1948 Cleveland Indians Statistics and Roster

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1948 Cleveland Indians (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1947/1949)
97-58, Finished 1st in American League
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World Series Champs
Scored 840 runs, Allowed 568 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 104-51
Managed by Lou Boudreau

Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,620,627 (1st of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 95
  (one-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 94
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Jim Hegan           27  144  472   60  117  21  6  14   61  48   74  .248  .317  .407   6   3  10   0   4           93
1B *Eddie Robinson      27  134  493   53  125  18  5  16   83  36   42  .254  .307  .408   1   0  13   2   9           91
2B  Joe Gordon          33  144  550   96  154  21  4  32  124  77   68  .280  .371  .507   5   2  16   3   3          134
3B  Ken Keltner         31  153  558   91  166  24  4  31  119  89   52  .297  .395  .522   2   1  23   1   8          145
SS  Lou Boudreau        30  152  560  116  199  34  6  18  106  98    9  .355  .453  .534   3   2  15   2  16          164
OF *Dale Mitchell       26  141  608   82  204  30  8   4   56  45   17  .336  .383  .431  13  18   9   2   1          118
OF *Larry Doby          24  121  439   83  132  23  9  14   66  54   77  .301  .384  .490   9   9   8   5   2          133
OF *Thurman Tucker      30   83  242   52   63  13  2   1   19  31   17  .260  .347  .343  11   2   3   1   0           85
    Allie Clark         25   81  271   43   84   5  2   9   38  23   13  .310  .364  .443   0   2  12   0   4          116
   *Wally Judnich       31   79  218   36   56  13  3   2   29  56   23  .257  .411  .372   2   3   5   1   6          111
   *Hank Edwards        29   55  160   27   43   9  2   3   18  18   18  .269  .346  .406   1   1   2   1   0          101
    Johnny Berardino    31   66  147   19   28   5  1   2   10  27   16  .190  .328  .279   0   1   6   3   2           64
    Joe Tipton          26   47   90   11   26   3  0   1   13   4   10  .289  .333  .356   0   0   0   2   1           85
    Bob Kennedy         27   66   73   10   22   3  2   0    5   4    6  .301  .338  .397   0   0   1   0   3           97
   *Hal Peck            31   45   63   12   18   3  0   0    8   4    8  .286  .328  .333   1   0   0   0   1           78
    Pat Seerey          25   10   23    7    6   0  0   1    6   7    8  .261  .433  .391   0   0   2   0   1          122
    Ray Boone           24    6    5    0    2   1  0   0    1   0    1  .400  .400  .600   0   0   0   0   0          166
    Al Rosen            24    5    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .200  .200  .200   0   0   1   0   0            7
    Ray Murray          30    4    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100

   *Bob Lemon           27   52  119   20   34   9  0   5   21   8   23  .286  .331  .487   0   0   0   0   2          118
    Bob Feller          29   44   95    1    9   2  0   0    3   1   39  .095  .113  .116   0   0   1   1   9          -38
   *Gene Bearden        27   37   90   14   23   3  0   2   14   5    9  .256  .295  .356   0   0   2   0   2           74
   #Steve Gromek        28   38   41    3    6   1  0   0    1   3    7  .146  .205  .171   0   0   0   0   1            1
   *Sam Zoldak          29   23   36    0    5   1  0   0    0   1    6  .139  .162  .167   0   0   2   0   2          -12
    Satchel Paige       41   21   23    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    5  .087  .087  .087   0   0   0   0   2          -53
    Bob Muncrief        32   21   18    0    2   0  0   0    0   2    6  .111  .200  .111   0   0   1   0   2          -15
    Don Black           31   18   15    1    3   0  0   0    0   0    3  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   1            7
    Ed Klieman          30   44   14    0    2   0  0   0    0   2    9  .143  .250  .143   0   0   0   0   0            7
    Russ Christopher    30   45    6    1    0   0  0   0    0   2    3  .000  .250  .000   0   0   0   0   2          -30
    Al Gettel           30    5    3    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
   *Bill Kennedy        27    6    3    1    2   0  0   0    0   1    0  .667  .750  .667   0   0   0   0   1          282
    Lyman Linde         27    3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.6  156 5446  840 1534 242 54 155  801 646  575  .282  .358  .431  54  44 132  24  85          119
    Rank among 8 AL teams          1    3    1   4  5   1        4    1     1     2     2   3   3                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Bob Feller          29  44   3.56  19  15  3  38   3  18   2  280.3  255  123  111  20  116  164 1186   2   2  0     114
SP  Bob Lemon           27  43   2.82  20  14  2  37   2  20  10  293.7  231  104   92  12  129  147 1214   3   3  0     144
SP *Gene Bearden        27  37   2.43  20   7  1  29   4  15   6  229.7  187   72   62   9  106   80  935   5   3  0     167
SP *Sam Zoldak          29  23   2.81   9   6  0  12   5   4   1  105.7  104   37   33   6   24   17  428   0   0  1     145
SP  Don Black           31  18   5.37   2   2  0  10   3   1   0   52.0   57   33   31   5   40   16  249   0   1  0      76

CL  Russ Christopher    30  45   2.90   3   2 17   0  28   0   0   59.0   55   21   19   3   27   14  255   1   0  0     140
RP  Ed Klieman          30  44   2.60   3   2  4   0  18   0   0   79.7   62   26   23   3   46   18  330   1   2  0     157
RP  Steve Gromek        28  38   2.84   9   3  2   9  10   4   1  130.0  109   52   41  10   51   50  546   3   6  0     143
RP  Satchel Paige       41  21   2.48   6   1  1   7   5   3   2   72.7   61   21   20   2   22   43  298   1   1  2     164
RP  Bob Muncrief        32  21   3.98   5   4  0   9   8   1   1   72.3   76   37   32   8   31   24  309   0   0  0     102

   *Bill Kennedy        27   6  11.12   1   0  0   3   0   0   0   11.3   16   14   14   0   13   12   62   0   0  0      37
    Lyman Linde         27   3   5.40   0   0  0   0   1   0   0   10.0    9    6    6   1    4    0   41   0   0  0      75
    Al Gettel           30   5  17.61   0   1  0   2   1   0   0    7.7   15   15   15   2   10    4   50   0   1  0      23
    Mike Garcia         24   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    3    0    0   0    0    1    9   0   0  0        
    Butch Wensloff      32   1  10.80   0   1  0   0   1   0   0    1.7    2    2    2   1    3    2   10   0   0  0      38
    Ernest Groth        26   1   9.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    1    1    1   0    2    0    6   0   0  0      45
    Les Webber          33   1  40.50   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0.7    3    3    3   0    1    1    6   0   0  0      10
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.2 156   3.22  97  58 30 156  90  66  26 1409.0 1246  568  504  82  628  595 5934  16  19  3     126
    Rank among 8 AL teams           1   1   8  1           3   1      1    1    1        2    3    3

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JHegan 142 637 76 7 17 .990 6 JTipton 40 84 18 3 4 .971 2 LBoudreau 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 156 721 94 10 21 .988 8 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 9.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ERobinson 131 1213 79 7 123 .995 9.86 WJudnich 20 147 7 1 19 .994 7.70 JBerardino 18 144 14 0 19 1.000 8.78 AClark 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 BKennedy 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 1512 100 8 162 .995 10.30 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .976 5.39 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JGordon 144 330 436 23 97 .971 5.32 JBerardino 20 39 46 1 11 .988 4.25 BKennedy 2 4 5 0 1 1.000 4.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 373 487 24 109 .973 5.49 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .958 2.93 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KKeltner 153 123 312 14 27 .969 2.84 AClark 5 2 5 1 2 .875 1.40 JBerardino 3 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.33 ARosen 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 127 321 15 30 .968 2.86 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .964 4.85 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LBoudreau 151 297 483 20 119 .975 5.17 JBerardino 12 15 22 2 3 .949 3.08 RBoone 4 3 5 1 0 .889 2.00 JGordon 2 2 3 0 1 1.000 2.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 317 513 23 123 .973 5.30 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .975 2.36 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DMitchell 140 307 12 3 3 .991 2.28 140 1 0 LDoby 114 287 12 14 3 .955 2.62 0 68 46 TTucker 66 172 5 0 2 1.000 2.68 0 66 0 AClark 65 108 4 2 1 .982 1.72 21 0 44 BKennedy 50 35 2 0 1 1.000 0.74 2 0 48 WJudnich 49 93 4 3 0 .970 1.98 0 35 14 HEdwards 41 76 1 1 0 .987 1.88 0 0 41 HPeck 9 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.44 1 0 9 PSeerey 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.86 0 0 7 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 156 1097 40 23 10 .980 2.42 156 156 156 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .963 2.02 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BLemon 43 23 86 4 8 .965 3.34 BFeller 44 16 39 2 1 .965 1.77 GBearden 37 15 52 1 11 .985 2.63 SGromek 38 8 17 2 3 .926 1.73 SZoldak 23 5 28 1 3 .971 2.81 EKlieman 44 4 21 0 1 1.000 2.82 SPaige 21 2 12 0 0 1.000 1.73 BMuncrief 21 4 10 0 2 1.000 1.74 RChristophe 45 2 13 0 0 1.000 2.29 DBlack 18 3 11 0 1 1.000 2.42 BKennedy 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.59 LLinde 3 0 1 1 0 .500 0.90 AGettel 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 MGarcia 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 BWensloff 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 EGroth 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 LWebber 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 82 294 11 30 .972 2.40 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting Average Boudreau .355

On-base % Boudreau .453

Slugging % Boudreau .534

OPS Boudreau .987

Games Keltner 153

At Bats Mitchell 608

Plate Appearances (approx.) Boudreau 676

Runs Boudreau 116

Hits Mitchell 204

Total Bases Boudreau 299

Doubles Boudreau 34

Triples Doby 9

Home Runs Gordon 32

RBI Gordon 124

Bases on Balls Boudreau 98

Strikeouts Doby 77

Stolen Bases Mitchell 13

Singles Mitchell 162

Adjusted OPS+ Boudreau 164

Runs Created Boudreau 135

Adjusted Batting Runs Boudreau 56

Batting Wins Boudreau 5.4

Extra-Base Hits Keltner 59

Times on Base Boudreau 299

Offensive Win% Boudreau .777

Hit By Pitch Doby 5

Sac. Hits Boudreau 16

Grounded into Double Plays Keltner 23

Caught Stealing Mitchell 18

Power/Speed Number Doby 11.0

At Bats per Strikeout Boudreau 62.2

At Bats per Home Run Gordon 17.2

Outs Mitchell 432

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Bearden 2.43

Wins Bearden and Lemon 20

Won-Loss % Gromek .750

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Lemon 1.226

Hits Allowed/9IP Lemon 7.08

Bases on Balls/9IP Feller 3.72

Strikeouts/9IP Feller 5.27

Games Christopher 45

Saves Christopher 17

Innings Lemon 293.7

Strikeouts Feller 164

Games Started Feller 38

Comp. Games Lemon 20

Shutouts Lemon 10

Home Runs Allow. Feller 20

Bases On Balls Allow. Lemon 129

Hits Allowed Feller 255

SO to Walk Feller 1.41

Losses Feller 15

Earned Runs Allow. Feller 111

Wild Pitches Bearden 5

Hit Batsmen Gromek 6

Batters Faced Lemon 1214

Games Finished Christopher 28

Adjusted ERA+ Bearden 167

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Lou Boudreau (Starting SS)
Bob Feller
Joe Gordon (Starting 2B)
Ken Keltner (Starting 3B)
Bob Lemon

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