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1940 Gadsden Pilots

1940 > Class B > 1940 Southeastern League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates-NL
Manager: Billy Bancroft
Represented: Gadsden, AL
Ballpark: City Park (Gadsden, AL)
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 Jake Baker* 29 33 73 13 0 0 0 .178 .178 13
2 Warren Baker* 24 142 517 140 28 15 7 .271 .424 219
3 Billy Bancroft 35 19 28 5 1 1 0 .179 .286 8
4 Harold Blackstock 22 108 426 117 21 2 4 .275 .362 154
5 Bill Brandt 25 35 87 15 3 0 0 .172 .207 18
6 George Byrd# 21 12 30 4 0 1 0 .133 .200 6
7 William Cranford 22 11 34 4 0 0 0 .118 .118 4 Stats for 2 teams
8 Al DeRenne* 26 51 182 38 9 3 2 .209 .324 59
9 Bobby Dews 24 127 401 118 19 5 1 .294 .374 150
10 Bill Gates 21 17 13 2 2 0 0 .154 .308 4
11 Louis Holliday 33 141 514 146 39 4 14 .284 .457 235
12 Harvey Johnson* 22 143 522 149 23 6 13 .285 .427 223
13 Frank Kalin 22 135 510 163 27 9 9 .320 .461 235
14 Royce Lint* 19 16 37 9 0 2 0 .243 .351 13
15 Pete Mallory -- 25 58 6 2 1 1 .103 .224 13
16 Victor Mettler* 28 121 469 139 24 9 1 .296 .392 184 Stats for 2 teams
17 Robert Mohr* 22 132 472 116 18 11 4 .246 .356 168
18 Kenneth Myers* 19 28 74 22 6 0 0 .297 .378 28
19 Elbert Padgett 24 19 25 1 0 0 0 .040 .040 1 Stats for 2 teams
20 John Pavlich 24 41 109 30 5 1 0 .275 .339 37
21 Nathan Pelter 26 40 74 18 4 1 0 .243 .324 24
22 Morris Pickens# 26 33 66 14 1 1 0 .212 .258 17
23 Roy Smith 26 129 481 139 23 6 0 .289 .362 174
23 Players 24.8
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 Jake Baker* 29 9 15 .375 4.64 30 194.0 214 116 100 49 1.356 9.9 2.3
2 Bill Brandt 25 17 11 .607 3.66 35 229.0 243 109 93 59 1.319 9.6 2.3
3 George Byrd 21 3 5 .375 3.84 12 75.0 83 39 32 15 1.307 10.0 1.8
4 Bill Gates 21 4 6 .400 5.60 16 45.0 52 34 28 34 1.911 10.4 6.8
5 Royce Lint* 19 4 6 .400 3.72 14 92.0 93 48 38 49 1.543 9.1 4.8
6 Pete Mallory -- 11 9 .550 2.71 24 163.0 140 52 49 61 1.233 7.7 3.4
7 Elbert Padgett 24 5 6 .455 6.08 19 80.0 118 56 54 33 1.888 13.3 3.7 Stats for 2 teams
8 Nathan Pelter 26 11 13 .458 5.09 39 198.0 236 132 112 106 1.727 10.7 4.8
9 Morris Pickens* 26 9 9 .500 3.98 28 156.0 169 78 69 41 1.346 9.8 2.4
9 Players 24.9

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
Bobby Dews 108 553 52 6 .990 5.60
John Pavlich 32 112 17 3 .977 4.03
Kenneth Myers 21 93 6 3 .971 4.71

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Warren Baker 131 1136 90 6 .995 9.36

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Harvey Johnson 143 376 384 26 .967 5.31

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Roy Smith 85 89 151 18 .930 2.82

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Harold Blackstock 108 194 341 31 .945 4.95

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Frank Kalin 132 241 15 6 .977 1.94
Robert Mohr 129 240 13 12 .955 1.96
Victor Mettler 121 265 7 10 .965 2.25 Stats for 2 teams
Louis Holliday 72 155 6 7 .958 2.24
Al DeRenne 43 100 4 9 .920 2.42

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Nathan Pelter 39 0.00
Bill Brandt 35 0.00
Jake Baker 30 0.00
Morris Pickens 28 0.00
Pete Mallory 24 0.00
Elbert Padgett 19 0.00 Stats for 2 teams
Bill Gates 16 0.00
Royce Lint 14 0.00
George Byrd 12 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Joe Agee 23 R 6' 0.0" 185 1917
Jake Baker 29 L L 6' 0.0" 190 Aug 19, 1910 Cartersville, GA, US
Warren Baker 24 L 5' 11.0" 190 1916
Billy Bancroft 35 R 5' 6.0" 155 Aug 25, 1904
Vando Bertaccini 28 L 5' 10.0" 185 Jul 12, 1911 Lucca, IT
Harold Blackstock 22 R 5' 8.0" 185 1918
Bill Brandt 25 R R 5' 8.0" 170 Mar 21, 1915 Aurora, IN, US
George Byrd 21 S R 6' 0.0" 170 Apr 27, 1919 AZ, US
William Cranford 22 R 6' 0.0" 168 1918
Al DeRenne 26 L 5' 11.0" 163 Nov 1, 1913 IL, US
Bobby Dews 24 R 5' 7.0" 148 Jul 10, 1915 Nashville, TN, US
Bill Gates 21 R R 5' 9.0" 160 Nov 23, 1918 Baltimore, MD, US
Louis Holliday 33 R 5' 11.0" 175 Aug 25, 1906
Harvey Johnson 22 L R 5' 11.0" 175 Jun 4, 1918 Mentone, AL, US
Frank Kalin 22 R R 6' 0.0" 200 Oct 3, 1917 Steubenville, OH, US
Royce Lint 19 L L 6' 1.0" 165 Jan 1, 1921 Birmingham, AL, US
Pete Mallory -- R R 6' 2.0" 185 Unknown
Victor Mettler 28 L 5' 11.0" 165 Sep 26, 1911
Robert Mohr 22 L 6' 0.0" 188 Jan 1, 1918
Kenneth Myers 19 L R 5' 10.0" 190 Aug 26, 1920 Los Angeles, CA, US
Elbert Padgett 24 R R 6' 4.0" 180 1916
John Pavlich 24 R 6' 2.0" 190 1916
Howard Peckman 27 L L 6' 3.0" 195 1913
Nathan Pelter 26 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Jan 2, 1914
Morris Pickens 26 S L 6' 0.0" 165 1914
Kenneth Sheehan 26 R L 5' 9.0" 150 1914 Oakland, CA, US
Roy Smith 26 R 6' 0.0" 160 1914
Daniel Snell 25 R 6' 1.0" 1915
William Thomason 23 R L 6' 2.0" 170 1917
Quinto Valentino 21 R R 5' 10.0" 145 Aug 16, 1918

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