1940 Waterloo Hawks

1940 > Class B > 1940 Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: Chicago White Sox-AL
Manager: John Fitzpatrick and Frederick Bedore
Represented: Waterloo, IA
Ballpark: Red Hawk Stadium (Waterloo, IA)
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	Frederick Bedore	36	56	205	49	11	0	2	.239	.322	66
2	Harry Boyles	28	34	63	10	0	0	0	.159	.159	10
3	Earl Bruhn?	25	37	146	37	5	4	1	.253	.363	53
4	Vince Castino	22	10	18	4	1	0	0	.222	.278	5
5	Harold Cromer*	22	122	454	116	26	4	7	.256	.377	171
6	James Decker	21	11	49	8	0	0	1	.163	.224	11
7	Jess Dobernic	22	31	73	17	3	1	0	.233	.301	22
8	Bob Evans	24	17	53	10	1	0	0	.189	.208	11
9	John Fitzpatrick	36	48	132	30	4	1	0	.227	.273	36
10	Ray Flood*	35	83	324	95	22	3	6	.293	.435	141
11	Joe Garnero?	22	31	53	14	0	2	0	.264	.340	18	Stats for 2 teams
12	Joe Gedzius	24	109	395	93	26	4	8	.235	.382	151
13	Herman Hansmann	25	46	106	31	3	3	0	.292	.377	40
14	Lee Harris	21	31	62	5	0	0	0	.081	.081	5
15	Lewis Leiter*	24	107	413	101	27	1	5	.245	.351	145
16	Otto Meyers*	26	87	308	94	14	7	6	.305	.455	140
17	Bill Prince	31	19	40	7	0	0	0	.175	.175	7
18	Jack Radtke#	27	118	472	140	17	1	2	.297	.350	165
19	Andrew Riggs	22	74	229	52	3	1	0	.227	.249	57
20	Douglas Stack?	--	45	170	46	4	2	0	.271	.318	54
21	Tex Walton*	22	13	49	9	1	0	1	.184	.265	13
22	Joseph Weeks*	23	62	204	60	9	0	0	.294	.338	69
23	Wilbur White	21	15	22	8	0	0	0	.364	.364	8
24	Jack Wilkins?	25	10	18	6	1	0	2	.333	.722	13
25	Samuel Williams	21	11	17	1	0	0	0	.059	.059	1
	25 Players	26.0

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	Harry Boyles	28	9	11	.450	4.78	31	162.0	204	119	86	61	1.636	11.3	3.4
2	Jess Dobernic	22	9	13	.409	4.62	30	185.0	179	120	95	106	1.541	8.7	5.2
3	Herman Hansmann	25	4	12	.250	5.22	29	162.0	174	135	94	88	1.617	9.7	4.9
4	Lee Harris	21	4	18	.182	5.39	31	177.0	194	119	106	70	1.492	9.9	3.6
5	Bill Prince	31	5	9	.357	4.77	19	115.0	137	81	61	35	1.496	10.7	2.7
6	Wilbur White?	21	3	5	.375	6.87	13	55.0	75	59	42	25	1.818	12.3	4.1
7	Samuel Williams	21	0	5	.000	5.50	11	54.0	75	55	33	31	1.963	12.5	5.2
	7 Players	24.4

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Andrew Riggs	61	334	32	18	.953	6.00
Joseph Weeks	40	220	21	10	.960	6.03
Joe Garnero	19	80	8	5	.946	4.63	Stats for 2 teams
John Fitzpatrick	16	92	19	4	.965	6.94

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Lewis Leiter	75		697	34	14		.981	9.75
Earl Bruhn	33		302	14	9		.972	9.58

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Jack Radtke	107		279	302	39		.937	5.43

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Frederick Bedore	44		38	102	16		.897	3.18
Douglas Stack	44		40	67	24		.817	2.43

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Joe Gedzius	102		202	304	49		.912	4.96
James Decker	11		23	28	9		.850	4.64

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Harold Cromer	112	214	13	16	.934	2.03
Otto Meyers	87	125	8	8	.943	1.53
Ray Flood	83	138	9	14	.913	1.77
Bob Evans	12	15	2	4	.810	1.42
Tex Walton	12	25	0	3	.893	2.08

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Harry Boyles	31							0.00
Lee Harris	31							0.00
Jess Dobernic	30							0.00
Herman Hansmann	29							0.00
Bill Prince	19							0.00
Wilbur White	13							0.00
Samuel Williams	11							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Frederick Bedore	36	R	R	6' 1.0"	172	Mar 31, 1904	Chicago, IL, US
Harry Boyles	28	R	R	6' 5.0"	185	Nov 29, 1911	Granite City, IL, US
Gordon Bradshaw	23	L	L	6' 1.0"		Aug 1, 1916	Niagara Falls, NY, US
Earl Bruhn	25					Aug 23, 1914	Chicago, IL, US
Alfred Carr	23	L		6' 0.0"		1917
Vince Castino	22	R	R	5' 9.0"	175	Oct 11, 1917	Willisville, IL, US
Joseph Coatar	22	L	R	6' 0.0"	185	Apr 19, 1918
Lee Cornell	--					Unknown
Harold Cromer	22	L		5' 10.0"	185	1918
James Decker	21	R		5' 11.0"	180	1919
Jess Dobernic	22	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Nov 20, 1917	Mount Olive, IL, US
Britton Eddelman	22	R	R	5' 8.0"	185	1918
Bob Evans	24	R		5' 10.0"	170	1916
John Fitzpatrick	36	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Mar 19, 1904	LaSalle, IL, US
Ray Flood	35	L		6' 0.0"	175	Oct 17, 1904	Lancaster, OH, US
Joe Garnero	22					May 5, 1918
Joe Gedzius	24	R		5' 10.0"	170	1916	Dunn, NC, US
Walter Gorski	22	R	R	6' 4.0"	210	1918
Herman Hansmann	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	1915
Lee Harris	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	1919
Norb Hope	--					Unknown
Melvin Kramer	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	1920
Lewis Leiter	24	L		5' 11.0"	170	1916
Gregory Lippold	22	R	R	6' 4.0"	195	Aug 28, 1917	St. Mary's, IA, US
Darrell Meredith	27		R	6' 0.0"	180	Sep 29, 1912	Anamosa, IA, US
Otto Meyers	26	L		5' 10.0"	165	Mar 1, 1914	Wauseon, OH, US
Gene Myers	--					Unknown
Luther Olsen	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	1917
Bill Prince	31	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	Feb 8, 1909	Chicago, IL, US
Jack Radtke	27	S	R	5' 7.0"	160	Apr 14, 1913	Denver, CO, US
Andrew Riggs	22	R		6' 3.0"	186	Aug 25, 1917	Bidwell, IA, US
Saxon	--					Unknown
George Schoenecker	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	1919
Douglas Stack	--					Unknown
Tex Walton	22	L		6' 2.0"		1918
Boyd Watkins	21	R		5' 10.0"	175	1919
Joseph Weeks	23	L		5' 7.0"	170	1917
Wilbur White	21	R		5' 8.0"	160	1919
Jack Wilkins	25		L	6' 0.0"	178	1915
Samuel Williams	21	R	R	6' 4.0"	190	Dec 2, 1918	Alexandria, LA, US
Matthew Zorko	24	R		5' 11.0"	170	Feb 2, 1916

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