1940 Nashville Vols Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: A1
Team Record: 101-47
Finished 1st in the SA
Manager: Larry Gilbert (101-47)
Affiliation: Brooklyn Dodgers
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Sulphur Dell
Attendance: 133,602, Avg. 1,805

1940 Nashville Vols Roster

Playoffs - Nashville Vols 3 games, Chattanooga Lookouts 0
Finals - Nashville Vols 4 games, Atlanta Crackers 2

The Nashville Vols of the Southern Association ended the 1940 season with a record of 101 wins and 47 losses, finishing first in the SA.

Larry Gilbert 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
Boots Poffenberger	26	9	.743	4.58	38	33					238.0	296	146	121		98
Leo Twardy	17	11	.607	3.45	53	20					232.0	280	102	89		49
George Jeffcoat	14	6	.700	3.78	37	26					200.0	218	105	84		78
Ace Adams	13	5	.722	4.06	44	19					184.0	203	88	83		68
Johnny Sain	8	4	.667	4.45	30	7					97.0	98	56	48		52
Russ Meers	6	3	.667	4.54	38	11					117.0	115	64	59		88
Totals	84	38	.689	4.08	240	116	0	0	0	0	1068.0	1210	561	484	0	433	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
Arnie Moser	149	623	623		216	44	7	5						.347	.347	.464	.811	289
Oris Hockett	130	521	521		189	33	4	14						.363	.363	.522	.885	272
John Mihalic	148	574	574		182	54	6	3						.317	.317	.448	.765	257
Bob Boken	151	590	590		178	46	6	13						.302	.302	.466	.768	275
Mickey Rocco	148	568	568		173	36	2	21						.305	.305	.486	.790	276
Gus Dugas	146	512	512		172	34	6	22						.336	.336	.555	.891	284
Charles George	130	480	480		161	28	6	9						.335	.335	.475	.810	228
Dick Culler	152	573	573		159	28	4	1						.277	.277	.346	.623	198
Tommy Tatum	98	264	264		81	15	7	1						.307	.307	.428	.735	113
Marv Felderman	63	153	153		51	11	0	0						.333	.333	.405	.739	62
Ace Adams	45	71	71		18	3	0	0						.254	.254	.296	.549	21
Boots Poffenberger	38	96	96		18	3	0	0						.188	.188	.219	.406	21
Johnny Sain	35	38	38		15	2	1	0						.395	.395	.500	.895	19
Leo Twardy	54	79	79		12	2	1	0						.152	.152	.203	.354	16
Russ Meers	38	41	41		8	1	0	0						.195	.195	.220	.415	9
George Jeffcoat	37	66	66		5	1	0	0						.076	.076	.091	.167	6
Barney Lutz	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1563	5250	5250	0	1638	341	50	89	0	0	0	0	0	.312	.312	.447	.759	2346	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Mickey Rocco	1B	148	1302	104	16		.989	9.500
John Mihalic	2B	147	348	472	25		.970	5.578
Bob Boken	3B	149	134	316	23		.951	3.020
Charles George	C	120	556	55	1		.998	5.092
Marv Felderman	C	42	178	14	6		.970	4.571
Arnie Moser	OF	149	304	13	13		.961	2.128
Gus Dugas	OF	145	219	24	9		.964	1.676
Oris Hockett	OF	130	335	18	14		.962	2.715
Tommy Tatum	OF	46	58	4	4		.939	1.348
Leo Twardy	P	53						.000
Ace Adams	P	44						.000
Boots Poffenberger	P	38						.000
Russ Meers	P	38						.000
George Jeffcoat	P	37						.000
Johnny Sain	P	30						.000
Dick Culler	SS	152	347	515	47		.948	5.671
Totals		1468	3781	1535	158	0	.971	3.621

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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