1940 Columbia Reds

1940 > Class B > 1940 South Atlantic League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds-NL
Manager: Clarence Crossley
Represented: Columbia, SC
Ballpark: Capital City Park (I) (Columbia, SC)
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	Horatio Bartleson	21	42	96	21	1	0	0	.219	.229	22
2	Daniel Brainard	21	11	19	3	0	0	0	.158	.158	3
3	Carmel Castle	22	137	533	178	33	11	15	.334	.522	278
4	Clarence Crossley*	38	11	18	5	0	0	0	.278	.278	5
5	Paul Dyke	21	145	625	162	26	6	2	.259	.330	206
6	Hal Erickson	20	10	18	1	0	0	0	.056	.056	1
7	Lon Goldstein*	22	147	586	194	39	13	12	.331	.503	295
8	Lefty Guise*	31	32	56	8	2	0	0	.143	.179	10
9	Earl Harrist	21	37	80	14	0	2	0	.175	.225	18
10	Chuck Hawley	25	32	74	17	7	0	0	.230	.324	24
11	Gene Hinrichs*	23	25	60	12	3	0	0	.200	.250	15
12	Ed Klieman	22	14	20	5	0	0	0	.250	.250	5	Stats for 2 teams
13	Al Lakeman	21	102	338	106	24	7	9	.314	.506	171
14	Ray Lamanno	20	116	389	118	22	6	13	.303	.491	191
15	Kenneth Meyer	22	21	58	17	3	1	0	.293	.379	22
16	Nick Polly	23	49	161	48	11	1	4	.298	.453	73
17	George Proechel	23	76	236	56	5	3	0	.237	.284	67
18	Chester Rosenlund	25	121	447	110	16	1	3	.246	.306	137
19	James Scott	22	12	21	2	0	0	0	.095	.095	2
20	Barnes Smith*	22	32	78	16	2	0	0	.205	.231	18
21	Edward Wernet	23	135	540	146	28	14	14	.270	.452	244
22	Robert Winters	21	145	613	204	41	12	3	.333	.454	278
23	Bruno Zelasko	21	54	190	44	4	3	0	.232	.284	54
	23 Players	22.1

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	Horatio Bartleson	21	13	11	.542	4.97	41	221.0	292	146	122	57	1.579	11.9	2.3
2	Daniel Brainard	21	3	5	.375	4.66	11	58.0	79	50	30	29	1.862	12.3	4.5
3	Hal Erickson	20	3	5	.375	4.80	10	60.0	79	39	32	24	1.717	11.8	3.6
4	Lefty Guise*	31	13	6	.684	2.06	31	175.0	143	59	40	57	1.143	7.4	2.9
5	Earl Harrist	21	14	12	.538	3.50	36	229.0	198	109	89	138	1.467	7.8	5.4
6	Chuck Hawley	25	8	5	.615	4.62	20	111.0	123	70	57	69	1.730	10.0	5.6
7	Gene Hinrichs*	23	6	12	.333	3.74	24	154.0	166	95	64	71	1.539	9.7	4.1
8	Ed Klieman	22	2	4	.333	6.65	14	65.0	96	54	48	27	1.892	13.3	3.7	Stats for 2 teams
9	James Scott	22	4	3	.571	4.86	11	50.0	71	40	27	30	2.020	12.8	5.4
10	Barnes Smith*	22	7	10	.412	4.09	26	152.0	171	93	69	50	1.454	10.1	3.0
	10 Players	23.1

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
Al Lakeman	81		422	59	10		.980	5.94
Ray Lamanno	75		387	47	9		.980	5.79

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Lon Goldstein	146		1342	59	24		.983	9.60

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Robert Winters	125		339	342	59		.920	5.45
Kenneth Meyer	20		44	43	6		.935	4.35

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
George Proechel	46		35	105	8		.946	3.04
Nick Polly	43		43	115	17		.903	3.67

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Chester Rosenlund	69		144	209	34		.912	5.12
Bruno Zelasko	54		120	168	24		.923	5.33

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Paul Dyke	144	315	9	12	.964	2.25
Carmel Castle	137	233	15	22	.919	1.81
Edward Wernet	126	225	16	12	.953	1.91

P

	G
Horatio Bartleson	41
Earl Harrist	36
Lefty Guise	31
Barnes Smith	26
Gene Hinrichs	24
Chuck Hawley	20
Ed Klieman	14	Stats for 2 teams
Daniel Brainard	11
James Scott	11
Hal Erickson	10

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Stanley Baran	--					Unknown
Horatio Bartleson	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Nov 18, 1918	Macomb, IL, US
Howard Black	--					Unknown
Daniel Brainard	21	R	R	6' 6.0"	210	1919	Pisgah Forrest, NC, US
Carmel Castle	22	R		6' 5.0"	214	1918
Furman Corley	--					Unknown
Clarence Crossley	38	L		5' 9.0"	165	Feb 24, 1902
Paul Dyke	21	R		5' 11.0"	165	1919
Rex Ellis	--					Unknown
Hal Erickson	20	R	R	6' 5.0"	230	Jul 17, 1919	Portland, OR, US
Lon Goldstein	22	L	L	6' 2.0"	190	May 13, 1918	Austin, TX, US
Lefty Guise	31	L	L	6' 2.0"	172	Sep 18, 1908	Driggs, AR, US
Earl Harrist	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Apr 20, 1919	Dubach, LA, US
Chuck Hawley	25	R	R	6' 3.0"	210	Apr 3, 1915
Gene Hinrichs	23	L	L	6' 1.0"	160	Nov 7, 1916
Ed Klieman	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Mar 21, 1918	Norwood, OH, US
Al Lakeman	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Dec 31, 1918	Cincinnati, OH, US
Ray Lamanno	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Nov 17, 1919	Oakland, CA, US
Ted Maillet	20	L	L	5' 10.0"	178	1920	Livermore Falls, ME, US
Kenneth Meyer	22	R		5' 11.0"		1918
Nick Polly	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	Apr 18, 1917	Chicago, IL, US
George Proechel	23	R		5' 10.0"	180	1917
Chester Rosenlund	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Oct 25, 1914	San Francisco, CA, US
Marvin Rumsey	24	R		5' 7.0"	150	1916
James Scott	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	1918
Barnes Smith	22	L	L	6' 0.0"	160	1918
Lawrence Steinbeck	24	R		5' 10.0"	160	1916
Milton Stroner	28	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Oct 12, 1911	Chicago, IL, US
Edward Wernet	23	R		5' 9.0"	170	1917
Robert Winters	21	R		5' 9.0"	168	1919
Bruno Zelasko	21	R		5' 9.0"	165	1919

About the Minor League Data

Performance data on minor and international leagues is licensed from and provided by the SABR Minor Leagues Database, a community project sponsored by the Minor Leagues Committee of the Society for American Baseball Research.

The database is under active development. Many statistics are incomplete due to ongoing research and/or limitations in published sources. To learn more about these limitations, or to find out how to contribute, click here.

Minor league Total Zone (Rctch&Rtz, 2005-2009) data provided by Baseballprojection.com and Minorleaguesplits.com.

Question, Comment, Feedback or Correction?

Automatic Player Linking / Statistical Sharing Tool / Basic Player Linking / Data Coverage

See Front Page for time of last update

Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

Play Index Loading Photos from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress.

A Sports Reference Site: About Baseball Reference | Found a bug or have a suggestion?
Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service | Use of Data

Partner of USA TODAY Sports Digital Properties.