1940 Kansas City Blues

1940 > Class AA > 1940 American Association
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: New York Yankees-AL
Manager: Billy Meyer
Represented: Kansas City, MO
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
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	Ivy Andrews	33	3	3	1				.333
2	Nino Bongiovanni*	28	142	564	152	29	6	6	.270	.374	211
3	Tiny Bonham	26	16	44	12	1	0	0	.273	.295	13
4	Frenchy Bordagaray	30	154	598	214	39	8	4	.358	.470	281
5	Buzz Boyle*	32	51	64	16	0	0	0	.250	.250	16
6	Herman Caldwell?	--	14	31	7	1	0	1	.226	.355	11
7	Joe Callahan	23	11	13	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
8	Eddie Carnett*	23	8	11	5	0	1	0	.455	.636	7
9	Tony DePhillips	27	85	201	51	8	2	1	.254	.328	66
10	Russ Derry*	23	67	228	53	11	4	9	.232	.434	99
11	Al Gerheauser*	23	37	29	7	2	0	0	.241	.310	9
12	William Gill	22	8	12	1				.083
13	John Haley	25	33	33	9	3	0	0	.273	.364	12
14	Don Hendrickson	26	35	56	7	1	0	0	.125	.143	8
15	Billy Hitchcock	23	131	447	120	18	6	6	.268	.376	168
16	Johnny Lindell	23	41	88	24	2	1	1	.273	.352	31
17	Bill Matheson	25	68	222	57	13	6	1	.257	.383	85
18	Buster Mills	31	36	132	46	7	1	1	.348	.439	58
19	Hiker Moran	28	32	31	3	2	0	0	.097	.161	5
20	James Nicholson	23	6	8	3	0	0	0	.375	.375	3
21	Jerry Priddy	20	154	566	173	38	10	16	.306	.493	279
22	Tommy Reis	25	10	11	1	0	0	0	.091	.091	1
23	Johnny Riddle	34	111	314	88	15	1	4	.280	.373	117
24	Phil Rizzuto	22	148	579	201	28	10	10	.347	.482	279
25	Aaron Robinson*	25	3	3	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	1
26	Jack Saltzgaver*	37	103	262	64	12	3	1	.244	.324	85
27	Charley Stanceu	24	37	69	5	1	0	0	.072	.087	6
28	Johnny Sturm*	24	144	580	181	27	5	4	.312	.397	230
29	Butch Wensloff	24	35	63	12	2	0	1	.190	.270	17
	29 Players	26.1

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	Ivy Andrews	33	0	1	.000	5.25	3		12.0	16	8	7	9	2.083	12.0	6.8
2	Tiny Bonham	26	10	4	.714	2.32	16	16	124.0	107	35	32	29	1.097	7.8	2.1
3	Joe Callahan	23	2	2	.500		11		36.0
4	Eddie Carnett*	23	2	2	.500	3.86	8		28.0	24	14	12	15	1.393	7.7	4.8
5	Al Gerheauser*	23	5	5	.500	3.22	34	4	95.0	89	38	34	39	1.347	8.4	3.7
6	William Gill	22	2	0	1.000		8		31.0
7	John Haley	25	5	5	.500	3.17	33	9	108.0	94	49	38	59	1.417	7.8	4.9
8	Don Hendrickson	26	16	7	.696	3.02	35	21	167.0	164	70	56	40	1.222	8.8	2.2
9	Johnny Lindell	23	18	7	.720	2.70	31	27	203.0	179	90	61	69	1.222	7.9	3.1
10	Hiker Moran	28	6	4	.600	4.91	32	11	99.0	108	61	54	58	1.677	9.8	5.3
11	Tommy Reis	25	1	4	.200		10		44.0
12	Charley Stanceu	24	15	8	.652	2.69	37	24	214.0	170	73	64	109	1.304	7.1	4.6
13	Butch Wensloff	24	13	8	.619	3.19	35	27	178.0	169	77	63	55	1.258	8.5	2.8
	13 Players	24.7

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
Johnny Riddle	109		416	70	7		.986	4.46
Tony DePhillips	80		250	37	1		.997	3.59

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Johnny Sturm	144		1400	107	18		.988	10.47

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Jerry Priddy	154		394	554	25		.974	6.16

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Billy Hitchcock	117		80	208	18		.941	2.46
Jack Saltzgaver	49		32	72	6		.945	2.12

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Phil Rizzuto	146		325	515	45		.949	5.75

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Frenchy Bordagaray	154	334	10	9	.975	2.23
Nino Bongiovanni	136	222	8	9	.962	1.69
Russ Derry	66	132	5	3	.979	2.08
Bill Matheson	61	102	3	6	.946	1.72
Buster Mills	36	68	1	4	.945	1.92
Buzz Boyle	11	15	0	1	.938	1.36
Herman Caldwell	11	15	0	0	1.000	1.36

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Charley Stanceu	37							0.00
Don Hendrickson	35							0.00
Butch Wensloff	35							0.00
Al Gerheauser	34							0.00
John Haley	33							0.00
Hiker Moran	32							0.00
Johnny Lindell	31							0.00
Tiny Bonham	16							0.00
Joe Callahan	11							0.00
Tommy Reis	10							0.00
Eddie Carnett	8							0.00
William Gill	8							0.00
Ivy Andrews	3							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Ivy Andrews	33	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	May 6, 1907	Dora, AL, US
Nino Bongiovanni	28	L	L	5' 10.0"	175	Dec 21, 1911	New Orleans, LA, US
Tiny Bonham	26	R	R	6' 2.0"	215	Aug 16, 1913	Ione, CA, US
Frenchy Bordagaray	30	R	R	5' 7.0"	175	Jan 3, 1910	Coalinga, CA, US
Buzz Boyle	32	L	L	5' 11.0"	170	Feb 9, 1908	Cincinnati, OH, US
Herman Caldwell	--					Unknown
Joe Callahan	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	170	Oct 8, 1916	East Boston, MA, US
Eddie Carnett	23	L	L	6' 0.0"	185	Oct 21, 1916	Springfield, MO, US
Tony DePhillips	27	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Sep 20, 1912	New York, NY, US
Russ Derry	23	L	R	6' 1.0"	180	Oct 7, 1916	Princeton, MO, US
Al Gerheauser	23	L	L	6' 3.0"	190	Jun 24, 1917	St. Louis, MO, US
William Gill	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	198	1918
John Haley	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	202	Oct 3, 1914	Bradford, PA, US
Don Hendrickson	26	R	R	6' 2.0"	204	Jul 14, 1913	Kewanna, IN, US
Billy Hitchcock	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Jul 31, 1916	Inverness, AL, US
Johnny Lindell	23	R	R	6' 4.0"	217	Aug 30, 1916	Greeley, CO, US
Bill Matheson	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Jul 9, 1914	Oakland, CA, US
Buster Mills	31	R	R	5' 11.0"	195	Sep 16, 1908	Ranger, TX, US
Hiker Moran	28	R	R	6' 4.0"	185	Jan 1, 1912	Rochester, NY, US
James Nicholson	23	R		6' 0.0"	187	1917
Jerry Priddy	20	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Nov 9, 1919	Los Angeles, CA, US
Tommy Reis	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Aug 6, 1914	Newport, KY, US
Johnny Riddle	34	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	Oct 3, 1905	Clinton, SC, US
Phil Rizzuto	22	R	R	5' 6.0"	150	Sep 25, 1917	Brooklyn, NY, US
Aaron Robinson	25	L	R	6' 2.0"	205	Jun 23, 1915	Lancaster, SC, US
Jack Saltzgaver	37	L	R	5' 11.0"	165	Jan 23, 1903	Croton, IA, US
Charley Stanceu	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Jan 9, 1916	Canton, OH, US
Johnny Sturm	24	L	L	6' 1.0"	185	Jan 23, 1916	St. Louis, MO, US
Butch Wensloff	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Dec 3, 1915	Sausalito, CA, US

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