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1940 Grand Forks Chiefs

1940 > Class D > 1940 Northern League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: Chicago White Sox-AL
Manager: Papa Williams
Represented: Grand Forks, ND
Ballpark: Municipal Park (Grand Forks, ND)
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	Herman Bauer	22	124	493	145	24	8	12	.294	.448	221
2	Howard Belknap	22	19	40	11	1	0	0	.275	.300	12
3	Lyle Belknap	21	124	455	105	16	4	2	.231	.297	135
4	Bill Cearley	20	123	507	147	29	7	15	.290	.464	235
5	Jimmy Grant*	21	103	360	99	23	7	10	.275	.461	166
6	Dennis Horton	24	16	48	8	0	0	0	.167	.167	8
7	Harold Ludwig#	24	40	144	31	3	0	0	.215	.236	34	Stats for 2 teams
8	Patrick McNair	20	84	305	72	21	0	0	.236	.305	93
9	Arden McNeill	18	81	251	56	7	1	2	.223	.283	71
10	Casper Ochs?	--	16	20	3	1	0	0	.150	.200	4
11	Don Olix*	24	124	491	141	22	8	6	.287	.401	197
12	Roland Parker	22	13	21	5	2	0	1	.238	.476	10
13	Edward Puchleitner	20	122	446	136	25	8	7	.305	.444	198
14	Robert Schremser	23	26	57	10	1	0	0	.175	.193	11
15	Lefty Sloat	21	34	80	16	1	1	0	.200	.238	19
16	Bruno Somenzi	22	34	100	23	3	0	3	.230	.350	35
17	Papa Williams	26	124	487	156	24	9	6	.320	.444	216
18	Karl Wolfsberger	23	27	57	7	1	0	0	.123	.140	8
	18 Players	21.8

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	IP	H	R	ER	BB	WHIP	H/9	BB/9
1	Howard Belknap	22	9	3	.750	1.95	15	106.0	81	36	23	50	1.236	6.9	4.2
2	Dennis Horton	24	10	2	.833	1.29	16	119.0	92	27	17	31	1.034	7.0	2.3
3	Roland Parker	22	4	4	.500	5.21	13	57.0	65	42	33	31	1.684	10.3	4.9
4	Robert Schremser	23	9	7	.563	2.59	24	153.0	152	68	44	51	1.327	8.9	3.0
5	Lefty Sloat*	21	15	7	.682	2.46	28	201.0	155	69	55	96	1.249	6.9	4.3
6	Bruno Somenzi	22	17	7	.708	2.97	28	215.0	203	93	71	58	1.214	8.5	2.4
7	Karl Wolfsberger	23	12	8	.600	2.35	25	172.0	160	66	45	49	1.215	8.4	2.6
	7 Players	22.4

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
Herman Bauer	124		839	114	19		.980	7.69
Harold Ludwig	17		70	3	0		1.000	4.29							Stats for 2 teams

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Papa Williams	123		1096	71	16		.986	9.49

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Lyle Belknap	124		274	322	37		.942	4.81

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Jimmy Grant	102		92	172	36		.880	2.59

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Patrick McNair	81		153	228	32		.923	4.70
Arden McNeill	44		64	121	24		.885	4.20

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Don Olix	123	236	10	6	.976	2.00
Bill Cearley	121	93	27	9	.930	0.99
Edward Puchleitner	120	196	16	5	.977	1.77

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Lefty Sloat	28							0.00
Bruno Somenzi	28							0.00
Karl Wolfsberger	25							0.00
Robert Schremser	24							0.00
Dennis Horton	16							0.00
Howard Belknap	15							0.00
Roland Parker	13							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Herman Bauer	22	R		6' 0.0"	165	1918	East St. Louis, IL, US
Howard Belknap	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	165	Aug 8, 1917	Manistique, MI, US
Lyle Belknap	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	165	Sep 21, 1918	Mosley Junction, VA, US
Bill Cearley	20	R		5' 10.0"	200	Jul 12, 1919
Vince Clawson	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	1918
Jimmy Grant	21	L	R	5' 8.0"	166	Oct 6, 1918	Racine, WI, US
Dennis Horton	24	R	R	6' 5.0"	200	Oct 1, 1915	Ash Flat, AR, US
George Lee	--					Unknown
Harold Ludwig	24	S		5' 9.0"	162	1916
Patrick McNair	20	R		6' 0.0"	160	1920
Arden McNeill	18	R		5' 11.0"	160	1922
Casper Ochs	--					Unknown
Don Olix	24	L		5' 10.0"	156	1916
Roland Parker	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	186	1918
John Pfeffer	--					Unknown
Carmen Pinkston	18	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	1922
Edward Puchleitner	20	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	1920
Robert Rutledge	20	R		6' 0.0"	174	1920
Robert Schremser	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	1917	Decatur, IL, US
Alfred Schwartz	19	R		5' 9.0"	156	1921
Lefty Sloat	21	R	L	6' 0.0"	168	Dec 1, 1918	Nokomis, IL, US
Bruno Somenzi	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	Sep 17, 1917	Highwood, IL, US
Martin Valasek	--					Unknown
Papa Williams	26	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	Jul 17, 1913	Meridian, MS, US
Karl Wolfsberger	23	R	R	5' 8.0"	160	1917

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