
1940 Waycross Bears Statistics
Team Record: 93-45
Finished 1st in the GGL
Manager: Al Leitz (93-45)
Location: Waycross, Georgia
Ballpark: Ralph Newton Field
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 | Fld% | 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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