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1939 Cleveland Indians Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(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 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 87-67, Final Rank:3, GB: 20.5
Days in First1last on Saturday, Apr 22, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 2last on Apr 22, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead0.5last on Saturday, Apr 22, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind23.5last on Sunday, Sep 10, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50021last on Sunday, Oct 1
Most Games under .5004last on Saturday, May 6
Longest Winning Streak7Tuesday, Aug 22 to Sunday, Aug 27
Longest Losing Streak5Thursday, Jul 13 to Monday, Jul 17
Most Runs Allowed17Friday, Jun 2 and Thursday, Aug 3
Most Runs Scored18Sunday, Sep 17
Times Shutout by Opponent9 
Times Opponent Shutout10 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 87 67 797 700 .565
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 44 33 363 347 .571
Road 43 34 434 353 .558
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 4 6 36 53 .400
May 15 9 127 94 .625
June 14 14 139 160 .500
July 15 13 140 120 .536
August 18 14 161 140 .563
September 20 10 186 129 .667
October 1 1 8 4 .500
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 40 34 367 353 .541
Second Half 47 33 430 347 .588
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 26 23 210 207 .531
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 31 18 334 250 .633
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BOS 11 11 116 109 .500
CHW 10 12 82 80 .455
DET 11 11 74 106 .500
NYY 7 15 82 123 .318
PHA 18 4 165 83 .818
SLB 16 6 154 85 .727
WSH 14 8 124 114 .636

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Friday, Apr 21 CLE DET W 5 1 1-0 2 0.5 Feller 2:15 20,000 +
2 2 Saturday, Apr 22 CLE DET W 2 1 2-0 1 up 0.5 Hudlin 2:17 5,000 ++
3 3 Sunday, Apr 23 CLE DET L 0 8 2-1 2 0.5 Rowe 2:30 -
4 4 Monday, Apr 24 CLE CHW L 3 9 2-2 3 1.5 Lee 2:40 2,500 --
5 5 Tuesday, Apr 25 CLE CHW W 7 1 3-2 2 1.5 Feller 1:58 4,000 +
6 6 Wednesday, Apr 26 CLE CHW L 1 5 3-3 3 2.0 Dietrich 2:11 2,000 -
7 7 Thursday, Apr 27 CLE SLB L 2 4 3-4 6 2.5 Marcum 2:11 2,000 --
8 8 Friday, Apr 28 CLE SLB L 8 9 3-5 7 3.0 Trotter 1:45 5,000 ---
9 9 Saturday, Apr 29 CLE @ DET W 7 1 4-5 7 2.0 Feller 2:18 27,643 +
10 10 Sunday, Apr 30 CLE @ DET L 1 14 4-6 7 2.0 Bridges 2:24 24,507 -
11 11 Wednesday, May 3 CLE BOS L 1 5 4-7 6 3.5 Auker 1:59 5,000 --
12 12 Thursday, May 4 CLE NYY L 6 10 4-8 7 4.5 Murphy 3:16 12,000 ---
13 13 Friday, May 5 CLE NYY W 2 1 5-8 5 4.0 Milnar 2:32 9,000 +
14 14 Saturday, May 6 CLE NYY L 1 5 5-9 6 5.0 Pearson 2:02 10,000 -
15 15 Sunday, May 7 CLE WSH W 8 7 6-9 6 4.5 Feller 3:05 10,000 +
16 16 Monday, May 8 CLE WSH W 6 2 7-9 5 3.5 Hudlin 1:57 1,500 ++
17 17 Wednesday, May 10 CLE PHA W 7 4 8-9 4 4.0 Feller 2:24 4,000 +++
18 18 Thursday, May 11 CLE PHA W 7 0 9-9 4 4.0 Milnar 2:12 2,500 ++++
19 19 Friday, May 12 CLE @ CHW L 3 4 9-10 4 4.5 Rigney 2:17 3,000 -
20 20 Saturday, May 13 CLE @ CHW W 5 2 10-10 4 4.0 Hudlin 1:59 7,500 +
21 21 Sunday, May 14 CLE @ CHW W 9 4 11-10 4 4.0 Feller 2:22 28,000 ++
22 22 Tuesday, May 16 CLE @ PHA W 8 3 12-10 4 4.5 Humphries 2:41 15,100 +++
23 23 Thursday, May 18 CLE @ PHA L 3 4 12-11 4 6.0 Dean 2:34 10,000 -
24 24 Friday, May 19 CLE @ WSH W 8 4 13-11 3 6.0 Hudlin 2:11 10,000 +
25 25 Saturday, May 20 CLE @ WSH L 3 6 13-12 3 7.0 Leonard 2:17 10,000 -
26 26 Sunday, May 21 CLE @ NYY L 6 12 13-13 4 8.0 Hadley 2:19 37,531 --
27 27 Tuesday, May 23 CLE @ NYY L 3 7 13-14 4 9.0 Donald 2:08 10,000 ---
28 28 Wednesday, May 24 CLE @ BOS W 6 2 14-14 4 8.0 Hudlin 1:51 4,000 +
29 29 Thursday, May 25 CLE @ BOS W 11 0 15-14 4 8.0 Feller ++
30 30 Friday, May 26 CLE CHW L 1 2 15-15 4 9.0 Dietrich 2:21 7,500 -
31 31 Saturday, May 27 CLE CHW W 7 6 16-15 4 9.5 Milnar 2:10 3,000 +
32 32 Sunday, May 28 CLE CHW W 6 0 17-15 4 9.5 Allen 1:48 15,000 ++
33 33 Tuesday, May 30 CLE SLB W 7 2 18-15 3 9.0 Feller 2:22 0 +++
34 34 Tuesday, May 30 CLE SLB W 3 2 19-15 3 9.0 Humphries 2:53 26,504 ++++
35 35 Thursday, Jun 1 CLE NYY L 3 8 19-16 3 10.0 Gomez 1:55 3,500 -
36 36 Friday, Jun 2 CLE NYY L 5 17 19-17 4 11.0 Donald 2:44 8,000 --
37 37 Saturday, Jun 3 CLE NYY L 2 3 19-18 4 12.0 Hadley 2:15 6,000 ---
38 38 Sunday, Jun 4 CLE BOS W 10 2 20-18 4 12.5 Feller 2:25 0 +
39 39 Sunday, Jun 4 CLE BOS L 1 7 20-19 4 12.5 Grove 2:09 22,936 -
40 40 Monday, Jun 5 CLE BOS W 7 5 21-19 4 11.5 Allen 2:04 1,300 +
41 41 Tuesday, Jun 6 CLE BOS W 8 7 22-19 4 10.5 Zuber 2:05 2,000 ++
42 42 Wednesday, Jun 7 CLE WSH L 4 10 22-20 4 12.0 Haynes 2:05 0 -
43 43 Wednesday, Jun 7 CLE WSH L 9 13 22-21 4 12.0 Masterson 2:48 7,500 --
44 44 Thursday, Jun 8 CLE WSH W 7 5 23-21 4 12.0 Harder 2:26 1,500 +
45 45 Friday, Jun 9 CLE WSH W 3 2 24-21 4 11.5 Broaca 2:07 5,000 ++
46 46 Saturday, Jun 10 CLE PHA W 6 0 25-21 3 11.0 Allen 2:03 1,500 +++
47 47 Sunday, Jun 11 CLE PHA W 4 3 26-21 3 11.0 Hudlin 1:35 12,000 ++++
48 48 Sunday, Jun 11 CLE PHA W 3 2 27-21 3 11.0 Milnar 1:35 12,000 +++++
49 49 Wednesday, Jun 14 CLE @ NYY W 4 2 28-21 3 10.0 Feller 2:35 11,301 ++++++
50 50 Thursday, Jun 15 CLE @ NYY L 0 1 28-22 3 11.0 Gomez 1:47 9,619 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Friday, Jun 16 CLE @ NYY L 3 4 28-23 3 12.0 Donald 1:52 10,171 --
52 52 Sunday, Jun 18 CLE @ BOS L 4 5 28-24 3 13.0 Ostermueller 2:34 0 ---
53 53 Sunday, Jun 18 CLE @ BOS L 3 5 28-25 3 13.0 Grove 1:45 32,000 ----
54 54 Tuesday, Jun 20 CLE @ WSH W 4 3 29-25 3 13.5 Eisenstat 1:52 2,500 +
55 55 Wednesday, Jun 21 CLE @ WSH W 9 8 30-25 3 13.5 Zuber 2:56 2,000 ++
56 56 Thursday, Jun 22 CLE @ WSH L 5 8 30-26 3 14.5 Kelley 2:01 3,500 -
57 57 Friday, Jun 23 CLE @ PHA W 12 5 31-26 3 14.0 Feller 2:42 3,000 +
58 58 Saturday, Jun 24 CLE @ PHA L 6 10 31-27 3 15.0 Potter 2:16 -
59 59 Sunday, Jun 25 CLE @ PHA W 8 4 32-27 3 15.0 Allen 2:02 0 +
60 60 Sunday, Jun 25 CLE @ PHA L 2 10 32-28 3 15.0 Caster 1:59 19,302 -
61 61 Monday, Jun 26 CLE DET L 2 11 32-29 4 15.0 Bridges 2:35 3,500 --
62 62 Tuesday, Jun 27 CLE DET W 5 0 33-29 3 14.5 Feller 2:03 55,305 +
63 63 Saturday, Jul 1 CLE SLB W 8 5 34-29 3 15.0 Broaca 1:50 8,000 ++
64 64 Sunday, Jul 2 CLE SLB L 3 4 34-30 3 15.0 Mills 2:12 0 -
65 65 Sunday, Jul 2 CLE SLB W 8 2 35-30 3 15.0 Harder 2:00 16,000 +
66 66 Monday, Jul 3 CLE @ DET W 4 2 36-30 3 14.5 Feller 2:03 15,474 ++
67 67 Tuesday, Jul 4 CLE @ DET L 0 4 36-31 3 15.0 Newsom 2:17 56,272 -
68 68 Wednesday, Jul 5 CLE @ CHW L 1 2 36-32 4 16.0 Smith 1:54 3,000 --
69 69 Thursday, Jul 6 CLE @ CHW L 1 8 36-33 5 16.5 Knott 2:13 3,000 ---
70 70 Friday, Jul 7 CLE @ CHW W 7 3 37-33 4 15.5 Feller 2:35 8,000 +
71 71 Saturday, Jul 8 CLE @ SLB W 5 3 38-33 4 14.5 Harder 2:00 0 ++
72 72 Saturday, Jul 8 CLE @ SLB L 9 10 38-34 4 14.5 Trotter 2:24 1,322 -
73 73 Sunday, Jul 9 CLE @ SLB W 14 2 39-34 4 12.5 Allen 2:10 0 +
74 74 Sunday, Jul 9 CLE @ SLB W 5 1 40-34 4 12.5 Eisenstat 1:42 5,129 ++
75 75 Thursday, Jul 13 CLE BOS L 5 6 40-35 4 12.5 Heving 1:53 35,000 -
76 76 Saturday, Jul 15 CLE BOS L 5 9 40-36 4 14.0 Dickman 1:55 12,000 --
77 77 Sunday, Jul 16 CLE NYY L 2 5 40-37 4 16.0 Gomez 2:10 0 ---
78 78 Sunday, Jul 16 CLE NYY L 3 8 40-38 4 16.0 Russo 2:02 63,064 ----
79 79 Monday, Jul 17 CLE NYY L 0 3 40-39 4 17.0 Hadley 2:05 10,000 -----
80 80 Tuesday, Jul 18 CLE PHA W 6 3 41-39 4 17.5 Dobson 1:59 9,032 +
81 81 Thursday, Jul 20 CLE PHA W 3 2 42-39 4 17.5 Harder 1:46 6,000 ++
82 82 Friday, Jul 21 CLE WSH W 5 2 43-39 4 16.5 Milnar 1:44 5,000 +++
83 83 Saturday, Jul 22 CLE WSH L 3 11 43-40 4 17.0 Krakauskas 2:02 3,500 -
84 84 Sunday, Jul 23 CLE WSH W 11 2 44-40 4 16.0 Feller 2:23 0 +
85 85 Sunday, Jul 23 CLE WSH W 4 3 45-40 4 16.0 Eisenstat 2:00 12,000 ++
86 86 Tuesday, Jul 25 CLE @ PHA W 12 8 46-40 4 16.0 Harder 2:11 2,500 +++
87 87 Wednesday, Jul 26 CLE @ PHA W 9 3 47-40 4 16.0 Milnar 2:10 1,500 ++++
88 88 Friday, Jul 28 CLE @ WSH L 0 2 47-41 4 17.0 Chase 2:10 5,000 -
89 89 Saturday, Jul 29 CLE @ WSH W 5 2 48-41 4 16.5 Allen 1:56 3,500 +
90 90 Sunday, Jul 30 CLE @ WSH L 2 5 48-42 4 17.0 Krakauskas 1:50 10,000 -
91 91 Tuesday, Aug 1 CLE @ BOS L 5 7 48-43 4 17.0 Grove 2:10 11,000 --
92 92 Wednesday, Aug 2 CLE @ BOS W 8 2 49-43 4 16.5 Harder 2:15 +
93 93 Wednesday, Aug 2 CLE @ BOS L 4 5 49-44 4 16.5 Heving 1:58 22,000 -
94 94 Thursday, Aug 3 CLE @ BOS L 6 17 49-45 4 17.5 Wade 2:25 5,000 --
95 95 Friday, Aug 4 CLE @ NYY L 4 5 49-46 4 18.5 Hildebrand 2:55 6,263 ---
96 96 Saturday, Aug 5 CLE @ NYY L 1 6 49-47 5 19.5 Ruffing 1:37 13,207 ----
97 97 Sunday, Aug 6 CLE @ NYY W 5 4 50-47 4 17.5 Feller 2:10 0 +
98 98 Sunday, Aug 6 CLE @ NYY W 7 1 51-47 4 17.5 Harder 2:07 76,753 ++
99 99 Monday, Aug 7 CLE SLB W 6 5 52-47 4 17.0 Broaca 2:15 16,467 +++
100 100 Wednesday, Aug 9 CLE SLB W 6 5 53-47 4 16.5 Dobson 2:00 4,000 ++++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Saturday, Aug 12 CLE CHW W 3 2 54-47 3 16.5 Broaca 1:48 10,000 +++++
102 102 Sunday, Aug 13 CLE CHW W 2 0 55-47 3 16.5 Feller 2:02 0 ++++++
103 103 Sunday, Aug 13 CLE CHW L 0 3 55-48 3 16.5 Lee 1:50 20,000 -
104 104 Monday, Aug 14 CLE @ DET W 8 4 56-48 4 16.5 Milnar 2:19 0 +
105 105 Monday, Aug 14 CLE @ DET L 3 10 56-49 4 16.5 Rowe 1:56 23,209 -
106 106 Tuesday, Aug 15 CLE @ DET L 3 12 56-50 4 17.5 Newsom 1:54 7,665 --
107 107 Wednesday, Aug 16 CLE @ SLB W 3 0 57-50 4 17.0 Harder 1:50 0 +
108 108 Wednesday, Aug 16 CLE @ SLB W 7 1 58-50 4 17.0 Milnar 1:56 1,294 ++
109 109 Thursday, Aug 17 CLE @ SLB L 5 6 58-51 4 18.0 Whitehead 2:21 717 -
110 110 Friday, Aug 18 CLE @ CHW L 0 1 58-52 4 19.0 Smith 2:33 46,000 --
111 111 Saturday, Aug 19 CLE @ CHW L 5 6 58-53 4 19.5 Lee 1:55 6,000 ---
112 112 Sunday, Aug 20 CLE @ CHW L 5 6 58-54 4 20.0 Brown 2:19 15,000 ----
113 113 Tuesday, Aug 22 CLE WSH W 6 4 59-54 4 20.0 Feller 2:07 14,000 +
114 114 Thursday, Aug 24 CLE PHA W 10 2 60-54 4 20.5 Harder 2:00 ++
115 115 Thursday, Aug 24 CLE PHA W 17 2 61-54 4 20.5 Milnar 2:20 8,000 +++
116 116 Friday, Aug 25 CLE PHA W 6 0 62-54 4 21.0 Eisenstat 1:27 5,000 ++++
117 117 Saturday, Aug 26 CLE PHA W 7 5 63-54 4 21.0 Milnar 2:10 5,000 +++++
118 118 Sunday, Aug 27 CLE BOS W 1 0 64-54 4 20.5 Feller 2:15 0 ++++++
119 119 Sunday, Aug 27 CLE BOS W 5 3 65-54 4 20.5 Hudlin 2:05 23,540 +++++++
120 120 Monday, Aug 28 CLE BOS L 5 6 65-55 4 21.5 Auker 2:15 2,000 -
121 121 Tuesday, Aug 29 CLE BOS L 4 7 65-56 4 21.5 Lefebvre 2:10 1,500 --
122 122 Wednesday, Aug 30 CLE NYY W 4 3 66-56 4 20.5 Eisenstat 2:00 35,336 +
123 123 Friday, Sep 1 CLE NYY L 8 11 66-57 4 21.5 Chandler 2:30 20,000 -
124 124 Saturday, Sep 2 CLE SLB W 9 3 67-57 4 20.5 Harder 1:47 1,500 +
125 125 Sunday, Sep 3 CLE SLB W 6 2 68-57 4 19.5 Allen 2:12 5,000 ++
126 126 Monday, Sep 4 CLE CHW L 2 5 68-58 4 21.0 Brown 3:05 27,000 -
127 127 Tuesday, Sep 5 CLE CHW L 2 4 68-59 4 21.5 Knott 1:50 800 --
128 128 Wednesday, Sep 6 CLE DET L 0 2 68-60 4 22.5 McKain 2:07 2,000 ---
129 129 Thursday, Sep 7 CLE DET W 9 8 69-60 4 22.5 Harder 2:15 5,000 +
130 130 Friday, Sep 8 CLE @ SLB W 12 1 70-60 4 22.5 Feller 2:02 598 ++
131 131 Saturday, Sep 9 CLE @ SLB W 9 8 71-60 4 22.5 Hudlin 2:24 487 +++
132 132 Sunday, Sep 10 CLE @ SLB W 15 5 72-60 4 23.5 Milnar 3:21 0 ++++
133 133 Sunday, Sep 10 CLE @ SLB L 4 5 72-61 4 23.5 Lawson 1:42 2,050 -
134 134 Tuesday, Sep 12 CLE @ NYY W 4 3 73-61 4 22.5 Harder 2:05 4,638 +
135 135 Wednesday, Sep 13 CLE @ NYY W 9 4 74-61 4 21.5 Feller 2:06 9,898 ++
136 136 Thursday, Sep 14 CLE @ BOS W 8 7 75-61 4 20.5 Allen 2:05 2,400 +++
137 137 Friday, Sep 15 CLE @ BOS W 7 1 76-61 4 20.5 Hudlin 2:05 ++++
138 138 Saturday, Sep 16 CLE @ BOS W 2 1 77-61 4 20.5 Harder 1:42 3,400 +++++
139 139 Sunday, Sep 17 CLE @ PHA L 2 4 77-62 4 19.5 Caster 2:00 0 -
140 140 Sunday, Sep 17 CLE @ PHA W 18 5 78-62 4 19.5 Milnar 2:26 16,478 +
141 141 Monday, Sep 18 CLE @ PHA W 9 4 79-62 3 19.5 Allen 2:09 500 ++
142 142 Tuesday, Sep 19 CLE @ WSH L 9 10 79-63 3 20.5 Appleton 2:22 500 -
143 143 Wednesday, Sep 20 CLE @ WSH W 7 2 80-63 3 20.5 Harder 2:00 300 +
144 144 Thursday, Sep 21 CLE @ WSH W 6 3 81-63 3 20.5 Milnar 2:00 5,000 ++
145 145 Friday, Sep 22 CLE DET W 5 4 82-63 3 20.0 Feller 2:00 6,000 +++
146 146 Saturday, Sep 23 CLE DET L 3 6 82-64 3 21.0 Newsom 2:22 10,000 -
147 147 Sunday, Sep 24 CLE DET L 1 2 82-65 4 22.5 Bridges 2:02 0 --
148 148 Sunday, Sep 24 CLE DET L 1 9 82-66 4 22.5 Trout 1:25 20,000 ---
149 149 Wednesday, Sep 27 CLE @ CHW W 5 2 83-66 3 21.5 Eisenstat 2:00 +
150 150 Wednesday, Sep 27 CLE @ CHW W 7 5 84-66 3 21.5 Feller 1:52 17,421 ++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Friday, Sep 29 CLE @ DET W 4 3 85-66 3 20.5 Harder 2:06 0 +++
152 152 Friday, Sep 29 CLE @ DET W 3 0 86-66 3 20.5 Milnar 1:00 7,509 ++++
153 153 Sunday, Oct 1 CLE @ DET W 8 3 87-66 3 20.5 Feller 2:13 0 +++++
154 154 Sunday, Oct 1 CLE @ DET L 0 1 87-67 3 20.5 Newsom 1:00 15,383 -
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1938 / 1940 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits