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1949 Cleveland Indians

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948 / 1950

89-65, Finished 3rd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Lou Boudreau (89-65)
Scored 675 runs, Allowed 574 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-66

Ballparks: Cleveland Stadium · 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 - 97, Pitching - 95


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1948 / 1950 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 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 68 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 1.167 213 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 -24 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 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 28 22 10 .688 2.99 37 33 4 22 2 1 279.2 211 101 93 19 137 138 6 0 1 1159 133 1.244 6.8 0.6 4.4 4.4 1.01
2 SP Bob Feller 30 15 14 .517 3.75 36 28 6 15 0 0 211.0 198 104 88 18 84 108 1 1 3 894 106 1.336 8.4 0.8 3.6 4.6 1.29
3 SP Early Wynn 29 11 7 .611 4.15 26 23 2 6 0 0 164.2 186 84 76 8 57 62 1 0 0 724 96 1.476 10.2 0.4 3.1 3.4 1.09
4 SP Gene Bearden* 28 8 8 .500 5.10 32 19 0 5 0 0 127.0 140 77 72 6 92 41 2 0 11 593 78 1.827 9.9 0.4 6.5 2.9 0.45
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
5 CL Al Benton 38 9 6 .600 2.12 40 11 18 4 2 10 135.2 116 33 32 7 51 41 1 0 3 548 188 1.231 7.7 0.5 3.4 2.7 0.80
6 RP Mike Garcia 25 14 5 .737 2.36 41 20 10 8 5 2 175.2 154 51 46 6 60 94 2 0 1 718 170 1.218 7.9 0.3 3.1 4.8 1.57
7 RP Steve Gromek 29 4 6 .400 3.33 27 12 5 3 0 0 92.0 86 41 34 8 40 22 2 0 2 390 120 1.370 8.4 0.8 3.9 2.2 0.55
8 RP Satchel Paige 42 4 7 .364 3.04 31 5 19 1 0 5 83.0 70 29 28 4 33 54 1 1 0 348 132 1.241 7.6 0.4 3.6 5.9 1.64
9 RP Sam Zoldak* 30 1 2 .333 4.25 27 0 13 0 0 0 53.0 60 30 25 4 18 11 0 0 1 235 95 1.472 10.2 0.7 3.1 1.9 0.61
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
10 Frank Papish* 31 1 0 1.000 3.19 25 3 12 1 0 1 62.0 54 24 22 2 39 23 0 1 0 271 126 1.500 7.8 0.3 5.7 3.3 0.59
Team Totals 30.1 89 65 .578 3.36 154 154 89 65 9 19 1383.2 1275 574 516 82 611 594 16 3 22 5880 119 1.363 8.3 0.5 4.0 3.9 0.97
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 6 1 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 4
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
Bobby Avila 25 5 1 0 12 5 7 0 1 1.000 2.40 2B
Gene Bearden 28 32 19 5 52 9 42 1 2 .981 1.59 P
Al Benton 38 40 11 4 21 4 17 0 2 1.000 0.53 P
Johnny Berardino 32 36 28 26 112 38 68 6 7 .946 2.94 3B-2B-SS
Ray Boone 25 76 68 64 393 162 210 21 58 .947 4.89 SS
Lou Boudreau 31 131 129 115 618 253 353 12 95 .981 4.56 SS-3B-1B-2B
Allie Clark 26 18 13 6 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 0.89 OF-1B
Larry Doby 25 147 146 132 371 355 7 9 2 .976 2.46 OF
Luke Easter 33 12 11 6 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 OF
Hank Edwards 30 5 4 3 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 OF
Bob Feller 30 36 28 15 32 12 19 1 2 .969 0.86 P
Mike Garcia 25 41 20 8 46 11 34 1 4 .978 1.10 P
Joe Gordon 34 145 145 140 742 297 430 15 123 .980 5.01 2B
Steve Gromek 29 27 12 3 27 8 18 1 0 .963 0.96 P
Jim Hegan 28 152 146 116 731 651 73 7 16 .990 4.76 4 30 34 53% C
Ken Keltner 32 69 67 62 200 51 145 4 11 .980 2.84 3B
Bob Kennedy 28 118 110 103 262 203 56 3 8 .989 2.18 OF-3B
Bob Lemon 28 37 33 22 109 34 71 4 5 .963 2.84 P
Minnie Minoso 23 7 6 3 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 OF
Dale Mitchell 27 149 146 145 349 337 10 2 2 .994 2.33 OF
Milt Nielsen 24 3 3 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 OF
Satchel Paige 42 31 5 1 15 5 10 0 0 1.000 0.48 P
Frank Papish 31 25 3 1 15 1 14 0 2 1.000 0.60 P
Hal Peck 32 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 OF
Herman Reich 31 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 OF
Al Rosen 25 10 9 9 26 10 16 0 1 1.000 2.60 3B
Mike Tresh 35 38 8 2 79 71 8 0 3 1.000 2.08 1 2 3 60% C
