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1949 Cleveland Indians Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948 / 1950)
89-65, Finished 3rd in American League
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Scored 675 runs, Allowed 574 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-66
Manager: Lou Boudreau (89-65)
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,233,771 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 95;   one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 96

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1948 / 1950 Batting Statistics

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 28 152 529 468 54 105 19 5 8 55 1 0 49 89 .224 .298 .338 .635 69 158 12 0 12
2 1B Mickey Vernon* 31 153 659 584 72 170 27 4 18 83 9 7 58 51 .291 .357 .443 .801 113 259 8 2 15
3 2B Joe Gordon 34 148 632 541 74 136 18 3 20 84 5 6 83 33 .251 .355 .407 .762 103 220 20 4 4
4 SS Lou Boudreau 31 134 561 475 53 135 20 3 4 60 0 1 70 10 .284 .381 .364 .745 99 173 19 4 12
5 3B Ken Keltner 32 80 292 246 35 57 9 2 8 30 0 1 38 26 .232 .335 .382 .717 91 94 10 0 8
6 OF Larry Doby* 25 147 650 547 106 153 25 3 24 85 10 9 91 90 .280 .389 .468 .857 128 256 14 7 5
7 OF Bob Kennedy 28 121 469 424 49 117 23 5 9 57 5 5 37 40 .276 .334 .417 .752 100 177 14 0 8
8 OF Dale Mitchell* 27 149 685 640 81 203 16 23 3 56 10 3 43 11 .317 .360 .428 .788 110 274 8 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 SS Ray Boone 25 86 307 258 39 65 4 4 4 26 0 2 38 17 .252 .352 .345 .697 86 89 11 2 9
10 OF Thurman Tucker* 31 80 217 197 28 48 5 2 0 14 4 2 18 19 .244 .307 .289 .596 60 57 3 0 2
11 3B Johnny Berardino 32 50 134 116 11 23 6 1 0 13 0 1 14 14 .198 .295 .267 .563 51 31 1 2 2
12 OF Allie Clark 26 35 78 74 8 13 4 0 1 9 0 0 4 7 .176 .218 .270 .488 30 20 2 0 0
13 OF Luke Easter* 33 21 54 45 6 10 3 0 0 2 0 1 8 6 .222 .340 .289 .629 69 13 2 0 1
14 3B Al Rosen 25 23 51 44 3 7 2 0 0 5 0 1 7 4 .159 .275 .205 .479 29 9 1 0 0
15 C Mike Tresh 35 38 43 37 4 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 7 .216 .310 .216 .526 41 8 0 0 1
16 OF Hal Peck* 32 33 32 29 1 9 1 0 0 9 0 0 3 3 .310 .375 .345 .720 93 10 0 0 0
17 OF Minnie Minoso 23 9 20 16 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 .188 .350 .375 .725 93 6 2 2 0
18 OF Hank Edwards* 30 5 16 15 3 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 .267 .313 .467 .779 107 7 1 0 0
19 2B Bobby Avila 25 31 15 14 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .214 .267 .214 .481 29 3 1 0 0
20 OF Milt Nielsen* 24 3 11 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .111 .273 .111 .384 4 1 0 0 0
21 OF Herman Reich 31 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 214 1 0 0 0
22 Fred Marsh 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 P Bob Lemon* 28 46 123 108 17 29 6 2 7 19 0 0 10 20 .269 .331 .556 .886 134 60 1 0 5
24 P Bob Feller 30 36 81 72 7 17 2 1 2 10 0 0 2 23 .236 .257 .375 .632 68 27 0 0 7
25 P Early Wynn# 29 35 76 70 3 10 1 0 1 7 0 0 4 10 .143 .189 .200 .389 4 14 4 0 2
26 P Mike Garcia 25 41 62 51 7 12 2 0 1 7 0 0 3 9 .235 .278 .333 .611 63 17 0 0 8
27 P Gene Bearden* 28 32 49 45 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 .111 .149 .111 .260 -30 5 0 0 2
28 P Al Benton 38 40 42 38 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .132 .154 .132 .285 -23 5 1 0 3
29 P Steve Gromek# 29 27 28 24 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .167 .231 .208 .439 18 5 0 0 2
30 P Satchel Paige 42 31 18 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .063 .167 .063 .229 -38 1 2 0 0
31 P Frank Papish 31 25 13 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .125 .300 .125 .425 15 1 0 0 3
32 P Sam Zoldak* 30 27 8 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .375 .375 .375 .750 100 3 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.2 154 5958 5221 675 1358 194 58 112 640 44 40 601 534 .260 .339 .384 .723 93 2004 137 23 113
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 5 4 8 3 4 4 3 7 4 4 6 3 5 3
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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Bobby Avila 25 15 12 1 2.2 105 .273 .214 .268 .267 .360 .214 .390 .481 .750 29 .209 -1.5 -0.1 .333 .071 .000 /4
*Gene Bearden 28 49 42 1 0.6 105 .147 .111 .268 .149 .360 .111 .390 .260 .750 -30 .026 -8.7 -0.9 .175 .044 .000 1
Al Benton 38 42 37 1 0.7 105 .185 .132 .268 .154 .360 .132 .390 .285 .750 -23 .033 -7.0 -0.7 .176 .026 .000 1
Johnny Berardino 32 134 97 9 2.5 105 .225 .198 .268 .295 .360 .267 .390 .563 .750 51 .244 -8.2 -0.8 .484 .181 .069 5/46
Ray Boone 25 307 215 30 3.7 105 .257 .252 .268 .352 .360 .345 .390 .697 .750 86 .405 -5.0 -0.5 .617 .233 .093 .0 6
Lou Boudreau 31 561 372 65 4.6 105 .284 .284 .268 .381 .360 .364 .390 .745 .750 99 .507 1.9 0.2 .683 .225 .080 .0 65/34
Allie Clark 26 78 63 4 1.7 105 .182 .176 .268 .218 .360 .270 .390 .488 .750 30 .139 -7.9 -0.8 .381 .149 .095 .0 O/3
*Larry Doby 25 650 422 96 6.0 105 .298 .280 .268 .389 .360 .468 .390 .857 .750 128 .625 23.0 2.2 .851 .356 .188 14.1 *O
*Luke Easter 33 54 39 4 2.7 105 .256 .222 .268 .340 .360 .289 .390 .629 .750 69 .279 -1.7 -0.2 .526 .222 .067 O
*Hank Edwards 30 16 12 2 4.4 105 .250 .267 .268 .313 .360 .467 .390 .779 .750 107 .485 -0.1 0.0 .667 .267 .200 .0 /O
Bob Feller 30 81 62 7 3.0 105 .319 .236 .268 .257 .360 .375 .390 .632 .750 68 .316 -4.2 -0.4 .527 .167 .139 .0 1
Mike Garcia 25 62 47 5 2.8 105 .268 .235 .268 .278 .360 .333 .390 .611 .750 63 .292 -3.0 -0.3 .513 .157 .098 .0 1
Joe Gordon 34 632 435 76 4.6 105 .238 .251 .268 .355 .360 .407 .390 .762 .750 103 .507 1.7 0.2 .710 .307 .155 8.0 *4
