1940 Cleveland Indians

Roster (40-man)

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939 / 1941

89-65, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ossie Vitt (89-65)
Scored 710 runs, Allowed 637 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-69

Ballparks: Cleveland Stadium & League Park II · Attendance: 902,576 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 93

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1939 / 1941 Roster (40-man)

Team Roster & Games By Position

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Johnny Allen	35	R	R	6' 0"	180	Sep 30, 1904	9	32	17	32	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	$11,500
Nate Andrews	26	R	R	6' 0"	195	Sep 30, 1913	3	6	0	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$4,500
Beau Bell	32	R	R	6' 2"	185	Aug 20, 1907	6	120	108	120	110	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	96	96	11	0	0.3	$9,000
Lou Boudreau HOF	22	R	R	5' 11"	185	Jul 17, 1917	3	155	155	155	155	0	0	0	0	0	155	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	$5,000	All-Star
Soup Campbell	25	L	R	6' 1"	188	Mar 7, 1915	1st	35	9	35	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	5	4	16	20	1	-0.3
Ben Chapman	31	R	R	6' 0"	190	Dec 25, 1908	11	143	139	143	140	0	0	0	0	0	0	62	20	60	140	4	0	2.5	$15,000
Joe Dobson	23	R	R	6' 2"	197	Jan 20, 1917	2	40	7	40	40	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.0	$3,500
Cal Dorsett	27	R	R	6' 0"	180	Jun 10, 1913	1st	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.0
Harry Eisenstat	24	L	L	5' 11"	185	Oct 10, 1915	6	27	3	27	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.7
Bob Feller HOF	21	R	R	6' 0"	185	Nov 3, 1918	5	43	37	43	43	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.8	$27,500	All-Star
Oscar Grimes	25	R	R	5' 11"	178	Apr 13, 1915	3	11	2	11	5	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	-0.4
Odell Hale	31	R	R	5' 10"	175	Aug 10, 1908	9	48	2	48	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	45	0	-0.2
Mel Harder	30	R	R	6' 1"	195	Oct 15, 1909	13	31	25	31	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5
Jeff Heath	25	L	R	5' 11"	200	Apr 1, 1915	5	100	88	100	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	90	0	0	90	10	0	0.0
Hank Helf	26	R	R	6' 1"	196	Aug 26, 1913	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.0
Rollie Hemsley	33	R	R	5' 10"	170	Jun 24, 1907	13	119	113	119	117	0	117	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.6	$14,000	All-Star
Dixie Howell	20	L	R	6' 2"	210	Jan 7, 1920	1st	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Willis Hudlin	34	R	R	6' 0"	190	May 23, 1906	15	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Johnny Humphries	25	R	R	6' 1"	185	Jun 23, 1915	3	19	1	19	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.3	$8,500
Ken Jungels	24	R	R	6' 1"	180	Jun 23, 1916	3	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Ken Keltner	23	R	R	6' 0"	190	Oct 31, 1916	4	149	148	149	148	0	0	0	0	148	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.6		All-Star
Ray Mack	23	R	R	6' 0"	200	Aug 31, 1916	3	146	146	146	146	0	0	0	146	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.8		All-Star
Al Milnar	26	L	L	6' 2"	195	Dec 26, 1913	4	37	33	37	37	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5		All-Star
Mike Naymick	22	R	R	6' 8"	225	Aug 26, 1917	2	13	4	13	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3
Rusty Peters	25	R	R	5' 11"	170	Dec 14, 1914	4	30	14	30	22	0	0	1	9	6	6	0	0	0	0	9	0	-0.2	$4,000
Frankie Pytlak	31	R	R	5' 7"	160	Jul 30, 1908	9	62	42	62	59	0	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	-1.1	$8,622
Al Smith	32	L	L	5' 11"	180	Oct 12, 1907	7	31	24	31	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.8	$4,500
Hal Trosky	27	L	R	6' 2"	207	Nov 11, 1912	8	140	139	140	139	0	0	139	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.1	$17,500
Roy Weatherly	25	L	R	5' 6"	170	Feb 25, 1915	5	135	135	135	135	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	135	0	135	0	0	2.5
Bill Zuber	27	R	R	6' 2"	195	Mar 26, 1913	4	17	0	17	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

1939 / 1941 Roster (40-man)

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