1940 Newark Bears

1940 > Class AA > 1940 International League
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Affiliation: New York Yankees-AL
Manager: Johnny Neun
Represented: Newark, NJ
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	George Barley	25	30	57	10	2	0	0	.175	.211	12
2	Harry Bassin*	24	5	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
3	Marcus Beddingfield	25	10	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
4	Russell Bergmann	23	15	41	13	1	0	0	.317	.341	14
5	Buddy Blair*	29	88	298	88	12	3	4	.295	.396	118
6	Hank Borowy	24	32	57	11	2	0	0	.193	.228	13
7	Norm Branch	25	36	76	18	3	0	0	.237	.276	21
8	Tommy Byrne*	20	16	24	5	0	0	0	.208	.208	5
9	Eddie Carnett*	23	5	4	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	1
10	Mike Chartak*	24	141	440	124	23	11	20	.282	.520	229
11	Fred Frankhouse	36	20	4	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	1
12	Al Gettel	22	34	30	5	1	0	0	.167	.200	6
13	Jack Graham*	23	13	37	6	0	0	1	.162	.243	9
14	Sig Gryska	25	11	31	6	1	0	0	.194	.226	7
15	Randy Gumpert	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
16	Tommy Holmes*	23	162	665	211	33	7	7	.317	.420	279
17	Johnny Johnson*	25	35	30	8	2	0	0	.267	.333	10
18	Alex Kampouris	27	147	554	151	24	4	36	.273	.525	291
19	Ed Levy	23	137	536	154	26	4	20	.287	.463	248
20	Hank Majeski	23	105	375	121	15	4	17	.323	.520	195
21	Bud Metheny*	25	151	543	167	27	6	13	.308	.451	245
22	Buster Mills	31	11	41	9	1	0	1	.220	.317	13
23	Red Nonnenkamp*	28	55	143	40	9	1	4	.280	.441	63
24	Tom Padden	31	124	361	84	11	1	9	.233	.343	124
25	Steve Peek#	25	36	51	7	2	0	0	.137	.176	9
26	Tommy Reis	25	16	28	4	0	0	0	.143	.143	4
27	George Scharein	25	134	448	110	11	3	0	.246	.283	127
28	Ken Sears*	22	40	104	37	8	0	5	.356	.577	60
29	Jim Shilling	26	27	94	20	3	0	3	.213	.340	32
30	Snuffy Stirnweiss	21	4	14	6	2	1	0	.429	.714	10
31	Joe Vance	34	5	11	4	0	0	0	.364	.364	4
32	Dallas Warren*	31	66	151	20	5	0	0	.132	.166	25	Stats for 2 teams
33	George Washburn*	25	73	128	34	7	0	1	.266	.344	44
34	Herb White	23	6	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
	34 Players	25.4

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	George Barley	25	15	9	.625	4.43	27	26	185.0	196	105	91	47	1.314	9.5	2.3
2	Marcus Beddingfield	25	0	0		5.21	10	1	19.0	15	13	11	15	1.579	7.1	7.1
3	Hank Borowy	24	12	10	.545	3.71	29	26	182.0	168	85	75	68	1.297	8.3	3.4
4	Norm Branch	25	15	9	.625	3.09	30	22	175.0	162	68	60	62	1.280	8.3	3.2
5	Tommy Byrne*	20	2	5	.286	4.70	16	8	69.0	69	44	36	39	1.565	9.0	5.1
6	Eddie Carnett*	23	1	1	.500	10.29	4		7.0	9	8	8	4	1.857	11.6	5.1
7	Fred Frankhouse	36	3	0	1.000	2.88	20	0	25.0	27	9	8	12	1.560	9.7	4.3
8	Al Gettel	22	3	3	.500	3.43	34	4	97.0	79	44	37	41	1.237	7.3	3.8
9	Randy Gumpert	22	0	0		0.00	1		3.0	5	3	0	1	2.000	15.0	3.0
10	Johnny Johnson*	25	7	6	.538	3.93	35	10	103.0	103	48	45	47	1.456	9.0	4.1
11	Steve Peek	25	14	4	.778	2.69	36	16	144.0	126	52	43	65	1.326	7.9	4.1
12	Tommy Reis	25	4	9	.308	4.14	15	13	87.0	83	49	40	37	1.379	8.6	3.8
13	Joe Vance	34	1	1	.500		4		28.0	29			9	1.357	9.3	2.9
14	George Washburn	25	18	8	.692	3.13	35	32	233.0	197	108	81	111	1.322	7.6	4.3
	14 Players	24.9

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Tom Padden	121	579	53	9	.986	5.22
Dallas Warren	63	227	30	2	.992	4.08	Stats for 2 teams
Ken Sears	28	118	13	5	.963	4.68

