Franchise Encyclopedia: 1943 / 1945
72-82, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Lou Boudreau (72-82)
Scored 643 runs, Allowed 677 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-81
Ballpark: League Park II/Cleveland Stadium · Attendance: 475,272 (8th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 101
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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Buddy Rosar | 29 | 99 | 375 | 331 | 29 | 87 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 17 | .263 | .339 | .308 | .647 | 89 | 102 | 7 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 1B | Mickey Rocco* | 28 | 155 | 721 | 653 | 87 | 174 | 29 | 7 | 13 | 70 | 4 | 8 | 56 | 51 | .266 | .325 | .392 | .717 | 108 | 256 | 11 | 1 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 2B | Ray Mack | 27 | 83 | 319 | 284 | 24 | 66 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 45 | .232 | .301 | .306 | .608 | 77 | 87 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 4 | SS | Lou Boudreau | 26 | 150 | 681 | 584 | 91 | 191 | 45 | 5 | 3 | 67 | 11 | 3 | 73 | 39 | .327 | .406 | .437 | .843 | 145 | 255 | 10 | 5 | 19 | ||
| 5 | 3B | Ken Keltner | 27 | 149 | 632 | 573 | 74 | 169 | 41 | 9 | 13 | 91 | 4 | 3 | 53 | 29 | .295 | .355 | .466 | .821 | 137 | 267 | 23 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | Roy Cullenbine# | 30 | 154 | 666 | 571 | 98 | 162 | 34 | 5 | 16 | 80 | 4 | 4 | 87 | 49 | .284 | .380 | .445 | .825 | 139 | 254 | 11 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 7 | Oris Hockett* | 34 | 124 | 497 | 457 | 47 | 132 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 27 | .289 | .339 | .381 | .720 | 109 | 174 | 7 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 8 | Pat Seerey | 21 | 101 | 365 | 342 | 39 | 80 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 99 | .234 | .276 | .412 | .689 | 99 | 141 | 10 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 9 | 2B | Rusty Peters | 29 | 88 | 310 | 282 | 23 | 63 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 35 | .223 | .268 | .301 | .569 | 65 | 85 | 6 | 2 | 11 | ||
| 10 | Myril Hoag | 36 | 67 | 308 | 277 | 33 | 79 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 23 | .285 | .347 | .350 | .697 | 103 | 97 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 11 | 1B | Paul O'Dea* | 23 | 76 | 198 | 173 | 25 | 55 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 21 | .318 | .401 | .370 | .771 | 125 | 64 | 11 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12 | Jeff Heath* | 29 | 60 | 170 | 151 | 20 | 50 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 12 | .331 | .402 | .490 | .892 | 158 | 74 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 13 | C | Norm Schlueter | 27 | 49 | 135 | 122 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 22 | .123 | .201 | .156 | .357 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 14 | 2B | Jimmy Grant* | 25 | 61 | 113 | 99 | 12 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 20 | .273 | .357 | .404 | .761 | 121 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 15 | C | George Susce | 36 | 29 | 68 | 61 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .230 | .254 | .246 | .500 | 46 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 16 | C | Jim McDonnell* | 21 | 20 | 47 | 43 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .233 | .298 | .233 | .530 | 55 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | C | Russ Lyon | 31 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | C | Hank Ruszkowski | 18 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 118 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | 2B | Steve Biras | 22 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 482 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | C | Jim Devlin* | 21 | 1 | 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 | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 21 | P | Steve Gromek# | 24 | 44 | 84 | 73 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .260 | .316 | .301 | .618 | 80 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 22 | P | Mel Harder | 34 | 30 | 76 | 74 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .216 | .216 | .257 | .473 | 37 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 23 | P | Al Smith* | 36 | 28 | 68 | 64 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .156 | .194 | .172 | .366 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 24 | P | Ed Klieman | 26 | 47 | 63 | 57 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .105 | .164 | .105 | .269 | -21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 25 | P | Allie Reynolds | 27 | 41 | 61 | 57 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .123 | .138 | .158 | .296 | -14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 26 | P | Jim Bagby | 27 | 14 | 31 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 | .226 | .323 | .548 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 27 | P | Joe Heving | 43 | 63 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 28 | P | Vern Kennedy* | 37 | 15 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .087 | .087 | .087 | .174 | -49 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 29 | P | Ray Poat | 26 | 36 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .000 | .056 | .000 | .056 | -83 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 30 | P | Paul Calvert | 26 | 35 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .267 | .267 | .400 | .667 | 92 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 31 | P | Hal Kleine* | 21 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | -17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 32 | P | Earl Henry* | 27 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | -49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 33 | P | Bill Bonness | 20 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 34 | P | Mike Naymick | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 35 | P | Red Embree | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 28.4 | 155 | 6119 | 5481 | 643 | 1458 | 270 | 50 | 70 | 615 | 48 | 42 | 512 | 594 | .266 | .331 | .372 | .703 | 104 | 2038 | 134 | 19 | 107 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Steve Gromek | 24 | 10 | 9 | .526 | 2.56 | 35 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 203.2 | 160 | 74 | 58 | 5 | 70 | 115 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 820 | 128 | 1.129 | 7.1 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 1.64 | |
| 2 | SP | Mel Harder | 34 | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.71 | 30 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 196.1 | 211 | 95 | 81 | 5 | 69 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 843 | 89 | 1.426 | 9.7 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 0.93 | |
| 3 | SP | Al Smith* | 36 | 7 | 13 | .350 | 3.42 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 181.2 | 197 | 83 | 69 | 6 | 69 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 792 | 96 | 1.464 | 9.8 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 0.64 | |
| 4 | SP | Allie Reynolds | 27 | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.30 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 158.0 | 141 | 63 | 58 | 2 | 91 | 84 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 690 | 100 | 1.468 | 8.0 | 0.1 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 0.92 | |
| 5 | SP | Jim Bagby | 27 | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.33 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 101 | 48 | 38 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 368 | 76 | 1.709 | 11.5 | 0.2 | 3.9 | 1.4 | 0.35 | |
| 6 | SP | Vern Kennedy | 37 | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.03 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 66 | 36 | 33 | 0 | 37 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 273 | 65 | 1.746 | 10.1 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 2.6 | 0.46 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 7 | CL | Joe Heving | 43 | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1.96 | 63 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 119.2 | 106 | 42 | 26 | 2 | 41 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 499 | 168 | 1.228 | 8.0 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 1.12 | |
| 8 | RP | Ed Klieman | 26 | 11 | 13 | .458 | 3.38 | 47 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 178.1 | 185 | 73 | 67 | 4 | 70 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 764 | 97 | 1.430 | 9.3 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 0.63 | |
| 9 | RP | Ray Poat | 26 | 4 | 8 | .333 | 5.13 | 36 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 80.2 | 82 | 50 | 46 | 9 | 37 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 351 | 64 | 1.475 | 9.1 | 1.0 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 1.08 | |
| 10 | RP | Paul Calvert | 26 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.56 | 35 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77.0 | 89 | 48 | 39 | 4 | 38 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 353 | 72 | 1.649 | 10.4 | 0.5 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 0.82 | |
| 11 | RP | Hal Kleine* | 21 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.75 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40.2 | 38 | 29 | 26 | 0 | 36 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 57 | 1.820 | 8.4 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 2.9 | 0.36 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 12 | Earl Henry* | 27 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.58 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 72 | 1.189 | 9.2 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 1.67 | ||
| 13 | Mike Naymick | 26 | 0 | 0 | 9.69 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 34 | 2.000 | 11.1 | 0.7 | 6.9 | 2.8 | 0.40 | |||
| 14 | Bill Bonness* | 20 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.71 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 43 | 2.286 | 14.1 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 1.3 | 0.20 | ||
| 15 | Paul O'Dea* | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 159 | 2.538 | 10.4 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 0.00 | |||
| 16 | Red Embree | 26 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 24 | 2.100 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 13.5 | 10.8 | 0.80 | ||
| Team Totals | 30.0 | 72 | 82 | .468 | 3.65 | 155 | 155 | 107 | 48 | 7 | 18 | 1419.1 | 1428 | 677 | 576 | 40 | 621 | 524 | 28 | 2 | 30 | 6156 | 90 | 1.444 | 9.1 | 0.3 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 0.84 | |||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 4245 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bagby | 27 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 4 | .913 | 1.62 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Steve Biras | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.00 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Bonness | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Lou Boudreau | 26 | 150 | 876 | 340 | 517 | 19 | 134 | .978 | 5.71 | 0 | SS-C | |||||||||||||||
| Paul Calvert | 26 | 35 | 33 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 2 | .909 | 0.86 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Jim Devlin | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | 1 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Red Embree | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.33 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Grant | 25 | 24 | 102 | 44 | 51 | 7 | 6 | .931 | 3.96 | 2B-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Steve Gromek | 24 | 35 | 34 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 3 | .941 | 0.91 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Mel Harder | 34 | 30 | 47 | 11 | 34 | 2 | 3 | .957 | 1.50 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Earl Henry | 27 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.50 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Heving | 43 | 63 | 38 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 0 | .895 | 0.54 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ken Keltner | 27 | 149 | 555 | 168 | 369 | 18 | 37 | .968 | 3.60 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Vern Kennedy | 37 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 1.67 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Hal Kleine | 21 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 0.64 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ed Klieman | 26 | 47 | 51 | 15 | 35 | 1 | 2 | .980 | 1.06 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Russ Lyon | 31 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 3.33 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Ray Mack | 27 | 83 | 493 | 226 | 243 | 24 | 73 | .951 | 5.65 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Jim McDonnell | 21 | 13 | 50 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .900 | 3.46 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Mike Naymick | 26 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 0.57 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Paul O'Dea | 23 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .957 | 3.67 | 1B-P | ||||||||||||||||
| Rusty Peters | 29 | 84 | 398 | 180 | 209 | 9 | 52 | .977 | 4.63 | 2B-SS-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Ray Poat | 26 | 36 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 3 | .944 | 0.47 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Allie Reynolds | 27 | 28 | 30 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 3 | .967 | 1.04 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Mickey Rocco | 28 | 155 | 1616 | 1467 | 138 | 11 | 158 | .993 | 10.35 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Buddy Rosar | 29 | 98 | 473 | 409 | 59 | 5 | 13 | .989 | 4.78 | 2 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Hank Ruszkowski | 18 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.50 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Norm Schlueter | 27 | 43 | 133 | 122 | 9 | 2 | 4 | .985 | 3.05 | 4 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Al Smith | 36 | 28 | 51 | 4 | 46 | 1 | 2 | .980 | 1.79 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| George Susce | 36 | 29 | 96 | 78 | 13 | 5 | 3 | .948 | 3.14 | 3 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 28.8 | 155 | 6350 | 4257 | 1929 | 164 | 521 | .974 | 3.67 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 7 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |