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1941 Merced Bears

1941 > Class C > 1941 California League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Bob Gibson
Represented: Merced, CA
Ballpark: Fairgrounds Field Park (Merced, CA)
Attendance: n/a

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	George Beck?	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
2	Jack Blankenship*	18	117	471	109	11	4	1	.231	.278	131	Stats for 2 teams
3	William Bletcher#	19	19	81	21	2	1	1	.259	.346	28
4	Steve Bogdanoff*	25	130	478	128	30	3	0	.268	.343	164
5	Paul Bowa	22	11	36	9				.250
6	Ray Briscoe?	--	1	5	1				.200
7	Eugene Bryant	19	35	93	17	4	0	2	.183	.290	27
8	Charles Buttell	23	43	99	21	5	3	3	.212	.414	41
9	William Daniels	21	7	26	2				.077			Stats for 2 teams
10	Delbota?	--	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
11	Ben Farmer?	--	3	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
12	Sam Fenech	24	126	426	114	30	3	0	.268	.352	150
13	Tony Ferrara	25	35	88	13	1	0	0	.148	.159	14
14	Lavon Gash?	--	18	53	12	2	0	0	.226	.264	14
15	Bob Gibson	35	89	277	77	14	3	1	.278	.361	100
16	Don Grigg	25	5	16	5				.313
17	Glenn Gunn?	20	9	23	2				.087
18	Guy Hart	26	33	55	9	4	0	0	.164	.236	13	Stats for 3 teams
19	Ray Harwell	22	35	83	14	3	0	0	.169	.205	17
20	Billy Hebert	21	130	506	166	31	17	12	.328	.528	267
21	Lou Koupal	42	26	27	6	0	0	0	.222	.222	6
22	John Larrieu	20	9	32	7				.219
23	Fred May*	19	134	550	151	21	7	1	.275	.344	189
24	Melvin Miller?	25	8	26	3				.115
25	Robert Moore	18	131	502	127	19	9	0	.253	.327	164	Stats for 2 teams
26	Wildey Morrison?	22	36	136	30	6	1	2	.221	.324	44	Stats for 2 teams
27	John Mueller	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
28	Chappo Olivares?	--	2	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
29	George Parola?	--	5	16	2				.125			Stats for 2 teams
30	John Rich?	--	6	19	4				.211
31	Donald Ripsch?	--	23	78	11	4	2	0	.141	.244	19	Stats for 2 teams
32	Joe Rossi	20	8	21	8				.381
33	John Scolinos*	23	39	147	39	7	2	3	.265	.401	59	Stats for 3 teams
34	Jack Souza?	--	6	23	5				.217
35	John Stefan*	23	8	15	3				.200
36	Stan Walker?	20	14	41	8				.195
37	Dick Wenner	19	137	476	109	24	10	18	.229	.435	207
38	Wally Westlake	20	136	536	142	22	8	18	.265	.437	234
	38 Players	21.7

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	George Beck?	20	0	1	.000		2	3.0
2	Steve Bogdanoff?	25	5	9	.357	4.28	17	122.0	129	79	58	56	1.516	9.5	4.1
3	Eugene Bryant	19	9	16	.360	4.61	29	201.0	239	151	103	106	1.716	10.7	4.7
4	Charles Buttell	23	6	17	.261	5.14	32	191.0	227	162	109	103	1.728	10.7	4.9
5	Ben Farmer?	--	1	0	1.000		3	7.0
6	Tony Ferrara	25	13	14	.481	3.89	34	236.0	209	148	102	175	1.627	8.0	6.7
7	Glenn Gunn?	20	0	1	.000		1	4.0
8	Guy Hart	26	8	10	.444	4.75	33	165.0	180	112	87	120	1.818	9.8	6.5	Stats for 3 teams
9	Ray Harwell	22	9	18	.333	4.69	34	209.0	257	154	109	82	1.622	11.1	3.5
10	Lou Koupal	42	2	3	.400	4.75	26	72.0	84	47	38	29	1.569	10.5	3.6
11	John Stefan*	23	0	4	.000		8	39.0
12	Wally Westlake	20	0	1	.000		1	5.0
	12 Players	25.5

