1940 Rocky Mount Red Sox

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

Affiliation: Boston Red Sox-AL
Manager: Heinie Manush
Represented: Rocky Mount, NC
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	Norm Brown#	21	26	58	7	0	0	0	.121	.121	7
2	Dave Coble	27	98	271	50	9	1	0	.185	.225	61
3	Walt Dixon	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
4	Tommy Fine#	25	11	17	1	1	0	0	.059	.118	2
5	Bob Finley	24	16	54	13	3	0	0	.241	.296	16
6	Sam Gentile*	23	136	548	159	31	3	2	.290	.369	202
7	Andy Gilbert	25	107	411	103	13	5	14	.251	.409	168
8	Cy Greenlaw*	23	36	76	18	4	2	1	.237	.382	29
9	Randy Heflin*	21	27	62	12	3	0	0	.194	.242	15
10	Kenneth Heist	21	19	34	4	1	0	1	.118	.235	8
11	Luke Hendrix	29	14	21	3	1	0	0	.143	.190	4
12	Earl Johnson*	21	22	62	15	1	1	0	.242	.290	18
13	Hugh Kirkland	22	28	67	11	1	0	0	.164	.179	12
14	Albert Lingua	21	72	251	69	9	3	8	.275	.430	108
15	Heinie Manush*	38	32	107	30	9	2	1	.280	.430	46
16	Kent Massengale?	25	32	118	30	5	1	0	.254	.314	37
17	Al Mazur	24	136	475	120	15	4	8	.253	.352	167
18	Steve Mizerak	26	11	33	7	1	0	0	.212	.242	8
19	Emmett O'Neill	22	17	31	7	0	0	1	.226	.323	10
20	Johnny Pesky*	21	136	576	187	28	16	4	.325	.450	259
21	Jake Plummer	31	136	492	155	23	2	18	.315	.480	236
22	Herbert Scheffler*	23	84	325	105	16	7	3	.323	.443	144
23	William Thomas*	21	11	27	4	1	0	0	.148	.185	5
24	Bill Voiselle	21	26	32	3	0	0	0	.094	.094	3
25	Francis Walsh	20	104	390	124	20	1	23	.318	.551	215
	25 Players	24.1

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	IP	H	R	ER	BB	WHIP	H/9	BB/9
1	Norm Brown	21	11	5	.688	2.64	26	150.0	107	56	44	80	1.247	6.4	4.8
2	Walker Cress	23	0	0		inf	1	0.0	2	2	2	2
3	Cy Greenlaw*	23	9	9	.500	4.50	23	138.0	164	84	69	67	1.674	10.7	4.4
4	Randy Heflin	21	10	11	.476	3.26	27	152.0	159	73	55	74	1.533	9.4	4.4
5	Kenneth Heist	21	8	4	.667	2.97	19	97.0	84	40	32	43	1.309	7.8	4.0
6	Earl Johnson*	21	12	6	.667	2.67	19	145.0	136	64	43	58	1.338	8.4	3.6
7	Hugh Kirkland	22	9	10	.474	3.83	28	174.0	152	90	74	131	1.626	7.9	6.8
8	Emmett O'Neill	22	2	2	.500	3.80	9	45.0	37	25	19	34	1.578	7.4	6.8
9	Bill Voiselle	21	6	4	.600	2.61	26	107.0	75	36	31	57	1.234	6.3	4.8
	9 Players	21.5

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
Dave Coble	90		513	61	11		.981	6.38

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Herbert Scheffler	84		699	40	12		.984	8.80
Heinie Manush	22		150	15	3		.982	7.50

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Al Mazur	136		393	399	26		.968	5.82

3B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Albert Lingua	65	67	115	28	.867	2.80
Francis Walsh	60	67	103	11	.939	2.83
Steve Mizerak	11	18	22	3	.930	3.64

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Johnny Pesky	136		257	435	44		.940	5.09

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Sam Gentile	134	230	6	9	.963	1.76
Jake Plummer	121	185	9	3	.985	1.60
Andy Gilbert	103	226	13	3	.988	2.32
Kent Massengale	32	52	3	4	.932	1.72

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Hugh Kirkland	28							0.00
Randy Heflin	27							0.00
Norm Brown	26							0.00
Bill Voiselle	26							0.00
Cy Greenlaw	23							0.00
Kenneth Heist	19							0.00
Earl Johnson	19							0.00
Emmett O'Neill	9							0.00
Walker Cress	1							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Clarence Benton	19	L	L	6' 1.0"	178	1921
Harold Brosnan	--					Unknown
Norm Brown	21	S	R	6' 3.0"	180	Feb 1, 1919	Evergreen, NC, US
Harold Cheney	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	1916
Dave Coble	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	183	Dec 24, 1912	Monroe, NC, US
Walker Cress	23	R	R	6' 5.0"	205	Mar 6, 1917	Ben Hur, VA, US
Walt Dixon	19	R		6' 2.0"	235	Nov 25, 1920	Chatham County, NC, US
Tommy Fine	25	S	R	6' 0.0"	180	Oct 10, 1914	Cleburne, TX, US
Bob Finley	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	Nov 25, 1915	Ennis, TX, US
Sam Gentile	23	L	R	5' 11.0"	180	Oct 12, 1916	Charlestown, MA, US
Andy Gilbert	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	203	Jul 18, 1914	Bradenville, PA, US
Cy Greenlaw	23	L	L	6' 1.0"	192	Nov 11, 1916	Tacoma, WA, US
Judson Harmon	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	1919
Randy Heflin	21	L	R	6' 0.0"	185	Sep 11, 1918	Fredericksburg, VA, US
Kenneth Heist	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	162	Jan 13, 1919	Newstead, NY, US
Luke Hendrix	29	R		6' 0.0"	167	1911
Earl Johnson	21	L	L	6' 3.0"	190	Apr 2, 1919	Redmond, WA, US
Hugh Kirkland	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	1918
Albert Lingua	21	R		6' 1.0"	185	1919
Heinie Manush	38	L	L	6' 1.0"	200	Jul 20, 1901	Tuscumbia, AL, US
Kent Massengale	25			5' 10.0"	160	Jan 19, 1915	Hattiesburg, MS, US
Al Mazur	24	R		5' 10.0"	170	Apr 13, 1916	Detroit, MI, US
Steve Mizerak	26	R		5' 11.0"	170	Jun 27, 1914
George Nethercutt	--					Unknown
Emmett O'Neill	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	185	Jan 13, 1918	San Mateo, CA, US
Johnny Pesky	21	L	R	5' 9.0"	168	Feb 27, 1919	Portland, OR, US
Jake Plummer	31	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	Feb 9, 1909
Emery Rudd	22	L	R	6' 2.0"	180	Apr 17, 1918
Herbert Scheffler	23	L		6' 3.0"	195	1917
William Thomas	21	L		6' 1.0"	181	1919
Bill Voiselle	21	R	R	6' 4.0"	200	Jan 29, 1919	Greenwood, SC, US
Francis Walsh	20	R		6' 1.0"	185	1920
Harold White	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	205	1917
Lee Wortman	23	R		6' 1.0"	187	1917
William Wright	19	L		6' 3.0"	220	Jul 17, 1920	Sacramento, CA, US

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