1940 Moline Plow Boys

1940 > Class B > 1940 Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: Chicago Cubs-NL
Manager: Mike Gazella
Represented: Moline, IL
Ballpark: Browning Field (Moline, IL)
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	Burt Barkelew	23	12	33	3	0	0	0	.091	.091	3
2	Edward Bojak?	24	11	38	7	0	0	1	.184	.263	10
3	Nick Conteas?	23	20	76	15	0	1	0	.197	.224	17
4	Gordon Foth	20	26	86	19	3	1	1	.221	.314	27
5	Jack Hanson	21	37	127	24	0	1	0	.189	.205	26
6	Bob Hargrave*	27	109	386	101	28	4	11	.262	.440	170
7	Harold Hoffmann	26	68	177	41	7	1	1	.232	.299	53
8	Clarence Levandowski	24	119	465	144	15	7	1	.310	.378	176
9	Ralph Locke*	23	34	116	29	5	2	1	.250	.353	41
10	Pierre Loustalet	20	31	103	24	2	0	0	.233	.252	26
11	Rabbit Mallory	20	69	283	87	16	2	2	.307	.399	113
12	Joseph Marek	22	30	70	9	0	0	0	.129	.129	9
13	Gino Marionetti	22	21	80	23	4	2	1	.288	.425	34
14	John Meketi#	24	31	56	4	0	1	0	.071	.107	6
15	Al Montgomery	19	116	417	131	21	10	11	.314	.492	205
16	Raymond Olsen	23	79	283	88	14	10	7	.311	.505	143
17	Whitey Platt	19	99	372	103	20	5	2	.277	.374	139
18	Justin Ray	28	22	41	8	0	0	0	.195	.195	8
19	Walt Ripley	23	19	26	5	0	0	0	.192	.192	5	Stats for 2 teams
20	William Schubel	23	37	94	20	4	0	1	.213	.287	27
21	Pat Stasey*	23	108	430	134	19	14	1	.312	.428	184
22	Andrew Vavrek	23	76	258	62	10	4	1	.240	.322	83
23	Hank Wyse	22	22	38	7	1	0	1	.184	.289	11
	23 Players	22.5

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	Burt Barkelew	23	5	6	.455	4.21	11	77.0	74	44	36	30	1.351	8.6	3.5
2	Joseph Marek	22	12	10	.545	4.12	30	203.0	221	110	93	45	1.310	9.8	2.0
3	John Meketi	24	7	13	.350	5.60	30	159.0	151	128	99	138	1.818	8.5	7.8
4	Justin Ray	28	2	10	.167	6.24	22	124.0	174	109	86	65	1.927	12.6	4.7
5	Walt Ripley	23	2	8	.200	6.59	19	82.0	96	63	60	50	1.780	10.5	5.5	Stats for 2 teams
6	William Schubel	23	9	11	.450	3.75	32	209.0	258	124	87	56	1.502	11.1	2.4
7	Hank Wyse	22	8	7	.533	5.55	22	94.0	118	70	58	42	1.702	11.3	4.0
	7 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
Al Montgomery	97		499	53	18		.968	5.69
Harold Hoffmann	34		138	22	6		.964	4.71

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Ralph Locke	32		276	18	6		.980	9.19
Nick Conteas	20		176	5	5		.973	9.05

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Rabbit Mallory	42		104	116	15		.936	5.24
Gordon Foth	17		46	56	8		.927	6.00

3B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Raymond Olsen	55	62	108	11	.939	3.09
Andrew Vavrek	37	36	88	16	.886	3.35
Gino Marionetti	11	15	17	1	.970	2.91

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Jack Hanson	37		49	122	16		.914	4.62
Pierre Loustalet	24		41	73	10		.919	4.75

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Pat Stasey	107	134	17	8	.950	1.41
Clarence Levandowski	100	207	4	12	.946	2.11
Whitey Platt	97	191	12	12	.944	2.09
Bob Hargrave	51	101	10	9	.925	2.18
Edward Bojak	11	12	1	2	.867	1.18

P

	G
William Schubel	32
Joseph Marek	30
John Meketi	30
Justin Ray	22
Hank Wyse	22
Walt Ripley	19	Stats for 2 teams
Burt Barkelew	11

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Burt Barkelew	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	165	Apr 3, 1917	Los Angeles, CA, US
Edward Bojak	24					Feb 2, 1916
Raymond Borucki	--					Unknown
Henry Bytnar	19	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Jan 2, 1921
Raymond Campbell	20	S	L	6' 1.0"	180	Nov 23, 1919
Milton Carman	--					Unknown
Nick Conteas	23					Jun 14, 1917	Waukegan, IL, US
Gordon Foth	20	R		5' 11.0"	171	1920
Victor Getson	--					Unknown
Jack Hanson	21	R		6' 1.0"	165	Jun 28, 1919	IL, US
Bob Hargrave	27	L		6' 1.0"	170	Jun 8, 1913	Philadelphia, PA, US
Harold Hoffmann	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	210	Oct 15, 1913	Chicago, IL, US
Paul Koske	--					Unknown
Tom Lally	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	1919
Clarence Levandowski	24	R		5' 11.0"	178	1916
Ralph Locke	23	L		5' 11.0"	186	1917
Pierre Loustalet	20	R		5' 11.0"	172	1920
Rabbit Mallory	20	R	R	5' 9.0"	160	Sep 10, 1919	Junction City, OR, US
Robert Malstrom	--					Unknown
Joseph Marek	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	1918
Gino Marionetti	22	R		5' 10.0"	175	Apr 16, 1918	Arcata, CA, US
John Meketi	24	S	R	6' 2.0"	200	1916	Erie, PA, US
Joe Monahan	22	R		6' 0.0"	185	Mar 13, 1918	St. Louis, MO, US
Al Montgomery	19	R	R	5' 10.0"	185	Jul 3, 1920	Loving, NM, US
Thomas O'Laughlin	23	R		5' 11.0"	180	Jan 3, 1917
Raymond Olsen	23	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Oct 16, 1916	Gardena, CA, US
Whitey Platt	19	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Aug 21, 1920	West Palm Beach, FL, US
Justin Ray	28	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	1912
Walt Ripley	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	168	Nov 26, 1916	Worcester, MA, US
William Schubel	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Apr 15, 1917	Portland, OR, US
Louis Seguin	26	L	R	6' 1.0"	190	1914
Arthur Shelton	21	R		6' 2.0"	190	1919
Pat Stasey	23	L	R	5' 10.0"	175	Mar 11, 1917	Stephenville, TX, US
Cornelius Sullivan	--					Unknown
Andrew Vavrek	23	R		5' 10.0"	160	1917
Hank Wyse	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Mar 1, 1918	Lunsford, AR, US
Abel Zubillaga	--					Unknown

About the Minor League Data

Performance data on minor and international leagues is licensed from and provided by the SABR Minor Leagues Database, a community project sponsored by the Minor Leagues Committee of the Society for American Baseball Research.

The database is under active development. Many statistics are incomplete due to ongoing research and/or limitations in published sources. To learn more about these limitations, or to find out how to contribute, click here.

Minor league Total Zone (Rctch&Rtz, 2005-2009) data provided by Baseballprojection.com and Minorleaguesplits.com.

Question, Comment, Feedback or Correction?

Automatic Player Linking / Statistical Sharing Tool / Basic Player Linking / Data Coverage

See Front Page for time of last update

Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

Play Index Loading Photos from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress.

A Sports Reference Site: About Baseball Reference | Found a bug or have a suggestion?
Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service | Use of Data

Partner of USA TODAY Sports Digital Properties.