1939 Crookston Pirates Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: D
Team Record: 43-76
Finished 8th in the NL
Manager: Phil Todt (0-0), Arve Mortrude (0-0)
Location: Crookston, Minnesota
Ballpark: Highland Park
Attendance: 15,074, Avg. 253

1939 Crookston Pirates Roster

The Crookston Pirates of the Northern League ended the 1939 season with a record of 43 wins and 76 losses, finishing eighth in the NL.

Phil Todt and Arve Mortrude 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
Joe Hatten	14	14	.500	3.02	31						244.0	213	107	82		143
Morris Skaalen	10	14	.417	2.99	34						223.0	205	101	74		85
Ernest Sowada	6	3	.667	3.62	11						72.0	63	37	29		24
Arve Mortrude	6	7	.462	4.08	17						119.0	138	67	54		42
Peter Savage	3	14	.176	6.77	25						125.0	134	114	94		125
Donald Turck	2	11	.154	4.29	16						105.0	135	87	50		19
Totals	41	63	.394	3.88	134	0	0	0	0	0	888.0	888	513	383	0	438	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
Russell Rolandson	83	297	297		105	25	6	9						.354	.354	.569	.923	169
Chief Bender	120	394	394		96	20	1	0						.244	.244	.299	.543	118
Donald Toraason	101	368	368		86	10	6	5						.234	.234	.334	.568	123
Ken Blackman	82	290	290		65	10	1	3						.224	.224	.297	.521	86
Bubba Mason	57	210	210		58	13	2	2						.276	.276	.386	.662	81
Donald Turck	76	208	208		54	7	2	9						.260	.260	.442	.702	92
Arve Mortrude	83	232	232		53	10	0	5						.228	.228	.336	.565	78
Clinton Dahlberg	49	163	163		39	6	1	1						.239	.239	.307	.546	50
Elmer Johnson	48	144	144		32	3	1	2						.222	.222	.299	.521	43
Tom Parks	28	120	120		25	3	2	0						.208	.208	.267	.475	32
Merton Wulf	25	95	95		22	6	3	2						.232	.232	.421	.653	40
Morris Skaalen	40	85	85		19	1	0	0						.224	.224	.235	.459	20
Joe Hatten	32	90	90		16	1	0	1						.178	.178	.222	.400	20
Joe Blaska	18	49	49		11	2	1	0						.224	.224	.306	.531	15
John Regan	13	39	39		8	0	0	0						.205	.205	.205	.410	8
Ernest Sowada	13	29	29		6	2	0	0						.207	.207	.276	.483	8
Peter Savage	25	47	47		6	2	0	0						.128	.128	.170	.298	8
Phil Todt	3	9	9		5	2	0	0						.556	.556	.778	1.333	7
Totals	896	2869	2869	0	706	123	26	39	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.246	.348	.594	998	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Donald Toraason	1B	101	827	54	28		.969	8.723
Chief Bender	3B	116	109	202	20		.940	2.681
Ken Blackman	C	79	502	82	11		.982	7.392
Russell Rolandson	C	17	103	15	3		.975	6.941
Clinton Dahlberg	OF	47	70	3	9		.890	1.553
Elmer Johnson	OF	43	62	3	2		.970	1.512
Donald Turck	OF	42	68	7	0		1.000	1.786
Tom Parks	OF	28	45	5	7		.877	1.786
Arve Mortrude	OF	26	28	3	1		.969	1.192
Joe Blaska	OF	16	26	1	3		.900	1.688
John Regan	OF	12	23	0	2		.920	1.917
Morris Skaalen	P	34						.000
Joe Hatten	P	31						.000
Peter Savage	P	25						.000
Ernest Sowada	P	11						.000
Bubba Mason	SS	31	43	72	14		.891	3.710
Totals		659	1906	447	100	0	.959	3.571

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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