1940 Hutchinson Pirates

1940 > Class C > 1940 Western Association
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates-NL
Manager: Jimmy Jordan
Represented: Hutchinson, KS
Ballpark: Carey Municipal Park (Hutchinson, KS)
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	Buzz Arlitt*	28	72	273	81	16	4	8	.297	.473	129
2	Eddie Barnett	18	73	266	54	8	3	11	.203	.380	101
3	Harvey Beaster*	20	137	546	169	39	9	8	.310	.458	250
4	George Byrd#	21	27	59	18	2	1	0	.305	.373	22
5	Elmer Caffrey*	19	101	399	117	19	9	1	.293	.393	157
6	Pete Castiglione	19	64	248	68	11	4	0	.274	.351	87
7	Al Christy	22	23	66	16	3	2	0	.242	.348	23
8	Cot Deal#	17	137	523	163	37	7	3	.312	.426	223
9	Roy Deal	20	32	58	12	4	0	0	.207	.276	16	Stats for 2 teams
10	William Ford	24	36	148	39	4	1	4	.264	.385	57
11	Jack French	20	52	190	52	9	3	1	.274	.368	70
12	Kenneth Holley?	--	22	77	23	3	3	0	.299	.416	32
13	Jimmy Jordan	32	64	266	96	22	1	0	.361	.451	120
14	Leonard Karjalain	28	10	15	5	0	0	0	.333	.333	5	Stats for 2 teams
15	Irvin Knoblauch	25	32	110	24	5	0	0	.218	.264	29
16	Tom Lally	21	15	23	1	0	0	0	.043	.043	1
17	Ollie Martin?	--	22	39	4	0	1	0	.103	.154	6
18	Joseph Narieka	20	17	31	6	2	0	0	.194	.258	8
19	John Pavlich	24	40	106	34	7	2	3	.321	.509	54
20	James Skidgel	19	48	121	30	4	0	1	.248	.306	37
21	Leon Skidgel*	21	65	170	44	7	2	5	.259	.412	70	Stats for 3 teams
22	Walter Strosser*	21	70	244	64	13	4	1	.262	.361	88
23	Eddie Turchin	23	10	37	5	0	1	0	.135	.189	7
24	Howard Wagenhurst	20	40	98	9	0	0	0	.092	.092	9
25	Edward Yarmul	23	119	442	138	29	8	5	.312	.448	198
26	Abel Zabulliga?	--	16	47	13	0	1	0	.277	.319	15	Stats for 2 teams
27	Stanley Zetusky	22	41	102	17	3	0	0	.167	.196	20
	27 Players	21.4

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	IP	H	R	ER	BB	WHIP	H/9	BB/9
1	George Byrd	21	7	13	.350	6.64	23	141.0	197	132	104	58	1.809	12.6	3.7
2	Al Christy	22	5	5	.500	5.38	18	107.0	181	75	64	64	2.290	15.2	5.4
3	Roy Deal	20	6	11	.353	6.10	29	143.0	169	127	97	107	1.930	10.6	6.7	Stats for 2 teams
4	Tom Lally	21	0	8	.000	9.00	15	64.0	82	94	64	91	2.703	11.5	12.8
5	Ollie Martin?	--	2	2	.500	4.79	14	47.0	49	42	25	41	1.915	9.4	7.9
6	Joseph Narieka	20	3	10	.231	7.46	17	82.0	119	92	68	68	2.280	13.1	7.5
7	Cliff Roberson	24	3	5	.375	6.70	9	47.0	66	44	35	30	2.043	12.6	5.7	Stats for 2 teams
8	Leon Skidgel*	21	1	6	.143	6.23	11	52.0	64	55	36	55	2.288	11.1	9.5	Stats for 3 teams
9	Howard Wagenhurst	20	12	16	.429	3.84	40	258.0	260	150	110	123	1.484	9.1	4.3
10	Stanley Zetusky	22	16	14	.533	5.66	40	248.0	300	189	156	160	1.855	10.9	5.8
	10 Players	21.0

