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1948 Cleveland Indians

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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

Ballparks: Cleveland Stadium · Attendance: 2,620,627 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 95 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 95

Postseason:  Won World Series (4-2) over Boston Braves


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1947 / 1949 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 27 144 524 472 60 117 21 6 14 61 6 3 48 74 .248 .317 .407 .724 94 192 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 .879 135 279 16 3 3
4 SS Lou Boudreau 30 152 676 560 116 199 34 6 18 106 3 2 98 9 .355 .453 .534 .987 165 299 15 2 16
5 3B Ken Keltner 31 153 656 558 91 166 24 4 31 119 2 1 89 52 .297 .395 .522 .917 146 291 23 1 8
6 OF Thurman Tucker* 30 83 274 242 52 63 13 2 1 19 11 2 31 17 .260 .347 .343 .690 86 83 3 1 0
7 OF Larry Doby* 24 121 500 439 83 132 23 9 14 66 9 9 54 77 .301 .384 .490 .873 134 215 8 5 2
8 OF Dale Mitchell* 26 141 656 608 82 204 30 8 4 56 13 18 45 17 .336 .383 .431 .814 119 262 9 2 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
9 OF Allie Clark 25 81 298 271 43 84 5 2 9 38 0 2 23 13 .310 .364 .443 .807 117 120 12 0 4
10 UT Wally Judnich* 32 79 281 218 36 56 13 3 2 29 2 3 56 23 .257 .411 .372 .782 111 81 5 1 6
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 OF Hank Edwards* 29 55 179 160 27 43 9 2 3 18 1 1 18 18 .269 .346 .406 .753 102 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 OF 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 OF 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 OF Pat Seerey 25 10 31 23 7 6 0 0 1 6 0 0 7 8 .261 .433 .391 .825 123 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 1.000 167 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 8 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 BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ 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 .818 119 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 75 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 2 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 -11 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 8 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 -29 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 1.417 283 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
34 P Butch Wensloff 32 1 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
36 P Mike Garcia 24 1 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 .792 113 2349 132 24 85
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 3 1 4 5 1 3 3 4 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 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 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 5 935 168 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 4 40 16 1 0 0 249 76 1.865 9.9 0.7 6.9 2.8 0.40
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 Russ Christopher 30 3 2 .600 2.90 45 0 28 0 0 17 59.0 55 21 19 3 27 14 0 0 1 255 141 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 3 546 144 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 1 295 165 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 0 309 103 1.479 9.5 1.0 3.9 3.0 0.77
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 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 38 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 78 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 24 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 46 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 62 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 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 16 6.000 40.5 13.5 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 5931 127 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 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 27 37 29 15 68 15 52 1 11 .985 1.81 P
Johnny Berardino 31 51 36 30 287 199 85 3 34 .990 5.36 2B-1B-SS-3B
Don Black 31 18 10 1 14 3 11 0 1 1.000 0.78 P
Ray Boone 24 4 0 0 9 3 5 1 0 .889 2.00 SS
Lou Boudreau 30 151 150 138 800 297 483 20 119 .975 5.13 0 0 0 SS-C
Russ Christopher 30 45 0 0 15 2 13 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Allie Clark 25 69 63 33 127 115 9 3 3 .976 1.75 OF-3B-1B
Larry Doby 24 114 110 100 313 287 12 14 3 .955 2.62 OF
Hank Edwards 29 41 39 22 78 76 1 1 0 .987 1.88 OF
Bob Feller 29 44 38 18 57 16 39 2 1 .965 1.25 P
Mike Garcia 24 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Al Gettel 30 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Joe Gordon 33 144 143 134 794 332 439 23 98 .971 5.28 2B-SS
Steve Gromek 28 38 9 4 27 8 17 2 3 .926 0.66 P
Ernest Groth 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Jim Hegan 27 142 137 116 720 637 76 7 17 .990 5.02 6 27 29 52% C
Wally Judnich 32 67 63 51 255 240 11 4 19 .984 3.64 OF-1B
Ken Keltner 31 153 153 146 449 123 312 14 27 .969 2.84 3B
Bill Kennedy 27 6 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Bob Kennedy 27 53 8 6 49 42 7 0 3 1.000 0.92 OF-2B-1B
Ed Klieman 30 44 0 0 25 4 21 0 1 1.000 0.57 P
Bob Lemon 27 43 37 20 113 23 86 4 8 .965 2.53 P
Lyman Linde 27 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.33 P
Dale Mitchell 26 140 136 132 322 307 12 3 3 .991 2.28 OF
Bob Muncrief 32 21 9 1 14 4 10 0 2 1.000 0.67 P
Satchel Paige 41 21 7 3 14 2 12 0 0 1.000 0.67 P
Hal Peck 31 9 6 2 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.44 OF
Eddie Robinson 27 131 124 117 1299 1213 79 7 123 .995 9.86 1B
Al Rosen 24 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 3B
Pat Seerey 25 7 7 5 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.86 OF
Joe Tipton 26 40 19 14 105 84 18 3 4 .971 2.55 2 3 3 50% C
Thurman Tucker 30 66 54 52 177 172 5 0 2 1.000 2.68 OF
Les Webber 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Butch Wensloff 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Sam Zoldak 29 23 12 4 34 5 28 1 3 .971 1.43 P
Team Totals 28.7 156 1404 1164 6192 4229 1849 114 485 .982 3.48 8 30 32 52%
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 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
Gene Bearden* 27 97 -4 0 0 0 0 7 3 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ Traded 1
Johnny Berardino 31 179 -8 0 0 0 3 1 5 1 0.1 -2 -0.2 0.3 $ Traded 436/5
Don Black 31 16 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Ray Boone 24 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /6
Lou Boudreau 30 676 57 1 0 0 20 10 17 105 10.5 85 8.6 1.9 $ Amateur Free Agent *6/2
Russ Christopher 30 10 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Allie Clark 25 298 5 0 0 0 2 -3 8 12 1.2 10 1.0 0.2 $ Traded O97/53
Larry Doby* 24 500 18 0 0 0 11 -3 13 39 3.9 28 2.8 1.1 $ Free Agency *O89
Hank Edwards* 29 179 0 1 0 0 4 -2 5 8 0.8 4 0.4 0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent O9
Bob Feller 29 106 -21 0 0 0 0 7 3 -11 -1.1 -11 -1.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Al Gettel 30 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded /1
Joe Gordon 33 633 24 1 0 0 16 7 16 64 6.4 48 4.8 1.6 $ Traded *4/6
Steve Gromek# 28 45 -6 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Jim Hegan 27 524 -9 0 0 0 2 5 14 12 1.2 10 1.0 0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent *2
Wally Judnich* 32 281 6 -1 0 0 -1 -2 7 9 1.0 10 1.0 0.0 $ Traded O839
Ken Keltner 31 656 34 -1 0 0 12 0 17 62 6.2 50 5.0 1.2 $ Minor Lg Working Ag *5
Bill Kennedy* 27 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft /1
Bob Kennedy 27 80 -1 0 0 0 -5 -2 2 -6 -0.6 -1 -0.1 -0.5 $ Traded O9/473
Ed Klieman 30 16 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Unknown 1
Bob Lemon* 27 129 1 0 0 0 0 9 3 13 1.4 13 1.3 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Lyman Linde 27 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft /1
Dale Mitchell* 26 656 15 -5 0 0 7 -6 15 26 2.6 19 1.9 0.7 $ Amateur Free Agent *7O/8
Bob Muncrief 32 22 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Ray Murray 30 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Free Agency
Satchel Paige 41 25 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Free Agency 1
Hal Peck* 31 68 -2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Traded /O97
Eddie Robinson* 27 540 -11 0 0 0 5 -6 14 2 0.2 -3 -0.3 0.5 $ Purchased *3
Al Rosen 24 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /5
Pat Seerey 25 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ /O9
Joe Tipton 26 97 -2 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 2
Thurman Tucker* 30 274 -5 4 0 0 4 0 7 10 1.0 6 0.6 0.4 $ Traded 8O
Sam Zoldak* 29 39 -6 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Traded 1
Team Total 28.6 6201 70 1 0 0 80 36 159 346 34.7 266 26.7 8.0 $
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* 27 229.2 29 72 142 9 1.0 70 5.7 $ Traded
Don Black 31 52.0 10 33 32 2 1.0 -1 -0.5 $ Purchased
Russ Christopher 30 59.0 0 21 36 2 1.0 15 1.2 $ Purchased
Bob Feller 29 280.1 38 123 173 11 1.0 50 3.2 $ Amateur Free Agent
Mike Garcia 24 2.0 0 0 1 0 1.0 1 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Al Gettel 30 7.2 2 15 5 0 1.0 -10 -1.1 $ Traded
Steve Gromek 28 130.0 9 52 80 5 1.0 28 2.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Ernest Groth 26 1.0 0 1 1 0 1.0 0 0.0 $
Bill Kennedy* 27 11.1 3 14 7 0 1.0 -7 -0.8 $ Rule 5 Draft
Ed Klieman 30 79.2 0 26 49 3 1.0 23 1.9 $ Unknown
Bob Lemon 27 293.2 37 104 181 12 1.0 77 6.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Lyman Linde 27 10.0 0 6 6 0 1.0 0 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft
Bob Muncrief 32 72.1 9 37 45 3 1.0 8 0.3 $ Traded
Satchel Paige 41 72.2 7 21 45 3 1.0 24 2.0 $ Free Agency
Les Webber 33 0.2 0 3 0 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $ Waivers
Butch Wensloff 32 1.2 0 2 1 0 1.0 -1 -0.1 $ Purchased
Sam Zoldak* 29 105.2 12 37 65 4 1.0 28 2.2 $ Traded
Team Total 29.1 1409.1 156 567 869 54 1.0 302 21.7 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1947 / 1949 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics