1940 Joplin Miners Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: D
Team Record: 68-64
Finished 7th in the WL
Manager: Paul O'Malley (68-64)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Joplin, Missouri

1940 Joplin Miners Roster

The Joplin Miners of the Western League ended the 1940 season with a record of 68 wins and 64 losses, finishing seventh in the WL.

Paul O'Malley 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
Jack Zerblis	15	10	.600	3.78	45						224.0	289	140	94		64
George Verbeck	10	10	.500	5.53	28						174.0	225	131	107		93
John Kernoski	9	5	.643	5.04	17						91.0	85	62	51		53
Teddy Greble	6	3	.667	3.30	11						79.0	86	42	29		41
Frank Crouch	6	6	.500	4.26	19						74.0	89	55	35		38
Walter Nasalik	6	6	.500	5.66	19						105.0	127	74	66		60
John Orr	6	13	.316	6.17	22						124.0	161	113	85		73
Fred Whalen	5	2	.714	3.77	10						74.0	94	39	31		22
Russ Messerly	5	4	.556	6.54	20						95.0	87	77	69		114
Totals	68	59	.535	4.91	191	0	0	0	0	0	1040.0	1243	733	567	0	558	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
Al Lyons	123	475	475		142	25	7	13						.299	.299	.463	.762	220
Wendell Finders	121	506	506		142	22	20	2						.281	.281	.415	.696	210
Eddie Bockman	131	511	511		139	27	11	7						.272	.272	.409	.681	209
George Leyrer	122	429	429		127	25	12	1						.296	.296	.417	.713	179
Ralph Houk	110	364	364		114	18	7	0						.313	.313	.401	.714	146
Ed Ignasiak	103	383	383		112	19	11	8						.292	.292	.462	.755	177
George Verbeck	94	286	286		77	20	3	6						.269	.269	.423	.692	121
Paul O'Malley	61	168	168		42	7	0	0						.250	.250	.292	.542	49
John Harbin	54	176	176		40	6	4	3						.227	.227	.358	.585	63
Florian Zielinski	44	165	165		33	2	0	0						.200	.200	.212	.412	35
Harry Soufas	28	101	101		28	2	1	2						.277	.277	.376	.653	38
Red Ramsey	21	81	81		23	3	3	0						.284	.284	.395	.679	32
John Orr	42	73	73		18	7	0	0						.247	.247	.342	.589	25
Jack Zerblis	46	86	86		11	2	1	0						.128	.128	.174	.302	15
Steven Luby	12	36	36		10	2	0	1						.278	.278	.417	.694	15
Russ Messerly	21	45	45		9	0	1	1						.200	.200	.311	.511	14
Walter Nasalik	19	41	41		8	3	0	0						.195	.195	.268	.463	11
Frank Crouch	23	37	37		7	2	0	1						.189	.189	.324	.514	12
Fred Whalen	11	26	26		6	0	0	0						.231	.231	.231	.462	6
Teddy Greble	14	35	35		6	1	0	0						.171	.171	.200	.371	7
Rusty Burns	6	20	20		4	1	0	0						.200	.200	.250	.450	5
John Kernoski	17	30	30		4	1	0	0						.133	.133	.167	.300	5
Marvin Brown	11	14	14		2	1	0	0						.143	.143	.214	.357	3
Bud Heslet	1	4	4		1	0	1	0						.250	.250	.750	1.000	3
Totals	1235	4092	4092	0	1105	196	82	45	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.270	.391	.661	1600	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ed Ignasiak	1B	103	866	60	7		.992	8.990
Harry Soufas	1B	28	273	8	1		.996	1.036
Wendell Finders	2B	121	364	339	35		.953	5.810
Eddie Bockman	3B	115	115	127	31		.886	2.104
Ralph Houk	C	104	518	78	10		.983	5.731
Paul O'Malley	C	36	173	31	1		.995	5.667
Al Lyons	OF	122	179	15	7		.965	1.590
George Leyrer	OF	122	287	11	7		.977	2.443
George Verbeck	OF	63	116	5	7		.945	1.921
John Harbin	OF	40	61	1	4		.939	1.550
Red Ramsey	OF	20	42	3	3		.938	2.250
Jack Zerblis	P	45						.000
John Orr	P	22						.000
Russ Messerly	P	20						.000
Walter Nasalik	P	19						.000
Frank Crouch	P	19						.000
John Kernoski	P	17						.000
Teddy Greble	P	11						.000
Fred Whalen	P	10						.000
Florian Zielinski	SS	44	71	139	22		.905	4.773
Totals		1081	3065	817	135	0	.966	3.591

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