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1943 Cleveland Indians

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 Buddy Rosar 28 115 419 382 53 108 17 1 1 41 0 4 33 12 .283 .340 .340 .680 105 130 10 0 4
2 1B Mickey Rocco* 27 108 469 405 43 97 14 4 5 46 1 2 51 40 .240 .328 .331 .658 99 134 7 2 11
3 2B Ray Mack 26 153 608 545 56 120 25 2 7 62 8 3 47 61 .220 .285 .312 .596 80 170 15 2 14
4 SS Lou Boudreau 25 152 649 539 69 154 32 7 3 67 4 7 90 31 .286 .388 .388 .776 134 209 12 0 20
5 3B Ken Keltner 26 110 469 427 47 111 31 3 4 39 2 2 36 20 .260 .317 .375 .692 108 160 13 0 6
6 OF Oris Hockett* 33 141 657 601 70 166 33 4 2 51 13 18 45 45 .276 .331 .354 .685 107 213 8 4 7
7 OF Jeff Heath* 28 118 488 424 58 116 22 6 18 79 5 8 63 58 .274 .369 .481 .850 155 204 4 1 0
8 OF Roy Cullenbine# 29 138 598 488 66 141 24 4 8 56 3 4 96 58 .289 .407 .404 .811 145 197 8 1 13
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 Hank Edwards* 24 92 329 297 38 82 18 6 3 28 4 8 30 34 .276 .343 .407 .750 126 121 5 0 2
10 3B Rusty Peters 28 79 241 215 22 47 6 2 1 19 1 1 18 29 .219 .282 .279 .561 69 60 5 1 7
11 C Gene Desautels 36 68 199 185 14 38 6 1 0 19 2 0 11 16 .205 .250 .249 .499 51 46 3 0 3
12 1B Otto Denning 30 37 137 129 8 31 6 0 0 13 3 1 5 1 .240 .269 .287 .555 67 37 5 0 3
13 OF Pat Seerey 20 26 76 72 8 16 3 0 1 5 0 0 4 19 .222 .263 .306 .569 71 22 3 0 0
14 OF Gene Woodling* 20 8 27 25 5 8 2 1 1 5 0 0 1 3 .320 .346 .600 .946 183 15 0 0 1
15 3B Jimmy Grant* 24 15 26 22 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 .136 .269 .227 .497 50 5 0 0 0
16 IF Eddie Turchin 26 11 16 13 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .231 .375 .231 .606 84 3 1 0 0
17 OF Frank Doljack 35 3 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 -61 0 0 0 0
18 C Jim McDonnell* 20 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .667 .000 .667 108 0 0 0 0
19 C George Susce 35 3 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
20 P Jim Bagby 26 41 114 112 7 30 1 1 0 11 1 0 1 10 .268 .274 .295 .569 72 33 1 0 1
21 P Al Smith* 35 30 81 68 3 14 1 1 0 5 0 0 9 14 .206 .299 .250 .549 66 17 1 0 4
22 P Allie Reynolds 26 39 77 67 6 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 14 .149 .208 .149 .358 9 10 2 0 5
23 P Vern Kennedy* 36 38 60 52 8 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .231 .231 .269 .500 51 14 2 0 8
24 P Mel Harder 33 19 53 47 2 10 1 1 0 4 0 0 2 11 .213 .245 .277 .521 57 13 0 0 4
25 P Chubby Dean* 27 41 53 46 2 9 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 2 .196 .288 .196 .484 47 9 3 0 1
26 P Jack Salveson 29 23 29 26 2 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .231 .259 .385 .644 93 10 0 0 2
27 P Al Milnar* 29 19 19 19 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .211 .211 .263 .474 42 5 0 0 0
28 P Joe Heving 42 30 19 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .071 .235 .071 .307 -6 1 1 0 2
29 P Mike Naymick 25 29 18 16 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .188 .188 .188 .375 13 3 0 0 2
30 P Ray Poat 25 17 13 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .154 .154 .154 .308 -7 2 0 0 0
31 P Pete Center 31 24 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0
32 P Ed Klieman 25 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
33 P Steve Gromek# 23 3 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 503 2 0 0 0
34 P Paul Calvert 25 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.0 153 5967 5269 600 1344 246 45 55 564 47 58 567 519 .255 .329 .350 .679 105 1845 110 11 120
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 4 3 1 5 5 5 4 4 7 3 3 3 4 3 8 1
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
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Jim Bagby 26 17 14 .548 3.10 36 33 2 16 3 1 273.0 248 112 94 15 80 70 3 0 0 1135 100 1.201 8.2 0.5 2.6 2.3 0.88
2 SP Al Smith* 35 17 7 .708 2.55 29 27 2 14 3 1 208.1 186 74 59 7 72 72 0 0 0 862 122 1.238 8.0 0.3 3.1 3.1 1.00
