1940 Shreveport Sports Statistics
Texas League (TL) - Class: A1
Team Record: 72-88
Finished 7th in the TL
Manager: Homer Peel (0-0), Hub Northen (0-0)
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Ballpark: SPAR Stadium
Attendance: 71,815, Avg. 898
1940 Shreveport Sports RosterTeam Record: 72-88
Finished 7th in the TL
Manager: Homer Peel (0-0), Hub Northen (0-0)
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Ballpark: SPAR Stadium
Attendance: 71,815, Avg. 898
The Shreveport Sports of the Texas League ended the 1940 season with a record of 72 wins and 88 losses, finishing seventh in the TL.
Homer Peel and Hub Northen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Coombs | 19 | 14 | .576 | 3.13 | 36 | 273.0 | 285 | 119 | 95 | 31 | ||||||||||||
| Hugo Klaerner | 16 | 16 | .500 | 2.92 | 38 | 265.0 | 243 | 105 | 86 | 73 | ||||||||||||
| Jackie Reid | 16 | 16 | .500 | 2.99 | 45 | 262.0 | 260 | 106 | 87 | 37 | ||||||||||||
| Jim Brillheart | 5 | 9 | .357 | 3.35 | 37 | 242.0 | 153 | 101 | 90 | 77 | ||||||||||||
| Horace Lisenbee | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.22 | 18 | 64.0 | 60 | 35 | 30 | 14 | ||||||||||||
| Walt Navie | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.62 | 27 | 72.0 | 75 | 44 | 37 | 33 | ||||||||||||
| Wynn Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0.90 | 5 | 10.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Frank Sansosti | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 4 | 9.0 | 8 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Ray Benge | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.00 | 2 | 3.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Fred Johnson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.75 | 6 | 24.0 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Eddie Lopat | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.94 | 15 | 47.0 | 51 | 39 | 31 | 24 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 61 | 71 | .462 | 3.31 | 233 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1271.0 | 1171 | 563 | 468 | 0 | 297 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Jones | 154 | 541 | 541 | 163 | 34 | 2 | 16 | .301 | .301 | .460 | .762 | 249 | |||||||||||
| Tony York | 162 | 628 | 628 | 149 | 37 | 6 | 15 | .237 | .237 | .387 | .624 | 243 | |||||||||||
| Guy Curtright | 133 | 456 | 456 | 119 | 16 | 4 | 10 | .261 | .261 | .379 | .640 | 173 | |||||||||||
| Joe Vitter | 135 | 477 | 477 | 119 | 25 | 7 | 2 | .249 | .249 | .344 | .593 | 164 | |||||||||||
| George Washington | 121 | 394 | 394 | 107 | 32 | 4 | 6 | .272 | .272 | .419 | .690 | 165 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Greenberg | 91 | 325 | 325 | 100 | 16 | 0 | 7 | .308 | .308 | .422 | .729 | 137 | |||||||||||
| Ray Taylor | 92 | 363 | 363 | 100 | 14 | 4 | 2 | .275 | .275 | .353 | .628 | 128 | |||||||||||
| Neil Andrews | 108 | 328 | 328 | 87 | 18 | 0 | 3 | .265 | .265 | .348 | .613 | 114 | |||||||||||
| Homer Peel | 64 | 169 | 169 | 55 | 12 | 0 | 2 | .325 | .325 | .432 | .757 | 73 | |||||||||||
| Del Friar | 94 | 215 | 215 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .228 | .228 | .298 | .526 | 64 | |||||||||||
| John Simontacchi | 65 | 199 | 199 | 47 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .236 | .236 | .312 | .548 | 62 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Coombs | 37 | 97 | 97 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .186 | .186 | .186 | .371 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Hugo Klaerner | 38 | 95 | 95 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .179 | .179 | .232 | .411 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Jackie Reid | 45 | 87 | 87 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .149 | .149 | .172 | .322 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Howard Ermisch | 16 | 46 | 46 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .217 | .217 | .261 | .478 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Jim Brillheart | 37 | 46 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .196 | .196 | .261 | .457 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Walt Navie | 31 | 30 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .233 | .400 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Eddie Lopat | 16 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Ross Van Antwerp | 8 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .214 | .357 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Wynn Jackson | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Fred Johnson | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Horace Lisenbee | 18 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .143 | .214 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Bob Richards | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1479 | 4556 | 4556 | 0 | 1175 | 231 | 31 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 | .258 | .366 | .624 | 1669 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Jones | 1B | 154 | 1528 | 56 | 19 | .988 | 1.286 | |
| Ray Taylor | 2B | 91 | 187 | 247 | 15 | .967 | 4.769 | |
| Joseph Greenberg | 3B | 83 | 78 | 129 | 26 | .888 | 2.494 | |
| Joe Vitter | 3B | 71 | 59 | 159 | 15 | .936 | 3.070 | |
| Howard Ermisch | 3B | 16 | 14 | 26 | 6 | .870 | 2.500 | |
| Neil Andrews | C | 102 | 450 | 49 | 8 | .984 | 4.892 | |
| Del Friar | C | 74 | 80 | 32 | 6 | .949 | 1.514 | |
| Guy Curtright | OF | 129 | 273 | 5 | 7 | .975 | 2.155 | |
| George Washington | OF | 113 | 160 | 3 | 4 | .976 | 1.442 | |
| John Simontacchi | OF | 61 | 78 | 5 | 5 | .943 | 1.361 | |
| Homer Peel | OF | 49 | 79 | 2 | 2 | .976 | 1.653 | |
| Jackie Reid | P | 45 | .000 | |||||
| Hugo Klaerner | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Brillheart | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Bobby Coombs | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Walt Navie | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Horace Lisenbee | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Eddie Lopat | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Fred Johnson | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Wynn Jackson | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Sansosti | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Ray Benge | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Tony York | SS | 162 | 280 | 564 | 52 | .942 | 5.210 | |
| Totals | 1338 | 3266 | 1277 | 165 | 0 | .965 | 3.395 |
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.
