1940 Rochester Red Wings

1940 > Class AA > 1940 International League
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Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals-NL
Manager: Estel Crabtree, Mike Ryba and Billy Southworth
Represented: Rochester, NY
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	Buster Adams	25	63	195	37	7	5	3	.190	.323	63
2	Floyd Beal	23	10	35	7	1	0	1	.200	.314	11
3	Augie Bergamo*	23	149	570	163	32	7	6	.286	.398	227
4	Jack Berly	37	52	21	2	0	0	0	.095	.095	2	Stats for 2 teams
5	Linc Blakely	28	78	254	65	13	3	1	.256	.343	87
6	Charles Brumbeloe	26	42	75	14	3	1	0	.187	.253	19
7	Walter Cazen	28	31	104	34	6	3	4	.327	.558	58
8	Dain Clay	20	7	20	3	1	0	0	.150	.200	4
9	Estel Crabtree*	36	57	207	65	13	2	3	.314	.440	91
10	Creepy Crespi	22	151	544	164	18	4	6	.301	.382	208
11	Harry Davis*	32	160	588	179	38	1	17	.304	.459	270
12	Hal Epps*	26	107	386	118	17	8	4	.306	.422	163
13	George Fallon	25	142	488	133	19	5	4	.273	.357	174
14	Hank Gornicki	29	41	76	9	3	0	0	.118	.158	12
15	Johnny Grodzicki	23	25	24	4	0	0	0	.167	.167	4
16	Jim Hitchcock	29	6	19	2	0	0	0	.105	.105	2
17	Whitey Kurowski	22	133	520	145	28	2	15	.279	.427	222
18	Gene Lillard	26	49	117	26	5	3	1	.222	.342	40
19	Hersh Lyons	24	37	95	17	5	0	0	.179	.232	22
20	Bill McLaughlin*	23	6	5	2	1	0	0	.400	.600	3
21	Ray Mueller	28	91	279	67	13	7	5	.240	.391	109
22	Lynn Myers	26	50	106	20	4	0	2	.189	.283	30
23	William Rabe	19	23	64	16	2	1	2	.250	.406	26
24	Henry Redmond*	22	4	9	1	0	0	0	.111	.111	1
25	Francis Riel	25	4	6	1	1	0	0	.167	.333	2
26	Preacher Roe	24	31	40	2	0	0	0	.050	.050	2
27	Mike Ryba	37	49	115	27	4	0	0	.235	.270	31
28	Bob Scheffing	26	89	269	72	14	5	4	.268	.401	108
29	Bill Seinsoth#	22	4	7	2	0	0	0	.286	.286	2
30	Archie Templeton*	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0
31	Harry Walker*	23	3	10	3	1	0	0	.300	.400	4
	31 Players	26.3

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	Jack Berly	37	5	4	.556	2.66	51	0	88.0	65	39	26	43	1.227	6.6	4.4	Stats for 2 teams
2	Charles Brumbeloe	26	18	11	.621	2.58	40	30	230.0	200	84	66	112	1.357	7.8	4.4
3	Hank Gornicki	29	19	10	.655	3.21	41	36	244.0	238	98	87	99	1.381	8.8	3.7
4	Johnny Grodzicki	23	3	3	.500	3.79	25	3	76.0	80	44	32	46	1.658	9.5	5.4
5	Gene Lillard	26	1	3	.250	7.33	17	2	43.0	55	41	35	22	1.791	11.5	4.6
6	Hersh Lyons	24	19	12	.613	3.38	37	33	256.0	261	114	96	105	1.430	9.2	3.7
7	Bill McLaughlin*	23	1	1	.500		6		15.0	10			13	1.533	6.0	7.8
8	Francis Riel	25	1	1	.500		4		14.0	17			6	1.643	10.9	3.9
9	Preacher Roe*	24	5	8	.385	3.94	31	15	128.0	112	61	56	58	1.328	7.9	4.1
10	Mike Ryba	37	24	8	.750	2.94	36	34	272.0	272	107	89	53	1.195	9.0	1.8
11	Bill Seinsoth*	22	0	1	.000		4		14.0	18			11	2.071	11.6	7.1
12	Archie Templeton*	19	0	1	.000		2		6.0	10			5	2.500	15.0	7.5
	12 Players	28.7

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Ray Mueller	82	356	48	4	.990	4.93
Bob Scheffing	73	345	34	9	.977	5.19
Floyd Beal	10	33	8	1	.976	4.10

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Harry Davis	160		1388	130	17		.989	9.49

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
George Fallon	141		291	430	31		.959	5.11
Lynn Myers	21		40	65	4		.963	5.00

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Whitey Kurowski	131		177	227	28		.935	3.08
Gene Lillard	28		36	55	3		.968	3.25

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Creepy Crespi	151		332	383	52		.932	4.74

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Augie Bergamo	148	269	18	6	.980	1.94
Hal Epps	100	204	11	10	.956	2.15
Linc Blakely	75	133	8	6	.959	1.88
Buster Adams	59	131	1	3	.978	2.24
Estel Crabtree	57	137	10	0	1.000	2.58
Walter Cazen	31	55	2	3	.950	1.84
William Rabe	19	32	2	0	1.000	1.79

P

	G
Jack Berly	51	Stats for 2 teams
Hank Gornicki	41
Charles Brumbeloe	40
Hersh Lyons	37
Mike Ryba	36
Preacher Roe	31
Johnny Grodzicki	25
Bill McLaughlin	6
Francis Riel	4
Bill Seinsoth	4
Archie Templeton	2

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Buster Adams	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Jun 24, 1915	Trinidad, CO, US
Floyd Beal	23	R		5' 10.0"	170	1917	Cherryville, NC, US
Augie Bergamo	23	L	L	5' 9.0"	165	Feb 14, 1917	Detroit, MI, US
Jack Berly	37	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	May 24, 1903	Natchitoches, LA, US
Linc Blakely	28	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Feb 12, 1912	Oakland, CA, US
Charles Brumbeloe	26	R	R	5' 10.0"	190	Apr 24, 1914	Augusta, GA, US
Walter Cazen	28	R	R	5' 11.0"	195	Sep 29, 1911
Dain Clay	20	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	Jul 10, 1919	Hicksville, OH, US
Estel Crabtree	36	L	R	6' 0.0"	168	Aug 19, 1903	Crabtree, OH, US
Creepy Crespi	22	R	R	5' 8.0"	175	Feb 16, 1918	St. Louis, MO, US
Harry Davis	32	L	L	5' 10.0"	160	Mar 7, 1908	Shreveport, LA, US
Hal Epps	26	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	Mar 26, 1914	Athens, GA, US
George Fallon	25	R	R	5' 9.0"	155	Jul 8, 1914	Jersey City, NJ, US
Hank Gornicki	29	R	R	6' 1.0"	145	Jan 14, 1911	Niagara Falls, NY, US
Johnny Grodzicki	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	Feb 26, 1917	Nanticoke, PA, US
Jim Hitchcock	29	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Jun 28, 1911	Inverness, AL, US
Whitey Kurowski	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	193	Apr 19, 1918	Reading, PA, US
Gene Lillard	26	R	R	5' 10.0"	178	Nov 12, 1913	Santa Barbara, CA, US
Hersh Lyons	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	195	Jul 23, 1915	Fresno, CA, US
Bill McLaughlin	23	L	L	6' 2.0"	185	Oct 19, 1916	St. Mary's, PA, US
Ray Mueller	28	R	R	5' 9.0"	175	Mar 8, 1912	Pittsburg, KS, US
Lynn Myers	26	R	R	5' 6.0"	145	Feb 23, 1914	Enola, PA, US
William Rabe	19	R		5' 9.0"	154	1921
Henry Redmond	22	L		5' 7.0"	170	1918
Francis Riel	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Nov 1, 1914	Shelburne Falls, MA, US
Preacher Roe	24	R	L	6' 2.0"	170	Feb 26, 1916	Ash Flat, AR, US
Mike Ryba	37	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Jun 9, 1903	DeLancey, PA, US
Bob Scheffing	26	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Aug 11, 1913	Overland, MO, US
Bill Seinsoth	22	S	L	6' 3.0"	225	Feb 5, 1918	Salt Lake City, UT, US
Archie Templeton	19	L	L	5' 11.0"	195	1921
Harry Walker	23	L	R	6' 2.0"	175	Oct 22, 1916	Pascagoula, MS, US

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