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
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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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | 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 | 4 | 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 | ||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | 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 | |||
| 7 | 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 | |||
| 8 | 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 | |||
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 108 | 14 | 120 | ||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 89 | 1.517 | 11.0 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 0.67 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 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 | 445 | 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 | 93 | 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 | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 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 | 53 | 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 | 49 | 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 | 91 | 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 | 103 | 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 | 228 | 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 | 5991 | 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 | 4321 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Allen | 34 | 28 | 58 | 17 | 36 | 5 | 7 | .914 | 1.89 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Lou Boudreau | 21 | 53 | 301 | 103 | 184 | 14 | 31 | .953 | 5.42 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Broaca | 29 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .889 | 0.36 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Dobson | 22 | 35 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.54 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Tom Drake | 26 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 0.75 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Harry Eisenstat | 23 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.58 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Feller | 20 | 39 | 55 | 8 | 44 | 3 | 2 | .945 | 1.33 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Oscar Grimes | 24 | 131 | 719 | 504 | 193 | 22 | 75 | .969 | 5.32 | 2B-1B-SS-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Odell Hale | 30 | 75 | 300 | 142 | 147 | 11 | 31 | .963 | 3.85 | 2B-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Mel Harder | 29 | 29 | 41 | 14 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 1.38 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Rollie Hemsley | 32 | 106 | 566 | 499 | 58 | 9 | 7 | .984 | 5.25 | 4 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Willis Hudlin | 33 | 27 | 64 | 21 | 42 | 1 | 2 | .984 | 2.33 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Humphries | 24 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 0.33 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ken Keltner | 22 | 154 | 497 | 187 | 297 | 13 | 40 | .974 | 3.14 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Lyn Lary | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Ray Mack | 22 | 35 | 171 | 80 | 87 | 4 | 26 | .977 | 4.77 | 2B-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Al Milnar | 25 | 37 | 43 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.16 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Mike Naymick | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||||||||||||||
| Frankie Pytlak | 30 | 51 | 251 | 227 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 4.92 | 1 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Luke Sewell | 38 | 16 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.75 | 0 | C-1B | |||||||||||||||
| Jim Shilling | 25 | 30 | 158 | 62 | 86 | 10 | 18 | .937 | 4.93 | 2B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Floyd Stromme | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 0.40 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Lefty Sullivan | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Hal Trosky | 26 | 118 | 1110 | 1004 | 97 | 9 | 97 | .992 | 9.33 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Skeeter Webb | 29 | 81 | 395 | 165 | 203 | 27 | 40 | .932 | 4.54 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Zuber | 26 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.56 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 26.7 | 154 | 5928 | 4091 | 1657 | 180 | 392 | .970 | 3.53 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 5 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |