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1940 Kilgore Boomers

1940 > Class C > 1940 East Texas League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals-NL
Manager: Jimmy Dalrymple
Represented: Kilgore, TX
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1939

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	Phillip Cogswell	18	23	64	13	0	0	0	.203	.203	13
2	Lou Coletta	23	126	507	132	33	1	4	.260	.353	179
3	Jimmy Dalrymple	35	127	501	143	21	0	5	.285	.357	179
4	Ray Dieffenback	24	134	529	160	41	1	4	.302	.406	215
5	Ben Hale	21	123	457	120	27	0	8	.263	.374	171
6	Floyd Helms?	21	32	64	14	1	0	0	.219	.234	15
7	Russell Hoff	20	28	54	9	0	0	0	.167	.167	9
8	John Joyce?	--	80	278	63	9	0	3	.227	.291	81
9	Kenneth Kavanaugh	24	60	236	67	17	0	5	.284	.419	99
10	Jim Matthews	18	48	171	44	13	1	6	.257	.450	77
11	Robert Meitzen	19	29	41	3	0	0	0	.073	.073	3
12	Edward Morris	22	100	333	89	15	2	5	.267	.369	123
13	Eugene Nafie	22	82	321	79	13	4	5	.246	.358	115
14	Harry Perko	22	11	19	5	0	0	0	.263	.263	5
15	Vance Randolph	22	128	505	133	23	5	4	.263	.352	178
16	Chauncey Scott*	22	55	148	32	4	0	1	.216	.264	39
17	Ado Severi*	26	48	99	17	3	1	0	.172	.222	22
18	Evan Shelton?	20	10	14	1	0	0	0	.071	.071	1
19	Gale Sullivan?	--	39	126	23	6	0	0	.183	.230	29
20	Jack Weston*	22	33	71	22	1	0	0	.310	.324	23
	20 Players	23.7

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	Floyd Helms?	21	3	7	.300	4.92	20	106.0	128	79	58	54	1.717	10.9	4.6
2	Russell Hoff	20	6	12	.333	3.95	30	155.0	150	102	68	97	1.594	8.7	5.6
3	Robert Meitzen	19	4	9	.308	5.02	28	113.0	110	87	63	99	1.850	8.8	7.9
4	Harry Perko	22	0	5	.000	6.75	5	36.0	54	35	27	4	1.611	13.5	1.0
5	Chauncey Scott*	22	12	16	.429	4.33	33	245.0	240	164	118	144	1.567	8.8	5.3
6	Ado Severi*	26	14	17	.452	3.67	38	282.0	287	146	115	88	1.330	9.2	2.8
7	Evan Shelton	20	2	2	.500	6.38	10	48.0	60	46	34	33	1.938	11.2	6.2
8	Jack Weston*	22	8	6	.571	3.05	17	130.0	108	58	44	86	1.492	7.5	6.0
	8 Players	21.8

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
John Joyce	75	379	72	25	.947	6.01
Edward Morris	45	223	33	11	.959	5.69
Phillip Cogswell	18	96	8	6	.945	5.78

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Kenneth Kavanaugh	60		544	32	9		.985	9.60
Gale Sullivan	39		370	17	13		.968	9.92

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Vance Randolph	114		319	314	22		.966	5.55

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Lou Coletta	113		143	272	43		.906	3.67

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Jimmy Dalrymple	123		205	340	42		.928	4.43

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Ray Dieffenback	134	378	17	21	.950	2.95
Ben Hale	89	142	14	14	.918	1.75
Eugene Nafie	76	129	14	17	.894	1.88
Jim Matthews	45	74	2	10	.884	1.69

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Ado Severi	38							0.00
Chauncey Scott	33							0.00
Russell Hoff	30							0.00
Robert Meitzen	28							0.00
Floyd Helms	20							0.00
Jack Weston	17							0.00
Evan Shelton	10							0.00
Harry Perko	5							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Phillip Cogswell	18	R		5' 8.0"	160	1922
Lou Coletta	23	R		5' 10.0"	162	1917
Jimmy Dalrymple	35	R		5' 7.0"	150	1905
Ray Dieffenback	24	R	R	5' 8.0"	180	Mar 20, 1916	Albany, NY, US
Don Galinda	--					Unknown
Woodford Gardner	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	1916
Ben Hale	21	R		6' 0.0"	178	1919
Floyd Helms	21					1919
Russell Hoff	20	R	R	6' 1.0"	187	1920
Ernest Jefferson	22	L	L	5' 10.0"	170	1918
John Joyce	--					Unknown
Kenneth Kavanaugh	24	R		6' 3.0"	208	1916
Jim Matthews	18	R		5' 11.0"	200	Oct 20, 1921
Robert Meitzen	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	168	1921
Edward Morris	22	R		5' 9.0"	160	1918
Henry Moskoski	--					Unknown
Eugene Nafie	22	R		6' 0.0"	180	1918
Harry Perko	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	1918
Vance Randolph	22	R		5' 10.0"	155	1918
Chauncey Scott	22	L	L	6' 1.0"	185	Jun 8, 1918	NE, US
Ado Severi	26	L	L	5' 11.0"	175	1914
Evan Shelton	20		R	6' 1.0"	190	1920
Gale Sullivan	--					Unknown
Jack Weston	22	L	L	5' 10.0"	190	1918

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