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1946 Cleveland Indians

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1945 / 1947

68-86, Finished 6th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Lou Boudreau (68-86)
Scored 537 runs, Allowed 638 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-89

Ballparks: Cleveland Stadium & League Park II · Attendance: 1,057,289 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 93, Pitching - 94 · one-year: Batting - 88, Pitching - 90


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1945 / 1947 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 Salary
Heinz Becker 30 B R 6' 2" 200 Aug 26, 1915 3 50 42 50 43 0 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.5 $
Joe Berry 41 L R 5' 10" 145 Dec 16, 1904 4 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Don Black 29 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 20, 1916 4 18 4 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Lou Boudreau HOF 28 R R 5' 11" 185 Jul 17, 1917 9 140 138 140 139 0 0 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.8 $30,000
Charlie Brewster 29 R R 5' 8" 175 Dec 27, 1916 3 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 $
George Case 30 R R 6' 0" 183 Nov 11, 1915 10 118 114 118 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 118 0 0 118 0 0 -1.8 $
Pete Center 34 R R 6' 4" 190 Apr 22, 1912 4 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Jack Conway 27 R R 5' 11" 175 Jul 30, 1918 2 68 63 68 65 0 0 0 50 3 14 0 0 0 0 3 0 -1.2 $
Hank Edwards 27 L L 6' 0" 190 Jan 29, 1919 4 124 118 124 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 121 123 5 0 3.2 $
Red Embree 28 R R 6' 0" 165 Aug 30, 1917 5 28 26 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $
Bob Feller HOF 27 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 3, 1918 8 48 42 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.5 $ All-Star
Tom Ferrick 31 R R 6' 2" 220 Jan 6, 1915 3 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Ray Flanigan 23 R R 6' 0" 190 Jan 8, 1923 1st 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Les Fleming 30 L L 5' 10" 185 Aug 7, 1915 5 99 77 99 81 0 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18 0 1.8 $
Charlie Gassaway 27 L L 6' 2" 210 Aug 12, 1918 3 13 6 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Steve Gromek 26 B R 6' 2" 180 Jan 15, 1920 6 37 21 37 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 -0.3 $
Mel Harder 36 R R 6' 1" 195 Oct 15, 1909 19 13 12 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Frankie Hayes 31 R R 6' 0" 185 Oct 13, 1914 13 51 47 51 50 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.4 $ All-Star
Jim Hegan 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Aug 3, 1920 3 88 79 88 88 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Vic Johnson 25 R L 6' 0" 160 Aug 3, 1920 3 9 1 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Tom Jordan 26 R R 6' 1" 195 Sep 5, 1919 2 14 7 14 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Ken Keltner 29 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 31, 1916 9 116 108 116 112 0 0 0 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.4 $ All-Star
Ed Klieman 28 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 21, 1918 4 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Joe Krakauskas 31 L L 6' 1" 203 Mar 28, 1915 7 29 5 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Bob Kuzava 23 B L 6' 2" 202 May 28, 1923 1st 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Bob Lemon HOF 25 L R 6' 0" 180 Sep 22, 1920 3 55 17 55 44 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 12 8 3 0.6 $
Sherm Lollar 21 R R 6' 1" 185 Aug 23, 1924 1st 28 18 28 24 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.2 $
Ray Mack 29 R R 6' 0" 200 Aug 31, 1916 8 61 53 61 61 0 0 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Felix Mackiewicz 28 R R 6' 2" 195 Nov 20, 1917 5 78 65 78 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 1 72 5 1 -0.2 $
Ralph McCabe 27 R R 6' 4" 195 Oct 21, 1918 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Dutch Meyer 30 R R 5' 10" 181 Oct 6, 1915 6 72 53 72 64 0 0 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.1 $
Buster Mills 37 R R 5' 11" 195 Sep 16, 1908 7 9 5 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 3 0 -0.2 $
Dale Mitchell 24 L L 6' 1" 195 Aug 23, 1921 1st 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 11 0 0 0.5 $
Blas Monaco 30 B R 5' 11" 170 Nov 16, 1915 2 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 -0.1 $
Howie Moss 27 R R 5' 11" 185 Oct 17, 1918 2 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Rusty Peters 31 R R 5' 11" 170 Dec 14, 1914 9 9 5 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.2 $
Johnny Podgajny 26 R R 6' 2" 173 Jun 10, 1920 5 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Jackie Price 33 L R 5' 10" 150 Nov 13, 1912 1st 7 3 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.1 $
Allie Reynolds 29 R R 6' 0" 195 Feb 10, 1917 5 35 28 35 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 -0.1 $
Eddie Robinson 25 L R 6' 2" 210 Dec 15, 1920 2 8 8 8 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Mickey Rocco 30 L L 5' 11" 188 Mar 2, 1916 4 34 26 34 27 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.2 $
Don Ross 31 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 16, 1914 7 55 37 55 43 0 0 0 0 41 0 0 0 2 2 12 0 0.3 $
Pat Seerey 23 R R 5' 10" 200 Mar 17, 1923 4 117 112 117 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 40 43 115 2 0 2.1 $
Ted Sepkowski 22 L R 5' 11" 190 Nov 9, 1923 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Jimmy Wasdell 32 L L 5' 11" 185 May 15, 1914 10 32 4 32 7 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 25 0 -0.2 $
Les Webber 31 R R 6' 0" 185 May 6, 1915 5 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $
Ralph Weigel 24 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 2, 1921 1st 6 5 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Gene Woodling 23 L R 5' 9" 195 Aug 16, 1922 2 61 28 61 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 32 1 37 23 3 -0.7 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Don Ross

Ray Mack

Dutch Meyer

Jack Conway

Lou Boudreau

Bob Lemon

George Case
Blas Monaco

Les Fleming
Howie Moss

Ken Keltner

Mickey Rocco
Jimmy Wasdell

Frankie Hayes

Sherm Lollar
Rusty Peters

Jim Hegan

Heinz Becker
George Case

Gene Woodling

Felix Mackiewicz

Mel Harder

Bob Feller

Charlie Brewster
Bob Kuzava

Allie Reynolds

Joe Berry
Vic Johnson

Pat Seerey

Buster Mills

Steve Gromek

Tom Ferrick
Tom Jordan

Pete Center

Ray Flanigan
Joe Krakauskas

Charlie Gassaway
Johnny Podgajny

Hank Edwards

Ed Klieman
Ralph McCabe
Les Webber
Ralph Weigel

Eddie Robinson

Don Black
Jackie Price

Red Embree

Ed Klieman

Ted Sepkowski

Howie Moss

Ralph Weigel

Les Webber

Ray Flanigan

Dale Mitchell

1945 / 1947 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers