1940 Youngstown Browns Statistics

Middle Atlantic League (MAL) - Class: C
Team Record: 62-62
Finished 3rd in the MAL
Manager: Rod Whitney (62-62)
Affiliation: St. Louis Browns
Location: Youngstown, Ohio
Ballpark: Idora Park
Attendance: 58,000, Avg. 935

1940 Youngstown Browns Roster

Playoffs - Akron Yankees 3 games, Youngstown Browns 2

The Youngstown Browns of the Middle Atlantic League ended the 1940 season with a record of 62 wins and 62 losses, finishing third in the MAL.

Rod Whitney 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
Robert Janeski	14	8	.636	3.80	25						173.0	173	94	73		75
Fred Sanford	14	12	.538	4.18	34						198.0	188	108	92		85
Sid Peterson	12	9	.571	3.11	25						159.0	146	66	55		68
Hooks Iott	10	16	.385	3.84	34						244.0	208	136	104		195
Russell Olsen	9	8	.529	5.18	28						160.0	175	112	92		89
Paul DeBruhl	1	5	.167	5.71	11						63.0	66	53	40		36
Totals	60	58	.508	4.12	157	0	0	0	0	0	997.0	956	569	456	0	548	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
Bob Dillinger	124	522	522		163	21	13	3						.312	.312	.420	.732	219
Jerry Witte	124	502	502		161	36	0	23						.321	.321	.530	.851	266
Floyd Baker	124	465	465		141	23	5	0						.303	.303	.374	.677	174
Fuzz White	98	384	384		122	12	2	0						.318	.318	.359	.677	138
Fred Reinhart	124	463	463		113	17	8	1						.244	.244	.322	.566	149
Harry Hatch	110	393	393		100	11	0	5						.254	.254	.321	.575	126
Michael Sertich	112	358	358		74	10	1	2						.207	.207	.257	.464	92
Jim Russell	79	289	289		68	14	2	8						.235	.235	.381	.616	110
Robert Janeski	44	98	98		25	3	1	1						.255	.255	.337	.592	33
Michael Surgent	26	97	97		23	3	3	1						.237	.237	.361	.598	35
Fred Scheske	43	133	133		22	4	0	0						.165	.165	.195	.361	26
Hooks Iott	35	89	89		15	2	0	1						.169	.169	.225	.393	20
Joseph Morjoseph	14	44	44		14	3	1	0						.318	.318	.432	.750	19
Sid Peterson	25	68	68		12	0	1	0						.176	.176	.206	.382	14
Russell Olsen	37	79	79		10	1	0	1						.127	.127	.177	.304	14
Fred Sanford	34	72	72		9	1	1	1						.125	.125	.208	.333	15
Rod Whitney	15	39	39		8	0	0	0						.205	.205	.205	.410	8
Paul DeBruhl	11	24	24		6	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	6
Totals	1179	4119	4119	0	1086	161	38	47	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.264	.355	.619	1464	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jerry Witte	1B	124	1072	56	18		.984	9.097
Bob Dillinger	2B	124	292	374	39		.945	5.371
Harry Hatch	3B	110	101	213	27		.921	2.855
Michael Sertich	C	110	634	56	11		.984	6.273
Rod Whitney	C	14	68	9	0		1.000	5.500
Fred Reinhart	OF	111	171	14	7		.964	1.667
Fuzz White	OF	97	250	5	11		.959	2.629
Jim Russell	OF	79	155	5	11		.936	2.025
Fred Scheske	OF	40	62	3	4		.942	1.625
Michael Surgent	OF	26	31	0	4		.886	1.192
Fred Sanford	P	34						.000
Hooks Iott	P	34						.000
Russell Olsen	P	28						.000
Sid Peterson	P	25						.000
Robert Janeski	P	25						.000
Paul DeBruhl	P	11						.000
Floyd Baker	SS	124	220	348	38		.937	4.581
Totals		1116	3056	1083	170	0	.961	3.709

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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