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1938 Cleveland Indians

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937 / 1939

86-66, Finished 3rd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ossie Vitt (86-66)
Scored 847 runs, Allowed 782 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-70

Ballparks: League Park II & Cleveland Stadium · Attendance: 652,006 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98


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1937 / 1939 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Johnny Allen 33 R R 6' 0" 180 Sep 30, 1904 7 30 27 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 $ All-Star
Earl Averill HOF 36 L R 5' 9" 172 May 21, 1902 10 134 131 134 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 118 13 131 3 0 5.3 $ All-Star
Lou Boudreau HOF 20 R R 5' 11" 185 Jul 17, 1917 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Bruce Campbell 28 L R 6' 1" 185 Oct 20, 1909 9 133 122 133 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 122 122 11 0 1.6 $
Bob Feller HOF 19 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 3, 1918 3 39 36 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.4 $15,000 All-Star
Denny Galehouse 26 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 7, 1911 5 36 12 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $
Oscar Grimes 23 R R 5' 11" 178 Apr 13, 1915 1st 4 3 4 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Odell Hale 29 R R 5' 10" 175 Aug 10, 1908 7 130 123 130 127 0 0 0 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.4 $
Mel Harder 28 R R 6' 1" 195 Oct 15, 1909 11 39 29 39 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.2 $12,000
Jeff Heath 23 L R 5' 11" 200 Apr 1, 1915 3 126 120 126 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 113 0 9 122 4 0 4.5 $
Hank Helf 24 R R 6' 1" 196 Aug 26, 1913 1st 6 2 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2 $
Rollie Hemsley 31 R R 5' 10" 170 Jun 24, 1907 11 66 58 66 58 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0.8 $
Joe Heving 37 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 2, 1900 6 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Willis Hudlin 32 R R 6' 0" 190 May 23, 1906 13 29 15 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Johnny Humphries 23 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 23, 1915 1st 45 6 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Tommy Irwin 25 R R 5' 11" 165 Dec 20, 1912 1st 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Ken Jungels 22 R R 6' 1" 180 Jun 23, 1916 2 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Ken Keltner 21 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 31, 1916 2 149 149 149 149 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
John Kroner 29 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 13, 1908 4 51 33 51 41 0 0 7 31 3 1 0 0 0 0 10 1 0.3 $
Lyn Lary 32 R R 6' 0" 165 Jan 28, 1906 10 141 138 141 141 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Ray Mack 21 R R 6' 0" 200 Aug 31, 1916 1st 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Al Milnar 24 L L 6' 2" 195 Dec 26, 1913 2 24 5 24 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
Frankie Pytlak 29 R R 5' 7" 160 Jul 30, 1908 7 113 93 113 99 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 1.7 $
Lloyd Russell 25 R R 5' 11" 166 Apr 10, 1913 1st 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 $
Clay Smith 23 R R 6' 2" 190 Sep 11, 1914 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Moose Solters 32 R R 6' 0" 190 Mar 22, 1906 5 67 42 67 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 6 46 24 0 -1.3 $
Charley Suche 22 R L 6' 2" 190 Aug 15, 1915 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Hal Trosky 25 L R 6' 2" 207 Nov 11, 1912 6 150 148 150 148 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.3 $
Roy Weatherly 23 L R 5' 6" 170 Feb 25, 1915 3 83 43 83 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 41 8 55 27 4 -0.4 $
Skeeter Webb 28 R R 5' 9" 150 Nov 4, 1909 2 20 14 20 18 0 0 0 2 3 13 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.1 $
Earl Whitehill 39 L L 5' 9" 174 Feb 7, 1899 16 26 23 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Chuck Workman 23 L R 6' 0" 175 Jan 6, 1915 1st 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.0 $
Bill Zuber 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Mar 26, 1913 2 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Charley Suche

Lyn Lary

John Kroner

Earl Averill

Odell Hale

Skeeter Webb

Moose Solters

Hal Trosky

Frankie Pytlak

Rollie Hemsley

Hank Helf

Earl Whitehill

Willis Hudlin

Bob Feller

Johnny Allen

Denny Galehouse

Joe Heving

Mel Harder

Ken Jungels
Bill Zuber

Al Milnar

Johnny Humphries

Roy Weatherly

Bruce Campbell

Jeff Heath

Ken Keltner

Clay Smith

Oscar Grimes

Tommy Irwin

Chuck Workman

Lou Boudreau

Lloyd Russell

Ray Mack

1937 / 1939 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers