1939 Eau Claire Bears Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: D
Team Record: 56-60
Finished 4th in the NL
Manager: Ivy Griffin (56-60)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Carson Park
Attendance: 27,333, Avg. 471

1939 Eau Claire Bears Roster

Playoffs - Eau Claire Bears 4 games, Duluth Dukes 2
Finals - Winnipeg Maroons 4 games, Eau Claire Bears 2

The Eau Claire Bears of the Northern League ended the 1939 season with a record of 56 wins and 60 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.

Ivy Griffin 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
Ralph Hendrix	15	11	.577	3.57	34						227.0	227	122	90		75
Paul Ninnemann	10	6	.625	4.23	24						134.0	138	71	63		38
Robert Essex	10	13	.435	3.42	33						216.0	219	115	82		104
Marvin Hamilton	6	2	.750	3.27	9						55.0	68	25	20		18
Charlie Sproull	5	12	.294	5.61	26						130.0	148	107	81		75
Joe Sosnouski	4	6	.400	3.86	17						84.0	80	52	36		47
Totals	50	50	.500	3.96	143	0	0	0	0	0	846.0	880	492	372	0	357	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
Don Anderson	117	503	503		150	30	3	1						.298	.298	.376	.674	189
John Dziura	119	456	456		129	24	2	0						.283	.283	.344	.627	157
John Nieman	118	433	433		121	15	4	2						.279	.279	.346	.626	150
Dick Grimes	108	374	374		117	20	12	2						.313	.313	.447	.759	167
Edward Butkovich	103	352	352		71	13	6	5						.202	.202	.315	.517	111
Charles Herich	83	288	288		66	9	2	2						.229	.229	.295	.524	85
Wally Ebel	63	216	216		62	8	2	3						.287	.287	.384	.671	83
Lilburne Odom	48	177	177		50	12	1	5						.282	.282	.446	.729	79
Charles Gerlach	32	92	92		20	1	0	1						.217	.217	.261	.478	24
John Hendricks	16	51	51		19	0	0	0						.373	.373	.373	.745	19
Ralph Hendrix	35	89	89		12	4	0	0						.135	.135	.180	.315	16
Marvin Hamilton	11	27	27		11	2	0	0						.407	.407	.481	.889	13
Paul Ninnemann	25	50	50		10	3	0	0						.200	.200	.260	.460	13
Robert Essex	33	77	77		10	0	0	0						.130	.130	.130	.260	10
Tony Franko	10	37	37		8	1	1	1						.216	.216	.378	.595	14
Charlie Sproull	26	49	49		8	1	1	0						.163	.163	.224	.388	11
Joe Sosnouski	17	33	33		7	2	0	0						.212	.212	.273	.485	9
Ivy Griffin	19	23	23		6	0	1	0						.261	.261	.348	.609	8
Burton Gilstad	10	13	13		2	0	0	0						.154	.154	.154	.308	2
Totals	993	3340	3340	0	879	145	35	22	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.263	.347	.610	1160	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Don Anderson	1B	117	1043	53	18		.984	9.368
John Nieman	2B	118	274	288	34		.943	4.763
Charles Herich	3B	83	88	160	21		.922	2.988
Wally Ebel	3B	36	50	55	11		.905	2.917
Edward Butkovich	C	103	541	82	21		.967	6.049
Dick Grimes	OF	107	187	9	3		.985	1.832
Lilburne Odom	OF	48	99	4	3		.972	2.146
Charles Gerlach	OF	27	47	1	4		.923	1.778
John Hendricks	OF	14	23	1	0		1.000	1.714
Ralph Hendrix	P	34						.000
Robert Essex	P	33						.000
Charlie Sproull	P	26						.000
Paul Ninnemann	P	24						.000
Joe Sosnouski	P	17						.000
Marvin Hamilton	P	9						.000
John Dziura	SS	119	223	326	45		.924	4.613
Totals		915	2575	979	160	0	.957	3.884

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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