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1940 Oklahoma City Indians

1940 > Class A-1 > 1940 Texas League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Rogers Hornsby and Jim Keesey
Represented: Oklahoma City, OK
Ballpark: Holland Park (Oklahoma City, OK)
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	Dewey Adkins	22	12	22	2	1	0	0	.091	.136	3
2	Neal Arlett*	21	8	25	9	1	0	0	.360	.400	10
3	Harry Bassin*	24	100	389	107	24	7	4	.275	.404	157
4	Sheriff Blake#	40	42	64	11	1	0	0	.172	.188	12	Stats for 2 teams
5	Louis Brower	39	16	27	7	1	0	0	.259	.296	8
6	Walter Brown	25	9	14	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
7	Joe Burns	24	24	84	18	4	0	1	.214	.298	25
8	Ted Cieslak	27	123	379	106	18	8	11	.280	.456	173
9	Ed Coleman*	38	22	72	15	4	0	0	.208	.264	19
10	Merle Coleman*	23	6	8	2	0	0	0	.250	.250	2
11	Fred Collins*	24	36	96	29	8	2	1	.302	.458	44
12	Tom Corbett*	24	139	434	113	18	9	4	.260	.371	161	Stats for 3 teams
13	Harold Cromer*	22	4	7	1	1	0	0	.143	.286	2
14	George Dickey#	24	113	324	102	20	4	5	.315	.448	145
15	Albert Fisher	28	50	103	25	2	2	5	.243	.447	46
16	Charlie Fuchs#	26	48	82	15	1	1	0	.183	.220	18	Stats for 2 teams
17	Joe Gedzius	24	34	117	27	6	0	3	.231	.359	42
18	Goodson?	--	1	3	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	1
19	Orval Grove	20	24	48	3	0	0	0	.063	.063	3
20	Jim Hegan	19	44	138	39	7	3	2	.283	.420	58
21	Rogers Hornsby	44	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1
22	Dixie Howell	27	143	461	105	20	1	2	.228	.289	133
23	Pinky Jorgensen	25	140	464	114	19	4	23	.246	.453	210	Stats for 2 teams
24	Jim Keesey	37	42	116	38	8	2	2	.328	.483	56
25	Don Kolloway	21	127	520	146	25	6	9	.281	.404	210
26	John Larrieu	19	5	14	3	0	0	1	.214	.429	6
27	Dale Livingston	25	13	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
28	Charles Marleau	30	22	19	7	0	0	0	.368	.368	7
29	Milton McDougal	28	99	245	60	17	2	1	.245	.343	84	Stats for 2 teams
30	Lewis McLendon	25	29	37	9	1	0	0	.243	.270	10
31	George Milstead*	37	5	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0	Stats for 2 teams
32	Bob Mitchell	20	5	8	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
33	Robert Moers?	--	2	3	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	1
34	Orville Nesselrode	24	16	64	17	3	1	0	.266	.344	22
35	James Nicholson	23	21	63	11	0	1	0	.175	.206	13	Stats for 2 teams
36	Otho Nitcholas	31	36	74	21	4	0	0	.284	.338	25	Stats for 2 teams
37	Donald Prather	23	46	168	40	9	4	0	.238	.339	57
38	Paul Pride	20	1	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
39	Bill Prince	31	20	24	2	0	0	0	.083	.083	2
40	Tony Rensa	38	5	14	1	0	0	0	.071	.071	1
41	Virgil Richardson#	20	1	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
42	Stan Schino	31	57	189	39	10	2	5	.206	.360	68	Stats for 2 teams
43	Kola Sharpe	34	9	13	4	1	0	0	.308	.385	5
44	Steve Shemo	25	7	22	2	0	0	0	.091	.091	2
45	Dave Short*	23	160	616	179	39	12	5	.291	.417	257
46	Eddie Silber	26	85	308	82	18	3	9	.266	.432	133	Stats for 2 teams
47	Cecil Smyly*	21	18	24	5	2	1	0	.208	.375	9
48	Benjamin SoRelle	25	18	25	2	0	0	0	.080	.080	2	Stats for 2 teams
49	Irv Stein	29	51	50	9	0	0	0	.180	.180	9
50	Thurman Tucker*	22	40	144	37	6	2	0	.257	.326	47
51	Gilbert Turner	22	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
52	Elmer Weingartner	21	11	29	3	0	1	0	.103	.172	5
53	Eddie Yount	24	23	66	13	2	1	0	.197	.258	17
	53 Players	25.4

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	Dewey Adkins	22	7	1	.875	2.80	12	74.0	48	24	23	28	1.027	5.8	3.4
2	Sheriff Blake	40	10	12	.455	3.28	42	192.0	201	100	70	48	1.297	9.4	2.2	Stats for 2 teams
3	Walter Brown	25	1	3	.250	4.62	9	37.0	32	21	19	23	1.486	7.8	5.6
4	Merle Coleman	23	1	2	.333	4.50	6	26.0	34	16	13	13	1.808	11.8	4.5
5	Albert Fisher?	28	10	9	.526	3.67	27	169.0	168	72	69	28	1.160	8.9	1.5
6	Charlie Fuchs	26	19	13	.594	3.50	48	257.0	239	120	100	105	1.339	8.4	3.7	Stats for 2 teams
7	Stan Goletz*	22	0	1	.000		2	9.0	16			1	1.889	16.0	1.0
8	Orval Grove	20	10	9	.526	2.88	24	156.0	141	63	50	52	1.237	8.1	3.0
9	Dale Livingston	25	0	0		5.00	12	18.0	19	12	10	12	1.722	9.5	6.0
10	Charles Marleau	30	5	1	.833	3.81	22	59.0	65	32	25	9	1.254	9.9	1.4
11	Ralph Marshall	24	0	0			3	3.0	9			4	4.333	27.0	12.0
12	Lewis McLendon	25	4	9	.308	3.91	29	129.0	156	85	56	40	1.519	10.9	2.8
13	George Milstead*	37	1	1	.500	9.00	5	8.0	14	10	8	2	2.000	15.8	2.2	Stats for 2 teams
14	Otho Nitcholas	31	13	10	.565	3.17	35	193.0	214	91	68	18	1.202	10.0	0.8	Stats for 2 teams
15	Red Phillips	31	0	0			4	5.0	12			1	2.600	21.6	1.8
16	Bill Prince	31	3	6	.333	6.72	20	83.0	117	69	62	27	1.735	12.7	2.9
17	Kola Sharpe	34	2	1	.667	6.55	9	33.0	54	26	24	4	1.758	14.7	1.1
18	Benjamin SoRelle	25	5	8	.385	2.79	18	87.0	82	46	27	27	1.253	8.5	2.8	Stats for 2 teams
19	Irv Stein	29	11	15	.423	3.84	51	199.0	209	160	85	43	1.266	9.5	1.9
20	Lefty Wilkie*	25	0	1	.000		4	10.0	18			5	2.300	16.2	4.5
	20 Players	28.6

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
George Dickey	97	406	60	11	.977	4.80
Milton McDougal	71	299	35	12	.965	4.70	Stats for 2 teams
Jim Hegan	34	161	15	3	.983	5.18

1B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Harry Bassin	99	933	37	13	.987	9.80
Fred Collins	36	285	17	1	.997	8.39
Jim Keesey	32	251	6	2	.992	8.03

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Don Kolloway	126		332	403	25		.967	5.83
Joe Gedzius	31		70	112	12		.938	5.87

3B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Ted Cieslak	100	68	192	29	.900	2.60
Donald Prather	34	23	61	5	.944	2.47
Joe Burns	21	19	38	5	.919	2.71
James Nicholson	21	21	51	6	.923	3.43	Stats for 2 teams

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Dixie Howell	141		238	430	44		.938	4.74

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Dave Short	160	350	15	18	.953	2.28
Tom Corbett	127	214	13	1	.996	1.79	Stats for 3 teams
Pinky Jorgensen	126	252	20	7	.975	2.16	Stats for 2 teams
Eddie Silber	72	219	11	3	.987	3.19	Stats for 2 teams
Stan Schino	50	83	9	4	.958	1.84	Stats for 2 teams
Thurman Tucker	39	61	2	2	.969	1.62
Ed Coleman	20	23	1	1	.960	1.20
Orville Nesselrode	16	28	5	4	.892	2.06
Eddie Yount	12	13	1	0	1.000	1.17

P

	G
Irv Stein	51
Charlie Fuchs	48	Stats for 2 teams
Sheriff Blake	42	Stats for 2 teams
Otho Nitcholas	35	Stats for 2 teams
Lewis McLendon	29
Albert Fisher	27
Orval Grove	24
Charles Marleau	22
Bill Prince	20
Benjamin SoRelle	18	Stats for 2 teams
Dewey Adkins	12
Dale Livingston	12
Walter Brown	9
Kola Sharpe	9
Merle Coleman	6
George Milstead	5	Stats for 2 teams
Red Phillips	4
Lefty Wilkie	4
Ralph Marshall	3
Stan Goletz	2

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Dewey Adkins	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	May 11, 1918	Norcatur, KS, US
Neal Arlett	21	L	R	6' 0.0"	160	Mar 17, 1919	CA, US
Harry Bassin	24	L		6' 1.0"	175	1916
Sheriff Blake	40	S	R	6' 0.0"	180	Sep 17, 1899	Ansted, WV, US
Louis Brower	39	R	R	5' 10.0"	155	Jul 1, 1900	Cleveland, OH, US
Walter Brown	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Apr 23, 1915	Jamestown, NY, US
Joe Burns	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Jun 17, 1916	Bryn Mawr, PA, US
Ted Cieslak	27	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Nov 22, 1912	Milwaukee, WI, US
Ed Coleman	38	L	R	6' 2.0"	200	Dec 1, 1901	Canby, OR, US
Merle Coleman	23	L	R	6' 4.0"		1917
Fred Collins	24	L	L	6' 1.0"	170	1916
Tom Corbett	24	L		5' 11.0"	184	1916
Harold Cromer	22	L		5' 10.0"	185	1918
George Dickey	24	S	R	6' 2.0"	180	Jul 10, 1915	Kensett, AR, US
Albert Fisher	28	R		6' 3.0"	205	1912
Charlie Fuchs	26	S	R	5' 8.0"	168	Nov 18, 1913	Union City, NJ, US
Joe Gedzius	24	R		5' 10.0"	170	1916	Dunn, NC, US
Stan Goletz	22	L	L	6' 3.0"	200	May 21, 1918	Crescent, OH, US
Goodson	--					Unknown
Orval Grove	20	R	R	6' 3.0"	196	Aug 29, 1919	Mineral, KS, US
Jim Hegan	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Aug 3, 1920	Lynn, MA, US
Rogers Hornsby	44	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Apr 27, 1896	Winters, TX, US
Dixie Howell	27	R		5' 11.0"	165	Nov 24, 1912	Hartford, AL, US
Pinky Jorgensen	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Nov 21, 1914	Laton, CA, US
Jim Keesey	37	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	Oct 27, 1902	Perryville, MO, US
Don Kolloway	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	Aug 4, 1918	Posen, IL, US
John Larrieu	19	R		6' 0.0"	175	1921
Dale Livingston	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	1915
Charles Marleau	30	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Mar 25, 1910	Toledo, OH, US
Ralph Marshall	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	1916	Dallas, TX, US
Milton McDougal	28	R		5' 11.0"	180	1912
Lewis McLendon	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	158	1915
George Milstead	37	L	L	5' 10.0"	144	Jun 26, 1903	Cleburne, TX, US
Bob Mitchell	20	R	R	6' 3.0"	180	1920
Robert Moers	--					Unknown
Orville Nesselrode	24	R		6' 3.0"	185	Jul 30, 1915	Parkersburg, WV, US
James Nicholson	23	R		6' 0.0"	187	1917
Otho Nitcholas	31	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Sep 13, 1908	McKinney, TX, US
Red Phillips	31	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	Nov 3, 1908	Pauls Valley, OK, US
Donald Prather	23	R		5' 8.0"	145	1917
Paul Pride	20	R		5' 11.0"	178	1920
Bill Prince	31	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	Feb 8, 1909	Chicago, IL, US
Tony Rensa	38	R	R	5' 10.0"	180	Sep 29, 1901	Parsons, PA, US
Virgil Richardson	20	S		6' 0.0"	180	Dec 25, 1919
Stan Schino	31	R		5' 10.0"	178	Feb 22, 1909	Oakland, CA, US
Kola Sharpe	34	R	R	5' 11.0"	160	1906
Steve Shemo	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Apr 9, 1915	Swoyersville, PA, US
Dave Short	23	L	R	5' 11.0"	162	May 11, 1917	Magnolia, AR, US
Eddie Silber	26	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Jun 6, 1914	Philadelphia, PA, US
Cecil Smyly	21	L		5' 8.0"	168	1919
Benjamin SoRelle	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Jul 8, 1914	San Marcos, TX, US
Irv Stein	29	R	R	6' 2.0"	170	May 21, 1911	Madisonville, LA, US
Thurman Tucker	22	L	R	5' 10.0"	165	Sep 26, 1917	Gordon, TX, US
Gilbert Turner	22	R		5' 9.0"	175	1918
Elmer Weingartner	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	178	Aug 13, 1918	Cleveland, OH, US
Lefty Wilkie	25	L	L	5' 11.0"	175	Oct 30, 1914	Zealandia, SK, CA
Eddie Yount	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Dec 19, 1915	Newton, NC, US

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