1940 Kansas City Blues Statistics
American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 95-57
Finished 1st in the AA
Manager: Billy Meyer (95-57)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 203,354, Avg. 2,676
1940 Kansas City Blues RosterTeam Record: 95-57
Finished 1st in the AA
Manager: Billy Meyer (95-57)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 203,354, Avg. 2,676
Playoffs - Kansas City Blues 4 games, Minneapolis Millers 2
Finals - Louisville Colonels 4 games, Kansas City Blues 2
The Kansas City Blues of the American Association ended the 1940 season with a record of 95 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the AA.
Billy Meyer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Lindell | 18 | 7 | .720 | 2.70 | 31 | 27 | 203.0 | 179 | 90 | 61 | 69 | |||||||||||
| Don Hendrickson | 16 | 7 | .696 | 3.02 | 35 | 21 | 167.0 | 164 | 70 | 56 | 40 | |||||||||||
| Charley Stanceu | 15 | 8 | .652 | 2.69 | 37 | 24 | 214.0 | 170 | 73 | 64 | 109 | |||||||||||
| Charles Wensloff | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.19 | 35 | 27 | 178.0 | 169 | 77 | 63 | 55 | |||||||||||
| Tiny Bonham | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2.32 | 16 | 16 | 124.0 | 107 | 35 | 32 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Hiker Moran | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.91 | 32 | 11 | 99.0 | 108 | 61 | 54 | 58 | |||||||||||
| John Haley | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.17 | 33 | 9 | 108.0 | 94 | 49 | 38 | 59 | |||||||||||
| Al Gerheauser | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.22 | 34 | 4 | 95.0 | 89 | 38 | 34 | 39 | |||||||||||
| William Gill | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 8 | 31.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Callahan | 2 | 2 | .500 | 0.00 | 11 | 36.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Carnett | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.86 | 8 | 28.0 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| Tommy Reis | 1 | 4 | .200 | 0.00 | 10 | 44.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivy Andrews | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.25 | 3 | 12.0 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 95 | 57 | .625 | 2.83 | 293 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1339.0 | 1120 | 515 | 421 | 0 | 482 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frenchy Bordagaray | 154 | 598 | 598 | 214 | 39 | 8 | 4 | .358 | .358 | .470 | .828 | 281 | |||||||||||
| Phil Rizzuto | 148 | 579 | 579 | 201 | 28 | 10 | 10 | .347 | .347 | .482 | .829 | 279 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Sturm | 144 | 580 | 580 | 181 | 27 | 5 | 4 | .312 | .312 | .397 | .709 | 230 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Priddy | 154 | 566 | 566 | 173 | 38 | 10 | 16 | .306 | .306 | .493 | .799 | 279 | |||||||||||
| Nino Bongiovanni | 142 | 564 | 564 | 152 | 29 | 6 | 6 | .270 | .270 | .374 | .644 | 211 | |||||||||||
| Billy Hitchcock | 131 | 447 | 447 | 120 | 18 | 6 | 6 | .268 | .268 | .376 | .644 | 168 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Riddle | 111 | 314 | 314 | 88 | 15 | 1 | 4 | .280 | .280 | .373 | .653 | 117 | |||||||||||
| Jack Saltzgaver | 103 | 262 | 262 | 64 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .244 | .244 | .324 | .569 | 85 | |||||||||||
| Bill Matheson | 68 | 222 | 222 | 57 | 13 | 6 | 1 | .257 | .257 | .383 | .640 | 85 | |||||||||||
| Russ Derry | 67 | 228 | 228 | 53 | 11 | 4 | 9 | .232 | .232 | .434 | .667 | 99 | |||||||||||
| Tony DePhillips | 85 | 201 | 201 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .254 | .254 | .328 | .582 | 66 | |||||||||||
| Buster Mills | 36 | 132 | 132 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .348 | .348 | .439 | .788 | 58 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Lindell | 41 | 88 | 88 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .273 | .273 | .352 | .625 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Buzz Boyle | 51 | 64 | 64 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Tiny Bonham | 16 | 44 | 44 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .295 | .568 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Charles Wensloff | 35 | 63 | 63 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .190 | .190 | .270 | .460 | 17 | |||||||||||
| John Haley | 33 | 33 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .364 | .636 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Al Gerheauser | 37 | 29 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .310 | .552 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Herman Caldwell | 14 | 31 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .226 | .226 | .355 | .581 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Don Hendrickson | 35 | 56 | 56 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .143 | .268 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Eddie Carnett | 8 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .455 | .455 | .636 | 1.091 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Charley Stanceu | 37 | 69 | 69 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .072 | .072 | .087 | .159 | 6 | |||||||||||
| James Nicholson | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Hiker Moran | 32 | 31 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .097 | .097 | .161 | .258 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Aaron Robinson | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Ivy Andrews | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Tommy Reis | 10 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | |||||||||||
| William Gill | 8 | 12 | 12 | 1 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Callahan | 11 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1723 | 5262 | 5262 | 0 | 1514 | 260 | 64 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .288 | .288 | .399 | .687 | 2100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Sturm | 1B | 144 | 1400 | 107 | 18 | .988 | 1.465 | |
| Jerry Priddy | 2B | 154 | 394 | 554 | 25 | .974 | 6.156 | |
| Billy Hitchcock | 3B | 117 | 80 | 208 | 18 | .941 | 2.462 | |
| Jack Saltzgaver | 3B | 49 | 32 | 72 | 6 | .945 | 2.122 | |
| Johnny Riddle | C | 109 | 416 | 70 | 7 | .986 | 4.459 | |
| Tony DePhillips | C | 80 | 250 | 37 | 1 | .997 | 3.588 | |
| Frenchy Bordagaray | OF | 154 | 334 | 10 | 9 | .975 | 2.234 | |
| Nino Bongiovanni | OF | 136 | 222 | 8 | 9 | .962 | 1.691 | |
| Russ Derry | OF | 66 | 132 | 5 | 3 | .979 | 2.076 | |
| Bill Matheson | OF | 61 | 102 | 3 | 6 | .946 | 1.721 | |
| Buster Mills | OF | 36 | 68 | 1 | 4 | .945 | 1.917 | |
| Herman Caldwell | OF | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.364 | |
| Buzz Boyle | OF | 11 | 15 | 0 | 1 | .938 | 1.364 | |
| Charley Stanceu | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Wensloff | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Don Hendrickson | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Al Gerheauser | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| John Haley | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Hiker Moran | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Johnny Lindell | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Tiny Bonham | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Callahan | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Tommy Reis | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| William Gill | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Eddie Carnett | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Ivy Andrews | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Phil Rizzuto | SS | 146 | 325 | 515 | 45 | .949 | 5.753 | |
| Totals | 1567 | 3785 | 1590 | 152 | 0 | .972 | 3.430 |
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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