1940 Lafayette White Sox

1940 > Class D > 1940 Evangeline League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: St. Louis Browns-AL
Manager: n/a
Represented: Lafayette, LA
Ballpark: Parkdale Park (Lafayette, LA)
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	Buck Armstrong	21	81	308	90	13	4	0	.292	.360	111
2	George Bender	21	15	26	5	1	1	0	.192	.308	8
3	Buddy Blessie	18	38	69	15	3	0	1	.217	.304	21
4	Rudolph Briner	22	117	433	132	23	7	4	.305	.418	181
5	Walter Dickerson	21	24	56	9	0	0	0	.161	.161	9	Stats for 2 teams
6	Gabriel Doucet?	--	55	198	32	3	1	0	.162	.187	37	Stats for 3 teams
7	Thomas Finger*	22	36	103	21	4	0	0	.204	.243	25
8	Ralph Germano*	22	25	58	11	2	1	0	.190	.259	15
9	Irving Gorney	23	100	400	119	28	6	3	.298	.420	168	Stats for 2 teams
10	Lucien Governale	21	11	13	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
11	Kenneth Grosse*	20	126	552	188	24	3	0	.341	.395	218
12	Wilbur Jewell*	21	113	432	123	17	10	4	.285	.398	172
13	Paul Lawrence?	--	44	160	34	5	1	0	.213	.256	41	Stats for 4 teams
14	William McKenna*	19	135	524	149	26	5	7	.284	.393	206	Stats for 2 teams
15	Alben Meskauski	21	15	32	6	0	1	0	.188	.250	8
16	Raymond Minor	20	10	9	2	0	0	0	.222	.222	2
17	Ray Parrott*	20	132	545	175	21	16	12	.321	.484	264
18	Roy Price*	20	18	32	9	0	0	0	.281	.281	9	Stats for 2 teams
19	Alfred Robertson	24	35	97	26	5	0	0	.268	.320	31
20	Norman Stauder	22	50	192	46	8	0	1	.240	.297	57	Stats for 2 teams
21	Robert Stoner	25	111	452	132	28	6	6	.292	.420	190	Stats for 2 teams
22	Harry Strohm	38	126	479	173	44	6	2	.361	.491	235
23	Beverly Tschudin	18	70	205	41	2	0	0	.200	.210	43
24	Wilburn VanSickle#	22	124	489	126	22	11	6	.258	.384	188	Stats for 2 teams
	24 Players	22.7

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	George Bender	21	4	4	.500	5.31	12	61.0	68	44	36	43	1.820	10.0	6.3
2	Buddy Blessie	18	9	9	.500	4.02	37	170.0	155	91	76	108	1.547	8.2	5.7
3	Walter Dickerson	21	8	6	.571	4.18	23	125.0	120	65	58	42	1.296	8.6	3.0	Stats for 2 teams
4	Thomas Finger*	22	17	11	.607	2.77	30	237.0	242	100	73	85	1.380	9.2	3.2
5	Ralph Germano*	22	8	8	.500	3.98	23	156.0	165	87	69	99	1.692	9.5	5.7
6	Alben Meskauski	21	7	3	.700	4.28	14	80.0	77	49	38	62	1.738	8.7	7.0
7	Roy Price*	20	6	4	.600	3.13	16	89.0	81	41	31	62	1.607	8.2	6.3	Stats for 2 teams
8	Alfred Robertson	24	19	8	.704	3.24	30	222.0	241	106	80	87	1.477	9.8	3.5
	8 Players	21.1

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
Rudolph Briner	103		536	66	9		.985	5.84
Beverly Tschudin	57		245	44	6		.980	5.07

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Kenneth Grosse	126		1103	44	14		.988	9.10

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Harry Strohm	126		350	407	19		.976	6.01

3B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Wilburn VanSickle	92	101	195	34	.897	3.22	Stats for 2 teams
Buck Armstrong	81	114	180	27	.916	3.63
Gabriel Doucet	30	36	72	20	.844	3.60	Stats for 3 teams

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Irving Gorney	100		156	332	48		.910	4.88			Stats for 2 teams
Norman Stauder	50		96	123	34		.866	4.38			Stats for 2 teams

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
William McKenna	135	284	10	2	.993	2.18	Stats for 2 teams
Ray Parrott	132	251	23	8	.972	2.08
Robert Stoner	111	150	17	7	.960	1.50	Stats for 2 teams
Wilbur Jewell	75	145	17	5	.970	2.16
Paul Lawrence	44	60	8	5	.932	1.55	Stats for 4 teams

P

	G
Buddy Blessie	37
Thomas Finger	30
Alfred Robertson	30
Walter Dickerson	23	Stats for 2 teams
Ralph Germano	23
Roy Price	16	Stats for 2 teams
Alben Meskauski	14
George Bender	12

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Buck Armstrong	21	R		6' 1.0"	180	1919	Holland, TX, US
Weldon Barker	18	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	1922
George Bender	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	183	1919
Buddy Blessie	18	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Jan 25, 1922
Frank Bourg	--					Unknown
Rudolph Briner	22	R		5' 10.0"	200	Jul 18, 1917
Earl Broussard	--					Unknown
Walter Dickerson	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	165	1919
Gabriel Doucet	--					Unknown
Cornelius English	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	1916
Thomas Finger	22	L	L	5' 10.0"	160	1918
Ralph Germano	22	L	L	6' 0.0"	207	1918
Irving Gorney	23	R		6' 0.0"	170	Jan 20, 1917
Lucien Governale	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	159	1919
Kenneth Grosse	20	L		6' 1.0"	165	1920
Joe Janowski	--					Unknown
Wilbur Jewell	21	L		5' 9.0"	168	1919
Paul Lawrence	--					Unknown
William McKenna	19	L		5' 9.0"	170	1921
Alben Meskauski	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	May 13, 1919
Raymond Minor	20	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	1920
George Ogden	--					Unknown
Ray Parrott	20	L		6' 3.0"	193	1920
Roy Price	20	L	L	6' 1.0"	190	1920
Joseph Rayne	21	L		6' 0.0"	180	Jan 5, 1919
Alfred Robertson	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	1916
Norman Stauder	22	R		5' 10.0"	160	1918
Robert Stoner	25	R		5' 11.0"	205	1915
Harry Strohm	38	R		5' 9.0"	140	Oct 28, 1901	Kansas City, MO, US
Beverly Tschudin	18	R		5' 11.0"	180	May 29, 1922	MO, US
Wilburn VanSickle	22	S		5' 10.0"	160	1918

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