1948 Cleveland Indians Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 97-58
Finished 1st in the AL
Attendance: 2,620,627, Avg. 40,302
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Won World Series
World Series - Defeated Boston Braves 4-2
Manager: Lou Boudreau (97-58)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio

1948 Cleveland Indians Roster
1948 Cleveland Indians Results

The Cleveland Indians of the American League ended the 1948 season with a record of 97 wins and 58 losses, finishing first in the AL.

The Indians paced the circuit with just 568 runs allowed. Cleveland scored 840 runs. Joe Gordon walloped 32 home runs for the team, while Ken Keltner, Eddie Robinson and Lou Boudreau each swatted 20 or more also. Joe Gordon drove in 124 runs. Lou Boudreau led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .355. Bob Lemon and Gene Bearden topped the squad with 20 wins each, plus Bob Feller, too added 15 or more wins, too Gene Bearden recorded a 2.43 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Lou Boudreau coached the team. The 1948 Cleveland Indians won the World Series.

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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
Gene Bearden	20	7	.741	2.43	37	29	4	15	6	1	229.7	187	72	62	9	106	80	3	0	5	935
Bob Lemon	20	14	.588	2.82	43	37	2	20	10	2	293.7	231	104	92	12	129	147	3	0	3	1214
Bob Feller	19	15	.559	3.56	44	38	3	18	2	3	280.3	255	123	111	20	116	164	2	0	2	1186
Steve Gromek	9	3	.750	2.84	38	9	10	4	1	2	130.0	109	52	41	10	51	50	6	0	3	546
Sam Zoldak	9	6	.600	2.81	23	12	5	4	1	0	105.7	104	37	33	6	24	17	0	1	0	428
Satchel Paige	6	1	.857	2.48	21	7	5	3	2	1	72.7	61	21	20	2	22	43	1	2	1	298
Bob Muncrief	5	4	.556	3.98	21	9	8	1	1	0	72.3	76	37	32	8	31	24	0	0	0	309
Ed Klieman	3	2	.600	2.60	44	0	18	0	0	4	79.7	62	26	23	3	46	18	2	0	1	330
Russ Christopher	3	2	.600	2.90	45	0	28	0	0	17	59.0	55	21	19	3	27	14	0	0	1	255
Don Black	2	2	.500	5.37	18	10	3	1	0	0	52.0	57	33	31	5	40	16	1	0	0	249
Bill Kennedy	1	0	1.000	11.12	6	3	0	0	0	0	11.3	16	14	14	0	13	12	0	0	0	62
Mike Garcia	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9
Lyman Linde	0	0		5.40	3	0	1	0	0	0	10.0	9	6	6	1	4	0	0	0	0	41
Ernest Groth	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	6
Les Webber	0	0		40.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	3	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	6
Charles Wensloff	0	1	.000	10.80	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.7	2	2	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	10
Al Gettel	0	1	.000	17.61	5	2	1	0	0	0	7.7	15	15	15	2	10	4	1	0	0	50
Totals	97	58	.626	3.22	352	156	90	66	23	30	1409.3	1246	567	505	82	625	593	19	3	16	5934

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Dale Mitchell	141	656	608	82	204	30	8	4	56	13	18	45	17	.336	.383	.431	.814	262	9	2	1
Lou Boudreau	152	676	560	116	199	34	6	18	106	3	2	98	9	.355	.453	.534	.987	299	15	2	16
Ken Keltner	153	656	558	91	166	24	4	31	119	2	1	89	52	.297	.395	.522	.917	291	23	1	8
Joe Gordon	144	633	550	96	154	21	4	32	124	5	2	77	68	.280	.371	.507	.879	279	16	3	3
Larry Doby	121	500	439	83	132	23	9	14	66	9	9	54	77	.301	.384	.490	.873	215	8	5	2
Eddie Robinson	134	540	493	53	125	18	5	16	83	1	0	36	42	.254	.307	.408	.715	201	13	2	9
Jim Hegan	144	524	472	60	117	21	6	14	61	6	3	48	74	.248	.317	.407	.724	192	10	0	4
Allie Clark	81	298	271	43	84	5	2	9	38	0	2	23	13	.310	.364	.443	.807	120	12	0	4
Thurman Tucker	83	274	242	52	63	13	2	1	19	11	2	31	17	.260	.347	.343	.690	83	3	1	0
Wally Judnich	79	281	218	36	56	13	3	2	29	2	3	56	23	.257	.411	.372	.782	81	5	1	6
Hank Edwards	55	179	160	27	43	9	2	3	18	1	1	18	18	.269	.346	.406	.753	65	2	1	0
Bob Lemon	52	129	119	20	34	9	0	5	21	0	0	8	23	.286	.331	.487	.818	58	0	0	2
Johnny Berardino	66	179	147	19	28	5	1	2	10	0	1	27	16	.190	.328	.279	.607	41	6	3	2
Joe Tipton	47	97	90	11	26	3	0	1	13	0	0	4	10	.289	.333	.356	.689	32	0	2	1
Gene Bearden	37	97	90	14	23	3	0	2	14	0	0	5	9	.256	.295	.356	.650	32	2	0	2
Bob Kennedy	66	80	73	10	22	3	2	0	5	0	0	4	6	.301	.338	.397	.735	29	1	0	3
Hal Peck	45	68	63	12	18	3	0	0	8	1	0	4	8	.286	.328	.333	.662	21	0	0	1
Bob Feller	44	106	95	1	9	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	39	.095	.113	.116	.229	11	1	1	9
Pat Seerey	10	31	23	7	6	0	0	1	6	0	0	7	8	.261	.433	.391	.825	9	2	0	1
Steve Gromek	38	45	41	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	.146	.205	.171	.375	7	0	0	1
Sam Zoldak	23	39	36	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.139	.162	.167	.329	6	2	0	2
Don Black	18	16	15	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	3	0	0	1
Bill Kennedy	6	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.667	.750	.667	1.417	2	0	0	1
Ray Boone	6	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.600	1.000	3	0	0	0
Ed Klieman	44	16	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.143	.250	.143	.393	2	0	0	0
Bob Muncrief	21	22	18	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.111	.200	.111	.311	2	1	0	2
Satchel Paige	21	25	23	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.087	.087	.087	.174	2	0	0	2
Al Rosen	5	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	1	0	0
Ray Murray	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Lyman Linde	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Russ Christopher	45	10	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	2
Al Gettel	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ernest Groth	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Les Webber	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Charles Wensloff	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Mike Garcia	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1898	6201	5446	840	1534	242	54	155	801	54	44	646	575	.282	.360	.431	.792	2349	132	24	85

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Eddie Robinson	1B	131	1213	79	7	123	.995	9.863	0
Bob Kennedy	1B	1	3	0	0	1	1.000	3.000	0
Wally Judnich	1B	20	147	7	1	19	.994	7.700	0
Allie Clark	1B	1	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.000	0
Johnny Berardino	1B	18	144	14	0	19	1.000	8.778	0
Bob Kennedy	2B	2	4	5	0	1	1.000	4.500	0
Joe Gordon	2B	144	330	436	23	97	.971	5.319	0
Johnny Berardino	2B	20	39	46	1	11	.988	4.250	0
Al Rosen	3B	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Ken Keltner	3B	153	123	312	14	27	.969	2.843	0
Allie Clark	3B	5	2	5	1	2	.875	1.400	0
Johnny Berardino	3B	3	1	3	0	1	1.000	1.333	0
Joe Tipton	C	40	84	18	3	4	.971	2.550	2
Jim Hegan	C	142	637	76	7	17	.990	5.021	6
Lou Boudreau	C	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Thurman Tucker	OF	66	172	5	0	2	1.000	2.682	0
Pat Seerey	OF	7	6	0	0	0	1.000	.857	0
Hal Peck	OF	9	13	0	0	0	1.000	1.444	0
Dale Mitchell	OF	140	307	12	3	3	.991	2.279	0
Bob Kennedy	OF	50	35	2	0	1	1.000	.740	0
Wally Judnich	OF	49	93	4	3	0	.970	1.980	0
Hank Edwards	OF	41	76	1	1	0	.987	1.878	0
Larry Doby	OF	114	287	12	14	3	.955	2.623	0
Allie Clark	OF	65	108	4	2	1	.982	1.723	0
Sam Zoldak	P	23	5	28	1	3	.971	1.435	0
Charles Wensloff	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Les Webber	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Satchel Paige	P	21	2	12	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Bob Muncrief	P	21	4	10	0	2	1.000	.667	0
Lyman Linde	P	3	0	1	1	0	.500	.333	0
Bob Lemon	P	43	23	86	4	8	.965	2.535	0
Ed Klieman	P	44	4	21	0	1	1.000	.568	0
Bill Kennedy	P	6	0	2	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Ernest Groth	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Steve Gromek	P	38	8	17	2	3	.926	.658	0
Al Gettel	P	5	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Mike Garcia	P	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Bob Feller	P	44	16	39	2	1	.965	1.250	0
Russ Christopher	P	45	2	13	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Don Black	P	18	3	11	0	1	1.000	.778	0
Gene Bearden	P	37	15	52	1	11	.985	1.811	0
Joe Gordon	SS	2	2	3	0	1	1.000	2.500	0
Lou Boudreau	SS	151	297	483	20	119	.975	5.166	0
Ray Boone	SS	4	3	5	1	0	.889	2.000	0
Johnny Berardino	SS	12	15	22	2	3	.949	3.083	0
Totals		1745	4229	1849	114	485	.982	3.483	8

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	BK	BF
Bob Lemon	WS	2	0	1.000	1.65	2	2	0	1	0	0	16.3	16	4	3	0	7	0	6	1	67
Gene Bearden	WS	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	1	1	1	1	1	10.7	6	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	36
Steve Gromek	WS	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	7	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	34
Ed Klieman	WS	0	0			1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	3
Russ Christopher	WS	0	0			1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Satchel Paige	WS	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Bob Muncrief	WS	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Bob Feller	WS	0	2	.000	5.02	2	2	0	1	0	0	14.3	10	8	8	3	5	1	7	0	59
Totals		4	2	.667	2.72	11	6	2	4	1	1	53.0	43	17	16	4	16	1	19	2	210

Postseason - Batting:

Player	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	IBB
Larry Doby	WS	6	24	22	1	7	1	1	2	0	2	4	.318	.375	.500	.875	11	0	0	0	0
Eddie Robinson	WS	6	21	20	0	6	0	0	1	0	1	0	.300	.333	.300	.633	6	0	0	0	0
Lou Boudreau	WS	6	24	22	1	6	4	0	3	0	1	1	.273	.333	.455	.788	10	2	1	0	0
Jim Hegan	WS	6	21	19	2	4	0	1	5	1	1	4	.211	.250	.368	.618	7	0	0	1	1
Joe Gordon	WS	6	23	22	3	4	0	1	2	1	1	2	.182	.217	.318	.536	7	0	0	0	0
Dale Mitchell	WS	6	25	23	4	4	1	1	1	0	2	0	.174	.240	.348	.588	8	0	0	0	0
Gene Bearden	WS	2	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.750	1.250	3	0	0	0	0
Ken Keltner	WS	6	23	21	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	.095	.174	.095	.269	2	0	0	0	0
Bob Kennedy	WS	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0
Thurman Tucker	WS	1	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	0	0
Wally Judnich	WS	4	14	13	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	.077	.143	.077	.220	1	0	0	0	0
Ray Boone	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Allie Clark	WS	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Feller	WS	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0
Steve Gromek	WS	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Lemon	WS	2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Al Rosen	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Tipton	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Russ Christopher	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Ed Klieman	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Bob Muncrief	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Satchel Paige	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Hal Peck	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Totals		66	207	191	17	38	7	4	16	2	12	26	.199	.250	.298	.548	57	2	1	3	1

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
Eddie Robinson	WS	1B	6	6	53.0	60	7	0	8	1.000	11.377	11.167
Joe Gordon	WS	2B	6	6	53.0	15	13	1	7	.966	4.755	4.667
Ken Keltner	WS	3B	6	6	53.0	3	11	1	1	.933	2.377	2.333
Jim Hegan	WS	C	6	6	53.0	25	5	0	1	1.000	5.094	5.000
Larry Doby	WS	CF	5	5	44.0	10	0	1	0	.909	2.045	2.000
Thurman Tucker	WS	CF	1	1	9.0	3	1	0	1	1.000	4.000	4.000
Dale Mitchell	WS	LF	6	6	51.7	13	0	0	0	1.000	2.265	2.167
Bob Kennedy	WS	LF	1	0	1.3	1	0	0	0	1.000	6.750	1.000
Bob Lemon	WS	P	2	2	16.3	3	9	0	1	1.000	6.612	6.000
Bob Feller	WS	P	2	2	14.3	2	4	0	0	1.000	3.767	3.000
Gene Bearden	WS	P	2	1	10.7	0	7	0	1	1.000	5.906	3.500
Steve Gromek	WS	P	1	1	9.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	2.000
Bob Muncrief	WS	P	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000
Satchel Paige	WS	P	1	0	0.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Ed Klieman	WS	P	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0			.000
Russ Christopher	WS	P	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0			.000
Wally Judnich	WS	RF	4	4	32.0	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.969	1.750
Larry Doby	WS	RF	1	1	9.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000
Allie Clark	WS	RF	1	1	7.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.571	2.000
Bob Kennedy	WS	RF	2	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.250	.500
Hal Peck	WS	RF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Lou Boudreau	WS	SS	6	6	53.0	11	14	0	5	1.000	4.245	4.167
Totals			63	54	477.0	159	72	3	25	.987	4.358	3.667

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