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1940 Little Rock Travelers

1940 > Class A-1 > 1940 Southern Association
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: Boston Red Sox-AL
Manager: Duke Brett
Represented: Little Rock, AR
Ballpark: Ray Winder Field (Little Rock, AR)
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	Joseph Benning*	30	24	72	17	4	1	1	.236	.361	26
2	Earle Bolyard	28	145	536	143	21	21	6	.267	.418	224	Stats for 2 teams
3	Al Brazle*	26	31	61	17	2	2	0	.279	.377	23
4	El Breese	29	58	165	39	7	2	1	.236	.321	53
5	Willie Duke*	30	151	573	207	39	6	8	.361	.492	282
6	Joe Dwyer*	37	46	192	67	13	7	0	.349	.490	94
7	Charles Fallon	25	100	307	79	10	2	10	.257	.401	123	Stats for 2 teams
8	Charles Harris	25	34	56	11	1	0	0	.196	.214	12
9	Tommy Irwin	27	137	464	119	21	5	1	.256	.330	153
10	Bill Kats	25	55	198	49	2	2	0	.247	.278	55
11	Bob Katz	29	41	80	15	3	0	0	.188	.225	18
12	Lew Krausse	28	22	44	7	2	1	0	.159	.250	11
13	Bill LeFebvre*	24	32	63	15	3	1	1	.238	.365	23
14	Tony Lupien*	23	151	570	175	28	12	6	.307	.430	245
15	Jim Prendergast*	22	43	80	12	2	1	0	.150	.200	16
16	Thomas Reed	23	40	147	42	7	1	2	.286	.388	57
17	Tony Rensa	38	95	255	66	10	2	0	.259	.314	80
18	Lee Rogers	26	35	61	15	1	0	0	.246	.262	16	Stats for 2 teams
19	Roy Schalk	31	137	547	170	34	8	3	.311	.419	229
20	Joseph Shaffer	26	22	30	5	0	0	0	.167	.167	5
21	Harold Sieling	24	125	484	138	18	10	1	.285	.370	179
22	Al Signaigo*	21	22	49	13	3	3	0	.265	.449	22
23	Jim Tyack*	29	58	186	57	7	8	5	.306	.511	95
24	Marvin Ulrich	27	11	18	6	0	1	0	.333	.444	8
25	Fred Walters	27	87	268	83	15	7	5	.310	.474	127
26	Eddie Yount	24	102	389	107	19	6	3	.275	.378	147
	26 Players	27.4

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	Al Brazle*	26	6	10	.375	4.70	31	15	134.0	143	84	70	55	1.478	9.6	3.7
2	Charles Harris	25	7	14	.333	5.35	34	22	170.0	190	114	101	95	1.676	10.1	5.0
3	Bob Katz	29	10	13	.435	4.56	41	26	219.0	248	144	111	113	1.648	10.2	4.6
4	Lew Krausse	28	5	9	.357	4.58	21	14	116.0	158	71	59	27	1.595	12.3	2.1
5	Bill LeFebvre*	24	6	13	.316	3.62	26	21	159.0	170	75	64	46	1.358	9.6	2.6
6	Jim Prendergast*	22	11	18	.379	4.44	42	26	221.0	240	125	109	71	1.407	9.8	2.9
7	Lee Rogers*	26	8	8	.500	5.91	33	23	169.0	198	114	111	81	1.651	10.5	4.3	Stats for 2 teams
8	Joseph Shaffer	26	6	3	.667	4.27	21	7	78.0	90	40	37	28	1.513	10.4	3.2
9	Marvin Ulrich	27	2	4	.333	6.43	11	5	49.0	66	42	35	25	1.857	12.1	4.6
	9 Players	25.7

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Charles Fallon	84	303	43	11	.969	4.12	Stats for 2 teams
Tony Rensa	76	270	56	6	.982	4.29
Fred Walters	62	241	32	10	.965	4.40

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Tony Lupien	151		1350	115	18		.988	9.70

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Roy Schalk	136		395	430	33		.962	6.07

3B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Tommy Irwin	87	87	162	20	.926	2.86
Thomas Reed	39	31	71	14	.879	2.62
Joseph Benning	21	20	51	4	.947	3.38

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Harold Sieling	109		197	367	27		.954	5.17

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Willie Duke	151	241	11	17	.937	1.67
Earle Bolyard	144	395	12	14	.967	2.83	Stats for 2 teams
Eddie Yount	102	237	10	5	.980	2.42
Bill Kats	55	124	6	8	.942	2.36
Jim Tyack	51	106	6	6	.949	2.20
Joe Dwyer	46	73	7	1	.988	1.74
El Breese	29	70	1	3	.959	2.45
Al Signaigo	12	23	0	1	.958	1.92

P

	G
Jim Prendergast	42
Bob Katz	41
Charles Harris	34
Lee Rogers	33	Stats for 2 teams
Al Brazle	31
Bill LeFebvre	26
Lew Krausse	21
Joseph Shaffer	21
Marvin Ulrich	11

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Jack Baer	25	R		5' 8.0"	180	1915
Joseph Benning	30	L		5' 9.0"	168	Jun 25, 1910
Earle Bolyard	28	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Mar 24, 1912	Fort Wayne, IN, US
Al Brazle	26	L	L	6' 2.0"	185	Oct 19, 1913	Loyal, OK, US
El Breese	29	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Oct 22, 1910	Creston, IA, US
Duke Brett	40	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	May 23, 1900	Lawrenceville, VA, US
Willie Duke	30	L		5' 11.0"	185	Jul 5, 1909
Joe Dwyer	37	L	L	5' 9.0"	186	Mar 27, 1903	Orange, NJ, US
Charles Fallon	25	R		6' 0.0"	165	Oct 16, 1914
Bernard Ferraioli	23	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Sep 5, 1916
Dale Gentil	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	185	Jul 25, 1918	Mount Vernon, IN, US
Charles Harris	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	1915
Tommy Irwin	27	R	R	5' 11.0"	165	Dec 20, 1912	Altoona, PA, US
Kirby Jordan	23	L		6' 1.0"	170	1917
Bill Kats	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Feb 18, 1915	Pocatello, ID, US
Bob Katz	29	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	Jan 30, 1911	Lancaster, PA, US
Lew Krausse	28	R	R	6' 0.0"	167	Jun 8, 1912	Media, PA, US
Bill LeFebvre	24	L	L	5' 11.0"	180	Nov 11, 1915	Natick, RI, US
Tony Lupien	23	L	L	5' 10.0"	185	Apr 23, 1917	Chelmsford, MA, US
Jim Prendergast	22	L	L	6' 1.0"	208	Aug 23, 1917	Brooklyn, NY, US
Thomas Reed	23	R		6' 0.0"	186	1917
Tony Rensa	38	R	R	5' 10.0"	180	Sep 29, 1901	Parsons, PA, US
Lee Rogers	26	R	L	5' 11.0"	170	Oct 8, 1913	Tuscaloosa, AL, US
Bill Sayles	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	175	Jul 27, 1917	Portland, OR, US
Roy Schalk	31	R	R	5' 10.0"	168	Nov 9, 1908	Chicago, IL, US
Joseph Shaffer	26	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Oct 25, 1913
Harold Sieling	24	R		5' 8.0"	173	Jun 2, 1916
Al Signaigo	21	L	R	5' 11.0"	170	Sep 24, 1918	Memphis, TN, US
Tom Simmons	26	S	R	6' 2.0"	192	1914	Camden, IN, US
Jim Tyack	29	L	R	6' 2.0"	195	Jan 9, 1911	Florence, MT, US
Marvin Ulrich	27	R	R	6' 2.0"	175	1913
Franklin Wagner	29	S	R	6' 2.0"	160	1911
Fred Walters	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	210	Sep 4, 1912	Laurel, MS, US
Eddie Yount	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Dec 19, 1915	Newton, NC, US

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