3 SP Allie Reynolds 26 11 12 .478 2.99 34 21 9 11 3 3 198.2 140 72 66 3 109 151 7 1 4 819 104 1.253 6.3 0.1 4.9 6.8 1.39
4 SP Vern Kennedy 36 10 7 .588 2.45 28 17 9 8 1 0 146.2 130 47 40 4 59 63 2 0 0 603 127 1.289 8.0 0.2 3.6 3.9 1.07
5 SP Mel Harder 33 8 7 .533 3.06 19 18 0 6 1 0 135.1 126 57 46 7 61 40 1 0 0 571 102 1.382 8.4 0.5 4.1 2.7 0.66
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Joe Heving 42 1 1 .500 2.75 30 1 18 0 0 9 72.0 58 23 22 1 34 34 2 0 1 296 113 1.278 7.3 0.1 4.3 4.3 1.00
7 RP Jack Salveson 29 5 3 .625 3.35 23 11 5 4 3 3 86.0 87 36 32 5 26 24 1 0 1 354 93 1.314 9.1 0.5 2.7 2.5 0.92
8 RP Chubby Dean* 27 5 5 .500 4.50 17 9 3 3 0 0 76.0 83 46 38 1 34 29 1 0 0 336 69 1.539 9.8 0.1 4.0 3.4 0.85
9 RP Mike Naymick 25 4 4 .500 2.30 29 4 13 0 0 2 62.2 32 23 16 3 47 41 3 0 0 263 136 1.261 4.6 0.4 6.8 5.9 0.87
10 RP Pete Center 31 1 2 .333 2.76 24 1 11 0 0 1 42.1 29 18 13 3 18 10 0 0 2 167 113 1.110 6.2 0.6 3.8 2.1 0.56
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Ray Poat 25 2 5 .286 4.40 17 4 4 1 0 0 45.0 44 22 22 3 20 31 0 0 0 194 71 1.422 8.8 0.6 4.0 6.2 1.55
12 Al Milnar* 29 1 3 .250 8.08 16 6 8 0 0 0 39.0 51 38 35 0 35 12 1 0 2 194 39 2.205 11.8 0.0 8.1 2.8 0.34
13 Ed Klieman 25 0 1 .000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 8 1 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 34 327 1.444 8.0 0.0 5.0 2.0 0.40
14 Paul Calvert 25 0 0 4.32 5 0 2 0 0 0 8.1 6 4 4 0 6 2 1 0 0 37 76 1.440 6.5 0.0 6.5 2.2 0.33
15 Steve Gromek 23 0 0 9.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 4.0 6 4 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 17 39 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 9.0
Team Totals 30.2 82 71 .536 3.15 153 153 89 64 14 20 1406.1 1234 577 492 52 606 585 22 1 10 5882 99 1.308 7.9 0.3 3.9 3.7 0.97
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 6 3 5 3 2 4 3 3 4 3 7 3
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Jim Bagby 26 37 33 16 91 21 68 2 5 .978 2.41 P-SS
Lou Boudreau 25 152 150 137 845 331 489 25 122 .970 5.36 0 1 0 0% SS-C
Paul Calvert 25 5 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.40 P
Pete Center 31 24 1 0 10 1 8 1 0 .900 0.38 P
Roy Cullenbine 29 132 131 129 406 376 23 7 15 .983 2.98 OF-1B
Chubby Dean 27 17 9 3 14 2 11 1 1 .929 0.76 P
Otto Denning 30 34 33 33 356 326 18 12 39 .966 10.12 1B
Gene Desautels 36 66 56 37 284 251 28 5 4 .982 4.23 2 27 16 37% C
Frank Doljack 35 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 OF
Hank Edwards 24 74 72 69 180 173 4 3 0 .983 2.39 OF
Jimmy Grant 24 5 1 1 17 3 13 1 0 .941 3.20 3B
Steve Gromek 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Mel Harder 33 19 18 6 33 6 27 0 2 1.000 1.74 P
Jeff Heath 28 111 109 103 277 264 4 9 1 .968 2.41 OF
Joe Heving 42 30 1 0 28 8 20 0 0 1.000 0.93 P
Oris Hockett 33 139 139 134 375 347 13 15 3 .960 2.59 OF
Ken Keltner 26 107 106 102 352 113 228 11 24 .969 3.19 3B
Vern Kennedy 36 28 17 8 45 8 36 1 2 .978 1.57 P
Ed Klieman 25 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Ray Mack 26 153 153 147 853 381 444 28 123 .967 5.39 2B
Jim McDonnell 20 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 0 C
Al Milnar 29 16 6 0 11 3 8 0 0 1.000 0.69 P
Mike Naymick 25 29 4 0 23 2 17 4 0 .826 0.66 P
Rusty Peters 28 66 48 42 175 66 98 11 17 .937 2.41 3B-SS-2B-OF
Ray Poat 25 17 4 1 9 1 8 0 1 1.000 0.53 P
Allie Reynolds 26 34 21 11 42 5 35 2 3 .952 1.18 P
Mickey Rocco 27 108 107 107 1078 1012 61 5 111 .995 9.94 1B
Buddy Rosar 28 114 97 85 581 480 91 10 11 .983 5.01 1 29 46 61% C
Jack Salveson 29 23 11 4 21 2 19 0 4 1.000 0.91 P
Pat Seerey 20 16 13 9 39 35 3 1 0 .974 2.38 OF
Al Smith 35 29 27 14 53 6 45 2 1 .962 1.76 P
George Susce 35 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.67 0 0 0 C
Eddie Turchin 26 6 3 2 15 5 9 1 1 .933 2.33 3B-SS
Gene Woodling 20 6 5 5 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 OF
Team Totals 28.4 153 1377 1207 6231 4239 1835 157 490 .975 3.77 3 57 62 52%
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 1 2
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Jim Bagby 26 114 -5 0 0 0 0 6 3 4 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $ Traded 1/6
Lou Boudreau 25 649 24 -2 0 0 18 10 14 64 6.7 46 4.9 1.8 $ Amateur Free Agent *6/2
Paul Calvert 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Free Agency /1
Pete Center 31 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Roy Cullenbine# 29 598 29 -1 0 0 3 -6 12 37 4.2 34 3.6 0.6 $ Traded *O93
Chubby Dean* 27 53 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Waivers 1
Otto Denning 30 137 -6 0 0 0 -4 -2 3 -9 -1.0 -5 -0.5 -0.5 $ Rule 5 Draft 3
Gene Desautels 36 199 -12 1 0 0 0 2 4 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ Traded 2
Frank Doljack 35 8 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /O79
Hank Edwards* 24 329 8 -2 0 0 -2 0 7 11 1.2 13 1.4 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 8O
Jimmy Grant* 24 26 -2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /5
Steve Gromek# 23 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Mel Harder 33 53 -3 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
Jeff Heath* 28 488 27 -3 0 0 2 -5 11 32 3.5 30 3.2 0.3 $ *O7/89
Joe Heving 42 19 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Oris Hockett* 33 657 2 -4 0 0 2 -3 13 10 0.9 8 0.8 0.1 $ Conditional Deal *O879
Ken Keltner 26 469 2 0 0 0 6 0 10 18 1.8 12 1.3 0.5 $ Minor Lg Working Ag *5
Vern Kennedy* 36 60 -3 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Ed Klieman 25 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Unknown /1
Ray Mack 26 608 -16 1 0 0 6 7 13 11 0.9 5 0.5 0.4 $ *4
Jim McDonnell* 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /2
Al Milnar* 29 19 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Mike Naymick 25 18 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Rusty Peters 28 241 -9 0 0 0 0 1 5 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ Purchased 56/47O
Ray Poat 25 13 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Allie Reynolds 26 77 -8 0 0 0 0 4 2 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Mickey Rocco* 27 469 -1 0 0 0 0 -5 10 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ *3
Buddy Rosar 28 419 2 0 0 0 2 4 9 17 1.8 15 1.6 0.2 $ Traded *2
Jack Salveson 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Pat Seerey 20 76 -3 0 0 0 0 -1 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 7O
Al Smith* 35 81 -3 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ 1
George Susce 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Free Agency /2
Eddie Turchin 26 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /56
Gene Woodling* 20 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /O98
Team Total 28.0 5967 12 -9 0 0 34 29 126 192 19.3 158 16.8 2.5 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Jim Bagby 26 273.0 33 112 128 5 1.0 16 0.5 $ Traded
Paul Calvert 25 8.1 0 4 4 0 1.0 0 -0.1 $ Free Agency
Pete Center 31 42.1 1 18 20 1 1.0 2 0.0 $
Chubby Dean* 27 76.0 9 46 36 1 1.0 -10 -1.7 $ Waivers
Steve Gromek 23 4.0 0 4 2 0 1.0 -2 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Mel Harder 33 135.1 18 57 64 2 1.0 7 0.1 $
Joe Heving 42 72.0 1 23 34 1 1.0 11 0.9 $ Purchased
Vern Kennedy 36 146.2 17 47 69 2 1.0 22 1.9 $ Purchased
Ed Klieman 25 9.0 1 1 4 0 1.0 3 0.4 $ Unknown
Al Milnar* 29 39.0 6 38 18 1 1.0 -20 -2.6 $
Mike Naymick 25 62.2 4 23 29 1 1.0 6 0.5 $
Ray Poat 25 45.0 4 22 21 1 1.0 -1 -0.4 $
Allie Reynolds 26 198.2 21 72 93 3 1.0 21 1.6 $ Amateur Free Agent
Jack Salveson 29 86.0 11 36 40 1 1.0 4 0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft
Al Smith* 35 208.1 27 74 98 4 1.0 24 1.8 $
Team Total 30.2 1406.1 153 577 660 23 1.0 83 2.7 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1942 / 1944 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics