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             G  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR  SB BB SO RBI   PCT
1940   SBL  Ekdahl Elmer WY                  16  50 15  23   4  2  1  1             .460
1940   SBL  Logue Dave(Lefty) RGR            22  65 16  29   7  1  1  4             .446
1940   SBL  Haley Red LIB                    22  82 22  33   9  3  2  0             .402
1940   SBL  Thomson Alex(Sandy) MJ           12  52  8  19   7  0  0  3             .365
1940   SBL  Larson Norm MJ                   17  58  6  21   4  0  1  2             .362
1940   SBL  Levere Eldon LIB                 14  59 15  21   3  0  0  0             .356
1940   SBL  Roney Bill LIB                   21  99 23  33   5  1  0  1             .333
1940   SBL  Tilson Bill(Red) RGR             22  76 15  25   1  4  1  4             .329
1940   SBL  Johnson Lefty LIB                18  74  6  24   7  0  0  0             .324
1940   SBL  McDonald B MJ                    16  51  8  15   0  4  1  2             .294