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1940 Columbus Red Birds

1940 > Class B > 1940 South Atlantic League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals-NL
Manager: Clay Hopper
Represented: Columbus, GA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1939 / 1941

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 Floyd Beal 23 83 328 80 17 2 4 .244 .345 113
2 Johnny Beazley 22 17 38 4 1 0 0 .105 .132 5
3 Tony Castano 29 15 57 15 2 0 0 .263 .298 17
4 Fats Dantonio 21 106 320 84 15 2 0 .263 .322 103
5 Charles Fichter 20 37 83 19 4 0 0 .229 .277 23
6 Moose Fralick* 28 30 70 18 2 1 0 .257 .314 22
7 Leonard Fresh* 22 143 547 150 16 7 1 .274 .335 183
8 Clay Hopper 37 12 17 7 1 0 1 .412 .647 11
9 Clyde Kluttz 22 30 105 24 10 0 1 .229 .352 37
10 Edward Knoblauch* 22 150 595 205 33 9 0 .345 .430 256
11 Fred Martin 25 49 111 26 0 1 1 .234 .279 31
12 Irvin Peterman# 22 13 37 9 1 0 0 .243 .270 10
13 Robert Richards# 21 148 594 160 27 6 2 .269 .345 205
14 Ray Sanders* 23 149 562 196 28 16 14 .349 .530 298
15 Bill Seinsoth# 22 62 171 48 7 3 4 .281 .427 73
16 Mel Serafini 21 135 508 144 29 10 8 .283 .427 217
17 Robert Stanton 23 149 576 127 17 10 1 .220 .290 167
18 James Thompkins 23 34 56 15 0 4 0 .268 .411 23
19 Hooper Triplett 20 130 483 178 36 12 15 .369 .586 283
20 Roland Van Slate 27 18 42 6 1 0 0 .143 .167 7
21 Charles Zachritz 24 33 102 31 4 1 1 .304 .392 40
21 Players 22.2
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 Johnny Beazley 22 5 3 .625 5.17 17 101.0 111 71 58 55 1.644 9.9 4.9
2 Charles Fichter 20 11 5 .688 3.90 33 173.0 185 95 75 82 1.543 9.6 4.3
3 Moose Fralick 28 6 14 .300 4.11 25 171.0 184 99 78 47 1.351 9.7 2.5
4 Fred Martin 25 17 12 .586 2.53 38 267.0 229 98 75 50 1.045 7.7 1.7
5 Irvin Peterman 22 6 2 .750 4.03 12 76.0 81 41 34 28 1.434 9.6 3.3
6 Bill Seinsoth* 22 16 10 .615 3.59 32 241.0 272 123 96 74 1.436 10.2 2.8
7 James Thompkins 23 10 8 .556 4.21 29 124.0 135 71 58 74 1.685 9.8 5.4
8 Roland Van Slate 27 10 1 .909 3.98 17 120.0 119 63 53 53 1.433 8.9 4.0
8 Players 23.5

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
Floyd Beal 83 512 71 12 .980 7.02
Charles Zachritz 31 170 18 5 .974 6.06
Clyde Kluttz 28 142 21 7 .959 5.82

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ray Sanders 143 1293 84 12 .991 9.63

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Robert Stanton 148 332 467 25 .970 5.40

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Mel Serafini 113 111 188 31 .906 2.65

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Robert Richards 133 318 370 50 .932 5.17

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Edward Knoblauch 150 345 16 17 .955 2.41
Leonard Fresh 142 216 14 11 .954 1.62
Hooper Triplett 130 198 11 10 .954 1.61
Fats Dantonio 40 56 8 8 .889 1.60

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Fred Martin 38 0.00
Charles Fichter 33 0.00
Bill Seinsoth 32 0.00
James Thompkins 29 0.00
Moose Fralick 25 0.00
Johnny Beazley 17 0.00
Roland Van Slate 17 0.00
Irvin Peterman 12 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Floyd Beal 23 R 5' 10.0" 170 1917 Cherryville, NC, US
Johnny Beazley 22 R R 6' 1.0" 190 May 25, 1918 Nashville, TN, US
Walter Brown 25 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Apr 23, 1915 Jamestown, NY, US
Tony Castano 29 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Feb 11, 1911 Palma Soriano, CU
Jack Creel 24 R R 6' 0.0" 165 Apr 23, 1916 Kyle, TX, US
David Danaher 23 L 6' 0.0" 185 Sep 14, 1916
Fats Dantonio 21 R R 5' 8.0" 165 Dec 31, 1918 New Orleans, LA, US
Johnny Echols 23 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Jan 9, 1917 Atlanta, GA, US
Charles Fichter 20 R R 5' 10.0" 155 1920
Eddie Filo 20 L 5' 11.0" 190 1920
Moose Fralick 28 L R 6' 3.0" 200 Mar 22, 1912 Washington, PA, US
Leonard Fresh 22 L 5' 10.0" 160 1918
Arthur Goetz 23 L L 6' 3.0" 171 1917
Ward Greene -- Unknown
Clay Hopper 37 R R 5' 11.0" 178 Oct 3, 1902 Porterville, MS, US
Clyde Kluttz 22 R R 6' 0.0" 193 Dec 12, 1917 Rockwell, NC, US
Edward Knoblauch 22 L 6' 0.0" 180 Jan 31, 1918
Collis Lehner -- Unknown
Fred Martin 25 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Jun 27, 1915 Williams, OK, US
Irvin Peterman 22 S R 6' 0.0" 190 1918
Robert Richards 21 S 5' 10.0" 170 1919
Ray Sanders 23 L R 6' 2.0" 185 Dec 4, 1916 Bonne Terre, MO, US
Bill Seinsoth 22 S L 6' 3.0" 225 Feb 5, 1918 Salt Lake City, UT, US
Mel Serafini 21 R R 5' 9.0" 175 Dec 5, 1918 St. Louis, MO, US
Robert Stanton 23 R 5' 7.0" 157 1917
Albert Thomas 24 R R 6' 0.0" 164 1916
James Thompkins 23 R R 6' 0.0" 175 1917
Hooper Triplett 20 R 5' 10.0" 170 Dec 17, 1919 Triplett, NC, US
Roland Van Slate 27 R R 5' 10.0" 161 Oct 18, 1912
Charles Zachritz 24 R 6' 0.0" 170 Nov 14, 1915
Roy Zimmerman -- Unknown

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