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1940 Cleveland Indians Statistics
Team Record: 89-65
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 902,576, Avg. 6,892
Ballpark: League Park II/Cleveland Stadium
Manager: Ossie Vitt (89-65)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
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 Feller | 27 | 11 | .711 | 2.61 | 43 | 37 | 5 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 320.3 | 245 | 102 | 93 | 13 | 118 | 0 | 261 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1304 |
Al Milnar | 18 | 10 | .643 | 3.27 | 37 | 33 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 242.3 | 242 | 120 | 88 | 14 | 99 | 0 | 99 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1049 |
Al Smith | 15 | 7 | .682 | 3.44 | 31 | 24 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 183.0 | 187 | 79 | 70 | 12 | 55 | 0 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 761 |
Mel Harder | 12 | 11 | .522 | 4.06 | 31 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 186.3 | 200 | 96 | 84 | 16 | 59 | 0 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 797 |
Johnny Allen | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.44 | 32 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 138.7 | 126 | 61 | 53 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 576 |
Joe Dobson | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.95 | 40 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 100.0 | 101 | 60 | 55 | 8 | 48 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 432 |
Willis Hudlin | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.94 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23.7 | 31 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
Bill Zuber | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.63 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 |
Mike Naymick | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.10 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 36 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 145 |
Harry Eisenstat | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.14 | 27 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 71.7 | 78 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 291 |
Dixie Howell | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
Ken Jungels | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
Cal Dorsett | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Nate Andrews | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 |
Johnny Humphries | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.29 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33.7 | 35 | 35 | 31 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 166 |
Totals | 89 | 65 | .578 | 3.63 | 306 | 155 | 83 | 72 | 13 | 22 | 1375.0 | 1328 | 637 | 555 | 86 | 512 | 0 | 686 | 25 | 2 | 28 | 5824 |
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 Boudreau | 155 | 706 | 627 | 97 | 185 | 46 | 10 | 9 | 101 | 6 | 3 | 73 | 39 | .295 | .370 | .443 | .814 | 278 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Roy Weatherly | 135 | 615 | 578 | 90 | 175 | 35 | 11 | 12 | 59 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 26 | .303 | .335 | .464 | .799 | 268 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Ben Chapman | 143 | 631 | 548 | 82 | 157 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 13 | 7 | 78 | 45 | .286 | .377 | .403 | .781 | 221 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Hal Trosky | 140 | 608 | 522 | 85 | 154 | 39 | 4 | 25 | 93 | 1 | 2 | 79 | 45 | .295 | .392 | .529 | .920 | 276 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Mack | 146 | 583 | 530 | 60 | 150 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 69 | 4 | 2 | 51 | 77 | .283 | .346 | .409 | .755 | 217 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Keltner | 149 | 608 | 543 | 67 | 138 | 24 | 10 | 15 | 77 | 10 | 5 | 51 | 56 | .254 | .322 | .418 | .740 | 227 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Beau Bell | 120 | 482 | 444 | 55 | 124 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 58 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 41 | .279 | .332 | .365 | .697 | 162 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Rollie Hemsley | 119 | 443 | 416 | 46 | 111 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 25 | .267 | .304 | .368 | .671 | 153 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Jeff Heath | 100 | 396 | 356 | 55 | 78 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 50 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 62 | .219 | .298 | .399 | .697 | 142 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Frankie Pytlak | 62 | 172 | 149 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | .141 | .234 | .168 | .401 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Al Smith | 31 | 71 | 62 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .306 | .386 | .371 | .757 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Feller | 43 | 129 | 115 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 45 | .157 | .211 | .270 | .481 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Rusty Peters | 30 | 75 | 71 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .239 | .280 | .338 | .618 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Al Milnar | 37 | 101 | 94 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | .181 | .214 | .202 | .416 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Soup Campbell | 35 | 69 | 62 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .226 | .304 | .242 | .546 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Odell Hale | 48 | 55 | 50 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .220 | .291 | .320 | .611 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mel Harder | 31 | 71 | 62 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .177 | .227 | .194 | .421 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Allen | 32 | 49 | 48 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .208 | .224 | .271 | .495 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Eisenstat | 27 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .273 | .304 | .273 | .577 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Dobson | 40 | 27 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Zuber | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Naymick | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Willis Hudlin | 4 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hank Helf | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oscar Grimes | 11 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Jungels | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Humphries | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dixie Howell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Cal Dorsett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Nate Andrews | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 1700 | 5957 | 5361 | 710 | 1422 | 287 | 61 | 101 | 661 | 53 | 36 | 519 | 598 | .265 | .332 | .398 | .730 | 2134 | 111 | 16 | 61 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hal Trosky | 1B | 139 | 0 | 0.0 | 1207 | 70 | 11 | 129 | .991 | 9.187 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rusty Peters | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Oscar Grimes | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .958 | 5.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Beau Bell | 1B | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 116 | 8 | 2 | 16 | .984 | 8.857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rusty Peters | 2B | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 23 | 4 | 7 | .922 | 5.222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ray Mack | 2B | 146 | 0 | 0.0 | 323 | 417 | 27 | 109 | .965 | 5.068 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rusty Peters | 3B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .826 | 3.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ken Keltner | 3B | 148 | 0 | 0.0 | 170 | 277 | 22 | 27 | .953 | 3.020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Odell Hale | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Oscar Grimes | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frankie Pytlak | C | 58 | 0 | 0.0 | 235 | 30 | 1 | 5 | .996 | 4.569 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rollie Hemsley | C | 117 | 0 | 0.0 | 591 | 65 | 4 | 8 | .994 | 5.607 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hank Helf | C | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Roy Weatherly | OF | 135 | 0 | 0.0 | 370 | 10 | 12 | 3 | .969 | 2.815 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frankie Pytlak | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jeff Heath | OF | 90 | 0 | 0.0 | 197 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .971 | 2.256 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ben Chapman | OF | 140 | 0 | 0.0 | 307 | 10 | 12 | 3 | .964 | 2.264 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Soup Campbell | OF | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Beau Bell | OF | 97 | 0 | 0.0 | 193 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .971 | 2.041 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Zuber | P | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Al Smith | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 44 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.613 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Naymick | P | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .846 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Al Milnar | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 2 | .875 | .757 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ken Jungels | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Johnny Humphries | P | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .211 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Willis Hudlin | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dixie Howell | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mel Harder | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 38 | 2 | 4 | .959 | 1.516 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Feller | P | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 34 | 2 | 2 | .951 | .907 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Harry Eisenstat | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .519 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Cal Dorsett | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Joe Dobson | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .525 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Nate Andrews | P | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Johnny Allen | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .906 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rusty Peters | SS | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lou Boudreau | SS | 155 | 0 | 0.0 | 277 | 454 | 24 | 116 | .968 | 4.716 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1593 | 0 | 0.0 | 4118 | 1622 | 148 | 447 | .975 | 3.603 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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