1940 Erwin Mountaineers Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 27-88
Finished 8th in the AL
Manager: Tillie Walker (0-0), James Hoff (0-0), Bill Dubbs (0-0)
Location: Erwin, Tennessee
Ballpark: Gentry Stadium
Attendance: 18,435, Avg. 321

1940 Erwin Mountaineers Roster

The Erwin Mountaineers of the Appalachian League ended the 1940 season with a record of 27 wins and 88 losses, finishing eighth in the AL.

Tillie Walker, James Hoff and Bill Dubbs 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
Bill Niemeyer	7	17	.292	5.88	31						205.0	243	172	134		124
Paul Crain	5	20	.200	6.12	31						203.0	262	187	138		88
Charles Ruckart	2	7	.222	6.11	9						56.0	74	48	38		34
Edgar Ross	1	4	.200	5.24	9						67.0	70	47	39		36
William Matheny	1	9	.100	7.95	12						77.0	102	73	68		30
Totals	16	57	.219	6.17	92	0	0	0	0	0	608.0	751	527	417	0	312	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
George Mitrus	113	437	437		142	30	7	7						.325	.325	.474	.799	207
Herb Stein	95	368	368		125	17	8	15						.340	.340	.552	.891	203
James Hoff	112	413	413		114	32	4	2						.276	.276	.387	.663	160
Henry Franz	109	382	382		92	16	3	10						.241	.241	.377	.618	144
George Sloan	70	250	250		64	8	2	1						.256	.256	.316	.572	79
John Ailworth	66	221	221		55	9	5	3						.249	.249	.376	.624	83
Paul Crain	68	195	195		46	10	4	1						.236	.236	.344	.579	67
Dean Bailey	30	108	108		30	3	2	0						.278	.278	.343	.620	37
Donald Manning	19	76	76		19	2	2	0						.250	.250	.329	.579	25
Fred Marsh	28	81	81		19	2	0	0						.235	.235	.259	.494	21
Bill Niemeyer	33	82	82		19	4	0	0						.232	.232	.280	.512	23
Edgar Ross	25	78	78		16	1	0	1						.205	.205	.256	.462	20
William Sharp	16	58	58		15	5	0	0						.259	.259	.345	.603	20
James Couse	20	73	73		15	4	2	2						.205	.205	.397	.603	29
Wilfred Cropp	24	79	79		14	2	2	0						.177	.177	.253	.430	20
Theodore Meloni	19	67	67		13	3	0	0						.194	.194	.239	.433	16
Jack Penn	21	69	69		13	2	1	0						.188	.188	.246	.435	17
William Matheny	19	44	44		11	0	1	0						.250	.250	.295	.545	13
Roy Overman	11	32	32		8	2	0	0						.250	.250	.312	.562	10
J. W. McClain	12	38	38		7	0	0	0						.184	.184	.184	.368	7
Charles Ruckart	11	23	23		3	0	1	0						.130	.130	.217	.348	5
Bert Sampson	11	29	29		3	0	0	0						.103	.103	.103	.207	3
Totals	932	3203	3203	0	843	152	44	42	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.263	.377	.641	1209	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Dean Bailey	1B	28	159	8	9		.949	5.964
Wilfred Cropp	1B	23	226	12	1		.996	1.348
Jack Penn	1B	21	182	3	7		.964	8.810
Donald Manning	1B	15	126	6	3		.978	8.800
Edgar Ross	1B	14	165	4	6		.966	12.071
Theodore Meloni	2B	14	33	36	4		.945	4.929
James Hoff	3B	93	113	196	26		.922	3.323
John Ailworth	C	60	240	37	10		.965	4.617
Henry Franz	OF	109	300	20	5		.985	2.936
George Mitrus	OF	99	143	10	8		.950	1.545
George Sloan	OF	32	32	1	1		.971	1.031
Fred Marsh	OF	21	33	3	1		.973	1.714
James Couse	OF	19	24	1	2		.926	1.316
William Sharp	OF	15	22	2	4		.857	1.600
J. W. McClain	OF	12	11	2	3		.812	1.083
Bill Niemeyer	P	31						.000
Paul Crain	P	31						.000
William Matheny	P	12						.000
Charles Ruckart	P	9						.000
Herb Stein	SS	95	184	292	42		.919	5.011
Totals		753	1993	633	132	0	.952	3.487

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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