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1945 Cleveland Indians

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1944 / 1946

73-72, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Lou Boudreau (73-72)
Scored 557 runs, Allowed 548 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-71

Ballparks: Cleveland Stadium & League Park II · Attendance: 558,182 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 95, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98


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1944 / 1946 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 Frankie Hayes 30 119 450 385 39 91 15 6 6 43 1 1 53 52 .236 .335 .353 .688 104 136 8 4 8
2 1B Mickey Rocco* 29 143 628 565 81 149 28 6 10 56 0 4 52 40 .264 .326 .388 .713 111 219 12 0 11
3 2B Dutch Meyer 29 130 567 524 71 153 29 8 7 48 2 4 40 32 .292 .342 .418 .760 125 219 12 0 3
4 SS Lou Boudreau 27 97 402 345 50 106 24 1 3 48 0 4 35 20 .307 .374 .409 .783 132 141 9 2 20
5 3B Don Ross 30 106 417 363 26 95 15 1 2 43 0 4 42 15 .262 .340 .325 .665 97 118 10 1 11
6 OF Pat Seerey 22 126 485 414 56 98 22 2 14 56 1 2 66 97 .237 .342 .401 .743 120 166 9 0 5
7 OF Jeff Heath* 30 102 429 370 60 113 16 7 15 61 3 1 56 39 .305 .398 .508 .906 168 188 6 1 2
8 OF Felix Mackiewicz 27 120 411 359 42 98 14 7 2 37 5 5 44 41 .273 .356 .368 .723 115 132 13 2 6
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 IF Al Cihocki 21 92 307 283 21 60 9 3 0 24 2 1 11 48 .212 .241 .265 .507 50 75 5 0 13
10 OF Paul O'Dea* 24 87 250 221 21 52 2 2 1 21 3 0 20 26 .235 .299 .276 .575 71 61 10 0 9
11 OF Les Fleming* 29 42 153 140 18 46 10 2 3 22 0 0 11 5 .329 .382 .493 .874 159 69 3 1 1
12 OF Myril Hoag 37 40 143 128 10 27 5 3 0 3 1 2 11 18 .211 .279 .297 .575 71 38 1 1 3
13 IF Ed Wheeler 30 46 81 72 12 14 2 0 0 2 1 1 8 13 .194 .275 .222 .497 48 16 0 0 1
14 OF Eddie Carnett* 28 30 76 73 5 16 7 0 0 7 0 1 2 9 .219 .250 .315 .565 67 23 1 1 0
15 C Jim McDonnell* 22 28 55 51 3 10 2 0 0 8 0 0 2 4 .196 .226 .235 .462 37 12 2 0 2
16 C Hank Ruszkowski 19 14 53 49 2 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 4 9 .204 .264 .204 .468 40 10 2 0 0
17 SS Elmer Weingartner 26 20 44 39 5 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 11 .231 .302 .256 .559 66 10 0 0 1
18 UT Roy Cullenbine# 31 8 24 13 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 .077 .500 .154 .654 97 2 0 0 0
19 C Red Steiner* 30 12 21 20 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .150 .190 .150 .340 1 3 1 0 0
20 OF Stan Benjamin 31 14 21 21 1 7 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .429 .762 125 9 0 0 0
21 1B Papa Williams 31 16 20 19 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .211 .250 .211 .461 37 4 0 0 0
22 3B Bob Rothel 21 4 13 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .200 .385 .200 .585 75 2 1 0 0
23 C Gene Desautels 38 10 10 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .111 .200 .111 .311 -7 1 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
24 P Steve Gromek# 25 37 104 91 8 21 2 0 0 10 0 0 10 17 .231 .307 .253 .560 67 23 2 0 3
25 P Allie Reynolds 28 44 94 85 1 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 12 .094 .115 .106 .221 -34 9 2 1 7
26 P Jim Bagby 28 25 61 58 6 17 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 7 .293 .317 .310 .627 86 18 0 0 1
27 P Al Smith* 37 22 49 41 2 12 2 0 0 2 0 0 6 6 .293 .383 .341 .724 115 14 1 0 2
28 P Ed Klieman 27 38 43 40 1 8 2 0 1 4 0 0 1 13 .200 .220 .325 .545 61 13 2 0 2
29 P Bob Feller 26 9 29 25 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 12 .160 .250 .160 .410 23 4 0 0 1
30 P Mel Harder 35 11 28 25 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .080 .080 .120 .200 -41 3 3 0 3
31 P Red Embree 27 8 27 21 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .143 .217 .143 .360 8 3 1 0 4
32 P Pete Center 33 31 23 22 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .091 .130 .091 .221 -34 2 0 0 0
33 P Jack Salveson 31 19 11 10 3 4 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 .400 .455 .900 1.355 298 9 0 0 0
34 P Earl Henry* 28 16 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 197 2 0 0 0
35 P Hal Kleine* 22 3 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .667 1.000 194 2 0 0 0
36 P Paul Calvert 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.7 147 5536 4898 557 1249 216 48 65 521 19 31 505 577 .255 .326 .359 .685 103 1756 116 14 119
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 7 8 3 4 3 8 7 5 1 6 4 3 2 6 6 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 Steve Gromek 25 19 9 .679 2.55 33 30 2 21 3 1 251.0 229 80 71 6 66 101 4 1 0 1026 127 1.175 8.2 0.2 2.4 3.6 1.53
2 SP Allie Reynolds 28 18 12 .600 3.20 44 30 9 16 2 4 247.1 227 102 88 7 130 112 5 1 1 1074 101 1.443 8.3 0.3 4.7 4.1 0.86
3 SP Jim Bagby 28 8 11 .421 3.73 25 19 5 11 3 1 159.1 171 70 66 3 59 38 2 1 5 688 87 1.444 9.7 0.2 3.3 2.1 0.64
4 SP Al Smith* 37 5 12 .294 3.84 21 19 1 8 3 1 133.2 141 74 57 8 48 34 2 0 3 576 84 1.414 9.5 0.5 3.2 2.3 0.71
5 SP Mel Harder 35 3 7 .300 3.67 11 11 0 2 0 0 76.0 93 37 31 3 23 16 0 0 4 335 89 1.526 11.0 0.4 2.7 1.9 0.70
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 RP Ed Klieman 27 5 8 .385 3.85 38 12 18 4 1 4 126.1 123 60 54 3 49 33 4 0 4 539 84 1.361 8.8 0.2 3.5 2.4 0.67
7 RP Pete Center 33 6 3 .667 3.99 31 8 14 2 0 1 85.2 89 42 38 2 28 34 1 0 2 369 81 1.366 9.4 0.2 2.9 3.6 1.21
8 RP Jack Salveson 31 0 0 3.68 19 0 10 0 0 0 44.0 52 23 18 3 6 11 1 0 0 186 89 1.318 10.6 0.6 1.2 2.3 1.83
9 RP Earl Henry* 28 0 3 .000 5.40 15 1 7 0 0 0 21.2 20 13 13 0 20 10 1 0 1 101 61 1.846 8.3 0.0 8.3 4.2 0.50
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
10 Bob Feller 26 5 3 .625 2.50 9 9 0 7 1 0 72.0 50 21 20 1 35 59 2 0 1 300 130 1.181 6.3 0.1 4.4 7.4 1.69
11 Red Embree 27 4 4 .500 1.93 8 8 0 5 1 0 70.0 56 17 15 3 26 42 0 0 1 292 169 1.171 7.2 0.4 3.3 5.4 1.62
12 Hal Kleine* 22 0 0 3.86 3 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 8 4 3 0 7 5 0 2 1 35 89 2.143 10.3 0.0 9.0 6.4 0.71
13 Myril Hoag 37 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 1.333 9.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.00
14 Paul O'Dea* 24 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 13 30 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
15 Eddie Carnett* 28 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5
16 Paul Calvert 27 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 8 32 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
Team Totals 28.9 73 72 .503 3.31 147 147 71 76 14 12 1302.1 1269 548 479 39 501 497 22 5 23 5559 98 1.359 8.8 0.3 3.5 3.4 0.99
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 4 4 6 4 5 8 1 1 3 1 4 5
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 28 25 19 11 64 13 47 4 3 .938 2.40 P
Stan Benjamin 31 4 3 3 11 9 2 0 0 1.000 2.75 OF
Lou Boudreau 27 97 96 95 515 217 289 9 73 .983 5.22 SS
Paul Calvert 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Eddie Carnett 28 18 14 13 35 33 1 1 1 .971 1.89 P-OF
Pete Center 33 31 8 2 11 4 7 0 1 1.000 0.35 P
Al Cihocki 21 92 84 63 377 154 208 15 42 .960 3.89 SS-3B-2B
Roy Cullenbine 31 7 6 5 12 8 3 1 0 .917 1.57 OF-3B
Gene Desautels 38 10 1 0 11 8 3 0 1 1.000 1.10 1 1 1 50% C
Red Embree 27 8 8 5 20 5 15 0 0 1.000 2.50 P
Bob Feller 26 9 9 7 11 7 4 0 0 1.000 1.22 P
Les Fleming 29 38 38 20 102 91 6 5 4 .951 2.55 OF-1B
Steve Gromek 25 33 30 21 48 15 31 2 1 .958 1.39 P
Mel Harder 35 11 11 2 25 6 19 0 1 1.000 2.27 P
Frankie Hayes 30 119 118 98 578 508 63 7 23 .988 4.80 11 56 31 36% C
Jeff Heath 30 101 100 98 223 214 3 6 1 .973 2.15 OF
Earl Henry 28 15 1 0 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 0.60 P
Myril Hoag 37 35 30 29 79 73 5 1 1 .987 2.23 P-OF
Hal Kleine 22 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Ed Klieman 27 38 12 4 51 12 37 2 3 .961 1.29 P
Felix Mackiewicz 27 112 95 91 303 288 11 4 4 .987 2.67 OF
Jim McDonnell 22 23 11 10 99 85 12 2 4 .980 4.22 2 2 6 75% C
Dutch Meyer 29 130 128 122 644 317 313 14 66 .978 4.85 2B
Paul O'Dea 24 54 51 46 124 118 5 1 2 .992 2.28 P-OF
Allie Reynolds 28 44 30 16 60 11 44 5 3 .917 1.25 P
Mickey Rocco 29 141 140 139 1328 1203 115 10 112 .992 9.35 1B
Don Ross 30 106 103 102 307 119 175 13 14 .958 2.77 3B
Bob Rothel 21 4 4 3 8 2 5 1 0 .875 1.75 3B
Hank Ruszkowski 19 14 14 14 79 63 14 2 2 .975 5.50 3 9 7 44% C
Jack Salveson 31 19 0 0 17 4 13 0 0 1.000 0.89 P
Pat Seerey 22 117 112 93 240 227 7 6 3 .975 2.00 OF
Al Smith 37 21 19 8 44 6 37 1 3 .977 2.05 P
Red Steiner 30 4 3 3 18 15 3 0 1 1.000 4.50 1 0 0 C
Elmer Weingartner 26 20 10 7 70 29 32 9 7 .871 3.05 SS
Ed Wheeler 30 26 13 10 57 29 23 5 1 .912 1.86 3B-SS-2B
Papa Williams 31 3 2 1 15 13 2 0 2 1.000 5.00 1B
Team Totals 27.8 147 1323 1141 5596 3909 1561 126 379 .977 3.56 18 68 45 40%
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 5 1
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 28 61 -1 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 0.4 4 0.5 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Stan Benjamin 31 21 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /O79
Lou Boudreau 27 402 12 -1 0 0 4 6 9 30 3.1 26 2.9 0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent 6
Eddie Carnett* 28 76 -4 -1 0 0 0 -1 2 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.5 0.0 $ Traded O/7918
Pete Center 33 23 -4 0 0 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 1
Al Cihocki 21 307 -20 0 0 0 -1 4 7 -10 -1.3 -9 -1.0 -0.3 $ 654
Roy Cullenbine# 31 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Traded /O95
Gene Desautels 38 10 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 2
Red Embree 27 27 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ /1
Bob Feller 26 29 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Les Fleming* 29 153 9 0 0 0 -2 -2 3 8 1.0 10 1.1 -0.1 $ O9/3
Steve Gromek# 25 104 -4 0 0 0 0 6 2 4 0.4 4 0.5 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Mel Harder 35 28 -5 0 0 0 0 1 1 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 1
Frankie Hayes 30 450 0 0 0 0 3 4 10 17 1.7 14 1.6 0.1 $ Traded *2
Jeff Heath* 30 429 29 1 0 0 -2 -5 9 32 3.7 34 3.8 -0.1 $ 7O
Earl Henry* 28 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
Myril Hoag 37 143 -6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 -4 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $ Purchased O8/91
Hal Kleine* 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Ed Klieman 27 43 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Unknown 1
Felix Mackiewicz 27 411 5 0 0 0 0 -1 9 13 1.4 13 1.5 -0.1 $ *8O
Jim McDonnell* 22 55 -4 0 0 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 2
Dutch Meyer 29 567 12 1 0 0 -6 6 12 25 2.7 31 3.5 -0.8 $ Traded *4
Paul O'Dea* 24 250 -9 1 0 0 3 -2 5 -2 -0.3 -5 -0.6 0.3 $ O9/1
Allie Reynolds 28 94 -14 0 0 0 0 5 2 -7 -0.9 -7 -0.8 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Mickey Rocco* 29 628 4 1 0 0 2 -6 13 14 1.5 12 1.4 0.1 $ *3
Don Ross 30 417 -2 -3 0 0 -4 0 9 0 -0.1 4 0.5 -0.6 $ Traded *5
Bob Rothel 21 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /5
Hank Ruszkowski 19 53 -4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -4 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 2
Jack Salveson 31 11 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.4 3 0.3 0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Pat Seerey 22 485 7 -1 0 0 -5 -5 11 7 0.8 12 1.4 -0.6 $ *O978
Al Smith* 37 49 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 5 0.5 5 0.6 -0.1 $ 1
Red Steiner* 30 21 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /2
Elmer Weingartner 26 44 -2 0 0 0 -3 1 1 -3 -0.3 0 0.0 -0.3 $ 6
Ed Wheeler 30 81 -5 0 0 0 -3 1 2 -5 -0.6 -2 -0.2 -0.4 $ Rule 5 Draft 56/4
Papa Williams 31 20 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /3
Team Total 27.7 5536 -14 -3 0 0 -16 27 119 113 11.3 129 14.9 -3.6 $
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 28 159.1 19 70 76 -1 1.0 6 0.6 $ Traded
Paul Calvert 27 1.1 0 2 1 0 1.0 -1 -0.2 $ Free Agency
Eddie Carnett* 28 2.0 0 0 1 0 1.0 1 0.1 $ Traded
Pete Center 33 85.2 8 42 41 -1 1.0 -1 -0.2 $
Red Embree 27 70.0 8 17 34 -1 1.0 17 1.9 $
Bob Feller 26 72.0 9 21 35 -1 1.0 14 1.5 $ Amateur Free Agent
Steve Gromek 25 251.0 30 80 120 -2 1.0 40 4.6 $ Amateur Free Agent
Mel Harder 35 76.0 11 37 36 -1 1.0 -1 -0.1 $
Earl Henry* 28 21.2 1 13 10 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $
Myril Hoag 37 3.0 0 0 1 0 1.0 1 0.2 $ Purchased
Hal Kleine* 22 7.0 0 4 3 0 1.0 -1 -0.1 $
Ed Klieman 27 126.1 12 60 61 -1 1.0 1 0.0 $ Unknown
Paul O'Dea* 24 2.0 0 3 1 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $
Allie Reynolds 28 247.1 30 102 119 -2 1.0 17 1.8 $ Amateur Free Agent
Jack Salveson 31 44.0 0 23 21 0 1.0 -2 -0.3 $ Rule 5 Draft
Al Smith* 37 133.2 19 74 64 -1 1.0 -10 -1.3 $
Team Total 28.9 1302.1 147 548 624 -11 1.0 76 8.0 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1944 / 1946 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics