1940 Niagara Falls Rainbows/Jamestown Falcons Statistics
Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League (PONYL) - Class: D
Team Record: 48-55
Finished 5th in the PONYL
Manager: Joe O'Rourke (0-0), Joseph Savant (0-0)
Location: Jamestown, New York; Niagara Falls, New York
Ballpark: Celeron Park, Sal Maglie Stadium
1940 Niagara Falls Rainbows/Jamestown Falcons RosterTeam Record: 48-55
Finished 5th in the PONYL
Manager: Joe O'Rourke (0-0), Joseph Savant (0-0)
Location: Jamestown, New York; Niagara Falls, New York
Ballpark: Celeron Park, Sal Maglie Stadium
The Niagara Falls Rainbows/Jamestown Falcons of the Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League ended the 1940 season with a record of 48 wins and 55 losses, finishing fifth in the PONYL.Niagara Falls (22-30) moved to Jamestown July 13, first home game July 19.
Joe O'Rourke and Joseph Savant 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Cuccurullo | 9 | 10 | .474 | 3.53 | 27 | 19 | 148.0 | 153 | 87 | 58 | 82 | |||||||||||
| Charles Munger | 7 | 8 | .467 | 5.09 | 27 | 16 | 129.0 | 178 | 96 | 73 | 30 | |||||||||||
| Walter Balash | 6 | 10 | .375 | 5.08 | 28 | 18 | 156.0 | 159 | 120 | 88 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Frank Smrekar | 5 | 8 | .385 | 6.03 | 22 | 10 | 106.0 | 145 | 92 | 71 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Holtz | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.50 | 10 | 4 | 44.0 | 56 | 27 | 22 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Duane Shaffer | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5.49 | 14 | 7 | 77.0 | 100 | 64 | 47 | 57 | |||||||||||
| Sal Maglie | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.73 | 7 | 7 | 56.0 | 54 | 22 | 17 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 37 | 44 | .457 | 4.73 | 135 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 716.0 | 845 | 508 | 376 | 0 | 276 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Heller | 103 | 414 | 414 | 117 | 26 | 8 | 9 | .283 | .283 | .449 | .732 | 186 | |||||||||||
| Richard Oppenhammer | 94 | 339 | 339 | 108 | 15 | 10 | 1 | .319 | .319 | .431 | .749 | 146 | |||||||||||
| Robert Blanchard | 103 | 383 | 383 | 105 | 17 | 5 | 1 | .274 | .274 | .352 | .627 | 135 | |||||||||||
| Bill Harnick | 77 | 291 | 291 | 87 | 20 | 4 | 12 | .299 | .299 | .519 | .818 | 151 | |||||||||||
| John Newman | 63 | 239 | 239 | 75 | 14 | 1 | 8 | .314 | .314 | .481 | .795 | 115 | |||||||||||
| Hank Nowak | 49 | 205 | 205 | 69 | 12 | 4 | 4 | .337 | .337 | .493 | .829 | 101 | |||||||||||
| Meade Coyle | 53 | 203 | 203 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .246 | .246 | .330 | .576 | 67 | |||||||||||
| Charles Wenner | 36 | 151 | 151 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .199 | .199 | .305 | .503 | 46 | |||||||||||
| Allan Bradley | 31 | 122 | 122 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .238 | .238 | .262 | .500 | 32 | |||||||||||
| Arthur Cuccurullo | 39 | 93 | 93 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .237 | .237 | .312 | .548 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Joe Ruggiero | 23 | 87 | 87 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .230 | .230 | .287 | .517 | 25 | |||||||||||
| James Fremming | 14 | 49 | 49 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .306 | .306 | .408 | .714 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Walter Mack | 19 | 63 | 63 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .238 | .238 | .286 | .524 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Walter Balash | 31 | 73 | 73 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .205 | .205 | .315 | .521 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Herbert Kam | 12 | 46 | 46 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .283 | .283 | .478 | .761 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Frank Smrekar | 22 | 46 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .196 | .196 | .261 | .457 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Charles Munger | 30 | 60 | 60 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .150 | .283 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Duane Shaffer | 16 | 30 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .200 | .367 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Holtz | 10 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .357 | .571 | 5 | |||||||||||
| William Kucker | 13 | 43 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .047 | .047 | .047 | .093 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 838 | 2951 | 2951 | 0 | 797 | 135 | 46 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .270 | .270 | .390 | .660 | 1150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Heller | 1B | 103 | 924 | 49 | 28 | .972 | 9.447 | |
| Nicholas Lemone | 2B | 76 | 184 | 236 | 39 | .915 | 5.526 | |
| Walter Mack | 2B | 14 | 21 | 22 | 3 | .935 | 3.071 | |
| Robert Blanchard | 3B | 103 | 126 | 201 | 24 | .932 | 3.175 | |
| Richard Oppenhammer | C | 81 | 469 | 41 | 18 | .966 | 6.296 | |
| James Fremming | C | 14 | 93 | 11 | 6 | .945 | 7.429 | |
| Bill Harnick | OF | 75 | 125 | 11 | 8 | .944 | 1.813 | |
| John Newman | OF | 63 | 83 | 4 | 3 | .967 | 1.381 | |
| Hank Nowak | OF | 45 | 80 | 7 | 12 | .879 | 1.933 | |
| Charles Wenner | OF | 36 | 97 | 5 | 1 | .990 | 2.833 | |
| Joe Ruggiero | OF | 15 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | |
| William Kucker | OF | 13 | 34 | 3 | 3 | .925 | 2.846 | |
| Herbert Kam | OF | 12 | 17 | 0 | 2 | .895 | 1.417 | |
| Walter Balash | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Munger | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Arthur Cuccurullo | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Smrekar | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Duane Shaffer | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Holtz | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Meade Coyle | SS | 53 | 92 | 158 | 28 | .899 | 4.717 | |
| Allan Bradley | SS | 31 | 60 | 91 | 10 | .938 | 4.871 | |
| Totals | 862 | 2424 | 841 | 185 | 0 | .946 | 3.788 |
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