1940 Indianapolis Indians

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

Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds-NL
Manager: Jewel Ens and Wes Griffin
Represented: Indianapolis, IN
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium (Indianapolis, IN)
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	Anthony Archinski	24	4	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
2	Mike Balas	30	9	8	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
3	Red Barrett	25	25	52	12	1	0	0	.231	.250	13
4	Charles Bauer*	24	6	4	2				.500
5	Wally Berger	34	41	155	38	8	1	5	.245	.406	63
6	Wayne Blackburn*	25	75	247	77	15	5	0	.312	.413	102
7	Gibby Brack	32	134	475	131	26	7	18	.276	.474	225	Stats for 2 teams
8	Earl Caldwell	35	26	39	6	1	0	0	.154	.179	7
9	Art Doll	27	5	7	2	0	0	0	.286	.286	2
10	Glenn Fletcher*	23	6	11	1				.091
11	Don French	28	38	39	2	0	0	0	.051	.051	2
12	Milt Galatzer*	33	147	568	191	24	9	2	.336	.421	239
13	Vann Harrington*	22	85	359	88	11	7	3	.245	.340	122
14	Oliver Hill*	30	46	146	38	2	4	1	.260	.349	51
15	Allen Hunt*	27	95	307	79	17	5	4	.257	.384	118
16	Lloyd Johnson*	29	39	64	11	2	0	0	.172	.203	13	Stats for 2 teams
17	Don Lang	25	60	182	40	5	3	7	.220	.396	72
18	Bob Latshaw*	23	10	28	8	2	0	0	.286	.357	10
19	Bob Logan	30	36	99	12	0	0	0	.121	.121	12
20	Joe Mack#	28	59	181	40	8	1	3	.221	.326	59
21	Dee Moore	26	6	16	5	1	0	0	.313	.375	6
22	Jesse Newman*	24	139	464	140	34	3	7	.302	.433	201	Stats for 2 teams
23	Johnny Pasek	35	55	149	47	11	1	0	.315	.403	60
24	Dee Phillips	21	16	49	9	1	1	0	.184	.245	12	Stats for 2 teams
25	Bob Prichard*	22	56	183	51	7	4	5	.279	.443	81
26	Nolen Richardson	37	54	187	41	3	1	0	.219	.246	46
27	LeGrant Scott*	29	92	320	97	17	4	5	.303	.428	137
28	Jim Sharp	24	25	23	2	0	0	0	.087	.087	2
29	Pete Sivess	26	26	56	8	1	0	0	.143	.161	9
30	Johnny Vander Meer#	25	15	36	8	2	2	0	.222	.389	14
31	Dick West	24	113	401	114	23	4	7	.284	.414	166
32	John Wilson	35	33	19	2	0	0	0	.105	.105	2
33	Harry Wolfe	22	2	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
34	Benny Zientara	22	142	559	147	28	3	3	.263	.340	190
	34 Players	27.5

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	Anthony Archinski	24	0	0			4		10.0	13			5	1.800	11.7	4.5
2	Mike Balas	30	2	3	.400		9		25.0
3	Red Barrett	25	5	13	.278	4.74	25	22	150.0	172	98	79	51	1.487	10.3	3.1
4	Charles Bauer*	24	0	1	.000		6		14.0
5	Earl Caldwell	35	5	12	.294	3.56	26	15	129.0	141	73	51	57	1.535	9.8	4.0
6	Art Doll	27	0	0			5		18.0	24			13	2.056	12.0	6.5
7	Glenn Fletcher	23	4	0	1.000		6		32.0
8	Don French	28	6	8	.429	5.18	37	9	113.0	154	85	65	49	1.796	12.3	3.9
9	Art Jacobs*	37	1	2	.333		13		13.0
10	Lloyd Johnson*	29	8	11	.421	4.67	39	23	183.0	213	108	95	69	1.541	10.5	3.4	Stats for 2 teams
11	Bob Logan*	30	18	14	.563	3.10	36	34	267.0	267	115	92	77	1.288	9.0	2.6
12	Jim Sharp*	24	1	5	.167	3.91	25	5	76.0	79	48	33	56	1.776	9.4	6.6
13	Pete Sivess	26	7	12	.368	4.89	26	24	149.0	174	93	81	51	1.510	10.5	3.1
14	Johnny Vander Meer*	25	6	4	.600	2.40	14	14	105.0	76	33	28	65	1.343	6.5	5.6
15	John Wilson	35	3	3	.500	3.86	33	1	70.0	66	41	30	27	1.329	8.5	3.5
16	Harry Wolfe	22	0	0			2		7.0	6			3	1.286	7.7	3.9
	16 Players	28.7

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
Dick West	99		378	79	20		.958	4.62
Johnny Pasek	48		186	33	4		.982	4.56

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Jesse Newman	133		1903	96	17		.992	15.03			Stats for 2 teams
Bob Prichard	56		487	29	10		.981	9.21

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Benny Zientara	142		409	426	22		.974	5.88

3B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Wayne Blackburn	62	60	108	21	.889	2.71
Don Lang	49	49	79	16	.889	2.61
Oliver Hill	40	34	77	6	.949	2.78

SS

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Vann Harrington	85	170	279	27	.943	5.28
Nolen Richardson	54	107	160	11	.960	4.94
Dee Phillips	12	30	24	8	.871	4.50	Stats for 2 teams

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Milt Galatzer	130	324	13	6	.983	2.59
Gibby Brack	121	214	10	5	.978	1.85	Stats for 2 teams
LeGrant Scott	87	173	5	8	.957	2.05
Allen Hunt	82	192	4	5	.975	2.39
Wally Berger	41	104	1	3	.972	2.56
Joe Mack	31	58	6	0	1.000	2.06

P

	G
Lloyd Johnson	39	Stats for 2 teams
Don French	37
Bob Logan	36
John Wilson	33
Earl Caldwell	26
Pete Sivess	26
Red Barrett	25
Jim Sharp	25
Johnny Vander Meer	14
Art Jacobs	13
Mike Balas	9
Charles Bauer	6
Glenn Fletcher	6
Art Doll	5
Anthony Archinski	4
Harry Wolfe	2

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Anthony Archinski	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	178	1916
Mike Balas	30	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	May 9, 1910	Lowell, MA, US
Red Barrett	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	183	Feb 14, 1915	Santa Barbara, CA, US
Charles Bauer	24	L	L	6' 0.0"	170	1916
Wally Berger	34	R	R	6' 2.0"	198	Oct 10, 1905	Chicago, IL, US
Wayne Blackburn	25	L	L	5' 10.0"	168	Jul 10, 1914	Harmon, OH, US
Gibby Brack	32	R	R	5' 9.0"	170	Mar 29, 1908	Chicago, IL, US
Earl Caldwell	35	R	R	6' 1.0"	178	Apr 9, 1905	Sparks, TX, US
Art Doll	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	May 7, 1913	Chicago, IL, US
Glenn Fletcher	23	L	R	5' 9.0"	170	1917
Don French	28	R	R	6' 1.0"	168	Aug 31, 1911	Mount Pleasant, MI, US
Milt Galatzer	33	L	L	5' 10.0"	168	May 4, 1907	Chicago, IL, US
Vann Harrington	22	L		5' 8.0"	155	Nov 2, 1917	Thomasville, NC, US
Oliver Hill	30	L	R	5' 11.0"	178	Oct 16, 1909	Powder Springs, GA, US
Allen Hunt	27	L		5' 10.0"	175	1913
Art Jacobs	37	L	L	5' 10.0"	170	Aug 28, 1902	Luckey, OH, US
Lloyd Johnson	29	L	L	6' 4.0"	204	Dec 24, 1910	Santa Rosa, CA, US
Don Lang	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Mar 15, 1915	Selma, CA, US
Bob Latshaw	23	L	L	6' 2.0"	192	Feb 23, 1917	Denver, CO, US
Bob Logan	30	R	L	5' 10.0"	170	Feb 10, 1910	Thompson, NE, US
Joe Mack	28	S	L	5' 11.0"	185	Jan 4, 1912	Chicago, IL, US
Dee Moore	26	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	Apr 6, 1914	Hedley, TX, US
Jesse Newman	24	L		6' 0.0"	195	1916
Johnny Pasek	35	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Jun 25, 1905	Niagara Falls, NY, US
Dee Phillips	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	176	Jun 8, 1919	Corsicana, TX, US
Bob Prichard	22	L	L	6' 1.0"	195	Oct 21, 1917	Paris, TX, US
Nolen Richardson	37	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	Jan 18, 1903	Chattanooga, TN, US
LeGrant Scott	29	L	L	5' 8.0"	170	Jul 25, 1910	Cleveland, OH, US
Jim Sharp	24	R	L	6' 1.0"	170	1916
Pete Sivess	26	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	Sep 23, 1913	South River, NJ, US
Johnny Vander Meer	25	S	L	6' 1.0"	190	Nov 2, 1914	Prospect Park, NJ, US
Dick West	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Nov 24, 1915	Louisville, KY, US
John Wilson	35	R	R	6' 2.0"	164	Apr 25, 1905	Coal City, AL, US
Harry Wolfe	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	175	1918
Benny Zientara	22	R	R	5' 9.0"	165	Feb 14, 1918	Chicago, IL, US

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