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1947 Cleveland Indians

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946 / 1948

80-74, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Lou Boudreau (80-74)
Scored 687 runs, Allowed 588 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-66

Ballparks: Cleveland Stadium · Attendance: 1,521,978 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 94 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 94


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1946 / 1948 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 Jim Hegan 26 135 426 378 38 94 14 5 4 42 3 1 41 49 .249 .324 .344 .668 87 130 8 1 6
2 1B Eddie Robinson* 26 95 355 318 52 78 10 1 14 52 1 0 30 18 .245 .314 .415 .729 103 132 10 2 5
3 2B Joe Gordon 32 155 626 562 89 153 27 6 29 93 7 3 62 49 .272 .346 .496 .842 134 279 16 1 1
4 SS Lou Boudreau 29 150 623 538 79 165 45 3 4 67 1 0 67 10 .307 .388 .424 .811 127 228 9 4 14
5 3B Ken Keltner 30 151 613 541 49 139 29 3 11 76 5 4 59 45 .257 .331 .383 .714 100 207 8 1 12
6 OF Hank Edwards* 28 108 427 393 54 102 12 3 15 59 1 3 31 55 .260 .315 .420 .735 105 165 4 1 2
7 OF George Metkovich* 26 126 515 473 68 120 22 7 5 40 5 3 32 51 .254 .302 .362 .664 86 171 9 1 9
8 OF Dale Mitchell* 25 123 518 493 69 156 16 10 1 34 2 5 23 14 .316 .347 .396 .742 108 195 2 0 2
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 Hal Peck* 30 114 422 392 58 115 18 2 8 44 3 3 27 31 .293 .342 .411 .753 110 161 6 2 1
10 1B Les Fleming* 31 103 337 281 39 68 14 2 4 43 0 0 53 42 .242 .362 .349 .711 100 98 6 0 3
11 OF Pat Seerey 24 82 251 216 24 37 4 1 11 29 0 1 34 66 .171 .284 .352 .636 78 76 7 0 1
12 C Al Lopez 38 61 136 126 9 33 1 0 0 14 1 1 9 13 .262 .311 .270 .581 64 34 1 0 1
13 IF Eddie Bockman 26 46 71 66 8 17 2 2 1 14 0 0 5 17 .258 .310 .394 .704 96 26 0 0 0
14 SS Jack Conway 28 34 56 50 3 9 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 8 .180 .226 .220 .446 25 11 4 0 3
15 IF Larry Doby* 23 29 33 32 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .156 .182 .188 .369 4 6 2 0 0
16 C Hank Ruszkowski 21 23 29 27 5 7 2 0 3 4 0 0 2 6 .259 .310 .667 .977 169 18 0 0 0
17 OF Joe Frazier* 24 9 15 14 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .071 .133 .143 .276 -23 2 1 0 0
18 OF Ted Sepkowski* 23 10 9 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .125 .222 .250 .472 32 2 0 0 0
19 UT Al Rosen 23 7 9 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 -38 1 0 0 0
20 OF Felix Mackiewicz 29 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 2 0 1
21 Heinz Becker# 31 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
22 Jimmy Wasdell* 33 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 BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
23 P Bob Feller 28 42 114 98 8 18 3 2 0 7 0 1 8 38 .184 .245 .255 .500 40 25 3 0 8
24 P Don Black 30 30 70 66 2 12 2 0 0 8 0 0 1 14 .182 .194 .212 .406 14 14 4 0 3
25 P Bob Lemon* 26 47 64 56 11 18 4 3 2 5 0 0 6 9 .321 .387 .607 .994 176 34 0 0 2
26 P Red Embree 29 28 59 52 5 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 14 .173 .189 .173 .362 2 9 0 0 6
27 P Al Gettel 29 34 54 51 7 15 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 4 .294 .308 .373 .680 90 19 3 1 2
28 P Mel Harder 37 15 35 28 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 .179 .233 .214 .448 26 6 1 0 5
29 P Bryan Stephens 26 31 28 27 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .111 .111 .111 .222 -38 3 0 0 1
30 P Steve Gromek# 27 30 22 22 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .318 .318 .364 .682 91 8 1 0 0
31 P Ed Klieman 29 58 22 19 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .105 .190 .105 .296 -16 2 0 0 1
32 P Les Willis* 39 22 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .091 .091 .091 .182 -49 1 0 0 1
33 P Bob Kuzava# 24 4 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 -38 1 0 0 0
34 P Roger Wolff 36 7 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2
35 P Cal Dorsett 34 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
36 P Ernest Groth 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Lyman Linde 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 P Gene Bearden* 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.4 157 5975 5367 687 1392 234 51 112 649 29 25 501 607 .259 .324 .385 .709 98 2064 107 14 93
