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1940 Grand Rapids Dodgers

1940 > Class C > 1940 Michigan State League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers-NL
Manager: Burleigh Grimes
Represented: Grand Rapids, MI
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 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	Ralph Brande	21	106	419	131	28	3	11	.313	.473	198
2	Joe Childress*	21	26	63	9	0	0	0	.143	.143	9	Stats for 2 teams
3	Theodore Coffey	19	17	18	3	0	0	0	.167	.167	3
4	Jess Cole	23	16	41	4	0	0	1	.098	.171	7
5	James Cooney	20	98	375	87	17	5	4	.232	.336	126
6	Fred Falzone	19	33	69	11	3	0	1	.159	.246	17
7	Robert Frost	21	31	103	27	5	0	3	.262	.398	41
8	Paul Gillespie*	19	14	46	12	2	1	0	.261	.348	16
9	Wallace Hoyle	18	19	40	7	1	1	0	.175	.250	10
10	Ed Lieder?	20	21	45	8	0	1	1	.178	.289	13
11	Bill McClain	20	72	257	79	21	2	11	.307	.533	137
12	James McCloud*	21	101	373	102	26	6	1	.273	.383	143
13	Frank Millspaugh	26	33	117	36	8	1	1	.308	.419	49	Stats for 2 teams
14	Billy Moore*	21	105	403	125	20	6	7	.310	.442	178
15	Robert Ogle?	--	106	457	171	46	8	4	.374	.536	245
16	Spencer Smith	21	36	64	12	3	0	0	.188	.234	15
17	John Sosh	22	52	200	54	15	1	8	.270	.475	95
18	Kenneth Vandenberg	19	20	67	17	5	0	0	.254	.328	22
19	Leroy Wheeler?	--	37	73	21	4	0	2	.288	.425	31
20	Joseph Wojey	22	106	400	121	20	3	20	.303	.518	207
	20 Players	21.0

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	Joe Childress*	21	10	9	.526	4.22	24	147.0	170	103	69	76	1.673	10.4	4.7	Stats for 2 teams
2	Theodore Coffey	19	2	1	.667	4.58	16	53.0	63	43	27	38	1.906	10.7	6.5
3	Jess Cole*	23	5	7	.417	4.58	16	106.0	129	61	54	30	1.500	11.0	2.5
4	Fred Falzone	19	12	13	.480	3.71	32	189.0	195	102	78	68	1.392	9.3	3.2
5	Ed Lieder	20	3	10	.231	6.25	19	118.0	164	91	82	36	1.695	12.5	2.7
6	Spencer Smith	21	10	4	.714	3.43	30	126.0	134	73	48	49	1.452	9.6	3.5
7	Leroy Wheeler?	--	8	7	.533	5.00	19	108.0	115	69	60	66	1.676	9.6	5.5
	7 Players	20.4

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
John Sosh	51	321	30	11	.970	6.88
Robert Frost	31	173	13	4	.979	6.00
Paul Gillespie	14	79	10	2	.978	6.36
Wallace Hoyle	10	46	3	6	.891	4.90

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
James McCloud	101		920	45	11		.989	9.55

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Joseph Wojey	105		225	311	12		.978	5.10

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Robert Ogle	106		113	194	20		.939	2.90

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
James Cooney	95		155	284	40		.916	4.62

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Ralph Brande	106	223	13	6	.975	2.23
Billy Moore	105	125	12	5	.965	1.30
Bill McClain	71	100	11	6	.949	1.56
Frank Millspaugh	33	40	3	7	.860	1.30	Stats for 2 teams
Kenneth Vandenberg	20	20	1	1	.955	1.05

P

	G
Fred Falzone	32
Spencer Smith	30
Joe Childress	24	Stats for 2 teams
Ed Lieder	19
Leroy Wheeler	19
Theodore Coffey	16
Jess Cole	16

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Ralph Brande	21	R		6' 0.0"	190	Jun 6, 1919
Joe Childress	21	L	L	6' 1.0"	175	1919
Theodore Coffey	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	170	1921
Jess Cole	23	R	L	6' 0.0"	175	1917
James Cooney	20	R		5' 11.0"	160	Jul 5, 1919	Providence, RI, US
Fred Falzone	19	R	R	6' 1.0"	198	1921
Robert Frost	21	R	R	5' 9.0"	163	1919
Paul Gillespie	19	L	R	6' 3.0"	195	Sep 18, 1920	Sugar Valley, GA, US
Wallace Hoyle	18	R		5' 10.0"	160	1922
Ed Lieder	20		R	6' 1.0"	195	Aug 28, 1919
Bill McClain	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	1920	Temple, TX, US
James McCloud	21	L		6' 2.0"	190	1919
Frank Millspaugh	26	R		5' 10.0"	175	1914
Billy Moore	21	L		5' 9.0"	160	1919
Larry Napp	21	R		5' 11.0"	190	May 21, 1919	Brooklyn, NY, US
Robert Ogle	--			5' 7.0"	173	Unknown
Spencer Smith	21	R	R	6' 4.0"	195	1919
John Sosh	22	R		5' 11.0"	180	1918
Kenneth Vandenberg	19	R		6' 0.0"	170	1921
Leroy Wheeler	--					Unknown
Joseph Wojey	22	R		5' 9.0"	160	1918

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