1940 Waycross Bears Statistics

Georgia-Florida League (GGL) - Class: D
Team Record: 93-45
Finished 1st in the GGL
Manager: Al Leitz (93-45)
Location: Waycross, Georgia
Ballpark: Ralph Newton Field

1940 Waycross Bears Roster

Playoffs - Waycross Bears 3 games, Valdosta Trojans 0
Finals - Waycross Bears 4 games, Thomasville Tourists 1

The Waycross Bears of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1940 season with a record of 93 wins and 45 losses, finishing first in the GGL.

Al Leitz 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
Elwood Lawson	26	6	.812	3.16	38						251.0	233	121	88		147
Jack Embler	18	9	.667	3.11	40						252.0	262	130	87		71
Frank Bennett	16	6	.727	2.86	30						230.0	250	110	73		53
Charles Atwater	14	4	.778	2.62	21						158.0	142	63	46		65
Joe Wrobke	6	4	.600	3.14	12						86.0	82	36	30		32
Billy Morgan	5	3	.625	3.08	15						79.0	75	37	27		46
James Marsh	3	5	.375	4.24	12						68.0	84	47	32		32
Edwin Clement	2	3	.400	1.12	5						48.0	37	15	6		11
Totals	90	40	.692	2.99	173	0	0	0	0	0	1172.0	1165	559	389	0	457	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
Pete Thomassie	139	570	570		193	31	13	4						.339	.339	.460	.798	262
Charles Farrar	140	585	585		187	34	14	10						.320	.320	.477	.797	279
Charlie Brewster	140	584	584		178	23	9	12						.305	.305	.437	.741	255
John DeJohn	140	563	563		174	31	11	7						.309	.309	.440	.750	248
Marvin Horton	136	547	547		165	19	8	4						.302	.302	.388	.689	212
Harry Hughes	127	456	456		154	24	7	2						.338	.338	.434	.772	198
William Borden	133	534	534		150	16	5	2						.281	.281	.341	.622	182
Al Leitz	121	449	449		144	18	9	1						.321	.321	.408	.728	183
Fred Janci	45	164	164		40	2	1	1						.244	.244	.287	.530	47
Pat Bevell	50	143	143		34	2	0	0						.238	.238	.252	.490	36
Jack Embler	40	101	101		20	1	0	0						.198	.198	.208	.406	21
Elwood Lawson	43	109	109		19	0	1	0						.174	.174	.193	.367	21
Bill Rucker	17	54	54		14	2	3	1						.259	.259	.463	.722	25
Charles Atwater	23	63	63		13	2	0	0						.206	.206	.238	.444	15
Will Hafey	13	49	49		12	0	0	1						.245	.245	.306	.551	15
Frank Bennett	31	89	89		11	0	0	0						.124	.124	.124	.247	11
James Marsh	19	43	43		9	1	1	0						.209	.209	.279	.488	12
Joe Wrobke	14	37	37		7	0	0	0						.189	.189	.189	.378	7
Billy Morgan	15	26	26		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1386	5166	5166	0	1524	206	82	45	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.295	.393	.688	2029	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Jack Embler	P	40					.000
Elwood Lawson	P	38					.000
Frank Bennett	P	30					.000
Charles Atwater	P	21					.000
Billy Morgan	P	15					.000
Joe Wrobke	P	12					.000
James Marsh	P	12					.000
Totals		168	0	0	0	0	.000

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