1940 Elmira Pioneers

1940 > Class A > 1940 Eastern League
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Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers-NL
Manager: Bill Killefer
Represented: Elmira, 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	Charlie Gassaway*	21	19	36	6	1	0	0	.167	.194	7
2	James George?	--	23	56	11	1	0	0	.196	.214	12
3	Paul Gillespie*	19	66	144	38	8	1	3	.264	.396	57
4	John Glynn*	29	115	387	95	15	5	0	.245	.310	120
5	Ed Head	22	22	63	10	3	0	0	.159	.206	13
6	Stew Hofferth	27	19	48	9	0	0	1	.188	.250	12
7	Eddie Hope	25	49	143	27	5	0	0	.189	.224	32
8	John Hvisdos	26	32	80	14	2	0	0	.175	.200	16
9	Joe Just	24	85	241	48	8	1	1	.199	.253	61
10	Chet Kehn	18	19	30	6	1	0	0	.200	.233	7
11	Harry Leonard	25	140	543	141	31	7	1	.260	.348	189
12	William Miller	23	22	66	12	1	0	0	.182	.197	13
13	Butch Moran	23	125	449	121	26	7	7	.269	.405	182
14	William Muhr	21	17	16	5	1	0	0	.313	.375	6	Stats for 2 teams
15	Ed Murphy	21	124	440	121	22	6	5	.275	.386	170	Stats for 2 teams
16	Bill Norman	29	91	277	83	23	2	6	.300	.462	128
17	Leo Norris	32	89	325	90	20	4	2	.277	.382	124
18	Paul Paynick	23	38	83	11	3	0	0	.133	.169	14
19	Pete Reiser*	21	67	249	94	15	12	7	.378	.618	154
20	Virgil Ricketts	21	15	15	3	0	0	0	.200	.200	3
21	Raymond Roche*	26	30	62	14	0	0	0	.226	.226	14	Stats for 2 teams
22	Walter Rospond	25	10	32	8	0	0	0	.250	.250	8
23	Sam Scariot	25	24	48	7	0	0	0	.146	.146	7
24	William Skelley	21	82	264	57	13	1	0	.216	.273	72
25	Albert Smith	24	23	63	19	2	0	2	.302	.429	27
26	John Sosh	22	27	78	17	1	1	1	.218	.295	23	Stats for 2 teams
27	Buck Templeton	21	20	47	14	2	0	0	.298	.340	16
28	Lewis Whitehead	27	40	117	32	2	0	1	.274	.316	37	Stats for 3 teams
	28 Players	24.5

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	GS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	WHIP	H/9	BB/9
1	Charlie Gassaway*	21	6	6	.500	4.35	19	13	93.0	90	56	45	60	1.613	8.7	5.8
2	Ed Head	22	12	7	.632	2.56	21	20	179.0	148	62	51	64	1.184	7.4	3.2
3	John Hvisdos*	26	12	11	.522	3.08	27	24	196.0	192	83	67	65	1.311	8.8	3.0
4	Chet Kehn	18	2	5	.286	3.60	17	8	70.0	64	38	28	33	1.386	8.2	4.2
5	William Muhr	21	4	3	.571	4.89	16	2	46.0	48	31	25	26	1.609	9.4	5.1	Stats for 2 teams
6	Paul Paynick	23	11	14	.440	3.54	35	27	229.0	217	109	90	105	1.406	8.5	4.1
7	Virgil Ricketts	21	0	5	.000	6.17	15	8	54.0	71	47	37	25	1.778	11.8	4.2
8	Raymond Roche*	26	10	8	.556	3.50	27	19	167.0	161	83	65	94	1.527	8.7	5.1	Stats for 2 teams
9	Sam Scariot	25	8	9	.471	2.98	24	17	136.0	117	54	45	65	1.338	7.7	4.3
	9 Players	23.2

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Joe Just	79	419	53	4	.992	5.97
Paul Gillespie	45	140	24	7	.959	3.64
John Sosh	24	84	11	3	.969	3.96	Stats for 2 teams
Stew Hofferth	14	70	8	1	.987	5.57

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Butch Moran	124		1096	73	12		.990	9.43
Ed Murphy	124		953	74	19		.982	8.28			Stats for 2 teams

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Leo Norris	89		109	163	13		.954	3.06
Albert Smith	17		23	36	6		.908	3.47

SS

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
William Skelley	62	105	164	20	.931	4.34
Eddie Hope	49	83	143	11	.954	4.61
William Miller	22	32	66	7	.933	4.45
Buck Templeton	11	14	24	4	.905	3.45

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Harry Leonard	140	330	12	15	.958	2.44
John Glynn	103	170	3	7	.961	1.68
Bill Norman	90	150	6	4	.975	1.73
Pete Reiser	66	109	11	5	.960	1.82
Lewis Whitehead	30	50	1	2	.962	1.70	Stats for 3 teams
James George	15	28	3	2	.939	2.07

P

	G
Paul Paynick	35
John Hvisdos	27
Raymond Roche	27	Stats for 2 teams
Sam Scariot	24
Ed Head	21
Charlie Gassaway	19
Chet Kehn	17
William Muhr	16	Stats for 2 teams
Virgil Ricketts	15

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Lew Carpenter	26	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Aug 16, 1913	Woodstock, GA, US
James Cooney	20	R		5' 11.0"	160	Jul 5, 1919	Providence, RI, US
Robert Costello	22	R	L	6' 3.0"	180	1918
Charlie Gassaway	21	L	L	6' 2.0"	210	Aug 12, 1918	Gassaway, TN, US
James George	--					Unknown
Paul Gillespie	19	L	R	6' 3.0"	195	Sep 18, 1920	Sugar Valley, GA, US
John Glynn	29	L		5' 11.0"	185	May 7, 1911	Franklin, NJ, US
Ed Head	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	Jan 25, 1918	Selma, LA, US
Stew Hofferth	27	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Jan 27, 1913	Logansport, IN, US
Eddie Hope	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	Oct 22, 1914	Chicago, IL, US
John Hvisdos	26	R	L	5' 11.0"	165	1914
Joe Just	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Jan 8, 1916	Milwaukee, WI, US
Chet Kehn	18	R	R	5' 11.0"	168	Oct 30, 1921	San Diego, CA, US
Harry Leonard	25	R		5' 11.0"	180	1915
Carl Lindquist	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	May 9, 1919	Morris Run, PA, US
William Miller	23	R		5' 10.0"	165	1917
Billy Moore	21	L		5' 9.0"	160	1919
Butch Moran	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	May 12, 1917	San Francisco, CA, US
William Muhr	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	178	1919
Ed Murphy	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	Aug 23, 1918	Joliet, IL, US
Bill Norman	29	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Jul 16, 1910	St. Louis, MO, US
Leo Norris	32	R	R	5' 11.0"	165	May 17, 1908	Bay St. Louis, MS, US
Red Norris	30	R	L	6' 0.0"	185	Feb 10, 1910	Whiteville, NC, US
Paul Paynick	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	1917
Pete Reiser	21	L	R	5' 11.0"	185	Mar 17, 1919	St. Louis, MO, US
Virgil Ricketts	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Jan 19, 1919
Raymond Roche	26	L	L	6' 0.0"	180	1914
Walter Rospond	25	R		5' 9.0"	152	1915
Sam Scariot	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	183	May 15, 1915
Alphonsus Simononis	20	R		5' 8.0"	175	Dec 1, 1919
William Skelley	21	R		5' 10.0"	155	Jan 7, 1919	Atchison, KS, US
Albert Smith	24	R		6' 0.0"	187	1916
John Sosh	22	R		5' 11.0"	180	1918
Rocky Stone	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	200	Aug 23, 1918	Redding, CA, US
Harry Taylor	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	May 20, 1919	East Glenn, IN, US
Buck Templeton	21	R		5' 10.0"	165	Jul 14, 1918	Statesville, NC, US
Wally Westlake	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	186	Nov 8, 1920	Gridley, CA, US
Lewis Whitehead	27	R		5' 10.0"	165	1913

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