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1940 Cleveland Indians Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 / 1941)
89-65, Finished 2nd in American League
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Scored 710 runs, Allowed 637 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-69
Manager: Ossie Vitt (89-65)
Ballpark: League Park II/Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 902,576 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 96;   one-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 92

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1939 / 1941 Batting Statistics

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 33 119 443 416 46 111 20 5 4 42 1 3 22 25 .267 .304 .368 .671 75 153 9 0 5
2 1B Hal Trosky* 27 140 608 522 85 154 39 4 25 93 1 2 79 45 .295 .392 .529 .920 139 276 5 4 3
3 2B Ray Mack 23 146 583 530 60 150 21 5 12 69 4 2 51 77 .283 .346 .409 .755 97 217 14 0 2
4 SS Lou Boudreau 22 155 706 627 97 185 46 10 9 101 6 3 73 39 .295 .370 .443 .814 113 278 23 2 4
5 3B Ken Keltner 23 149 608 543 67 138 24 10 15 77 10 5 51 56 .254 .322 .418 .740 92 227 11 3 11
6 OF Beau Bell 32 120 482 444 55 124 22 2 4 58 2 2 34 41 .279 .332 .365 .697 83 162 8 1 3
7 OF Ben Chapman 31 143 631 548 82 157 40 6 4 50 13 7 78 45 .286 .377 .403 .781 105 221 19 2 3
8 OF Roy Weatherly* 25 135 615 578 90 175 35 11 12 59 9 8 27 26 .303 .335 .464 .799 107 268 9 1 9
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 OF Jeff Heath* 25 100 396 356 55 78 16 3 14 50 5 3 40 62 .219 .298 .399 .697 81 142 2 0 0
10 C Frankie Pytlak 31 62 172 149 16 21 2 1 0 16 0 1 17 5 .141 .234 .168 .401 7 25 3 1 5
11 IF Rusty Peters 25 30 75 71 5 17 3 2 0 7 1 0 4 14 .239 .280 .338 .618 61 24 2 0 0
12 OF Soup Campbell* 25 35 69 62 8 14 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 12 .226 .304 .242 .546 45 15 1 0 0
13 3B Odell Hale 31 48 55 50 3 11 3 1 0 6 0 0 5 7 .220 .291 .320 .611 60 16 1 0 0
14 CI Oscar Grimes 25 11 13 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
15 C Hank Helf 26 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .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
16 P Bob Feller 21 43 129 115 7 18 5 1 2 12 0 0 8 45 .157 .211 .270 .481 25 31 1 0 6
17 P Al Milnar* 26 37 101 94 8 17 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 29 .181 .214 .202 .416 10 19 0 1 3
18 P Mel Harder 30 31 71 62 4 11 1 0 0 4 1 0 4 17 .177 .227 .194 .421 12 12 0 0 5
19 P Al Smith* 32 31 71 62 12 19 4 0 0 5 0 0 7 9 .306 .386 .371 .757 100 23 2 1 1
20 P Johnny Allen 35 32 49 48 3 10 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 9 .208 .224 .271 .495 29 13 1 0 0
21 P Joe Dobson 23 40 27 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 .125 .222 .125 .347 -6 3 0 0 0
22 P Harry Eisenstat* 24 27 23 22 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .273 .304 .273 .577 53 6 0 0 0
23 P Willis Hudlin 34 4 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .125 .222 .125 .347 -6 1 0 0 0
24 P Johnny Humphries 25 19 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .143 .000 .143 -59 0 0 0 1
25 P Mike Naymick 22 13 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .167 .452 22 1 0 0 0
26 P Bill Zuber 27 17 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 76 1 0 0 0
27 P Ken Jungels 24 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
28 P Nate Andrews 26 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0
29 P Dixie Howell* 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Cal Dorsett 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.6 155 5957 5361 710 1422 287 61 101 661 53 36 519 598 .265 .332 .398 .730 91 2134 111 16 61 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 6 6 3 6 6 5 6 6 4 5 7 5 5 5
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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Johnny Allen 35 49 39 3 2.0 108 .256 .208 .276 .224 .348 .271 .418 .495 .766 29 .164 -5.0 -0.5 .359 .083 .063 1
Nate Andrews 26 1 0 0 1.000 .348 0.3 0.0 /1
Beau Bell 32 482 333 53 4.2 108 .301 .279 .276 .332 .348 .365 .418 .697 .766 83 .428 -10.9 -1.0 .597 .162 .086 2.7 O3
Lou Boudreau 22 706 472 102 5.7 108 .304 .295 .276 .370 .348 .443 .418 .814 .766 113 .566 13.5 1.3 .761 .270 .148 7.2 *6
*Soup Campbell 25 69 49 5 2.7 108 .280 .226 .276 .304 .348 .242 .418 .546 .766 45 .249 -4.8 -0.5 .449 .129 .016 O
Ben Chapman 31 631 420 83 5.2 108 .307 .286 .276 .377 .348 .403 .418 .781 .766 105 .526 7.8 0.7 .736 .270 .117 6.1 *O
Joe Dobson 23 27 21 1 1.3 108 .300 .125 .276 .222 .348 .125 .418 .347 .766 -6 .075 -3.8 -0.4 .286 .125 .000 1
Cal Dorsett 27 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
*Harry Eisenstat 24 23 16 2 3.3 108 .375 .273 .276 .304 .348 .273 .418 .577 .766 53 .324 -1.6 -0.1 .438 .045 .000 1
Bob Feller 21 129 104 7 1.8 108 .235 .157 .275 .211 .348 .270 .418 .481 .766 25 .134 -13.1 -1.3 .398 .183 .113 .0 1
Oscar Grimes 25 13 13 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .276 .000 .348 .000 .418 .000 .766 -100 .000 -3.8 -0.4 .000 .000 .000 /35
Odell Hale 31 55 40 5 3.3 108 .256 .220 .276 .291 .348 .320 .418 .611 .766 60 .324 -3.0 -0.3 .525 .200 .100 /5
Mel Harder 30 71 56 3 1.4 108 .244 .177 .276 .227 .348 .194 .418 .421 .766 12 .092 -8.1 -0.8 .333 .097 .016 .0 1
*Jeff Heath 25 396 283 42 3.9 108 .229 .219 .276 .298 .348 .399 .418 .697 .766 81 .396 -11.1 -1.1 .650 .298 .180 7.4 O
Hank Helf 26 1 1 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .276 .000 .348 .000 .418 .000 .766 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000 /2
Rollie Hemsley 33 443 322 46 3.8 108 .276 .267 .276 .304 .348 .368 .418 .671 .766 75 .379 -16.1 -1.5 .546 .149 .101 1.6 *2
*Dixie Howell 20 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Willis Hudlin 34 9 7 0 0.0 108 .200 .125 .276 .222 .348 .125 .418 .347 .766 -6 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .286 .125 .000 /1
Johnny Humphries 25 8 7 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .276 .143 .348 .000 .418 .143 .766 -59 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .167 .167 .000 1
Ken Jungels 24 1 1 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .276 .000 .348 .000 .418 .000 .766 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
Ken Keltner 23 608 432 72 4.4 108 .261 .254 .276 .322 .348 .418 .418 .740 .766 92 .447 -7.6 -0.7 .679 .267 .164 12.0 *5
Ray Mack 23 583 398 75 5.0 108 .313 .283 .276 .346 .348 .409 .418 .755 .766 97 .504 -2.3 -0.2 .682 .226 .126 6.0 *4
*Al Milnar 26 101 80 4 1.3 108 .262 .181 .276 .214 .348 .202 .418 .416 .766 10 .083 -12.6 -1.2 .299 .053 .021 1
Mike Naymick 22 7 5 0 0.0 108 .250 .167 .276 .286 .348 .167 .418 .452 .766 22 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .400 .167 .000 1
Rusty Peters 25 75 56 7 3.3 108 .298 .239 .275 .280 .348 .338 .418 .618 .766 61 .324 -4.3 -0.4 .518 .169 .099 .0 /4563
Frankie Pytlak 31 172 137 6 1.2 108 .146 .141 .276 .234 .348 .168 .418 .401 .766 7 .065 -20.5 -2.0 .318 .134 .027 2/O
*Al Smith 32 71 46 9 5.2 108 .358 .306 .276 .386 .348 .371 .418 .757 .766 100 .521 0.5 0.0 .689 .177 .065 1
*Hal Trosky 27 608 378 106 7.4 108 .285 .295 .276 .392 .348 .529 .418 .920 .766 139 .678 32.2 3.0 .955 .383 .234 1.9 *3
*Roy Weatherly 25 615 429 88 5.4 108 .302 .303 .276 .335 .348 .464 .418 .799 .766 107 .543 3.8 0.4 .707 .209 .161 10.3 *O
Bill Zuber 27 3 2 0 0.0 108 .333 .333 .275 .333 .348 .333 .418 .667 .766 76 .000 -0.1 0.0 .500 .000 .000 1
League Average 4.9 111 .288 .271 .279 .342 .352 .407 .423 .749 .776 93 .495 .683 .243 .136
Team Total 5957 4147 719 4.6 108 .283 .265 .276 .332 .348 .398 .418 .730 .766 91 .466 -74.5 -7.3 .657 .233 .133 69.5
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Johnny Allen 35 33 52 51 3 11 3 0 0 3 0 1 9 .216 .231 .275 .505 3 32 32
Nate Andrews 26 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 6 6
Beau Bell 32 125 492 457 53 123 22 2 4 56 2 34 43 .269 .321 .352 .673 51 120 120
Lou Boudreau 22 162 719 645 93 183 46 10 9 97 6 72 41 .284 .357 .428 .785 98 155 155
*Soup Campbell 25 37 71 64 7 14 1 0 0 2 0 7 13 .219 .296 .234 .530 4 35 35
Ben Chapman 31 149 645 565 78 156 40 6 4 48 13 78 47 .276 .366 .389 .755 79 143 143
Joe Dobson 23 42 30 26 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 15 .154 .267 .154 .421 1 40 40
*Harry Eisenstat 24 28 25 24 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 .292 .320 .292 .612 2 27 27
Bob Feller 21 45 127 119 7 18 5 1 2 11 0 8 47 .151 .205 .261 .465 6 43 43
Oscar Grimes 25 11 14 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 11 11
Odell Hale 31 50 57 52 3 11 3 1 0 5 0 5 7 .212 .281 .308 .588 4 48 48
Mel Harder 30 32 69 65 4 12 1 0 0 4 1 4 18 .185 .232 .200 .432 3 31 31
*Jeff Heath 25 105 409 369 53 78 16 3 14 48 5 40 65 .211 .289 .385 .673 41 100 100
Hank Helf 26 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Rollie Hemsley 33 124 450 428 44 109 20 5 4 40 1 22 26 .255 .291 .353 .644 44 119 119
Willis Hudlin 34 20 24 23 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .174 .208 .174 .382 1 19 19
Johnny Humphries 25 20 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 19 19
Ken Jungels 24 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Ken Keltner 23 156 614 560 64 137 24 10 15 74 10 51 59 .245 .311 .404 .715 69 149 149
Ray Mack 23 153 597 546 58 149 21 5 12 66 4 51 80 .273 .335 .396 .731 72 146 146
*Al Milnar 26 39 102 98 9 18 2 0 0 5 0 3 30 .184 .216 .204 .420 4 37 37
Mike Naymick 22 14 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 13 13
Rusty Peters 25 31 77 73 5 17 3 2 0 6 1 4 15 .233 .273 .329 .601 6 30 30
Frankie Pytlak 31 65 171 154 15 20 2 1 0 15 0 16 5 .130 .216 .156 .372 5 62 62
*Al Smith 32 32 72 64 12 19 4 0 0 5 0 7 9 .297 .375 .359 .734 8 31 31
*Hal Trosky 27 146 619 537 82 152 38 4 25 90 1 78 47 .283 .378 .508 .886 102 140 140
*Roy Weatherly 25 141 619 592 86 171 34 11 12 56 9 26 27 .289 .320 .444 .764 84 135 135
Bill Zuber 27 18 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 17 17
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Johnny Allen 35 9 646 251 646 590 68 108 11 3 3 57 1 0 29 124 .183 .221 .227 .448 16 134 3 0 27
Nate Andrews 26 3 4 21 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .500 .000 .500 43 0 0 0 0
Beau Bell 32 6 2905 719 2905 2614 366 786 161 29 46 428 10 10 262 231 .301 .366 .437 .803 101 1143 15 6 23
Lou Boudreau 22 3 964 209 964 853 139 243 61 14 9 120 8 4 102 63 .285 .363 .421 .783 104 359 28 2 7
*Soup Campbell 25 1 69 35 69 62 8 14 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 12 .226 .304 .242 .546 45 15 1 0 0
Ben Chapman 31 11 6967 1574 6967 6066 1091 1854 386 106 87 930 282 131 786 530 .306 .388 .447 .835 117 2713 38 26 89
Joe Dobson 23 2 47 75 47 42 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 19 .095 .174 .095 .269 -28 4 0 0 1
Cal Dorsett 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*Harry Eisenstat 24 6 132 115 132 113 10 23 0 0 0 4 0 0 10 37 .204 .268 .204 .472 22 23 0 0 9
Bob Feller 21 5 442 161 442 383 30 68 14 4 2 41 0 1 36 139 .178 .250 .251 .501 29 96 4 1 22
Oscar Grimes 25 3 457 134 457 387 56 100 20 6 4 58 8 3 58 66 .258 .357 .372 .729 89 144 7 1 11
Odell Hale 31 9 3971 1009 3971 3575 533 1046 235 51 72 563 56 45 332 298 .293 .353 .447 .800 102 1599 10 3 61
Mel Harder 30 13 989 452 989 902 71 153 32 4 4 79 2 0 32 280 .170 .201 .227 .428 9 205 2 3 52
*Jeff Heath 25 5 1511 379 1511 1391 237 404 82 35 50 247 17 9 117 194 .290 .345 .508 .853 116 706 9 0 3
Hank Helf 26 2 15 7 15 14 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .071 .133 .071 .205 -47 1 0 0 0
Rollie Hemsley 33 13 4336 1234 4336 3953 472 1063 221 55 25 447 26 15 299 324 .269 .321 .372 .693 76 1469 22 4 80
*Dixie Howell 20 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willis Hudlin 34 15 1002 491 1002 894 76 180 39 3 5 69 2 1 52 228 .201 .252 .268 .520 33 240 4 8 48
Johnny Humphries 25 3 49 79 49 42 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 20 .071 .152 .119 .271 -30 5 1 1 3
Ken Jungels 24 3 6 13 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Keltner 23 4 1876 453 1876 1707 237 488 90 30 54 288 20 14 135 172 .286 .340 .469 .809 106 800 26 6 28
Ray Mack 23 3 715 184 715 648 74 169 25 7 13 77 4 4 63 97 .261 .327 .381 .708 85 247 15 1 3
*Al Milnar 26 4 221 106 221 209 22 44 8 0 1 13 0 0 8 51 .211 .243 .263 .506 31 55 0 1 3
Mike Naymick 22 2 10 15 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .111 .200 .111 .311 -16 1 0 0 0
Rusty Peters 25 4 590 193 590 536 56 131 23 10 6 66 6 5 49 102 .244 .308 .358 .666 69 192 2 0 5
Frankie Pytlak 31 9 2308 676 2308 2032 278 582 77 35 5 232 51 22 216 78 .286 .362 .366 .728 86 744 7 23 37
*Al Smith 32 7 264 219 264 231 30 40 5 0 1 16 0 0 21 46 .173 .251 .208 .459 25 48 9 3 9
*Hal Trosky 27 8 4498 1035 4498 4055 715 1274 270 53 205 860 20 16 405 352 .314 .378 .559 .937 136 2265 11 14 24
*Roy Weatherly 25 5 1698 450 1698 1594 248 474 97 26 28 175 28 24 82 106 .297 .333 .444 .776 97 707 11 3 19
Bill Zuber 27 4 21 50 21 20 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .150 .150 .250 .400 -0 5 0 0 1
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1939 / 1941 Batting Statistics