1940 Cedar Rapids Raiders

1940 > Class B > 1940 Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League
Overall: n/a

Affiliation: Cleveland Indians-AL
Manager: Ollie Marquardt
Represented: Cedar Rapids, IA
Ballpark: Belden Hill Park (Cedar Rapids, IA)
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	Orie Arntzen	30	30	71	11	2	1	0	.155	.211	15
2	George Binks*	25	57	185	39	8	0	7	.211	.368	68
3	Michael Blazo	23	110	347	74	16	1	2	.213	.282	98
4	Paul Calvert	22	17	31	7	1	0	0	.226	.258	8
5	Red Embree	22	16	24	6	0	0	0	.250	.250	6
6	Carl Fiore	19	126	498	124	20	0	0	.249	.289	144
7	Buck Frierson	22	124	472	158	35	9	14	.335	.536	253
8	Stanley Gehrke*	23	67	126	36	3	1	0	.286	.325	41
9	Wilson Grant*	23	11	34	8	0	0	1	.235	.324	11
10	James Gravin	23	19	23	8	0	0	0	.348	.348	8
11	Bob Hershey*	24	126	469	149	30	9	15	.318	.516	242
12	Delbert Jones	22	69	265	80	14	3	6	.302	.445	118
13	Ollie Marquardt	37	85	304	80	13	1	1	.263	.322	98
14	Ray Poat	22	34	61	8	1	1	0	.131	.180	11
15	Allie Reynolds	23	41	91	18	3	1	1	.198	.286	26
16	Walt Ripley	23	19	26	5	0	0	0	.192	.192	5	Stats for 2 teams
17	Henry Semczak	21	126	457	110	17	2	1	.241	.293	134
18	Carl Wessels?	--	71	180	55	8	4	7	.306	.511	92
19	Chuck Workman*	25	126	478	153	20	9	29	.320	.582	278
	19 Players	23.7

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	Orie Arntzen	30	16	9	.640	3.08	30	219.0	206	83	75	55	1.192	8.5	2.3
2	Paul Calvert	22	6	4	.600	2.57	17	91.0	82	34	26	43	1.374	8.1	4.3
3	Red Embree	22	8	3	.727	4.67	16	79.0	72	43	41	43	1.456	8.2	4.9
4	Stanley Gehrke*	23	10	9	.526	3.97	38	154.0	164	94	68	83	1.604	9.6	4.9
5	James Gravin	23	4	3	.571	4.58	14	53.0	51	38	27	37	1.660	8.7	6.3
6	Ray Poat	22	12	8	.600	4.88	33	168.0	177	103	91	88	1.577	9.5	4.7
7	Allie Reynolds	23	12	7	.632	3.59	30	178.0	170	86	71	88	1.449	8.6	4.4
8	Walt Ripley	23	2	8	.200	6.59	19	82.0	96	63	60	50	1.780	10.5	5.5	Stats for 2 teams
	8 Players	23.7

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
Michael Blazo	108		675	86	9		.988	7.05

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Bob Hershey	126		1116	51	25		.979	9.26

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Ollie Marquardt	85		154	195	9		.975	4.11

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Carl Fiore	126		130	321	28		.942	3.58

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Henry Semczak	126		240	329	40		.934	4.52

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Buck Frierson	121	182	10	9	.955	1.59
Chuck Workman	87	183	5	4	.979	2.16
Delbert Jones	69	100	6	6	.946	1.54
George Binks	57	85	5	1	.989	1.58
Carl Wessels	23	20	1	2	.913	0.91
Wilson Grant	11	27	2	0	1.000	2.64

P

	G
Stanley Gehrke	38
Ray Poat	33
Orie Arntzen	30
Allie Reynolds	30
Walt Ripley	19	Stats for 2 teams
Paul Calvert	17
Red Embree	16
James Gravin	14

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Orie Arntzen	30	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	Oct 18, 1909	Beverly, IL, US
George Binks	25	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	Jul 11, 1914	Chicago, IL, US
Michael Blazo	23	R		6' 0.0"	190	1917
Paul Calvert	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Oct 6, 1917	Montreal, QC, CA
Paul Dwyer	22	R		5' 10.0"	158	Apr 28, 1918	Gloucester, MA, US
Red Embree	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	165	Aug 30, 1917	El Monte, CA, US
Carl Fiore	19	R		5' 11.0"	180	1921
Buck Frierson	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	Jul 29, 1917	Chicota, TX, US
Robert Garrison	18	R		5' 8.0"	152	1922
Stanley Gehrke	23	L	L	5' 10.0"	170	1917
Wilson Grant	23	L		5' 11.0"	170	1917
James Gravin	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	165	1917
Bob Hershey	24	L		5' 11.0"	175	1916
Winlow Johnson	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	1915
Delbert Jones	22	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	1918	Placentia, CA, US
Charles Marleau	30	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Mar 25, 1910	Toledo, OH, US
Ollie Marquardt	37	R	R	5' 9.0"	156	Sep 22, 1902	Toledo, OH, US
Ray Poat	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Dec 19, 1917	Chicago, IL, US
Kenneth Reid	22	R	L	6' 1.0"	185	1918
Allie Reynolds	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	Feb 10, 1917	Bethany, OK, US
Walt Ripley	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	168	Nov 26, 1916	Worcester, MA, US
Henry Semczak	21	R		5' 11.0"	165	1919
Forrest Thompson	22	L	L	5' 11.0"	195	Mar 3, 1918	Mooresville, NC, US
Louis Voirol	22	R	R	6' 2.0"		Apr 20, 1918
Carl Wessels	--					Unknown
Chuck Workman	25	L	R	6' 0.0"	175	Jan 6, 1915	Leeton, MO, US

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