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1939 Cleveland Indians (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
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.

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

Game Results

Season Summary   87-67 , Final Rank: 3, GB:   20.5
Days in First:                   1 (last on April 22, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          21 (last on October 1)
Most Games under .500:           4 (last on May 6)

Biggest Lead:                  0.5 (last on April 22)
Farthest Behind Leader:       23.5 (last on September 10)

Longest Winning Streak:          7 (August 22 to August 27)
Longest Losing Streak:           5 (July 13 to July 17)

Most Runs Allowed:              17 (June 2 and August 3)
Most Runs Scored:               18 (September 17)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       9
Times Opponent Shutout:         10

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        87  67     797     700    .565

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           44  33     363     347    .571
Road           43  34     434     353    .558

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     40  34     367     353    .541
Second Half    47  33     430     347    .588
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        26  23     210     207    .531

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        31  18     334     250    .633

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Fri, Apr 21     CLE  DET  W   5-1        1-0     2     0.5  2:15 B Feller                   20,000 +
  2 Sat, Apr 22     CLE  DET  W   2-1        2-0     1  up 0.5  2:17 W Hudlin                    5,000 ++
  3 Sun, Apr 23     CLE  DET  L   0-8        2-1     2     0.5  2:30 S Rowe                            -
  4 Mon, Apr 24     CLE  CHW  L   3-9        2-2     3     1.5  2:40 T Lee                       2,500 --
  5 Tue, Apr 25     CLE  CHW  W   7-1        3-2     2     1.5  1:58 B Feller                    4,000 +
  6 Wed, Apr 26     CLE  CHW  L   1-5        3-3     3     2.0  2:11 B Dietrich                  2,000 -
  7 Thu, Apr 27     CLE  SLB  L   2-4        3-4     6     2.5  2:11 J Marcum                    2,000 --
  8 Fri, Apr 28     CLE  SLB  L   8-9        3-5     7     3.0  1:45 B Trotter                   5,000 ---
  9 Sat, Apr 29     CLE @DET  W   7-1        4-5     7     2.0  2:18 B Feller                   27,643 +
 10 Sun, Apr 30     CLE @DET  L   1-14       4-6     7     2.0  2:24 T Bridges                  24,507 -
 11 Wed, May  3     CLE  BOS  L   1-5        4-7     6     3.5  1:59 E Auker                     5,000 --
 12 Thu, May  4     CLE  NYY  L   6-10       4-8     7     4.5  3:16 J Murphy                   12,000 ---
 13 Fri, May  5     CLE  NYY  W   2-1        5-8     5     4.0  2:32 A Milnar                    9,000 +
 14 Sat, May  6     CLE  NYY  L   1-5        5-9     6     5.0  2:02 M Pearson                  10,000 -
 15 Sun, May  7     CLE  WSH  W   8-7        6-9     6     4.5  3:05 B Feller                   10,000 +
 16 Mon, May  8     CLE  WSH  W   6-2        7-9     5     3.5  1:57 W Hudlin                    1,500 ++
 17 Wed, May 10     CLE  PHA  W   7-4        8-9     4     4.0  2:24 B Feller                    4,000 +++
 18 Thu, May 11     CLE  PHA  W   7-0        9-9     4     4.0  2:12 A Milnar                    2,500 ++++
 19 Fri, May 12     CLE @CHW  L   3-4        9-10    4     4.5  2:17 J Rigney                    3,000 -
 20 Sat, May 13     CLE @CHW  W   5-2       10-10    4     4.0  1:59 W Hudlin                    7,500 +
 21 Sun, May 14     CLE @CHW  W   9-4       11-10    4     4.0  2:22 B Feller                   28,000 ++
 22 Tue, May 16     CLE @PHA  W   8-3       12-10    4     4.5  2:41 J Humphries                15,100 +++
 23 Thu, May 18     CLE @PHA  L   3-4       12-11    4     6.0  2:34 C Dean                     10,000 -
 24 Fri, May 19     CLE @WSH  W   8-4       13-11    3     6.0  2:11 W Hudlin                   10,000 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Sat, May 20     CLE @WSH  L   3-6       13-12    3     7.0  2:17 D Leonard                  10,000 -
 26 Sun, May 21     CLE @NYY  L   6-12      13-13    4     8.0  2:19 B Hadley                   37,531 --
 27 Tue, May 23     CLE @NYY  L   3-7       13-14    4     9.0  2:08 A Donald                   10,000 ---
 28 Wed, May 24     CLE @BOS  W   6-2       14-14    4     8.0  1:51 W Hudlin                    4,000 +
 29 Thu, May 25     CLE @BOS  W  11-0       15-14    4     8.0       B Feller                          ++
 30 Fri, May 26     CLE  CHW  L   1-2       15-15    4     9.0  2:21 B Dietrich                  7,500 -
 31 Sat, May 27     CLE  CHW  W   7-6       16-15    4     9.5  2:10 A Milnar                    3,000 +
 32 Sun, May 28     CLE  CHW  W   6-0       17-15    4     9.5  1:48 J Allen                    15,000 ++
 33 Tue, May 30     CLE  SLB  W   7-2       18-15    3     9.0  2:22 B Feller                        0 +++
 34                 CLE  SLB  W   3-2       19-15    3     9.0  2:53 J Humphries                26,504 ++++
 35 Thu, Jun  1     CLE  NYY  L   3-8       19-16    3    10.0  1:55 L Gomez                     3,500 -
 36 Fri, Jun  2     CLE  NYY  L   5-17      19-17    4    11.0  2:44 A Donald                    8,000 --
 37 Sat, Jun  3     CLE  NYY  L   2-3       19-18    4    12.0  2:15 B Hadley                    6,000 ---
 38 Sun, Jun  4     CLE  BOS  W  10-2       20-18    4    12.5  2:25 B Feller                        0 +
 39                 CLE  BOS  L   1-7       20-19    4    12.5  2:09 L Grove                    22,936 -
 40 Mon, Jun  5     CLE  BOS  W   7-5       21-19    4    11.5  2:04 J Allen                     1,300 +
 41 Tue, Jun  6     CLE  BOS  W   8-7       22-19    4    10.5  2:05 B Zuber                     2,000 ++
 42 Wed, Jun  7     CLE  WSH  L   4-10      22-20    4    12.0  2:05 J Haynes                        0 -
 43                 CLE  WSH  L   9-13      22-21    4    12.0  2:48 W Masterson                 7,500 --
 44 Thu, Jun  8     CLE  WSH  W   7-5       23-21    4    12.0  2:26 M Harder                    1,500 +
 45 Fri, Jun  9     CLE  WSH  W   3-2       24-21    4    11.5  2:07 J Broaca                    5,000 ++
 46 Sat, Jun 10     CLE  PHA  W   6-0       25-21    3    11.0  2:03 J Allen                     1,500 +++
 47 Sun, Jun 11     CLE  PHA  W   4-3       26-21    3    11.0  1:35 W Hudlin                   12,000 ++++
 48                 CLE  PHA  W   3-2       27-21    3    11.0  1:35 A Milnar                   12,000 +++++
 49 Wed, Jun 14     CLE @NYY  W   4-2       28-21    3    10.0  2:35 B Feller                   11,301 ++++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Thu, Jun 15     CLE @NYY  L   0-1       28-22    3    11.0  1:47 L Gomez                     9,619 -
 51 Fri, Jun 16     CLE @NYY  L   3-4       28-23    3    12.0  1:52 A Donald                   10,171 --
 52 Sun, Jun 18     CLE @BOS  L   4-5       28-24    3    13.0  2:34 F Ostermuell                    0 ---
 53                 CLE @BOS  L   3-5       28-25    3    13.0  1:45 L Grove                    32,000 ----
 54 Tue, Jun 20     CLE @WSH  W   4-3       29-25    3    13.5  1:52 H Eisenstat                 2,500 +
 55 Wed, Jun 21     CLE @WSH  W   9-8       30-25    3    13.5  2:56 B Zuber                     2,000 ++
 56 Thu, Jun 22     CLE @WSH  L   5-8       30-26    3    14.5  2:01 H Kelley                    3,500 -
 57 Fri, Jun 23     CLE @PHA  W  12-5       31-26    3    14.0  2:42 B Feller                    3,000 +
 58 Sat, Jun 24     CLE @PHA  L   6-10      31-27    3    15.0  2:16 N Potter                          -
 59 Sun, Jun 25     CLE @PHA  W   8-4       32-27    3    15.0  2:02 J Allen                         0 +
 60                 CLE @PHA  L   2-10      32-28    3    15.0  1:59 G Caster                   19,302 -
 61 Mon, Jun 26     CLE  DET  L   2-11      32-29    4    15.0  2:35 T Bridges                   3,500 --
 62 Tue, Jun 27     CLE  DET  W   5-0       33-29    3    14.5  2:03 B Feller                   55,305 +
 63 Sat, Jul  1     CLE  SLB  W   8-5       34-29    3    15.0  1:50 J Broaca                    8,000 ++
 64 Sun, Jul  2     CLE  SLB  L   3-4       34-30    3    15.0  2:12 L Mills                         0 -
 65                 CLE  SLB  W   8-2       35-30    3    15.0  2:00 M Harder                   16,000 +
 66 Mon, Jul  3     CLE @DET  W   4-2       36-30    3    14.5  2:03 B Feller                   15,474 ++
 67 Tue, Jul  4     CLE @DET  L   0-4       36-31    3    15.0  2:17 B Newsom                   56,272 -
 68 Wed, Jul  5     CLE @CHW  L   1-2       36-32    4    16.0  1:54 E Smith                     3,000 --
 69 Thu, Jul  6     CLE @CHW  L   1-8       36-33    5    16.5  2:13 J Knott                     3,000 ---
 70 Fri, Jul  7     CLE @CHW  W   7-3       37-33    4    15.5  2:35 B Feller                    8,000 +
 71 Sat, Jul  8     CLE @SLB  W   5-3       38-33    4    14.5  2:00 M Harder                        0 ++
 72                 CLE @SLB  L   9-10      38-34    4    14.5  2:24 B Trotter                   1,322 -
 73 Sun, Jul  9     CLE @SLB  W  14-2       39-34    4    12.5  2:10 J Allen                         0 +
 74                 CLE @SLB  W   5-1       40-34    4    12.5  1:42 H Eisenstat                 5,129 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Thu, Jul 13     CLE  BOS  L   5-6       40-35    4    12.5  1:53 J Heving                   35,000 -
 76 Sat, Jul 15     CLE  BOS  L   5-9       40-36    4    14.0  1:55 E Dickman                  12,000 --
 77 Sun, Jul 16     CLE  NYY  L   2-5       40-37    4    16.0  2:10 L Gomez                         0 ---
 78                 CLE  NYY  L   3-8       40-38    4    16.0  2:02 M Russo                    63,064 ----
 79 Mon, Jul 17     CLE  NYY  L   0-3       40-39    4    17.0  2:05 B Hadley                   10,000 -----
 80 Tue, Jul 18     CLE  PHA  W   6-3       41-39    4    17.5  1:59 J Dobson                    9,032 +
 81 Thu, Jul 20     CLE  PHA  W   3-2       42-39    4    17.5  1:46 M Harder                    6,000 ++
 82 Fri, Jul 21     CLE  WSH  W   5-2       43-39    4    16.5  1:44 A Milnar                    5,000 +++
 83 Sat, Jul 22     CLE  WSH  L   3-11      43-40    4    17.0  2:02 J Krakauskas                3,500 -
 84 Sun, Jul 23     CLE  WSH  W  11-2       44-40    4    16.0  2:23 B Feller                        0 +
 85                 CLE  WSH  W   4-3       45-40    4    16.0  2:00 H Eisenstat                12,000 ++
 86 Tue, Jul 25     CLE @PHA  W  12-8       46-40    4    16.0  2:11 M Harder                    2,500 +++
 87 Wed, Jul 26     CLE @PHA  W   9-3       47-40    4    16.0  2:10 A Milnar                    1,500 ++++
 88 Fri, Jul 28     CLE @WSH  L   0-2       47-41    4    17.0  2:10 K Chase                     5,000 -
 89 Sat, Jul 29     CLE @WSH  W   5-2       48-41    4    16.5  1:56 J Allen                     3,500 +
 90 Sun, Jul 30     CLE @WSH  L   2-5       48-42    4    17.0  1:50 J Krakauskas               10,000 -
 91 Tue, Aug  1     CLE @BOS  L   5-7       48-43    4    17.0  2:10 L Grove                    11,000 --
 92 Wed, Aug  2     CLE @BOS  W   8-2       49-43    4    16.5  2:15 M Harder                          +
 93                 CLE @BOS  L   4-5       49-44    4    16.5  1:58 J Heving                   22,000 -
 94 Thu, Aug  3     CLE @BOS  L   6-17      49-45    4    17.5  2:25 J Wade                      5,000 --
 95 Fri, Aug  4     CLE @NYY  L   4-5       49-46    4    18.5  2:55 O Hildebrand                6,263 ---
 96 Sat, Aug  5     CLE @NYY  L   1-6       49-47    5    19.5  1:37 R Ruffing                  13,207 ----
 97 Sun, Aug  6     CLE @NYY  W   5-4       50-47    4    17.5  2:10 B Feller                        0 +
 98                 CLE @NYY  W   7-1       51-47    4    17.5  2:07 M Harder                   76,753 ++
 99 Mon, Aug  7     CLE  SLB  W   6-5       52-47    4    17.0  2:15 J Broaca                   16,467 +++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Wed, Aug  9     CLE  SLB  W   6-5       53-47    4    16.5  2:00 J Dobson                    4,000 ++++
101 Sat, Aug 12     CLE  CHW  W   3-2       54-47    3    16.5  1:48 J Broaca                   10,000 +++++
102 Sun, Aug 13     CLE  CHW  W   2-0       55-47    3    16.5  2:02 B Feller                        0 ++++++
103                 CLE  CHW  L   0-3       55-48    3    16.5  1:50 T Lee                      20,000 -
104 Mon, Aug 14     CLE @DET  W   8-4       56-48    4    16.5  2:19 A Milnar                        0 +
105                 CLE @DET  L   3-10      56-49    4    16.5  1:56 S Rowe                     23,209 -
106 Tue, Aug 15     CLE @DET  L   3-12      56-50    4    17.5  1:54 B Newsom                    7,665 --
107 Wed, Aug 16     CLE @SLB  W   3-0       57-50    4    17.0  1:50 M Harder                        0 +
108                 CLE @SLB  W   7-1       58-50    4    17.0  1:56 A Milnar                    1,294 ++
109 Thu, Aug 17     CLE @SLB  L   5-6       58-51    4    18.0  2:21 J Whitehead                   717 -
110 Fri, Aug 18     CLE @CHW  L   0-1       58-52    4    19.0  2:33 E Smith                    46,000 --
111 Sat, Aug 19     CLE @CHW  L   5-6       58-53    4    19.5  1:55 T Lee                       6,000 ---
112 Sun, Aug 20     CLE @CHW  L   5-6       58-54    4    20.0  2:19 C Brown                    15,000 ----
113 Tue, Aug 22     CLE  WSH  W   6-4       59-54    4    20.0  2:07 B Feller                   14,000 +
114 Thu, Aug 24     CLE  PHA  W  10-2       60-54    4    20.5  2:00 M Harder                          ++
115                 CLE  PHA  W  17-2       61-54    4    20.5  2:20 A Milnar                    8,000 +++
116 Fri, Aug 25     CLE  PHA  W   6-0       62-54    4    21.0  1:27 H Eisenstat                 5,000 ++++
117 Sat, Aug 26     CLE  PHA  W   7-5       63-54    4    21.0  2:10 A Milnar                    5,000 +++++
118 Sun, Aug 27     CLE  BOS  W   1-0       64-54    4    20.5  2:15 B Feller                        0 ++++++
119                 CLE  BOS  W   5-3       65-54    4    20.5  2:05 W Hudlin                   23,540 +++++++
120 Mon, Aug 28     CLE  BOS  L   5-6       65-55    4    21.5  2:15 E Auker                     2,000 -
121 Tue, Aug 29     CLE  BOS  L   4-7       65-56    4    21.5  2:10 B Lefebvre                  1,500 --
122 Wed, Aug 30     CLE  NYY  W   4-3       66-56    4    20.5  2:00 H Eisenstat                35,336 +
123 Fri, Sep  1     CLE  NYY  L   8-11      66-57    4    21.5  2:30 S Chandler                 20,000 -
124 Sat, Sep  2     CLE  SLB  W   9-3       67-57    4    20.5  1:47 M Harder                    1,500 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Sun, Sep  3     CLE  SLB  W   6-2       68-57    4    19.5  2:12 J Allen                     5,000 ++
126 Mon, Sep  4     CLE  CHW  L   2-5       68-58    4    21.0  3:05 C Brown                    27,000 -
127 Tue, Sep  5     CLE  CHW  L   2-4       68-59    4    21.5  1:50 J Knott                       800 --
128 Wed, Sep  6     CLE  DET  L   0-2       68-60    4    22.5  2:07 A McKain                    2,000 ---
129 Thu, Sep  7     CLE  DET  W   9-8       69-60    4    22.5  2:15 M Harder                    5,000 +
130 Fri, Sep  8     CLE @SLB  W  12-1       70-60    4    22.5  2:02 B Feller                      598 ++
131 Sat, Sep  9     CLE @SLB  W   9-8       71-60    4    22.5  2:24 W Hudlin                      487 +++
132 Sun, Sep 10     CLE @SLB  W  15-5       72-60    4    23.5  3:21 A Milnar                        0 ++++
133                 CLE @SLB  L   4-5       72-61    4    23.5  1:42 R Lawson                    2,050 -
134 Tue, Sep 12     CLE @NYY  W   4-3       73-61    4    22.5  2:05 M Harder                    4,638 +
135 Wed, Sep 13     CLE @NYY  W   9-4       74-61    4    21.5  2:06 B Feller                    9,898 ++
136 Thu, Sep 14     CLE @BOS  W   8-7       75-61    4    20.5  2:05 J Allen                     2,400 +++
137 Fri, Sep 15     CLE @BOS  W   7-1       76-61    4    20.5  2:05 W Hudlin                          ++++
138 Sat, Sep 16     CLE @BOS  W   2-1       77-61    4    20.5  1:42 M Harder                    3,400 +++++
139 Sun, Sep 17     CLE @PHA  L   2-4       77-62    4    19.5  2:00 G Caster                        0 -
140                 CLE @PHA  W  18-5       78-62    4    19.5  2:26 A Milnar                   16,478 +
141 Mon, Sep 18     CLE @PHA  W   9-4       79-62    3    19.5  2:09 J Allen                       500 ++
142 Tue, Sep 19     CLE @WSH  L   9-10      79-63    3    20.5  2:22 P Appleton                    500 -
143 Wed, Sep 20     CLE @WSH  W   7-2       80-63    3    20.5  2:00 M Harder                      300 +
144 Thu, Sep 21     CLE @WSH  W   6-3       81-63    3    20.5  2:00 A Milnar                    5,000 ++
145 Fri, Sep 22     CLE  DET  W   5-4       82-63    3    20.0  2:00 B Feller                    6,000 +++
146 Sat, Sep 23     CLE  DET  L   3-6       82-64    3    21.0  2:22 B Newsom                   10,000 -
147 Sun, Sep 24     CLE  DET  L   1-2       82-65    4    22.5  2:02 T Bridges                       0 --
148                 CLE  DET  L   1-9       82-66    4    22.5  1:25 D Trout                    20,000 ---
149 Wed, Sep 27     CLE @CHW  W   5-2       83-66    3    21.5  2:00 H Eisenstat                       +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150                 CLE @CHW  W   7-5       84-66    3    21.5  1:52 B Feller                   17,421 ++
151 Fri, Sep 29     CLE @DET  W   4-3       85-66    3    20.5  2:06 M Harder                        0 +++
152                 CLE @DET  W   3-0       86-66    3    20.5  1:00 A Milnar                    7,509 ++++
153 Sun, Oct  1     CLE @DET  W   8-3       87-66    3    20.5  2:13 B Feller                        0 +++++
154                 CLE @DET  L   0-1       87-67    3    20.5  1:00 B Newsom                   15,383 -

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.


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