Thurman Tucker 31 52 43 39 123 119 2 2 0 .984 2.88 OF
Mickey Vernon 31 153 148 147 1607 1438 155 14 168 .991 10.41 1B
Early Wynn 29 26 23 6 47 16 31 0 3 1.000 1.81 P
Sam Zoldak 30 27 0 0 31 12 19 0 1 1.000 1.15 P
Team Totals 29.6 154 1386 1186 6069 4150 1816 103 516 .983 3.63 5 32 37 54%
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 4 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
Bobby Avila 25 15 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Jumped Lgs /4
Gene Bearden* 28 49 -9 0 0 0 0 4 1 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ Traded 1
Al Benton 38 42 -7 0 0 0 0 3 1 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Johnny Berardino 32 134 -9 -1 0 0 0 1 4 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ Traded 5/46
Ray Boone 25 307 -5 0 0 0 0 5 8 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 6
Lou Boudreau 31 561 1 -2 0 0 10 5 15 29 2.9 19 1.9 1.0 $60,000 Amateur Free Agent 65/34
Allie Clark 26 78 -8 0 0 0 -2 -1 2 -9 -0.9 -7 -0.7 -0.2 $ Traded O9/73
Larry Doby* 25 650 21 0 0 0 0 -3 16 34 3.4 34 3.4 0.0 $ Free Agency *O89
Luke Easter* 33 54 -2 0 0 0 -2 -1 1 -4 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ Free Agency O9
Hank Edwards* 30 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /O9
Bob Feller 30 81 -4 0 0 0 0 6 2 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Mike Garcia 25 62 -3 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Joe Gordon 34 632 1 -2 0 0 14 7 16 36 3.6 22 2.2 1.4 $ Traded *4
Steve Gromek# 29 28 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Jim Hegan 28 529 -24 1 0 0 2 5 14 -2 -0.2 -4 -0.4 0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent *2
Ken Keltner 32 292 -4 0 0 0 4 0 8 8 0.8 4 0.4 0.4 $ Minor Lg Working Ag 5
Bob Kennedy 28 469 -3 -1 0 0 10 -4 13 15 1.5 5 0.5 1.0 $ Traded O95/7
Bob Lemon* 28 123 4 0 0 0 0 9 3 16 1.6 16 1.6 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Minnie Minoso 23 20 0 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent /O9
Dale Mitchell* 27 685 6 4 0 0 4 -7 16 23 2.3 19 1.9 0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent *7O
Milt Nielsen* 24 11 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /8O
Satchel Paige 42 18 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Free Agency 1
Frank Papish 31 13 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 1
Hal Peck* 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Traded /O9
Herman Reich 31 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Waivers--return /O9
Al Rosen 25 51 -5 -1 0 0 0 0 1 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 5
Mike Tresh 35 43 -3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ 2
Thurman Tucker* 31 217 -12 1 0 0 2 0 6 -3 -0.3 -5 -0.5 0.2 $ Traded 8O/7
Mickey Vernon* 31 659 8 -2 0 0 18 -7 17 34 3.4 16 1.6 1.8 $ Traded *3
Early Wynn# 29 76 -10 0 0 0 0 5 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Traded 1
Sam Zoldak* 30 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Team Total 29.2 5958 -76 -4 0 0 61 37 151 169 16.7 108 10.8 5.9 $60,000
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* 28 127.0 19 77 78 4 1.0 1 -0.7 $ Traded
Al Benton 38 135.2 11 33 84 4 1.0 51 4.5 $ Purchased
Bob Feller 30 211.0 28 104 130 7 1.0 26 1.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
Mike Garcia 25 175.2 20 51 108 5 1.0 57 4.9 $ Amateur Free Agent
Steve Gromek 29 92.0 12 41 57 3 1.0 16 1.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bob Lemon 28 279.2 33 101 172 9 1.0 71 5.7 $ Amateur Free Agent
Satchel Paige 42 83.0 5 29 51 3 1.0 22 1.8 $ Free Agency
Frank Papish* 31 62.0 3 24 38 2 1.0 14 1.1 $ Traded
Early Wynn 29 164.2 23 84 101 5 1.0 17 0.8 $ Traded
Sam Zoldak* 30 53.0 0 30 33 2 1.0 3 -0.1 $ Traded
Team Total 30.1 1383.2 154 574 852 44 1.0 278 20.5 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1948 / 1950 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics