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1940 Joplin Miners

1940 > Class C > 1940 Western Association
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: New York Yankees-AL
Manager: Paul O'Malley
Represented: Joplin, MO
Ballpark: Miners Park (Joplin, MO)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1939 / 1941

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BA	SLG	TB
1	Eddie Bockman	19	131	511	139	27	11	7	.272	.409	209
2	Marvin Brown*	17	11	14	2	1	0	0	.143	.214	3
3	Russell Burns	22	6	20	4	1	0	0	.200	.250	5
4	Frank Crouch	21	23	37	7	2	0	1	.189	.324	12
5	Wendell Finders	23	121	506	142	22	20	2	.281	.415	210
6	Teddy Greble?	22	14	35	6	1	0	0	.171	.200	7
7	John Harbin	21	54	176	40	6	4	3	.227	.358	63
8	Bud Heslet	20	1	4	1	0	1	0	.250	.750	3
9	Ralph Houk	20	110	364	114	18	7	0	.313	.401	146
10	Ed Ignasiak*	24	103	383	112	19	11	8	.292	.462	177
11	John Kernoski	21	17	30	4	1	0	0	.133	.167	5
12	George Leyrer	21	122	429	127	25	12	1	.296	.417	179
13	Steven Luby	21	12	36	10	2	0	1	.278	.417	15
14	Al Lyons	21	123	475	142	25	7	13	.299	.463	220
15	Frank Mabrey	23	117	491	147	25	9	3	.299	.405	199	Stats for 2 teams
16	Russell Messerly	23	21	45	9	0	1	1	.200	.311	14
17	Walter Nasalik#	23	19	41	8	3	0	0	.195	.268	11
18	Paul O'Malley	32	61	168	42	7	0	0	.250	.292	49
19	John Orr	22	42	73	18	7	0	0	.247	.342	25
20	Red Ramsey	23	21	81	23	3	3	0	.284	.395	32
21	Harry Soufas	23	28	101	28	2	1	2	.277	.376	38
22	George Verbeck	24	94	286	77	20	3	6	.269	.423	121
23	Fred Whalen	22	11	26	6	0	0	0	.231	.231	6
24	Jack Zerblis*	24	46	86	11	2	1	0	.128	.174	15
25	Florian Zielinski	22	44	165	33	2	0	0	.200	.212	35
	25 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	IP	H	R	ER	BB	WHIP	H/9	BB/9
1	Frank Crouch?	21	6	6	.500	4.26	19	74.0	89	55	35	38	1.716	10.8	4.6
2	Teddy Greble?	22	6	3	.667	3.30	11	79.0	86	42	29	41	1.608	9.8	4.7
3	John Kernoski	21	9	5	.643	5.04	17	91.0	85	62	51	53	1.516	8.4	5.2
4	Russell Messerly	23	5	4	.556	6.54	20	95.0	87	77	69	114	2.116	8.2	10.8
5	Walter Nasalik*	23	6	6	.500	5.66	19	105.0	127	74	66	60	1.781	10.9	5.1
6	John Orr	22	6	13	.316	6.17	22	124.0	161	113	85	73	1.887	11.7	5.3
7	George Verbeck	24	10	10	.500	5.53	28	174.0	225	131	107	93	1.828	11.6	4.8
8	Fred Whalen	22	5	2	.714	3.77	10	74.0	94	39	31	22	1.568	11.4	2.7
9	Jack Zerblis*	24	15	10	.600	3.78	45	224.0	289	140	94	64	1.576	11.6	2.6
	9 Players	22.8

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
Ralph Houk	104		518	78	10		.983	5.73
Paul O'Malley	36		173	31	1		.995	5.67

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Ed Ignasiak	103		866	60	7		.992	8.99
Harry Soufas	28		273	8	1		.996	10.04

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Wendell Finders	121		364	339	35		.953	5.81

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Eddie Bockman	115		115	127	31		.886	2.10

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Frank Mabrey	91		142	299	35		.926	4.85			Stats for 2 teams
Florian Zielinski	44		71	139	22		.905	4.77

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
George Leyrer	122	287	11	7	.977	2.44
Al Lyons	122	179	15	7	.965	1.59
George Verbeck	63	116	5	7	.945	1.92
John Harbin	40	61	1	4	.939	1.55
Red Ramsey	20	42	3	3	.938	2.25

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Jack Zerblis	45							0.00
John Orr	22							0.00
Russell Messerly	20							0.00
Frank Crouch	19							0.00
Walter Nasalik	19							0.00
John Kernoski	17							0.00
Teddy Greble	11							0.00
Fred Whalen	10							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Ralph Badger	--					Unknown
Eddie Bockman	19	R	R	5' 9.0"	175	Jul 26, 1920	Santa Ana, CA, US
Marvin Brown	17	L	L	5' 11.0"	172	1923
Russell Burns	22	R		6' 2.0"	200	Jun 17, 1918	Independence, KS, US
Frank Crouch	21	R		6' 0.0"	175	1919
Robert Duby	19	R		5' 8.0"	160	1921
Wendell Finders	23	R		5' 7.0"	155	1917
Teddy Greble	22					Feb 19, 1918	Kansas City, MO, US
John Harbin	21	R		6' 1.0"	167	1919
Bud Heslet	20	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	Feb 27, 1920	Topeka, KS, US
Ralph Houk	20	R	R	5' 11.0"	193	Aug 9, 1919	Lawrence, KS, US
Ed Ignasiak	24	L		6' 2.0"	185	May 8, 1916	Toledo, OH, US
John Kernoski	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	1919
Donald Kuecker	22		L			May 5, 1918
George Leyrer	21	R		5' 8.0"	168	1919
Steven Luby	21	R		6' 11.0"	160	1919
Al Lyons	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Jul 18, 1918	St. Joseph, MO, US
Frank Mabrey	23	R		5' 9.0"	163	1917
Russell Messerly	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	197	Jul 11, 1916
Walter Nasalik	23	S	L	6' 2.0"	200	1917
Paul O'Malley	32	R		5' 9.0"	160	1908
John Orr	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	1918
Eli Peterlic	23					Feb 10, 1917
Red Ramsey	23	R		5' 10.0"	188	1917
Harry Soufas	23	R		5' 11.0"	175	May 22, 1917	GR
George Verbeck	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	1916
Fred Whalen	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	1918
Jack Zerblis	24	L	L	6' 2.0"	192	Jul 21, 1915
Florian Zielinski	22	R		5' 9.0"	150	1918

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