1939 Cleveland Indians

Pitching Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 / 1940

87-67, Finished 3rd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ossie Vitt (87-67)
Scored 797 runs, Allowed 700 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-68

Ballparks: 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 Pitching Statistics

Team Pitching

· League Register

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	20	24	9	.727	2.85	39	35	3	24	4	1	296.2	227	105	94	13	142		246	3	1	14	1243	154	1.244	6.9	0.4	4.3	7.5	1.73
2	SP	Al Milnar*	25	14	12	.538	3.79	37	26	10	12	2	3	209.0	212	96	88	11	99		76	0	1	4	920	116	1.488	9.1	0.5	4.3	3.3	0.77
3	SP	Mel Harder	29	15	9	.625	3.50	29	26	3	12	1	1	208.0	213	89	81	15	64		67	3	0	1	877	125	1.332	9.2	0.6	2.8	2.9	1.05
4	SP	Johnny Allen	34	9	7	.563	4.58	28	26	2	9	2	0	175.0	199	96	89	9	56		79	3	2	5	763	96	1.457	10.2	0.5	2.9	4.1	1.41
5	SP	Willis Hudlin	33	9	10	.474	4.91	27	20	5	7	0	3	143.0	175	85	78	6	42		28	1	0	3	643	90	1.517	11.0	0.4	2.6	1.8	0.67
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	RP	Harry Eisenstat*	23	6	7	.462	3.30	26	11	10	4	1	2	103.2	109	45	38	8	23		38	0	1	0	440	133	1.273	9.5	0.7	2.0	3.3	1.65
7	RP	Joe Dobson	22	2	3	.400	5.88	35	3	17	0	0	1	78.0	87	56	51	3	51		27	1	1	3	362	75	1.769	10.0	0.3	5.9	3.1	0.53
8	RP	Johnny Broaca	29	4	2	.667	4.70	22	2	9	0	0	0	46.0	53	39	24	5	28		13	0	0	1	216	94	1.761	10.4	1.0	5.5	2.5	0.46
9	RP	Bill Zuber	26	2	0	1.000	5.97	16	1	10	0	0	0	31.2	41	24	21	2	19		16	1	0	0	152	74	1.895	11.7	0.6	5.4	4.5	0.84
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
10		Johnny Humphries	24	2	4	.333	8.26	15	1	6	0	0	2	28.1	30	30	26	0	32		12	1	0	0	144	54	2.188	9.5	0.0	10.2	3.8	0.38
11		Tom Drake	26	0	1	.000	9.00	8	1	3	0	0	0	15.0	23	18	15	2	19		1	2	0	0	86	50	2.800	13.8	1.2	11.4	0.6	0.05
12		Floyd Stromme	22	0	1	.000	4.85	5	0	2	0	0	0	13.0	13	8	7	1	13		4	0	0	1	64	93	2.000	9.0	0.7	9.0	2.8	0.31
13		Lefty Sullivan*	22	0	1	.000	4.26	7	1	4	0	0	0	12.2	9	8	6	0	9		4	1	0	0	54	106	1.421	6.4	0.0	6.4	2.8	0.44
14		Mike Naymick	21	0	1	.000	1.93	2	1	1	1	0	0	4.2	3	1	1	0	5		3	0	0	0	22	245	1.714	5.8	0.0	9.6	5.8	0.60
		Team Totals	26.3	87	67	.565	4.08	154	154	85	69	10	13	1364.2	1394	700	619	75	602		614	16	6	32	5986	108	1.463	9.2	0.5	4.0	4.0	1.02
		Rank in 8 AL teams		3	6		2				3	2	5	4	2	2	2	1	6		2
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 Neutralized Pitching

· League Register

	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact	Gact
Johnny Allen	34	10	10	.500	4.15	182.0	198	93	84	9	56	82	3	1.396	9.8	2.8	4.1	1.46	0.4	28	28
Johnny Broaca	29	2	3	.400	4.22	49.0	53	26	23	5	28	14	0	1.653	9.7	5.1	2.6	0.50	0.9	22	22
Joe Dobson	22	3	6	.333	5.33	81.0	86	53	48	3	50	28	1	1.679	9.6	5.6	3.1	0.56	0.3	35	35
Tom Drake	26	0	1	.000	8.40	15.0	23	16	14	2	19	1	2	2.800	13.8	11.4	0.6	0.05	1.2	8	8
Harry Eisenstat*	23	8	7	.533	3.55	142.0	146	62	56	11	32	47	0	1.254	9.3	2.0	3.0	1.47	0.7	36	36
Bob Feller	20	24	10	.706	2.56	313.0	226	99	89	13	141	259	3	1.173	6.5	4.1	7.4	1.84	0.4	39	39
Mel Harder	29	14	9	.609	3.18	215.0	212	84	76	15	64	69	3	1.284	8.9	2.7	2.9	1.08	0.6	29	29
Willis Hudlin	33	8	9	.471	4.29	153.0	174	81	73	6	42	30	1	1.412	10.2	2.5	1.8	0.71	0.4	27	27
Johnny Humphries	24	1	2	.333	7.76	29.0	30	28	25	0	32	12	1	2.138	9.3	9.9	3.7	0.38	0.0	15	15
Al Milnar*	25	14	10	.583	3.35	220.0	210	91	82	11	98	80	0	1.400	8.6	4.0	3.3	0.82	0.5	37	37
Mike Naymick	21	0	0		1.80	5.0	3	1	1	0	5	3	0	1.600	5.4	9.0	5.4	0.60	0.0	2	2
Floyd Stromme	22	0	1	.000	4.50	14.0	13	8	7	1	13	4	0	1.857	8.4	8.4	2.6	0.31	0.6	5	5
Lefty Sullivan*	22	0	1	.000	4.50	12.0	10	7	6	0	10	4	1	1.667	7.5	7.5	3.0	0.40	0.0	7	7
Bill Zuber	26	1	2	.333	5.18	33.0	40	21	19	2	19	17	1	1.788	10.9	5.2	4.6	0.89	0.5	16	16
	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact	Gact

Team Cumulative Pitching

· League Register

	Age	Yrs	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	ERA+
Johnny Allen	34	8	108	45	.706	3.73	212	182	22	94	12	6	1406.1	1323	654	583	66	547		838	27	3	50	5970	118	1.330	8.5	0.4	3.5	5.4	1.53	118
Johnny Broaca	29	5	44	29	.603	4.08	121	86	18	42	4	3	674.1	748	366	306	51	255		258	1	2	4	2985	105	1.487	10.0	0.7	3.4	3.4	1.01	105
Joe Dobson	22	1	2	3	.400	5.88	35	3	17	0	0	1	78.0	87	56	51	3	51		27	1	1	3	362	75	1.769	10.0	0.3	5.9	3.1	0.53	75
Tom Drake	26	1	0	1	.000	9.00	8	1	3	0	0	0	15.0	23	18	15	2	19		1	2	0	0	86	50	2.800	13.8	1.2	11.4	0.6	0.05	50
Harry Eisenstat*	23	5	21	21	.500	4.15	88	29	42	11	1	6	325.1	371	182	150	21	80		100	2	2	4	1412	112	1.386	10.3	0.6	2.2	2.8	1.25	112
Bob Feller	20	4	55	30	.647	3.43	118	98	15	58	6	4	785.0	620	338	299	31	503		712	16	7	32	3421	133	1.431	7.1	0.4	5.8	8.2	1.42	133
Mel Harder	29	12	159	125	.560	3.81	419	286	91	134	16	22	2392.2	2645	1225	1014	107	729		832	44	1	22	10426	121	1.410	9.9	0.4	2.7	3.1	1.14	121
Willis Hudlin	33	14	155	150	.508	4.33	471	316	100	152	11	31	2534.0	2899	1423	1220	105	830		654	42	8	40	11159	104	1.472	10.3	0.4	2.9	2.3	0.79	104
Johnny Humphries	24	2	11	12	.478	5.88	60	7	31	1	0	8	131.2	135	99	86	6	95		68	2	1	1	614	78	1.747	9.2	0.4	6.5	4.6	0.72	78
Al Milnar*	25	3	18	15	.545	4.33	64	34	17	15	2	4	299.1	328	164	144	16	143		114	0	1	7	1343	104	1.573	9.9	0.5	4.3	3.4	0.80	104
Mike Naymick	21	1	0	1	.000	1.93	2	1	1	1	0	0	4.2	3	1	1	0	5		3	0	0	0	22	245	1.714	5.8	0.0	9.6	5.8	0.60	245
Floyd Stromme	22	1	0	1	.000	4.85	5	0	2	0	0	0	13.0	13	8	7	1	13		4	0	0	1	64	93	2.000	9.0	0.7	9.0	2.8	0.31	93
Lefty Sullivan*	22	1	0	1	.000	4.26	7	1	4	0	0	0	12.2	9	8	6	0	9		4	1	0	0	54	106	1.421	6.4	0.0	6.4	2.8	0.44	106
Bill Zuber	26	3	3	4	.429	5.72	33	3	16	1	0	1	74.0	88	53	47	2	54		35	1	0	1	353	82	1.919	10.7	0.2	6.6	4.3	0.65	82
	Age	Yrs	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	ERA+

1938 / 1940 Pitching Statistics

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