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1940 Washington Red Birds

1940 > Class D > 1940 Pennsylvania State Association
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals-NL
Manager: Joseph Simmons
Represented: Washington, PA
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	Francis Boettcher*	18	11	35	8	4	1	0	.229	.400	14
2	Edward Cerbe	21	22	53	10	0	1	2	.189	.340	18
3	John Clay*	21	31	80	10	0	1	0	.125	.150	12
4	William Colone*	22	11	24	7	2	0	0	.292	.375	9
5	Lloyd Comeaux?	--	60	160	26	7	0	0	.163	.206	33
6	George Davis	21	52	196	36	4	2	1	.184	.240	47
7	Robert Fisher?	--	29	101	23	4	0	0	.228	.267	27
8	Gabriel Goulish?	22	26	60	9	1	0	1	.150	.217	13	Stats for 2 teams
9	George Jenkins*	24	96	316	88	12	5	15	.278	.491	155
10	Joseph King	20	60	228	71	6	2	10	.311	.487	111
11	George Mara?	--	11	54	16	2	2	2	.296	.519	28
12	Dale Myers*	21	50	159	32	6	1	4	.201	.327	52
13	Hogan O'Shinski?	22	38	101	17	6	1	0	.168	.248	25
14	Gerald Oswald	20	77	295	86	7	8	1	.292	.380	112	Stats for 2 teams
15	Joe Perrone*	22	27	108	34	5	2	6	.315	.565	61
16	Charles Powers	22	48	195	50	11	1	0	.256	.323	63
17	John Raczka	19	109	425	109	20	5	3	.256	.348	148
18	Arthur Renkwitz	21	48	119	27	3	2	4	.227	.387	46
19	Parson Shawver*	19	36	130	37	4	2	0	.285	.346	45
20	Joseph Simmons	29	89	253	61	14	3	1	.241	.332	84
21	Daniel Smith?	--	24	98	14	3	0	0	.143	.173	17
22	Victor Tetreault	20	108	393	113	22	4	9	.288	.433	170
23	John Thompson?	--	46	173	43	4	0	0	.249	.272	47
24	Fred Tustin	23	20	50	17	2	1	0	.340	.420	21	Stats for 2 teams
	24 Players	21.5

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	Edward Cerbe?	21	10	5	.667	2.54	19	131.0	127	53	37	33	1.221	8.7	2.3
2	John Clay	21	12	11	.522	2.76	30	202.0	186	97	62	83	1.332	8.3	3.7
3	Lloyd Comeaux?	--	1	5	.167	6.12	15	72.0	103	63	49	18	1.681	12.9	2.2
4	Gabriel Goulish?	22	6	11	.353	4.12	26	155.0	191	111	71	61	1.626	11.1	3.5	Stats for 2 teams
5	George Jenkins*	24	9	12	.429	2.48	23	167.0	139	69	46	36	1.048	7.5	1.9
6	Arthur Renkwitz	21	11	11	.500	4.42	24	171.0	210	119	84	65	1.608	11.1	3.4
7	Fred Tustin	23	6	7	.462	4.35	17	124.0	126	84	60	62	1.516	9.1	4.5	Stats for 2 teams
	7 Players	21.9

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
Joseph Simmons	76		554	56	7		.989	8.03
Hogan O'Shinski	33		180	5	6		.969	5.61

1B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
George Jenkins	53	414	13	22	.951	8.06
Dale Myers	29	234	5	8	.968	8.24
Daniel Smith	24	264	12	4	.986	11.50

2B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Gerald Oswald	60	146	177	31	.912	5.38	Stats for 2 teams
John Thompson	45	100	132	13	.947	5.16
Lloyd Comeaux	37	76	87	19	.896	4.41

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
John Raczka	108		100	252	35		.910	3.26

SS

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Charles Powers	48	106	141	28	.898	5.15
George Davis	43	61	122	27	.871	4.26
George Mara	11	19	30	15	.766	4.45

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Victor Tetreault	108	162	14	16	.917	1.63
Joseph King	60	103	5	8	.931	1.80
Robert Fisher	29	42	1	7	.860	1.48
Parson Shawver	29	32	1	2	.943	1.14
Joe Perrone	27	31	3	5	.872	1.26
Francis Boettcher	11	16	0	1	.941	1.45

P

	G
John Clay	30
Gabriel Goulish	26	Stats for 2 teams
Arthur Renkwitz	24
Edward Cerbe	19
Fred Tustin	17	Stats for 2 teams

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Francis Boettcher	18	L		5' 10.0"	180	1922
Edward Cerbe	21	R		6' 1.0"	202	1919
John Clay	21	L	R	6' 4.0"	189	1919
C. Cole	--					Unknown
William Colone	22	L	L	6' 0.0"	170	Aug 17, 1917
Lloyd Comeaux	--					Unknown
George Davis	21	R		6' 0.0"	180	Nov 30, 1918	Carnegie, PA, US
Robert Fisher	--					Unknown
Gabriel Goulish	22					Feb 17, 1918	Punxsutawney, PA, US
Gravino	--					Unknown
Kenneth Guder	--					Unknown
George Jenkins	24	L	L	6' 0.0"	160	1916
S. Karotis	--					Unknown
Joseph King	20	R		6' 2.0"	220	1920
Jerry Levey	28	R		5' 10.0"	163	1912
Donald Lurwick	--					Unknown
George Mara	--					Unknown
D. McLean	--					Unknown
R. Miller	--					Unknown
Dale Myers	21	L	R	6' 2.0"	195	1919	Hudson, IL, US
Hogan O'Shinski	22					Aug 20, 1917	Canonsburg, PA, US
Gerald Oswald	20	R		6' 0.0"	180	1920
F. Pender	--					Unknown
Joe Perrone	22	L		5' 8.0"	165	1918
Charles Powers	22	R		5' 10.0"	170	1918
John Raczka	19	R		6' 0.0"	175	1921
Arthur Renkwitz	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	178	1919
Parson Shawver	19	L		6' 2.0"	189	1921
Joseph Simmons	29	R		5' 7.0"	150	Apr 20, 1911
Daniel Smith	--					Unknown
George Sprys	19	R		6' 0.0"	168	Apr 29, 1921
Victor Tetreault	20	R		6' 0.0"	186	1920
John Thompson	--					Unknown
Fred Tustin	23	R	R	5' 9.0"	176	1917
Joseph Urso	14	R		5' 8.0"	170	1926
J. Wagner	--					Unknown

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