1940 Wilmington Blue Rocks

1940 > Class B > 1940 Interstate League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: Philadelphia Athletics-AL
Manager: Chief Bender and Charlie Berry
Represented: Wilmington, DE
Ballpark: Wilmington Park (Wilmington, DE)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 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	James Callahan*	26	102	387	122	17	8	4	.315	.432	167
2	Bernard Cobb	27	51	184	57	15	0	9	.310	.538	99
3	Frank Colman*	22	73	205	74	8	3	5	.361	.502	103
4	Terry Connell	18	12	14	2	1	0	0	.143	.214	3
5	Walt DeFreitas	22	114	409	98	19	1	2	.240	.306	125	Stats for 2 teams
6	Ducky Detweiler	21	93	335	105	27	7	4	.313	.472	158
7	Ray Flannagan*	22	27	43	11	0	0	0	.256	.256	11
8	William Hogsed	29	16	63	18	4	1	0	.286	.381	24
9	Joe Holden*	27	32	74	15	3	1	2	.203	.351	26
10	Dixie Howell	20	39	111	28	3	0	4	.252	.387	43	Stats for 2 teams
11	Paul Kardow	24	11	27	5	0	0	2	.185	.407	11
12	Walter Klimczak	23	47	161	50	8	3	3	.311	.453	73
13	Emil Kreshka*	20	18	65	14	2	0	0	.215	.246	16
14	Sam Lowry	20	18	35	4	0	0	0	.114	.114	4
15	James Marsh	21	22	52	11	1	1	1	.212	.327	17
16	Walt Masters	33	13	24	4	0	0	0	.167	.167	4
17	Randall Phillips*	22	11	40	8	0	0	0	.200	.200	8
18	Aubrey Sanders*	24	32	117	36	2	0	1	.308	.350	41
19	Syver Slaalien	35	13	21	9	0	1	0	.429	.524	11
20	Daniel Snell	25	15	53	14	5	0	0	.264	.358	19
21	Billy Southworth	23	62	203	59	10	3	3	.291	.414	84
22	Frederick Stanton	24	109	378	85	21	5	7	.225	.362	137
23	John Swank	26	23	62	15	3	0	1	.242	.339	21
24	Lyle Thompson	26	31	100	30	5	3	1	.300	.440	44
25	Elmer Valo*	19	120	437	159	31	16	6	.364	.549	240
26	Jack Wallaesa#	20	117	426	114	19	9	7	.268	.404	172
27	Walter Worthington	21	31	92	18	1	0	0	.196	.207	19
	27 Players	22.7

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	Frank Colman*	22	10	4	.714	2.76	18	124.0	115	49	38	44	1.282	8.3	3.2
2	Terry Connell*	18	2	5	.286	3.57	12	53.0	51	28	21	24	1.415	8.7	4.1
3	Ray Flannagan	22	4	6	.400	4.64	19	95.0	123	59	49	32	1.632	11.7	3.0
4	Paul Kardow	24	5	2	.714	3.82	11	66.0	65	35	28	24	1.348	8.9	3.3
5	Sam Lowry	20	8	4	.667	2.20	16	98.0	83	31	24	27	1.122	7.6	2.5
6	James Marsh	21	11	5	.688	3.72	20	138.0	135	76	57	61	1.420	8.8	4.0
7	Walt Masters	33	5	6	.455	5.24	13	67.0	79	46	39	32	1.657	10.6	4.3
8	Syver Slaalien	35	3	3	.500	4.67	13	54.0	63	31	28	15	1.444	10.5	2.5
9	John Swank*	26	11	8	.579	2.73	23	168.0	137	60	51	76	1.268	7.3	4.1
	9 Players	24.2

Team Fielding--By Pos

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C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Walter Klimczak	45	179	26	1	.995	4.56
Dixie Howell	32	125	18	4	.973	4.47	Stats for 2 teams
Walter Worthington	31	135	12	3	.980	4.74
Joe Holden	20	84	13	0	1.000	4.85

1B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Bernard Cobb	50	444	29	3	.994	9.46
Aubrey Sanders	32	311	10	11	.967	10.03
Lyle Thompson	31	279	21	5	.984	9.68

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Frederick Stanton	108		250	317	26		.956	5.25
Walt DeFreitas	84		203	241	23		.951	5.29			Stats for 2 teams

3B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Ducky Detweiler	66	57	135	20	.906	2.91
William Hogsed	16	13	30	6	.878	2.69
Daniel Snell	10	4	19	5	.821	2.30

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Jack Wallaesa	117		270	319	34		.945	5.03

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Elmer Valo	120	220	17	13	.948	1.98
James Callahan	96	166	12	6	.967	1.85
Billy Southworth	61	134	5	2	.986	2.28
Frank Colman	41	57	1	3	.951	1.41
Emil Kreshka	18	40	3	1	.977	2.39
Randall Phillips	11	13	1	0	1.000	1.27

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
John Swank	23							0.00
James Marsh	20							0.00
Ray Flannagan	19							0.00
Sam Lowry	16							0.00
Walt Masters	13							0.00
Syver Slaalien	13							0.00
Terry Connell	12							0.00
Paul Kardow	11							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Carl Barron	17	R		6' 1.0"	185	1923
Harold Brumbaugh	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	167	1919
James Callahan	26	L		6' 0.0"	175	1914
Bernard Cobb	27	R		6' 0.0"	200	1913
Frank Colman	22	L	L	5' 11.0"	186	Mar 2, 1918	London, ON, CA
Terry Connell	18	R	L	6' 0.0"	185	1922
Fremont Conner	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	1917
Walt DeFreitas	22	R		5' 8.0"	172	Jan 19, 1918
Michael Depko	22			6' 4.0"		Feb 26, 1918	Plymouth, PA, US
Ducky Detweiler	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	178	Feb 15, 1919	Trumbauersville, PA, US
Albert Evanko	22	R		5' 11.0"	175	1918
Ray Flannagan	22	L	R	6' 0.0"	185	1918
Frank Gunkel	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Aug 2, 1917	Philadelphia, PA, US
Bruce Hedrick	21	R		5' 11.0"	220	1919
Lynn Hoffner	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	1919
William Hogsed	29	R		6' 0.0"	159	1911
Joe Holden	27	L	R	5' 8.0"	175	Jun 4, 1913	St. Clair, PA, US
Dixie Howell	20	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	Apr 24, 1920	Louisville, KY, US
Paul Kardow	24	R	R	6' 6.0"	210	Sep 19, 1915	Humble, TX, US
Walter Klimczak	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	Nov 17, 1916	New Haven, CT, US
Ginger Klivak	24	L	R	6' 1.0"	185	Mar 11, 1916	Beacon Falls, CT, US
Emil Kreshka	20	L		6' 1.0"	180	1920
Earl Lindamood	21	L	L	5' 11.0"	160	May 16, 1919	New Market, VA, US
Sam Lowry	20	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Mar 25, 1920	Philadelphia, PA, US
James Marsh	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	184	1919
Walt Masters	33	R	R	5' 10.0"	180	Mar 28, 1907	Pen Argyl, PA, US
Autry Mitchell	20	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	1920
Tony Parisse	29	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Jun 25, 1911	Philadelphia, PA, US
Randall Phillips	22	L		6' 3.0"	190	1918
Tom Phillips	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	1917
Aubrey Sanders	24	L	L	6' 1.0"	160	1916
Evan Shelton	20		R	6' 1.0"	190	1920
Syver Slaalien	35	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	Aug 26, 1904
Daniel Snell	25	R		6' 1.0"		1915
Billy Southworth	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	178	Jun 20, 1917	Portland, OR, US
Frederick Stanton	24	R		6' 1.0"	175	1916
John Swank	26	R	L	6' 1.0"	205	1914
Lyle Thompson	26	R		6' 2.0"	187	Oct 19, 1913	Union County, KY, US
Elmer Valo	19	L	R	5' 11.0"	190	Mar 5, 1921	Rybnik, Silesian, PL
Jack Wallaesa	20	S	R	6' 3.0"	191	Aug 31, 1919	Easton, PA, US
Walter Worthington	21	R		6' 1.0"	185	1919
Survern Wright	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	May 25, 1919

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