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Edward Yarmul	75	374	83	19	.960	6.09
James Skidgel	48	151	21	3	.983	3.58
John Pavlich	29	175	26	6	.971	6.93

1B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Buzz Arlitt	71	576	35	14	.978	8.61
William Ford	25	201	5	7	.967	8.24
Abel Zabulliga	16	98	5	5	.954	6.44	Stats for 2 teams

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Eddie Barnett	72		193	180	10		.974	5.18
Jimmy Jordan	64		175	166	9		.974	5.33

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Pete Castiglione	64		64	91	17		.901	2.42
Kenneth Holley	16		19	29	8		.857	3.00

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Elmer Caffrey	96		154	295	35		.928	4.68
Irvin Knoblauch	32		65	85	14		.915	4.69

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Harvey Beaster	135	278	18	20	.937	2.19
Cot Deal	95	141	8	16	.903	1.57
Walter Strosser	70	133	6	9	.939	1.99
Jack French	52	120	5	10	.926	2.40
Leon Skidgel	29	36	0	3	.923	1.24	Stats for 3 teams

P

	G
Howard Wagenhurst	40
Stanley Zetusky	40
Roy Deal	29	Stats for 2 teams
George Byrd	23
Al Christy	18
Joseph Narieka	17
Tom Lally	15
Ollie Martin	14
Cliff Roberson	9	Stats for 2 teams

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Buzz Arlitt	28	L		6' 6.0"	230	Apr 17, 1912
Eddie Barnett	18	R		5' 10.0"	165	May 21, 1922
Harvey Beaster	20	L		5' 10.0"	165	1920
Ralph Bollinger	--					Unknown
George Byrd	21	S	R	6' 0.0"	170	Apr 27, 1919	AZ, US
Elmer Caffrey	19	L		5' 7.0"	150	1921
Pete Castiglione	19	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Feb 13, 1921	Greenwich, CT, US
Al Christy	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	180	1918
Ed Cox	--					Unknown
Bill Davis	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	172	1915
Cot Deal	17	S	R	5' 10.0"	185	Jan 23, 1923	Arapaho, OK, US
Roy Deal	20	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Oct 10, 1919	Hammon, OK, US
William Ford	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Oct 14, 1915	Buena Vista, PA, US
Jack French	20	R		6' 1.0"	175	1920
Kenneth Holley	--					Unknown
Jimmy Jordan	32	R	R	5' 9.0"	157	Jan 13, 1908	Tucapau, SC, US
Leonard Karjalain	28	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Jun 6, 1912
Irvin Knoblauch	25	R		5' 7.0"	150	Mar 25, 1915
Tom Lally	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	1919
Jack Lange	20	R		5' 8.0"	150	1920
Ollie Martin	--					Unknown
Kenneth Myers	19	L	R	5' 10.0"	190	Aug 26, 1920	Los Angeles, CA, US
Joseph Narieka	20	R	R	5' 10.0"	182	1920
Martin Obenour	--					Unknown
John Pavlich	24	R		6' 2.0"	190	1916
Cliff Roberson	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	183	Mar 15, 1916	St. Joseph, TN, US
Andrew Rose	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	1918
George Ryan	--					Unknown
Guy Segatti	--					Unknown
George Semrad	--					Unknown
James Skidgel	19	R		6' 0.0"	160	Jan 30, 1921
Leon Skidgel	21	L	L	5' 10.0"	180	1919
Walter Strosser	21	L		5' 11.0"	190	1919
Eddie Turchin	23	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Feb 10, 1917	New York, NY, US
Howard Wagenhurst	20	R	R	6' 5.0"	183	Oct 14, 1919	Kutztown, PA, US
Don Wisseman	20		L			Mar 16, 1920	New York, NY, US
Edward Yarmul	23	R		5' 11.0"	190	Aug 24, 1916	Oakdale, PA, US
Abel Zabulliga	--					Unknown
Stanley Zetusky	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Nov 25, 1917

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