1940 Knoxville Smokies

1940 > Class A-1 > 1940 Southern Association
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: New York Giants-NL
Manager: Neil Caldwell and Freddie Lindstrom
Represented: Knoxville, TN
Ballpark: n/a
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	Al Baker	34	37	55	12	1	0	1	.218	.291	16	Stats for 2 teams
2	Jack Brewer	22	20	29	8	2	0	0	.276	.345	10
3	Sugar Cain*	33	42	84	16	0	1	0	.190	.214	18
4	Bob Carpenter	22	37	83	19	2	0	0	.229	.253	21
5	Charles Fallon	25	100	307	79	10	2	10	.257	.401	123	Stats for 2 teams
6	Charles Glock*	25	142	532	153	20	5	13	.288	.417	222	Stats for 3 teams
7	John Hubbell#	24	27	52	11	0	0	0	.212	.212	11
8	Norm Kies	29	16	28	5	1	1	0	.179	.286	8	Stats for 2 teams
9	John Koneff	26	47	53	5	0	0	0	.094	.094	5
10	Art Lilly*	24	39	126	26	6	3	1	.206	.325	41
11	Eddie Lukon*	19	122	367	116	22	7	10	.316	.496	182
12	Pete Mallory	--	18	17	2	0	0	0	.118	.118	2
13	Mark Mauldin	25	141	545	179	29	5	0	.328	.400	218	Stats for 2 teams
14	Malin McCulloch*	28	145	514	162	31	12	16	.315	.516	265
15	Jim McLeod	31	31	110	17	3	0	0	.155	.182	20
16	Dutch Meyer	24	114	448	149	20	10	22	.333	.569	255
17	George Myatt*	26	116	415	111	22	9	0	.267	.364	151
18	Bill Norman	29	15	47	14	6	1	1	.298	.532	25
19	Mendel Ramsey	24	141	507	140	24	9	10	.276	.418	212
20	Jim Sheehan	27	94	265	67	8	1	9	.253	.392	104
21	Hugh Shelley	29	157	614	186	31	7	1	.303	.381	234
22	Walt Shinn	24	15	38	6	4	1	0	.158	.316	12
23	Paul Smith	28	41	53	8	0	0	0	.151	.151	8
24	Buck Stanton*	34	150	547	157	30	8	5	.287	.399	218
	24 Players	26.5

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	IP	H	R	ER	BB	WHIP	H/9	BB/9
1	Al Baker	34	4	14	.222	4.26	30	18	133.0	156	95	63	59	1.617	10.6	4.0	Stats for 2 teams
2	Jim Bivin	30	3	3	.500	5.34	8	8	59.0	71	38	35	14	1.441	10.8	2.1
3	Jack Brewer	22	3	0	1.000	4.50	20	4	78.0	77	54	39	53	1.667	8.9	6.1
4	Sugar Cain	33	10	14	.417	5.13	40	29	223.0	257	145	127	83	1.525	10.4	3.3
5	Bob Carpenter	22	13	15	.464	3.54	37	31	226.0	274	112	89	60	1.478	10.9	2.4
6	John Hubbell	24	5	15	.250	4.94	27	23	153.0	170	101	84	58	1.490	10.0	3.4
7	John Koneff	26	9	14	.391	5.60	47	13	159.0	163	125	99	141	1.912	9.2	8.0
8	Pete Mallory	--	1	7	.125	7.32	16	9	59.0	84	57	48	19	1.746	12.8	2.9
9	Paul Smith	28	7	6	.538	4.42	41	14	163.0	187	90	80	67	1.558	10.3	3.7
	9 Players	27.5

Team Fielding--By Pos

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C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Charles Fallon	84	303	43	11	.969	4.12	Stats for 2 teams
Jim Sheehan	80	257	47	7	.977	3.80
Norm Kies	13	26	3	0	1.000	2.23	Stats for 2 teams

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Buck Stanton	150		1304	81	9		.994	9.23

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Charles Glock	130		319	325	35		.948	4.95			Stats for 3 teams
Dutch Meyer	113		311	334	26		.961	5.71

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Mendel Ramsey	105		113	229	35		.907	3.26

SS

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
George Myatt	95	184	297	39	.925	5.06
Jim McLeod	31	51	105	9	.945	5.03
Art Lilly	19	38	66	8	.929	5.47

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Hugh Shelley	156	418	12	16	.964	2.76
Malin McCulloch	139	268	8	11	.962	1.99
Eddie Lukon	97	182	6	10	.949	1.94
Mark Mauldin	92	198	6	2	.990	2.22	Stats for 2 teams
Bill Norman	14	23	1	1	.960	1.71

P

	G
John Koneff	47
Paul Smith	41
Sugar Cain	40
Bob Carpenter	37
Al Baker	30	Stats for 2 teams
John Hubbell	27
Jack Brewer	20
Pete Mallory	16

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Al Baker	34	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Feb 28, 1906	Batesville, MS, US
Jim Bivin	30	R	R	6' 0.0"	155	Dec 11, 1909	Jackson, MS, US
Harold Blackstock	22	R		5' 8.0"	185	1918
Jack Brewer	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	170	Apr 21, 1918	Los Angeles, CA, US
Sugar Cain	33	L	R	5' 11.0"	190	Apr 5, 1907	Macon, GA, US
Neil Caldwell	32	R		6' 0.0"	180	Jul 16, 1907
Bob Carpenter	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	Dec 12, 1917	Chicago, IL, US
Charles Fallon	25	R		6' 0.0"	165	Oct 16, 1914
Charles Glock	25	L		5' 10.0"	175	Dec 18, 1914
John Hubbell	24	S	R	6' 1.0"	190	Aug 5, 1915	Stroud, OK, US
Harvey Johnson	22	L	R	5' 11.0"	175	Jun 4, 1918	Mentone, AL, US
Norm Kies	29	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Dec 10, 1910	Toledo, OH, US
John Koneff	26	R	R	6' 2.0"	175	1914
Art Lilly	24	L	R	5' 11.0"	165	Mar 18, 1916	Los Angeles, CA, US
Hod Lisenbee	41	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Sep 23, 1898	Clarksville, TN, US
Eddie Lukon	19	L	L	5' 10.0"	168	Aug 5, 1920	Burgettstown, PA, US
Pete Mallory	--	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Unknown
Mark Mauldin	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Nov 5, 1914	Atlanta, GA, US
Malin McCulloch	28	L	R	6' 0.0"	165	Jan 5, 1912	Texarkana, TX, US
Jim McLeod	31	R	R	6' 0.0"	187	Sep 12, 1908	Jones, LA, US
Dutch Meyer	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	181	Oct 6, 1915	Waco, TX, US
George Myatt	26	L	R	5' 11.0"	167	Jun 14, 1914	Denver, CO, US
Bill Norman	29	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Jul 16, 1910	St. Louis, MO, US
Ray Phelps	36	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Dec 11, 1903	Dunlap, TN, US
Mendel Ramsey	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	1916	Gaffney, SC, US
Beryl Richmond	32	S	L	6' 1.0"	185	Aug 24, 1907	Glen Easton, WV, US
Wilmer Schroeder	28	S	R	6' 3.0"	175	1912
Kola Sharpe	34	R	R	5' 11.0"	160	1906
Jim Sheehan	27	R	R	6' 2.0"	196	Jun 3, 1913	New Haven, CT, US
Kenneth Sheehan	26	R	L	5' 9.0"	150	1914	Oakland, CA, US
Hugh Shelley	29	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	Oct 26, 1910	Rogers, TX, US
Walt Shinn	24	R		6' 1.0"	215	Jan 18, 1916	South Amboy, NJ, US
Paul Smith	28	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	1912
Buck Stanton	34	L	L	5' 10.0"	150	Jun 19, 1906	Stantonsburg, NC, US

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