#Steve Gromek 29 28 22 1 1.2 105 .211 .167 .268 .231 .360 .208 .390 .439 .750 18 .081 -2.9 -0.3 .350 .125 .042 1
Jim Hegan 28 529 387 47 3.2 105 .261 .224 .268 .298 .360 .338 .390 .635 .750 69 .345 -22.9 -2.3 .555 .220 .113 1.8 *2
Ken Keltner 32 292 208 31 4.0 105 .231 .232 .268 .335 .360 .382 .390 .717 .750 91 .435 -3.8 -0.4 .655 .301 .150 .0 5
Bob Kennedy 28 469 334 58 4.6 105 .288 .276 .268 .334 .360 .417 .390 .752 .750 100 .504 -2.4 -0.2 .656 .229 .142 6.4 O5
*Bob Lemon 28 123 85 20 6.2 105 .272 .269 .268 .331 .360 .556 .390 .886 .750 134 .639 3.8 0.4 .875 .380 .287 .0 1
Fred Marsh 25 0 0 0.0 0.0
Minnie Minoso 23 20 16 1 1.7 105 .154 .188 .268 .350 .360 .375 .390 .725 .750 93 .135 -0.1 0.0 .563 .250 .188 .0 /O
*Dale Mitchell 27 685 450 99 5.8 105 .319 .317 .268 .360 .360 .428 .390 .788 .750 110 .610 3.8 0.4 .723 .189 .111 4.6 *O
*Milt Nielsen 24 11 8 0 0.0 105 .200 .111 .268 .273 .360 .111 .390 .384 .750 4 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .375 .222 .000 /O
Satchel Paige 42 18 17 0 0.0 105 .083 .063 .268 .167 .360 .063 .390 .229 .750 -38 .000 -3.3 -0.3 .176 .125 .000 1
Frank Papish 31 13 10 0 0.0 105 .143 .125 .268 .300 .360 .125 .390 .425 .750 15 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .429 .250 .000 1
*Hal Peck 32 32 20 4 5.3 105 .346 .310 .268 .375 .360 .345 .390 .720 .750 93 .568 -0.2 0.0 .650 .138 .034 /O
Herman Reich 31 3 1 1 26.6 105 .500 .500 .268 .667 .360 .500 .390 1.167 .750 214 .962 0.5 0.0 2.000 .500 .000 /O
Al Rosen 25 51 39 2 1.4 105 .175 .159 .268 .275 .360 .205 .390 .479 .750 29 .098 -4.4 -0.4 .385 .182 .045 5
Mike Tresh 35 43 30 2 1.8 105 .267 .216 .268 .310 .360 .216 .390 .526 .750 41 .150 -3.0 -0.3 .448 .135 .000 2
*Thurman Tucker 31 217 156 18 3.1 105 .270 .244 .268 .307 .360 .289 .390 .596 .750 60 .324 -11.9 -1.2 .500 .147 .046 .0 O
*Mickey Vernon 31 659 444 91 5.4 105 .295 .291 .268 .357 .360 .443 .390 .801 .750 113 .579 8.3 0.8 .748 .255 .152 12.0 *3
#Early Wynn 29 76 66 3 1.2 105 .153 .143 .268 .189 .360 .200 .390 .389 .750 4 .081 -10.2 -1.0 .281 .114 .057 .0 1
*Sam Zoldak 30 8 5 1 5.3 105 .500 .375 .268 .375 .360 .375 .390 .750 .750 100 .568 -0.1 0.0 .600 .000 .000 1
League Average 4.5 107 .279 .263 .271 .352 .363 .378 .394 .730 .757 93 .496 .670 .251 .115
Team Total 5958 4153 680 4.3 105 .272 .260 .268 .339 .360 .384 .390 .723 .750 93 .477 -71.5 -7.1 .651 .240 .124 63.2
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Bobby Avila 25 32 16 15 4 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 .267 .313 .267 .579 1 31 31
*Gene Bearden 28 33 50 48 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 11 .125 .160 .125 .285 1 32 32
Al Benton 38 42 41 40 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 11 .150 .171 .150 .321 1 40 40
Johnny Berardino 32 52 136 120 11 23 6 1 0 13 0 14 15 .192 .287 .258 .545 8 50 50
Ray Boone 25 90 307 267 39 65 4 4 4 26 0 38 18 .243 .342 .333 .675 30 86 86
Lou Boudreau 31 140 567 492 53 137 20 3 4 60 0 71 10 .278 .374 .356 .730 65 134 134
Allie Clark 26 37 81 77 8 13 4 0 1 9 0 4 7 .169 .210 .260 .470 4 35 35
*Larry Doby 25 154 666 567 107 155 25 3 24 86 10 92 94 .273 .381 .455 .836 97 147 147
*Luke Easter 33 22 55 47 6 10 3 0 0 2 0 8 6 .213 .327 .277 .604 4 21 21
*Hank Edwards 30 65 219 198 29 57 8 4 8 23 0 21 25 .288 .356 .490 .846 35 63 63
Bob Feller 30 38 77 75 7 18 2 1 2 11 0 2 24 .240 .260 .373 .633 7 36 36
Mike Garcia 25 43 57 54 8 13 2 0 1 8 0 3 9 .241 .281 .333 .614 5 41 41
Joe Gordon 34 155 648 560 74 137 18 3 20 84 5 84 34 .245 .347 .395 .742 76 148 148
#Steve Gromek 29 28 27 25 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 5 .160 .222 .200 .422 1 27 27
Jim Hegan 28 159 537 487 55 108 20 5 8 56 1 50 93 .222 .294 .333 .627 48 152 152
Ken Keltner 32 84 295 256 35 58 9 2 8 30 0 39 27 .227 .329 .371 .700 31 80 80
Bob Kennedy 28 126 476 439 49 118 23 5 9 57 5 37 42 .269 .326 .405 .731 59 121 121
*Bob Lemon 28 48 123 113 17 30 6 2 7 19 0 10 21 .265 .325 .540 .865 20 46 46
Minnie Minoso 23 9 18 16 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 .125 .222 .313 .535 1 9 9
*Dale Mitchell 27 156 710 666 82 209 16 24 3 57 10 44 11 .314 .356 .423 .780 100 149 149
*Milt Nielsen 24 3 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .182 .000 .182 0 3 3
Satchel Paige 42 32 19 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .105 .000 .105 0 31 31
Frank Papish 31 26 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 25 25
*Hal Peck 32 34 34 31 1 10 1 0 0 10 0 3 3 .323 .382 .355 .737 4 33 33
Herman Reich 31 115 422 406 45 114 19 2 3 35 4 15 34 .281 .308 .360 .668 45 111 111
Al Rosen 25 24 51 45 3 6 2 0 0 5 0 6 4 .133 .235 .178 .413 2 23 23
Mike Tresh 35 40 41 37 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 .189 .268 .189 .457 2 38 38
*Thurman Tucker 31 84 223 205 28 49 5 2 0 14 4 18 20 .239 .300 .283 .583 18 80 80
*Mickey Vernon 31 160 667 606 73 173 27 4 18 84 9 59 53 .285 .351 .432 .783 92 153 153
#Early Wynn 29 37 78 74 4 11 1 0 1 8 0 4 10 .149 .192 .203 .395 3 35 35
*Sam Zoldak 30 28 8 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 27 27
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Bobby Avila 25 1 15 31 15 14 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .214 .267 .214 .481 29 3 1 0 0
*Gene Bearden 28 3 146 70 146 135 17 28 3 0 2 15 0 0 7 20 .207 .246 .274 .521 39 37 2 0 4 0 0
Al Benton 38 12 552 395 552 491 21 49 7 0 0 14 0 0 5 186 .100 .111 .114 .225 -41 56 11 1 55
Johnny Berardino 32 8 2960 775 2960 2685 301 688 153 21 35 353 26 27 233 225 .256 .319 .368 .687 81 988 70 13 29
Ray Boone 25 2 312 92 312 263 39 67 5 4 4 27 0 2 38 18 .255 .353 .350 .703 88 92 11 2 9
