1940 Birmingham Barons Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: A1
Team Record: 70-81
Finished 6th in the SA
Manager: Ira Smith (70-81)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 74,271, Avg. 984

1940 Birmingham Barons Roster

The Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association ended the 1940 season with a record of 70 wins and 81 losses, finishing sixth in the SA.

Ira Smith served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Paul Gehrman	15	10	.600	4.45	54	16					194.0	223	115	96		62
Hank Johnson	12	5	.706	4.44	24	23					162.0	168	89	80		53
Pete Naktenis	11	7	.611	4.10	32	25					193.0	214	101	88		88
Zack Schuessler	9	14	.391	4.94	37	22					184.0	233	121	101		56
Joe Vance	8	14	.364	5.03	30	25					161.0	213	117	90		51
Barney DeForge	5	3	.625	4.71	14	10					65.0	80	38	34		27
Chuck Hawley	3	6	.333	7.77	13						44.0	56	47	38		93
Dee Moore	2	2	.500	4.14	14	5					50.0	49	28	23		24
Glen Fletcher	1	5	.167	4.06	12	7					51.0	57	30	23		25
Totals	66	66	.500	4.67	230	133	0	0	0	0	1104.0	1293	686	573	0	479	0	0	0	0	0	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Fred Tauby	141	596	596		203	61	9	2						.341	.341	.483	.824	288
Chuck Aleno	151	548	548		182	22	19	2						.332	.332	.453	.785	248
Dutch Mele	133	468	468		159	33	7	19						.340	.340	.562	.902	263
Garton Del Savio	149	581	581		158	25	12	2						.272	.272	.367	.639	213
Hank Sauer	118	384	384		112	17	10	9						.292	.292	.458	.750	176
Russell Bevell	95	366	366		99	12	5	0						.270	.270	.331	.601	121
Jack Owens	117	371	371		81	16	2	1						.218	.218	.280	.499	104
Dee Moore	90	233	233		60	16	2	1						.258	.258	.356	.614	83
Joe Mack	63	208	208		53	9	0	6						.255	.255	.385	.639	80
Leo Ogorek	41	133	133		34	5	1	1						.256	.256	.331	.586	44
Fred Vaughn	27	106	106		30	5	2	3						.283	.283	.453	.736	48
Hank Johnson	41	87	87		23	7	1	1						.264	.264	.402	.667	35
Lee Gamble	15	62	62		22	4	2	0						.355	.355	.484	.839	30
Joe Vance	37	68	68		20	2	1	1						.294	.294	.397	.691	27
Pete Naktenis	33	70	70		18	2	2	1						.257	.257	.386	.643	27
Zack Schuessler	40	67	67		17	3	0	0						.254	.254	.299	.552	20
LeGrant Scott	14	31	31		15	2	1	2						.484	.484	.806	1.290	25
Paul Gehrman	54	65	65		15	1	0	0						.231	.231	.246	.477	16
Jack Glynn	15	50	50		11	2	3	0						.220	.220	.380	.600	19
Butch Moran	14	47	47		10	1	3	0						.213	.213	.362	.574	17
Ira Smith	16	15	15		5	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667	5
Chuck Hawley	14	15	15		4	1	0	0						.267	.267	.333	.600	5
Barney DeForge	15	26	26		3	0	0	0						.115	.115	.115	.231	3
Glen Fletcher	12	14	14		2	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	2
Totals	1445	4611	4611	0	1336	246	82	51	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.290	.412	.702	1899	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Hank Sauer	1B	92	780	55	16		.981	9.076
Joe Mack	1B	51	445	37	8		.984	9.451
Butch Moran	1B	11	106	2	0		1.000	9.818
Russell Bevell	2B	92	203	278	44		.916	5.228
Fred Vaughn	2B	27	71	75	7		.954	5.407
Chuck Aleno	3B	151	166	291	28		.942	3.026
Jack Owens	C	116	483	63	17		.970	4.707
Dee Moore	C	47	146	20	8		.954	3.532
Dutch Mele	OF	132	223	12	6		.975	1.780
Fred Tauby	OF	131	290	11	6		.980	2.298
Leo Ogorek	OF	20	31	2	0		1.000	1.650
Lee Gamble	OF	15	24	3	0		1.000	1.800
Jack Glynn	OF	11	34	0	2		.944	3.091
Paul Gehrman	P	54						.000
Zack Schuessler	P	37						.000
Pete Naktenis	P	32						.000
Joe Vance	P	30						.000
Hank Johnson	P	24						.000
Barney DeForge	P	14						.000
Chuck Hawley	P	13						.000
Glen Fletcher	P	12						.000
Garton Del Savio	SS	149	363	468	38		.956	5.577
Totals		1261	3365	1317	180	0	.963	3.713

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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