1940 Welch Miners

1940 > Class D > 1940 Mountain State League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Tex Stuart
Represented: Welch, WV
Ballpark: n/a
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	James Aikens?	--	22	48	9	2	0	0	.188	.229	11	Stats for 3 teams
2	Angelo Baro	22	23	39	9	1	0	0	.231	.256	10	Stats for 2 teams
3	Martin Berg?	--	36	136	45	2	2	0	.331	.375	51
4	Vern Bickford	19	40	98	22	3	2	0	.224	.296	29
5	Louis Blankenship?	--	21	38	11	3	1	0	.289	.421	16
6	Toy Bowen*	18	17	14	1	0	0	0	.071	.071	1
7	Waldon Darnell?	--	13	47	9	1	0	0	.191	.213	10
8	Paul Edmonston	19	21	51	10	1	1	2	.196	.373	19
9	Buck Etchison*	25	124	452	164	31	12	24	.363	.644	291
10	John Flannery	22	113	416	126	20	6	3	.303	.401	167
11	Marion Grimes?	--	35	70	15	0	2	2	.214	.357	25
12	Edison Guinther	25	47	180	52	15	1	8	.289	.517	93	Stats for 2 teams
13	Buck Huckabee?	--	12	15	2	0	0	0	.133	.133	2
14	Garnet Mercer*	23	43	163	46	13	4	4	.282	.485	79
15	Nick Predovic?	--	56	195	62	14	0	6	.318	.482	94	Stats for 2 teams
16	Felder Selph?	--	28	119	27	5	2	2	.227	.353	42
17	Fred Starr?	--	21	59	14	2	0	0	.237	.271	16
18	Frank Stopski	20	15	59	24	2	1	1	.407	.525	31
19	Tex Stuart	25	119	412	142	27	5	9	.345	.500	206
20	Claude Tarrant*	24	48	81	26	1	1	1	.321	.395	32
21	Leon Tioga	21	91	369	115	22	2	1	.312	.390	144
22	Donald Triner	21	123	470	154	27	7	6	.328	.453	213
23	Tim Triner	18	38	89	19	4	1	1	.213	.315	28
24	Frank Weyrich?	20	72	234	55	7	1	0	.235	.274	64
25	Kenneth Williams	20	98	392	126	27	9	5	.321	.474	186
	25 Players	22.1

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	GS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	WHIP	H/9	BB/9
1	James Aikens?	--	2	12	.143	8.18	21	18	99.0	139	103	90	63	2.040	12.6	5.7	Stats for 3 teams
2	Angelo Baro	22	8	4	.667	6.50	19	9	90.0	111	82	65	44	1.722	11.1	4.4	Stats for 2 teams
3	Vern Bickford	19	15	11	.577	3.50	37	25	211.0	219	115	82	80	1.417	9.3	3.4
4	Louis Blankenship?	--	0	3	.000	7.20	9	3	35.0	41	31	28	21	1.771	10.5	5.4
5	Toy Bowen	18	2	4	.333	6.89	17	7	47.0	63	42	36	26	1.894	12.1	5.0
6	Brooks?	--	4	2	.667	3.15	6	4	40.0	28	15	14	19	1.175	6.3	4.3
7	Paul Edmonston	19	8	6	.571	3.75	20	16	120.0	110	60	50	58	1.400	8.2	4.4
8	Marion Grimes?	--	9	7	.563	5.03	28	15	145.0	184	112	81	49	1.607	11.4	3.0
9	Buck Huckabee?	--	1	1	.500	5.40	9	1	30.0	34	27	18	18	1.733	10.2	5.4
10	Meade?	--	3	3	.500	5.62	8	4	40.0	55	32	25	14	1.725	12.4	3.2	Stats for 3 teams
11	Sherley Slone	24	3	3	.500	5.81	7	6	48.0	61	37	31	34	1.979	11.4	6.4
12	Tex Stuart?	25	2	2	.500	8.16	9	2	32.0	43	33	29	19	1.938	12.1	5.3
13	Claude Tarrant*	24	8	7	.533	4.67	26	15	133.0	153	96	69	34	1.406	10.4	2.3
14	Tim Triner	18	3	3	.500	2.76	19	5	75.0	70	29	23	30	1.333	8.4	3.6
	14 Players	20.6

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Tex Stuart	101	506	47	19	.967	5.48
Nick Predovic	28	118	14	11	.923	4.71	Stats for 2 teams
Fred Starr	20	78	5	3	.965	4.15

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Buck Etchison	124		1091	52	30		.974	9.22

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Leon Tioga	91		208	271	22		.956	5.26
Felder Selph	28		59	68	10		.927	4.54

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Donald Triner	114		144	215	40		.900	3.15

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Kenneth Williams	86		143	256	36		.917	4.64
Martin Berg	31		40	100	12		.921	4.52

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
John Flannery	113	226	12	14	.944	2.11
Frank Weyrich	59	112	9	1	.992	2.05
Edison Guinther	47	107	10	4	.967	2.49	Stats for 2 teams
Garnet Mercer	42	60	1	3	.953	1.45
Delucia	22	39	2	3	.932	1.86	Stats for 2 teams
Frank Stopski	15	28	2	0	1.000	2.00
Waldon Darnell	12	19	0	2	.905	1.58

P

	G
Vern Bickford	37
Marion Grimes	28
Claude Tarrant	26
James Aikens	21	Stats for 3 teams
Paul Edmonston	20
Angelo Baro	19	Stats for 2 teams
Tim Triner	19
Toy Bowen	17
Buck Huckabee	9

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
James Aikens	--					Unknown
Bailey	--					Unknown
Angelo Baro	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	186	1918
Martin Berg	--					Unknown
Vern Bickford	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Aug 17, 1920	Hellier, KY, US
Louis Blankenship	--					Unknown
Toy Bowen	18	L	R	6' 1.0"	180	1922
Brooks	--					Unknown
Brown	--					Unknown
Coyne	--					Unknown
Waldon Darnell	--					Unknown
Delucia	--					Unknown
Dernback	--					Unknown
Paul Edmonston	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	1921
Buck Etchison	25	L	L	6' 1.0"	190	Jan 27, 1915	Baltimore, MD, US
Fitchko	--					Unknown
John Flannery	22	R		5' 7.0"	160	1918
Marion Grimes	--					Unknown
Edison Guinther	25	R		5' 10.0"	175	Aug 15, 1914
Hall	--					Unknown
Howard Haskins	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	1920
Buck Huckabee	--					Unknown
Leach	--					Unknown
Meade	--					Unknown
Garnet Mercer	23	L		6' 0.0"	195	1917
Mudri	--					Unknown
Nick Predovic	--					Unknown
Felder Selph	--					Unknown
Sherley Slone	24	L	R	5' 10.0"	170	1916
Fred Starr	--					Unknown
Ray Stem	--					Unknown
Stickle	--					Unknown
Frank Stopski	20	R		5' 10.0"	175	1920
Tex Stuart	25	R		6' 1.0"	170	Jul 21, 1914	Seguin, TX, US
Claude Tarrant	24	L	L	5' 10.0"	168	1916
Leon Tioga	21	R		5' 9.0"	160	1919
Donald Triner	21	R		5' 8.0"	165	1919
Tim Triner	18	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Aug 18, 1921	Canton, OH, US
Walsh	--					Unknown
Frank Weyrich	20					Oct 16, 1919	San Antonio, TX, US
Kenneth Williams	20	R		6' 1.0"	165	1920

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