1940 Columbus Red Birds Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: B
Team Record: 88-63
Finished 2nd in the SAL
Manager: Clay Hopper (88-63)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Golden Park I & II
Attendance: 81,366, Avg. 1,078

1940 Columbus Red Birds Roster

Playoffs - Columbus Red Birds 4 games, Greenville Spinners 0
Finals - Columbus Red Birds 4 games, Macon Peaches 2

The Columbus Red Birds of the South Atlantic League ended the 1940 season with a record of 88 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the SAL.

Clay Hopper 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
Fred Martin	17	12	.586	2.53	38						267.0	229	98	75		50
Bill Seinsoth	16	10	.615	3.59	32						241.0	272	123	96		74
Charles Fichter	11	5	.688	3.90	33						173.0	185	95	75		82
Roland Van Slate	10	1	.909	3.98	17						120.0	119	63	53		53
James Thompkins	10	8	.556	4.21	29						124.0	135	71	58		74
Irvin Peterman	6	2	.750	4.03	12						76.0	81	41	34		28
Moose Fralick	6	14	.300	4.11	25						171.0	184	99	78		47
Johnny Beazley	5	3	.625	5.17	17						101.0	111	71	58		55
Totals	81	55	.596	3.73	203	0	0	0	0	0	1273.0	1316	661	527	0	463	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
Eddie Knoblauch	150	595	595		205	33	9	0						.345	.345	.430	.775	256
Ray Sanders	149	562	562		196	28	16	14						.349	.349	.530	.879	298
Hooper Triplett	130	483	483		178	36	12	15						.369	.369	.586	.954	283
Bob Richards	148	594	594		160	27	6	2						.269	.269	.345	.614	205
Leonard Fresh	143	547	547		150	16	7	1						.274	.274	.335	.609	183
Mel Serafini	135	508	508		144	29	10	8						.283	.283	.427	.711	217
Robert Stanton	149	576	576		127	17	10	1						.220	.220	.290	.510	167
John Dantonio	106	320	320		84	15	2	0						.262	.262	.322	.584	103
Floyd Beal	83	328	328		80	17	2	4						.244	.244	.345	.588	113
Bill Seinsoth	62	171	171		48	7	3	4						.281	.281	.427	.708	73
Charles Zachritz	33	102	102		31	4	1	1						.304	.304	.392	.696	40
Fred Martin	49	111	111		26	0	1	1						.234	.234	.279	.514	31
Clyde Kluttz	30	105	105		24	10	0	1						.229	.229	.352	.581	37
Charles Fichter	37	83	83		19	4	0	0						.229	.229	.277	.506	23
Moose Fralick	30	70	70		18	2	1	0						.257	.257	.314	.571	22
James Thompkins	34	56	56		15	0	4	0						.268	.268	.411	.679	23
Tony Castano	15	57	57		15	2	0	0						.263	.263	.298	.561	17
Irvin Peterman	13	37	37		9	1	0	0						.243	.243	.270	.514	10
Clay Hopper	12	17	17		7	1	0	1						.412	.412	.647	1.059	11
Roland Van Slate	18	42	42		6	1	0	0						.143	.143	.167	.310	7
Johnny Beazley	17	38	38		4	1	0	0						.105	.105	.132	.237	5
Totals	1543	5402	5402	0	1546	251	84	53	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.393	.679	2124	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ray Sanders	1B	143	1293	84	12		.991	9.629
Robert Stanton	2B	148	332	467	25		.970	5.399
Mel Serafini	3B	113	111	188	31		.906	2.646
Floyd Beal	C	83	512	71	12		.980	7.024
Charles Zachritz	C	31	170	18	5		.974	6.065
Clyde Kluttz	C	28	142	21	7		.959	5.821
Eddie Knoblauch	OF	150	345	16	17		.955	2.407
Leonard Fresh	OF	142	216	14	11		.954	1.620
Hooper Triplett	OF	130	198	11	10		.954	1.608
John Dantonio	OF	40	56	8	8		.889	1.600
Fred Martin	P	38						.000
Charles Fichter	P	33						.000
Bill Seinsoth	P	32						.000
James Thompkins	P	29						.000
Moose Fralick	P	25						.000
Roland Van Slate	P	17						.000
Johnny Beazley	P	17						.000
Irvin Peterman	P	12						.000
Bob Richards	SS	133	318	370	50		.932	5.173
Totals		1344	3693	1268	188	0	.963	3.691

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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