1939 Kannapolis Towelers

1939 > Class D > 1939 North Carolina State League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Phil Lundeen and Ginger Watts
Represented: Kannapolis, NC
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	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BA	SLG	TB
1	Danny Amaral	28	32	105	44	9	2	9	.419	.800	84
2	Fred Bennett	37	17	60	19	5	0	0	.317	.400	24
3	Colonel Black?	23	36	69	14	5	0	0	.203	.275	19	Stats for 2 teams
4	James Burns*	19	31	114	29	5	2	0	.254	.333	38
5	Hal Burris?	--	47	118	19	2	1	1	.161	.220	26
6	Jack Crosswhite	28	36	129	30	4	0	0	.233	.264	34
7	Emory Culbreth	31	35	113	47	13	0	2	.416	.584	66
8	Lewis Davis	18	56	220	54	6	6	2	.245	.355	78
9	Gene Deal*	22	20	69	21	0	1	0	.304	.333	23
10	Henry Easley	26	106	410	111	23	8	3	.271	.388	159
11	Guy Gold*	19	13	15	2	0	0	0	.133	.133	2	Stats for 2 teams
12	Earl Griffith?	--	19	80	22	4	1	0	.275	.350	28
13	Reese Harris	27	83	297	81	12	0	2	.273	.333	99	Stats for 2 teams
14	Jack Hendrick	21	35	77	15	2	1	0	.195	.247	19	Stats for 2 teams
15	James Hudson?	--	15	46	9	2	0	0	.196	.239	11
16	Royal Humphries	27	22	77	16	1	0	0	.208	.221	17	Stats for 2 teams
17	Cleveland Jarvis	25	33	121	22	9	0	0	.182	.256	31	Stats for 2 teams
18	Burke Jones	29	24	62	16	3	1	0	.258	.339	21
19	Robert Lindquist*	25	75	261	59	9	5	2	.226	.322	84	Stats for 3 teams
20	Phil Lundeen*	36	10	41	8	1	0	0	.195	.220	9
21	William Parker?	--	14	47	12	3	0	3	.255	.511	24
22	Millard Parrish	30	14	47	10	1	0	0	.213	.234	11
23	Glenn Payne*	28	94	370	96	12	5	2	.259	.335	124	Stats for 3 teams
24	Jesse Plummer	22	26	74	14	2	2	0	.189	.270	20	Stats for 2 teams
25	Frank Reynolds#	34	52	199	57	10	0	0	.286	.337	67
26	Arthur Shelton	20	22	84	21	3	2	2	.250	.405	34
27	Robert Smith?	--	10	21	2	0	0	0	.095	.095	2	Stats for 2 teams
28	Joseph Spencer*	27	27	47	9	1	1	0	.191	.255	12
29	Chick Suggs	35	88	302	89	20	4	9	.295	.477	144	Stats for 2 teams
30	Carl Swed?	24	17	60	14	3	0	0	.233	.283	17	Stats for 2 teams
31	Theodore Swed*	23	110	410	115	15	9	4	.280	.390	160	Stats for 2 teams
32	Hal Warren?	--	10	27	5	0	0	0	.185	.185	5	Stats for 2 teams
33	L. Watkins?	--	25	71	8	1	0	0	.113	.127	9	Stats for 3 teams
34	Ginger Watts	32	42	157	41	9	1	0	.261	.331	52	Stats for 2 teams
35	Fred Whitaker?	--	35	130	36	3	1	1	.277	.338	44
36	James White*	26	44	96	23	2	0	0	.240	.260	25
37	Arnold Wilson?	--	52	156	32	4	1	2	.205	.282	44	Stats for 3 teams
38	Arthur Wood	23	27	45	8	1	1	0	.178	.244	11	Stats for 2 teams
39	Survern Wright	20	38	80	15	2	0	1	.188	.250	20	Stats for 2 teams
	39 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	IP	H	R	ER	BB	WHIP	H/9	BB/9
1	Colonel Black*	23	6	14	.300	5.44	35	182.0	216	140	110	95	1.709	10.7	4.7	Stats for 2 teams
2	Jack Hendrick	21	2	3	.400	6.26	15	46.0	58	41	32	29	1.891	11.3	5.7	Stats for 2 teams
3	Burke Jones	29	7	8	.467	2.73	21	142.0	140	69	43	50	1.338	8.9	3.2
4	Jesse Plummer	22	12	8	.600	3.04	22	169.0	187	81	57	32	1.296	10.0	1.7	Stats for 2 teams
5	Robert Smith?	--	2	3	.400	5.80	9	45.0	62	33	29	15	1.711	12.4	3.0	Stats for 2 teams
6	Joseph Spencer*	27	7	8	.467	3.28	27	137.0	150	78	50	63	1.555	9.9	4.1
7	James White	26	12	12	.500	2.88	32	222.0	196	114	71	126	1.450	7.9	5.1
8	Arthur Wood	23	5	9	.357	5.40	27	125.0	160	104	75	47	1.656	11.5	3.4	Stats for 2 teams
9	Survern Wright	20	9	7	.563	3.05	31	168.0	142	74	57	98	1.429	7.6	5.2	Stats for 2 teams
	9 Players	23.9

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Arnold Wilson	40	242	21	15	.946	6.58	Stats for 3 teams
Jack Crosswhite	35	200	28	1	.996	6.51
Hal Burris	23	130	13	2	.986	6.22
L. Watkins	22	86	16	3	.971	4.64	Stats for 3 teams
Millard Parrish	14	103	10	4	.966	8.07

1B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Theodore Swed	79	703	31	22	.971	9.29	Stats for 2 teams
William Parker	14	136	6	1	.993	10.14
Phil Lundeen	10	80	10	0	1.000	9.00

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Frank Reynolds	51		121	138	16		.942	5.08
Lewis Davis	47		125	142	18		.937	5.68

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Emory Culbreth	31		28	46	2		.974	2.39
James Burns	29		31	59	14		.865	3.10

SS

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Henry Easley	82	172	207	48	.888	4.62
Cleveland Jarvis	31	50	72	27	.819	3.94	Stats for 2 teams
Earl Griffith	14	30	29	8	.881	4.21

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Glenn Payne	110	137	3	5	.966	1.27	Stats for 3 teams
Robert Lindquist	69	123	8	16	.891	1.90	Stats for 3 teams
Chick Suggs	68	123	4	2	.984	1.87	Stats for 2 teams
Reese Harris	59	151	5	6	.963	2.64	Stats for 2 teams
Danny Amaral	31	38	1	4	.907	1.26
Arthur Shelton	22	38	1	7	.848	1.77
Royal Humphries	21	30	1	5	.861	1.48	Stats for 2 teams
Gene Deal	20	42	2	3	.936	2.20
Fred Whitaker	20	31	5	2	.947	1.80
Ginger Watts	19	34	2	2	.947	1.89	Stats for 2 teams
Jack Hendrick	18	14	1	4	.789	0.83	Stats for 2 teams
Fred Bennett	17	24	0	5	.828	1.41
James Hudson	15	25	1	4	.867	1.73

P

	G
Colonel Black	35	Stats for 2 teams
James White	32
Survern Wright	31	Stats for 2 teams
Joseph Spencer	27
Arthur Wood	27	Stats for 2 teams
Jesse Plummer	22	Stats for 2 teams
Burke Jones	21
Robert Smith	9	Stats for 2 teams

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Danny Amaral	28	R	R	5' 7.0"	165	Feb 27, 1911	San Jose, CA, US
James Anderson	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	165	1914
Max Aynik	25					1914
Fred Bennett	37	R	R	5' 9.0"	185	Mar 15, 1902	Atkins, AR, US
Colonel Black	23		L	6' 0.0"	173	1916
James Burns	19	L		5' 10.0"	148	1920
Hal Burris	--					Unknown
Joseph Chambers	--					Unknown
Jack Crosswhite	28	R		6' 0.0"	180	1911
Emory Culbreth	31	R		5' 8.0"	175	Aug 1, 1907	Carnegie, GA, US
Lewis Davis	18	R		5' 10.0"	170	1921
Gene Deal	22	L		5' 8.0"	175	Oct 10, 1916
Henry Easley	26	R		6' 0.0"		1913
Woody Faulkner	--					Unknown
Don Fuller	25	R		5' 10.0"	178	1914
Guy Gold	19	L	L	5' 10.0"	175	1920
Earl Griffith	--					Unknown
Crawford Grissom	--					Unknown
Reese Harris	27	R		6' 0.0"	170	1912
Benjamin Haswell	19	L	L	5' 7.0"	165	1920
Jack Hendrick	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	1918
Lloyd Hiteman	--					Unknown
James Hudson	--					Unknown
Royal Humphries	27	R		5' 10.0"	165	Jun 12, 1912
G. Ivester	--					Unknown
Cleveland Jarvis	25	R		5' 9.0"	170	1914
Burke Jones	29	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	1910
Osceola Lacy	20	R		6' 1.0"	160	1919
Cecil Lawing	19	R		5' 10.0"	185	1920
Robert Lindquist	25	L	L	5' 11.0"	180	1914
Phil Lundeen	36	L		6' 2.0"	200	1903
Alex McCall	--					Unknown
Lester McCarn	25	R		6' 2.0"	195	1914
Medlin	--					Unknown
Red Mincy	23	L		5' 10.0"	188	Dec 23, 1915	Catawba County, NC, US
Reuben Morgan	--					Unknown
William Parker	--					Unknown
Millard Parrish	30	R		5' 10.0"	150	1909
Glenn Payne	28	L		5' 8.0"	165	1911
Jesse Plummer	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	155	Aug 30, 1916	Greensboro, NC, US
George Pratt	25	L		5' 10.0"	175	Aug 17, 1913
Frank Reynolds	34	S		5' 7.0"	160	1905
Noel Rivers	--					Unknown
Seamond	--					Unknown
Arthur Shelton	20	R		6' 2.0"	190	1919
Robert Smith	--					Unknown
Joseph Spencer	27	L	L	5' 10.0"	160	1912
Charles Strait	--					Unknown
Chick Suggs	35	R		6' 0.0"	190	1904	GA, US
Fair Swaim	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	Mar 4, 1916	Forsyth County, NC, US
Carl Swed	24					Dec 14, 1914
Theodore Swed	23	L		6' 0.0"	180	1916
Hal Warren	--					Unknown
L. Watkins	--					Unknown
Ginger Watts	32	R		5' 11.0"	175	Feb 16, 1907	Cabarrus County, NC, US
Fred Whitaker	--					Unknown
James White	26	L	R	5' 10.0"	140	1913
Arnold Wilson	--					Unknown
Robert Wilson	--					Unknown
Arthur Wood	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	175	1916
Survern Wright	20	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	May 25, 1919

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