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1939 Cleveland Indians

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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


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1938 / 1940 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 34 R R 6' 0" 180 Sep 30, 1904 8 34 26 34 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1.8 $
Earl Averill HOF 37 L R 5' 9" 172 May 21, 1902 11 24 11 24 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 13 0 -0.1 $
Lou Boudreau HOF 21 R R 5' 11" 185 Jul 17, 1917 2 53 53 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Johnny Broaca 29 R R 5' 11" 190 Oct 3, 1909 5 22 2 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Bruce Campbell 29 L R 6' 1" 185 Oct 20, 1909 10 130 111 130 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115 115 17 0 2.0 $
Ben Chapman 30 R R 6' 0" 190 Dec 25, 1908 10 149 145 149 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 133 13 146 2 1 2.7 $
Joe Dobson 22 R R 6' 2" 197 Jan 20, 1917 1st 35 3 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Tom Drake 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Aug 7, 1912 1st 8 1 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Harry Eisenstat 23 L L 5' 11" 185 Oct 10, 1915 5 26 11 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $
Bob Feller HOF 20 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 3, 1918 4 39 35 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.1 $17,500 All-Star
Oscar Grimes 24 R R 5' 11" 178 Apr 13, 1915 2 119 103 119 115 0 0 43 49 3 36 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.8 $
Odell Hale 30 R R 5' 10" 175 Aug 10, 1908 8 108 53 108 74 0 0 0 73 2 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 1.1 $
Mel Harder 29 R R 6' 1" 195 Oct 15, 1909 12 29 26 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 $
Jeff Heath 24 L R 5' 11" 200 Apr 1, 1915 4 121 105 121 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 108 0 0 108 14 0 2.4 $
Rollie Hemsley 32 R R 5' 10" 170 Jun 24, 1907 12 107 101 107 106 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $ All-Star
Willis Hudlin 33 R R 6' 0" 190 May 23, 1906 14 27 20 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Johnny Humphries 24 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 23, 1915 2 15 1 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Ken Keltner 22 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 31, 1916 3 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.6 $
Lyn Lary 33 R R 6' 0" 165 Jan 28, 1906 11 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.1 $
Ray Mack 22 R R 6' 0" 200 Aug 31, 1916 2 36 30 36 35 0 0 0 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1.0 $
Al Milnar 25 L L 6' 2" 195 Dec 26, 1913 3 41 26 41 38 37 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 4.4 $
Mike Naymick 21 R R 6' 8" 225 Aug 26, 1917 1st 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Frankie Pytlak 30 R R 5' 7" 160 Jul 30, 1908 8 63 47 63 51 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 0.6 $
Luke Sewell 38 R R 5' 9" 160 Jan 5, 1901 19 16 6 16 16 0 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Jim Shilling 25 R R 5' 11" 175 May 14, 1914 1st 31 26 31 30 0 0 0 27 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 $
Moose Solters 33 R R 6' 0" 190 Mar 22, 1906 6 41 21 41 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 8 25 17 0 0.1 $
Floyd Stromme 22 R R 5' 11" 170 Aug 1, 1916 1st 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Lefty Sullivan 22 L L 6' 3" 204 Sep 7, 1916 1st 7 1 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Hal Trosky 26 L R 6' 2" 207 Nov 11, 1912 7 122 118 122 118 0 0 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 5.1 $
Roy Weatherly 24 L R 5' 6" 170 Feb 25, 1915 4 95 69 95 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 27 15 76 19 1 0.3 $
Skeeter Webb 29 R R 5' 9" 150 Nov 4, 1909 3 81 79 81 81 0 0 0 0 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Bill Zuber 26 R R 6' 2" 195 Mar 26, 1913 3 16 1 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
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

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Oscar Grimes
Ben Chapman
Earl Averill
Odell Hale
Lou Boudreau
Skeeter Webb
Ray Mack
Moose Solters
Hal Trosky
Frankie Pytlak

Rollie Hemsley
Harry Eisenstat
Luke Sewell
Floyd Stromme
Johnny Broaca
Ben Chapman
Lyn Lary
Willis Hudlin
Bill Zuber
Johnny Allen
Johnny Broaca
Joe Dobson

Mel Harder
Bob Feller
Al Milnar
Johnny Humphries
Roy Weatherly
Bruce Campbell
Harry Eisenstat
Jeff Heath
Ken Keltner

Tom Drake
Mike Naymick
Lefty Sullivan
Floyd Stromme
Jim Shilling

1938 / 1940 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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