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1938 Cleveland Indians (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937/1939)
86-66, Finished 3rd in American League
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Scored 847 runs, Allowed 782 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-70
Managed by Ossie Vitt

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

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Game Results

Season Summary   86-66 , Final Rank: 3, GB:   13.0
Days in First:                  57 (last on July 12, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          23 (last on August 3)
Most Games under .500:           1 (last on April 19)

Biggest Lead:                  4.5 (last on June 28)
Farthest Behind Leader:       17.0 (last on September 16)

Longest Winning Streak:          9 (August 30 to September 7)
Longest Losing Streak:           5 (June 8 to June 14)

Most Runs Allowed:              15 (May 9, August 25, and August 26)
Most Runs Scored:               15 (May 19)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       7
Times Opponent Shutout:          5

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        86  66     847     782    .566

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           46  30     425     363    .605
Road           40  36     422     419    .526

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           8   3      64      44    .727
May            16   9     139     108    .640
June           16  10     157     133    .615
July           13   8     112     103    .619
August         15  23     208     257    .395
September      17  11     153     123    .607
October         1   2      14      14    .333

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     41  25     367     301    .621
Second Half    45  41     480     481    .523
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        27  22     243     238    .551

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        26  16     276     227    .619

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BOS            10  12      96     127    .455
CHW            13   9     125      99    .591
DET            12  10     112      99    .545
NYY             8  13      94     135    .381
PHA            18   4     145     111    .818
SLB            13   9     135     111    .591
WSH            12   9     140     100    .571

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 19     CLE  SLB  L   2-6        0-1     5     1.5  2:40 B Newsom                   31,600 -
  2 Wed, Apr 20     CLE  SLB  W   9-0        1-1     4     1.5  2:30 B Feller                    4,500 +
  3 Thu, Apr 21     CLE  SLB  W   4-3        2-1     3     1.0  2:25 E Whitehill                 3,000 ++
  4 Fri, Apr 22     CLE @DET  W   4-3        3-1     1    Tied  2:28 M Harder                   54,500 +++
  5 Sat, Apr 23     CLE @DET  W   6-3        4-1     1    Tied  2:41 J Allen                    13,200 ++++
  6 Sun, Apr 24     CLE @DET  W   9-4        5-1     1  up 1.0  2:21 B Feller                   32,969 +++++
  7 Tue, Apr 26     CLE @CHW  W  10-6        6-1     1  up 1.5  2:16 E Whitehill                 3,000 ++++++
  8 Wed, Apr 27     CLE @CHW  L   3-6        6-2     1  up 0.5  2:04 T Lee                       2,500 -
  9 Thu, Apr 28     CLE @SLB  W  11-6        7-2     1  up 0.5  2:40 D Galehouse                 1,276 +
 10 Fri, Apr 29     CLE @SLB  W   3-2        8-2     1  up 1.5  2:20 B Feller                    5,654 ++
 11 Sat, Apr 30     CLE  DET  L   3-5        8-3     1  up 1.5  2:17 V Kennedy                  12,000 -
 12 Sun, May  1     CLE  DET  W   4-3        9-3     1  up 1.5  2:26 M Harder                   23,782 +
 13 Mon, May  2     CLE  DET  W  11-3       10-3     1  up 2.5  2:17 J Allen                     7,500 ++
 14 Tue, May  3     CLE @WSH  W  10-9       11-3     1  up 3.0  2:45 J Heving                    8,000 +++
 15 Wed, May  4     CLE @WSH  L   0-1       11-4     1  up 2.0  3:10 D Leonard                  10,000 -
 16 Thu, May  5     CLE @WSH  L   6-8       11-5     1  up 1.0  2:55 C Hogsett                   5,000 --
 17 Fri, May  6     CLE @PHA  W   4-1       12-5     1  up 1.5  2:21 J Allen                     2,000 +
 18 Sat, May  7     CLE @PHA  W   4-2       13-5     1  up 1.5  2:11 W Hudlin                    8,000 ++
 19 Sun, May  8     CLE @BOS  L   0-5       13-6     1  up 0.5  2:01 J Wilson                   33,100 -
 20 Mon, May  9     CLE @BOS  L   3-15      13-7     2     0.5  2:11 J Bagby                           --
 21 Wed, May 11     CLE @NYY  L   1-4       13-8     3     1.0  1:54 S Chandler                 12,620 ---
 22 Thu, May 12     CLE @NYY  W   3-2       14-8     2     1.0  2:04 B Feller                   19,782 +
 23 Fri, May 13     CLE  CHW  L   6-7       14-9     3     1.0  2:25 M Stratton                 11,000 -
 24 Mon, May 16     CLE  PHA  W   4-3       15-9     2     1.0  2:21 W Hudlin                    2,500 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Tue, May 17     CLE  PHA  W   5-1       16-9     2     0.5  2:02 E Whitehill                 1,500 ++
 26 Wed, May 18     CLE  PHA  W   7-2       17-9     1    Tied  2:30 B Feller                    4,000 +++
 27 Thu, May 19     CLE  WSH  W  15-3       18-9     1  up 1.0  2:05 W Hudlin                        0 ++++
 28 Fri, May 20     CLE  WSH  W   6-3       19-9     1  up 1.0  1:58 J Allen                    19,000 +++++
 29 Sat, May 21     CLE  WSH  L   4-5       19-10    1  up 1.0  2:55 K Chase                    13,000 -
 30 Sun, May 22     CLE  NYY  W   8-3       20-10    1  up 2.0  2:35 J Humphries                62,244 +
 31 Tue, May 24     CLE  NYY  W   9-5       21-10    1  up 2.0  2:15 J Allen                     9,500 ++
 32 Wed, May 25     CLE  BOS  W   6-4       22-10    1  up 3.0  2:15 M Harder                    7,500 +++
 33 Thu, May 26     CLE  BOS  L   4-8       22-11    1  up 2.0  2:17 J Wilson                    5,000 -
 34 Sun, May 29     CLE @SLB  L   6-8       22-12    1  up 2.5  2:40 B Newsom                    6,278 --
 35 Mon, May 30     CLE  CHW  W   5-2       23-12    1  up 3.5  2:04 B Feller                        0 +
 36                 CLE  CHW  W   8-1       24-12    1  up 3.5  2:07 J Allen                           ++
 37 Wed, Jun  1     CLE @PHA  L   5-9       24-13    1  up 3.0  2:20 L Nelson                    7,500 -
 38 Thu, Jun  2     CLE @PHA  W  10-5       25-13    1  up 2.5  2:43 E Whitehill                14,000 +
 39 Fri, Jun  3     CLE @PHA  W  10-5       26-13    1  up 2.5  2:29 J Allen                     5,000 ++
 40 Sat, Jun  4     CLE @WSH  W  11-4       27-13    1  up 3.0  2:24 D Galehouse                20,000 +++
 41 Sun, Jun  5     CLE @WSH  W   5-4       28-13    1  up 4.0  2:45 W Hudlin                   22,000 ++++
 42 Mon, Jun  6     CLE @WSH  L   4-5       28-14    1  up 3.0  2:43 J Krakauskas                      -
 43 Tue, Jun  7     CLE @BOS  W   7-5       29-14    1  up 4.0  2:17 J Humphries                 7,000 +
 44 Wed, Jun  8     CLE @BOS  L   6-7       29-15    1  up 4.5  2:36 A McKain                    5,000 -
 45 Thu, Jun  9     CLE @BOS  L   0-8       29-16    1  up 3.5  2:05 L Grove                    12,000 --
 46 Fri, Jun 10     CLE @NYY  L   2-8       29-17    1  up 2.5  2:06 L Gomez                    22,366 ---
 47 Sun, Jun 12     CLE @NYY  L   6-7       29-18    1  up 1.5  2:25 R Ruffing                  43,702 ----
 48 Tue, Jun 14     CLE  WSH  L   6-7       29-19    1  up 0.5  3:00 J DeShong                   6,000 -----
 49 Wed, Jun 15     CLE  WSH  W   6-4       30-19    1  up 0.5  2:22 E Whitehill                 5,000 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Thu, Jun 16     CLE  WSH  W   4-1       31-19    1  up 0.5  2:22 B Feller                          ++
 51 Fri, Jun 17     CLE  PHA  W   8-1       32-19    1  up 1.0  2:18 J Allen                     9,000 +++
 52 Sat, Jun 18     CLE  PHA  L   4-8       32-20    1  up 1.0  2:25 L Nelson                   10,000 -
 53 Sun, Jun 19     CLE  PHA  W   5-4       33-20    1  up 1.5  2:12 J Humphries                20,000 +
 54 Tue, Jun 21     CLE  NYY  W  10-5       34-20    1  up 2.0  2:30 B Feller                   20,000 ++
 55 Wed, Jun 22     CLE  NYY  W   3-1       35-20    1  up 3.5  2:02 M Harder                        0 +++
 56                 CLE  NYY  W   7-1       36-20    1  up 3.5  1:55 J Allen                    67,459 ++++
 57 Thu, Jun 23     CLE  NYY  L   6-8       36-21    1  up 3.5  2:40 B Hadley                    8,400 -
 58 Fri, Jun 24     CLE  BOS  W   7-6       37-21    1  up 4.5  2:30 J Humphries                12,000 +
 59 Mon, Jun 27     CLE  BOS  W   7-3       38-21    1  up 4.0  2:35 B Feller                   10,000 ++
 60 Tue, Jun 28     CLE  DET  W   5-4       39-21    1  up 4.5  2:20 J Allen                    12,000 +++
 61 Wed, Jun 29     CLE  DET  L   3-4       39-22    1  up 3.0  2:25 E Auker                    15,000 -
 62 Thu, Jun 30     CLE  DET  W  10-9       40-22    1  up 3.0  2:55 J Allen                    15,000 +
 63 Sun, Jul  3     CLE @CHW  W   2-1       41-22    1  up 1.5  1:59 J Allen                         0 ++
 64                 CLE @CHW  L   0-3       41-23    1  up 1.5  1:48 T Lee                       8,000 -
 65 Mon, Jul  4     CLE @DET  L   3-7       41-24    1    Tied  2:17 E Auker                         0 --
 66                 CLE @DET  L   2-5       41-25    1    Tied  2:22 H Eisenstat                53,700 ---
 67 Fri, Jul  8     CLE  SLB  W   8-7       42-25    1  up 1.0  2:54 M Harder                    8,000 +
 68 Sat, Jul  9     CLE  SLB  W   5-4       43-25    1  up 1.0  3:22 J Humphries                10,000 ++
 69 Sun, Jul 10     CLE  SLB  W   8-7       44-25    1  up 2.0  2:22 D Galehouse                27,107 +++
 70 Tue, Jul 12     CLE @WSH  L   8-9       44-26    1  up 0.5  2:21 C Hogsett                   8,000 -
 71 Wed, Jul 13     CLE @WSH  L   3-4       44-27    2     0.5  2:09 H Kelley                   10,000 --
 72 Thu, Jul 14     CLE @WSH  W   5-1       45-27    2     0.5  2:05 M Harder                    6,000 +
 73 Fri, Jul 15     CLE @PHA  L   4-5       45-28    2     1.5  2:15 B Ross                      5,000 -
 74 Sat, Jul 16     CLE @PHA  W   9-8       46-28    2     1.5  3:11 J Humphries                 8,000 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Sun, Jul 17     CLE @PHA  W   7-6       47-28    2     1.5  2:44 B Feller                   14,580 ++
 76 Tue, Jul 19     CLE @NYY  W   5-3       48-28    2     0.5  2:05 M Harder                    7,528 +++
 77 Fri, Jul 22     CLE @BOS  L   4-7       48-29    2     1.0  2:30 J Wilson                    2,000 -
 78 Mon, Jul 25     CLE @BOS  L   0-4       48-30    2     1.0  1:52 E Dickman                       0 --
 79                 CLE @BOS  W   3-0       49-30    2     1.0  1:55 M Harder                   29,000 +
 80 Tue, Jul 26     CLE  PHA  W   4-2       50-30    2     1.5  2:10 B Feller                    7,500 ++
 81 Wed, Jul 27     CLE  PHA  W  12-11      51-30    2     1.5  2:58 A Milnar                    7,500 +++
 82 Fri, Jul 29     CLE  WSH  W  12-4       52-30    2     1.0  1:59 J Allen                    15,000 ++++
 83 Sat, Jul 30     CLE  WSH  W   8-5       53-30    2     1.0  2:15 M Harder                          +++++
 84 Mon, Aug  1     CLE  WSH  L   8-11      53-31    2     2.5  3:15 C Hogsett                   5,000 -
 85 Tue, Aug  2     CLE  BOS  W   7-4       54-31    2     1.5  2:16 D Galehouse                 5,000 +
 86 Wed, Aug  3     CLE  BOS  L   3-4       54-32    2     2.0  2:25 J Wilson                        0 -
 87                 CLE  BOS  W   8-6       55-32    2     2.0  2:20 E Whitehill                36,397 +
 88 Fri, Aug  5     CLE  NYY  L   1-6       55-33    2     3.5  2:38 B Hadley                   62,753 -
 89 Sat, Aug  6     CLE  NYY  L   3-7       55-34    2     4.5  2:58 L Gomez                    43,399 --
 90 Sun, Aug  7     CLE  NYY  L   0-7       55-35    2     5.5  2:33 R Ruffing                  56,242 ---
 91 Tue, Aug  9     CLE @SLB  L   3-4       55-36    2     5.0  2:12 L Mills                         0 ----
 92                 CLE @SLB  W   8-1       56-36    2     5.0  2:10 E Whitehill                       +
 93 Wed, Aug 10     CLE @SLB  W   9-6       57-36    2     5.0  2:21 J Humphries                 1,346 ++
 94 Thu, Aug 11     CLE @SLB  L   7-8       57-37    2     6.5  2:12 B Newsom                        0 -
 95                 CLE @SLB  L   2-8       57-38    2     6.5  2:11 L Tietje                          --
 96 Fri, Aug 12     CLE @CHW  W  12-9       58-38    2     6.5  3:07 E Whitehill                     0 +
 97                 CLE @CHW  L   5-6       58-39    2     6.5  2:24 J Rigney                        0 -
 98 Sat, Aug 13     CLE @CHW  W  13-4       59-39    2     7.0  2:48 B Feller                        0 +
 99                 CLE @CHW  L   1-2       59-40    2     7.0  1:39 T Lee                      10,000 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Sun, Aug 14     CLE @CHW  W   6-4       60-40    2     7.5  2:28 K Jungels                   8,000 +
101 Tue, Aug 16     CLE  SLB  W   9-6       61-40    2     8.0  2:07 M Harder                    6,000 ++
102 Wed, Aug 17     CLE  SLB  L   7-10      61-41    2     8.5  2:23 F Johnson                  25,200 -
103 Thu, Aug 18     CLE  SLB  L   1-9       61-42    2     9.0  2:25 B Newsom                    5,000 --
104 Fri, Aug 19     CLE  CHW  L   2-7       61-43    2    10.0  1:57 T Lee                             ---
105 Sat, Aug 20     CLE  CHW  W   8-2       62-43    2    10.0  1:54 M Harder                    2,500 +
106 Sun, Aug 21     CLE  CHW  L   3-4       62-44    2    11.0  2:00 T Lyons                         0 -
107                 CLE  CHW  W   3-2       63-44    2    11.0  2:15 D Galehouse                       +
108 Mon, Aug 22     CLE  CHW  L   2-4       63-45    2    11.5  2:15 J Whitehead                     0 -
109 Tue, Aug 23     CLE @BOS  L   3-13      63-46    3    12.5  2:24 F Ostermuell                    0 --
110                 CLE @BOS  L  12-14      63-47    3    12.5  2:38 J Wilson                   18,500 ---
111 Wed, Aug 24     CLE @BOS  W   5-3       64-47    2    12.0  2:02 M Harder                    7,000 +
112 Thu, Aug 25     CLE @NYY  L   2-5       64-48    3    14.0  2:01 L Gomez                         0 -
113                 CLE @NYY  L   3-15      64-49    3    14.0  2:20 R Ruffing                  40,692 --
114 Fri, Aug 26     CLE @NYY  L   9-15      64-50    3    14.0  2:35 W Ferrell                       0 ---
115                 CLE @NYY  W   8-5       65-50    3    14.0  2:18 W Hudlin                   37,139 +
116 Sat, Aug 27     CLE @NYY  L   7-8       65-51    3    16.0  2:27 I Andrews                       0 -
