1940 Idaho Falls Russets Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: C
Team Record: 65-65
Finished 3rd in the PL
Manager: Ted Mayer (65-65)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Idaho Falls, Idaho
Ballpark: Highland Park
Attendance: 70,400, Avg. 1,083

1940 Idaho Falls Russets Roster

Playoffs - Boise Pilots 2 games, Idaho Falls Russets 1

The Idaho Falls Russets of the Pioneer League ended the 1940 season with a record of 65 wins and 65 losses, finishing third in the PL.

Ted Mayer 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
Red Zar	17	6	.739	3.21	29						199.0	196	102	71		97
Alva Emmertson	14	8	.636	3.84	32						211.0	221	114	90		72
Fred Bradley	8	6	.571	4.15	24						143.0	151	93	66		82
Ed Bahr	7	4	.636	4.02	19						103.0	104	58	46		56
Ed Smith	5	5	.500	4.95	31						140.0	154	96	77		70
Pat Tobin	4	9	.308	5.13	20						100.0	126	74	57		63
Roy Pitter	3	5	.375	7.14	11						63.0	81	60	50		49
Totals	58	43	.574	4.29	166	0	0	0	0	0	959.0	1033	597	457	0	489	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
Mike Reser	127	484	484		162	24	8	0						.335	.335	.417	.752	202
Charles Bates	131	568	568		159	21	6	0						.280	.280	.338	.618	192
Shelly McConnell	118	484	484		152	19	7	6						.314	.314	.419	.733	203
Neal Arlett	117	493	493		149	17	16	3						.302	.302	.420	.722	207
Bill Beard	113	407	407		132	18	13	0						.324	.324	.432	.757	176
George Oldenburg	124	452	452		124	28	6	18						.274	.274	.482	.757	218
Mel Duezabou	74	277	277		107	16	14	8						.386	.386	.632	1.018	175
Carlo Forni	96	352	352		74	8	2	0						.210	.210	.244	.455	86
Ted Mayer	72	197	197		54	9	2	2						.274	.274	.371	.645	73
Kit Carson	34	124	124		35	4	3	0						.282	.282	.363	.645	45
Rocco Blatto	45	159	159		29	5	2	0						.182	.182	.239	.421	38
Fred Bradley	30	63	63		17	2	0	0						.270	.270	.302	.571	19
Red Zar	29	75	75		15	3	0	0						.200	.200	.240	.440	18
Alva Emmertson	32	84	84		12	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	12
Patrick O'Shea	10	42	42		11	1	0	0						.262	.262	.286	.548	12
Pat Tobin	21	44	44		11	3	0	0						.250	.250	.318	.568	14
Ed Smith	34	58	58		10	1	0	0						.172	.172	.190	.362	11
Roy Pitter	13	29	29		9	2	0	0						.310	.310	.379	.690	11
Robert Wittig	16	57	57		8	0	1	0						.140	.140	.175	.316	10
Ed Bahr	19	38	38		7	0	1	0						.184	.184	.237	.421	9
Totals	1255	4487	4487	0	1277	181	81	37	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.285	.386	.670	1731	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Charles Bates	1B	131	1124	68	11		.991	9.099
Mel Duezabou	2B	74	197	203	22		.948	5.405
Rocco Blatto	2B	44	130	122	17		.937	5.727
Patrick O'Shea	2B	10	28	16	6		.880	4.400
George Oldenburg	3B	124	133	209	48		.877	2.758
Bill Beard	C	92	598	94	13		.982	7.522
Ted Mayer	C	46	285	42	3		.991	7.109
Mike Reser	OF	127	204	15	10		.956	1.724
Shelly McConnell	OF	115	254	15	9		.968	2.339
Neal Arlett	OF	83	138	8	2		.986	1.759
Kit Carson	OF	33	46	3	4		.925	1.485
Robert Wittig	OF	15	24	1	1		.962	1.667
Alva Emmertson	P	32						.000
Ed Smith	P	31						.000
Red Zar	P	29						.000
Fred Bradley	P	24						.000
Pat Tobin	P	20						.000
Ed Bahr	P	19						.000
Roy Pitter	P	11						.000
Carlo Forni	SS	95	152	267	45		.903	4.411
Totals		1155	3313	1063	191	0	.958	3.789

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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