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1939 Cleveland Indians (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938/1940) 87-67, Finished 3rd in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 797 runs, Allowed 700 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-68 Managed by Ossie Vitt Ballpark: League Park II/Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 563,926 (5th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 95   (one-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 96   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 Stats (1938/1940) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Rollie Hemsley      32  107  395   58  104  17  4   2   36  26   26  .263  .309  .342   2   4   7   0  11           68
1B *Hal Trosky          26  122  448   89  150  31  4  25  104  52   28  .335  .405  .589   2   3   6   1  10          154
2B  Odell Hale          30  108  253   36   79  16  2   4   48  25   18  .312  .374  .439   4   5   9   0   8          110
3B  Ken Keltner         22  154  587   84  191  35 11  13   97  51   41  .325  .379  .489   6   6  15   0  10          123
SS  Skeeter Webb        29   81  269   28   71  14  1   2   26  15   24  .264  .305  .346   1   1   4   1   7           68
OF  Ben Chapman         30  149  545  101  158  31  9   6   82  87   30  .290  .390  .413  18   6  19   2  20          108
OF *Bruce Campbell      29  130  450   84  129  23 13   8   72  67   48  .287  .383  .449   7   6   6   3   7          115
OF *Jeff Heath          24  121  431   64  126  31  7  14   69  41   64  .292  .354  .494   8   4   7   0   0          117
    Oscar Grimes        24  119  364   51   98  20  5   4   56  56   61  .269  .368  .385   8   3   7   1  11           95
   *Roy Weatherly       24   95  323   43  100  16  6   1   32  19   23  .310  .348  .406   7   2   2   0   2           94
    Lou Boudreau        21   53  225   42   58  15  4   0   19  28   24  .258  .340  .360   2   1   5   0   3           81
    Frankie Pytlak      30   63  183   20   49   2  5   0   14  20    5  .268  .343  .333   4   1   4   1   6           76
    Ray Mack            22   36  112   12   17   4  1   1    6  12   19  .152  .240  .232   0   2   1   1   1           23
    Moose Solters       33   41  102   19   28   7  2   2   19   9   15  .275  .333  .441   2   1   1   0   0           99
    Jim Shilling        25   31   98    8   27   7  2   0   12   7    9  .276  .324  .388   1   0   3   0   1           83
   *Earl Averill        37   24   55    8   15   8  0   1    7   6   12  .273  .344  .473   0   1   0   0   0          109
    Luke Sewell         38   16   20    1    3   1  0   0    1   3    1  .150  .261  .200   0   0   0   0   2           21
    Lyn Lary            33    3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100

    Bob Feller          20   39   99   14   21   5  1   0    7  14   35  .212  .316  .283   0   0   3   1   6           56
   *Al Milnar           25   41   79   11   20   5  0   0    6   5   12  .253  .298  .316   0   0   0   0   0           59
    Mel Harder          29   29   72    8   10   0  1   1    9   3   17  .139  .195  .208   0   0   2   2   6            4
    Johnny Allen        34   34   71   10   16   2  0   0    3   3   11  .225  .257  .254   0   0   2   0   2           33
    Willis Hudlin       33   27   48    1    9   1  0   1    4   3   16  .188  .250  .271   0   0   4   1   3           35
   *Harry Eisenstat     23   26   32    3    8   0  0   0    1   1    8  .250  .273  .250   0   0   0   0   2           36
    Joe Dobson          22   35   18    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    5  .056  .105  .056   0   0   0   0   1          -57
    Johnny Broaca       29   22   12    2    0   0  0   0    0   1    6  .000  .077  .000   0   0   0   0   0          -78
    Johnny Humphries    24   15    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    5  .000  .125  .000   0   0   1   0   0          -65
    Bill Zuber          26   16    5    0    1   0  1   0    0   0    2  .200  .200  .600   0   0   0   0   0          100
    Mike Naymick        21    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Floyd Stromme       22    5    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0           73
   *Lefty Sullivan      22    7    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Tom Drake           26    8    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.8  154 5316  797 1490 291 79  85  730 557  574  .280  .349  .413  72  46 108  14 120          103
    Rank among 8 AL teams          4    4    3   1  1   6        6    3     3     4     4   4   3                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Bob Feller          20  39   2.85  24   9  1  35   3  24   4  296.7  227  105   94  13  142  246 1243  14   3  1     154
SP  Johnny Allen        34  28   4.58   9   7  0  26   2   9   2  175.0  199   96   89   9   56   79  763   5   3  2      96
SP  Mel Harder          29  29   3.50  15   9  1  26   3  12   1  208.0  213   89   81  15   64   67  877   1   3  0     125
SP *Al Milnar           25  37   3.79  14  12  3  26  10  12   2  209.0  212   96   88  11   99   76  920   4   0  1     116
SP  Willis Hudlin       33  27   4.91   9  10  3  20   5   7   0  143.0  175   85   78   6   42   28  643   3   1  0      89

RP  Joe Dobson          22  35   5.88   2   3  1   3  17   0   0   78.0   87   56   51   3   51   27  362   3   1  1      75
RP  Johnny Broaca       29  22   4.70   4   2  0   2   9   0   0   46.0   53   39   24   5   28   13  216   1   0  0      93
RP *Harry Eisenstat     23  26   3.30   6   7  2  11  10   4   1  103.7  109   45   38   8   23   38  445   0   0  1     133
RP  Bill Zuber          26  16   5.97   2   0  0   1  10   0   0   31.7   41   24   21   2   19   16  152   0   1  0      74

    Johnny Humphries    24  15   8.26   2   4  2   1   6   0   0   28.3   30   30   26   0   32   12  144   0   1  0      53
    Tom Drake           26   8   9.00   0   1  0   1   3   0   0   15.0   23   18   15   2   19    1   86   0   2  0      49
    Floyd Stromme       22   5   4.85   0   1  0   0   2   0   0   13.0   13    8    7   1   13    4   64   1   0  0      91
   *Lefty Sullivan      22   7   4.26   0   1  0   1   4   0   0   12.7    9    8    6   0    9    4   54   0   1  0     103
    Mike Naymick        21   2   1.93   0   1  0   1   1   1   0    4.7    3    1    1   0    5    3   22   0   0  0     228
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.5 154   4.08  87  67 13 154  85  69  10 1364.0 1394  700  618  75  602  614 5991  32  16  6     108
    Rank among 8 AL teams           2   3   6  5           3   2      4    2    2        1    6    2

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- RHemsley 106 499 58 9 7 .984 4 FPytlak 51 227 24 0 5 1.000 1 LSewell 15 24 4 1 0 .966 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 750 86 10 12 .988 5 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.43 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HTrosky 118 1004 97 9 97 .992 9.33 OGrimes 43 341 17 4 36 .989 8.33 LSewell 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1345 114 13 133 .991 9.63 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .965 5.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- OHale 73 141 146 10 31 .966 3.93 OGrimes 48 102 109 7 21 .968 4.40 RMack 34 80 86 4 26 .976 4.88 JShilling 27 61 83 10 18 .935 5.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 384 424 31 96 .963 5.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .943 3.03 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KKeltner 154 187 297 13 40 .974 3.14 OGrimes 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.33 OHale 2 1 1 1 0 .667 1.00 RMack 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 191 300 14 40 .972 3.24 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .950 4.68 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SWebb 81 165 203 27 40 .932 4.54 LBoudreau 53 103 184 14 31 .953 5.42 OGrimes 37 58 66 11 18 .919 3.35 JShilling 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.33 LLary 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 327 456 53 89 .937 5.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .969 2.35 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BChapman 146 356 12 11 0 .971 2.52 2 137 9 BCampbell 115 200 12 13 3 .942 1.84 0 0 115 JHeath 108 263 7 10 2 .964 2.50 108 0 0 RWeatherly 76 146 3 6 1 .961 1.96 36 27 14 MSolters 25 42 1 4 0 .915 1.72 17 0 8 EAverill 11 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.09 0 0 11 AMilnar 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1021 35 44 6 .960 2.32 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .951 1.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BFeller 39 8 44 3 2 .945 1.58 AMilnar 37 6 37 0 1 1.000 1.85 MHarder 29 14 26 1 1 .976 1.73 JAllen 28 17 36 5 7 .914 2.73 WHudlin 27 21 42 1 2 .984 3.97 HEisenstat 26 1 14 0 0 1.000 1.30 JDobson 35 3 16 0 0 1.000 2.19 JBroaca 22 0 8 1 2 .889 1.57 BZuber 16 0 9 0 1 1.000 2.56 JHumphries 15 1 4 1 0 .833 1.59 TDrake 8 2 4 1 0 .857 3.60 FStromme 5 0 2 1 0 .667 1.38 LSullivan 7 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 MNaymick 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 73 242 15 16 .955 2.08 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Trosky .335 On-base % Trosky .405 Slugging % Trosky .589 OPS Trosky .994 Games Keltner 154 At Bats Keltner 587 Plate Appearances (approx.) Chapman 654 Runs Chapman 101 Hits Keltner 191 Total Bases Keltner 287 Doubles Keltner 35 Triples Campbell 13 Home Runs Trosky 25 RBI Trosky 104 Bases on Balls Chapman 87 Strikeouts Heath 64 Stolen Bases Chapman 18 Singles Keltner 132 Adjusted OPS+ Trosky 154 Runs Created Keltner 107 Adjusted Batting Runs Trosky 36 Batting Wins Trosky 3.3 Extra-Base Hits Trosky 60 Times on Base Chapman 247 Offensive Win% Trosky .736 Hit By Pitch Campbell 3 Sac. Hits Chapman 20 Grounded into Double Plays Chapman 19 Caught Stealing Campbell, Chapman, and Keltner 6 Power/Speed Number Heath 10.2 At Bats per Strikeout Chapman 18.2 At Bats per Home Run Trosky 17.9 Outs Chapman 432

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Feller 2.85 Wins Feller 24 Won-Loss % Feller .727 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Feller 1.244 Hits Allowed/9IP Feller 6.89 Bases on Balls/9IP Harder 2.77 Strikeouts/9IP Feller 7.46 Games Feller 39 Saves Hudlin and Milnar 3 Innings Feller 296.7 Strikeouts Feller 246 Games Started Feller 35 Comp. Games Feller 24 Shutouts Feller 4 Home Runs Allow. Harder 15 Bases On Balls Allow. Feller 142 Hits Allowed Feller 227 SO to Walk Feller 1.73 Losses Milnar 12 Earned Runs Allow. Feller 94 Wild Pitches Feller 14 Hit Batsmen Allen, Feller, and Harder 3 Batters Faced Feller 1243 Games Finished Dobson 17 Adjusted ERA+ Feller 154

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