Record: 22-20 / 3rd place / Western Baseball League
Des Moines Bears (A)

Historical Team WAR (1940)

Batters
Pos Player Batting WAR
P Pete Carey -0.84
3B Slim Carpenter -0.56
P Taylor Collins -0.38
P Ray Jennings -0.34
P Jose Padilla -0.33
P Bill Kutz -0.32
2B Don Griffin -0.27
CF Jack Timmons -0.22
P Pat St. John -0.20
P Les Rose -0.19
P Frank Hudson -0.17
LF Henry Muller -0.17
P Ernie Green -0.14
P Hi Fry -0.09
P Henry Boon -0.06
2B Ted Goldsby -0.05
P Ray Kirchner -0.04
2B Johnny Charles -0.04
P Roberto Naveira -0.02
P Ike Zuckerman -0.01
P Hank Kroll -0.00
LF Frank Beard 0.01
LF Billy Skoff 0.01
P Gus Place 0.02
P Jesse Patterson 0.02
P Tom Allison 0.08
LF Alex Carreon 0.08
1B Frank Sellers 0.13
1B Charlie Felder 0.14
CF Gustav Smith 0.18
1B Willy Sullivan 0.20
1B Len Woody 0.24
C Dave Armstrong 0.39
C Tex Montecalvo 0.54
LF Jim Hebert 0.56
1B Paul Davis 0.58
3B Steve Bender 0.75
SS Rip Agee 1.16
2B Jake Allen 1.35
C Don Avery 1.48
2B Jim Foeller 2.19
1B John Skinner 2.40
LF Bert Harrison 3.51
CF Birdie Jackson 3.87
RF Jerry Pierce 4.25
Pitchers
Pos Player Pitching WAR
SP Les Rose -0.16
SP Ray Kirchner -0.14
SP Hank Kroll -0.05
RP Tom Allison -0.02
RP Roberto Naveira 0.04
SP Hi Fry 0.12
SP Jesse Patterson 0.15
SP Ernie Green 0.25
RP Ike Zuckerman 0.33
RP Frank Hudson 0.54
SP Henry Boon 0.80
CL Gus Place 0.90
SP Pat St. John 1.09
RP Bill Kutz 1.12
RP Jose Padilla 1.21
RP Ray Jennings 2.17
SP Pete Carey 2.27
SP Taylor Collins 3.65