Statistics, 1940       

SOUTHERN LEAGUE

After a void of several years, the 1940 Southern League appointed a head scorekeeper, sports journalist Dave Dryburgh of the Regina Leader-Post. The result was the tabulation of final batting data for 1940 which appeared in the August 7 edition of the Leader-Post.

(August 7)  According to today's Regina Leader-Post, the title of "king of swat" in the 1940 Southern League belongs to outfielder Elmer Ekdahl of the Weyburn Beavers who ran up a fine average of .460 on the season's play. Slightly behind Ekdahl with a mark of .446 came Dave "Lefty" Logue, a pitcher and jack-of-all-trades with the Regina Red Sox. The two finished ahead of colored import "Red" Haley of the Liberty Eagles who batted .402 and was tied with teammate Bill Roney with the most base hits, 33. Roney went to bat the most times, 99 in posting a .333 average. Brown of Liberty scored 26 runs to lead in that department. Haley led in doubles with nine to his credit while Bill "Red" Tilson of Regina and "Butch" McDonald of Moose Jaw had four triples. Six different players, including Haley, ended up with two home runs. Two members of the Regina Red Sox, Frank Merk and Ken Charlton, were the leading base stealers with seven apiece.

Ave : Ekdahl WY - .460 
Hits : Haley, Rooney LIB - 33
2B : Haley LIB - 9
3B : Tilson RGR, McDonald MJ - 4
HR : Six tied with 2
SB - Merk, Charlton RGR - 7
SOUTHERN LEAGUE FINAL           GP  AB   R   H  2B  3B  HR  SB   PCT
Ekdahl Elmer WY                 16  50  15  23   4   2   1   1  .460
Logue Dave(Lefty) RGR           22  65  16  29   7   1   1   4  .446
Haley Red LIB                   22  82  22  33   9   3   2   0  .402
Boyce Harold(Curly) MJ          10  25   5  10   1   0   0   4  .400
Thomson Alex(Sandy) MJ          12  52   8  19   7   0   0   3  .365
Larson Norm MJ                  17  58   6  21   4   0   1   2  .362
Levere Eldon LIB                14  59  15  21   3   0   0   0  .356
Roney Bill LIB                  21  99  23  33   5   1   0   1  .333
Tilson Bill(Red) RGR            22  76  15  25   1   4   1   4  .329
Johnson Lefty LIB               18  74   6  24   7   0   0   0  .324
McDonald Byron(Butch) MJ        16  51   8  15   0   4   1   2  .294
Lach Elmer MJ                    8  28   5   8   2   0   0   2  .286
Brown Edward LIB                22  94  26  26   5   0   2   1  .277
Wilder Les WY                   15  55   2  15   0   0   0   1  .273
Chapman J. WY                   12  44   9  12   1   0   0   1  .273
Ward Brit LIB                   15  56  14  15   3   0   0   0  .268
Hogg Ralph WY                   14  49   7  13   0   0   0   0  .265
Watt Cliff WY                   12  34   7   9   1   2   2   1  .265
Schmidt John(Muttsy) RGR        22  84  15  22   1   1   2   4  .262
Woeppel Maurice LIB             17  62   8  16   1   0   0   0  .258
Wilder Archie WY                19  55  12  14   2   2   0   4  .255
McDonald Donnie MJ              17  61   6  15   1   0   0   0  .246
Shupe WY                        15  53   7  13   1   0   0   3  .245
Tannahill LIB                   15  53   9  13   3   0   0   0  .245
Evenson Denny LIB               19  74   8  18   1   3   2   0  .243
Sherran Don MJ                  15  60   8  14   4   1   0   1  .233
Katz RGR                        15  51  10  11   2   0   0   3  .216   *1
Zimmerman Frankie RGR           20  75  12  16   1   0   0   5  .213
Charlton Ken RGR                20  71  13  15   0   0   0   7  .211   *2
Stevenson Archie WY             14  52   5  10   4   0   0  12  .192
O'Brien Harry RGR               22  74   8  14   2   2   2   4  .189
Emerson MJ                      13  55   7  10   2   0   0   2  .182
Merk  Frank RGR                 20  72   6  13   5   0   0   7  .181
Walters Earl WY                  8  31   2   5   0   0   0   0  .161
Campbell Don WY                 10  38   5   6   0   1   0   0  .158
Emerson W. MJ                   10  38   3   6   0   0   0   1  .158
Thompson Charlie WY              9  33   3   5   1   0   0   0  .152
Walters Art WY                  13  46   6   6   1   0   0   0  .130
Grossman Johnny RGR             11  28   3   3   0   0   0   2  .107
Carr MJ                         15  35   7   3   0   0   0   3  .086
McLean WY                        9  26   1   2   0   0   0   0  .077
Armstrong Jerry WY               8  24   2   1   0   0   0   0  .042
   Players (Notre Dame & Wilcox) who did not finish the schedule
Downton Ernie WX                 6  24   1  11   3   0   0   0  .458
Metz Nick WX                     7  32   9  12   2   2   0   1  .375
Pratt Harold WX                  6  24   6   9   1   0   0   2  .375
Germann Frank ND                10  35  10  13   1   1   0   1  .371
Metz Don WX                      6  26   2   9   1   0   0   0  .346
Singleton Herb ND                8  21   2   7   1   0   0   0  .333
Butcher Bob WX                   6  27   6   8   1   1   1   1  .296
Schultz Earl ND                 10  35   4  10   2   0   0   0  .286   *3
Demers Tub ND                   11  40   8  11   2   1   0   1  .275
Brown ND                        10  39   9  10   0   0   1   1  .256
Boesch Garth ND                 10  36   5   8   2   0   2   0  .222
Miller ND                        9  32   5   6   0   0   0   2  .188
Jones John ND                    9  31   3   4   0   0   0   0  .129
Downton Aubrey WX                6  25   1   3   1   0   0   0  .120
Clements Gerald(Brownie) WX      6  20   1   2   1   0   0   0  .100
Metz Bob WX                      6  25   2   2   0   0   0   0  .080
   1) Shown with 31 Abs, but 51 shows the average published. 2) Shown 
with 17 Abs but 71 results in average published. 3) Shown with 8 Abs,
needed 10 for ave. shown.


BURRARD BASEBALL LEAGUE

For the fourth straight summer, Kaz Suga is the batting leader of the Asahis.  Suga topped Frank Shiraishi by more than 100 points in 1940, finishing with a .490 batting mark in 44 games. Shiraishi hit .381. Suga also led the Asahis in hits, 74, runs, 50, doubles, 17, home runs, 4, runs batted in, 45, and stolen bases, 51. On the mound, Suga had an outstanding won-lost record of 13-3 in 113 innings pitched. Nag Nishihara finished with a 12-4 record.

BURRARD BASEBALL LEAGUE         GP  AB   R   H  2B  3B  HR  SB RBI   PCT
(Only Asahis available)
Suga Kaz VAS                    44 151  50  74  17   2   4  51  45  .490
Shiraishi Frank VAS             43 139  38  53   8   4   0  46  26  .381
Maruno Mike VAS                 40 117  32  42  15   2   3  20  34  .359
Nakamura Ed VAS                 33  89  29  30  10   0   0  13  21  .337
Kutsukake Ken VAS               40 117  22  37   1   0   0  17  20  .316
Uno Yuki VAS                    42 132  42  38  12   1   1  11  23  .288
Nishihara Nag VAS               43 140  24  40  11   2   0  20  29  .286
Yamamura Roy VAS                39  96  45  25   3   1   2  35  19  .260
Shishido George VAS             44 112  30  27   3   1   1  13  24  .241
Mitsui Koei VAS                 25  65  14  15   2   2   0   6  12  .231
Terada Chuck VAS                10  16   2   3   0   0   0   2   1  .188
Kaminishi Kaye VAS              16  19   9   3   0   0   0   5   1  .158
Sawayama Tom VAS                 4   7   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  .000
Yoshinaka George VAS             2   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  .000
Source :  Asahi : A Legend in Baseball, Pat Adachi
BURRARD BASEBALL LEAGUE         G  W  L   PCT  IP   H   R  BB  SO    ERA
(Only Asahis available)
Suga Kaz VAS                   20 13  3  .813 113 116  50  44  85
Nishihara Nag VAS              21 12  4  .750 106 141  76 414  88
Maruno Mike VAS                 5  3  1  .750  30  36  16   5  27
Shiraishi Frank VAS             5  3  0 1.000  27  21  12  12  11
Sawayama Tommy VAS              3  1  1  .500  16  16  11   6  10
Yoshinaka George VAS            1  0  0  .000   0   0   0   1   0
Source :  Asahi : A Legend in Baseball, Pat Adachi