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1940 Nashville Volunteers

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

Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers-NL
Manager: Larry Gilbert
Represented: Nashville, TN
Ballpark: Sulphur Dell (II) (Nashville , TN)
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	Ace Adams	30	45	71	18	3	0	0	.254	.296	21
2	Bob Boken	32	151	590	178	46	6	13	.302	.466	275
3	Dick Culler	25	152	573	159	28	4	1	.277	.346	198
4	Tom Drake	27	31	63	11	2	0	0	.175	.206	13	Stats for 2 teams
5	Gus Dugas*	33	146	512	172	34	6	22	.336	.555	284
6	Marv Felderman	24	63	153	51	11	0	0	.333	.405	62
7	Greek George	27	130	480	161	28	6	9	.335	.475	228
8	Oris Hockett*	30	130	521	189	33	4	14	.363	.522	272
9	George Jeffcoat	26	37	66	5	1	0	0	.076	.091	6
10	Barney Lutz*	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
11	Russ Meers*	21	38	41	8	1	0	0	.195	.220	9
12	John Mihalic	28	148	574	182	54	6	3	.317	.448	257
13	Arnie Moser	24	149	623	216	44	7	5	.347	.464	289
14	Boots Poffenberger	24	38	96	18	3	0	0	.188	.219	21
15	Mickey Rocco*	24	148	568	173	36	2	21	.305	.486	276
16	Lee Rogers	26	35	61	15	1	0	0	.246	.262	16	Stats for 2 teams
17	Johnny Sain	22	35	38	15	2	1	0	.395	.500	19
18	Tommy Tatum	20	98	264	81	15	7	1	.307	.428	113
19	Leo Twardy	26	54	79	12	2	1	0	.152	.203	16
	19 Players	27.0

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	Ace Adams	30	13	5	.722	4.06	44	19	184.0	203	88	83	68	1.473	9.9	3.3
2	Tom Drake	27	8	8	.500	4.69	30	23	165.0	187	104	86	83	1.636	10.2	4.5	Stats for 2 teams
3	George Jeffcoat	26	14	6	.700	3.78	37	26	200.0	218	105	84	78	1.480	9.8	3.5
4	Russ Meers*	21	6	3	.667	4.54	38	11	117.0	115	64	59	88	1.735	8.8	6.8
5	Boots Poffenberger	24	26	9	.743	4.58	38	33	238.0	296	146	121	98	1.655	11.2	3.7
6	Lee Rogers*	26	8	8	.500	5.91	33	23	169.0	198	114	111	81	1.651	10.5	4.3	Stats for 2 teams
7	Johnny Sain	22	8	4	.667	4.45	30	7	97.0	98	56	48	52	1.546	9.1	4.8
8	Leo Twardy	26	17	11	.607	3.45	53	20	232.0	280	102	89	49	1.418	10.9	1.9
	8 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
Greek George	120		556	55	1		.998	5.09
Marv Felderman	42		178	14	6		.970	4.57

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Mickey Rocco	148		1302	104	16		.989	9.50

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
John Mihalic	147		348	472	25		.970	5.58

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Bob Boken	149		134	316	23		.951	3.02

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Dick Culler	152		347	515	47		.948	5.67

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Arnie Moser	149	304	13	13	.961	2.13
Gus Dugas	145	219	24	9	.964	1.68
Oris Hockett	130	335	18	14	.962	2.72
Tommy Tatum	46	58	4	4	.939	1.35

P

	G
Leo Twardy	53
Ace Adams	44
Russ Meers	38
Boots Poffenberger	38
George Jeffcoat	37
Lee Rogers	33	Stats for 2 teams
Tom Drake	30	Stats for 2 teams
Johnny Sain	30

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Ace Adams	30	R	R	5' 10.0"	182	Mar 2, 1910	Willows, CA, US
Bob Boken	32	R	R	6' 2.0"	165	Feb 23, 1908	Maryvale, IL, US
Pearce Corley	26	L	L	6' 0.0"	185	Mar 14, 1914
Dick Culler	25	R	R	5' 9.0"	155	Jan 15, 1915	High Point, NC, US
Tom Drake	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Aug 7, 1912	Birmingham, AL, US
Gus Dugas	33	L	L	5' 9.0"	165	Mar 24, 1907	St. Jean de Matha, QC, CA
Marv Felderman	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	187	Dec 20, 1915	Bellevue, IA, US
Charlie Gassaway	21	L	L	6' 2.0"	210	Aug 12, 1918	Gassaway, TN, US
Greek George	27	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Dec 25, 1912	Waycross, GA, US
Oris Hockett	30	L	R	5' 9.0"	182	Sep 29, 1909	Amboy, IN, US
George Jeffcoat	26	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Dec 24, 1913	New Brookfield, SC, US
Barney Lutz	24	L		5' 10.0"	175	Aug 20, 1915
Russ Meers	21	L	L	5' 10.0"	170	Nov 28, 1918	Tilton, IL, US
John Mihalic	28	R	R	5' 11.0"	172	Nov 13, 1911	Cleveland, OH, US
Arnie Moser	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	165	Aug 9, 1915	Houston, TX, US
Boots Poffenberger	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	178	Jul 1, 1915	Williamsport, MD, US
Mickey Rocco	24	L	L	5' 11.0"	188	Mar 2, 1916	St. Paul, MN, US
Lee Rogers	26	R	L	5' 11.0"	170	Oct 8, 1913	Tuscaloosa, AL, US
Johnny Sain	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Sep 25, 1917	Havana, AR, US
Tommy Tatum	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Jul 16, 1919	Decatur, TX, US
Leo Twardy	26	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	1914

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