1940 Newark Bears Statistics
International League (IL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 95-65
Finished 2nd in the IL
Manager: Johnny Neun (95-65)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Newark, New Jersey
Ballpark: Ruppert Stadium
Attendance: 164,116, Avg. 2,051
1940 Newark Bears RosterTeam Record: 95-65
Finished 2nd in the IL
Manager: Johnny Neun (95-65)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Newark, New Jersey
Ballpark: Ruppert Stadium
Attendance: 164,116, Avg. 2,051
Playoffs - Newark Bears 4 games, Jersey City Giants 0
Finals - Newark Bears 4 games, Baltimore Orioles 3
The Newark Bears of the International League ended the 1940 season with a record of 95 wins and 65 losses, finishing second in the IL.
Johnny Neun 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Washburn | 18 | 8 | .692 | 3.13 | 35 | 32 | 233.0 | 197 | 108 | 81 | 111 | |||||||||||
| Norm Branch | 15 | 9 | .625 | 3.09 | 30 | 22 | 175.0 | 162 | 68 | 60 | 62 | |||||||||||
| George Barley | 15 | 9 | .625 | 4.43 | 27 | 26 | 185.0 | 196 | 105 | 91 | 47 | |||||||||||
| Steve Peek | 14 | 4 | .778 | 2.69 | 36 | 16 | 144.0 | 126 | 52 | 43 | 65 | |||||||||||
| Hank Borowy | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.71 | 29 | 26 | 182.0 | 168 | 85 | 75 | 68 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Johnson | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.93 | 35 | 10 | 103.0 | 103 | 48 | 45 | 47 | |||||||||||
| Tommy Reis | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.14 | 15 | 13 | 87.0 | 83 | 49 | 40 | 37 | |||||||||||
| Fred Frankhouse | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.88 | 20 | 0 | 25.0 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Al Gettel | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.43 | 34 | 4 | 97.0 | 79 | 44 | 37 | 41 | |||||||||||
| Tommy Byrne | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.70 | 16 | 8 | 69.0 | 69 | 44 | 36 | 39 | |||||||||||
| Joe Vance | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.00 | 4 | 28.0 | 29 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Eddie Carnett | 1 | 1 | .500 | 10.29 | 4 | 7.0 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Randy Gumpert | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 3.0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Marcus Beddingfield | 0 | 0 | 5.21 | 10 | 1 | 19.0 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 95 | 65 | .594 | 3.55 | 296 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1357.0 | 1268 | 636 | 535 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Holmes | 162 | 665 | 665 | 211 | 33 | 7 | 7 | .317 | .317 | .420 | .737 | 279 | |||||||||||
| Bud Metheny | 151 | 543 | 543 | 167 | 27 | 6 | 13 | .308 | .308 | .451 | .759 | 245 | |||||||||||
| Ed Levy | 137 | 536 | 536 | 154 | 26 | 4 | 20 | .287 | .287 | .463 | .750 | 248 | |||||||||||
| Alex Kampouris | 147 | 554 | 554 | 151 | 24 | 4 | 36 | .273 | .273 | .525 | .798 | 291 | |||||||||||
| Mike Chartak | 141 | 440 | 440 | 124 | 23 | 11 | 20 | .282 | .282 | .520 | .802 | 229 | |||||||||||
| Hank Majeski | 105 | 375 | 375 | 121 | 15 | 4 | 17 | .323 | .323 | .520 | .843 | 195 | |||||||||||
| George Scharein | 134 | 448 | 448 | 110 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .246 | .246 | .283 | .529 | 127 | |||||||||||
| Buddy Blair | 88 | 298 | 298 | 88 | 12 | 3 | 4 | .295 | .295 | .396 | .691 | 118 | |||||||||||
| Tom Padden | 124 | 361 | 361 | 84 | 11 | 1 | 9 | .233 | .233 | .343 | .576 | 124 | |||||||||||
| Red Nonnenkamp | 55 | 143 | 143 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 4 | .280 | .280 | .441 | .720 | 63 | |||||||||||
| Ken Sears | 40 | 104 | 104 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 5 | .356 | .356 | .577 | .933 | 60 | |||||||||||
| George Washburn | 73 | 128 | 128 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .266 | .266 | .344 | .609 | 44 | |||||||||||
| Jim Shilling | 27 | 94 | 94 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .213 | .213 | .340 | .553 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Norm Branch | 36 | 76 | 76 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .237 | .237 | .276 | .513 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Russ Bergmann | 15 | 41 | 41 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .317 | .317 | .341 | .659 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Hank Borowy | 32 | 57 | 57 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .193 | .193 | .228 | .421 | 13 | |||||||||||
| George Barley | 30 | 57 | 57 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .175 | .175 | .211 | .386 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Buster Mills | 11 | 41 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .220 | .220 | .317 | .537 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Johnson | 35 | 30 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .333 | .600 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Steve Peek | 36 | 51 | 51 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .137 | .137 | .176 | .314 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Snuffy Stirnweiss | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .429 | .429 | .714 | 1.143 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Sig Gryska | 11 | 31 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .194 | .194 | .226 | .419 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Jack Graham | 13 | 37 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .162 | .162 | .243 | .405 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Tommy Byrne | 16 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .208 | .208 | .208 | .417 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Al Gettel | 34 | 30 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .200 | .367 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Joe Vance | 5 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .364 | .364 | .364 | .727 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Tommy Reis | 16 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Eddie Carnett | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Fred Frankhouse | 20 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Marcus Beddingfield | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Randy Gumpert | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Harry Bassin | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Herb White | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1725 | 5243 | 5243 | 0 | 1455 | 226 | 45 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .278 | .418 | .696 | 2194 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Levy | 1B | 135 | 1192 | 71 | 17 | .987 | 9.356 | |
| Alex Kampouris | 2B | 147 | 321 | 418 | 28 | .963 | 5.027 | |
| Jim Shilling | 2B | 15 | 40 | 44 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.600 | |
| Hank Majeski | 3B | 94 | 91 | 154 | 13 | .950 | 2.606 | |
| Buddy Blair | 3B | 70 | 63 | 125 | 19 | .908 | 2.686 | |
| Tom Padden | C | 121 | 579 | 53 | 9 | .986 | 5.223 | |
| Ken Sears | C | 28 | 118 | 13 | 5 | .963 | 4.679 | |
| Tommy Holmes | OF | 162 | 360 | 15 | 6 | .984 | 2.315 | |
| Bud Metheny | OF | 145 | 230 | 13 | 9 | .964 | 1.676 | |
| Mike Chartak | OF | 112 | 186 | 10 | 6 | .970 | 1.750 | |
| Red Nonnenkamp | OF | 40 | 59 | 2 | 1 | .984 | 1.525 | |
| Buster Mills | OF | 11 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.818 | |
| Jack Graham | OF | 10 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.500 | |
| Steve Peek | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| George Washburn | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Johnny Johnson | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Al Gettel | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Norm Branch | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Hank Borowy | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| George Barley | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Frankhouse | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Tommy Byrne | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Tommy Reis | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Marcus Beddingfield | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Vance | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Eddie Carnett | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Randy Gumpert | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| George Scharein | SS | 132 | 234 | 381 | 29 | .955 | 4.659 | |
| Russ Bergmann | SS | 14 | 19 | 39 | 3 | .951 | 4.143 | |
| Sig Gryska | SS | 11 | 15 | 26 | 4 | .911 | 3.727 | |
| Totals | 1543 | 3551 | 1366 | 150 | 0 | .970 | 3.187 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