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
Sam Fenech	124		559	72	20		.969	5.09
Lavon Gash	17		71	7	4		.951	4.59

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Bob Gibson	89		712	40	13		.983	8.45

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Billy Hebert	118		326	328	27		.960	5.54

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Steve Bogdanoff	43		45	89	20		.870	3.12

SS

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Robert Moore	66	110	204	35	.900	4.76	Stats for 2 teams
William Bletcher	19	27	55	17	.828	4.32
Wildey Morrison	19	25	61	6	.935	4.53	Stats for 2 teams

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Fred May	134	260	17	23	.923	2.07
Dick Wenner	120	210	10	16	.932	1.83
Jack Blankenship	117	184	8	20	.906	1.64	Stats for 2 teams
Wally Westlake	78	163	12	11	.941	2.24
John Scolinos	26	63	3	5	.930	2.54	Stats for 3 teams
Stan Walker	14	12	0	3	.800	0.86

P

	G
Tony Ferrara	34
Ray Harwell	34
Guy Hart	33	Stats for 3 teams
Charles Buttell	32
Eugene Bryant	29
Lou Koupal	26
John Stefan	8
Ben Farmer	3
George Beck	2
Glenn Gunn	1

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
George Beck	20					Sep 10, 1920
Jack Blankenship	18	L		5' 10.0"	150	Aug 26, 1922	San Diego County, CA, US
William Bletcher	19	S		5' 10.0"	168	1922
Steve Bogdanoff	25	L		5' 10.0"	155	1916
Paul Bowa	22	R	R	5' 9.0"	165	Aug 28, 1918	Sacramento, CA, US
Ray Briscoe	--					Unknown
Eugene Bryant	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Apr 21, 1922	Oakland, CA, US
Charles Buttell	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	1918
William Daniels	21	R		5' 11.0"	186	1920
Delbota	--					Unknown
Ben Farmer	--					Unknown
Sam Fenech	24	R		5' 10.0"	180	Jun 26, 1917	San Francisco, CA, US
Tony Ferrara	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	198	Nov 21, 1915
Lavon Gash	--					Unknown
Bob Gibson	35	R		6' 2.0"	195	Mar 16, 1906	Edison, OH, US
Don Grigg	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	189	Mar 24, 1916	KS, US
Glenn Gunn	20					Sep 4, 1920	Ord Bend, CA, US
Guy Hart	26	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Feb 18, 1915	OK, US
Ray Harwell	22	R	R	6' 4.0"	202	1919
Billy Hebert	21	R		5' 10.0"	167	Dec 20, 1919	Stockton, CA, US
Lou Koupal	42	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Dec 19, 1898	Tabor, SD, US
John Larrieu	20	R		6' 0.0"	175	1921
Fred May	19	L		5' 9.0"	155	1922
Melvin Miller	25					Jun 15, 1916	Hamilton County, TX, US
Robert Moore	18	R	R	5' 11.0"	195	Aug 16, 1922
Wildey Morrison	22					Feb 22, 1919	CA, US
John Mueller	20	R		6' 2.0"	180	1921
Chappo Olivares	--					Unknown
George Parola	--					Unknown
John Rich	--					Unknown
Donald Ripsch	--					Unknown
Joe Rossi	20	R	R	6' 1.0"	205	Mar 13, 1921	Oakland, CA, US
Denzil Sayers	25					Apr 2, 1916
John Scolinos	23	L		5' 10.0"	180	Mar 28, 1918	Los Angeles, CA, US
Jack Souza	--					Unknown
John Stefan	23	L	L	6' 0.0"	185	1918
Stan Walker	20					Mar 9, 1921	San Mateo, CA, US
Dick Wenner	19	R		6' 2.0"	201	Jun 2, 1922	San Francisco, CA, US
Wally Westlake	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	186	Nov 8, 1920	Gridley, CA, US

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