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1938 Cleveland Indians

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 - 96 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98


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1937 / 1939 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Frankie Pytlak 29 113 406 364 46 112 14 7 1 43 9 5 36 15 .308 .376 .393 .769 94 143 4 2
2 1B Hal Trosky* 25 150 626 554 106 185 40 9 19 110 5 1 67 40 .334 .407 .542 .948 137 300 1 4
3 2B Odell Hale 29 130 559 496 69 138 32 2 8 69 8 1 44 39 .278 .338 .399 .737 86 198 1 18
4 SS Lyn Lary 32 141 660 568 94 152 36 4 3 51 23 6 88 65 .268 .366 .361 .727 84 205 0 5
5 3B Ken Keltner 21 149 619 576 86 159 31 9 26 113 4 3 33 75 .276 .319 .497 .815 103 286 3 7
6 OF Bruce Campbell* 28 133 574 511 90 148 27 12 12 72 11 7 53 57 .290 .360 .460 .820 106 235 3 8
7 OF Earl Averill* 36 134 567 482 101 159 27 15 14 93 5 2 81 48 .330 .429 .535 .965 142 258 3 1
8 OF Jeff Heath* 23 126 538 502 104 172 31 18 21 112 3 1 33 55 .343 .383 .602 .985 145 302 0 3
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 C Rollie Hemsley 31 66 231 203 27 60 11 3 2 28 1 1 23 14 .296 .367 .409 .776 96 83 0 4
10 OF Roy Weatherly* 23 83 228 210 32 55 14 3 2 18 8 5 14 14 .262 .308 .386 .694 74 81 0 4
11 OF Moose Solters 32 67 214 199 30 40 6 3 2 22 4 1 13 28 .201 .250 .291 .541 36 58 0 2
12 2B John Kroner 29 51 138 117 13 29 16 0 1 17 0 1 19 6 .248 .353 .410 .763 92 48 0 1
13 IF Skeeter Webb 28 20 66 58 11 16 2 0 0 2 1 0 8 7 .276 .364 .310 .674 72 18 0 0
14 C Hank Helf 24 6 14 13 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .077 .143 .077 .220 -43 1 0 0
15 SS Tommy Irwin 25 3 12 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .111 .333 .111 .444 17 1 0 0
16 IF Oscar Grimes 23 4 12 10 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 .200 .333 .400 .733 84 4 0 0
17 2B Ray Mack 21 2 6 6 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 147 4 0 0
18 OF Chuck Workman* 23 2 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 103 2 0 0
19 3B Lou Boudreau 20 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 37 0 0 0
20 Lloyd Russell 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 P Bob Feller 19 39 114 94 6 17 3 1 0 13 0 1 11 32 .181 .267 .234 .501 27 22 0 9
22 P Mel Harder 28 39 94 88 3 10 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 31 .114 .152 .136 .289 -27 12 0 2
23 P Johnny Allen 33 30 85 79 12 20 2 1 1 14 1 0 3 14 .253 .280 .342 .622 56 27 0 3
24 P Earl Whitehill* 39 26 64 56 0 7 0 0 0 6 0 0 7 13 .125 .222 .125 .347 -10 7 0 0
25 P Willis Hudlin 32 29 48 43 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 1 3 14 .116 .174 .163 .337 -15 7 0 2
26 P Denny Galehouse 26 36 41 39 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 .154 .195 .154 .349 -11 6 0 0
27 P Johnny Humphries 23 45 32 29 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .103 .161 .172 .334 -16 5 1 2
28 P Al Milnar* 24 24 26 26 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 .154 .154 .308 .462 14 8 0 0
29 P Bill Zuber 25 15 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 1
30 P Clay Smith 23 4 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 -45 0 0 0
31 P Ken Jungels 22 9 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
32 P Charley Suche 22 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 639 2 0 0
33 P Joe Heving 37 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.9 153 6001 5356 847 1506 300 89 113 799 83 36 551 606 .281 .350 .434 .784 97 2323 16 78
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 4 3 1 1 3 2 7 7 2 3 6 2 3 2 6
Non-Pitcher Totals 27.9 153 5477 4884 816 1433 287 87 111 755 82 34 519 466 .293 .363 .456 .819 106 2227 15 59
Pitcher Totals 27.8 153 524 472 31 73 13 2 2 44 1 2 32 140 .155 .210 .203 .413 5 96 1 19
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Bob Feller 19 17 11 .607 4.08 39 36 3 20 2 1 277.2 225 136 126 13 208 240 7 1 5 1248 113 1.559 7.3 0.4 6.7 7.8 1.15
2 SP Mel Harder 28 17 10 .630 3.83 38 29 6 15 2 4 240.0 257 115 102 16 62 102 5 0 1 1026 120 1.329 9.6 0.6 2.3 3.8 1.65
3 SP Johnny Allen 33 14 8 .636 4.19 30 27 3 13 0 0 200.0 189 107 93 15 81 112 3 0 7 855 110 1.350 8.5 0.7 3.6 5.0 1.38
4 SP Earl Whitehill* 39 9 8 .529 5.56 26 23 1 4 0 0 160.1 187 109 99 18 83 60 9 0 4 746 83 1.684 10.5 1.0 4.7 3.4 0.72
5 SP Willis Hudlin 32 8 8 .500 4.89 29 15 11 8 0 1 127.0 158 80 69 13 45 27 2 0 4 576 94 1.598 11.2 0.9 3.2 1.9 0.60
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Johnny Humphries 23 9 8 .529 5.23 45 6 25 1 0 6 103.1 105 69 60 6 63 56 1 1 1 470 88 1.626 9.1 0.5 5.5 4.9 0.89
7 RP Denny Galehouse 26 7 8 .467 4.34 36 12 16 5 1 3 114.0 119 62 55 12 65 66 1 0 3 505 106 1.614 9.4 0.9 5.1 5.2 1.02
8 RP Al Milnar* 24 3 1 .750 5.00 23 5 7 2 0 1 68.1 90 48 38 5 26 29 0 0 2 312 92 1.698 11.9 0.7 3.4 3.8 1.12
9 RP Bill Zuber 25 0 3 .000 5.02 15 0 6 0 0 1 28.2 33 18 16 0 20 14 0 0 1 134 93 1.849 10.4 0.0 6.3 4.4 0.70
10 RP Ken Jungels 22 1 0 1.000 8.80 9 0 2 0 0 0 15.1 21 16 15 1 18 7 2 0 0 84 53 2.543 12.3 0.6 10.6 4.1 0.39
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Clay Smith 23 0 0 6.55 4 0 4 0 0 0 11.0 18 10 8 1 2 3 0 0 0 51 72 1.818 14.7 0.8 1.6 2.5 1.50
12 Joe Heving 37 1 1 .500 9.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 10 8 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 32 54 2.500 15.0 0.0 7.5 0.0 0.00
13 Charley Suche* 22 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 4 4 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 10 21 5.250 27.0 0.0 20.3 6.8 0.33
Team Totals 27.7 86 66 .566 4.60 153 153 85 68 5 17 1353.0 1416 782 691 100 681 717 30 2 28 6049 100 1.550 9.4 0.7 4.5 4.8 1.05
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 6 4 5 4 1 3 1 4 4 3 7 1
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary
Johnny Allen 33 30 27 13 59 14 43 2 3 .966 1.90 P
Earl Averill 36 131 131 125 354 331 14 9 2 .975 2.63 OF
Lou Boudreau 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3B
Bruce Campbell 28 122 122 118 241 220 13 8 3 .967 1.91 OF
Bob Feller 19 39 36 20 48 8 37 3 1 .938 1.15 P
Denny Galehouse 26 36 12 5 25 4 21 0 2 1.000 0.69 P
Oscar Grimes 23 3 3 3 12 10 2 0 2 1.000 4.00 2B-1B
Odell Hale 29 127 123 117 672 304 343 25 72 .963 5.09 2B
Mel Harder 28 38 29 15 71 21 49 1 2 .986 1.84 P
Jeff Heath 23 122 120 117 266 254 5 7 2 .974 2.12 OF
Hank Helf 24 5 2 2 19 13 5 1 1 .947 3.60 0 2 1 33% 37% C
Rollie Hemsley 31 58 58 52 404 358 38 8 5 .980 6.83 6 41 20 33% 37% C
Joe Heving 37 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Willis Hudlin 32 29 15 8 39 7 29 3 3 .923 1.24 P
Johnny Humphries 23 45 6 1 20 3 15 2 1 .900 0.40 P
Tommy Irwin 25 3 3 3 11 3 8 0 2 1.000 3.67 SS
Ken Jungels 22 9 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Ken Keltner 21 149 149 147 431 141 271 19 19 .956 2.77 3B
John Kroner 29 41 33 27 205 107 91 7 25 .966 4.71 2B-1B-3B-SS
Lyn Lary 32 141 138 136 721 296 399 26 88 .964 4.93 SS
Ray Mack 21 2 1 1 14 8 6 0 0 1.000 7.00 2B
Al Milnar 24 23 5 2 14 2 12 0 2 1.000 0.61 P
Frankie Pytlak 29 99 93 90 538 475 56 7 11 .987 5.36 5 38 28 42% 37% C
Clay Smith 23 4 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.75 P
Moose Solters 32 46 42 37 98 91 4 3 3 .969 2.07 OF
Charley Suche 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Hal Trosky 25 148 148 145 1344 1232 102 10 121 .993 9.01 1B
Roy Weatherly 23 55 43 43 120 110 7 3 3 .975 2.13 OF
Skeeter Webb 28 18 14 11 65 29 32 4 7 .938 3.39 SS-3B-2B
Earl Whitehill 39 26 23 4 32 9 21 2 3 .938 1.15 P
Chuck Workman 23 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 OF
Bill Zuber 25 15 0 0 6 2 3 1 1 .833 0.33 P
Team Totals 27.7 153 1377 1243 5837 4055 1630 152 384 .974 3.62 11 81 49 38% 37%
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 7 3
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary
Johnny Allen 33 30 85 -6 0 0 0 10 4 0.4 3 7 0.4 .512 .502 0.3 0.0 7 $19,000 Traded 1
Earl Averill* 36 134 567 34 1 0 2 -2 35 3.2 20 55 5.0 .523 .519 4.8 0.1 53 $12,000 Purchased *O89
Lou Boudreau 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .504 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,050 Amateur Free Agent /5
Bruce Campbell* 28 133 574 3 -1 0 0 -6 -3 -0.2 21 17 1.7 .498 .498 1.6 -0.4 17 $6,500 Traded *O9
Bob Feller 19 39 114 -13 -0 0 0 13 0 0.0 4 4 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 4 $17,500 Amateur Free Agent 1
Denny Galehouse 26 36 41 -7 0 0 0 5 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $6,500 1
Oscar Grimes 23 4 12 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /43
Odell Hale 29 130 559 -11 2 0 -7 5 -12 -1.0 20 8 0.8 .492 .493 1.4 -0.1 15 *4
Mel Harder 28 39 94 -19 0 0 0 11 -8 -0.7 3 -5 -0.7 .481 .495 -0.7 0.0 -5 $12,000 1
Jeff Heath* 23 126 538 30 1 0 2 -6 27 2.5 19 46 4.2 .519 .515 4.0 -0.3 44 *O7/9
Hank Helf 24 6 14 -3 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.3 0 -2 -0.2 .457 .498 -0.2 0.0 -2 /2
Rollie Hemsley 31 66 231 -1 -0 0 -1 2 0 0.0 8 8 0.8 .500 .500 0.9 0.1 9 $10,000 Traded 2
Joe Heving 37 3 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .493 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $6,500 Purchased /1
Willis Hudlin 32 29 48 -9 -0 0 0 6 -4 -0.3 2 -2 -0.3 .489 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 1
Johnny Humphries 23 45 32 -6 0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .496 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $3,500 1
Tommy Irwin 25 3 12 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.0 .476 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 /6
Ken Jungels 22 9 5 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .488 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 /1
Ken Keltner 21 149 619 -4 -0 0 -1 2 -3 -0.2 22 20 1.9 .498 .498 1.9 0.2 20 Minor Lg Working Ag *5
John Kroner 29 51 138 -1 -0 0 -1 1 -2 -0.1 5 4 0.3 .497 .499 0.4 0.0 4 $6,000 Purchased 4/356
Lyn Lary 32 141 660 -11 2 0 -2 9 -1 -0.0 22 21 2.0 .499 .499 2.2 0.7 23 $12,000 Traded *6
Ray Mack 21 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 1 0.1 .516 .500 0.1 0.0 1 /4
Al Milnar* 24 24 26 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 0.0 0 1
Frankie Pytlak 29 113 406 -1 -0 0 1 3 4 0.4 15 18 1.7 .503 .502 1.6 0.4 17 $9,000 2
Lloyd Russell 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0
Clay Smith 23 4 5 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .491 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $2,100 /1
Moose Solters 32 67 214 -21 1 0 0 -2 -23 -2.1 8 -15 -1.4 .469 .487 -1.4 -0.2 -15 Traded O7/9
Charley Suche 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .576 .500 0.1 0.0 1 Amateur Free Agent /1
Hal Trosky* 25 150 626 33 1 0 -2 -7 25 2.3 22 48 4.4 .515 .514 4.5 -0.7 50 $15,000 *3
Roy Weatherly* 23 83 228 -9 -1 0 -2 -1 -13 -1.1 8 -4 -0.4 .486 .493 -0.2 -0.2 -3 Amateur Free Agent O8/97
Skeeter Webb 28 20 66 -2 0 0 -2 1 -3 -0.2 2 -0 -0.0 .487 .498 0.1 -0.1 2 $5,000 Free Agency 6/54
Earl Whitehill* 39 26 64 -10 0 0 0 7 -3 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .491 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 Traded 1
Chuck Workman* 23 2 5 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /O9
Bill Zuber 25 15 8 -3 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .490 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 1
Team Total 27.9 1683 6001 -43 5 0 -13 60 10 1.4 214 224 19.3 .500 .500 20.1 -0.2 237 $143,650
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired
Johnny Allen 33 200.0 30 27 107 4.82 5.37 -0.08 0.00 97.9 5.34 9 0.9 1.0 -0.1 2.7 36 .529 .505 $19,000 Traded
Bob Feller 19 277.2 39 36 136 4.41 5.45 -0.07 0.00 97.6 5.39 27 2.6 1.0 -0.1 5.1 64 .566 .516 $17,500 Amateur Free Agent
Denny Galehouse 26 114.0 36 12 62 4.89 5.60 -0.08 0.00 98.4 5.59 8 0.7 1.0 -0.1 1.8 23 .519 .504 $6,500
Mel Harder 28 240.0 38 29 115 4.31 5.59 -0.09 0.00 98.1 5.57 31 2.9 1.0 -0.1 5.2 63 .577 .518 $12,000
Joe Heving 37 6.0 3 0 8 12.00 6.01 -0.12 0.00 88.6 5.43 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -4 .380 .498 $6,500 Purchased
Willis Hudlin 32 127.0 29 15 80 5.67 5.22 -0.10 0.00 96.8 5.15 -9 -0.8 1.0 -0.1 0.4 8 .474 .495
Johnny Humphries 23 103.1 45 6 69 6.01 5.54 -0.09 0.00 98.3 5.53 -7 -0.6 1.0 -0.1 0.4 7 .487 .496 $3,500
Ken Jungels 22 15.1 9 0 16 9.39 5.48 -0.10 0.00 97.1 5.42 -7 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -5 .434 .496
Al Milnar* 24 68.1 23 5 48 6.32 5.56 -0.09 0.00 97.4 5.51 -7 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 0.1 2 .473 .496
Clay Smith 23 11.0 4 0 10 8.18 5.43 -0.11 0.00 94.0 5.20 -4 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .421 .498 $2,100
Charley Suche* 22 1.1 1 0 4 27.00 5.05 -0.11 0.00 94.0 4.85 -3 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -3 .268 .499 Amateur Free Agent
Earl Whitehill* 39 160.1 26 23 109 6.12 5.40 -0.09 0.00 97.0 5.33 -16 -1.4 1.0 -0.1 0.1 5 .447 .492 Traded
Bill Zuber 25 28.2 15 0 18 5.65 5.48 -0.09 0.00 96.4 5.37 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.2 3 .493 .499
Team Total 27.7 1353.0 298 153 782 5.20 5.46 -0.09 0.00 97.6 5.42 18 2.1 1.0 -0.7 14.9 196 .507 .501 $67,100
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1937 / 1939 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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