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1939 Cleveland Indians

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


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1938 / 1940 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 6 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 110 14 120
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 4 3 1 1 6 4 3 6 3 3 4 4 4 4 7 1
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
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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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 156 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 4 920 117 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 1 877 127 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 97 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 91 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 0 440 135 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 76 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 95 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 75 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 94 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 54 107 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 22 247 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 109 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 Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Johnny Allen 34 28 26 9 58 17 36 5 7 .914 1.89 P
Earl Averill 37 11 11 11 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.09 OF
Lou Boudreau 21 53 53 53 301 103 184 14 31 .953 5.42 SS
Johnny Broaca 29 22 2 0 9 0 8 1 2 .889 0.36 P
Bruce Campbell 29 115 111 108 225 200 12 13 3 .942 1.84 OF
Ben Chapman 30 146 145 137 379 356 12 11 0 .971 2.52 OF
Joe Dobson 22 35 3 0 19 3 16 0 0 1.000 0.54 P
Tom Drake 26 8 1 0 7 2 4 1 0 .857 0.75 P
Harry Eisenstat 23 26 11 4 15 1 14 0 0 1.000 0.58 P
Bob Feller 20 39 35 24 55 8 44 3 2 .945 1.33 P
Oscar Grimes 24 115 103 83 719 504 193 22 75 .969 5.32 2B-1B-SS-3B
Odell Hale 30 74 53 49 300 142 147 11 31 .963 3.85 2B-3B
Mel Harder 29 29 26 12 41 14 26 1 1 .976 1.38 P
Jeff Heath 24 108 105 99 280 263 7 10 2 .964 2.50 OF
Rollie Hemsley 32 106 101 88 566 499 58 9 7 .984 5.25 4 38 30 44% C
Willis Hudlin 33 27 20 7 64 21 42 1 2 .984 2.33 P
Johnny Humphries 24 15 1 0 6 1 4 1 0 .833 0.33 P
Ken Keltner 22 154 154 148 497 187 297 13 40 .974 3.14 3B
Lyn Lary 33 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 SS
Ray Mack 22 35 30 27 171 80 87 4 26 .977 4.77 2B-3B
Al Milnar 25 38 26 12 45 8 37 0 1 1.000 1.18 P-OF
Mike Naymick 21 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Frankie Pytlak 30 51 47 44 251 227 24 0 5 1.000 4.92 1 21 10 32% C
Luke Sewell 38 16 6 4 29 24 4 1 0 .966 1.75 0 9 3 25% C-1B
Jim Shilling 25 30 26 21 158 62 86 10 18 .937 4.93 2B-SS
Moose Solters 33 25 21 19 47 42 1 4 0 .915 1.72 OF
Floyd Stromme 22 5 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 0.40 P
Lefty Sullivan 22 7 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 P
Hal Trosky 26 118 118 111 1110 1004 97 9 97 .992 9.33 1B
Roy Weatherly 24 76 69 64 155 146 3 6 1 .961 1.96 OF
Skeeter Webb 29 81 79 60 395 165 203 27 40 .932 4.54 SS
Bill Zuber 26 16 1 0 9 0 9 0 1 1.000 0.56 P
Team Totals 26.7 154 1386 1195 5928 4091 1657 180 392 .970 3.53 5 68 43 39%
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 3 3
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Johnny Allen 34 76 -8 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ Traded 1
Earl Averill* 37 61 0 -1 0 0 -2 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ Purchased O9
Lou Boudreau 21 256 -7 2 0 0 3 3 7 8 0.8 5 0.5 0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent 6
Johnny Broaca 29 13 -4 0 0 0 0 1 0 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ Purchased 1
Bruce Campbell* 29 527 11 1 0 0 -4 -5 17 20 2.0 24 2.3 -0.3 $ Traded *O9
Ben Chapman 30 654 10 3 0 0 -3 -2 20 28 2.7 31 3.0 -0.3 $ Traded *O89/7
Joe Dobson 22 20 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Unknown 1
Tom Drake 26 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Harry Eisenstat* 23 35 -3 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Bob Feller 20 120 -8 0 0 0 0 9 4 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $17,500 Amateur Free Agent 1
Oscar Grimes 24 432 -2 0 0 0 -6 2 14 8 0.8 14 1.4 -0.6 $ 436/5
Odell Hale 30 286 4 -2 0 0 -2 2 9 11 1.1 13 1.3 -0.2 $ 4/5
Mel Harder 29 83 -12 0 0 0 0 6 3 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
Jeff Heath* 24 472 8 0 0 0 6 -5 16 25 2.4 19 1.9 0.5 $ *7O
Rollie Hemsley 32 432 -20 0 0 0 1 3 14 -2 -0.1 -3 -0.3 0.2 $ Traded *2
Willis Hudlin 33 55 -6 -1 0 0 0 4 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Johnny Humphries 24 8 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Ken Keltner 22 648 20 -2 0 0 5 3 21 47 4.6 42 4.1 0.5 $ Minor Lg Working Ag *5
Lyn Lary 33 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded /6
Ray Mack 22 126 -14 -1 0 0 -1 1 4 -11 -1.0 -10 -1.0 0.0 $ 4/5
Al Milnar* 25 84 -5 0 0 0 0 7 3 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ 1/7O
Mike Naymick 21 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Frankie Pytlak 30 210 -6 1 0 0 2 2 7 6 0.6 4 0.4 0.2 $ 2
Luke Sewell 38 25 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Free Agency 2/3
Jim Shilling 25 106 -3 0 0 0 -1 1 4 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ 4/6
Moose Solters 33 111 -1 1 0 0 -2 -1 4 1 0.1 3 0.3 -0.2 $ Traded O7/9
Floyd Stromme 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Lefty Sullivan* 22 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Hal Trosky* 26 511 36 -1 0 0 7 -5 16 53 5.1 46 4.5 0.6 $ *3
Roy Weatherly* 24 344 -3 1 0 0 -4 -3 11 2 0.3 6 0.6 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent O789
Skeeter Webb 29 292 -14 -1 0 0 -6 5 10 -6 -0.6 0 0.0 -0.6 $ Free Agency 6
Bill Zuber 26 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Team Total 26.8 6006 -40 0 0 0 -7 40 193 186 18.6 193 18.9 -0.3 $17,500
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Johnny Allen 34 175.0 26 96 119 -1 1.0 23 1.7 $ Traded
Johnny Broaca 29 46.0 2 39 31 0 1.0 -8 -0.9 $ Purchased
Joe Dobson 22 78.0 3 56 53 0 1.0 -3 -0.5 $ Unknown
Tom Drake 26 15.0 1 18 10 0 1.0 -8 -0.8 $
Harry Eisenstat* 23 103.2 11 45 71 0 1.0 26 2.2 $ Traded
Bob Feller 20 296.2 35 105 202 -1 1.0 97 8.6 $ Amateur Free Agent
Mel Harder 29 208.0 26 89 142 -1 1.0 53 4.5 $
Willis Hudlin 33 143.0 20 85 97 -1 1.0 12 0.8 $
Johnny Humphries 24 28.1 1 30 19 0 1.0 -11 -1.1 $
Al Milnar* 25 209.0 26 96 142 -1 1.0 46 3.9 $
Mike Naymick 21 4.2 1 1 3 0 1.0 2 0.2 $
Floyd Stromme 22 13.0 0 8 9 0 1.0 1 0.0 $
Lefty Sullivan* 22 12.2 1 8 9 0 1.0 1 0.0 $
Bill Zuber 26 31.2 1 24 22 0 1.0 -2 -0.3 $
Team Total 26.3 1364.2 154 700 929 -5 1.0 229 18.3 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1938 / 1940 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics