1940 Meridian Bears Statistics

Southeastern League (SL) - Class: B
Team Record: 64-80
Finished 7th in the SL
Manager: Clarence Mitchell (0-0), Bill McGee (0-0), Sam Agnew (0-0), Bernie DeViveiros (0-0)
Location: Meridian, Mississippi
Ballpark: Fairgrounds Park

1940 Meridian Bears Roster

The Meridian Bears of the Southeastern League ended the 1940 season with a record of 64 wins and 80 losses, finishing seventh in the SL.

Clarence Mitchell, Bill McGee, Sam Agnew and Bernie DeViveiros 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
Ewald Pyle	16	16	.500	3.23	37						245.0	234	121	88		94
Jim Henry	13	10	.565	3.61	28						192.0	202	90	77		37
Benjamin Sheldon	9	9	.500	3.82	28						165.0	174	93	70		75
Max Brunson	7	5	.583	3.92	18						117.0	115	61	51		66
Sidney Nethery	5	12	.294	4.53	24						161.0	182	94	81		57
Joe Mitchell	2	8	.200	4.76	14						70.0	67	50	37		55
Totals	52	60	.464	3.83	149	0	0	0	0	0	950.0	974	509	404	0	384	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
Willard Padgett	145	527	527		151	30	5	2						.287	.287	.374	.660	197
Chester Juckno	127	457	457		141	28	5	6						.309	.309	.431	.740	197
Hack Miller	135	470	470		140	27	2	9						.298	.298	.421	.719	198
Rudy Jones	132	491	491		135	23	6	7						.275	.275	.389	.664	191
Virgil Siemer	139	528	528	56	135	10	5	0	36	12				.256	.256	.294	.549	155
Joe Mitchell	96	295	295		83	14	3	5						.281	.281	.400	.681	118
Joe Stringfellow	78	287	287		70	8	3	2						.244	.244	.314	.557	90
Russ Looney	69	241	241		60	7	3	0						.249	.249	.303	.552	73
Bernie DeViveiros	49	114	114		33	6	0	0						.289	.289	.342	.632	39
Ewald Pyle	44	105	105		27	0	0	1						.257	.257	.286	.543	30
Jim Henry	31	79	79		18	5	0	0						.228	.228	.291	.519	23
Benjamin Sheldon	30	66	66		14	3	1	0						.212	.212	.288	.500	19
Max Brunson	19	47	47		11	3	0	1						.234	.234	.362	.596	17
Sidney Nethery	24	60	60		8	2	0	2						.133	.133	.267	.400	16
James Brown	10	38	38		6	1	0	0						.158	.158	.184	.342	7
Totals	1128	3805	3805	56	1032	167	33	35	36	12	0	0	0	.271	.271	.360	.631	1370	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Chester Juckno	1B	95	819	36	17		.981	9.000
Willard Padgett	2B	114	243	314	32		.946	4.886
Rudy Jones	3B	131	159	270	36		.923	3.275
Hack Miller	C	117	578	67	27		.960	5.513
Joe Mitchell	OF	76	126	2	9		.934	1.684
Russ Looney	OF	67	149	4	1		.994	2.284
Joe Stringfellow	OF	64	105	9	8		.934	1.781
Bernie DeViveiros	OF	16	22	4	1		.963	1.625
James Brown	OF	10	31	3	0		1.000	3.400
Ewald Pyle	P	37						.000
Benjamin Sheldon	P	28						.000
Jim Henry	P	28						.000
Sidney Nethery	P	24						.000
Max Brunson	P	18						.000
Virgil Siemer	SS	107	215	293	31		.942	4.748
Totals		932	2447	1002	162	0	.955	3.701

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