1940 Bassett Furnituremakers

1940 > Class D > 1940 Bi-State League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers-NL
Manager: Einar Sorensen
Represented: Bassett, VA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1939

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	Robert Brossart	20	107	413	117	27	3	15	.283	.472	195
2	Jack Byers	24	63	219	66	10	0	3	.301	.388	85
3	Ollie Byers	23	29	72	14	4	0	0	.194	.250	18
4	Noel Casbier	23	105	423	128	20	3	13	.303	.456	193
5	John Hodgson?	--	68	280	78	11	2	4	.279	.375	105
6	Andrew Jones?	--	19	30	4	0	0	0	.133	.133	4	Stats for 2 teams
7	Len Kensecki*	21	119	469	151	31	8	7	.322	.467	219
8	William Kolkmeyer	18	32	66	6	1	0	0	.091	.106	7
9	Clifford Meierhoefer*	21	34	151	44	9	3	6	.291	.510	77
10	John Mize	20	23	89	19	3	2	0	.213	.292	26
11	John Pankovich	22	84	289	74	11	0	9	.256	.388	112	Stats for 3 teams
12	Roy Peeler*	17	54	112	31	1	1	5	.277	.438	49
13	Tower Robertson?	--	78	282	78	9	5	3	.277	.376	106
14	Ray Shore	19	25	82	19	4	0	0	.232	.280	23	Stats for 2 teams
15	Einar Sorensen	26	95	385	128	23	5	4	.332	.449	173
16	Charles Timm	25	31	68	12	1	0	0	.176	.191	13
17	Clyde Vollmer	18	119	473	173	45	3	21	.366	.607	287
18	Charles Wanny*	27	101	380	106	18	4	3	.279	.371	141
19	Walter Ward	20	10	16	3	0	0	0	.188	.188	3
20	Flory Wojcik?	--	27	72	19	3	1	1	.264	.375	27
	20 Players	22.0

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	Ollie Byers	23	12	7	.632	4.62	27	183.0	219	119	94	51	1.475	10.8	2.5
2	Andrew Jones?	--	4	6	.400	6.19	19	80.0	107	68	55	50	1.962	12.0	5.6	Stats for 2 teams
3	William Kolkmeyer	18	13	4	.765	3.00	31	165.0	150	65	55	89	1.448	8.2	4.9
4	Roy Peeler*	17	17	5	.773	3.23	31	209.0	207	98	75	57	1.263	8.9	2.5
5	Charles Timm	25	11	9	.550	4.72	31	183.0	248	113	96	30	1.519	12.2	1.5
6	Flory Wojcik?	--	17	7	.708	2.95	26	183.0	161	71	60	54	1.175	7.9	2.7
	6 Players	20.7

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
John Pankovich	80	417	42	8	.983	5.74	Stats for 3 teams
Jack Byers	59	270	28	14	.955	5.05
Ray Shore	20	71	10	7	.920	4.05	Stats for 2 teams
John Mize	15	76	6	0	1.000	5.47

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Len Kensecki	118		1119	67	14		.988	10.05

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Einar Sorensen	95		231	292	16		.970	5.51

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Robert Brossart	107		124	274	42		.905	3.72

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Noel Casbier	103		203	292	50		.908	4.81

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Clyde Vollmer	119	204	21	7	.970	1.89
Charles Wanny	100	228	11	6	.976	2.39
John Hodgson	68	109	5	8	.934	1.68
Clifford Meierhoefer	33	64	3	0	1.000	2.03
Tower Robertson	22	31	4	0	1.000	1.59

P

	G
William Kolkmeyer	31
Roy Peeler	31
Charles Timm	31
Ollie Byers	27
Flory Wojcik	26
Andrew Jones	19	Stats for 2 teams

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Walter Bass	20	R	R	6' 3.0"	175	1920
Robert Brossart	20	R		6' 1.0"	175	1920
Jack Byers	24	R		6' 2.0"	192	1916
Ollie Byers	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Oct 24, 1916
Noel Casbier	23	R		5' 10.0"	170	1917
Joseph Grzelak	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	1918
George Guss	20	R		5' 11.0"	165	1920
John Hodgson	--					Unknown
Andrew Jones	--					Unknown
Len Kensecki	21	L	L	5' 11.0"	172	Oct 7, 1918
William Kolkmeyer	18	R	R	6' 4.0"	190	1922
Richard Martin	--					Unknown
Paul McGhee	--					Unknown
Clifford Meierhoefer	21	L		5' 11.0"	170	1919
John Mize	20	R		5' 11.0"	172	1920
John Pankovich	22	R		6' 0.0"	189	1918
Roy Peeler	17	L	L	5' 11.0"	169	1923
Tower Robertson	--					Unknown
Germain Shields	--					Unknown
Ray Shore	19	R	R	6' 3.0"	210	Jun 9, 1921	Cincinnati, OH, US
Einar Sorensen	26	R	R	5' 10.0"	155	Feb 4, 1914	San Francisco, CA, US
Charles Timm	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Jan 12, 1915	Ithaca, NE, US
Clyde Vollmer	18	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Sep 24, 1921	Cincinnati, OH, US
Charles Wanny	27	L		5' 8.0"	155	1913
Walter Ward	20	R	R	5' 11.0"	165	1920
Flory Wojcik	--					Unknown

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