1940 Norfolk Yankees

1940 > Class D > 1940 Western League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: New York Yankees-AL
Manager: Doc Bennett
Represented: Norfolk, NE
Ballpark: Athletic Park (Norfolk, NE)
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	William Baker*	22	113	477	152	23	4	2	.319	.396	189
2	Frank Bocek	20	111	420	118	19	8	6	.281	.407	171
3	Floyd Bond*	25	60	222	60	5	6	3	.270	.387	86
4	Russell Burns	22	113	437	144	25	13	17	.330	.563	246
5	William Davis	24	27	71	12	1	0	0	.169	.183	13
6	Robert Duby	19	111	477	154	20	4	5	.323	.413	197
7	George Gretak	20	38	92	19	5	0	0	.207	.261	24
8	Bud Heslet	20	103	369	106	20	8	9	.287	.458	169
9	Robert Hinton?	--	12	20	5	0	0	0	.250	.250	5
10	Max Hittle	18	10	21	5	1	0	0	.238	.286	6
11	Carl Hower	21	15	58	21	3	0	0	.362	.414	24
12	Donald Kuecker?	22	10	21	6	0	1	0	.286	.381	8
13	Harold Loewe	18	109	419	100	17	4	3	.239	.320	134
14	Ollie Martin?	--	20	51	13	3	0	0	.255	.314	16
15	Jim Nation*	22	23	40	4	1	0	1	.100	.200	8
16	Mike Portner	21	101	389	123	20	8	5	.316	.447	174
17	Ralph Rosengarten	19	18	40	8	4	0	0	.200	.300	12
18	Fred Schenk*	22	113	455	139	15	12	9	.305	.451	205
19	Kent Sterling	20	28	66	13	2	3	0	.197	.318	21
20	Fred Whalen	22	16	45	8	1	0	1	.178	.267	12
	20 Players	20.8

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	William Davis	24	15	8	.652	2.41	27	198.0	187	77	53	58	1.237	8.5	2.6
2	Robert Hinton?	--	2	4	.333	1.80	12	60.0	59	29	12	23	1.367	8.8	3.4
3	Max Hittle	18	4	3	.571	2.60	10	52.0	54	27	15	25	1.519	9.3	4.3
4	Donald Kuecker*	22	3	2	.600	4.59	7	51.0	73	38	26	23	1.882	12.9	4.1
5	Ollie Martin?	--	9	3	.750	2.49	14	112.0	103	41	31	47	1.339	8.3	3.8
6	Russell Messerly	23	2	0	1.000	3.18	2	17.0	10	6	6	18	1.647	5.3	9.5
7	Jim Nation	22	5	2	.714	3.67	15	76.0	58	39	31	56	1.500	6.9	6.6
8	Ralph Rosengarten	19	7	6	.538	3.23	18	103.0	100	54	37	48	1.437	8.7	4.2
9	Fred Schenk?	22	1	1	.500	2.65	2	17.0	11	6	5	11	1.294	5.8	5.8
10	Kent Sterling*	20	14	6	.700	2.71	28	176.0	158	78	53	92	1.420	8.1	4.7
11	Fred Whalen	22	11	3	.786	1.36	16	126.0	81	31	19	44	0.992	5.8	3.1
	11 Players	21.2

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Bud Heslet	103	620	57	14	.980	6.57
George Gretak	38	120	14	5	.964	3.53
Carl Hower	15	82	4	1	.989	5.73

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Fred Schenk	113		1017	56	31		.972	9.50

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
William Baker	113		260	321	48		.924	5.14

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Mike Portner	101		93	181	25		.916	2.71

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Russell Burns	113	156	9	14	.922	1.46
Frank Bocek	111	193	17	4	.981	1.89
Robert Duby	111	140	8	6	.961	1.33
Floyd Bond	60	71	2	2	.973	1.22

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Kent Sterling	28							0.00
William Davis	27							0.00
Ralph Rosengarten	18							0.00
Fred Whalen	16							0.00
Jim Nation	15							0.00
Ollie Martin	14							0.00
Robert Hinton	12							0.00
Max Hittle	10							0.00
Donald Kuecker	7							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
William Baker	22	L		5' 11.0"	160	1918
Frank Bocek	20	R		5' 11.0"	170	1920
Floyd Bond	25	L		6' 0.0"	175	1915
Russell Burns	22	R		6' 2.0"	200	Jun 17, 1918	Independence, KS, US
William Davis	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	1916
Robert Duby	19	R		5' 8.0"	160	1921
George Gretak	20	R		6' 0.0"	184	1920
Bud Heslet	20	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	Feb 27, 1920	Topeka, KS, US
Robert Hinton	--					Unknown
Max Hittle	18	R	R	5' 11.0"	188	Sep 7, 1921	Louisburg, KS, US
Carl Hower	21	R		5' 11.0"	185	1919
Donald Kuecker	22		L			May 5, 1918
Harold Loewe	18	R		5' 11.0"	170	1922
Ollie Martin	--					Unknown
Russell Messerly	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	197	Jul 11, 1916
Jim Nation	22	L	R	6' 1.0"	178	Jan 7, 1918	Azle, TX, US
Mike Portner	21	R		5' 8.0"	165	Sep 6, 1918
Ralph Rosengarten	19	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	1921
Fred Schenk	22	L		6' 1.0"	175	1918
Kent Sterling	20	R	L	6' 0.0"	180	1920
Fred Whalen	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	1918

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