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1940 Gastonia Cardinals

1940 > Class D > 1940 Tar Heel League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals-NL
Manager: Milt Bocek
Represented: Gastonia, NC
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	H	2B	3B	HR	BA	SLG	TB
1	Benedict Baumgartner*	21	30	77	10	0	0	0	.130	.130	10
2	Harold Beal	19	66	235	69	11	2	0	.294	.357	84
3	Milt Bocek	27	108	431	157	31	13	13	.364	.587	253
4	Robert Booma?	21	11	42	4	1	0	0	.095	.119	5
5	Marvin Cargill	20	109	410	111	23	3	3	.271	.363	149
6	Lebran Cox?	--	26	102	23	9	1	1	.225	.363	37
7	John Dellinger?	21	30	110	28	11	0	0	.255	.355	39
8	Gilbert Dobbs	21	24	41	9	2	0	0	.220	.268	11
9	Norman Gerdeman#	23	25	94	19	3	0	0	.202	.234	22
10	Eugene Goforth*	19	20	30	4	1	0	0	.133	.167	5	Stats for 2 teams
11	Conrad Graff*	20	109	467	128	22	7	1	.274	.358	167
12	John Herr	20	34	74	14	1	1	0	.189	.230	17
13	Benjamin Huffstickler?	--	16	54	13	4	0	1	.241	.370	20
14	Stephen Kamas?	19	28	106	24	2	2	0	.226	.283	30
15	George Marra	20	51	203	56	7	6	4	.276	.429	87
16	Harry Michel*	26	82	285	98	18	5	8	.344	.526	150
17	Frank Mottley*	24	35	76	20	6	0	0	.263	.342	26	Stats for 2 teams
18	William Osborne	19	29	64	15	2	1	0	.234	.297	19
19	Irvin Peterman#	22	11	21	2	1	0	0	.095	.143	3
20	Rolla Rand	23	107	459	148	34	3	3	.322	.429	197
21	William Robinson?	--	29	109	24	8	1	1	.220	.339	37	Stats for 2 teams
22	Forest Rogers*	22	82	356	123	29	5	5	.346	.497	177
23	Leo Summers	17	22	42	7	1	0	1	.167	.262	11
24	Melvin Wessing?	--	16	57	10	0	0	0	.175	.175	10
	24 Players	21.9

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	Benedict Baumgartner*	21	14	9	.609	3.40	30	212.0	211	111	80	73	1.340	9.0	3.1
2	Gilbert Dobbs	21	8	2	.800	6.41	16	80.0	85	71	57	64	1.862	9.6	7.2
3	Eugene Goforth	19	2	5	.286	5.62	18	80.0	96	71	50	61	1.962	10.8	6.9	Stats for 2 teams
4	John Herr*	20	15	9	.625	4.18	32	183.0	185	114	85	110	1.612	9.1	5.4
5	Frank Mottley*	24	13	11	.542	3.84	27	178.0	158	92	76	71	1.287	8.0	3.6	Stats for 2 teams
6	William Osborne	19	9	8	.529	3.53	29	176.0	191	104	69	83	1.557	9.8	4.2
7	Irvin Peterman	22	4	4	.500	5.71	11	63.0	69	50	40	43	1.778	9.9	6.1
8	Leo Summers	17	6	5	.545	4.45	22	99.0	111	73	49	62	1.747	10.1	5.6
	8 Players	20.3

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
Harry Michel	66		434	66	11		.978	7.58
Harold Beal	45		275	29	3		.990	6.76

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Conrad Graff	108		932	48	30		.970	9.07

2B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Lebran Cox	26	54	58	12	.903	4.31
William Robinson	26	49	67	13	.899	4.46	Stats for 2 teams
Norman Gerdeman	25	71	54	11	.919	5.00
Melvin Wessing	14	24	34	6	.906	4.14

3B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
George Marra	51	59	94	16	.905	3.00
Stephen Kamas	28	33	61	15	.862	3.36
Benjamin Huffstickler	16	13	26	8	.830	2.44
Robert Booma	11	11	16	7	.794	2.45

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Marvin Cargill	109		224	328	38		.936	5.06

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Milt Bocek	108	189	11	14	.935	1.85
Rolla Rand	106	210	20	9	.962	2.17
Forest Rogers	67	97	7	6	.945	1.55
John Dellinger	30	42	5	1	.979	1.57

P

	G
John Herr	32
Benedict Baumgartner	30
William Osborne	29
Frank Mottley	27	Stats for 2 teams
Leo Summers	22
Eugene Goforth	18	Stats for 2 teams
Gilbert Dobbs	16
Irvin Peterman	11

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Benedict Baumgartner	21	L	L	6' 1.0"	180	Oct 22, 1918	Bird Island, MN, US
Harold Beal	19	R		6' 1.0"	185	1921
Alphonse Bielan	23		R	6' 2.0"	185	1917
Milt Bocek	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Jul 16, 1912	Chicago, IL, US
Robert Booma	21					Dec 18, 1918
Marvin Cargill	20	R		5' 8.0"	170	1920
Lebran Cox	--					Unknown
John Dellinger	21					Jul 9, 1918
Lloyd DiBartolo	--					Unknown
Gilbert Dobbs	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	202	1919
Norman Gerdeman	23	S		5' 9.0"	160	1917
Eugene Goforth	19	L	R	6' 4.0"	190	1921
Conrad Graff	20	L		5' 10.0"	162	1920	New Orleans, LA, US
Earl Gray	19	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Sep 28, 1920
Clyde Heafner	--					Unknown
John Herr	20	R	L	6' 1.0"	180	1920
Benjamin Huffstickler	--					Unknown
Stephen Kamas	19			5' 9.0"	160	Mar 26, 1921
George Marra	20	R		5' 10.0"	165	Mar 18, 1920	Washington, PA, US
Harry Michel	26	L		5' 10.0"	165	1914
Frank Mottley	24	L	L	5' 11.0"	165	1916
C. Nichols	--					Unknown
William Osborne	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	240	1921
Irvin Peterman	22	S	R	6' 0.0"	190	1918
Rufus Price	--					Unknown
Rolla Rand	23	R		6' 0.0"	172	1917
William Robinson	--					Unknown
Forest Rogers	22	L		5' 10.0"	175	Oct 9, 1917	Maiden, NC, US
Harley Street	22	L	R	5' 11.0"	180	1918
Leo Summers	17	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	1923
Melvin Wessing	--					Unknown

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