Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947 / 1949
97-58, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Lou Boudreau (97-58)
Scored 840 runs, Allowed 568 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 104-51
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 2,620,627 (1st of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 95 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 94
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Won World Series (4-2) over Boston Braves |

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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 | 27 | 144 | 524 | 472 | 60 | 117 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 61 | 6 | 3 | 48 | 74 | .248 | .317 | .407 | .724 | 93 | 192 | 10 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1B | Eddie Robinson* | 27 | 134 | 540 | 493 | 53 | 125 | 18 | 5 | 16 | 83 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 42 | .254 | .307 | .408 | .715 | 91 | 201 | 13 | 2 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 2B | Joe Gordon | 33 | 144 | 633 | 550 | 96 | 154 | 21 | 4 | 32 | 124 | 5 | 2 | 77 | 68 | .280 | .371 | .507 | .879 | 134 | 279 | 16 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | SS | Lou Boudreau | 30 | 152 | 676 | 560 | 116 | 199 | 34 | 6 | 18 | 106 | 3 | 2 | 98 | 9 | .355 | .453 | .534 | .987 | 164 | 299 | 15 | 2 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 3B | Ken Keltner | 31 | 153 | 656 | 558 | 91 | 166 | 24 | 4 | 31 | 119 | 2 | 1 | 89 | 52 | .297 | .395 | .522 | .917 | 145 | 291 | 23 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 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* | 26 | 141 | 656 | 608 | 82 | 204 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 56 | 13 | 18 | 45 | 17 | .336 | .383 | .431 | .814 | 118 | 262 | 9 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 7 | Larry Doby* | 24 | 121 | 500 | 439 | 83 | 132 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 66 | 9 | 9 | 54 | 77 | .301 | .384 | .490 | .873 | 133 | 215 | 8 | 5 | 2 | |||
| 8 | CI | Allie Clark | 25 | 81 | 298 | 271 | 43 | 84 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 13 | .310 | .364 | .443 | .807 | 116 | 120 | 12 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 1B | Wally Judnich* | 31 | 79 | 281 | 218 | 36 | 56 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 56 | 23 | .257 | .411 | .372 | .782 | 111 | 81 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 10 | Thurman Tucker* | 30 | 83 | 274 | 242 | 52 | 63 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 31 | 17 | .260 | .347 | .343 | .690 | 85 | 83 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 11 | IF | Johnny Berardino | 31 | 66 | 179 | 147 | 19 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 16 | .190 | .328 | .279 | .607 | 64 | 41 | 6 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 12 | Hank Edwards* | 29 | 55 | 179 | 160 | 27 | 43 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18 | .269 | .346 | .406 | .753 | 101 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 13 | C | Joe Tipton | 26 | 47 | 97 | 90 | 11 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .289 | .333 | .356 | .689 | 85 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 14 | IF | Bob Kennedy | 27 | 66 | 80 | 73 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .301 | .338 | .397 | .735 | 97 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 15 | Hal Peck* | 31 | 45 | 68 | 63 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .286 | .328 | .333 | .662 | 78 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 16 | Pat Seerey | 25 | 10 | 31 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .261 | .433 | .391 | .825 | 122 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 17 | SS | Ray Boone | 24 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .600 | 1.000 | 166 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | 3B | Al Rosen | 24 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | Ray Murray | 30 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .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 | ||||||
| 20 | P | Bob Lemon* | 27 | 52 | 129 | 119 | 20 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 23 | .286 | .331 | .487 | .818 | 118 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 21 | P | Bob Feller | 29 | 44 | 106 | 95 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | .095 | .113 | .116 | .229 | -38 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
| 22 | P | Gene Bearden* | 27 | 37 | 97 | 90 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .256 | .295 | .356 | .650 | 74 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 23 | P | Steve Gromek# | 28 | 38 | 45 | 41 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .146 | .205 | .171 | .375 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 24 | P | Sam Zoldak* | 29 | 23 | 39 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .139 | .162 | .167 | .329 | -12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 25 | P | Satchel Paige | 41 | 21 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .087 | .087 | .087 | .174 | -53 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 26 | P | Bob Muncrief | 32 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | -15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 27 | P | Don Black | 31 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 28 | P | Ed Klieman | 30 | 44 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 29 | P | Russ Christopher | 30 | 45 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | -30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 30 | P | Bill Kennedy* | 27 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .750 | .667 | 1.417 | 282 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 31 | P | Al Gettel | 30 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 32 | P | Lyman Linde | 27 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 33 | P | Les Webber | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 34 | P | Butch Wensloff | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 35 | P | Ernest Groth | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 36 | P | Mike Garcia | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 28.6 | 156 | 6201 | 5446 | 840 | 1534 | 242 | 54 | 155 | 801 | 54 | 44 | 646 | 575 | .282 | .360 | .431 | .792 | 112 | 2349 | 132 | 24 | 85 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 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 Lemon | 27 | 20 | 14 | .588 | 2.82 | 43 | 37 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 293.2 | 231 | 104 | 92 | 12 | 129 | 147 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1214 | 144 | 1.226 | 7.1 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 1.14 | |
| 2 | SP | Bob Feller | 29 | 19 | 15 | .559 | 3.56 | 44 | 38 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 280.1 | 255 | 123 | 111 | 20 | 116 | 164 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1186 | 114 | 1.323 | 8.2 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 1.41 | |
| 3 | SP | Gene Bearden* | 27 | 20 | 7 | .741 | 2.43 | 37 | 29 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 229.2 | 187 | 72 | 62 | 9 | 106 | 80 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 935 | 167 | 1.276 | 7.3 | 0.4 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 0.75 | |
| 4 | SP | Sam Zoldak* | 29 | 9 | 6 | .600 | 2.81 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 105.2 | 104 | 37 | 33 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 428 | 145 | 1.211 | 8.9 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.71 | |
| 5 | SP | Don Black | 31 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.37 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 57 | 33 | 31 | 5 | 40 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 249 | 76 | 1.865 | 9.9 | 0.9 | 6.9 | 2.8 | 0.40 | |
| 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 | Russ Christopher | 30 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.90 | 45 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 59.0 | 55 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 255 | 140 | 1.390 | 8.4 | 0.5 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 0.52 | |
| 7 | RP | Steve Gromek | 28 | 9 | 3 | .750 | 2.84 | 38 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 130.0 | 109 | 52 | 41 | 10 | 51 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 546 | 143 | 1.231 | 7.5 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.98 | |
| 8 | RP | Ed Klieman | 30 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.60 | 44 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 79.2 | 62 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 46 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 330 | 157 | 1.356 | 7.0 | 0.3 | 5.2 | 2.0 | 0.39 | |
| 9 | RP | Satchel Paige | 41 | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.48 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 72.2 | 61 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 22 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 298 | 164 | 1.142 | 7.6 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 5.3 | 1.95 | |
| 10 | RP | Bob Muncrief | 32 | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.98 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 72.1 | 76 | 37 | 32 | 8 | 31 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 309 | 102 | 1.479 | 9.5 | 1.0 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 0.77 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 11 | Bill Kennedy* | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 37 | 2.559 | 12.7 | 0.0 | 10.3 | 9.5 | 0.92 | ||
| 12 | Lyman Linde | 27 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 75 | 1.300 | 8.1 | 0.9 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.00 | |||
| 13 | Al Gettel | 30 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 17.61 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 23 | 3.261 | 17.6 | 2.3 | 11.7 | 4.7 | 0.40 | ||
| 14 | Mike Garcia | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.500 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | |||||
| 15 | Butch Wensloff | 32 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.80 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 38 | 3.000 | 10.8 | 5.4 | 16.2 | 10.8 | 0.67 | ||
| 16 | Ernest Groth | 26 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 45 | 3.000 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 18.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | |||
| 17 | Les Webber | 33 | 0 | 0 | 40.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 6.000 | 40.5 | 0.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 1.00 | |||
| Team Totals | 29.1 | 97 | 58 | .626 | 3.22 | 156 | 156 | 90 | 66 | 23 | 30 | 1409.1 | 1246 | 567 | 505 | 82 | 625 | 593 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 5934 | 126 | 1.328 | 8.0 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 0.95 | |||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4307 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 27 | 37 | 68 | 15 | 52 | 1 | 11 | .985 | 1.81 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Berardino | 31 | 53 | 287 | 199 | 85 | 3 | 34 | .990 | 5.36 | 2B-1B-SS-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Don Black | 31 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.78 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ray Boone | 24 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 2.00 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Lou Boudreau | 30 | 152 | 800 | 297 | 483 | 20 | 119 | .975 | 5.13 | 0 | SS-C | |||||||||||||||
| Russ Christopher | 30 | 45 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.33 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Allie Clark | 25 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .923 | 2.00 | 3B-1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Feller | 29 | 44 | 57 | 16 | 39 | 2 | 1 | .965 | 1.25 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Mike Garcia | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Al Gettel | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||||||||||||||
| Joe Gordon | 33 | 146 | 794 | 332 | 439 | 23 | 98 | .971 | 5.28 | 2B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Steve Gromek | 28 | 38 | 27 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 3 | .926 | 0.66 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ernest Groth | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Hegan | 27 | 142 | 720 | 637 | 76 | 7 | 17 | .990 | 5.02 | 6 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Wally Judnich | 31 | 20 | 155 | 147 | 7 | 1 | 19 | .994 | 7.70 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Ken Keltner | 31 | 153 | 449 | 123 | 312 | 14 | 27 | .969 | 2.84 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Kennedy | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.33 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Kennedy | 27 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.00 | 2B-1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Ed Klieman | 30 | 44 | 25 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.57 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Lemon | 27 | 43 | 113 | 23 | 86 | 4 | 8 | .965 | 2.53 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Lyman Linde | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 0.33 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Muncrief | 32 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 0.67 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Satchel Paige | 41 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.67 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Robinson | 27 | 131 | 1299 | 1213 | 79 | 7 | 123 | .995 | 9.86 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Al Rosen | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Tipton | 26 | 40 | 105 | 84 | 18 | 3 | 4 | .971 | 2.55 | 2 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Les Webber | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||||||||||||||
| Butch Wensloff | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||||||||||||||
| Sam Zoldak | 29 | 23 | 34 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 3 | .971 | 1.43 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 28.7 | 156 | 6192 | 4229 | 1849 | 114 | 485 | .982 | 3.48 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 7 | 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 |