1940 Eau Claire Bears Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: D
Team Record: 42-70
Finished 8th in the NL
Manager: Ivy Griffin (42-70)
Location: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Carson Park

1940 Eau Claire Bears Roster

The Eau Claire Bears of the Northern League ended the 1940 season with a record of 42 wins and 70 losses, finishing eighth 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
Charlie Sproull	13	11	.542	3.26	28						193.0	190	96	70		71
Paul Ninnemann	9	9	.500	3.41	28						185.0	206	116	70		44
Roland Herman	8	15	.348	4.96	33						185.0	196	146	102		109
Robert Essex	5	11	.312	5.07	22						142.0	167	103	80		50
Ralph Nitz	4	8	.333	3.99	25						115.0	141	73	51		28
Donald Shoffer	1	6	.143	4.72	17						61.0	57	36	32		18
Totals	40	60	.400	4.14	153	0	0	0	0	0	881.0	957	570	405	0	320	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	114	494	494		133	21	3	0						.269	.269	.324	.593	160
Edward Gittens	111	425	425		128	16	2	6						.301	.301	.391	.692	166
Ordie Timm	106	416	416		120	21	5	5						.288	.288	.399	.688	166
Cyrus Redifer	112	406	406		115	17	12	7						.283	.283	.436	.719	177
John Young	65	254	254		67	12	4	6						.264	.264	.413	.677	105
George McFarlane	78	276	276		57	9	2	2						.207	.207	.275	.482	76
Edward Butkovich	68	231	231		56	13	2	4						.242	.242	.368	.610	85
John Lakars	78	232	232		52	8	1	5						.224	.224	.332	.556	77
Ralph Billows	53	182	182		48	4	4	5						.264	.264	.412	.676	75
Edward Patrow	60	214	214		42	8	0	0						.196	.196	.234	.430	50
Roland Herman	63	138	138		40	6	1	4						.290	.290	.435	.725	60
Russell Sherman	28	92	92		26	1	0	0						.283	.283	.293	.576	27
Andy Pafko	20	67	67		14	3	1	0						.209	.209	.284	.493	19
Paul Ninnemann	29	72	72		13	0	1	0						.181	.181	.208	.389	15
Ralph Nitz	26	45	45		11	2	0	0						.244	.244	.289	.533	13
Robert Essex	22	52	52		9	1	0	0						.173	.173	.192	.365	10
Charlie Sproull	28	66	66		9	1	0	0						.136	.136	.152	.288	10
Donald Shoffer	18	23	23		5	1	0	1						.217	.217	.391	.609	9
Don Nelson	10	36	36		5	2	0	0						.139	.139	.194	.333	7
Totals	1089	3721	3721	0	950	146	38	45	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.255	.351	.607	1307	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Cyrus Redifer	1B	79	725	42	14		.982	9.709
John Young	2B	39	100	79	21		.895	4.590
Edward Patrow	2B	32	61	85	8		.948	4.562
Russell Sherman	2B	21	70	54	10		.925	5.905
Don Anderson	3B	100	104	325	37		.921	4.290
Edward Butkovich	C	65	369	51	14		.968	6.462
John Lakars	C	53	260	40	16		.949	5.660
Edward Gittens	OF	111	177	8	7		.964	1.667
Ordie Timm	OF	105	190	9	9		.957	1.895
Ralph Billows	OF	52	99	4	11		.904	1.981
Andy Pafko	OF	20	24	2	3		.897	1.300
Roland Herman	P	33						.000
Charlie Sproull	P	28						.000
Paul Ninnemann	P	28						.000
Ralph Nitz	P	25						.000
Robert Essex	P	22						.000
Donald Shoffer	P	17						.000
George McFarlane	SS	78	131	215	34		.911	4.436
Totals		908	2310	914	184	0	.946	3.551

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