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1940 McKeesport Little Braves/Oil City Oilers

1940 > Class D > 1940 Pennsylvania State Association
Overall: 51-57

Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates-NL
Manager: n/a
Represented: McKeesport, PA and Oil City, PA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1939

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Clifford Bowers* 20 99 403 114 14 5 1 .283 .350 141
2 John Chir 19 23 50 11 0 1 0 .220 .260 13
3 Edward Failko* 20 13 56 17 3 3 0 .304 .464 26
4 Merle Hahn# 23 21 49 11 2 0 0 .224 .265 13
5 Aaron Hopkins? -- 28 59 11 3 0 0 .186 .237 14
6 Jamis? -- 92 345 99 18 6 5 .287 .417 144
7 Elmer Klumpp 33 65 186 64 11 0 4 .344 .468 87
8 William Meredith? -- 16 46 9 0 1 0 .196 .239 11 Stats for 2 teams
9 Richard Morgan 22 108 439 122 22 1 9 .278 .394 173
10 Bud O'Hara? 21 33 70 12 1 0 1 .171 .229 16
11 David Parkin 22 104 388 103 10 8 7 .265 .387 150
12 James Parnham? -- 18 44 7 0 0 1 .159 .227 10
13 Floyd Peters 21 107 440 129 19 14 4 .293 .427 188
14 Cy Rosenberg? 22 66 198 49 7 0 0 .247 .283 56 Stats for 2 teams
15 Charles Rushe 19 25 60 6 1 0 0 .100 .117 7
16 Frederick Shoemaker 20 102 395 105 20 10 3 .266 .390 154
17 Louis Sigloch 23 48 174 40 6 2 0 .230 .287 50
18 Harry Sweeney* 24 92 350 94 24 5 6 .269 .417 146
19 Nick Vidnovic? -- 16 65 19 2 1 1 .292 .400 26
19 Players 22.2 108 3731 3731 995 159 57 43 .267 .267 .374 .641 1397
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 John Chir 19 6 7 .462 3.70 23 129.0 139 80 53 48 1.450 9.7 3.3
2 Merle Hahn* 23 7 9 .438 5.89 21 113.0 130 93 74 56 1.646 10.4 4.5
3 Aaron Hopkins? -- 7 15 .318 6.14 28 167.0 216 136 114 65 1.683 11.6 3.5
4 Bud O'Hara? 21 15 8 .652 3.14 28 195.0 182 93 68 68 1.282 8.4 3.1
5 James Parnham? -- 3 6 .333 5.66 18 105.0 121 88 66 49 1.619 10.4 4.2
6 Charles Rushe 19 9 10 .474 3.87 24 156.0 150 84 67 53 1.301 8.7 3.1
6 Players 20.5 51 57 .472 108 108

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Cy Rosenberg 59 326 55 9 .977 6.46 Stats for 2 teams
Elmer Klumpp 56 353 24 10 .974 6.73
Louis Sigloch 40 224 19 9 .964 6.08
William Meredith 13 77 5 1 .988 6.31 Stats for 2 teams

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Harry Sweeney 92 834 42 16 .982 9.52
Nick Vidnovic 16 133 3 6 .958 8.50

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Floyd Peters 65 167 180 31 .918 5.34

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Richard Morgan 67 62 155 27 .889 3.24

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jamis 92 148 302 45 .909 4.89

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
David Parkin 104 230 21 10 .962 2.41
Frederick Shoemaker 102 153 8 6 .964 1.58
Clifford Bowers 90 118 13 2 .985 1.46
Edward Failko 13 13 1 1 .933 1.08

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Aaron Hopkins 28 0.00
Bud O'Hara 28 0.00
Charles Rushe 24 0.00
John Chir 23 0.00
Merle Hahn 21 0.00
James Parnham 18 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Henry Blum 22 5' 11.0" 185 1918
Clifford Bowers 20 L 5' 9.0" 165 1920
John Chir 19 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Aug 4, 1920
William Cicarell 23 Jun 21, 1917 Buffalo, NY, US
Louis Corona 18 Dec 29, 1921
Edward Failko 20 L 5' 11.0" 165 1920
W. Flagg -- Unknown
Merle Hahn 23 S L 6' 0.0" 1917
Aaron Hopkins -- Unknown
Jamis -- Unknown
Elmer Klumpp 33 R R 6' 0.0" 184 Aug 26, 1906 St. Louis, MO, US
William Meredith -- Unknown
Richard Morgan 22 R 6' 0.0" 170 1918
Charles Muse 22 Aug 19, 1917 Pittsburgh, PA, US
W. Newall -- Unknown
Bud O'Hara 21 1919
David Parkin 22 R 6' 1.0" 180 Jan 22, 1918 Ernest, PA, US
James Parnham -- Unknown
Floyd Peters 21 R 5' 11.0" 183 1919
Cy Rosenberg 22 Jul 24, 1917
Charles Rushe 19 R R 6' 1.0" 189 1921
Frederick Shoemaker 20 R 6' 1.0" 186 1920
Louis Sigloch 23 R 6' 1.0" 187 1917
A. Smith -- Unknown
Swathout -- Unknown
Harry Sweeney 24 L L 6' 0.0" 185 Dec 28, 1915 Franklin, TN, US
Michael Timko 22 R R 6' 2.0" 185 1918
Nick Vidnovic -- Unknown
H. Vierling -- Unknown

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