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 4 3 1 5 2 7 7 7 2 3 5 2 4 2 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 Bob Feller 28 20 11 .645 2.68 42 37 4 20 5 3 299.0 230 97 89 17 127 196 4 2 7 1218 130 1.194 6.9 0.5 3.8 5.9 1.54
2 SP Don Black 30 10 12 .455 3.92 30 28 1 8 3 0 190.2 177 90 83 17 85 72 1 0 2 806 89 1.374 8.4 0.8 4.0 3.4 0.85
3 SP Red Embree 29 8 10 .444 3.15 27 21 2 6 0 0 162.2 137 65 57 13 67 56 1 0 3 670 111 1.254 7.6 0.7 3.7 3.1 0.84
4 SP Al Gettel 29 11 10 .524 3.20 31 21 5 9 2 0 149.0 122 54 53 12 62 64 3 2 3 611 109 1.235 7.4 0.7 3.7 3.9 1.03
5 SP Mel Harder 37 6 4 .600 4.50 15 15 0 4 1 0 80.0 91 41 40 3 27 17 1 1 0 348 78 1.475 10.2 0.3 3.0 1.9 0.63
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 Ed Klieman 29 5 4 .556 3.03 58 0 34 0 0 17 92.0 78 32 31 5 39 21 2 1 0 384 115 1.272 7.6 0.5 3.8 2.1 0.54
7 RP Bob Lemon 26 11 5 .688 3.44 37 15 15 6 1 3 167.1 150 68 64 7 97 65 4 0 6 725 101 1.476 8.1 0.4 5.2 3.5 0.67
8 RP Bryan Stephens 26 5 10 .333 4.01 31 5 8 1 0 1 92.0 79 46 41 6 39 34 2 0 4 392 87 1.283 7.7 0.6 3.8 3.3 0.87
9 RP Steve Gromek 27 3 5 .375 3.74 29 7 15 0 0 4 84.1 77 43 35 8 36 39 1 0 1 367 94 1.340 8.2 0.9 3.8 4.2 1.08
10 RP Les Willis* 39 0 2 .000 3.48 22 2 13 0 0 1 44.0 58 26 17 3 24 10 0 0 1 207 101 1.864 11.9 0.6 4.9 2.0 0.42
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 Bob Kuzava* 24 1 1 .500 4.15 4 4 0 1 1 0 21.2 22 10 10 1 9 9 1 0 1 94 86 1.431 9.1 0.4 3.7 3.7 1.00
12 Roger Wolff 36 0 0 3.94 7 2 3 0 0 0 16.0 15 7 7 1 10 5 2 0 0 72 91 1.563 8.4 0.6 5.6 2.8 0.50
13 Ernest Groth 25 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 0.750 0.0 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
14 Cal Dorsett 34 0 0 27.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 3 4 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 9 17 4.500 20.3 6.8 20.3 6.8 0.33
15 Lyman Linde 26 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 21 6.000 40.5 0.0 13.5 0.0 0.00
16 Gene Bearden* 26 0 0 81.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 10 9.000 54.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 29.0 80 74 .519 3.44 157 157 102 55 13 29 1402.1 1244 588 536 94 628 590 22 6 29 5917 102 1.335 8.0 0.6 4.0 3.8 0.94
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 5 2 6 4 1 1 2 2 2 6 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
Gene Bearden 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Don Black 30 30 28 8 47 15 31 1 2 .979 1.53 P
Eddie Bockman 26 18 10 8 58 22 33 3 8 .948 3.06 3B-2B-SS-OF
Lou Boudreau 29 148 147 132 794 305 475 14 120 .982 5.27 SS
Jack Conway 28 29 11 8 72 22 42 8 10 .889 2.13 SS-2B-3B
Larry Doby 23 6 1 1 15 11 4 0 1 1.000 2.50 2B-1B-SS
Cal Dorsett 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Hank Edwards 28 100 96 81 204 199 3 2 0 .990 2.02 OF
Red Embree 29 27 21 6 37 6 30 1 4 .973 1.33 P
Bob Feller 28 42 37 20 68 17 50 1 2 .985 1.60 P
Les Fleming 31 77 75 68 733 662 63 8 78 .989 9.42 1B
Joe Frazier 24 5 3 3 7 6 0 1 0 .857 1.20 OF
Al Gettel 29 31 21 9 35 7 28 0 1 1.000 1.13 P
Joe Gordon 32 155 154 146 825 341 466 18 110 .978 5.21 2B
Steve Gromek 27 29 7 0 16 2 13 1 0 .938 0.52 P
Ernest Groth 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Mel Harder 37 15 15 4 12 0 11 1 0 .917 0.73 P
Jim Hegan 26 133 120 89 627 566 54 7 14 .989 4.66 7 22 38 63% C
Ken Keltner 30 150 150 142 434 156 266 12 29 .972 2.81 3B
Ed Klieman 29 58 0 0 33 12 20 1 3 .970 0.55 P
Bob Kuzava 24 4 4 1 8 0 8 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Bob Lemon 26 39 15 6 60 13 46 1 4 .983 1.51 P-OF
Lyman Linde 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Al Lopez 38 57 37 20 172 144 28 0 1 1.000 3.02 0 9 12 57% C
Felix Mackiewicz 29 2 1 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 OF
George Metkovich 26 120 111 104 357 350 3 4 2 .989 2.94 OF-1B
Dale Mitchell 25 115 111 97 266 252 8 6 1 .977 2.26 OF
Hal Peck 30 97 94 78 174 166 5 3 3 .983 1.76 OF
Eddie Robinson 26 87 81 79 860 800 55 5 79 .994 9.83 1B
Al Rosen 23 3 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.67 3B-OF
Hank Ruszkowski 21 16 0 0 20 14 6 0 0 1.000 1.25 0 0 0 C
Pat Seerey 24 68 53 50 117 105 7 5 1 .957 1.65 OF
Ted Sepkowski 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 OF
Bryan Stephens 26 31 5 1 16 5 10 1 0 .938 0.48 P
Les Willis 39 22 2 0 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 0.27 P
Roger Wolff 36 7 2 0 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.00 P
Team Totals 28.6 157 1413 1162 6087 4207 1776 104 476 .983 3.46 7 31 50 62%
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 2 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
Heinz Becker# 31 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded
Don Black 30 70 -8 0 0 0 0 5 2 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Eddie Bockman 26 71 -1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ Traded 5/47O6
Lou Boudreau 29 623 24 1 0 0 19 10 16 70 7.3 51 5.3 2.0 $ Amateur Free Agent *6
Jack Conway 28 56 -5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 -3 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 6/45
Larry Doby* 23 33 -4 0 0 0 0 0 1 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ Free Agency /436
Hank Edwards* 28 427 3 0 0 0 5 -5 12 15 1.5 10 1.0 0.5 $ Amateur Free Agent O97
Red Embree 29 59 -7 0 0 0 0 4 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
Bob Feller 28 114 -8 0 0 0 0 8 3 3 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $82,000 Amateur Free Agent 1
Les Fleming* 31 337 3 0 0 0 5 -4 9 13 1.3 8 0.8 0.5 $ 3
Joe Frazier* 24 15 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /O9
Al Gettel 29 54 -1 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ Traded 1
Joe Gordon 32 626 26 1 0 0 15 7 17 66 6.9 51 5.3 1.6 $ Traded *4
Steve Gromek# 27 22 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Mel Harder 37 35 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
Jim Hegan 26 426 -5 0 0 0 1 4 11 11 1.1 10 1.0 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent *2
Ken Keltner 30 613 2 -3 0 0 5 0 16 20 2.0 15 1.6 0.4 $ Minor Lg Working Ag *5
Ed Klieman 29 22 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Unknown 1
Bob Kuzava# 24 9 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Bob Lemon* 26 64 5 1 0 0 0 5 2 13 1.3 13 1.3 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1/O89
Al Lopez 38 136 -5 0 0 0 1 2 4 2 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Traded 2
Felix Mackiewicz 29 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /8O
George Metkovich* 26 515 -9 3 0 0 8 -1 14 15 1.4 7 0.7 0.7 $ Purchased *8O/93
Dale Mitchell* 25 518 7 1 0 0 1 -4 13 18 1.9 17 1.8 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent *O78/9
Hal Peck* 30 422 7 1 0 0 3 -4 11 18 1.9 15 1.6 0.3 $ Traded O9/7
Eddie Robinson* 26 355 2 2 0 0 4 -4 10 14 1.4 10 1.0 0.4 $ Purchased 3
Al Rosen 23 9 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /57O
Hank Ruszkowski 21 29 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 2
Pat Seerey 24 251 -7 -1 0 0 -2 -3 7 -6 -0.7 -4 -0.4 -0.3 $ O79/8
Ted Sepkowski* 23 9 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /O9
Bryan Stephens 26 28 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Free Agency 1
Jimmy Wasdell* 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Free Agency
Les Willis* 39 12 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Roger Wolff 36 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded /1
Team Total 28.4 5974 -2 6 0 0 65 37 158 264 26.3 199 20.6 5.7 $82,000
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
Gene Bearden* 26 0.1 0 3 0 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $ Traded
Don Black 30 190.2 28 90 104 6 1.0 14 0.2 $ Purchased
Cal Dorsett 34 1.1 0 4 1 0 1.0 -3 -0.4 $ Free Agency
Red Embree 29 162.2 21 65 88 5 1.0 23 1.5 $
Bob Feller 28 299.0 37 97 162 10 1.0 65 5.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
Al Gettel 29 149.0 21 54 81 5 1.0 27 2.0 $ Traded
Steve Gromek 27 84.1 7 43 46 3 1.0 3 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Ernest Groth 25 1.1 0 0 1 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
Mel Harder 37 80.0 15 41 43 3 1.0 2 -0.3 $
Ed Klieman 29 92.0 0 32 50 3 1.0 18 1.4 $ Unknown
Bob Kuzava* 24 21.2 4 10 12 1 1.0 2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bob Lemon 26 167.1 15 68 91 5 1.0 23 1.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
Lyman Linde 26 0.2 0 2 0 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $ Rule 5 Draft
Bryan Stephens 26 92.0 5 46 50 3 1.0 4 -0.2 $ Free Agency
Les Willis* 39 44.0 2 26 24 1 1.0 -2 -0.6 $ Rule 5 Draft
Roger Wolff 36 16.0 2 7 9 1 1.0 2 0.1 $ Traded
Team Total 29.0 1402.1 157 588 762 46 1.0 174 9.8 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1946 / 1948 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics