1940 Norfolk Tars

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

Affiliation: New York Yankees-AL
Manager: Raymond Petrie and Phil Page
Represented: Norfolk, VA
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	Archie Allen*	25	18	65	11	2	1	1	.169	.277	18
2	Tom Ananicz*	22	22	39	8	0	1	1	.205	.333	13
3	Ferrell Anderson	22	50	167	42	8	0	5	.251	.389	65
4	Ellsworth Baker	25	69	237	58	6	3	3	.245	.333	79
5	Orin Baker	25	43	73	15	2	0	1	.205	.274	20
6	Richard Baker	21	27	106	17	2	1	0	.160	.198	21
7	Michael Bell?	--	37	133	39	7	1	2	.293	.406	54
8	Herman Caldwell?	--	72	266	66	9	4	2	.248	.335	89
9	Izzy Cohen*	25	31	131	35	9	2	0	.267	.366	48	Stats for 2 teams
10	Carl Cooper*	23	99	382	97	8	4	9	.254	.366	140
11	John Dellasega	24	30	82	18	3	1	0	.220	.280	23
12	William Gill	22	21	39	5	2	1	0	.128	.231	9
13	Eddie Hope	25	76	270	54	10	1	4	.200	.289	78
14	Henry Hoysradt*	22	36	130	34	3	0	5	.262	.400	52
15	Herb Karpel*	22	53	81	14	2	0	0	.173	.198	16
16	Harold Klinkert	25	57	199	57	5	3	7	.286	.447	89
17	Edward Martin	23	10	23	2	0	0	0	.087	.087	2
18	Charles Mason*	24	12	25	6	0	0	1	.240	.360	9
19	Frank Milani	21	37	140	27	4	1	0	.193	.236	33
20	Lamar Murphy*	19	21	71	15	2	0	2	.211	.324	23
21	James Nicholson	23	58	205	58	4	6	3	.283	.405	83
22	Buck Overton	21	11	20	4	0	0	0	.200	.200	4
23	Steve Roser	22	28	62	12	2	0	0	.194	.226	14
24	Don Savage	21	129	438	118	17	7	10	.269	.409	179
25	Ken Sears*	22	73	272	75	12	7	9	.276	.471	128
26	Harry Soufas	23	82	295	75	10	4	9	.254	.407	120
27	Walter Stewart	22	28	66	7	0	0	0	.106	.106	7
28	Snuffy Stirnweiss	21	86	300	92	17	4	12	.307	.510	153
29	Edward Tighe*	21	11	44	13	0	0	4	.295	.568	25
	29 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	Tom Ananicz*	22	6	9	.400	4.05	22	109.0	104	65	49	38	1.303	8.6	3.1
2	Orin Baker	25	15	10	.600	3.21	42	227.0	214	95	81	52	1.172	8.5	2.1
3	Karl Drews	20	1	4	.200	4.64	6	33.0	34	21	17	23	1.727	9.3	6.3
4	William Gill	22	7	6	.538	3.66	21	113.0	67	58	46	95	1.434	5.3	7.6
5	Herb Karpel*	22	11	7	.611	2.53	36	178.0	139	65	50	81	1.236	7.0	4.1
6	Charles Mason	24	4	4	.500	4.50	12	72.0	69	42	36	40	1.514	8.6	5.0
7	Steve Roser	22	8	13	.381	2.71	28	186.0	156	70	56	62	1.172	7.5	3.0
8	Walter Stewart	22	11	10	.524	3.22	28	187.0	162	82	67	77	1.278	7.8	3.7
	8 Players	22.7

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Ken Sears	57	311	34	6	.983	6.05
Ferrell Anderson	45	196	31	11	.954	5.04
John Dellasega	23	99	12	1	.991	4.83

1B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Harry Soufas	57	497	22	9	.983	9.11
Frank Milani	37	320	20	3	.991	9.19
Michael Bell	36	330	22	2	.994	9.78
Izzy Cohen	18	157	6	5	.970	9.06	Stats for 2 teams

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Snuffy Stirnweiss	72		155	206	7		.981	5.01
Ellsworth Baker	44		131	121	7		.973	5.73

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
James Nicholson	57		77	113	10		.950	3.33

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Eddie Hope	71		104	192	20		.937	4.17
Richard Baker	27		58	92	16		.904	5.56

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Carl Cooper	99	220	11	5	.979	2.33
Herman Caldwell	72	179	2	4	.978	2.51
Don Savage	65	125	4	4	.970	1.98
Harold Klinkert	56	92	3	4	.960	1.70
Henry Hoysradt	35	47	1	0	1.000	1.37
Lamar Murphy	20	43	2	1	.978	2.25
Archie Allen	17	29	0	1	.967	1.71
Edward Tighe	11	19	0	2	.905	1.73

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Orin Baker	42							0.00
Herb Karpel	36							0.00
Steve Roser	28							0.00
Walter Stewart	28							0.00
Tom Ananicz	22							0.00
William Gill	21							0.00
Charles Mason	12							0.00
Karl Drews	6							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Archie Allen	25	L	R	6' 0.0"	200	Jun 10, 1915
Tom Ananicz	22	L	L	6' 3.0"	195	May 29, 1918	Elmont, NY, US
Ferrell Anderson	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	Jan 9, 1918	Maple City, KS, US
Charles Badger	22	L	R	6' 1.0"	185	1918
Ellsworth Baker	25	R		5' 9.0"	165	1915
Orin Baker	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	198	Jan 25, 1915	Moorheadville, PA, US
Richard Baker	21	R		6' 0.0"	170	1919
Michael Bell	--					Unknown
Herman Caldwell	--					Unknown
Izzy Cohen	25	L	R	5' 10.0"	175	Oct 23, 1914	Springfield, MA, US
Carl Cooper	23	L		6' 2.0"	190	1917
John Dellasega	24	R		5' 10.0"	162	1916
Karl Drews	20	R	R	6' 4.0"	192	Feb 22, 1920	Staten Island, NY, US
Wendell Finders	23	R		5' 7.0"	155	1917
Eddie Gibb	20	R		6' 2.0"	210	1920
William Gill	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	198	1918
William Gormeley	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	161	1919
Eddie Hope	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	Oct 22, 1914	Chicago, IL, US
Carl Hower	21	R		5' 11.0"	185	1919
Henry Hoysradt	22	L		6' 2.0"	190	1918
Herb Karpel	22	L	L	5' 9.0"	180	Dec 27, 1917	Brooklyn, NY, US
Harold Klinkert	25	R		5' 11.0"	175	1915
John Kreevich	24	R		5' 9.0"	158	Feb 5, 1916
Edward Martin	23	R		6' 1.0"	184	Apr 3, 1917
Charles Mason	24	L	R	6' 1.0"	190	1916
Frank Milani	21	R		6' 0.0"	170	1919
Edward Mizereck	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	188	Apr 10, 1918	Syracuse, NY, US
William Moran	--					Unknown
Lamar Murphy	19	L		6' 3.0"	180	Apr 30, 1921
James Nicholson	23	R		6' 0.0"	187	1917
John Orr	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	1918
Buck Overton	21	R		5' 9.0"	165	1919
Phil Page	34	R	L	6' 2.0"	175	Aug 23, 1905	Springfield, MA, US
Steve Roser	22	R	R	6' 4.0"	220	Jan 25, 1918	Rome, NY, US
Don Savage	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Mar 5, 1919	Bloomfield, NJ, US
Ken Sears	22	L	R	6' 1.0"	200	Jul 6, 1917	Streator, IL, US
Harry Soufas	23	R		5' 11.0"	175	May 22, 1917	GR
Walter Stewart	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	192	Nov 22, 1917	Scotia, CA, US
Snuffy Stirnweiss	21	R	R	5' 8.0"	175	Oct 26, 1918	New York, NY, US
Edward Tighe	21	L		5' 11.0"	168	1919
Tommy Tisdale	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Jan 6, 1918
Allie Watt	40	R	R	5' 8.0"	154	Dec 12, 1899	Philadelphia, PA, US
Ray White	29	R	R	6' 1.0"	187	Nov 26, 1910	Brooklyn, NY, US

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