1940 Anniston Rams

1940 > Class B > 1940 Southeastern League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers-NL
Manager: Bill Rodda
Represented: Anniston, AL
Ballpark: Johnston Field (Anniston, AL)
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	Ray Adamski	25	122	443	130	14	2	4	.293	.361	160
2	Oliver Bass*	18	13	39	9	1	0	0	.231	.256	10
3	Alvin Bennett	24	10	29	8	4	0	0	.276	.414	12
4	Howard Cantrell	21	50	208	55	9	2	5	.264	.399	83
5	George Cisar	29	106	418	118	15	14	8	.282	.443	185
6	William Cranford	22	11	34	4	0	0	0	.118	.118	4	Stats for 2 teams
7	Robert Duncan	21	44	178	52	9	2	5	.292	.449	80
8	Robert Engle	22	47	165	34	2	3	0	.206	.255	42
9	William Gorman	21	12	8	4	0	0	0	.500	.500	4
10	Harold Gregory*	22	42	153	40	8	1	0	.261	.327	50
11	Ralph Hamner	23	37	65	10	2	0	0	.154	.185	12
12	Joe Hatten	23	40	78	6	2	1	0	.077	.128	10
13	Barney Lutz*	24	142	576	169	33	13	5	.293	.422	243
14	John Nook*	24	119	457	130	25	6	8	.284	.418	191
15	Tommy O'Brien	21	84	293	90	18	4	10	.307	.498	146
16	Frank Papish	22	48	114	31	4	0	3	.272	.386	44
17	Ted Pawelek*	20	22	24	6	1	0	0	.250	.292	7
18	James Reid?	--	26	22	2	0	0	0	.091	.091	2
19	Bill Rodda	37	101	327	95	28	3	3	.291	.422	138
20	Leon Scherer*	24	31	56	12	1	0	0	.214	.232	13
21	John Schroeder	23	37	165	43	8	1	0	.261	.321	53
22	Kola Sharpe	34	13	21	6	1	0	0	.286	.333	7
23	Hayden Shupe#	21	13	22	3	0	0	0	.136	.136	3
24	Buck Templeton	21	94	389	100	25	1	2	.257	.342	133
25	Foster Thornton	23	17	35	7	2	0	0	.200	.257	9
26	Clarence Tregre	26	91	347	88	18	2	8	.254	.386	134
27	Joseph Valenti	25	94	363	125	32	2	2	.344	.460	167
	27 Players	24.6

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	IP	H	R	ER	BB	WHIP	H/9	BB/9
1	Ralph Hamner	23	12	8	.600	4.62	37	183.0	208	112	94	68	1.508	10.2	3.3
2	Joe Hatten*	23	7	18	.280	5.31	39	217.0	268	156	128	126	1.816	11.1	5.2
3	Frank Papish*	22	20	14	.588	3.31	39	269.0	276	143	99	102	1.405	9.2	3.4
4	James Reid?	--	2	5	.286	6.08	26	71.0	89	52	48	33	1.718	11.3	4.2
5	Leon Scherer*	24	7	11	.389	3.84	26	150.0	164	84	64	55	1.460	9.8	3.3
6	Kola Sharpe	34	2	5	.286	3.90	13	67.0	97	35	29	7	1.552	13.0	0.9
7	Hayden Shupe	21	2	4	.333	4.79	13	62.0	70	40	33	21	1.468	10.2	3.0
8	Foster Thornton	23	5	7	.417	4.37	17	107.0	134	61	52	27	1.505	11.3	2.3
	8 Players	23.6

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
Ray Adamski	120		611	77	16		.977	5.73

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
John Nook	118		1148	76	23		.982	10.37
Bill Rodda	26		217	18	2		.992	9.04

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Joseph Valenti	86		198	257	15		.968	5.29
John Schroeder	37		102	134	11		.955	6.38

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Tommy O'Brien	82		79	153	26		.899	2.83
Harold Gregory	36		29	70	10		.908	2.75

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Buck Templeton	94		159	322	41		.921	5.12
Robert Engle	46		104	142	40		.860	5.35

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Barney Lutz	126	239	14	9	.966	2.01
George Cisar	106	230	10	11	.956	2.26
Clarence Tregre	91	149	4	7	.956	1.68
Howard Cantrell	50	72	3	7	.915	1.50
Robert Duncan	42	61	2	3	.955	1.50

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Joe Hatten	39							0.00
Frank Papish	39							0.00
Ralph Hamner	37							0.00
James Reid	26							0.00
Leon Scherer	26							0.00
Foster Thornton	17							0.00
Kola Sharpe	13							0.00
Hayden Shupe	13							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Ray Adamski	25	R		6' 0.0"	175	1915
Oliver Bass	18	L		6' 2.0"	190	Sep 16, 1921	Erwin, NC, US
Alvin Bennett	24	R	R	5' 8.0"	170	1916
Gordon Bradshaw	23	L	L	6' 1.0"		Aug 1, 1916	Niagara Falls, NY, US
Howard Cantrell	21	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Aug 20, 1918	Knoxville, TN, US
George Cisar	29	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Aug 25, 1910	Chicago, IL, US
William Cranford	22	R		6' 0.0"	168	1918
Robert Duncan	21	R		6' 1.0"	177	1919
Robert Engle	22	R		5' 10.0"	162	1918
William Gorman	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	161	1919
Harold Gregory	22	L		5' 10.0"	170	1918
Ralph Hamner	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	165	Sep 12, 1916	Gibsland, LA, US
Joe Hatten	23	R	L	6' 0.0"	176	Nov 7, 1916	Bancroft, IA, US
Kenneth Kenny	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	176	1915
Bernard Kincannon	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	179	1919
Barney Lutz	24	L		5' 10.0"	175	Aug 20, 1915
Bob McNamara	23	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Sep 19, 1916	Denver, CO, US
John Nook	24	L		6' 2.0"	178	1916
Tommy O'Brien	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	195	Dec 19, 1918	Anniston, AL, US
Frank Papish	22	R	L	6' 2.0"	192	Oct 21, 1917	Pueblo, CO, US
Jack Patterson	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	192	1918	Zanesville, OH, US
Ted Pawelek	20	L	R	5' 10.0"	202	Aug 15, 1919	Chicago Heights, IL, US
Bill Perrin	30	R	L	5' 11.0"	172	Jun 23, 1910	New Orleans, LA, US
Joe Radney	23	S	R	6' 1.0"	176	1917
James Reid	--					Unknown
Bill Rodda	37	R		5' 8.0"	150	Jan 26, 1903	Grass Valley, CA, US
Leon Scherer	24	L	L	6' 1.0"	162	1916
John Schroeder	23	R		5' 10.0"	178	1917
Louis Seguin	26	L	R	6' 1.0"	190	1914
Kola Sharpe	34	R	R	5' 11.0"	160	1906
Hayden Shupe	21	S	R	6' 2.0"	190	1919
Buck Templeton	21	R		5' 10.0"	165	Jul 14, 1918	Statesville, NC, US
Foster Thornton	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	182	1917
Clarence Tregre	26	R		5' 11.0"		1914
Joseph Valenti	25	R	R	5' 9.0"	165	Oct 27, 1914	New Orleans, LA, US

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