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
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 1,521,978 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 94 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 94
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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 | Jim Hegan | 26 | 135 | 426 | 378 | 38 | 94 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 49 | .249 | .324 | .344 | .668 | 88 | 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 | 104 | 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 | 135 | 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 | 128 | 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 | 101 | 207 | 8 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | Dale Mitchell* | 25 | 123 | 518 | 493 | 69 | 156 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 14 | .316 | .347 | .396 | .742 | 109 | 195 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 7 | 1B | Catfish 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 | Hank Edwards* | 28 | 108 | 427 | 393 | 54 | 102 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 59 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 55 | .260 | .315 | .420 | .735 | 106 | 165 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 9 | Hal Peck* | 30 | 114 | 422 | 392 | 58 | 115 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 44 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 31 | .293 | .342 | .411 | .753 | 111 | 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 | 101 | 98 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 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 | 97 | 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 | 26 | 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 | 171 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | Joe Frazier* | 24 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .071 | .133 | .143 | .276 | -22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 18 | Ted Sepkowski* | 23 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .125 | .222 | .250 | .472 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 19 | 3B | Al Rosen | 23 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | -37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | 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 | 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 | 41 | 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 | 177 | 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 | 91 | 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 | 27 | 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 | -37 | 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 | 92 | 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 | -15 | 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 | -37 | 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 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 37 | P | Lyman Linde | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 28.4 | 157 | 5975 | 5367 | 687 | 1392 | 234 | 51 | 112 | 649 | 29 | 25 | 501 | 607 | .259 | .324 | .385 | .709 | 99 | 2064 | 107 | 14 | 93 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 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 | 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 | 110 | 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 | 77 | 1.475 | 10.2 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 0.63 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 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 | 93 | 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 | 100 | 1.864 | 11.9 | 0.6 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 0.42 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 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 | 84 | 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 | 88 | 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 | 13 | 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 | 13 | 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 | 4 | 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 | 101 | 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 | 4634 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Bearden | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||||||||||||||
| Don Black | 30 | 30 | 47 | 15 | 31 | 1 | 2 | .979 | 1.53 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Bockman | 26 | 17 | 51 | 17 | 31 | 3 | 6 | .941 | 2.82 | 3B-2B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Lou Boudreau | 29 | 148 | 794 | 305 | 475 | 14 | 120 | .982 | 5.27 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Jack Conway | 28 | 30 | 72 | 22 | 42 | 8 | 10 | .889 | 2.13 | SS-2B-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Larry Doby | 23 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.50 | 2B-1B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Cal Dorsett | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||||||||||||||
| Red Embree | 29 | 27 | 37 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 4 | .973 | 1.33 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Feller | 28 | 42 | 68 | 17 | 50 | 1 | 2 | .985 | 1.60 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Les Fleming | 31 | 77 | 733 | 662 | 63 | 8 | 78 | .989 | 9.42 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Al Gettel | 29 | 31 | 35 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.13 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Gordon | 32 | 155 | 825 | 341 | 466 | 18 | 110 | .978 | 5.21 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Steve Gromek | 27 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 0.52 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ernest Groth | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||||||||||||||
| Mel Harder | 37 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 0.73 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Jim Hegan | 26 | 133 | 627 | 566 | 54 | 7 | 14 | .989 | 4.66 | 7 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Ken Keltner | 30 | 150 | 434 | 156 | 266 | 12 | 29 | .972 | 2.81 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Ed Klieman | 29 | 58 | 33 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 3 | .970 | 0.55 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Kuzava | 24 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Lemon | 26 | 37 | 59 | 12 | 46 | 1 | 4 | .983 | 1.57 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Lyman Linde | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||||||||||||||
| Al Lopez | 38 | 57 | 172 | 144 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.02 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Catfish Metkovich | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Robinson | 26 | 87 | 860 | 800 | 55 | 5 | 79 | .994 | 9.83 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Al Rosen | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3B | |||||||||||||||||
| Hank Ruszkowski | 21 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.25 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Bryan Stephens | 26 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 0.48 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Les Willis | 39 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.27 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Roger Wolff | 36 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 28.6 | 157 | 6087 | 4207 | 1776 | 104 | 476 | .983 | 3.46 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 8 | 2 | 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 |