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1940 Henderson Oilers

1940 > Class C > 1940 East Texas League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: Detroit Tigers-AL
Manager: John Atz
Represented: Henderson, TX
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1939

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	Robert Crew?	--	81	267	60	17	6	2	.225	.356	95
2	Guy Davis?	--	11	14	3	0	0	0	.214	.214	3
3	Joe Erautt	18	102	357	95	25	2	1	.266	.356	127
4	Bob Gillespie	20	31	81	13	3	0	0	.160	.198	16
5	Robert Henny	23	120	410	113	14	1	0	.276	.315	129
6	Hal Hirshon	24	119	489	148	22	4	3	.303	.382	187
7	Joe Irwin	19	32	61	11	1	1	1	.180	.279	17	Stats for 2 teams
8	John Johnson?	23	25	53	16	5	0	1	.302	.453	24
9	George Kerce?	19	10	30	5	1	0	0	.167	.200	6
10	Wally Kopp*	26	85	271	65	6	1	0	.240	.269	73	Stats for 2 teams
11	Frank Masters?	--	33	76	13	1	0	0	.171	.184	14
12	Bill McClaren*	20	134	565	173	34	12	12	.306	.473	267
13	Charlie Mead*	19	22	86	24	2	0	0	.279	.302	26
14	Moon Mullen*	23	104	429	146	23	5	0	.340	.417	179
15	Randall Newbill?	--	13	46	8	0	0	0	.174	.174	8	Stats for 2 teams
16	Clarence Peters?	--	27	81	18	3	2	0	.222	.309	25	Stats for 2 teams
17	Hank Riebe	18	13	40	13	2	0	0	.325	.375	15
18	Charles Sample	21	10	26	5	2	0	0	.192	.269	7
19	Gale Smith	22	127	497	135	23	5	1	.272	.344	171
20	Hugh Sparks*	20	26	71	9	1	0	0	.127	.141	10
21	James Steger*	21	31	84	23	3	2	1	.274	.393	33
22	Wayne Tucker*	17	134	471	109	12	1	0	.231	.261	123
23	Joe Wood	20	67	275	95	15	2	3	.345	.447	123
	23 Players	21.1

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	Robert Crew?	--	11	7	.611	2.81	25	157.0	132	67	49	98	1.465	7.6	5.6
2	Guy Davis?	--	3	2	.600	7.07	11	42.0	45	38	33	37	1.952	9.6	7.9
3	Bob Gillespie	20	18	9	.667	3.73	31	229.0	168	120	95	177	1.507	6.6	7.0
4	Joe Irwin	19	6	7	.462	4.78	30	145.0	157	101	77	91	1.710	9.7	5.6	Stats for 2 teams
5	Frank Masters?	--	15	9	.625	2.62	33	203.0	173	91	59	91	1.300	7.7	4.0
6	Charles Sample	21	3	6	.333	5.32	10	66.0	62	57	39	64	1.909	8.5	8.7
7	Hugh Sparks*	20	10	9	.526	2.70	25	203.0	187	79	61	81	1.320	8.3	3.6
8	James Steger	21	14	4	.778	2.55	23	159.0	160	62	45	69	1.440	9.1	3.9
	8 Players	20.0

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Joe Erautt	88	470	63	18	.967	6.06
Wally Kopp	81	416	56	5	.990	5.83	Stats for 2 teams
John Johnson	20	85	25	5	.957	5.50

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Gale Smith	117		1184	56	12		.990	10.60

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Moon Mullen	104		256	311	31		.948	5.45
Clarence Peters	22		67	42	9		.924	4.95			Stats for 2 teams

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Robert Henny	120		118	284	24		.944	3.35
Randall Newbill	10		14	17	4		.886	3.10			Stats for 2 teams

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Wayne Tucker	130		212	412	63		.908	4.80

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Hal Hirshon	119	222	5	9	.962	1.91
Bill McClaren	118	174	14	7	.964	1.59
Joe Wood	57	89	4	4	.959	1.63
Robert Crew	49	74	4	13	.857	1.59
Charlie Mead	17	30	1	2	.939	1.82

P

	G
Frank Masters	33
Bob Gillespie	31
Joe Irwin	30	Stats for 2 teams
Hugh Sparks	25
James Steger	23
Guy Davis	11
Charles Sample	10

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Henry Becker	25	S		6' 2.0"	194	1915
Robert Crew	--					Unknown
Guy Davis	--					Unknown
Leonard Delaney	--					Unknown
Joe Erautt	18	R	R	5' 9.0"	175	Sep 1, 1921	Vibank, SK, CA
Bob Gillespie	20	R	R	6' 4.0"	187	Oct 8, 1919	Columbus, OH, US
Jim Glore	--					Unknown
James Gravenmeir	--					Unknown
Robert Henny	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Nov 4, 1916	Detroit, MI, US
Hal Hirshon	24	R		6' 0.0"	192	Jan 11, 1916	New York, NY, US
Joe Irwin	19	R	R	6' 5.0"	196	1921
John Johnson	23					Jun 16, 1917	Port Clinton, OH, US
George Kerce	19			6' 0.0"	165	1921
Wally Kopp	26	L		6' 0.0"	195	1914
John Martin	--					Unknown
Frank Masters	--					Unknown
Bill McClaren	20	L	R	6' 3.0"	200	May 21, 1920	Springfield, AR, US
Charlie Mead	19	L	R	6' 1.0"	185	Apr 9, 1921	Vermilion, AB, CA
Moon Mullen	23	L	R	5' 9.0"	165	Feb 9, 1917	Olympia, WA, US
Randall Newbill	--					Unknown
Clarence Nix	--					Unknown
Clarence Peters	--					Unknown
Ed Piot	--					Unknown
John Quick	--					Unknown
Hank Riebe	18	R	R	5' 9.0"	175	Oct 10, 1921	Cleveland, OH, US
Charles Sample	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	1919
Bernard Schultz	--					Unknown
Gale Smith	22	R		6' 2.0"	175	1918
Hugh Sparks	20	L	L	6' 0.0"	160	1920
James Steger	21	L	R	5' 11.0"	155	1919
Wayne Tucker	17	L	R	6' 0.0"	175	Sep 18, 1922	Colonia Dublan, Chihuahua, MX
Joe Wood	20	R	R	5' 9.0"	160	Oct 3, 1919	Houston, TX, US

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