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1940 Cleveland Indians (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
Managed by Ossie Vitt

Ballpark: League Park II/Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 902,576 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 97, Pitching - 96
  (one-year): Batting - 93, Pitching - 92
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Game Results

Season Summary   89-65 , Final Rank: 2, GB:    1.0
Days in First:                  67 (last on September 19, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          25 (last on September 1)
Most Games under .500:       never

Biggest Lead:                  5.5 (last on August 21)
Farthest Behind Leader:        3.0 (last on September 27)

Longest Winning Streak:          8 (June 16 to June 23)
Longest Losing Streak:           6 (July 14 to July 19 and September 2 to September 7)

Most Runs Allowed:              16 (August 19)
Most Runs Scored:               18 (May 17)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       4
Times Opponent Shutout:         13

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        89  65     710     637    .578

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           51  30     350     281    .630
Road           38  35     360     356    .521

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     45  29     350     281    .608
Second Half    44  36     360     356    .550
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        25  20     146     141    .556

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        22  21     266     251    .512

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
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

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 16     CLE @CHW  W   1-0        1-0     1    Tied       B Feller                   14,000 +
  2 Fri, Apr 19     CLE  DET  W   4-0        2-0     1    Tied       J Allen                    26,529 ++
  3 Sun, Apr 21     CLE  DET  L   2-12       2-1     2     0.5       S Rowe                     18,264 -
  4 Mon, Apr 22     CLE @SLB  W   5-2        3-1     1    Tied       W Hudlin                    1,007 +
  5 Wed, Apr 24     CLE @SLB  W   6-4        4-1     1  up 0.5       A Milnar                    1,239 ++
  6 Thu, Apr 25     CLE  CHW  W   3-1        5-1     1  up 0.5       B Feller                    4,000 +++
  7 Fri, Apr 26     CLE  CHW  L   1-11       5-2     1    Tied       T Lee                       7,000 -
  8 Sat, Apr 27     CLE @DET  W   4-2        6-2     1  up 1.0       M Naymick                  20,133 +
  9 Sun, Apr 28     CLE @DET  W  11-9        7-2     1  up 1.0       A Smith                    30,200 ++
 10 Mon, Apr 29     CLE @DET  L   3-4        7-3     1    Tied       C Pippen                    9,072 -
 11 Tue, Apr 30     CLE @PHA  W  10-5        8-3     1  up 1.0       W Hudlin                    2,500 +
 12 Wed, May  1     CLE @PHA  L   1-5        8-4     1    Tied       N Potter                    1,500 -
 13 Sat, May  4     CLE @WSH  W  12-4        9-4     2     0.5       A Milnar                    3,000 +
 14 Sun, May  5     CLE @BOS  W   6-1       10-4     1  up 0.5       B Feller                   32,500 ++
 15 Mon, May  6     CLE @BOS  L   5-8       10-5     2     0.5       E Dickman                   7,000 -
 16 Tue, May  7     CLE @BOS  L   4-6       10-6     3     1.5       L Grove                     8,500 --
 17 Wed, May  8     CLE @NYY  W  10-4       11-6     2     1.5       A Smith                     8,911 +
 18 Thu, May  9     CLE @NYY  W   4-0       12-6     2     1.5       B Feller                   14,790 ++
 19 Fri, May 10     CLE  SLB  W   9-4       13-6     2     1.5       A Milnar                    6,000 +++
 20 Sat, May 11     CLE  SLB  W   1-0       14-6     2     1.5       J Allen                     9,009 ++++
 21 Sun, May 12     CLE  SLB  L   2-5       14-7     2     1.5       E Auker                    10,518 -
 22 Tue, May 14     CLE  PHA  L   7-9       14-8     2     2.5       G Caster                    4,500 --
 23 Fri, May 17     CLE  WSH  W  18-1       15-8     2     2.5       A Milnar                    3,000 +
 24 Sat, May 18     CLE  WSH  L   2-3       15-9     2     3.0       K Chase                     8,000 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Sun, May 19     CLE  NYY  W   5-1       16-9     2     2.5       B Feller                   27,690 +
 26 Mon, May 20     CLE  NYY  W  10-2       17-9     2     1.5       A Smith                     7,000 ++
 27 Tue, May 21     CLE  NYY  L   2-10      17-10    2     2.5       M Russo                     6,000 -
 28 Wed, May 22     CLE  BOS  W   9-6       18-10    2     1.5       M Harder                    5,000 +
 29 Fri, May 24     CLE @SLB  W   3-2       19-10    2     1.0       B Feller                   24,827 ++
 30 Sun, May 26     CLE @SLB  L   3-5       19-11    2     0.5       E Bildilli                        -
 31                 CLE @SLB  W  13-1       20-11    2     0.5       A Milnar                    5,188 +
 32 Mon, May 27     CLE  DET  L   1-6       20-12    2     1.0       B Newsom                   25,718 -
 33 Tue, May 28     CLE  DET  L   5-8       20-13    2     2.0       A Benton                    2,000 --
 34 Wed, May 29     CLE  DET  W   7-4       21-13    2     2.0       B Feller                    2,500 +
 35 Thu, May 30     CLE  CHW  W   3-1       22-13    2     1.0       A Smith                           ++
 36                 CLE  CHW  W   3-1       23-13    2     1.0       A Milnar                   18,162 +++
 37 Sat, Jun  1     CLE @PHA  L   1-6       23-14    2     2.0       B Ross                      5,000 -
 38 Sun, Jun  2     CLE @PHA  W   7-2       24-14    2     2.0       B Feller                          +
 39                 CLE @PHA  L   6-12      24-15    2     2.0       E Heusser                  33,023 -
 40 Mon, Jun  3     CLE @PHA  W   4-0       25-15    2     1.0       A Milnar                    2,000 +
 41 Tue, Jun  4     CLE @WSH  L   2-7       25-16    2     0.5       K Chase                           -
 42                 CLE @WSH  W   3-2       26-16    2     0.5       A Smith                     8,000 +
 43 Wed, Jun  5     CLE @WSH  L   1-6       26-17    2     0.5       W Masterson                 2,000 -
 44 Thu, Jun  6     CLE @WSH  W   5-4       27-17    2     0.5       M Harder                    7,500 +
 45 Fri, Jun  7     CLE @NYY  L   4-5       27-18    2     0.5       B Hadley                   24,037 -
 46 Sat, Jun  8     CLE @NYY  W   3-0       28-18    1  up 0.5       A Milnar                   16,067 +
 47 Sun, Jun  9     CLE @NYY  L   3-4       28-19    1    Tied       R Ruffing                  28,639 -
 48 Tue, Jun 11     CLE @BOS  L   2-9       28-20    2     1.0       J Wilson                   10,000 --
 49 Wed, Jun 12     CLE @BOS  L   5-9       28-21    2     2.0       J Bagby                     7,200 ---

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Thu, Jun 13     CLE  DET  W   3-2       29-21    2     1.5       A Smith                     3,000 +
 51 Fri, Jun 14     CLE  PHA  W   8-0       30-21    2     1.5       J Allen                     8,000 ++
 52 Sat, Jun 15     CLE  PHA  L   4-7       30-22    3     2.5       B Ross                      8,000 -
 53 Sun, Jun 16     CLE  PHA  W   4-2       31-22    2     2.5       B Feller                          +
 54                 CLE  PHA  W   4-3       32-22    2     2.5       A Milnar                   18,000 ++
 55 Tue, Jun 18     CLE  WSH  W   2-1       33-22    2     1.5       A Smith                    12,449 +++
 56 Wed, Jun 19     CLE  WSH  W   4-1       34-22    2     0.5       J Allen                     2,500 ++++
 57 Thu, Jun 20     CLE  WSH  W  12-1       35-22    1  up 1.0       B Feller                    3,000 +++++
 58 Fri, Jun 21     CLE  BOS  W   7-4       36-22    1  up 2.0       A Milnar                   12,000 ++++++
 59 Sat, Jun 22     CLE  BOS  W   7-5       37-22    1  up 2.0       M Harder                    8,000 +++++++
 60 Sun, Jun 23     CLE  BOS  W   4-1       38-22    1  up 1.5       A Smith                           ++++++++
 61                 CLE  BOS  L   0-2       38-23    1  up 1.5       H Hash                     56,659 -
 62 Mon, Jun 24     CLE  NYY  W   7-1       39-23    1  up 2.0       B Feller                   46,637 +
 63 Tue, Jun 25     CLE  NYY  W   5-3       40-23    1  up 2.5       A Milnar                    7,500 ++
 64 Wed, Jun 26     CLE  NYY  L   1-3       40-24    1  up 2.5       R Ruffing                   8,000 -
 65 Sat, Jun 29     CLE @CHW  W   7-3       41-24    1  up 2.0       B Feller                    8,001 +
 66 Sun, Jun 30     CLE @CHW  W   7-5       42-24    1  up 2.0       A Smith                           ++
 67                 CLE @CHW  L   1-3       42-25    1  up 2.0       E Smith                    20,054 -
 68 Mon, Jul  1     CLE  SLB  L   1-2       42-26    1  up 1.0       E Auker                    17,079 --
 69 Tue, Jul  2     CLE  SLB  L   3-5       42-27    1    Tied       V Kennedy                   3,000 ---
 70 Wed, Jul  3     CLE  SLB  W   5-2       43-27    1  up 1.0       B Feller                   10,000 +
 71 Thu, Jul  4     CLE @DET  L   3-5       43-28    1  up 1.0       T Bridges                         -
 72                 CLE @DET  W   2-1       44-28    1  up 1.0       J Allen                    57,633 +
 73 Sat, Jul  6     CLE  CHW  W   7-3       45-28    1  up 0.5       M Harder                    9,000 ++
 74 Sun, Jul  7     CLE  CHW  L   1-3       45-29    2     0.5       T Lyons                    18,812 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Thu, Jul 11     CLE @PHA  W   8-5       46-29    1  up 0.5       A Milnar                   13,206 +
 76 Fri, Jul 12     CLE @PHA  W   1-0       47-29    1  up 1.0       B Feller                    8,101 ++
 77 Sat, Jul 13     CLE @PHA  W   6-4       48-29    1  up 0.5       M Harder                    5,105 +++
 78 Sun, Jul 14     CLE @WSH  L   5-6       48-30    1  up 1.0       A Carrasquel               12,000 -
 79 Mon, Jul 15     CLE @WSH  L   6-8       48-31    1    Tied       S Hudson                    3,000 --
 80 Tue, Jul 16     CLE @WSH  L   8-11      48-32    1    Tied       A Carrasquel                2,000 ---
 81 Wed, Jul 17     CLE @NYY  L   3-4       48-33    1  up 0.5       M Pearson                  16,084 ----
 82 Thu, Jul 18     CLE @NYY  L   6-9       48-34    2     0.5       S Chandler                 11,985 -----
 83 Fri, Jul 19     CLE @NYY  L   6-15      48-35    2     1.5       L Gomez                    12,151 ------
 84 Sat, Jul 20     CLE @BOS  W   9-6       49-35    2     1.5       M Harder                   10,200 +
 85 Sun, Jul 21     CLE @BOS  W   3-2       50-35    2     1.5       B Feller                          ++
 86                 CLE @BOS  W   2-0       51-35    2     1.5       J Dobson                   31,600 +++
 87 Tue, Jul 23     CLE  PHA  W   1-0       52-35    2     0.5       A Milnar                   24,482 ++++
 88 Wed, Jul 24     CLE  PHA  W   7-6       53-35    2     0.5       A Smith                     4,000 +++++
 89 Thu, Jul 25     CLE  PHA  L   6-7       53-36    2     1.5       B Ross                      5,000 -
 90 Fri, Jul 26     CLE  WSH  W  13-2       54-36    2     0.5       B Feller                    4,000 +
 91 Sat, Jul 27     CLE  WSH  L   1-7       54-37    2     2.0       K Chase                    11,000 -
 92 Sun, Jul 28     CLE  WSH  W   6-3       55-37    2     1.5       A Milnar                          +
 93                 CLE  WSH  L   1-9       55-38    2     1.5       S Hudson                   19,849 -
 94 Tue, Jul 30     CLE  BOS  W   2-1       56-38    1    Tied       B Feller                   49,238 +
 95 Wed, Jul 31     CLE  BOS  W  12-11      57-38    1    Tied       B Zuber                     6,000 ++
 96 Thu, Aug  1     CLE  BOS  L   2-5       57-39    2     1.0       F Ostermuell               14,000 -
 97 Fri, Aug  2     CLE  NYY  L   2-10      57-40    2     1.0       M Russo                     7,500 --
 98 Sat, Aug  3     CLE  NYY  W   5-1       58-40    2     1.5       A Smith                    12,035 +
 99 Sun, Aug  4     CLE  NYY  W   3-1       59-40    2     0.5       B Feller                   42,407 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Mon, Aug  5     CLE @CHW  W  10-1       60-40    1    Tied       M Harder                    3,128 +++
101 Tue, Aug  6     CLE @CHW  L   1-5       60-41    2     0.5       T Lee                             -
102                 CLE @CHW  W   3-2       61-41    2     0.5       J Allen                    12,843 +
103 Wed, Aug  7     CLE @CHW  W   9-3       62-41    2     0.5       A Smith                     4,169 ++
104 Thu, Aug  8     CLE @SLB  W   7-4       63-41    2     0.5       B Feller                          +++
105                 CLE @SLB  L   1-2       63-42    2     0.5       E Auker                     3,036 -
106 Fri, Aug  9     CLE @SLB  L   3-4       63-43    2     0.5       R Lawson                    2,588 --
107 Sun, Aug 11     CLE @SLB  W  12-4       64-43    1    Tied       A Milnar                          +
108                 CLE @SLB  L   6-7       64-44    1    Tied       B Trotter                   6,534 -
109 Mon, Aug 12     CLE  DET  W   8-5       65-44    1  up 1.0       B Feller                   23,720 +
110 Tue, Aug 13     CLE  DET  W   6-5       66-44    1  up 2.0       H Eisenstat                16,128 ++
111 Wed, Aug 14     CLE  CHW  W   4-0       67-44    1  up 2.0       A Smith                    59,058 +++
112 Thu, Aug 15     CLE  CHW  W   5-4       68-44    1  up 2.0       J Allen                     5,000 ++++
113 Fri, Aug 16     CLE  SLB  W   8-3       69-44    1  up 3.0       B Feller                    4,500 +++++
114 Sat, Aug 17     CLE  SLB  L   1-2       69-45    1  up 3.0       J Niggeling                 7,500 -
115 Sun, Aug 18     CLE  SLB  -   2-2       69-45    1  up 3.5                                  44,686 -
116 Mon, Aug 19     CLE @BOS  L   7-16      69-46    1  up 3.0       J Heving                    7,830 --
117 Tue, Aug 20     CLE @BOS  W  11-6       70-46    1  up 4.5       B Feller                   24,200 +
118 Wed, Aug 21     CLE @BOS  W   4-2       71-46    1  up 5.5       M Harder                   10,600 ++
119 Thu, Aug 22     CLE @NYY  L   2-15      71-47    1  up 4.5       M Russo                    12,732 -
120 Fri, Aug 23     CLE @NYY  L   3-5       71-48    1  up 4.0       S Sundra                   14,171 --
121 Sat, Aug 24     CLE @NYY  L   2-3       71-49    1  up 3.5       J Murphy                   50,964 ---
122 Sun, Aug 25     CLE @WSH  L   4-5       71-50    1  up 2.5       S Hudson                   12,500 ----
123 Mon, Aug 26     CLE @WSH  W   4-3       72-50    1  up 3.0       M Harder                    1,500 +
124 Fri, Aug 30     CLE @CHW  W   4-2       73-50    1  up 2.5       B Feller                   44,877 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Sat, Aug 31     CLE @CHW  W   5-4       74-50    1  up 2.5       J Allen                     5,442 +++
126 Sun, Sep  1     CLE @CHW  W   7-4       75-50    1  up 3.5       J Dobson                   14,968 ++++
127 Mon, Sep  2     CLE  SLB  L   1-2       75-51    1  up 3.5       V Kennedy                         -
128                 CLE  SLB  L   0-3       75-52    1  up 3.5       E Auker                    52,491 --
129 Wed, Sep  4     CLE @DET  L   2-7       75-53    1  up 3.0       S Rowe                     17,710 ---
130 Thu, Sep  5     CLE @DET  L   3-11      75-54    1  up 2.0       A Benton                   18,508 ----
131 Fri, Sep  6     CLE @DET  L   5-10      75-55    1  up 1.0       B Newsom                   22,566 -----
132 Sat, Sep  7     CLE  CHW  L   4-5       75-56    1    Tied       B Dietrich                  7,000 ------
133 Sun, Sep  8     CLE  CHW  W   5-4       76-56    1    Tied       B Feller                   15,671 +
134 Mon, Sep  9     CLE  CHW  L   1-2       76-57    2     0.5       T Lee                       2,500 -
135 Wed, Sep 11     CLE  NYY  L   1-3       76-58    2     0.5       T Bonham                          --
136                 CLE  NYY  W   5-3       77-58    2     0.5       A Smith                    33,471 +
137 Thu, Sep 12     CLE  BOS  W   8-1       78-58    2     0.5       M Harder                    1,000 ++
138 Fri, Sep 13     CLE  BOS  W   1-0       79-58    2     0.5       A Milnar                    8,000 +++
139 Sat, Sep 14     CLE  BOS  L   1-6       79-59    2     0.5       E Johnson                   7,000 -
140 Sun, Sep 15     CLE  PHA  W   5-0       80-59    1  up 1.0       B Feller                          +
141                 CLE  PHA  W   8-5       81-59    1  up 1.0       J Dobson                   26,039 ++
142 Mon, Sep 16     CLE  PHA  W   8-3       82-59    1  up 0.5       M Harder                          +++
143                 CLE  PHA  L   2-3       82-60    1  up 0.5       J Babich                    6,000 -
144 Tue, Sep 17     CLE  PHA  L   3-4       82-61    2     0.5       B Beckmann                  2,000 --
145 Wed, Sep 18     CLE  WSH  W   3-1       83-61    1  up 0.5       J Allen                           +
146                 CLE  WSH  W   2-1       84-61    1  up 0.5       B Feller                   12,000 ++
147 Thu, Sep 19     CLE  WSH  W   3-1       85-61    1    Tied       A Smith                     3,500 +++
148 Fri, Sep 20     CLE @DET  L   5-6       85-62    2     1.0       H Newhouser                22,508 -
149 Sat, Sep 21     CLE @DET  L   0-5       85-63    2     2.0       S Rowe                     42,320 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Sun, Sep 22     CLE @DET  W  10-5       86-63    2     1.0       B Feller                   56,771 +
151 Tue, Sep 24     CLE  SLB  L   2-7       86-64    2     1.5       E Auker                     1,000 -
152 Wed, Sep 25     CLE  SLB  W   4-2       87-64    2     2.0       A Milnar                    2,000 +
153 Fri, Sep 27     CLE  DET  L   0-2       87-65    2     3.0       F Giebell                  32,553 -
154 Sat, Sep 28     CLE  DET  W   2-1       88-65    2     2.0       M Harder                   18,346 +
155 Sun, Sep 29     CLE  DET  W   3-2       89-65    2     1.0       A Milnar                   27,494 ++

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


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