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Ed Levy	135		1192	71	17		.987	9.36

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Alex Kampouris	147		321	418	28		.963	5.03
Jim Shilling	15		40	44	0		1.000	5.60

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Hank Majeski	94		91	154	13		.950	2.61
Buddy Blair	70		63	125	19		.908	2.69

SS

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
George Scharein	132	234	381	29	.955	4.66
Russell Bergmann	14	19	39	3	.951	4.14
Sig Gryska	11	15	26	4	.911	3.73

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Tommy Holmes	162	360	15	6	.984	2.31
Bud Metheny	145	230	13	9	.964	1.68
Mike Chartak	112	186	10	6	.970	1.75
Red Nonnenkamp	40	59	2	1	.984	1.53
Buster Mills	11	30	1	0	1.000	2.82
Jack Graham	10	14	1	1	.938	1.50

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Steve Peek	36							0.00
Johnny Johnson	35							0.00
George Washburn	35							0.00
Al Gettel	34							0.00
Norm Branch	30							0.00
Hank Borowy	29							0.00
George Barley	27							0.00
Fred Frankhouse	20							0.00
Tommy Byrne	16							0.00
Tommy Reis	15							0.00
Marcus Beddingfield	10							0.00
Eddie Carnett	4							0.00
Joe Vance	4							0.00
Randy Gumpert	1							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
George Barley	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	178	Nov 30, 1914	Lynbrook, NY, US
Harry Bassin	24	L		6' 1.0"	175	1916
Marcus Beddingfield	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	174	May 9, 1915	Meridian, MS, US
Russell Bergmann	23	R		5' 10.0"	178	1917
Buddy Blair	29	L	R	6' 0.0"	186	Sep 10, 1910	Columbia, MS, US
Hank Borowy	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	May 12, 1916	Bloomfield, NJ, US
Norm Branch	25	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	Mar 22, 1915	Spokane, WA, US
Tommy Byrne	20	L	L	6' 1.0"	182	Dec 31, 1919	Baltimore, MD, US
Eddie Carnett	23	L	L	6' 0.0"	185	Oct 21, 1916	Springfield, MO, US
Mike Chartak	24	L	L	6' 2.0"	180	Apr 28, 1916	Brooklyn, NY, US
Fred Frankhouse	36	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Apr 9, 1904	Port Royal, PA, US
Al Gettel	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	Sep 17, 1917	Norfolk, VA, US
Jack Graham	23	L	L	6' 2.0"	200	Dec 24, 1916	Minneapolis, MN, US
Sig Gryska	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	173	Nov 4, 1914	Chicago, IL, US
Randy Gumpert	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	185	Jan 23, 1918	Monocacy, PA, US
Tommy Holmes	23	L	L	5' 10.0"	180	Mar 29, 1917	Brooklyn, NY, US
Johnny Johnson	25	L	L	6' 0.0"	182	Sep 29, 1914	Belmore, OH, US
Alex Kampouris	27	R	R	5' 8.0"	155	Nov 13, 1912	Sacramento, CA, US
Ed Levy	23	R	R	6' 5.0"	190	Oct 28, 1916	Birmingham, AL, US
Hank Majeski	23	R	R	5' 9.0"	174	Dec 13, 1916	Staten Island, NY, US
Bud Metheny	25	L	L	5' 11.0"	190	Jun 1, 1915	St. Louis, MO, US
Buster Mills	31	R	R	5' 11.0"	195	Sep 16, 1908	Ranger, TX, US
Red Nonnenkamp	28	L	L	5' 11.0"	165	Jul 7, 1911	St. Louis, MO, US
Tom Padden	31	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Oct 6, 1908	Manchester, NH, US
Steve Peek	25	S	R	6' 2.0"	195	Jul 30, 1914	Springfield, MA, US
Tommy Reis	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Aug 6, 1914	Newport, KY, US
George Scharein	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	174	Nov 21, 1914	Decatur, IL, US
Ken Sears	22	L	R	6' 1.0"	200	Jul 6, 1917	Streator, IL, US
Jim Shilling	26	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	May 14, 1914	Tulsa, OK, US
Snuffy Stirnweiss	21	R	R	5' 8.0"	175	Oct 26, 1918	New York, NY, US
Joe Vance	34	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Sep 16, 1905	Devine, TX, US
Dallas Warren	31	L		6' 0.0"	178	Dec 24, 1908	Agra, OK, US
George Washburn	25	L	R	6' 1.0"	175	Oct 6, 1914	Solon, ME, US
Herb White	23	R	R	5' 9.0"	178	1917

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