1938 Cleveland Indians Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 86-66
Finished 3rd in the AL
Attendance: 652,006, Avg. 6,576
Ballpark: League Park II/Cleveland Stadium
Manager: Ossie Vitt (86-66)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio

1938 Cleveland Indians Roster
1938 Cleveland Indians Results

The Cleveland Indians of the American League ended the 1938 season with a record of 86 wins and 66 losses, finishing third in the AL.

The Indians plated 847 runs and allowed 782 runs. Ken Keltner paced Cleveland with 26 home runs, while Jeff Heath and Hal Trosky walloped 20 or more also. Ken Keltner drove in 113 runs. Jeff Heath led all regular hitters by hitting .343. Bob Feller and Mel Harder topped the team with 17 wins each, and Mel Harder recorded a 3.83 ERA, leading 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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Mel Harder	17	10	.630	3.83	38	29	6	15	2	4	240.0	257	115	102	16	62	102	5	0	1	1026
Bob Feller	17	11	.607	4.08	39	36	3	20	2	1	277.7	225	136	126	13	208	240	7	1	5	1248
Johnny Allen	14	8	.636	4.19	30	27	3	13	0	0	200.0	189	107	93	15	81	112	3	0	7	855
Johnny Humphries	9	8	.529	5.23	45	6	25	1	0	6	103.3	105	69	60	6	63	56	1	1	1	470
Earl Whitehill	9	8	.529	5.56	26	23	1	4	0	0	160.3	187	109	99	18	83	60	9	0	4	746
Willis Hudlin	8	8	.500	4.89	29	15	11	8	0	1	127.0	158	80	69	13	45	27	2	0	4	576
Denny Galehouse	7	8	.467	4.34	36	12	16	5	1	3	114.0	119	62	55	12	65	66	1	0	3	505
Al Milnar	3	1	.750	5.00	23	5	7	2	0	1	68.3	90	48	38	5	26	29	0	0	2	312
Ken Jungels	1	0	1.000	8.80	9	0	3	0	0	0	15.3	21	16	15	1	18	7	2	0	0	84
Joe Heving	1	1	.500	9.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	10	8	6	0	5	0	0	0	0	32
Clay Smith	0	0		6.55	4	0	4	0	0	0	11.0	18	10	8	1	2	3	0	0	0	51
Charley Suche	0	0		27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	4	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	10
Bill Zuber	0	3	.000	5.02	15	0	6	0	0	1	28.7	33	18	16	0	20	14	0	0	1	134
Totals	86	66	.566	4.60	298	153	86	68	5	17	1353.0	1416	782	691	100	681	717	30	2	28	6049

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
Hal Trosky	150	626	554	106	185	40	9	19	110	5	1	67	40	.334	.407	.542	.948	300	1	4
Jeff Heath	126	538	502	104	172	31	18	21	112	3	1	33	55	.343	.383	.602	.985	302	0	3
Earl Averill	134	567	482	101	159	27	15	14	93	5	2	81	48	.330	.429	.535	.965	258	3	1
Ken Keltner	149	619	576	86	159	31	9	26	113	4	3	33	75	.276	.319	.497	.815	286	3	7
Lyn Lary	141	661	568	94	152	36	4	3	51	23	6	88	65	.268	.366	.361	.727	205	0	5
Bruce Campbell	133	575	511	90	148	27	12	12	72	11	7	53	57	.290	.360	.460	.820	235	3	8
Odell Hale	130	559	496	69	138	32	2	8	69	8	1	44	39	.278	.338	.399	.737	198	1	18
Frankie Pytlak	113	406	364	46	112	14	7	1	43	9	5	36	15	.308	.376	.393	.769	143	4	2
Rollie Hemsley	66	230	203	27	60	11	3	2	28	1	1	23	14	.296	.367	.409	.776	83	0	4
Roy Weatherly	83	228	210	32	55	14	3	2	18	8	5	14	14	.262	.308	.386	.694	81	0	4
Moose Solters	67	214	199	30	40	6	3	2	22	4	1	13	28	.201	.250	.291	.541	58	0	2
John Kroner	51	137	117	13	29	16	0	1	17	0	1	19	6	.248	.353	.410	.763	48	0	1
Johnny Allen	30	85	79	12	20	2	1	1	14	1	0	3	14	.253	.280	.342	.622	27	0	3
Bob Feller	39	114	94	6	17	3	1	0	13	0	1	11	32	.181	.267	.234	.501	22	0	9
Skeeter Webb	20	66	58	11	16	2	0	0	2	1	0	8	7	.276	.364	.310	.674	18	0	0
Mel Harder	39	94	88	3	10	2	0	0	6	0	0	4	31	.114	.152	.136	.289	12	0	2
Earl Whitehill	26	63	56	0	7	0	0	0	6	0	0	7	13	.125	.222	.125	.347	7	0	0
Denny Galehouse	36	41	39	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13	.154	.195	.154	.349	6	0	0
Willis Hudlin	29	48	43	1	5	2	0	0	2	0	1	3	14	.116	.174	.163	.337	7	0	2
Al Milnar	24	26	26	2	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	5	.154	.154	.308	.462	8	0	0
Johnny Humphries	45	33	29	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	.103	.161	.172	.334	5	1	2
Chuck Workman	2	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0
Ray Mack	2	6	6	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	4	0	0
Oscar Grimes	4	12	10	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	.200	.333	.400	.733	4	0	0
Charley Suche	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2	0	0
Tommy Irwin	3	12	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.111	.333	.111	.444	1	0	0
Hank Helf	6	14	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.077	.143	.077	.220	1	0	0
Clay Smith	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0
Ken Jungels	9	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Joe Heving	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Lou Boudreau	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0
Bill Zuber	15	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1
Lloyd Russell	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
Totals	1683	6001	5356	847	1506	300	89	113	799	83	36	551	606	.281	.350	.434	.784	2323	16	78

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Hal Trosky	1B	148	1232	102	10	121	.993	9.014	0
John Kroner	1B	7	34	4	2	1	.950	5.429	0
Oscar Grimes	1B	1	7	0	0	1	1.000	7.000	0
Skeeter Webb	2B	2	2	1	2	0	.600	1.500	0
Ray Mack	2B	2	8	6	0	0	1.000	7.000	0
John Kroner	2B	31	70	77	4	23	.974	4.742	0
Odell Hale	2B	127	304	343	25	72	.963	5.094	0
Oscar Grimes	2B	2	3	2	0	1	1.000	2.500	0
Skeeter Webb	3B	3	2	3	0	0	1.000	1.667	0
John Kroner	3B	3	3	9	1	1	.923	4.000	0
Ken Keltner	3B	149	141	271	19	19	.956	2.765	0
Lou Boudreau	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Frankie Pytlak	C	99	475	56	7	11	.987	5.364	5
Rollie Hemsley	C	58	358	38	8	5	.980	6.828	6
Hank Helf	C	5	13	5	1	1	.947	3.600	0
Chuck Workman	OF	1	1	0	1	0	.500	1.000	0
Roy Weatherly	OF	55	110	7	3	3	.975	2.127	0
Moose Solters	OF	46	91	4	3	3	.969	2.065	0
Jeff Heath	OF	122	254	5	7	2	.974	2.123	0
Bruce Campbell	OF	122	220	13	8	3	.967	1.910	0
Earl Averill	OF	131	331	14	9	2	.975	2.634	0
Bill Zuber	P	15	2	3	1	1	.833	.333	0
Earl Whitehill	P	26	9	21	2	3	.938	1.154	0
Charley Suche	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Clay Smith	P	4	1	2	0	0	1.000	.750	0
Al Milnar	P	23	2	12	0	2	1.000	.609	0
Ken Jungels	P	9	1	2	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Johnny Humphries	P	45	3	15	2	1	.900	.400	0
Willis Hudlin	P	29	7	29	3	3	.923	1.241	0
Joe Heving	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Mel Harder	P	38	21	49	1	2	.986	1.842	0
Denny Galehouse	P	36	4	21	0	2	1.000	.694	0
Bob Feller	P	39	8	37	3	1	.938	1.154	0
Johnny Allen	P	30	14	43	2	3	.966	1.900	0
Skeeter Webb	SS	13	25	28	2	7	.964	4.077	0
Lyn Lary	SS	141	296	399	26	88	.964	4.929	0
John Kroner	SS	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Tommy Irwin	SS	3	3	8	0	2	1.000	3.667	0
Totals		1571	4055	1630	152	384	.974	3.619	11

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