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1940 Montreal Royals

1940 > Class AA > 1940 International League
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Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers-NL
Manager: Clyde Sukeforth
Represented: Montreal, QC, CA
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	Dick Bass	33	5	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
2	Joe Becker	32	93	272	68	18	0	1	.250	.327	89
3	Sammy Bell*	29	148	537	146	15	3	2	.272	.322	173
4	Boze Berger	30	134	436	101	25	3	6	.232	.344	150
5	Calvin Chapman*	29	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
6	Paul Chervinko	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
7	Bill Crouch#	32	35	74	14	2	0	0	.189	.216	16
8	Peaches Davis*	35	4	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
9	Lindsay Deal*	28	137	438	114	19	5	4	.260	.354	155	Stats for 2 teams
10	Lou Fette	33	7	6	1	0	0	0	.167	.167	1
11	Charlie Gilbert*	20	57	225	65	13	5	4	.289	.444	100
12	Tony Giuliani	27	77	233	59	9	2	0	.253	.309	72
13	Reggie Grabowski	32	3	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
14	Lee Grissom#	32	16	31	3	0	0	0	.097	.097	3
15	Bert Haas	26	138	473	128	26	4	11	.271	.412	195
16	Chris Hartje	25	99	283	79	11	8	3	.279	.406	115	Stats for 2 teams
17	Gene Hasson*	24	154	528	132	23	4	15	.250	.394	208	Stats for 2 teams
18	Bill Herring	27	19	10	1	0	0	0	.100	.100	1
19	Al Hollingsworth*	32	8	10	3	0	1	0	.300	.500	5
20	Roy Hughes	29	13	36	12	3	0	0	.333	.417	15
21	Ira Hutchinson	29	17	15	1	0	0	0	.067	.067	1
22	Newt Kimball	25	18	28	5	2	0	0	.179	.250	7
23	Wayne LaMaster*	33	26	28	7	0	0	0	.250	.250	7
24	Red Lucas*	38	36	40	12	1	0	0	.300	.325	13
25	Max Macon*	24	54	75	18	1	1	2	.240	.360	27
26	Harry Matuzak	30	14	17	4	0	0	1	.235	.412	7	Stats for 2 teams
27	Bill Norman	29	21	66	21	8	1	1	.318	.515	34	Stats for 2 teams
28	Robert Porter	30	22	40	5	0	0	0	.125	.125	5
29	Steve Rachunok	23	40	60	7	2	0	0	.117	.150	9
30	Pete Reiser*	21	3	16	4	1	0	0	.250	.313	5
31	Jimmy Ripple*	30	110	417	127	27	1	6	.305	.417	174
32	Billy Rogell#	35	7	21	3	1	0	0	.143	.190	4
33	Don Ross	25	134	487	150	36	0	7	.308	.425	207
34	Tuck Stainback	28	99	418	138	24	7	9	.330	.486	203
35	George Staller*	24	151	609	187	40	12	14	.307	.481	293
36	Gus Suhr*	34	122	387	102	22	3	7	.264	.390	151
37	Kemp Wicker	33	36	79	11	1	0	0	.139	.152	12
	37 Players	27.6

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	IP	H	R	ER	BB	WHIP	H/9	BB/9
1	Dick Bass	33	0	3	.000		5		21.0	28			10	1.810	12.0	4.3
2	Bill Crouch	32	14	11	.560	4.09	35	30	209.0	239	116	95	55	1.407	10.3	2.4
3	Peaches Davis	35	0	2	.000		4		12.0	23			4	2.250	17.2	3.0
4	Lou Fette	33	1	2	.333		7		17.0	23			10	1.941	12.2	5.3
5	Reggie Grabowski	32	0	0			3		7.0	6			5	1.571	7.7	6.4
6	Lee Grissom*	32	5	4	.556	4.55	16	13	97.0	103	68	49	45	1.526	9.6	4.2
7	Bill Herring	27	1	3	.250	6.52	19	1	40.0	57	33	29	22	1.975	12.8	5.0
8	Al Hollingsworth*	32	1	2	.333	3.81	8		26.0	21	21	11	24	1.731	7.3	8.3
9	Ira Hutchinson	29	1	7	.125	6.28	17	3	43.0	63	36	30	22	1.977	13.2	4.6
10	Newt Kimball	25	7	8	.467	2.61	18	11	93.0	88	32	27	28	1.247	8.5	2.7
11	Wayne LaMaster*	33	2	7	.222	5.73	23	8	77.0	93	52	49	34	1.649	10.9	4.0
12	Red Lucas	38	2	1	.667	2.30	13	3	47.0	47	18	12	11	1.234	9.0	2.1
13	Max Macon*	24	7	4	.636	2.55	22	10	99.0	88	36	28	47	1.364	8.0	4.3
14	Harry Matuzak	30	3	4	.429	7.10	14	5	52.0	70	48	41	22	1.769	12.1	3.8	Stats for 2 teams
15	Red Norris*	30	0	0			1		1.0	0			1	1.000	0.0	9.0
16	Robert Porter	30	8	6	.571	3.63	22	19	134.0	147	66	54	29	1.313	9.9	1.9
17	Steve Rachunok	23	13	8	.619	4.01	40	21	182.0	159	87	81	97	1.407	7.9	4.8
18	Xavier Rescigno	27	0	0		47.25	2		1.1	6	7	7	2	6.000	40.5	13.5
19	Sam Scariot	25	0	1	.000		3		4.0	4			2	1.500	9.0	4.5
20	Kemp Wicker*	33	18	10	.643	2.91	34	32	232.0	236	94	75	61	1.280	9.2	2.4
	20 Players	29.6

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Joe Becker	87	384	33	11	.974	4.79
Chris Hartje	81	341	48	7	.982	4.80	Stats for 2 teams
Tony Giuliani	72	301	48	7	.980	4.85

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Gene Hasson	149		1367	105	20		.987	9.88			Stats for 2 teams
Gus Suhr	119		1001	68	9		.992	8.98

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Sammy Bell	144		345	433	15		.981	5.40

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Don Ross	95		92	185	20		.933	2.92
Bert Haas	70		66	103	16		.914	2.41

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Boze Berger	115		208	355	33		.945	4.90

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
George Staller	151	268	12	12	.959	1.85
Lindsay Deal	122	213	9	8	.965	1.82	Stats for 2 teams
Jimmy Ripple	109	219	8	4	.983	2.08
Tuck Stainback	99	246	3	4	.984	2.52
Charlie Gilbert	57	146	3	4	.974	2.61
Bill Norman	20	43	3	2	.958	2.30	Stats for 2 teams

P

	G
Steve Rachunok	40
Bill Crouch	35
Kemp Wicker	34
Wayne LaMaster	23
Max Macon	22
Robert Porter	22
Bill Herring	19
Newt Kimball	18
Ira Hutchinson	17
Lee Grissom	16
Harry Matuzak	14	Stats for 2 teams
Red Lucas	13
Al Hollingsworth	8
Lou Fette	7
Dick Bass	5
Peaches Davis	4
Reggie Grabowski	3
Sam Scariot	3
Xavier Rescigno	2
Red Norris	1

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Dick Bass	33	R	R	6' 2.0"	175	Jul 7, 1906	Rogersville, TN, US
Joe Becker	32	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Jun 25, 1908	St. Louis, MO, US
Sammy Bell	29	L		5' 7.0"	145	Sep 4, 1910	Charlotte, NC, US
Boze Berger	30	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	May 13, 1910	Baltimore, MD, US
Calvin Chapman	29	L	R	5' 9.0"	160	Dec 20, 1910	Courtland, MS, US
Paul Chervinko	29	R	R	5' 8.0"	185	Jul 23, 1910	Trauger, PA, US
Bill Crouch	32	S	R	6' 1.0"	180	Aug 20, 1907	Wilmington, DE, US
Peaches Davis	35	L	R	6' 3.0"	190	May 31, 1905	Glen Rose, TX, US
Lindsay Deal	28	L	R	6' 0.0"	175	Sep 3, 1911	Lenoir, NC, US
Lou Fette	33	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	Mar 15, 1907	Alma, MO, US
Charlie Gilbert	20	L	L	5' 9.0"	165	Jul 8, 1919	New Orleans, LA, US
Tony Giuliani	27	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Nov 24, 1912	St. Paul, MN, US
Reggie Grabowski	32	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Jul 16, 1907	Syracuse, NY, US
Lee Grissom	32	S	L	6' 3.0"	200	Oct 23, 1907	Sherman, TX, US
Bert Haas	26	R	R	5' 11.0"	178	Feb 8, 1914	Naperville, IL, US
Chris Hartje	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Mar 25, 1915	San Francisco, CA, US
Gene Hasson	24	L	L	6' 0.0"	197	Jul 20, 1915	Connellsville, PA, US
Bill Herring	27	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Sep 24, 1912	Seven Springs, SC, US
Al Hollingsworth	32	L	L	6' 0.0"	174	Feb 25, 1908	St. Louis, MO, US
Roy Hughes	29	R	R	5' 10.0"	167	Jan 11, 1911	Cincinnati, OH, US
Ira Hutchinson	29	R	R	5' 10.0"	180	Aug 31, 1910	Chicago, IL, US
Newt Kimball	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Mar 27, 1915	Logan, UT, US
Wayne LaMaster	33	L	L	5' 8.0"	170	Feb 13, 1907	Speed, IN, US
Red Lucas	38	L	R	5' 9.0"	170	Apr 28, 1902	Columbia, TN, US
Max Macon	24	L	L	6' 3.0"	175	Oct 14, 1915	Pensacola, FL, US
Harry Matuzak	30	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Jan 27, 1910	Omer, MI, US
Bill Norman	29	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Jul 16, 1910	St. Louis, MO, US
Red Norris	30	R	L	6' 0.0"	185	Feb 10, 1910	Whiteville, NC, US
Robert Porter	30	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	1910
Steve Rachunok	23	R	R	6' 4.0"	205	Dec 5, 1916	Rittman, OH, US
Pete Reiser	21	L	R	5' 11.0"	185	Mar 17, 1919	St. Louis, MO, US
Xavier Rescigno	27	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Oct 13, 1912	New York, NY, US
Jimmy Ripple	30	L	R	5' 10.0"	170	Oct 14, 1909	Export, PA, US
Billy Rogell	35	S	R	5' 10.0"	163	Nov 24, 1904	Springfield, IL, US
Don Ross	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Jul 16, 1914	Pasadena, CA, US
Sam Scariot	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	183	May 15, 1915
Tuck Stainback	28	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Aug 4, 1911	Los Angeles, CA, US
George Staller	24	L	L	5' 11.0"	190	Apr 1, 1916	Rutherford Heights, PA, US
Gus Suhr	34	L	R	6' 0.0"	180	Jan 3, 1906	San Francisco, CA, US
Kemp Wicker	33	R	L	5' 11.0"	182	Aug 13, 1906	Kernersville, NC, US

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