1940 Portsmouth Red Birds

1940 > Class C > 1940 Middle Atlantic League
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Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals-NL
Manager: Fred Dorman and Walter Alston
Represented: Portsmouth, OH
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1939

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BA	SLG	TB
1	Walter Alston	28	127	446		122	18	3	28			.274	.516	230
2	Del Ballinger*	21	40	127		30	2	1	1			.236	.291	37
3	Francis Boettcher*	18	11	24		3	0	0	0			.125	.125	3
4	Leonard Burton*	23	94	363		92	22	7	3			.253	.377	137
5	Bud Byerly	19	31	66		10	0	0	0			.152	.152	10
6	Joseph Conway	23	16	61		10	3	0	1			.164	.262	16
7	Allen Dernback	23	47	154		26	4	0	1			.169	.214	33
8	Fred Dorman	38	43	124		26	7	2	0			.210	.298	37
9	Jake Drake	26	17	63		15	7	0	1			.238	.397	25
10	Clem Dreisewerd*	24	39	92		12	4	1	0			.130	.196	18
11	Robert Eisiminger	19	18	28		3	0	0	0			.107	.107	3
12	Charles Englehart?	--	18	45		10	2	0	1			.222	.333	15
13	Roy Fowler	22	119	454		121	18	2	4			.267	.341	155
14	Joseph Gravino	21	12	43		8	1	1	0			.186	.256	11
15	John Joyce?	--	13	40		5	0	0	0			.125	.125	5
16	Joseph King	20	35	123		25	3	1	1			.203	.268	33
17	Denny Miller	26	91	321		80	14	2	8			.249	.380	122	Stats for 2 teams
18	Samuel Miller*	17	15	39		7	2	0	0			.179	.231	9
19	Robert Moers?	--	14	49		12	2	0	1			.245	.347	17
20	Eugene Nafie	22	31	109		25	5	1	3			.229	.376	41
21	John O'Connor?	--	17	40		8	0	0	0			.200	.200	8
22	Irvin Peterman#	22	10	32		2	0	0	0			.063	.063	2
23	James Pollock	19	10	22		4	1	0	0			.182	.227	5
24	Freddy Schmidt	24	21	45		3	0	0	0			.067	.067	3
25	Joe Schmidt	22	126	480		153	24	3	15			.319	.475	228
26	Raymond Smith	20	79	249		60	9	4	6			.241	.382	95
27	George Turbeville	25	51	148		33	5	0	1			.223	.277	41
28	Mel Wasley*	23	96	340		91	19	2	6			.268	.388	132
29	Henry Zajac	24	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
	29 Players	23.6

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	CG	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Bud Byerly	19	4	8	.333	4.46	21		123.0	122	81	61	72		1.577	8.9	5.3
2	Clem Dreisewerd*	24	23	9	.719	2.48	38		247.0	227	83	68	49		1.117	8.3	1.8
3	Robert Eisiminger	19	2	6	.250	6.04	14		73.0	92	60	49	36		1.753	11.3	4.4
4	Irvin Peterman	22	1	6	.143	9.31	9		59.0	88	69	61	38		2.136	13.4	5.8
5	James Pollock	19	2	1	.667	6.11	10		53.0	54	39	36	46		1.887	9.2	7.8
6	Freddy Schmidt	24	10	7	.588	3.99	21		124.0	117	68	55	61		1.435	8.5	4.4
7	George Turbeville*	25	7	7	.500	3.86	18		105.0	99	57	45	57		1.486	8.5	4.9
8	Henry Zajac	24	1	2	.333		5	0	17.0				9	6			4.8	3.2	0.67
	8 Players	22.3

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Raymond Smith	60	335	29	14	.963	6.07
Del Ballinger	37	181	21	4	.981	5.46
John Joyce	11	56	8	7	.901	5.82
Samuel Miller	10	27	2	4	.879	2.90

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Walter Alston	127		1015	77	14		.987	8.60

2B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Allen Dernback	47	93	128	19	.921	4.70
Fred Dorman	42	113	114	10	.958	5.40
Robert Moers	15	34	33	5	.931	4.47

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Joe Schmidt	105		117	179	27		.916	2.82

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Roy Fowler	118		204	319	57		.902	4.43

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Leonard Burton	84	209	9	2	.991	2.60
Mel Wasley	75	134	8	3	.979	1.89
Denny Miller	65	127	5	5	.964	2.03	Stats for 2 teams
Joseph King	34	89	2	2	.978	2.68
Eugene Nafie	31	58	8	4	.943	2.13
George Turbeville	27	42	0	2	.955	1.56
Joseph Conway	16	28	2	1	.968	1.88
Jake Drake	16	26	3	4	.879	1.81
John O'Connor	10	9	2	1	.917	1.10

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Clem Dreisewerd	38							0.00
Bud Byerly	21							0.00
Freddy Schmidt	21							0.00
Robert Eisiminger	14							0.00
James Pollock	10							0.00
Irvin Peterman	9							0.00
Henry Zajac	5							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Herbert Alban	--					Unknown
Walter Alston	28	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Dec 1, 1911	Venice, OH, US
Donald Bakkelund	20	R	L	5' 11.0"	175	1920
Del Ballinger	21	L	R	5' 8.0"	185	Mar 17, 1919	Fort Oglethorpe, GA, US
Frederick Berger	21	L	L	6' 1.0"	182	1919
Francis Boettcher	18	L		5' 10.0"	180	1922
Edward Bojak	24					Feb 2, 1916
Richard Boyd	--					Unknown
Walter Brown	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Apr 23, 1915	Jamestown, NY, US
Leonard Burton	23	L	L	5' 11.0"	168	Mar 18, 1917	Eastaboga, AL, US
Bud Byerly	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Oct 26, 1920	Webster Groves, MO, US
William Colone	22	L	L	6' 0.0"	170	Aug 17, 1917
Joseph Conway	23	R		6' 0.0"	180	1917
Allen Dernback	23	R		5' 10.0"	168	1917
Fred Dorman	38	R	R	5' 9.0"	155	Jun 6, 1902	Carlstadt, NJ, US
Jake Drake	26	R	R	6' 2.0"	192	1914
Roy Drasites	22	L	L	6' 0.0"	185	1918
Clem Dreisewerd	24	L	L	6' 1.0"	195	Jan 24, 1916	Old Monroe, MO, US
Robert Eisiminger	19	R	R	5' 11.0"	155	Sep 1, 1920
Charles Englehart	--					Unknown
Robert Ewing	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	1919
Roy Fowler	22	R		6' 0.0"		Mar 8, 1918	Columbia, MO, US
Joseph Gravino	21	R		5' 11.0"	185	1919
Carl Hansen	21	R	R	6' 4.0"	180	1919
John Joyce	--					Unknown
Charles Kearney	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	1918
Joseph King	20	R		6' 2.0"	220	1920
Wilson Koewing	27	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	1913
Denny Miller	26	R		5' 11.0"		Jun 24, 1914	Manchester, PA, US
Samuel Miller	17	L		6' 0.0"	175	1923
Robert Moers	--					Unknown
Eugene Nafie	22	R		6' 0.0"	180	1918
John O'Connor	--					Unknown
John Owens	23	L	L	6' 0.0"	177	1917
Irvin Peterman	22	S	R	6' 0.0"	190	1918
Norman Petersen	24	L		5' 8.0"	165	Jan 21, 1916	Farewell, NE, US
James Pollock	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	1921
Walter Rachunok	22					May 21, 1918
Freddy Schmidt	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Feb 9, 1916	Hartford, CT, US
Joe Schmidt	22	R		5' 10.0"	185	Jun 9, 1918	Belleville, IL, US
Joe Shroba	24	S		6' 0.0"	191	Mar 19, 1916
Raymond Smith	20	R		6' 1.0"	195	Feb 14, 1920
George Turbeville	25	R	L	6' 1.0"	175	Aug 24, 1914	Turbeville, SC, US
Mel Wasley	23	L		5' 7.0"	160	Apr 19, 1917	Grass Valley, CA, US
Regis Wortman	22	R		5' 11.0"	158	1918
Henry Zajac	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	178	Jun 7, 1916	Meriden, CT, US

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