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1943 Cleveland Indians

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1942 / 1944

82-71, Finished 3rd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Lou Boudreau (82-71)
Scored 600 runs, Allowed 577 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-74

Ballparks: Cleveland Stadium & League Park II · Attendance: 438,894 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 93, Pitching - 94 · one-year: Batting - 91, Pitching - 90


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1942 / 1944 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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
Jim Bagby 26 R R 6' 2" 170 Sep 8, 1916 6 41 33 41 37 36 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.8 All-Star
Lou Boudreau HOF 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Jul 17, 1917 6 152 150 152 152 0 1 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.7 All-Star
Paul Calvert 25 R R 6' 0" 175 Oct 6, 1917 2 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Pete Center 31 R R 6' 4" 190 Apr 22, 1912 2 24 1 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Roy Cullenbine 29 B R 6' 1" 190 Oct 18, 1913 6 138 131 138 132 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 121 121 7 0 4.2
Chubby Dean 27 L L 5' 11" 181 Aug 24, 1915 8 41 9 41 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 -1.7
Otto Denning 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Dec 28, 1912 2 37 33 37 34 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -1.0
Gene Desautels 36 R R 5' 11" 170 Jun 13, 1907 11 68 56 68 66 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.6
Frank Doljack 35 R R 5' 11" 175 Oct 5, 1907 6 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 -0.1
Hank Edwards 24 L L 6' 0" 190 Jan 29, 1919 3 92 72 92 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 0 74 17 1 1.2
Jimmy Grant 24 L R 5' 8" 166 Oct 6, 1918 2 15 1 15 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 -0.1
Steve Gromek 23 B R 6' 2" 180 Jan 15, 1920 3 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Mel Harder 33 R R 6' 1" 195 Oct 15, 1909 16 19 18 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Jeff Heath 28 L R 5' 11" 200 Apr 1, 1915 8 118 109 118 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 5 4 111 8 0 3.5 All-Star
Joe Heving 42 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 2, 1900 11 30 1 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8
Oris Hockett 33 L R 5' 9" 182 Sep 29, 1909 5 141 139 141 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 79 26 139 2 0 0.9
Ken Keltner 26 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 31, 1916 7 110 106 110 107 0 0 0 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.8 All-Star
Vern Kennedy 36 L R 6' 0" 175 Mar 20, 1907 10 38 17 38 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 2.1
Ed Klieman 25 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 21, 1918 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Ray Mack 26 R R 6' 0" 200 Aug 31, 1916 6 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
Jim McDonnell 20 L R 5' 11" 165 Aug 15, 1922 1st 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Al Milnar 29 L L 6' 2" 195 Dec 26, 1913 7 19 6 19 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -2.7
Mike Naymick 25 R R 6' 8" 225 Aug 26, 1917 3 29 4 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Rusty Peters 28 R R 5' 11" 170 Dec 14, 1914 7 79 48 79 66 0 0 0 6 46 14 2 0 0 2 11 3 -0.4
Ray Poat 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Dec 19, 1917 2 17 4 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Allie Reynolds 26 R R 6' 0" 195 Feb 10, 1917 2 39 21 39 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.2
Mickey Rocco 27 L L 5' 11" 188 Mar 2, 1916 1st 108 107 108 108 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Buddy Rosar 28 R R 5' 9" 190 Jul 3, 1914 5 115 97 115 114 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1.8 All-Star
Jack Salveson 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Jan 5, 1914 4 23 11 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Pat Seerey 20 R R 5' 10" 200 Mar 17, 1923 1st 26 13 26 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 16 10 1 -0.3
Al Smith 35 L L 5' 11" 180 Oct 12, 1907 10 30 27 30 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.0 All-Star
George Susce 35 R R 5' 11" 200 Aug 13, 1907 7 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Eddie Turchin 26 R R 5' 10" 165 Feb 10, 1917 1st 11 3 11 6 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.0
Gene Woodling 20 L R 5' 9" 195 Aug 16, 1922 1st 8 5 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 3 0 0.3
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Roy Cullenbine

Buddy Rosar

Rusty Peters

Gene Desautels

Lou Boudreau

Ray Mack

Pete Center

Ken Keltner

Otto Denning
Mickey Rocco

Joe Heving

Vern Kennedy

Eddie Turchin

Chubby Dean

Jim Bagby

Mel Harder

Al Milnar

Allie Reynolds

Jim McDonnell

Pat Seerey

Jeff Heath

Steve Gromek

George Susce

Mike Naymick

Al Smith

Hank Edwards

Oris Hockett

Ray Poat

Frank Doljack
Jimmy Grant

Jack Salveson

Ed Klieman

Gene Woodling

Paul Calvert

1942 / 1944 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers