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1939 Henderson Oilers

1939 > Class C > 1939 East Texas League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: Detroit Tigers-AL
Manager: John Atz
Represented: Henderson, TX
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1938 / 1940

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Leon Balser 21 15 24 6 0 1 0 .250 .333 8
2 Rex Carr 23 41 144 41 9 1 0 .285 .361 52
3 Lee Costley 23 15 42 11 3 1 0 .262 .381 16
4 Guy Curtright 26 87 332 107 22 6 9 .322 .506 168
5 Joseph Davis 24 28 103 18 5 0 1 .175 .252 26
6 Chuck Eisenmann* 20 16 29 4 0 0 0 .138 .138 4
7 Paul Gudelj 21 42 133 24 0 0 0 .180 .180 24 Stats for 2 teams
8 Hal Hirshon 23 53 200 62 13 6 0 .310 .435 87
9 Wally Kopp* 25 108 316 105 15 2 1 .332 .402 127 Stats for 3 teams
10 Gene Markland 19 130 421 125 30 3 4 .297 .411 173
11 George Metkovich* 18 3 6 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
12 Les Mueller 20 17 51 4 0 0 0 .078 .078 4
13 Thomas O'Laughlin 22 139 528 112 16 3 0 .212 .254 134
14 Dean Phillips 23 44 149 33 3 1 0 .221 .255 38
15 Dee Phillips 20 134 485 132 34 1 6 .272 .384 186
16 Steve Rachunok 22 28 85 16 3 0 2 .188 .294 25
17 Bryan Stephens 18 41 80 17 2 0 0 .213 .238 19
18 George Sturdivant 24 140 528 156 39 8 16 .295 .491 259
19 Tommy Tatum 19 140 516 131 19 9 2 .254 .337 174
20 Ed Weiland* 24 36 85 19 1 0 1 .224 .271 23
21 John Zapor 22 89 301 105 26 2 12 .349 .568 171
21 Players 21.9
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 GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Leon Balser 21 5 6 .455 4.02 15 56.0 57 34 25 61 2.107 9.2 9.8
2 Chuck Eisenmann 20 4 4 .500 4.44 16 75.0 63 46 37 44 1.427 7.6 5.3
3 Les Mueller 20 9 7 .563 2.75 17 144.0 108 62 44 69 1.229 6.8 4.3
4 Steve Rachunok 22 22 6 .786 2.15 29 218.0 163 83 52 91 1.165 6.7 3.8
5 Bryan Stephens 18 11 10 .524 3.40 36 204.0 184 100 77 112 1.451 8.1 4.9
6 Ed Weiland 24 18 9 .667 2.68 35 238.0 211 102 71 105 1.328 8.0 4.0
6 Players 21.0

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
Wally Kopp 92 588 63 11 .983 7.08 Stats for 3 teams
Paul Gudelj 23 112 22 8 .944 5.83 Stats for 2 teams
Lee Costley 12 77 15 4 .958 7.67

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
George Sturdivant 140 1265 82 20 .985 9.62

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
John Zapor 89 174 250 16 .964 4.76

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Gene Markland 125 150 274 37 .920 3.39

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dee Phillips 134 187 412 57 .913 4.47

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Thomas O'Laughlin 139 242 8 12 .954 1.80
Tommy Tatum 89 171 9 6 .968 2.02
Hal Hirshon 53 50 6 7 .889 1.06

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bryan Stephens 36 0.00
Ed Weiland 35 0.00
Steve Rachunok 29 0.00
Les Mueller 17 0.00
Chuck Eisenmann 16 0.00
Leon Balser 15 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Lemos Allmand 21 R 5' 10.0" 156 1918
Leon Balser 21 R R 6' 0.0" 180 1918
Rex Carr 23 R R 6' 2.0" 215 Nov 30, 1915 Lexington, KY, US
Lee Costley 23 R 5' 8.0" 172 1916
Guy Curtright 26 R R 5' 11.0" 200 Oct 18, 1912 Holliday, MO, US
Joseph Davis 24 R 6' 1.0" 185 1915
Chuck Eisenmann 20 L R 6' 1.0" 186 Sep 22, 1918 Hawthorne, WI, US
Paul Gudelj 21 R 5' 11.0" 170 1918
Virgil Hape 26 R L 6' 2.0" 190 Oct 15, 1912
Hal Hirshon 23 R 6' 0.0" 192 Jan 11, 1916 New York, NY, US
Herb Huser 20 R R 6' 4.0" 210 1919
Wally Kopp 25 L 6' 0.0" 195 1914
Gene Markland 19 R R 5' 10.0" 160 Dec 26, 1919 Detroit, MI, US
R. McElroy -- Unknown
George Metkovich 18 L L 6' 1.0" 185 Oct 8, 1920 Angel's Camp, CA, US
Les Mueller 20 R R 6' 3.0" 190 Mar 4, 1919 Belleville, IL, US
Thomas O'Laughlin 22 R 5' 11.0" 180 Jan 3, 1917
Dean Phillips 23 R 6' 0.0" 185 1916
Dee Phillips 20 R R 6' 0.0" 176 Jun 8, 1919 Corsicana, TX, US
Steve Rachunok 22 R R 6' 4.0" 205 Dec 5, 1916 Rittman, OH, US
Shephard -- Unknown
Hugh Sparks 19 L L 6' 0.0" 160 1920
Bryan Stephens 18 R R 6' 4.0" 175 Jul 14, 1920 Fayetteville, AR, US
George Sturdivant 24 R 6' 2.0" 180 Aug 11, 1914 DeLoon, TX, US
Tommy Tatum 19 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Jul 16, 1919 Decatur, TX, US
Ed Weiland 24 L R 5' 11.0" 180 Nov 26, 1914 Evanston, IL, US
John Zapor 22 R 6' 2.0" 170 1917

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