1939 Welch Miners Statistics
Mountain State League (MSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 72-57
Finished 2nd in the MSL
Manager: Sam Gray (72-57)
Location: Welch, West Virginia
Ballpark: Blakely Field
1939 Welch Miners RosterTeam Record: 72-57
Finished 2nd in the MSL
Manager: Sam Gray (72-57)
Location: Welch, West Virginia
Ballpark: Blakely Field
Playoffs - Bluefield Blue-Grays 2 games, Welch Miners 0
The Welch Miners of the Mountain State League ended the 1939 season with a record of 72 wins and 57 losses, finishing second in the MSL.
Sam Gray 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Gray | 16 | 7 | .696 | 3.03 | 32 | 23 | 205.0 | 218 | 103 | 69 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Claude Tarrant | 12 | 7 | .632 | 3.76 | 27 | 17 | 165.0 | 170 | 80 | 69 | 55 | |||||||||||
| Marty Errante | 9 | 7 | .562 | 5.41 | 25 | 14 | 128.0 | 147 | 95 | 77 | 91 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Bowles | 9 | 8 | .529 | 5.43 | 20 | 16 | 126.0 | 141 | 94 | 76 | 58 | |||||||||||
| Vern Bickford | 5 | 2 | .714 | 5.37 | 10 | 7 | 62.0 | 64 | 39 | 37 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Claude Holliday | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.88 | 21 | 15 | 101.0 | 129 | 81 | 66 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Sherley Slone | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.11 | 10 | 10 | 74.0 | 70 | 56 | 42 | 52 | |||||||||||
| Roy Johnson | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.09 | 9 | 6 | 46.0 | 40 | 36 | 26 | 48 | |||||||||||
| Henry Mestnik | 3 | 5 | .375 | 7.17 | 10 | 8 | 64.0 | 82 | 59 | 51 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Roy Luster | 2 | 1 | .667 | 8.27 | 11 | 2 | 37.0 | 49 | 44 | 34 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 68 | 52 | .567 | 4.88 | 175 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1008.0 | 1110 | 687 | 547 | 0 | 479 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Duff | 114 | 448 | 448 | 141 | 21 | 13 | 10 | .315 | .315 | .487 | .801 | 218 | |||||||||||
| Buck Etchison | 129 | 476 | 476 | 139 | 32 | 7 | 14 | .292 | .292 | .477 | .769 | 227 | |||||||||||
| Alfred Beals | 129 | 485 | 485 | 130 | 26 | 8 | 7 | .268 | .268 | .398 | .666 | 193 | |||||||||||
| Donald Triner | 122 | 424 | 424 | 119 | 34 | 10 | 6 | .281 | .281 | .450 | .731 | 191 | |||||||||||
| Erastus Grigg | 73 | 298 | 298 | 95 | 15 | 4 | 4 | .319 | .319 | .436 | .755 | 130 | |||||||||||
| Burman Bare | 68 | 249 | 249 | 81 | 17 | 3 | 10 | .325 | .325 | .538 | .863 | 134 | |||||||||||
| John Flannery | 61 | 236 | 236 | 71 | 10 | 5 | 5 | .301 | .301 | .449 | .750 | 106 | |||||||||||
| Tex Stuart | 47 | 162 | 162 | 62 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .383 | .383 | .512 | .895 | 83 | |||||||||||
| Claude Tarrant | 74 | 177 | 177 | 59 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .458 | .791 | 81 | |||||||||||
| Richard Conley | 58 | 220 | 220 | 55 | 9 | 6 | 4 | .250 | .250 | .400 | .650 | 88 | |||||||||||
| Martin Malatin | 55 | 159 | 159 | 51 | 12 | 2 | 4 | .321 | .321 | .497 | .818 | 79 | |||||||||||
| John Mervar | 24 | 82 | 82 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .244 | .244 | .402 | .646 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Russell Burdette | 19 | 72 | 72 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .264 | .264 | .458 | .722 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Bowles | 28 | 57 | 57 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .281 | .281 | .298 | .579 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Sam Gray | 36 | 73 | 73 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .178 | .178 | .219 | .397 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Frank Caldwell | 14 | 42 | 42 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .357 | .643 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Marty Errante | 27 | 49 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .163 | .163 | .184 | .347 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Joe Smith | 10 | 37 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .189 | .189 | .216 | .405 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Henry Mestnik | 10 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .261 | .304 | .565 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Harry Hager | 14 | 39 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .154 | .154 | .282 | .436 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Vern Bickford | 10 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Sherley Slone | 10 | 26 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .115 | .115 | .115 | .231 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Claude Holliday | 21 | 32 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Roy Luster | 11 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .133 | .200 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1164 | 3905 | 3905 | 0 | 1119 | 217 | 64 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .287 | .287 | .433 | .719 | 1689 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Etchison | 1B | 129 | 1185 | 44 | 37 | .971 | 9.527 | |
| Alfred Beals | 2B | 109 | 252 | 284 | 31 | .945 | 4.917 | |
| Russell Burdette | 2B | 19 | 56 | 60 | 11 | .913 | 6.105 | |
| Donald Triner | 3B | 121 | 124 | 231 | 31 | .920 | 2.934 | |
| Martin Malatin | C | 55 | 271 | 43 | 8 | .975 | 5.709 | |
| Tex Stuart | C | 47 | 298 | 41 | 6 | .983 | 7.213 | |
| Harry Hager | C | 14 | 67 | 5 | 1 | .986 | 5.143 | |
| Gordon Duff | OF | 114 | 218 | 29 | 17 | .936 | 2.167 | |
| Erastus Grigg | OF | 73 | 88 | 8 | 12 | .889 | 1.315 | |
| John Flannery | OF | 61 | 103 | 4 | 7 | .939 | 1.754 | |
| Richard Conley | OF | 58 | 116 | 12 | 5 | .962 | 2.207 | |
| Claude Tarrant | OF | 28 | 30 | 3 | 3 | .917 | 1.179 | |
| John Mervar | OF | 24 | 49 | 2 | 1 | .981 | 2.125 | |
| Frank Caldwell | OF | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | .875 | 1.000 | |
| Joe Smith | OF | 10 | 26 | 3 | 3 | .906 | 2.900 | |
| Sam Gray | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Marty Errante | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Claude Holliday | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Charlie Bowles | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Roy Luster | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Sherley Slone | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Henry Mestnik | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Vern Bickford | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Burman Bare | SS | 68 | 105 | 207 | 20 | .940 | 4.588 | |
| Totals | 1083 | 3002 | 976 | 195 | 0 | .953 | 3.673 |
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