Lou Boudreau 31 12 6412 1479 6412 5494 800 1636 354 63 62 711 49 48 735 292 .298 .383 .419 .802 123 2302 136 27 156
Allie Clark 26 3 449 140 449 412 60 122 14 2 11 61 0 2 32 22 .296 .347 .420 .767 106 173 19 0 5
*Larry Doby 25 3 1183 297 1183 1018 192 290 49 12 38 153 19 18 146 178 .285 .381 .469 .850 127 477 24 12 7
*Luke Easter 33 1 54 21 54 45 6 10 3 0 0 2 0 1 8 6 .222 .340 .289 .629 69 13 2 0 1
*Hank Edwards 30 7 1774 471 1774 1615 225 447 83 33 40 194 9 16 149 191 .277 .339 .443 .782 120 716 19 2 8
Bob Feller 30 11 1052 384 1052 917 68 150 23 12 5 81 0 2 67 344 .164 .223 .231 .454 22 212 13 3 65
Mike Garcia 25 2 62 42 62 51 7 12 2 0 1 7 0 0 3 9 .235 .278 .333 .611 63 17 0 0 8 0 0
Joe Gordon 34 10 6107 1447 6107 5339 855 1443 252 51 234 918 85 59 703 658 .270 .358 .468 .826 122 2499 149 27 38
#Steve Gromek 29 9 366 239 366 330 34 76 7 2 0 23 2 0 25 63 .230 .285 .264 .548 57 87 8 0 11
Jim Hegan 28 6 2008 603 2008 1806 195 428 72 21 27 191 12 11 170 294 .237 .303 .345 .648 78 623 42 2 30
Ken Keltner 32 12 6280 1513 6280 5655 735 1561 306 69 163 850 39 33 511 474 .276 .337 .441 .778 112 2494 142 13 101
Bob Kennedy 28 8 2939 791 2939 2732 280 688 116 27 24 278 33 36 168 265 .252 .295 .340 .636 73 930 78 1 38
*Bob Lemon 28 6 424 210 424 381 57 98 22 5 15 49 0 1 31 74 .257 .313 .459 .772 110 175 1 0 12
Fred Marsh 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minnie Minoso 23 1 20 9 20 16 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 .188 .350 .375 .725 93 6 2 2 0
*Dale Mitchell 27 4 1904 424 1904 1785 239 582 65 41 8 151 26 26 112 44 .326 .367 .422 .788 114 753 20 2 5
*Milt Nielsen 24 1 11 3 11 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .111 .273 .111 .384 4 1 0 0 0
Satchel Paige 42 2 43 52 43 39 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .077 .122 .077 .199 -46 3 2 0 2
Frank Papish 31 5 184 145 184 162 9 25 4 0 0 9 0 0 6 36 .154 .185 .179 .364 3 29 5 0 16
*Hal Peck 32 7 1192 355 1192 1092 136 305 52 13 15 112 10 10 87 86 .279 .334 .392 .726 105 428 14 2 11
Herman Reich 31 1 412 111 412 390 43 109 18 2 3 34 4 0 14 33 .279 .306 .359 .665 80 140 9 1 7
Al Rosen 25 3 65 35 65 58 4 9 2 0 0 5 0 1 7 9 .155 .246 .190 .436 18 11 2 0 0
Mike Tresh 35 12 3637 1027 3637 3169 326 788 75 14 2 297 19 21 402 263 .249 .335 .283 .619 71 897 79 12 54
*Thurman Tucker 31 7 2425 643 2425 2129 312 552 77 24 8 172 76 47 277 222 .259 .345 .329 .675 91 701 17 3 16
*Mickey Vernon 31 9 4800 1120 4800 4329 576 1220 239 60 62 580 109 58 403 400 .282 .345 .408 .753 109 1765 85 16 52
#Early Wynn 29 9 662 306 662 623 37 147 20 2 6 70 0 0 32 109 .236 .273 .303 .577 62 189 14 0 7
*Sam Zoldak 30 6 216 176 216 202 12 36 5 0 0 6 1 0 7 41 .178 .206 .203 .409 12 41 2 0 7
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1948 / 1950 Batting Statistics