1940 Olean Oilers

1940 > Class D > 1940 Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers-NL
Manager: Jake Pitler
Represented: Olean, NY
Ballpark: n/a
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	Bill Burich	22	68	296	89	18	2	5	.301	.426	126
2	Charles Conklin*	19	23	46	14	1	2	1	.304	.478	22
3	Kenneth Elsie*	19	44	163	38	8	2	2	.233	.344	56	Stats for 2 teams
4	Charles Fash	24	66	275	112	25	5	5	.407	.589	162
5	Bobby Gorbould	21	98	414	129	15	5	6	.312	.415	172
6	Albert Grefe	22	13	37	8	4	0	0	.216	.324	12
7	Thomas Hamill	20	41	76	15	3	0	0	.197	.237	18
8	George Higgins*	22	106	462	149	26	13	15	.323	.532	246
9	Lawrence Mancini*	23	105	477	174	29	5	25	.365	.604	288
10	John Martin	27	47	100	28	3	3	0	.280	.370	37	Stats for 3 teams
11	Fred Matson?	--	24	33	2	0	0	0	.061	.061	2
12	George McCluskey?	--	104	406	115	18	5	10	.283	.426	173
13	Angelo Onder	27	14	63	16	2	1	1	.254	.365	23
14	Joseph Prylich	22	18	47	12	2	1	0	.255	.340	16
15	Melvin Reed	24	96	322	90	15	7	5	.280	.416	134
16	Frank Ruminski	19	22	51	16	1	1	0	.314	.373	19
17	Richard Schmidt	22	34	76	12	1	0	1	.158	.211	16	Stats for 2 teams
18	Joseph Semenko	21	12	37	1	1	0	0	.027	.054	2	Stats for 2 teams
19	Alphonsus Simononis	20	64	266	93	16	4	15	.350	.609	162
20	William Smith	19	40	77	22	5	0	2	.286	.429	33
21	George Zittel*	--	81	295	65	12	3	1	.220	.292	86	Stats for 3 teams
	21 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	GS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	WHIP	H/9	BB/9
1	Charles Conklin*	19	11	3	.786	4.02	21	17	121.0	134	68	54	65	1.645	10.0	4.8
2	Thomas Hamill*	20	14	9	.609	3.12	40	18	202.0	187	93	70	76	1.302	8.3	3.4
3	Walter Jamison	19	1	2	.333	8.36	6	4	28.0	37	33	26	21	2.071	11.9	6.8
4	Fred Matson?	--	5	2	.714	5.56	24	10	81.0	109	65	50	27	1.679	12.1	3.0
5	Joseph Prylich	22	8	5	.615	5.12	16	14	102.0	105	71	58	47	1.490	9.3	4.1
6	John Rachunok	22	1	2	.333	6.95	5	4	22.0	29	18	17	14	1.955	11.9	5.7
7	Frank Ruminski	19	10	2	.833	4.93	16	10	95.0	119	68	52	34	1.611	11.3	3.2
8	Richard Schmidt	22	11	11	.500	4.70	33	21	180.0	194	125	94	110	1.689	9.7	5.5	Stats for 2 teams
9	Bob Schumaker?	--	0	2	.000	4.18	7	2	28.0	36	20	13	8	1.571	11.6	2.6
10	William Smith	19	12	6	.667	4.05	32	16	160.0	185	103	72	80	1.656	10.4	4.5
	10 Players	20.2

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Melvin Reed	95	557	73	9	.986	6.63
John Martin	32	138	15	6	.962	4.78	Stats for 3 teams
Albert Grefe	11	44	6	2	.962	4.55

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
George Zittel	77		649	29	20		.971	8.81			Stats for 3 teams
Charles Fash	66		662	45	7		.990	10.71

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Bill Burich	68		191	256	19		.959	6.57

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
George McCluskey	100		102	240	31		.917	3.42

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Bobby Gorbould	63		118	265	28		.932	6.08
Kenneth Elsie	43		72	127	21		.905	4.63			Stats for 2 teams

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
George Higgins	106	204	14	11	.952	2.06
Lawrence Mancini	105	149	9	8	.952	1.50
Alphonsus Simononis	64	101	10	7	.941	1.73
Angelo Onder	14	18	1	1	.950	1.36
Joseph Semenko	12	17	2	0	1.000	1.58	Stats for 2 teams

P

	G
Thomas Hamill	40
Richard Schmidt	33	Stats for 2 teams
William Smith	32
Fred Matson	24
Charles Conklin	21
Joseph Prylich	16
Frank Ruminski	16

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
William Angstadt	18	R	L	6' 3.0"	175	Oct 5, 1921	Shillington, PA, US
Sam Blackwell	--					Unknown
Bill Burich	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	May 29, 1918	Calumet, MI, US
Charles Conklin	19	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	1921
Kenneth Elsie	19	L		5' 8.0"	155	1921
Charles Fash	24	R		6' 2.0"	195	1916	East St. Louis, IL, US
John Fayad	19	R		5' 11.0"	172	1921
Bobby Gorbould	21	R	R	5' 10.0"	185	Nov 19, 1918	Burdett, AB, CA
Albert Grefe	22	R		5' 9.0"	184	1918
Thomas Hamill	20	R	L	6' 0.0"	190	1920
George Higgins	22	L		5' 10.0"	184	1918
Walter Jamison	19	R	R	5' 11.0"	168	1921
Sam Johnson	--					Unknown
Al Kurdys	--					Unknown
Lawrence Mancini	23	L		5' 10.0"	170	1917
John Martin	27	R		5' 11.0"	175	1913
Fred Matson	--					Unknown
George McCluskey	--					Unknown
Angelo Onder	27	R		6' 1.0"	195	1913
Joseph Prylich	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	1918
John Rachunok	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	1918
Melvin Reed	24	R		6' 2.0"	185	1916
Frank Ruminski	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	1921
Robert Schmedding	--					Unknown
Richard Schmidt	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	1918
Bob Schumaker	--					1931	Canton, OH, US
Joseph Semenko	21	R		5' 10.0"	175	1919
Walter Shulock	--					Unknown
Vince Shupe	18	L	L	5' 11.0"	180	Sep 5, 1921	East Canton, OH, US
Alphonsus Simononis	20	R		5' 8.0"	175	Dec 1, 1919
William Smith	19	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	1921
Fernando Solo	--					Unknown
Earl Vogt	--					Unknown
John Wojcik	26	R		5' 7.0"	170	Jan 21, 1914
George Zittel	--	L				Unknown
Peter Zmitrovich	22	R		5' 11.0"	185	1918

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