1939 Cleveland Indians Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 87-67
Finished 3rd in the AL
Attendance: 563,926, Avg. 5,467
Ballpark: League Park II/Cleveland Stadium
Manager: Ossie Vitt (87-67)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio

1939 Cleveland Indians Roster
1939 Cleveland Indians Results

The Cleveland Indians of the American League ended the 1939 season with a record of 87 wins and 67 losses, finishing third in the AL.

The Indians plated 797 runs and allowed 700 runs. Hal Trosky paced Cleveland with 25 home runs and drove in 104 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time by hitting .335. Bob Feller earned 24 wins on the mound for the team, plus Mel Harder, too added 15 or more wins, too Bob Feller recorded a 2.85 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
Bob Feller	24	9	.727	2.85	39	35	3	24	4	1	296.7	227	105	94	13	142	246	3	1	14	1243
Mel Harder	15	9	.625	3.50	29	26	3	12	1	1	208.0	213	89	81	15	64	67	3	0	1	877
Al Milnar	14	12	.538	3.79	37	26	10	12	2	3	209.0	212	96	88	11	99	76	0	1	4	920
Johnny Allen	9	7	.563	4.58	28	26	2	9	2	0	175.0	199	96	89	9	56	79	3	2	5	763
Willis Hudlin	9	10	.474	4.91	27	20	5	7	0	3	143.0	175	85	78	6	42	28	1	0	3	643
Harry Eisenstat	6	7	.462	3.30	26	11	10	4	1	2	103.7	109	45	38	8	23	38	0	1	0	445
Johnny Broaca	4	2	.667	4.70	22	2	9	0	0	0	46.0	53	39	24	5	28	13	0	0	1	216
Bill Zuber	2	0	1.000	5.97	16	1	10	0	0	0	31.7	41	24	21	2	19	16	1	0	0	152
Joe Dobson	2	3	.400	5.88	35	3	17	0	0	1	78.0	87	56	51	3	51	27	1	1	3	362
Johnny Humphries	2	4	.333	8.26	15	1	6	0	0	2	28.3	30	30	26	0	32	12	1	0	0	144
Mike Naymick	0	1	.000	1.93	2	1	1	1	0	0	4.7	3	1	1	0	5	3	0	0	0	22
Lefty Sullivan	0	1	.000	4.26	7	1	4	0	0	0	12.7	9	8	6	0	9	4	1	0	0	54
Floyd Stromme	0	1	.000	4.85	5	0	2	0	0	0	13.0	13	8	7	1	13	4	0	0	1	64
Tom Drake	0	1	.000	9.00	8	1	3	0	0	0	15.0	23	18	15	2	19	1	2	0	0	86
Totals	87	67	.565	4.08	296	154	85	69	10	13	1364.7	1394	700	619	75	602	614	16	6	32	5991

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Ken Keltner	154	648	587	84	191	35	11	13	97	6	6	51	41	.325	.379	.489	.868	287	15	0	10
Ben Chapman	149	654	545	101	158	31	9	6	82	18	6	87	30	.290	.390	.413	.802	225	19	2	20
Hal Trosky	122	511	448	89	150	31	4	25	104	2	3	52	28	.335	.405	.589	.994	264	6	1	10
Bruce Campbell	130	527	450	84	129	23	13	8	72	7	6	67	48	.287	.383	.449	.832	202	6	3	7
Jeff Heath	121	472	431	64	126	31	7	14	69	8	4	41	64	.292	.354	.494	.848	213	7	0	0
Rollie Hemsley	107	432	395	58	104	17	4	2	36	2	4	26	26	.263	.309	.342	.651	135	7	0	11
Roy Weatherly	95	344	323	43	100	16	6	1	32	7	2	19	23	.310	.348	.406	.754	131	2	0	2
Oscar Grimes	119	432	364	51	98	20	5	4	56	8	3	56	61	.269	.368	.385	.753	140	7	1	11
Odell Hale	108	286	253	36	79	16	2	4	48	4	5	25	18	.312	.374	.439	.813	111	9	0	8
Skeeter Webb	81	292	269	28	71	14	1	2	26	1	1	15	24	.264	.305	.346	.651	93	4	1	7
Lou Boudreau	53	256	225	42	58	15	4	0	19	2	1	28	24	.258	.340	.360	.700	81	5	0	3
Frankie Pytlak	63	210	183	20	49	2	5	0	14	4	1	20	5	.268	.343	.333	.676	61	4	1	6
Moose Solters	41	111	102	19	28	7	2	2	19	2	1	9	15	.275	.333	.441	.775	45	1	0	0
Jim Shilling	31	106	98	8	27	7	2	0	12	1	0	7	9	.276	.324	.388	.712	38	3	0	1
Bob Feller	39	120	99	14	21	5	1	0	7	0	0	14	35	.212	.316	.283	.599	28	3	1	6
Al Milnar	41	84	79	11	20	5	0	0	6	0	0	5	12	.253	.298	.316	.614	25	0	0	0
Ray Mack	36	126	112	12	17	4	1	1	6	0	2	12	19	.152	.240	.232	.472	26	1	1	1
Johnny Allen	34	76	71	10	16	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	11	.225	.257	.254	.510	18	2	0	2
Earl Averill	24	61	55	8	15	8	0	1	7	0	1	6	12	.273	.344	.473	.817	26	0	0	0
Mel Harder	29	83	72	8	10	0	1	1	9	0	0	3	17	.139	.195	.208	.403	15	2	2	6
Willis Hudlin	27	55	48	1	9	1	0	1	4	0	0	3	16	.188	.250	.271	.521	13	4	1	3
Harry Eisenstat	26	35	32	3	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.250	.273	.250	.523	8	0	0	2
Luke Sewell	16	25	20	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	.150	.261	.200	.461	4	0	0	2
Floyd Stromme	5	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0
Bill Zuber	16	5	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.600	.800	3	0	0	0
Joe Dobson	35	20	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.056	.105	.056	.161	1	0	0	1
Mike Naymick	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Lyn Lary	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Lefty Sullivan	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Tom Drake	8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1
Johnny Broaca	22	13	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	0	0	0
Johnny Humphries	15	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	1	0	0
Totals	1759	6006	5316	797	1490	291	79	85	730	72	46	556	571	.280	.350	.413	.763	2194	108	14	120

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Hal Trosky	1B	118	1004	97	9	97	.992	9.331	0
Luke Sewell	1B	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Oscar Grimes	1B	43	341	17	4	36	.989	8.326	0
Jim Shilling	2B	27	61	83	10	18	.935	5.333	0
Ray Mack	2B	34	80	86	4	26	.976	4.882	0
Odell Hale	2B	73	141	146	10	31	.966	3.932	0
Oscar Grimes	2B	48	102	109	7	21	.968	4.396	0
Ray Mack	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Ken Keltner	3B	154	187	297	13	40	.974	3.143	0
Odell Hale	3B	2	1	1	1	0	.667	1.000	0
Oscar Grimes	3B	3	3	1	0	0	1.000	1.333	0
Luke Sewell	C	15	24	4	1	0	.966	1.867	0
Frankie Pytlak	C	51	227	24	0	5	1.000	4.922	1
Rollie Hemsley	C	106	499	58	9	7	.984	5.255	4
Roy Weatherly	OF	76	146	3	6	1	.961	1.961	0
Moose Solters	OF	25	42	1	4	0	.915	1.720	0
Al Milnar	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Jeff Heath	OF	108	263	7	10	2	.964	2.500	0
Ben Chapman	OF	146	356	12	11	0	.971	2.521	0
Bruce Campbell	OF	115	200	12	13	3	.942	1.843	0
Earl Averill	OF	11	12	0	0	0	1.000	1.091	0
Bill Zuber	P	16	0	9	0	1	1.000	.563	0
Lefty Sullivan	P	7	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	0
Floyd Stromme	P	5	0	2	1	0	.667	.400	0
Mike Naymick	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Al Milnar	P	37	6	37	0	1	1.000	1.162	0
Johnny Humphries	P	15	1	4	1	0	.833	.333	0
Willis Hudlin	P	27	21	42	1	2	.984	2.333	0
Mel Harder	P	29	14	26	1	1	.976	1.379	0
Bob Feller	P	39	8	44	3	2	.945	1.333	0
Harry Eisenstat	P	26	1	14	0	0	1.000	.577	0
Tom Drake	P	8	2	4	1	0	.857	.750	0
Joe Dobson	P	35	3	16	0	0	1.000	.543	0
Johnny Broaca	P	22	0	8	1	2	.889	.364	0
Johnny Allen	P	28	17	36	5	7	.914	1.893	0
Skeeter Webb	SS	81	165	203	27	40	.932	4.543	0
Jim Shilling	SS	3	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.333	0
Lyn Lary	SS	2	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	0
Oscar Grimes	SS	37	58	66	11	18	.919	3.351	0
Lou Boudreau	SS	53	103	184	14	31	.953	5.415	0
Totals		1630	4091	1657	180	392	.970	3.526	5

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