1940 Oklahoma City Indians Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: A1
Team Record: 82-78
Finished 4th in the TL
Manager: Jim Keesey (0-0), Rogers Hornsby (0-0)
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Texas League Park
Attendance: 71,545, Avg. 894

1940 Oklahoma City Indians Roster

Playoffs - Houston Buffaloes 3 games, Oklahoma City Indians 1

The Oklahoma City Indians of the Texas League ended the 1940 season with a record of 82 wins and 78 losses, finishing fourth in the TL.

Jim Keesey and Rogers Hornsby 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
Irv Stein	11	15	.423	3.84	51						199.0	209	160	85		43
Orval Grove	10	9	.526	2.88	24						156.0	141	63	50		52
Albert Fisher	10	9	.526	3.67	27						169.0	168	72	69		28
Dewey Adkins	7	1	.875	2.80	12						74.0	48	24	23		28
Charles Marleau	5	1	.833	3.81	22						59.0	65	32	25		9
Lewis McLendon	4	9	.308	3.91	29						129.0	156	85	56		40
Bill Prince	3	6	.333	6.72	20						83.0	117	69	62		27
Kola Sharp	2	1	.667	6.55	9						33.0	54	26	24		4
Merle Coleman	1	2	.333	4.50	6						26.0	34	16	13		13
Walter Brown	1	3	.250	4.62	9						37.0	32	21	19		23
Red Phillips	0	0		0.00	4						5.0	12				1
Ralph Marshall	0	0		0.00	3						3.0	9				4
Dale Livingston	0	0		5.00	12						18.0	19	12	10		12
Stan Goletz	0	1	.000	0.00	2						9.0	16				1
Aldon Wilkie	0	1	.000	0.00	4						10.0	18				5
Totals	54	58	.482	3.89	234	0	0	0	0	0	1010.0	1098	580	436	0	290	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
Dave Short	160	616	616		179	39	12	5						.291	.291	.417	.708	257
Don Kolloway	127	520	520		146	25	6	9						.281	.281	.404	.685	210
Harry Bassin	100	389	389		107	24	7	4						.275	.275	.404	.679	157
Ted Cieslak	123	379	379		106	18	8	11						.280	.280	.456	.736	173
Dixie Howell	143	461	461		105	20	1	2						.228	.228	.289	.516	133
George Dickey	113	324	324		102	20	4	5						.315	.315	.448	.762	145
Donald Prather	46	168	168		40	9	4	0						.238	.238	.339	.577	57
Jim Hegan	44	138	138		39	7	3	2						.283	.283	.420	.703	58
Jim Keesey	42	116	116		38	8	2	2						.328	.328	.483	.810	56
Thurman Tucker	40	144	144		37	6	2	0						.257	.257	.326	.583	47
Fred Collins	36	96	96		29	8	2	1						.302	.302	.458	.760	44
Joe Gedzius	34	117	117		27	6	0	3						.231	.231	.359	.590	42
Albert Fisher	50	103	103		25	2	2	5						.243	.243	.447	.689	46
Joe Burns	24	84	84		18	4	0	1						.214	.214	.298	.512	25
Orville Nesselrode	16	64	64		17	3	1	0						.266	.266	.344	.609	22
Ed Coleman	22	72	72		15	4	0	0						.208	.208	.264	.472	19
Eddie Yount	23	66	66		13	2	1	0						.197	.197	.258	.455	17
Neal Arlett	8	25	25		9	1	0	0						.360	.360	.400	.760	10
Lewis McLendon	29	37	37		9	1	0	0						.243	.243	.270	.514	10
Irv Stein	51	50	50		9	0	0	0						.180	.180	.180	.360	9
Charles Marleau	22	19	19		7	0	0	0						.368	.368	.368	.737	7
Louis Brower	16	27	27		7	1	0	0						.259	.259	.296	.556	8
Cecil Smyly	18	24	24		5	2	1	0						.208	.208	.375	.583	9
Kola Sharp	9	13	13		4	1	0	0						.308	.308	.385	.692	5
John Larrieu	5	14	14		3	0	0	1						.214	.214	.429	.643	6
Elmer Weingartner	11	29	29		3	0	1	0						.103	.103	.172	.276	5
Orval Grove	24	48	48		3	0	0	0						.062	.062	.062	.125	3
Merle Coleman	6	8	8		2	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	2
Dewey Adkins	12	22	22		2	1	0	0						.091	.091	.136	.227	3
Steve Shemo	7	22	22		2	0	0	0						.091	.091	.091	.182	2
Bill Prince	20	24	24		2	0	0	0						.083	.083	.083	.167	2
Rogers Hornsby	1	1	1		1	0	0	0						1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Bobby Moers	2	3	3		1	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Goodson	1	3	3		1	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Harold Cromer	4	7	7		1	1	0	0						.143	.143	.286	.429	2
Tony Rensa	5	14	14		1	0	0	0						.071	.071	.071	.143	1
Virgil Richardson	1	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Timer Pride	1	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Walter Brown	9	14	14		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Gil Turner	2	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bob Mitchell	5	8	8		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dale Livingston	13	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1425	4279	4279	0	1115	213	57	51	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.261	.373	.633	1595	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Harry Bassin	1B	99	933	37	13		.987	9.798
Fred Collins	1B	36	285	17	1		.997	8.389
Jim Keesey	1B	32	251	6	2		.992	8.031
Don Kolloway	2B	126	332	403	25		.967	5.833
Joe Gedzius	2B	31	70	112	12		.938	5.871
Ted Cieslak	3B	100	68	192	29		.900	2.600
Donald Prather	3B	34	23	61	5		.944	2.471
Joe Burns	3B	21	19	38	5		.919	2.714
George Dickey	C	97	406	60	11		.977	4.804
Jim Hegan	C	34	161	15	3		.983	5.176
Dave Short	OF	160	350	15	18		.953	2.281
Thurman Tucker	OF	39	61	2	2		.969	1.615
Ed Coleman	OF	20	23	1	1		.960	1.200
Orville Nesselrode	OF	16	28	5	4		.892	2.062
Eddie Yount	OF	12	13	1	0		1.000	1.167
Irv Stein	P	51						.000
Lewis McLendon	P	29						.000
Albert Fisher	P	27						.000
Orval Grove	P	24						.000
Charles Marleau	P	22						.000
Bill Prince	P	20						.000
Dale Livingston	P	12						.000
Dewey Adkins	P	12						.000
Kola Sharp	P	9						.000
Walter Brown	P	9						.000
Merle Coleman	P	6						.000
Aldon Wilkie	P	4						.000
Red Phillips	P	4						.000
Ralph Marshall	P	3						.000
Stan Goletz	P	2						.000
Dixie Howell	SS	141	238	430	44		.938	4.738
Totals		1232	3261	1395	175	0	.964	3.779

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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