1940 Cleveland Indians Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 89-65
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 227,448, Avg. 6,892
Ballpark: League Park II/Cleveland Stadium
Manager: Ossie Vitt (89-65)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1940 Cleveland Indians Roster
1940 Cleveland Indians Results

The Cleveland Indians of the American League ended the 1940 season with a record of 89 wins and 65 losses, finishing second in the AL.

The Indians led the circuit with just 637 runs allowed. Cleveland scored 710 runs. Hal Trosky paced the squad with 25 home runs, and Ken Keltner walloped 20 or more, too. Lou Boudreau drove in 101 runs. Roy Weatherly topped all regular batters by hitting .303. Bob Feller notched 27 wins on the mound for the team, while Al Milnar and Al Smith added 15 or more wins, too Bob Feller recorded a 2.61 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Ossie Vitt coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Bob Feller2711.7112.61433753144320.3245102931311802615081304
Al Milnar1810.6433.27373331543242.32421208814990991031049
Al Smith157.6823.44312451112183.018779701255046613761
Mel Harder1211.5224.0631252500186.320096841659076502797
Johnny Allen98.5293.44321712535138.71266153348062300576
Joe Dobson37.3004.9540716213100.01016055848057007432
Willis Hudlin21.6674.9444020023.73113133208010100
Bill Zuber11.5005.63170900024.0251715314012000112
Mike Naymick12.3335.10134800030.0361717117015302145
Harry Eisenstat14.2003.142731300471.7782525612027002291
Dixie Howell001.803030005.0211040200019
Ken Jungels002.702000003.3311010100013
Cal Dorsett009.001010001.011110000004
Nate Andrews01.0006.0060200012.01698160300155
Johnny Humphries02.0008.29191410133.7353531529017200166
Totals8965.5783.63306155837213221375.01328637555865120686252285824

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Lou Boudreau1557066279718546109101637339.295.370.443.814278232400
Roy Weatherly1356155789017535111259982726.303.335.464.79926891900
Ben Chapman143631548821574064501377845.286.377.403.781221192300
Hal Trosky140608522851543942593127945.295.392.529.92027654300
Ray Mack146583530601502151269425177.283.346.409.755217140200
Ken Keltner14960854367138241015771055156.254.322.418.7402271131100
Beau Bell12048244455124222458223441.279.332.365.69716281300
Rollie Hemsley11944341646111205442132225.267.304.368.67115390500
Jeff Heath10039635655781631450534062.219.298.399.69714220000
Frankie Pytlak6217214916212101601175.141.234.168.4012531500
Al Smith317162121940050079.306.386.371.7572321100
Bob Feller431291157185121200845.157.211.270.4813110600
Rusty Peters307571517320710414.239.280.338.6182420000
Al Milnar3710194817200500329.181.214.202.4161901300
Soup Campbell356962814100200712.226.304.242.5461510000
Odell Hale48555031131060057.220.291.320.6111610000
Mel Harder317162411100410417.177.227.194.4211200500
Johnny Allen32494831030030019.208.224.271.4951310000
Harry Eisenstat2723222600020016.273.304.273.577600000
Joe Dobson40272403000000314.125.222.125.347300000
Bill Zuber17330100000000.333.333.333.667100000
Mike Naymick13760100000012.167.286.167.452100000
Willis Hudlin4980100000013.125.222.125.347100000
Hank Helf1110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Oscar Grimes1113133000000005.000.000.000.000000000
Ken Jungels2110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Johnny Humphries19861000000015.000.143.000.143000100
Dixie Howell3000000000000000000
Cal Dorsett1000000000000000000
Nate Andrews61010000000101.000000000
Totals1700595753617101422287611016615336519598.265.332.398.7302134111166100


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Hal Trosky1B13900.012077011129.9919.1870000
Rusty Peters1B100.010001.0001.0000000
Oscar Grimes1B400.021212.9585.7500000
Beau Bell1B1400.01168216.9848.8570000
Rusty Peters2B900.0242347.9225.2220000
Ray Mack2B14600.032341727109.9655.0680000
Rusty Peters3B600.031641.8263.1670000
Ken Keltner3B14800.01702772227.9533.0200000
Odell Hale3B300.02530.7002.3330000
Oscar Grimes3B100.004001.0004.0000000
Frankie PytlakC5800.02353015.9964.5691000
Rollie HemsleyC11700.05916548.9945.6074000
Hank HelfC100.010001.0001.0000000
Roy WeatherlyOF13500.037010123.9692.8150000
Frankie PytlakOF100.00000.0000000
Jeff HeathOF9000.0197661.9712.2560000
Ben ChapmanOF14000.030710123.9642.2640000
Soup CampbellOF1600.0320001.0002.0000000
Beau BellOF9700.0193561.9712.0410000
Bill ZuberP1700.012001.000.1760000
Al SmithP3100.0644051.0001.6130000
Mike NaymickP1300.029001.000.8460000
Al MilnarP3700.022642.875.7570000
Ken JungelsP200.001001.000.5000000
Johnny HumphriesP1900.00410.800.2110000
Willis HudlinP400.033001.0001.5000000
Dixie HowellP300.001001.000.3330000
Mel HarderP3100.093824.9591.5160000
Bob FellerP4300.053422.951.9070000
Harry EisenstatP2700.0212011.000.5190000
Cal DorsettP100.00000.0000000
Joe DobsonP4000.0615011.000.5250000
Nate AndrewsP600.005021.000.8330000
Johnny AllenP3200.0821021.000.9060000
Rusty PetersSS600.045001.0001.5000000
Lou BoudreauSS15500.027745424116.9684.7160000
Totals159300.041181622148447.9753.6035000




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