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1940 Tyler Trojans

1940 > Class C > 1940 East Texas League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: St. Louis Browns-AL
Manager: Bobby Goff and Sam Hancock
Represented: Tyler, TX
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	Michael Barbolla	21	28	69	9	1	1	0	.130	.174	12	Stats for 2 teams
2	William Blinstrub	22	135	551	159	38	5	6	.289	.408	225
3	Red Borom*	24	11	40	7	1	0	0	.175	.200	8
4	Robert David	24	110	414	86	13	1	4	.208	.273	113
5	Malcolm DeWeese	27	20	71	12	3	0	0	.169	.211	15
6	John Dobby	24	30	69	15	2	0	0	.217	.246	17	Stats for 2 teams
7	Roy Engle?	--	37	125	28	6	1	0	.224	.288	36
8	Dutch Funderburk	23	117	400	97	22	1	2	.243	.318	127	Stats for 2 teams
9	Copeland Goss	28	28	88	23	4	0	1	.261	.341	30
10	Nick Gregory	24	103	432	140	31	1	17	.324	.519	224
11	Sam Hancock	26	133	485	157	25	1	15	.324	.472	229
12	John Hyver	21	44	98	30	3	0	0	.306	.337	33
13	George Kohlmyer	22	16	57	19	1	0	0	.333	.351	20
14	George Kovach	26	134	553	175	38	0	5	.316	.412	228	Stats for 2 teams
15	Dave Lowman*	20	23	80	14	3	0	0	.175	.213	17
16	Ted Maillet*	20	26	73	15	3	0	1	.205	.288	21
17	Babe Martin	20	27	84	23	3	2	1	.274	.393	33	Stats for 2 teams
18	Grover Miller	23	33	98	28	3	0	0	.286	.316	31	Stats for 2 teams
19	I. Moore?	--	18	24	8	2	0	0	.333	.417	10	Stats for 2 teams
20	Muscle Shoals*	23	109	414	120	25	2	11	.290	.440	182
21	Lawrence Steinbeck	24	24	91	22	4	0	0	.242	.286	26
22	Richard Valencia*	22	133	551	165	30	4	4	.299	.390	215	Stats for 2 teams
23	Raymond Waldrop	26	11	34	6	1	0	0	.176	.206	7
24	William Watson*	24	42	116	36	8	2	2	.310	.466	54
25	Carl Williamson	21	12	35	3	1	0	0	.086	.114	4
26	Roy Zimmerman*	23	35	144	36	7	2	4	.250	.410	59
	26 Players	23.5

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	Michael Barbolla	21	14	9	.609	3.69	28	212.0	220	117	87	77	1.401	9.3	3.3	Stats for 2 teams
2	John Dobby	24	11	6	.647	4.07	25	157.0	173	98	71	88	1.662	9.9	5.0	Stats for 2 teams
3	Copeland Goss	28	3	1	.750	3.23	11	53.0	47	23	19	18	1.226	8.0	3.1
4	John Hyver	21	9	6	.600	3.75	27	151.0	146	83	63	90	1.563	8.7	5.4
5	Ted Maillet*	20	12	8	.600	3.41	27	177.0	184	95	67	82	1.503	9.4	4.2
6	Grover Miller	23	18	7	.720	2.87	28	204.0	196	105	65	80	1.353	8.6	3.5	Stats for 2 teams
7	I. Moore?	--	3	4	.429	5.68	18	57.0	61	47	36	45	1.860	9.6	7.1	Stats for 2 teams
8	William Watson	24	10	9	.526	3.69	24	166.0	158	89	68	82	1.446	8.6	4.4
9	Carl Williamson*	21	8	2	.800	3.27	11	77.0	81	36	28	35	1.506	9.5	4.1
	9 Players	22.4

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Dutch Funderburk	90	417	62	11	.978	5.32	Stats for 2 teams
Roy Engle	25	155	16	7	.961	6.84
Lawrence Steinbeck	24	119	20	1	.993	5.79
Malcolm DeWeese	20	135	12	1	.993	7.35
Babe Martin	13	50	7	7	.891	4.38	Stats for 2 teams

1B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Muscle Shoals	75	747	25	9	.988	10.29
Roy Zimmerman	35	376	26	7	.983	11.49
Dave Lowman	23	186	6	6	.970	8.35

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
William Blinstrub	135		345	398	41		.948	5.50

3B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Sam Hancock	101	104	228	28	.922	3.29
George Kohlmyer	16	15	20	11	.761	2.19
Red Borom	11	8	19	4	.871	2.45

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Robert David	110		187	336	42		.926	4.75

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Richard Valencia	133	247	26	12	.958	2.05	Stats for 2 teams
Nick Gregory	102	141	10	10	.938	1.48
George Kovach	99	217	18	8	.967	2.37	Stats for 2 teams
Raymond Waldrop	11	11	2	2	.867	1.18

P

	G
Michael Barbolla	28	Stats for 2 teams
Grover Miller	28	Stats for 2 teams
John Hyver	27
Ted Maillet	27
John Dobby	25	Stats for 2 teams
William Watson	24
I. Moore	18	Stats for 2 teams
Copeland Goss	11
Carl Williamson	11

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Jack Atkinson	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	203	1918
Michael Barbolla	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	1919
Robert Benish	20	L		5' 11.0"	200	1920
William Blinstrub	22	R		5' 9.0"	165	1918
Red Borom	24	L	R	5' 11.0"	180	Oct 30, 1915	Spartanburg, SC, US
Hal Carr	--					Unknown
Tyrus Cobb	23	L	L	6' 1.0"	172	Oct 1, 1916	Tupelo, OK, US
Robert David	24	R		5' 10.0"	165	1916
Wayne Demster	24	R	R	6' 3.0"	197	1916
Malcolm DeWeese	27	R		5' 11.0"	200	1913
John Dobby	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	1916
Roy Engle	--					Unknown
Dutch Funderburk	23	R		5' 11.0"	190	1917
Bobby Goff	38	R		5' 7.0"	140	Mar 8, 1902
Copeland Goss	28	R	R	6' 2.0"	212	1912
Nick Gregory	24	R		5' 7.0"	185	Sep 13, 1915	St. Louis, MO, US
Sam Hancock	26	R		6' 0.0"	178	1914
John Hyver	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	May 1, 1919
Lawrence King	--					Unknown
George Kohlmyer	22	R		5' 7.0"	165	Jun 26, 1918	Lorain, OH, US
George Kovach	26	R		6' 1.0"	180	Jan 9, 1914	VA, US
Leonard Kovalski	--					Unknown
Dave Lowman	20	L	L	5' 11.0"	165	1920	St. Louis, MO, US
Ted Maillet	20	L	L	5' 10.0"	178	1920	Livermore Falls, ME, US
Michael Mandjack	22	L	L	6' 0.0"	185	1918
Babe Martin	20	R	R	5' 11.0"	194	Mar 28, 1920	Seattle, WA, US
Grover Miller	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	1917
I. Moore	--					Unknown
Dick Nash	27	R	R	5' 10.0"	173	1913
Lefty Scott	24	R	L	6' 0.0"	165	Jul 15, 1915	Roswell, NM, US
Muscle Shoals	23	L		5' 11.0"	210	Oct 3, 1916
Lawrence Steinbeck	24	R		5' 10.0"	160	1916
Jug Thesenga	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	200	Apr 27, 1914	Jefferson, SD, US
Richard Valencia	22	L		5' 9.0"	175	1918
Raymond Waldrop	26	R		5' 9.0"	175	1914
William Watson	24	L	R	6' 0.0"	175	1916
Carl Williamson	21	R	L	5' 11.0"	186	1919
Roy Zimmerman	23	L	L	6' 2.0"	187	Sep 13, 1916	Pine Grove, PA, US

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