1939 Springfield Cardinals Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: D
Team Record: 78-60
Finished 4th in the WL
Manager: George Silvey (78-60)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Springfield, Missouri
Attendance: 64,380, Avg. 933

1939 Springfield Cardinals Roster

Playoffs - Springfield Cardinals 3 games, Fort Smith Giants 1
Finals - Springfield Cardinals 3 games, Topeka Owls 2

The Springfield Cardinals of the Western League ended the 1939 season with a record of 78 wins and 60 losses, finishing fourth in the WL.

George Silvey served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Ken Burkhart	17	6	.739	37						211.0	198	99			96
Henry Zajac	16	12	.571	36			15			200.0	222	115			52		77
Samuel Kuipers	14	11	.560	37						239.0	227	145			193
Harold Koopmann	12	5	.706	18						128.0	119	70			59
Hal Dobson	8	10	.444	35						159.0	131	114			155
Pete Ganish	4	6	.400	16						100.0	112	86			59
Charles Grissom	3	2	.600	8						45.0	38	27			30
Totals	74	52	.587	187	0	0	15	0	0	1082.0	1047	656	0	0	644	0	77	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
Dick Lang	139	551	551		178	36	4	21						.323	.323	.517	.840	285
Fred Lanifero	137	572	572		173	17	11	2						.302	.302	.381	.684	218
Mel Wasley	139	495	495		166	30	14	11						.335	.335	.519	.855	257
George Valine	136	486	486		141	35	12	4						.290	.290	.436	.726	212
George Silvey	136	495	495		136	22	8	8						.275	.275	.400	.675	198
Claude Wright	138	474	474		125	19	7	3						.264	.264	.352	.616	167
Raymond Smith	69	231	231		69	12	4	7						.299	.299	.476	.775	110
Leonard Hill	55	207	207		55	11	2	5						.266	.266	.411	.676	85
Johnny Wyrostek	31	114	114		44	10	1	6						.386	.386	.649	1.035	74
Frank Crouch	45	141	141		33	2	2	1						.234	.234	.298	.532	42
Ken Burkhart	39	86	86		24	2	1	0						.279	.279	.326	.605	28
Samuel Kuipers	39	96	96		22	4	1	3						.229	.229	.385	.615	37
Melvin Autry	25	79	79		19	5	0	0						.241	.241	.304	.544	24
Hal Dobson	35	59	59		16	1	0	0						.271	.271	.288	.559	17
Jim Holbrook	38	92	92		14	1	1	0						.152	.152	.185	.337	17
Henry Zajac	37	75	75	7	13	0	0	0	7	0				.173	.173	.173	.347	13
Joe Molina	17	62	62		11	2	1	0						.177	.177	.242	.419	15
Pete Ganish	17	38	38		8	0	0	0						.211	.211	.211	.421	8
Richard Connell	14	41	41		8	1	1	1						.195	.195	.341	.537	14
Harry Hildebrand	11	36	36		6	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	6
Marvin Quante	16	24	24		5	2	0	0						.208	.208	.292	.500	7
Harold Koopmann	18	48	48		5	1	0	0						.104	.104	.125	.229	6
Totals	1331	4502	4502	7	1271	213	70	72	7	0	0	0	0	.282	.282	.409	.691	1840	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
George Silvey	1B	136	1219	39	21		.984	9.250
Fred Lanifero	2B	137	310	379	36		.950	5.029
George Valine	3B	133	134	277	42		.907	3.090
Raymond Smith	C	67	321	29	10		.972	5.224
Frank Crouch	C	35	196	19	5		.977	6.143
Jim Holbrook	C	25	110	14	7		.947	4.960
Melvin Autry	C	20	130	18	2		.987	7.400
Dick Lang	OF	139	308	13	7		.979	2.309
Mel Wasley	OF	137	238	15	10		.962	1.847
Leonard Hill	OF	55	89	5	9		.913	1.709
Johnny Wyrostek	OF	31	60	4	5		.928	2.065
Joe Molina	OF	17	21	3	1		.960	1.412
Richard Connell	OF	14	17	2	6		.760	1.357
Harry Hildebrand	OF	11	20	4	1		.960	2.182
Samuel Kuipers	P	37						.000
Ken Burkhart	P	37						.000
Henry Zajac	P	36						.000
Hal Dobson	P	35						.000
Harold Koopmann	P	18						.000
Pete Ganish	P	16						.000
Claude Wright	SS	138	236	407	65		.908	4.659
Totals		1274	3409	1228	227	0	.953	3.640

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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