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1940 Cleveland Indians Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(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 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 89-65, Final Rank:2, GB: 1.0
Days in First67last on Thursday, Sep 19, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 79last on Sep 19, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead5.5last on Wednesday, Aug 21, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind3last on Friday, Sep 27, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50025last on Sunday, Sep 1
Most Games under .500never
Longest Winning Streak8Sunday, Jun 16 to Sunday, Jun 23
Longest Losing Streak6Sunday, Jul 14 to Friday, Jul 19 and Monday, Sep 2 to Saturday, Sep 7
Most Runs Allowed16Monday, Aug 19
Most Runs Scored18Friday, May 17
Times Shutout by Opponent4 
Times Opponent Shutout13 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 89 65 710 637 .578
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 51 30 350 281 .630
Road 38 35 360 356 .521
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 8 3 50 50 .727
May 15 10 145 97 .600
June 19 12 133 113 .613
July 15 13 134 137 .536
August 17 12 144 131 .586
September 15 15 104 109 .500
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 45 29 350 281 .608
Second Half 44 36 360 356 .550
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 25 20 146 141 .556
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 22 21 266 251 .512
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BOS 14 8 111 107 .636
CHW 16 6 92 67 .727
DET 11 11 89 112 .500
NYY 10 12 92 102 .455
PHA 14 8 111 88 .636
SLB 11 11 98 74 .500
WSH 13 9 117 87 .591

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Tuesday, Apr 16 CLE @ CHW W 1 0 1-0 1 Tied Feller 14,000 +
2 2 Friday, Apr 19 CLE DET W 4 0 2-0 1 Tied Allen 26,529 ++
3 3 Sunday, Apr 21 CLE DET L 2 12 2-1 2 0.5 Rowe 18,264 -
4 4 Monday, Apr 22 CLE @ SLB W 5 2 3-1 1 Tied Hudlin 1,007 +
5 5 Wednesday, Apr 24 CLE @ SLB W 6 4 4-1 1 up 0.5 Milnar 1,239 ++
6 6 Thursday, Apr 25 CLE CHW W 3 1 5-1 1 up 0.5 Feller 4,000 +++
7 7 Friday, Apr 26 CLE CHW L 1 11 5-2 1 Tied Lee 7,000 -
8 8 Saturday, Apr 27 CLE @ DET W 4 2 6-2 1 up 1.0 Naymick 20,133 +
9 9 Sunday, Apr 28 CLE @ DET W 11 9 7-2 1 up 1.0 Smith 30,200 ++
10 10 Monday, Apr 29 CLE @ DET L 3 4 7-3 1 Tied Pippen 9,072 -
11 11 Tuesday, Apr 30 CLE @ PHA W 10 5 8-3 1 up 1.0 Hudlin 2,500 +
12 12 Wednesday, May 1 CLE @ PHA L 1 5 8-4 1 Tied Potter 1,500 -
13 13 Saturday, May 4 CLE @ WSH W 12 4 9-4 2 0.5 Milnar 3,000 +
14 14 Sunday, May 5 CLE @ BOS W 6 1 10-4 1 up 0.5 Feller 32,500 ++
15 15 Monday, May 6 CLE @ BOS L 5 8 10-5 2 0.5 Dickman 7,000 -
16 16 Tuesday, May 7 CLE @ BOS L 4 6 10-6 3 1.5 Grove 8,500 --
17 17 Wednesday, May 8 CLE @ NYY W 10 4 11-6 2 1.5 Smith 8,911 +
18 18 Thursday, May 9 CLE @ NYY W 4 0 12-6 2 1.5 Feller 14,790 ++
19 19 Friday, May 10 CLE SLB W 9 4 13-6 2 1.5 Milnar 6,000 +++
20 20 Saturday, May 11 CLE SLB W 1 0 14-6 2 1.5 Allen 9,009 ++++
21 21 Sunday, May 12 CLE SLB L 2 5 14-7 2 1.5 Auker 10,518 -
22 22 Tuesday, May 14 CLE PHA L 7 9 14-8 2 2.5 Caster 4,500 --
23 23 Friday, May 17 CLE WSH W 18 1 15-8 2 2.5 Milnar 3,000 +
24 24 Saturday, May 18 CLE WSH L 2 3 15-9 2 3.0 Chase 8,000 -
25 25 Sunday, May 19 CLE NYY W 5 1 16-9 2 2.5 Feller 27,690 +
26 26 Monday, May 20 CLE NYY W 10 2 17-9 2 1.5 Smith 7,000 ++
27 27 Tuesday, May 21 CLE NYY L 2 10 17-10 2 2.5 Russo 6,000 -
28 28 Wednesday, May 22 CLE BOS W 9 6 18-10 2 1.5 Harder 5,000 +
29 29 Friday, May 24 CLE @ SLB W 3 2 19-10 2 1.0 Feller 24,827 ++
30 30 Sunday, May 26 CLE @ SLB L 3 5 19-11 2 0.5 Bildilli -
31 31 Sunday, May 26 CLE @ SLB W 13 1 20-11 2 0.5 Milnar 5,188 +
32 32 Monday, May 27 CLE DET L 1 6 20-12 2 1.0 Newsom 25,718 -
33 33 Tuesday, May 28 CLE DET L 5 8 20-13 2 2.0 Benton 2,000 --
34 34 Wednesday, May 29 CLE DET W 7 4 21-13 2 2.0 Feller 2,500 +
35 35 Thursday, May 30 CLE CHW W 3 1 22-13 2 1.0 Smith ++
36 36 Thursday, May 30 CLE CHW W 3 1 23-13 2 1.0 Milnar 18,162 +++
37 37 Saturday, Jun 1 CLE @ PHA L 1 6 23-14 2 2.0 Ross 5,000 -
38 38 Sunday, Jun 2 CLE @ PHA W 7 2 24-14 2 2.0 Feller +
39 39 Sunday, Jun 2 CLE @ PHA L 6 12 24-15 2 2.0 Heusser 33,023 -
40 40 Monday, Jun 3 CLE @ PHA W 4 0 25-15 2 1.0 Milnar 2,000 +
41 41 Tuesday, Jun 4 CLE @ WSH L 2 7 25-16 2 0.5 Chase -
42 42 Tuesday, Jun 4 CLE @ WSH W 3 2 26-16 2 0.5 Smith 8,000 +
43 43 Wednesday, Jun 5 CLE @ WSH L 1 6 26-17 2 0.5 Masterson 2,000 -
44 44 Thursday, Jun 6 CLE @ WSH W 5 4 27-17 2 0.5 Harder 7,500 +
45 45 Friday, Jun 7 CLE @ NYY L 4 5 27-18 2 0.5 Hadley 24,037 -
46 46 Saturday, Jun 8 CLE @ NYY W 3 0 28-18 1 up 0.5 Milnar 16,067 +
47 47 Sunday, Jun 9 CLE @ NYY L 3 4 28-19 1 Tied Ruffing 28,639 -
48 48 Tuesday, Jun 11 CLE @ BOS L 2 9 28-20 2 1.0 Wilson 10,000 --
49 49 Wednesday, Jun 12 CLE @ BOS L 5 9 28-21 2 2.0 Bagby 7,200 ---
50 50 Thursday, Jun 13 CLE DET W 3 2 29-21 2 1.5 Smith 3,000 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Friday, Jun 14 CLE PHA W 8 0 30-21 2 1.5 Allen 8,000 ++
52 52 Saturday, Jun 15 CLE PHA L 4 7 30-22 3 2.5 Ross 8,000 -
53 53 Sunday, Jun 16 CLE PHA W 4 2 31-22 2 2.5 Feller +
54 54 Sunday, Jun 16 CLE PHA W 4 3 32-22 2 2.5 Milnar 18,000 ++
55 55 Tuesday, Jun 18 CLE WSH W 2 1 33-22 2 1.5 Smith 12,449 +++
56 56 Wednesday, Jun 19 CLE WSH W 4 1 34-22 2 0.5 Allen 2,500 ++++
57 57 Thursday, Jun 20 CLE WSH W 12 1 35-22 1 up 1.0 Feller 3,000 +++++
58 58 Friday, Jun 21 CLE BOS W 7 4 36-22 1 up 2.0 Milnar 12,000 ++++++
59 59 Saturday, Jun 22 CLE BOS W 7 5 37-22 1 up 2.0 Harder 8,000 +++++++
60 60 Sunday, Jun 23 CLE BOS W 4 1 38-22 1 up 1.5 Smith ++++++++
61 61 Sunday, Jun 23 CLE BOS L 0 2 38-23 1 up 1.5 Hash 56,659 -
62 62 Monday, Jun 24 CLE NYY W 7 1 39-23 1 up 2.0 Feller 46,637 +
63 63 Tuesday, Jun 25 CLE NYY W 5 3 40-23 1 up 2.5 Milnar 7,500 ++
64 64 Wednesday, Jun 26 CLE NYY L 1 3 40-24 1 up 2.5 Ruffing 8,000 -
65 65 Saturday, Jun 29 CLE @ CHW W 7 3 41-24 1 up 2.0 Feller 8,001 +
66 66 Sunday, Jun 30 CLE @ CHW W 7 5 42-24 1 up 2.0 Smith ++
67 67 Sunday, Jun 30 CLE @ CHW L 1 3 42-25 1 up 2.0 Smith 20,054 -
68 68 Monday, Jul 1 CLE SLB L 1 2 42-26 1 up 1.0 Auker 17,079 --
69 69 Tuesday, Jul 2 CLE SLB L 3 5 42-27 1 Tied Kennedy 3,000 ---
70 70 Wednesday, Jul 3 CLE SLB W 5 2 43-27 1 up 1.0 Feller 10,000 +
71 71 Thursday, Jul 4 CLE @ DET L 3 5 43-28 1 up 1.0 Bridges -
72 72 Thursday, Jul 4 CLE @ DET W 2 1 44-28 1 up 1.0 Allen 57,633 +
73 73 Saturday, Jul 6 CLE CHW W 7 3 45-28 1 up 0.5 Harder 9,000 ++
74 74 Sunday, Jul 7 CLE CHW L 1 3 45-29 2 0.5 Lyons 18,812 -
75 75 Thursday, Jul 11 CLE @ PHA W 8 5 46-29 1 up 0.5 Milnar 13,206 +
76 76 Friday, Jul 12 CLE @ PHA W 1 0 47-29 1 up 1.0 Feller 8,101 ++
77 77 Saturday, Jul 13 CLE @ PHA W 6 4 48-29 1 up 0.5 Harder 5,105 +++
78 78 Sunday, Jul 14 CLE @ WSH L 5 6 48-30 1 up 1.0 Carrasquel 12,000 -
79 79 Monday, Jul 15 CLE @ WSH L 6 8 48-31 1 Tied Hudson 3,000 --
80 80 Tuesday, Jul 16 CLE @ WSH L 8 11 48-32 1 Tied Carrasquel 2,000 ---
81 81 Wednesday, Jul 17 CLE @ NYY L 3 4 48-33 1 up 0.5 Pearson 16,084 ----
82 82 Thursday, Jul 18 CLE @ NYY L 6 9 48-34 2 0.5 Chandler 11,985 -----
83 83 Friday, Jul 19 CLE @ NYY L 6 15 48-35 2 1.5 Gomez 12,151 ------
84 84 Saturday, Jul 20 CLE @ BOS W 9 6 49-35 2 1.5 Harder 10,200 +
85 85 Sunday, Jul 21 CLE @ BOS W 3 2 50-35 2 1.5 Feller ++
86 86 Sunday, Jul 21 CLE @ BOS W 2 0 51-35 2 1.5 Dobson 31,600 +++
87 87 Tuesday, Jul 23 CLE PHA W 1 0 52-35 2 0.5 Milnar 24,482 ++++
88 88 Wednesday, Jul 24 CLE PHA W 7 6 53-35 2 0.5 Smith 4,000 +++++
89 89 Thursday, Jul 25 CLE PHA L 6 7 53-36 2 1.5 Ross 5,000 -
90 90 Friday, Jul 26 CLE WSH W 13 2 54-36 2 0.5 Feller 4,000 +
91 91 Saturday, Jul 27 CLE WSH L 1 7 54-37 2 2.0 Chase 11,000 -
92 92 Sunday, Jul 28 CLE WSH W 6 3 55-37 2 1.5 Milnar +
93 93 Sunday, Jul 28 CLE WSH L 1 9 55-38 2 1.5 Hudson 19,849 -
94 94 Tuesday, Jul 30 CLE BOS W 2 1 56-38 1 Tied Feller 49,238 +
95 95 Wednesday, Jul 31 CLE BOS W 12 11 57-38 1 Tied Zuber 6,000 ++
96 96 Thursday, Aug 1 CLE BOS L 2 5 57-39 2 1.0 Ostermueller 14,000 -
97 97 Friday, Aug 2 CLE NYY L 2 10 57-40 2 1.0 Russo 7,500 --
98 98 Saturday, Aug 3 CLE NYY W 5 1 58-40 2 1.5 Smith 12,035 +
99 99 Sunday, Aug 4 CLE NYY W 3 1 59-40 2 0.5 Feller 42,407 ++
100 100 Monday, Aug 5 CLE @ CHW W 10 1 60-40 1 Tied Harder 3,128 +++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Tuesday, Aug 6 CLE @ CHW L 1 5 60-41 2 0.5 Lee -
102 102 Tuesday, Aug 6 CLE @ CHW W 3 2 61-41 2 0.5 Allen 12,843 +
103 103 Wednesday, Aug 7 CLE @ CHW W 9 3 62-41 2 0.5 Smith 4,169 ++
104 104 Thursday, Aug 8 CLE @ SLB W 7 4 63-41 2 0.5 Feller +++
105 105 Thursday, Aug 8 CLE @ SLB L 1 2 63-42 2 0.5 Auker 3,036 -
106 106 Friday, Aug 9 CLE @ SLB L 3 4 63-43 2 0.5 Lawson 2,588 --
107 107 Sunday, Aug 11 CLE @ SLB W 12 4 64-43 1 Tied Milnar +
108 108 Sunday, Aug 11 CLE @ SLB L 6 7 64-44 1 Tied Trotter 6,534 -
109 109 Monday, Aug 12 CLE DET W 8 5 65-44 1 up 1.0 Feller 23,720 +
110 110 Tuesday, Aug 13 CLE DET W 6 5 66-44 1 up 2.0 Eisenstat 16,128 ++
111 111 Wednesday, Aug 14 CLE CHW W 4 0 67-44 1 up 2.0 Smith 59,058 +++
112 112 Thursday, Aug 15 CLE CHW W 5 4 68-44 1 up 2.0 Allen 5,000 ++++
113 113 Friday, Aug 16 CLE SLB W 8 3 69-44 1 up 3.0 Feller 4,500 +++++
114 114 Saturday, Aug 17 CLE SLB L 1 2 69-45 1 up 3.0 Niggeling 7,500 -
115 115 Sunday, Aug 18 CLE SLB T 2 2 69-45 1 up 3.5 44,686 -
116 116 Monday, Aug 19 CLE @ BOS L 7 16 69-46 1 up 3.0 Heving 7,830 --
117 117 Tuesday, Aug 20 CLE @ BOS W 11 6 70-46 1 up 4.5 Feller 24,200 +
118 118 Wednesday, Aug 21 CLE @ BOS W 4 2 71-46 1 up 5.5 Harder 10,600 ++
119 119 Thursday, Aug 22 CLE @ NYY L 2 15 71-47 1 up 4.5 Russo 12,732 -
120 120 Friday, Aug 23 CLE @ NYY L 3 5 71-48 1 up 4.0 Sundra 14,171 --
121 121 Saturday, Aug 24 CLE @ NYY L 2 3 71-49 1 up 3.5 Murphy 50,964 ---
122 122 Sunday, Aug 25 CLE @ WSH L 4 5 71-50 1 up 2.5 Hudson 12,500 ----
123 123 Monday, Aug 26 CLE @ WSH W 4 3 72-50 1 up 3.0 Harder 1,500 +
124 124 Friday, Aug 30 CLE @ CHW W 4 2 73-50 1 up 2.5 Feller 44,877 ++
125 125 Saturday, Aug 31 CLE @ CHW W 5 4 74-50 1 up 2.5 Allen 5,442 +++
126 126 Sunday, Sep 1 CLE @ CHW W 7 4 75-50 1 up 3.5 Dobson 14,968 ++++
127 127 Monday, Sep 2 CLE SLB L 1 2 75-51 1 up 3.5 Kennedy -
128 128 Monday, Sep 2 CLE SLB L 0 3 75-52 1 up 3.5 Auker 52,491 --
129 129 Wednesday, Sep 4 CLE @ DET L 2 7 75-53 1 up 3.0 Rowe 17,710 ---
130 130 Thursday, Sep 5 CLE @ DET L 3 11 75-54 1 up 2.0 Benton 18,508 ----
131 131 Friday, Sep 6 CLE @ DET L 5 10 75-55 1 up 1.0 Newsom 22,566 -----
132 132 Saturday, Sep 7 CLE CHW L 4 5 75-56 1 Tied Dietrich 7,000 ------
133 133 Sunday, Sep 8 CLE CHW W 5 4 76-56 1 Tied Feller 15,671 +
134 134 Monday, Sep 9 CLE CHW L 1 2 76-57 2 0.5 Lee 2,500 -
135 135 Wednesday, Sep 11 CLE NYY L 1 3 76-58 2 0.5 Bonham --
136 136 Wednesday, Sep 11 CLE NYY W 5 3 77-58 2 0.5 Smith 33,471 +
137 137 Thursday, Sep 12 CLE BOS W 8 1 78-58 2 0.5 Harder 1,000 ++
138 138 Friday, Sep 13 CLE BOS W 1 0 79-58 2 0.5 Milnar 8,000 +++
139 139 Saturday, Sep 14 CLE BOS L 1 6 79-59 2 0.5 Johnson 7,000 -
140 140 Sunday, Sep 15 CLE PHA W 5 0 80-59 1 up 1.0 Feller +
141 141 Sunday, Sep 15 CLE PHA W 8 5 81-59 1 up 1.0 Dobson 26,039 ++
142 142 Monday, Sep 16 CLE PHA W 8 3 82-59 1 up 0.5 Harder +++
143 143 Monday, Sep 16 CLE PHA L 2 3 82-60 1 up 0.5 Babich 6,000 -
144 144 Tuesday, Sep 17 CLE PHA L 3 4 82-61 2 0.5 Beckmann 2,000 --
145 145 Wednesday, Sep 18 CLE WSH W 3 1 83-61 1 up 0.5 Allen +
146 146 Wednesday, Sep 18 CLE WSH W 2 1 84-61 1 up 0.5 Feller 12,000 ++
147 147 Thursday, Sep 19 CLE WSH W 3 1 85-61 1 Tied Smith 3,500 +++
148 148 Friday, Sep 20 CLE @ DET L 5 6 85-62 2 1.0 Newhouser 22,508 -
149 149 Saturday, Sep 21 CLE @ DET L 0 5 85-63 2 2.0 Rowe 42,320 --
150 150 Sunday, Sep 22 CLE @ DET W 10 5 86-63 2 1.0 Feller 56,771 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
151 151 Tuesday, Sep 24 CLE SLB L 2 7 86-64 2 1.5 Auker 1,000 -
152 152 Wednesday, Sep 25 CLE SLB W 4 2 87-64 2 2.0 Milnar 2,000 +
153 153 Friday, Sep 27 CLE DET L 0 2 87-65 2 3.0 Giebell 32,553 -
154 154 Saturday, Sep 28 CLE DET W 2 1 88-65 2 2.0 Harder 18,346 +
155 155 Sunday, Sep 29 CLE DET W 3 2 89-65 2 1.0 Milnar 27,494 ++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

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