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1940 Williamson Red Birds

1940 > Class D > 1940 Mountain State League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals-NL
Manager: Harrison Wickel
Represented: Williamson, WV
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	Paul Atwater	20	122	487	129	21	8	5	.265	.372	181
2	Wayne Bruce	19	43	81	18	2	0	0	.222	.247	20
3	Pat Capri	21	121	461	146	34	7	8	.317	.473	218
4	Charles Carman	21	120	444	128	29	4	4	.288	.399	177
5	Frank Gravino	17	39	88	20	2	1	2	.227	.341	30
6	Howard Kelly	22	118	468	130	27	6	2	.278	.374	175
7	Raymond King	21	123	473	141	19	17	1	.298	.416	197
8	Donald Krupin	19	22	44	10	2	0	0	.227	.273	12
9	Tony Kvadas?	23	10	14	1	1	0	0	.071	.143	2
10	Ernest Peters	20	31	86	18	2	0	0	.209	.233	20
11	Harold Sharp	21	30	73	13	2	0	0	.178	.205	15
12	Chester Sheets?	--	10	13	1	0	0	0	.077	.077	1
13	Bill Shewey*	23	117	484	162	30	21	10	.335	.545	264
14	James Smith?	--	14	33	10	0	0	1	.303	.394	13
15	Hal VanPelt*	17	121	468	115	21	3	2	.246	.316	148
16	Harrison Wickel	29	123	445	142	31	14	2	.319	.465	207
	16 Players	21.5

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	Wayne Bruce	19	13	7	.650	4.17	32	13	149.0	153	84	69	47	1.342	9.2	2.8
2	Frank Gravino	17	10	5	.667	4.57	25	17	130.0	108	80	66	133	1.854	7.5	9.2
3	Donald Krupin*	19	7	5	.583	5.57	20	14	105.0	131	76	65	41	1.638	11.2	3.5
4	Tony Kvadas?	23	1	4	.200	8.74	9	6	35.0	54	40	34	40	2.686	13.9	10.3
5	Pemberton?	--	2	2	.500	6.62	6	4	34.0	49	33	25	10	1.735	13.0	2.6
6	Ernest Peters?	20	17	5	.773	3.19	28	22	203.0	206	95	72	75	1.384	9.1	3.3
7	Harold Sharp	21	18	7	.720	3.25	30	23	208.0	231	105	75	54	1.370	10.0	2.3
8	Chester Sheets?	--	1	2	.333	7.00	10	5	36.0	47	38	28	33	2.222	11.8	8.2
9	James Smith?	--	4	3	.571	4.97	9	6	58.0	58	35	32	31	1.534	9.0	4.8
10	Harrison Wickel	29	1	1	.500	3.46	9	2	39.0	44	18	15	14	1.487	10.2	3.2
	10 Players	20.0

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
Charles Carman	118		586	74	16		.976	5.59

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Hal VanPelt	121		1102	46	26		.978	9.49

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Pat Capri	121		372	378	50		.938	6.20

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Paul Atwater	122		112	272	48		.889	3.15

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Harrison Wickel	119		221	344	26		.956	4.75

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Raymond King	119	173	18	10	.950	1.61
Howard Kelly	118	207	8	12	.947	1.82
Bill Shewey	117	307	22	10	.971	2.81

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Wayne Bruce	32							0.00
Harold Sharp	30							0.00
Ernest Peters	28							0.00
Frank Gravino	25							0.00
Donald Krupin	20							0.00
Chester Sheets	10							0.00
Tony Kvadas	9							0.00
James Smith	9							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Paul Atwater	20	R		5' 9.0"	160	1920
Wayne Bruce	19	R	R	6' 1.0"	155	1921
Pat Capri	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	Nov 27, 1918	New York, NY, US
Charles Carman	21	R		5' 11.0"	180	1919
Frank Gravino	17	R	R	5' 10.0"	187	Jan 29, 1923
Hindy	--					Unknown
Howard Kelly	22	R		6' 1.0"	190	1918
Raymond King	21	R		5' 11.0"	160	1919
Donald Krupin	19	R	L	5' 10.0"	178	1921
Tony Kvadas	23					Feb 24, 1917
Pemberton	--					Unknown
Ernest Peters	20	R		6' 1.0"	185	1920
James Pollock	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	1921
Robert Roach	20			6' 6.0"		Mar 19, 1920	Columbus, OH, US
Harold Sharp	21	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	1919
Shears	--					Unknown
Chester Sheets	--					Unknown
Bill Shewey	23	L	R	6' 0.0"	175	Jul 4, 1916	Joplin, MO, US
James Smith	--					Unknown
Al Sommerer	20					Jul 7, 1919
Hal VanPelt	17	L		5' 11.0"	195	1923
Harrison Wickel	29	R	R	6' 0.0"	165	Sep 22, 1910	Reading, PA, US

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