1940 Beaumont Exporters

1940 > Class A-1 > 1940 Texas League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: Detroit Tigers-AL
Manager: Al Vincent
Represented: Beaumont, TX
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	Rex Carr	24	11	28	8	1	0	0	.286	.321	9
2	Steve Carter*	22	118	377	101	16	1	0	.268	.316	119
3	Dick Conger	19	30	38	6	1	0	0	.158	.184	7
4	Joe Erautt	18	3	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
5	Moe Franklin	26	146	538	156	30	6	5	.290	.396	213
6	Charlie Fuchs#	26	48	82	15	1	1	0	.183	.220	18	Stats for 2 teams
7	Clarence Gann	21	5	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
8	Robert Hardy*	23	43	45	13	2	1	0	.289	.378	17
9	Ned Harris*	23	161	603	188	28	12	3	.312	.413	249
10	Gordie Hinkle	35	70	175	30	3	1	1	.171	.217	38
11	Hal Hirshon	24	8	24	5	0	1	0	.208	.292	7
12	Richard Korte	22	138	494	134	16	4	1	.271	.326	161
13	Art Lilly*	24	62	177	33	2	0	0	.186	.198	35
14	Hal Manders	23	36	80	22	4	0	0	.275	.325	26
15	Scat Metha	26	26	91	17	1	1	0	.187	.220	20
16	Les Mueller	21	48	88	17	5	0	0	.193	.250	22
17	Dixie Parsons	24	117	401	106	19	1	19	.264	.459	184
18	Bob Patrick	22	135	446	120	23	4	7	.269	.386	172
19	Boyd Perry	26	134	437	101	18	2	2	.231	.295	129
20	Frank Secory	27	120	394	100	20	4	11	.254	.409	161
21	Clay Smith	25	23	49	10	3	0	0	.204	.265	13
22	George Sturdivant	25	163	566	154	28	4	10	.272	.389	220
23	Bud Thomas	29	34	79	13	1	0	0	.165	.177	14
24	Virgil Trucks	23	34	63	12	2	1	0	.190	.254	16
25	Al Vincent	33	37	101	24	3	1	0	.238	.287	29
26	Joseph Wessing	22	3	8	2	0	0	0	.250	.250	2
	26 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	Dick Conger	19	8	10	.444	4.28	30	120.0	135	79	57	57	1.600	10.1	4.3
2	Charlie Fuchs	26	19	13	.594	3.50	48	257.0	239	120	100	105	1.339	8.4	3.7	Stats for 2 teams
3	Clarence Gann	21	0	0		7.00	5	9.0	12	7	7	5	1.889	12.0	5.0
4	Bob Gillespie	20	0	0			2	1.0	2			2	4.000	18.0	18.0
5	Robert Hardy*	23	7	7	.500	1.89	42	148.0	112	48	31	52	1.108	6.8	3.2
6	Hal Manders	23	11	13	.458	3.52	36	212.0	200	97	83	69	1.269	8.5	2.9
7	Frank Masters?	--	0	0			2	1.0	0			4	4.000	0.0	36.0
8	Les Mueller	21	18	11	.621	2.81	48	263.0	209	97	82	110	1.213	7.2	3.8
9	Clay Smith	25	12	5	.706	2.31	23	148.0	120	48	38	40	1.081	7.3	2.4
10	Bud Thomas	29	14	12	.538	1.97	33	219.0	214	68	48	44	1.178	8.8	1.8
11	Virgil Trucks	23	12	11	.522	3.50	33	203.0	170	92	79	92	1.291	7.5	4.1
	11 Players	23.5

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
Dixie Parsons	108		513	91	13		.979	5.59
Gordie Hinkle	60		254	26	11		.962	4.67

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
George Sturdivant	163		1491	83	22		.986	9.66

2B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Richard Korte	97	210	233	22	.953	4.57
Art Lilly	48	120	104	5	.978	4.67
Al Vincent	19	41	36	3	.963	4.05
Scat Metha	16	46	57	1	.990	6.44

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Moe Franklin	145		150	286	27		.942	3.01

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Boyd Perry	125		225	388	33		.949	4.90

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Ned Harris	158	274	20	14	.955	1.86
Frank Secory	114	229	7	5	.979	2.07
Bob Patrick	110	249	8	6	.977	2.34
Steve Carter	108	179	4	8	.958	1.69

P

	G
Charlie Fuchs	48	Stats for 2 teams
Les Mueller	48
Robert Hardy	42
Hal Manders	36
Bud Thomas	33
Virgil Trucks	33
Dick Conger	30
Clay Smith	23
Clarence Gann	5
Bob Gillespie	2
Frank Masters	2

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Rex Carr	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	215	Nov 30, 1915	Lexington, KY, US
Steve Carter	22	L		5' 11.0"	160	1918
Dick Conger	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Apr 3, 1921	Los Angeles, CA, US
Joe Erautt	18	R	R	5' 9.0"	175	Sep 1, 1921	Vibank, SK, CA
Moe Franklin	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Apr 1, 1914	Chicago, IL, US
Charlie Fuchs	26	S	R	5' 8.0"	168	Nov 18, 1913	Union City, NJ, US
Clarence Gann	21	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	May 8, 1919	Birmingham, AL, US
Bob Gillespie	20	R	R	6' 4.0"	187	Oct 8, 1919	Columbus, OH, US
Robert Hardy	23	L	L	6' 3.0"	180	Apr 25, 1917	Ashland, OR, US
Ned Harris	23	L	L	5' 11.0"	175	Jul 9, 1916	Ames, IA, US
Gordie Hinkle	35	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Apr 3, 1905	Toronto, OH, US
Hal Hirshon	24	R		6' 0.0"	192	Jan 11, 1916	New York, NY, US
Richard Korte	22	R		5' 11.0"	170	1918
Art Lilly	24	L	R	5' 11.0"	165	Mar 18, 1916	Los Angeles, CA, US
Hal Manders	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	187	Jun 14, 1917	Waukee, IA, US
Frank Masters	--					Unknown
Scat Metha	26	R	R	5' 11.0"	165	Dec 13, 1913	Los Angeles, CA, US
Les Mueller	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	190	Mar 4, 1919	Belleville, IL, US
Dixie Parsons	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	May 12, 1916	Talladega, AL, US
Bob Patrick	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Oct 27, 1917	Fort Smith, AR, US
Boyd Perry	26	R	R	5' 10.0"	158	Mar 21, 1914	Snow Camp, NC, US
Frank Secory	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	Aug 24, 1912	Mason City, IA, US
Clay Smith	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Sep 11, 1914	Cambridge, KS, US
George Sturdivant	25	R		6' 2.0"	180	Aug 11, 1914	DeLoon, TX, US
Bud Thomas	29	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Sep 9, 1910	Faber, VA, US
Virgil Trucks	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	198	Apr 26, 1917	Birmingham, AL, US
Al Vincent	33	R	R	5' 9.0"	170	Dec 23, 1906	Birmingham, AL, US
Joseph Wessing	22	R		5' 10.0"	165	Jun 14, 1918

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