1944 Cleveland Indians Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 72-82
Finished 5th in the AL
Attendance: 475,272, Avg. 3,858
Ballpark: League Park II/Cleveland Stadium
Manager: Lou Boudreau (72-82)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio

1944 Cleveland Indians Roster
1944 Cleveland Indians Results

The Cleveland Indians of the American League ended the 1944 season with a record of 72 wins and 82 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.

The Indians scored 643 runs and conceded 677 runs, most in the circuit. Roy Cullenbine led Cleveland with 16 home runs, and Pat Seerey walloped 20 or more, too. Ken Keltner drove in 91 runs. Lou Boudreau paced all regular batters by hitting .327. Mel Harder topped the squad with 12 wins, while Steve Gromek recorded a 2.56 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Lou Boudreau 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	12	10	.545	3.71	30	27	0	12	2	0	196.3	211	95	81	5	69	64	3	0	3	843
Allie Reynolds	11	8	.579	3.30	28	21	6	5	1	1	158.0	141	63	58	2	91	84	4	0	4	690
Ed Klieman	11	13	.458	3.38	47	19	14	5	1	5	178.3	185	73	67	4	70	44	7	0	2	764
Steve Gromek	10	9	.526	2.56	35	21	8	12	2	1	203.7	160	74	58	5	70	115	3	0	2	820
Joe Heving	8	3	.727	1.96	63	1	38	0	0	10	119.7	106	42	26	2	41	46	2	0	1	499
Al Smith	7	13	.350	3.42	28	26	2	7	1	0	181.7	197	83	69	6	69	44	3	0	4	792
Jim Bagby	4	5	.444	4.33	13	10	1	2	0	0	79.0	101	48	38	2	34	12	4	0	1	368
Ray Poat	4	8	.333	5.13	36	6	13	1	0	1	80.7	82	50	46	9	37	40	0	1	1	351
Vern Kennedy	2	5	.286	5.03	12	10	2	2	0	0	59.0	66	36	33	0	37	17	0	0	4	273
Earl Henry	1	1	.500	4.58	2	2	0	1	0	0	17.7	18	9	9	0	3	5	0	0	1	71
Hal Kleine	1	2	.333	5.75	11	6	2	1	0	0	40.7	38	29	26	0	36	13	0	0	0	189
Paul Calvert	1	3	.250	4.56	35	4	15	0	0	0	77.0	89	48	39	4	38	31	0	0	3	353
Paul O'Dea	0	0		2.08	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.3	5	1	1	0	6	0	0	1	0	22
Mike Naymick	0	0		9.69	7	0	3	0	0	0	13.0	16	15	14	1	10	4	0	0	0	66
Bill Bonness	0	1	.000	7.71	2	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	11	6	6	0	5	1	2	0	3	38
Red Embree	0	1	.000	13.50	3	1	1	0	0	0	3.3	2	5	5	0	5	4	0	0	1	17
Totals	72	82	.468	3.65	355	155	107	48	7	18	1419.3	1428	677	576	40	621	524	28	2	30	6156

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Lou Boudreau	150	681	584	91	191	45	5	3	67	11	3	73	39	.327	.406	.437	.843	255	10	5	19
Mickey Rocco	155	721	653	87	174	29	7	13	70	4	8	56	51	.266	.325	.392	.717	256	11	1	11
Ken Keltner	149	632	573	74	169	41	9	13	91	4	3	53	29	.295	.355	.466	.821	267	23	0	6
Roy Cullenbine	154	666	571	98	162	34	5	16	80	4	4	87	49	.284	.380	.445	.825	254	11	2	6
Oris Hockett	124	497	457	47	132	29	5	1	50	8	9	35	27	.289	.339	.381	.720	174	7	0	5
Buddy Rosar	99	375	331	29	87	9	3	0	30	1	2	34	17	.263	.339	.308	.647	102	7	4	6
Pat Seerey	101	365	342	39	80	16	0	15	39	0	2	19	99	.234	.276	.412	.689	141	10	1	3
Myril Hoag	67	308	277	33	79	9	3	1	27	6	4	25	23	.285	.347	.350	.697	97	5	1	5
Ray Mack	83	319	284	24	66	15	3	0	29	4	1	28	45	.232	.301	.306	.608	87	7	0	7
Rusty Peters	88	310	282	23	63	13	3	1	24	2	1	15	35	.223	.268	.301	.569	85	6	2	11
Paul O'Dea	76	198	173	25	55	9	0	0	13	2	2	23	21	.318	.401	.370	.771	64	11	1	1
Jeff Heath	60	170	151	20	50	5	2	5	33	0	1	18	12	.331	.402	.490	.892	74	2	0	1
Jimmy Grant	61	113	99	12	27	4	3	1	12	1	0	11	20	.273	.357	.404	.761	40	0	2	1
Steve Gromek	44	84	73	11	19	1	1	0	7	1	0	6	13	.260	.316	.301	.618	22	1	0	5
Mel Harder	30	76	74	9	16	3	0	0	6	0	0	0	19	.216	.216	.257	.473	19	2	0	2
Norm Schlueter	49	135	122	2	15	4	0	0	11	0	2	12	22	.123	.201	.156	.357	19	3	0	1
George Susce	29	68	61	3	14	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	5	.230	.254	.246	.500	15	1	0	5
Jim McDonnell	20	47	43	5	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	3	.233	.298	.233	.530	10	2	0	0
Al Smith	28	68	64	1	10	1	0	0	7	0	0	3	13	.156	.194	.172	.366	11	6	0	1
Jim Bagby	14	31	31	2	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.226	.226	.323	.548	10	0	0	0
Allie Reynolds	41	61	57	2	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.123	.138	.158	.296	9	2	0	3
Ed Klieman	47	63	57	1	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	18	.105	.164	.105	.269	6	2	0	2
Paul Calvert	35	16	15	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	.267	.267	.400	.667	6	0	0	1
Joe Heving	63	24	22	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.182	.182	.182	.364	4	0	0	2
Hank Ruszkowski	3	8	8	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.375	.375	.375	.750	3	1	0	0
Steve Biras	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2	0	0	0
Russ Lyon	7	12	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.182	.250	.182	.432	2	1	0	0
Hal Kleine	14	15	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	2	0	0	1
Vern Kennedy	15	23	23	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.087	.087	.087	.174	2	1	0	0
Jim Devlin	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ray Poat	36	20	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.000	.056	.000	.056	0	1	0	2
Earl Henry	4	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0
Bill Bonness	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Mike Naymick	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0
Red Embree	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1861	6119	5481	643	1458	270	50	70	615	48	42	512	594	.266	.331	.372	.703	2038	134	19	107

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Mickey Rocco	1B	155	1467	138	11	158	.993	1.355	0
Paul O'Dea	1B	3	21	1	0	2	1.000	7.333	0
Rusty Peters	2B	63	151	181	8	45	.976	5.270	0
Ray Mack	2B	83	226	243	24	73	.951	5.651	0
Jimmy Grant	2B	20	41	47	7	6	.926	4.400	0
Steve Biras	2B	1	1	1	1	0	.667	2.000	0
Rusty Peters	3B	8	4	12	0	2	1.000	2.000	0
Ken Keltner	3B	149	168	369	18	37	.968	3.604	0
Jimmy Grant	3B	4	3	4	0	0	1.000	1.750	0
George Susce	C	29	78	13	5	3	.948	3.138	3
Norm Schlueter	C	43	122	9	2	4	.985	3.047	4
Hank Ruszkowski	C	2	5	2	0	0	1.000	3.500	0
Buddy Rosar	C	98	409	59	5	13	.989	4.776	2
Jim McDonnell	C	13	40	5	5	1	.900	3.462	0
Russ Lyon	C	3	7	3	1	0	.909	3.333	0
Jim Devlin	C	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	1
Lou Boudreau	C	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Pat Seerey	OF	86	196	8	3	1	.986	2.372	0
Paul O'Dea	OF	41	72	2	4	1	.949	1.805	0
Oris Hockett	OF	110	275	6	4	1	.986	2.555	0
Myril Hoag	OF	66	171	9	10	3	.947	2.727	0
Jeff Heath	OF	37	76	4	4	2	.952	2.162	0
Roy Cullenbine	OF	151	275	15	10	6	.967	1.921	0
Al Smith	P	28	4	46	1	2	.980	1.786	0
Allie Reynolds	P	28	8	21	1	3	.967	1.036	0
Ray Poat	P	36	6	11	1	3	.944	.472	0
Paul O'Dea	P	3	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	0
Mike Naymick	P	7	2	2	1	1	.800	.571	0
Ed Klieman	P	47	15	35	1	2	.980	1.064	0
Hal Kleine	P	11	1	6	1	0	.875	.636	0
Vern Kennedy	P	12	6	14	2	1	.909	1.667	0
Joe Heving	P	63	5	29	4	0	.895	.540	0
Earl Henry	P	2	1	4	0	0	1.000	2.500	0
Mel Harder	P	30	11	34	2	3	.957	1.500	0
Steve Gromek	P	35	10	22	2	3	.941	.914	0
Red Embree	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Paul Calvert	P	35	9	21	3	2	.909	.857	0
Bill Bonness	P	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Jim Bagby	P	13	5	16	2	4	.913	1.615	0
Rusty Peters	SS	13	25	16	1	5	.976	3.154	0
Lou Boudreau	SS	149	339	516	19	134	.978	5.738	0
Totals		1684	4257	1929	164	521	.974	3.673	10

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