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1940 Springfield Browns

1940 > Class B > 1940 Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: St. Louis Browns-AL
Manager: Art Scharein
Represented: Springfield, IL
Ballpark: Lanphier Park (I) (Springfield, IL)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1939 / 1941

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 George Bradley 26 85 326 94 16 5 19 .288 .543 177
2 Ed Busch 22 126 514 155 19 10 5 .302 .407 209
3 Ray Coleman* 18 7 22 2 0 0 0 .091 .091 2
4 Charles Cronin 26 33 72 13 1 0 0 .181 .194 14
5 Harry Goorabian 22 59 202 50 8 3 9 .248 .450 91
6 Joe Grace* 26 8 29 11 2 1 3 .379 .828 24
7 Paul Gunter 23 32 83 17 3 2 0 .205 .289 24
8 John Hansen* 24 126 452 122 26 4 6 .270 .385 174
9 William Hornsby 24 86 305 86 8 5 7 .282 .410 125
10 Earl Jones* 21 27 63 17 0 0 0 .270 .270 17
11 Art Keller 23 56 164 46 9 3 3 .280 .427 70
12 Ben Kneupper 24 38 43 3 0 0 0 .070 .070 3
13 Joseph Morjoseph 20 53 192 51 8 5 5 .266 .438 84
14 Art Scharein 35 46 147 42 4 1 0 .286 .327 48
15 Len Schulte 23 111 442 124 19 2 6 .281 .373 165
16 William Scott 22 20 52 14 1 0 0 .269 .288 15
17 Clarence Springer* 25 125 495 141 32 5 11 .285 .436 216
18 Gorman Stalder 20 23 63 10 0 0 0 .159 .159 10
19 Fred Stroble 23 98 351 96 17 3 15 .274 .467 164
20 Thomas Woodruff* 21 55 222 55 6 8 2 .248 .374 83
20 Players 23.6
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 Charles Cronin 26 13 11 .542 4.09 31 187.0 197 98 85 60 1.374 9.5 2.9
2 Homer Gibson 22 3 4 .429 3.96 8 50.0 48 28 22 22 1.400 8.6 4.0
3 Paul Gunter 23 14 11 .560 3.75 29 192.0 179 104 80 59 1.240 8.4 2.8
4 Earl Jones* 21 12 5 .706 4.15 26 156.0 127 87 72 117 1.564 7.3 6.8
5 Ben Kneupper 24 8 6 .571 3.66 38 118.0 131 64 48 33 1.390 10.0 2.5
6 William Scott 22 9 7 .563 5.01 19 124.0 155 88 69 69 1.806 11.2 5.0
7 Gorman Stalder 20 13 6 .684 4.20 23 165.0 153 96 77 80 1.412 8.3 4.4
7 Players 22.9

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
William Hornsby 79 480 47 13 .976 6.67
Art Keller 44 233 29 10 .963 5.95

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
John Hansen 126 1039 59 12 .989 8.71

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Len Schulte 97 160 241 32 .926 4.13
Art Scharein 34 59 77 6 .958 4.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ed Busch 124 138 227 27 .931 2.94

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Harry Goorabian 59 109 173 13 .956 4.78
Thomas Woodruff 54 99 145 29 .894 4.52

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Clarence Springer 125 177 10 14 .930 1.50
Fred Stroble 98 253 4 11 .959 2.62
George Bradley 84 172 13 7 .964 2.20
Joseph Morjoseph 52 96 5 8 .927 1.94

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ben Kneupper 38 0.00
Charles Cronin 31 0.00
Paul Gunter 29 0.00
Earl Jones 26 0.00
Gorman Stalder 23 0.00
William Scott 19 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Karl Alto 24 R 5' 11.0" 170 1916
George Bradley 26 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Apr 1, 1914 Greenwood, AR, US
Ed Busch 22 R R 5' 10.0" 175 Nov 16, 1917 Lebanon, IL, US
Ray Coleman 18 L R 5' 11.0" 170 Jun 4, 1922 Dunsmuir, CA, US
Charles Cronin 26 R R 5' 11.0" 160 Jun 27, 1914 Steubenville, OH, US
Paul DeBruhl 22 R L 6' 2.0" 173 1918
Marion DeJarnett 21 L 5' 10.0" 170 1919
John Dobby 24 R R 6' 0.0" 170 1916
Homer Gibson 22 R R 6' 0.0" 175 1918
John Goldak -- Unknown
Harry Goorabian 22 R 5' 10.0" 165 Apr 28, 1918 New York, NY, US
Joe Grace 26 L R 6' 1.0" 180 Jan 5, 1914 Gorham, IL, US
John Grant -- Unknown
Paul Gunter 23 R R 6' 1.0" 180 1917
John Hansen 24 L 5' 10.0" 170 1916
William Hornsby 24 R 5' 10.0" 175 1916
Earl Jones 21 L L 5' 10.0" 190 Jun 11, 1919 Fresno, CA, US
Art Keller 23 R 5' 11.0" 187 Jul 28, 1916 Octavia, NE, US
Ben Kneupper 24 R R 6' 3.0" 185 1916
Charles McDonald 21 L L 6' 2.0" 180 1919
Bill Miller 30 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Apr 12, 1910 Hannibal, MO, US
Joseph Morjoseph 20 R 6' 0.0" 195 1920
John Pacotti -- R Unknown
Art Scharein 35 R R 5' 11.0" 155 Jun 30, 1905 Decatur, IL, US
Len Schulte 23 R R 5' 10.0" 160 Dec 5, 1916 St. Charles, MO, US
William Scott 22 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Oct 26, 1917
Benjamin Sheldon 22 5' 11.0" 170 1918
Clarence Springer 25 L 6' 0.0" 180 Mar 9, 1915 Middletown, PA, US
Gorman Stalder 20 R R 6' 1.0" 175 Jul 8, 1919
Fred Stroble 23 R 5' 10.0" 188 Sep 14, 1916
Thomas Woodruff 21 L 5' 8.0" 160 1919

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