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1939 Cleveland Indians Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940)
87-67, Finished 3rd in American League
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Scored 797 runs, Allowed 700 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-68
Manager: Ossie Vitt (87-67)
Ballpark: League Park II/Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 563,926 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 95;   one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 96

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1938 / 1940 Batting Statistics

Team Batting

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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 Rollie Hemsley 32 107 432 395 58 104 17 4 2 36 2 4 26 26 .263 .309 .342 .651 68 135 7 0 11
2 1B Hal Trosky* 26 122 511 448 89 150 31 4 25 104 2 3 52 28 .335 .405 .589 .994 154 264 6 1 10
3 2B Odell Hale 30 108 286 253 36 79 16 2 4 48 4 5 25 18 .312 .374 .439 .813 110 111 9 0 8
4 SS Skeeter Webb 29 81 292 269 28 71 14 1 2 26 1 1 15 24 .264 .305 .346 .651 68 93 4 1 7
5 3B Ken Keltner 22 154 648 587 84 191 35 11 13 97 6 6 51 41 .325 .379 .489 .868 123 287 15 0 10
6 OF Bruce Campbell* 29 130 527 450 84 129 23 13 8 72 7 6 67 48 .287 .383 .449 .832 115 202 6 3 7
7 OF Jeff Heath* 24 121 472 431 64 126 31 7 14 69 8 4 41 64 .292 .354 .494 .848 117 213 7 0 0
8 OF Ben Chapman 30 149 654 545 101 158 31 9 6 82 18 6 87 30 .290 .390 .413 .802 108 225 19 2 20
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 IF Oscar Grimes 24 119 432 364 51 98 20 5 4 56 8 3 56 61 .269 .368 .385 .753 95 140 7 1 11
10 OF Roy Weatherly* 24 95 344 323 43 100 16 6 1 32 7 2 19 23 .310 .348 .406 .754 94 131 2 0 2
11 SS Lou Boudreau 21 53 256 225 42 58 15 4 0 19 2 1 28 24 .258 .340 .360 .700 81 81 5 0 3
12 C Frankie Pytlak 30 63 210 183 20 49 2 5 0 14 4 1 20 5 .268 .343 .333 .676 76 61 4 1 6
13 2B Ray Mack 22 36 126 112 12 17 4 1 1 6 0 2 12 19 .152 .240 .232 .472 23 26 1 1 1
14 OF Moose Solters 33 41 111 102 19 28 7 2 2 19 2 1 9 15 .275 .333 .441 .775 99 45 1 0 0
15 2B Jim Shilling 25 31 106 98 8 27 7 2 0 12 1 0 7 9 .276 .324 .388 .712 83 38 3 0 1
16 OF Earl Averill* 37 24 61 55 8 15 8 0 1 7 0 1 6 12 .273 .344 .473 .817 109 26 0 0 0
17 C Luke Sewell 38 16 25 20 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .150 .261 .200 .461 21 4 0 0 2
18 SS Lyn Lary 33 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
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
19 P Bob Feller 20 39 120 99 14 21 5 1 0 7 0 0 14 35 .212 .316 .283 .599 56 28 3 1 6
20 P Al Milnar* 25 41 84 79 11 20 5 0 0 6 0 0 5 12 .253 .298 .316 .614 59 25 0 0 0
21 P Mel Harder 29 29 83 72 8 10 0 1 1 9 0 0 3 17 .139 .195 .208 .403 4 15 2 2 6
22 P Johnny Allen 34 34 76 71 10 16 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 11 .225 .257 .254 .510 33 18 2 0 2
23 P Willis Hudlin 33 27 55 48 1 9 1 0 1 4 0 0 3 16 .188 .250 .271 .521 35 13 4 1 3
24 P Harry Eisenstat* 23 26 35 32 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .250 .273 .250 .523 36 8 0 0 2
25 P Joe Dobson 22 35 20 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .056 .105 .056 .161 -57 1 0 0 1
26 P Johnny Broaca 29 22 13 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .077 .000 .077 -78 0 0 0 0
27 P Johnny Humphries 24 15 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .125 .000 .125 -65 0 1 0 0
28 P Bill Zuber 26 16 5 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .600 .800 100 3 0 0 0
29 P Tom Drake 26 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
30 P Floyd Stromme 22 5 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 73 1 0 0 0
31 P Lefty Sullivan* 22 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
32 P Mike Naymick 21 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.8 154 6006 5316 797 1490 291 79 85 730 72 46 556 571 .280 .350 .413 .763 97 2194 108 14 120
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 4 3 1 1 6 4 3 6 3 3 4 4 4 4
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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Johnny Allen 34 76 59 5 2.2 111 .267 .225 .283 .257 .357 .254 .418 .510 .775 33 .184 -7.3 -0.7 .368 .070 .028 1
*Earl Averill 37 61 41 9 5.8 111 .333 .273 .283 .344 .357 .473 .418 .817 .775 109 .563 1.0 0.1 .756 .291 .200 .0 O
Lou Boudreau 21 256 176 28 4.2 111 .289 .258 .283 .340 .357 .360 .418 .700 .775 81 .417 -5.7 -0.5 .636 .231 .102 .0 6
Johnny Broaca 29 13 12 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .283 .077 .357 .000 .418 .077 .775 -78 .000 -3.3 -0.3 .083 .083 .000 1
*Bruce Campbell 29 527 340 76 5.9 111 .307 .287 .283 .383 .357 .449 .418 .832 .775 115 .571 10.9 1.0 .820 .313 .162 7.5 *O
Ben Chapman 30 654 432 89 5.5 111 .299 .290 .283 .390 .357 .413 .418 .802 .775 108 .534 10.0 0.9 .791 .305 .123 9.0 *O
Joe Dobson 22 20 18 0 0.0 111 .077 .056 .283 .105 .357 .056 .418 .161 .775 -57 .000 -4.3 -0.4 .118 .056 .000 1
Tom Drake 26 3 3 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .282 .000 .357 .000 .418 .000 .775 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Harry Eisenstat 23 35 26 2 2.0 111 .333 .250 .283 .273 .357 .250 .418 .523 .775 36 .159 -3.1 -0.3 .375 .031 .000 1
Bob Feller 20 120 87 9 2.7 111 .328 .212 .283 .316 .357 .283 .418 .599 .775 56 .245 -6.1 -0.6 .531 .212 .071 1
Oscar Grimes 24 432 287 52 4.8 111 .314 .269 .283 .368 .357 .385 .418 .753 .775 95 .475 -0.8 -0.1 .732 .283 .115 5.3 436/5
Odell Hale 30 286 196 40 5.4 111 .325 .312 .283 .374 .357 .439 .418 .813 .775 110 .530 4.1 0.4 .718 .221 .126 4.0 4/5
Mel Harder 29 83 70 3 1.1 111 .167 .139 .283 .195 .357 .208 .418 .403 .775 4 .061 -10.8 -1.0 .313 .111 .069 .0 1
*Jeff Heath 24 472 316 75 6.3 111 .317 .292 .283 .354 .357 .494 .418 .848 .775 117 .597 9.9 0.9 .816 .306 .202 10.2 *O
Rollie Hemsley 32 432 313 41 3.5 111 .278 .263 .283 .309 .357 .342 .418 .651 .775 68 .333 -19.4 -1.8 .526 .139 .078 2.0 *2
Willis Hudlin 33 55 46 3 1.7 111 .258 .188 .283 .250 .357 .271 .418 .521 .775 35 .123 -4.9 -0.5 .395 .146 .083 .0 1
Johnny Humphries 24 8 8 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .283 .125 .357 .000 .418 .125 .775 -65 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .125 .143 .000 1
Ken Keltner 22 648 427 107 6.6 111 .334 .325 .283 .379 .357 .489 .418 .868 .775 123 .622 19.4 1.8 .811 .250 .164 8.2 *5
Lyn Lary 33 2 2 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .282 .000 .357 .000 .418 .000 .775 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /6
Ray Mack 22 126 99 6 1.6 111 .174 .152 .283 .240 .357 .232 .418 .472 .775 23 .109 -13.3 -1.3 .378 .170 .080 .0 4/5
*Al Milnar 25 84 59 7 3.2 111 .299 .253 .283 .298 .357 .316 .418 .614 .775 59 .295 -4.8 -0.4 .508 .127 .063 1/O
Mike Naymick 21 3 3 0 0.0 111 .000 .283 .000 .357 .000 .418 .000 .775 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Frankie Pytlak 30 210 145 21 3.8 111 .275 .268 .283 .343 .357 .333 .418 .676 .775 76 .376 -6.7 -0.6 .612 .191 .066 .0 2
Luke Sewell 38 25 19 1 1.4 111 .158 .150 .283 .261 .357 .200 .418 .461 .775 21 .087 -2.3 -0.2 .412 .200 .050 2/3
Jim Shilling 25 106 75 12 4.2 111 .303 .276 .283 .324 .357 .388 .418 .712 .775 83 .419 -2.6 -0.2 .622 .194 .112 .0 4/6
Moose Solters 33 111 76 15 5.2 111 .306 .275 .283 .333 .357 .441 .418 .775 .775 99 .514 -0.5 -0.0 .724 .265 .167 2.0 O
Floyd Stromme 22 3 2 0 0.0 111 .333 .333 .283 .333 .357 .333 .418 .667 .775 73 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000 /1
*Lefty Sullivan 22 3 3 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .283 .000 .357 .000 .418 .000 .775 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Hal Trosky 26 511 317 106 8.9 111 .316 .335 .283 .405 .357 .589 .418 .994 .775 154 .736 36.0 3.3 1.029 .368 .254 3.7 *3
*Roy Weatherly 24 344 229 46 5.3 111 .331 .310 .283 .348 .357 .406 .418 .754 .775 94 .523 -3.3 -0.3 .683 .170 .096 1.8 O
Skeeter Webb 29 292 210 28 3.5 111 .284 .264 .283 .305 .357 .346 .418 .651 .775 68 .341 -13.1 -1.2 .537 .138 .082 1.3 6
Bill Zuber 26 5 4 1 6.6 111 .333 .200 .283 .200 .357 .600 .418 .800 .775 100 .620 -0.2 -0.0 .750 .400 .400 1
League Average 4.9 114 .294 .277 .287 .350 .362 .404 .424 .754 .787 92 .488 .693 .242 .128
Team Total 6006 4100 782 5.1 111 .302 .280 .283 .350 .357 .413 .418 .763 .775 97 .499 -26.3 -2.6 .701 .242 .132 78.0
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Johnny Allen 34 36 76 73 9 15 2 0 0 3 0 3 12 .205 .237 .233 .470 4 34 34
*Earl Averill 37 117 416 370 55 88 26 6 10 55 4 45 44 .238 .322 .422 .744 49 111 111
Lou Boudreau 21 56 259 232 38 56 14 4 0 17 2 27 25 .241 .320 .336 .657 25 53 53
Johnny Broaca 29 23 14 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .071 .000 .071 0 22 22
*Bruce Campbell 29 137 529 462 77 124 22 12 8 66 7 64 50 .268 .361 .420 .781 69 130 130
Ben Chapman 30 157 649 562 93 155 30 9 6 76 18 85 32 .276 .373 .393 .766 82 149 149
Joe Dobson 22 37 20 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .050 .000 .050 0 35 35
Tom Drake 26 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8 8
*Harry Eisenstat 23 38 43 42 3 11 0 0 0 1 0 1 11 .262 .279 .262 .541 3 36 36
Bob Feller 20 41 118 103 14 21 5 1 0 7 0 14 37 .204 .305 .272 .577 8 39 39
Oscar Grimes 24 125 430 375 47 95 19 5 4 51 8 54 64 .253 .349 .363 .712 47 119 119
Odell Hale 30 114 282 258 33 75 15 2 4 44 4 24 19 .291 .351 .411 .762 37 108 108
Mel Harder 29 31 79 74 6 9 0 1 1 7 0 3 18 .122 .177 .189 .366 2 29 29
*Jeff Heath 24 127 483 443 59 122 30 7 14 64 8 40 67 .275 .335 .470 .805 69 121 121
Rollie Hemsley 32 113 431 406 54 100 16 4 2 33 2 25 27 .246 .290 .320 .610 38 107 107
Willis Hudlin 33 28 54 50 1 9 1 0 1 4 0 3 17 .180 .241 .260 .501 3 27 27
Johnny Humphries 24 16 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 15 15
Ken Keltner 22 162 650 601 77 184 34 11 13 89 6 49 43 .306 .358 .464 .823 99 154 154
Lyn Lary 33 69 142 113 17 19 4 1 0 10 2 28 23 .168 .338 .221 .559 8 66 66
Ray Mack 22 38 128 116 11 16 4 1 1 6 0 11 20 .138 .219 .216 .434 5 36 36
*Al Milnar 25 43 87 82 11 20 5 0 0 6 0 5 13 .244 .287 .305 .592 7 41 41
Mike Naymick 21 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Frankie Pytlak 30 66 211 190 19 49 2 5 0 13 4 20 5 .258 .332 .321 .653 20 63 63
Luke Sewell 38 17 24 21 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 .143 .250 .190 .440 1 16 16
Jim Shilling 25 44 144 136 10 37 8 5 0 15 1 8 14 .272 .313 .404 .717 17 42 42
Moose Solters 33 85 260 241 30 54 13 3 2 30 3 19 37 .224 .281 .328 .609 22 81 81
Floyd Stromme 22 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5 5
*Lefty Sullivan 22 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7 7
*Hal Trosky 26 128 508 457 82 144 30 4 24 95 2 50 29 .315 .384 .556 .940 97 122 122
*Roy Weatherly 24 100 350 332 39 97 16 6 1 29 7 18 24 .292 .329 .386 .714 42 95 95
Skeeter Webb 29 85 294 278 26 70 14 1 2 24 1 15 25 .252 .293 .331 .623 26 81 81
Bill Zuber 26 17 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 16 16
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Johnny Allen 34 8 597 219 597 542 65 98 8 3 3 54 1 0 28 115 .181 .221 .223 .444 15 121 2 0 27
*Earl Averill 37 11 7072 1596 7072 6218 1212 1984 397 127 236 1142 70 57 768 500 .319 .397 .538 .934 134 3343 4 32 54
Lou Boudreau 21 2 258 54 258 226 42 58 15 4 0 19 2 1 29 24 .257 .341 .358 .700 81 81 5 0 3
Johnny Broaca 29 5 277 121 277 254 10 23 0 0 0 9 0 1 10 119 .091 .125 .091 .216 -43 23 0 0 13
*Bruce Campbell 29 10 4021 994 4021 3575 590 1052 235 67 78 566 48 34 398 455 .294 .368 .463 .831 110 1655 6 21 27
Ben Chapman 30 10 6336 1431 6336 5518 1009 1697 346 100 83 880 269 124 708 485 .308 .389 .452 .840 118 2492 19 24 86
Joe Dobson 22 1 20 35 20 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .056 .105 .056 .161 -57 1 0 0 1
Tom Drake 26 1 3 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
*Harry Eisenstat 23 5 109 88 109 91 8 17 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 31 .187 .260 .187 .447 15 17 0 0 9
Bob Feller 20 4 313 118 313 268 23 50 9 3 0 29 0 1 28 94 .187 .266 .243 .509 30 65 3 1 16
Oscar Grimes 24 2 444 123 444 374 53 100 20 6 4 58 8 3 58 61 .267 .367 .385 .752 95 144 7 1 11
Odell Hale 30 8 3916 961 3916 3525 530 1035 232 50 72 557 56 45 327 291 .294 .354 .449 .803 103 1583 9 3 61
Mel Harder 29 12 918 421 918 840 67 142 31 4 4 75 1 0 28 263 .169 .199 .230 .428 9 193 2 3 47
*Jeff Heath 24 4 1115 279 1115 1035 182 326 66 32 36 197 12 6 77 132 .315 .362 .545 .907 128 564 7 0 3
Rollie Hemsley 32 12 3893 1115 3893 3537 426 952 201 50 21 405 25 12 277 299 .269 .323 .372 .695 76 1316 13 4 75
Willis Hudlin 33 14 978 472 978 873 76 177 39 3 5 69 2 1 51 220 .203 .253 .271 .525 34 237 4 8 46
Johnny Humphries 24 2 41 60 41 36 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 15 .083 .154 .139 .293 -25 5 1 1 2
Ken Keltner 22 3 1268 304 1268 1164 170 350 66 20 39 211 10 9 84 116 .301 .349 .492 .842 113 573 15 3 17
Lyn Lary 33 11 5363 1275 5363 4549 800 1236 246 55 38 523 162 49 701 463 .272 .372 .375 .747 92 1706 5 24 89
Ray Mack 22 2 132 38 132 118 14 19 4 2 1 8 0 2 12 20 .161 .244 .254 .499 29 30 1 1 1
*Al Milnar 25 3 120 69 120 115 14 27 6 0 1 8 0 0 5 22 .235 .267 .313 .580 48 36 0 0 0
Mike Naymick 21 1 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Frankie Pytlak 30 8 2136 614 2136 1883 262 561 75 34 5 216 51 21 199 73 .298 .372 .382 .754 92 719 4 22 32
Luke Sewell 38 19 6028 1624 6028 5371 652 1392 272 56 20 696 65 44 485 302 .259 .324 .342 .665 70 1836 0 27 145
Jim Shilling 25 1 140 42 140 131 11 37 8 5 0 16 1 0 8 13 .282 .324 .420 .744 94 55 5 0 1
Moose Solters 33 6 2842 704 2842 2645 408 778 176 35 66 468 36 17 169 287 .294 .338 .462 .800 99 1222 3 7 21
Floyd Stromme 22 1 3 5 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 73 1 0 0 0
*Lefty Sullivan 22 1 3 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
*Hal Trosky 26 7 3890 895 3890 3533 630 1120 231 49 180 767 19 14 326 307 .317 .376 .563 .939 135 1989 6 10 21
*Roy Weatherly 24 4 1083 315 1083 1016 158 299 62 15 16 116 19 16 55 80 .294 .332 .432 .764 91 439 2 2 10
Skeeter Webb 29 3 358 102 358 327 39 87 16 1 2 28 2 1 23 31 .266 .316 .339 .656 69 111 4 1 7
Bill Zuber 26 3 18 33 18 17 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .118 .118 .235 .353 -13 4 0 0 1
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1938 / 1940 Batting Statistics