117                 CLE @NYY  L   0-13      65-52    3    16.0  2:58 M Pearson                  40,959 --
118 Sun, Aug 28     CLE @WSH  W   6-5       66-52    3    16.0  2:20 M Harder                   12,000 +
119 Mon, Aug 29     CLE @WSH  L   4-6       66-53    3    17.0  1:57 K Chase                         0 -
120 Tue, Aug 30     CLE @PHA  W  10-8       67-53    3    17.0  2:30 J Humphries                       +
121 Wed, Aug 31     CLE @PHA  W   8-6       68-53    3    16.0  2:08 W Hudlin                          ++
122 Thu, Sep  1     CLE @PHA  W  11-4       69-53    3    15.0  2:17 B Feller                          +++
123 Sat, Sep  3     CLE @SLB  W  10-2       70-53    3    14.5  2:17 M Harder                    1,503 ++++
124 Sun, Sep  4     CLE @SLB  W  11-3       71-53    3    14.5  2:28 J Allen                         0 +++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125                 CLE @SLB  -   1-1       71-53    3    14.5  1:47                                   +++++
126 Mon, Sep  5     CLE @CHW  W   6-4       72-53    3    14.5  2:04 A Milnar                        0 ++++++
127                 CLE @CHW  W   4-2       73-53    3    14.5  2:21 W Hudlin                          +++++++
128 Tue, Sep  6     CLE @DET  W   6-0       74-53    2    14.0  1:52 B Feller                    4,800 ++++++++
129 Wed, Sep  7     CLE @DET  W   1-0       75-53    2    13.0  1:46 M Harder                    3,000 +++++++++
130 Thu, Sep  8     CLE  DET  L   1-4       75-54    2    14.0  2:09 A Benton                    2,000 -
131 Fri, Sep  9     CLE  DET  L   5-11      75-55    2    15.0  2:12 T Bridges                   5,000 --
132 Sat, Sep 10     CLE  SLB  L   2-4       75-56    2    16.0  2:03 B Newsom                    2,500 ---
133 Sun, Sep 11     CLE  SLB  W   6-2       76-56    3    15.5  2:11 B Feller                    9,000 +
134                 CLE  SLB  L   3-4       76-57    3    15.5  2:05 R Van Atta                  9,000 -
135 Tue, Sep 13     CLE  NYY  L   1-7       76-58    3    16.5  2:14 R Ruffing                   4,000 --
136 Thu, Sep 15     CLE  BOS  W   3-2       77-58    3    16.0  1:56 M Harder                        0 +
137                 CLE  BOS  L   2-3       77-59    3    16.0  1:59 F Ostermuell                2,000 -
138 Fri, Sep 16     CLE  BOS  L   1-2       77-60    3    17.0  2:06 A McKain                    2,500 --
139 Sat, Sep 17     CLE  BOS  W   5-4       78-60    3    16.0  1:58 J Humphries                       +
140 Sun, Sep 18     CLE  PHA  W   7-3       79-60    3    15.0  1:51 W Hudlin                        0 ++
141                 CLE  PHA  L   3-14      79-61    3    15.0  2:03 B Thomas                          -
142 Mon, Sep 19     CLE  PHA  W   4-3       80-61    3    14.0  2:07 M Harder                      474 +
143 Tue, Sep 20     CLE  WSH  W   9-1       81-61    3    13.0  1:40 D Galehouse                       ++
144 Fri, Sep 23     CLE @DET  W   8-1       82-61    3    12.0  2:06 B Feller                        0 +++
145                 CLE @DET  W   6-5       83-61    3    12.0  1:55 E Whitehill                       ++++
146 Sat, Sep 24     CLE @DET  L   6-7       83-62    3    12.0  2:20 H Eisenstat                 8,900 -
147 Sun, Sep 25     CLE @DET  L   5-7       83-63    3    12.0  1:56 B Poffenberg               19,700 --
148 Tue, Sep 27     CLE  CHW  W   6-1       84-63    3    12.5  2:05 B Feller                          +
149 Wed, Sep 28     CLE  CHW  L  11-14      84-64    3    12.5  2:26 T Lee                       1,500 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Thu, Sep 29     CLE  CHW  W   9-8       85-64    3    12.5  2:15 A Milnar                    1,000 +
151 Sat, Oct  1     CLE  DET  W   5-0       86-64    3    11.5  1:38 D Galehouse                       ++
152 Sun, Oct  2     CLE  DET  L   1-4       86-65    3    13.0  2:07 H Eisenstat                     0 -
153                 CLE  DET  L   8-10      86-66    3    13.0  1:37 B Harris                          --

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.


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