frank Gravino	P	25						.000
Donald Krupin	P	20						.000
Chester Sheets	P	10						.000
James Smith	P	9						.000
Tony Kvadas	P	9						.000
Harry Wickel	SS	119	221	344	26		.956	4.748
Totals		1118	3080	1162	198	0	.955	3.794

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