1949 Cleveland Indians Statistics and Roster

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1949 Cleveland Indians (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
Managed by Lou Boudreau

Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,233,771 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 95
  (one-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 96
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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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           28  152  468   54  105  19  5   8   55  49   89  .224  .298  .338   1   0  12   0  12           69
1B *Mickey Vernon       31  153  584   72  170  27  4  18   83  58   51  .291  .357  .443   9   7   8   2  15          113
2B  Joe Gordon          34  148  541   74  136  18  3  20   84  83   33  .251  .355  .407   5   6  20   4   4          103
3B  Ken Keltner         32   80  246   35   57   9  2   8   30  38   26  .232  .335  .382   0   1  10   0   8           91
SS  Lou Boudreau        31  134  475   53  135  20  3   4   60  70   10  .284  .381  .364   0   1  19   4  12           99
OF *Dale Mitchell       27  149  640   81  203  16 23   3   56  43   11  .317  .360  .428  10   3   8   0   2          110
OF *Larry Doby          25  147  547  106  153  25  3  24   85  91   90  .280  .389  .468  10   9  14   7   5          128
OF  Bob Kennedy         28  121  424   49  117  23  5   9   57  37   40  .276  .334  .417   5   5  14   0   8          100
    Ray Boone           25   86  258   39   65   4  4   4   26  38   17  .252  .352  .345   0   2  11   2   9           86
   *Thurman Tucker      31   80  197   28   48   5  2   0   14  18   19  .244  .307  .289   4   2   3   0   2           60
    Johnny Berardino    32   50  116   11   23   6  1   0   13  14   14  .198  .295  .267   0   1   1   2   2           51
    Allie Clark         26   35   74    8   13   4  0   1    9   4    7  .176  .218  .270   0   0   2   0   0           30
   *Luke Easter         33   21   45    6   10   3  0   0    2   8    6  .222  .340  .289   0   1   2   0   1           69
    Al Rosen            25   23   44    3    7   2  0   0    5   7    4  .159  .275  .205   0   1   1   0   0           29
    Mike Tresh          35   38   37    4    8   0  0   0    1   5    7  .216  .310  .216   0   0   0   0   1           41
   *Hal Peck            32   33   29    1    9   1  0   0    9   3    3  .310  .375  .345   0   0   0   0   0           93
    Minnie Minoso       23    9   16    2    3   0  0   1    1   2    2  .188  .350  .375   0   1   2   2   0           93
   *Hank Edwards        30    5   15    3    4   0  0   1    1   1    2  .267  .313  .467   0   0   1   0   0          107
    Bobby Avila         25   31   14    3    3   0  0   0    3   1    3  .214  .267  .214   0   0   1   0   0           29
   *Milt Nielsen        24    3    9    1    1   0  0   0    0   2    4  .111  .273  .111   0   0   0   0   0            4
    Herman Reich        31    1    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    0  .500  .667  .500   0   0   0   0   0          214
    Fred Marsh          25    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0             

   *Bob Lemon           28   46  108   17   29   6  2   7   19  10   20  .269  .331  .556   0   0   1   0   5          134
    Bob Feller          30   36   72    7   17   2  1   2   10   2   23  .236  .257  .375   0   0   0   0   7           68
   #Early Wynn          29   35   70    3   10   1  0   1    7   4   10  .143  .189  .200   0   0   4   0   2            4
    Mike Garcia         25   41   51    7   12   2  0   1    7   3    9  .235  .278  .333   0   0   0   0   8           63
   *Gene Bearden        28   32   45    3    5   0  0   0    1   2   11  .111  .149  .111   0   0   0   0   2          -30
    Al Benton           38   40   38    1    5   0  0   0    1   1   11  .132  .154  .132   0   0   1   0   3          -23
   #Steve Gromek        29   27   24    2    4   1  0   0    1   2    5  .167  .231  .208   0   0   0   0   2           18
    Satchel Paige       42   31   16    0    1   0  0   0    0   2    4  .063  .167  .063   0   0   2   0   0          -38
    Frank Papish        31   25    8    1    1   0  0   0    0   2    1  .125  .300  .125   0   0   0   0   3           15
   *Sam Zoldak          30   27    8    1    3   0  0   0    0   0    2  .375  .375  .375   0   0   0   0   0          100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.3  154 5221  675 1358 194 58 112  640 601  534  .260  .336  .384  44  40 137  23 113           97
    Rank among 8 AL teams          4    5    4   8  3   4        7    4     4     6     3   4   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 Lemon           28  37   2.99  22  10  1  33   4  22   2  279.7  211  101   93  19  137  138 1159   1   6  0     133
SP  Bob Feller          30  36   3.75  15  14  0  28   6  15   0  211.0  198  104   88  18   84  108  894   9   1  1     106
SP  Early Wynn          29  26   4.15  11   7  0  23   2   6   0  164.7  186   84   76   8   57   62  724   0   1  0      96
SP *Gene Bearden        28  32   5.10   8   8  0  19   0   5   0  127.0  140   77   72   6   92   41  593  11   2  0      78

CL  Al Benton           38  40   2.12   9   6 10  11  18   4   2  135.7  116   33   32   7   51   41  548   3   1  0     188
RP *Sam Zoldak          30  27   4.25   1   2  0   0  13   0   0   53.0   60   30   25   4   18   11  235   1   0  0      94
RP  Satchel Paige       42  31   3.04   4   7  5   5  19   1   0   83.0   70   29   28   4   33   54  348   0   1  1     131
RP *Frank Papish        31  25   3.19   1   0  1   3  12   1   0   62.0   54   24   22   2   39   23  271   0   0  1     125
RP  Mike Garcia         25  41   2.36  14   5  2  20  10   8   5  175.7  154   51   46   6   60   94  718   1   2  0     169

    Steve Gromek        29  27   3.33   4   6  0  12   5   3   0   92.0   86   41   34   8   40   22  390   2   2  0     120
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.2 154   3.36  89  65 19 154  89  65  10 1383.0 1275  574  516  82  611  594 5880  28  16  3     119
    Rank among 8 AL teams           1   3   6  2           4   4      2    2    1        2    1    4

    * - 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 152 651 73 7 16 .990 4 MTresh 38 71 8 0 3 1.000 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 722 81 7 19 .991 5 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 9.15 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MVernon 153 1438 155 14 168 .991 10.41 LBoudreau 6 41 3 0 3 1.000 7.33 AClark 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1480 158 14 171 .992 10.66 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .974 5.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JGordon 145 297 430 15 123 .980 5.01 JBerardino 8 19 28 2 4 .959 5.88 BAvila 5 5 7 0 1 1.000 2.40 LBoudreau 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 323 467 17 129 .979 5.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .960 2.95 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KKeltner 69 51 145 4 11 .980 2.84 LBoudreau 38 34 76 4 13 .965 2.89 JBerardino 25 19 39 4 3 .935 2.32 BKennedy 21 13 44 1 4 .983 2.71 ARosen 10 10 16 0 1 1.000 2.60 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 127 320 13 32 .972 2.91 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .963 4.79 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LBoudreau 88 176 272 8 78 .982 5.09 RBoone 76 162 210 21 58 .947 4.89 JBerardino 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 338 483 29 136 .966 5.34 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .980 2.27 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DMitchell 149 337 10 2 2 .994 2.33 149 0 0 LDoby 147 355 7 9 2 .976 2.46 0 117 39 BKennedy 98 190 12 2 4 .990 2.06 1 0 98 TTucker 42 119 2 2 0 .984 2.88 4 38 0 AClark 17 14 1 0 0 1.000 0.88 1 0 16 LEaster 12 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 0 0 12 MMinoso 7 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 0 0 7 HEdwards 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 0 0 5 MNielsen 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 3 0 HPeck 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 0 0 2 HReich 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1048 32 15 8 .986 2.34 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .962 2.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BLemon 37 34 71 4 5 .963 3.38 BFeller 36 12 19 1 2 .969 1.32 MGarcia 41 11 34 1 4 .978 2.31 EWynn 26 16 31 0 3 1.000 2.57 ABenton 40 4 17 0 2 1.000 1.39 GBearden 32 9 42 1 2 .981 3.61 SGromek 27 8 18 1 0 .963 2.54 SPaige 31 5 10 0 0 1.000 1.63 FPapish 25 1 14 0 2 1.000 2.18 SZoldak 27 12 19 0 1 1.000 5.26 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 112 275 8 21 .980 2.52 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Mitchell .317

On-base % Doby .389

Slugging % Doby .468

OPS Doby .857

Games Vernon 153

At Bats Mitchell 640

Plate Appearances (approx.) Mitchell 685

Runs Doby 106

Hits Mitchell 203

Total Bases Mitchell 274

Doubles Vernon 27

Triples Mitchell 23

Home Runs Doby 24

RBI Doby 85

Bases on Balls Doby 91

Strikeouts Doby 90

Stolen Bases Doby and Mitchell 10

Singles Mitchell 161

Adjusted OPS+ Doby 128

Runs Created Mitchell 99

Adjusted Batting Runs Doby 23

Batting Wins Doby 2.2

Extra-Base Hits Doby 52

Times on Base Doby 251

Offensive Win% Doby .625

Hit By Pitch Doby 7

Sac. Hits Vernon 15

Grounded into Double Plays Gordon 20

Caught Stealing Doby 9

Power/Speed Number Doby 14.1

At Bats per Strikeout Mitchell 58.2

At Bats per Home Run Doby 22.8

Outs Mitchell 450

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ERA Garcia 2.36

Wins Lemon 22

Won-Loss % Garcia .737

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Garcia 1.218

Hits Allowed/9IP Lemon 6.79

Bases on Balls/9IP Garcia 3.07

Strikeouts/9IP Garcia 4.82

Games Garcia 41

Saves Benton 10

Innings Lemon 279.7

Strikeouts Lemon 138

Games Started Lemon 33

Comp. Games Lemon 22

Shutouts Garcia 5

Home Runs Allow. Lemon 19

Bases On Balls Allow. Lemon 137

Hits Allowed Lemon 211

SO to Walk Garcia 1.57

Losses Feller 14

Earned Runs Allow. Lemon 93

Wild Pitches Bearden 11

Hit Batsmen Lemon 6

Batters Faced Lemon 1159

Games Finished Paige 19

Adjusted ERA+ Garcia 169

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Larry Doby
Joe Gordon
Jim Hegan
Bob Lemon
Dale Mitchell

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