1949 Cleveland Indians Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 89-65
Finished 3rd in the AL
Attendance: 2,233,771, Avg. 36,322
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Manager: Lou Boudreau (89-65)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio

1949 Cleveland Indians Roster
1949 Cleveland Indians Results

The Cleveland Indians of the American League ended the 1949 season with a record of 89 wins and 65 losses, finishing third in the AL.

The Indians led the league with just 574 runs allowed. Cleveland scored 675 runs. Larry Doby paced the squad with 24 home runs, while Mickey Vernon and Joe Gordon walloped 20 or more as well. Larry Doby drove in 85 runs. Dale Mitchell topped all regular hitters by hitting .317. Bob Lemon paced the squad with 22 wins, plus Bob Feller, too added 15 or more wins, too Al Benton earned a 2.12 ERA, tops 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
Bob Lemon	22	10	.688	2.99	37	33	4	22	2	1	279.7	211	101	93	19	137	138	6	0	1	1159
Bob Feller	15	14	.517	3.75	36	28	6	15	0	0	211.0	198	104	88	18	84	108	1	1	9	894
Mike Garcia	14	5	.737	2.36	41	20	10	8	5	2	175.7	154	51	46	6	60	94	2	0	1	718
Early Wynn	11	7	.611	4.15	26	23	2	6	0	0	164.7	186	84	76	8	57	62	1	0	0	724
Al Benton	9	6	.600	2.12	40	11	18	4	2	10	135.7	116	33	32	7	51	41	1	0	3	548
Gene Bearden	8	8	.500	5.10	32	19	0	5	0	0	127.0	140	77	72	6	92	41	2	0	11	593
Steve Gromek	4	6	.400	3.33	27	12	5	3	0	0	92.0	86	41	34	8	40	22	2	0	2	390
Satchel Paige	4	7	.364	3.04	31	5	19	1	0	5	83.0	70	29	28	4	33	54	1	1	0	348
Frank Papish	1	0	1.000	3.19	25	3	12	1	0	1	62.0	54	24	22	2	39	23	0	1	0	271
Sam Zoldak	1	2	.333	4.25	27	0	13	0	0	0	53.0	60	30	25	4	18	11	0	0	1	235
Totals	89	65	.578	3.36	322	154	89	65	9	19	1383.7	1275	574	516	82	611	594	16	3	28	5880

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	149	685	640	81	203	16	23	3	56	10	3	43	11	.317	.360	.428	.788	274	8	0	2
Mickey Vernon	153	659	584	72	170	27	4	18	83	9	7	58	51	.291	.357	.443	.801	259	8	2	15
Larry Doby	147	650	547	106	153	25	3	24	85	10	9	91	90	.280	.389	.468	.857	256	14	7	5
Joe Gordon	148	632	541	74	136	18	3	20	84	5	6	83	33	.251	.355	.407	.762	220	20	4	4
Lou Boudreau	134	561	475	53	135	20	3	4	60	0	1	70	10	.284	.381	.364	.745	173	19	4	12
Bob Kennedy	121	469	424	49	117	23	5	9	57	5	5	37	40	.276	.334	.417	.752	177	14	0	8
Jim Hegan	152	529	468	54	105	19	5	8	55	1	0	49	89	.224	.298	.338	.635	158	12	0	12
Ray Boone	86	307	258	39	65	4	4	4	26	0	2	38	17	.252	.352	.345	.697	89	11	2	9
Ken Keltner	80	292	246	35	57	9	2	8	30	0	1	38	26	.232	.335	.382	.717	94	10	0	8
Thurman Tucker	80	217	197	28	48	5	2	0	14	4	2	18	19	.244	.307	.289	.596	57	3	0	2
Bob Lemon	46	123	108	17	29	6	2	7	19	0	0	10	20	.269	.331	.556	.886	60	1	0	5
Johnny Berardino	50	134	116	11	23	6	1	0	13	0	1	14	14	.198	.295	.267	.563	31	1	2	2
Bob Feller	36	81	72	7	17	2	1	2	10	0	0	2	23	.236	.257	.375	.632	27	0	0	7
Allie Clark	35	78	74	8	13	4	0	1	9	0	0	4	7	.176	.218	.270	.488	20	2	0	0
Mike Garcia	41	62	51	7	12	2	0	1	7	0	0	3	9	.235	.278	.333	.611	17	0	0	8
Luke Easter	21	54	45	6	10	3	0	0	2	0	1	8	6	.222	.340	.289	.629	13	2	0	1
Early Wynn	35	76	70	3	10	1	0	1	7	0	0	4	10	.143	.189	.200	.389	14	4	0	2
Hal Peck	33	32	29	1	9	1	0	0	9	0	0	3	3	.310	.375	.345	.720	10	0	0	0
Mike Tresh	38	43	37	4	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	7	.216	.310	.216	.526	8	0	0	1
Al Rosen	23	51	44	3	7	2	0	0	5	0	1	7	4	.159	.275	.205	.479	9	1	0	0
Al Benton	40	42	38	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.132	.154	.132	.285	5	1	0	3
Gene Bearden	32	49	45	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	11	.111	.149	.111	.260	5	0	0	2
Hank Edwards	5	16	15	3	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	.267	.313	.467	.779	7	1	0	0
Steve Gromek	27	28	24	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.167	.231	.208	.439	5	0	0	2
Sam Zoldak	27	8	8	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.375	.375	.375	.750	3	0	0	0
Bobby Avila	31	15	14	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	.214	.267	.214	.481	3	1	0	0
Minnie Minoso	9	20	16	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	.188	.350	.375	.725	6	2	2	0
Herman Reich	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0
Frank Papish	25	13	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.125	.300	.125	.425	1	0	0	3
Milt Nielsen	3	11	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.111	.273	.111	.384	1	0	0	0
Satchel Paige	31	18	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.063	.167	.063	.229	1	2	0	0
Fred Marsh	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1840	5958	5221	675	1358	194	58	112	640	44	40	601	534	.260	.339	.384	.723	2004	137	23	113

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Mickey Vernon	1B	153	1438	155	14	168	.991	1.412	0
Allie Clark	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Lou Boudreau	1B	6	41	3	0	3	1.000	7.333	0
Joe Gordon	2B	145	297	430	15	123	.980	5.014	0
Lou Boudreau	2B	1	2	2	0	1	1.000	4.000	0
Johnny Berardino	2B	8	19	28	2	4	.959	5.875	0
Bobby Avila	2B	5	5	7	0	1	1.000	2.400	0
Al Rosen	3B	10	10	16	0	1	1.000	2.600	0
Bob Kennedy	3B	21	13	44	1	4	.983	2.714	0
Ken Keltner	3B	69	51	145	4	11	.980	2.841	0
Lou Boudreau	3B	38	34	76	4	13	.965	2.895	0
Johnny Berardino	3B	25	19	39	4	3	.935	2.320	0
Mike Tresh	C	38	71	8	0	3	1.000	2.079	1
Jim Hegan	C	152	651	73	7	16	.990	4.763	4
Thurman Tucker	OF	42	119	2	2	0	.984	2.881	0
Herman Reich	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Hal Peck	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Milt Nielsen	OF	3	6	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Dale Mitchell	OF	149	337	10	2	2	.994	2.329	0
Minnie Minoso	OF	7	11	0	0	0	1.000	1.571	0
Bob Kennedy	OF	98	190	12	2	4	.990	2.061	0
Hank Edwards	OF	5	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.200	0
Luke Easter	OF	12	9	0	0	0	1.000	.750	0
Larry Doby	OF	147	355	7	9	2	.976	2.463	0
Allie Clark	OF	17	14	1	0	0	1.000	.882	0
Sam Zoldak	P	27	12	19	0	1	1.000	1.148	0
Early Wynn	P	26	16	31	0	3	1.000	1.808	0
Frank Papish	P	25	1	14	0	2	1.000	.600	0
Satchel Paige	P	31	5	10	0	0	1.000	.484	0
Bob Lemon	P	37	34	71	4	5	.963	2.838	0
Steve Gromek	P	27	8	18	1	0	.963	.963	0
Mike Garcia	P	41	11	34	1	4	.978	1.098	0
Bob Feller	P	36	12	19	1	2	.969	.861	0
Al Benton	P	40	4	17	0	2	1.000	.525	0
Gene Bearden	P	32	9	42	1	2	.981	1.594	0
Lou Boudreau	SS	88	176	272	8	78	.982	5.091	0
Ray Boone	SS	76	162	210	21	58	.947	4.895	0
Johnny Berardino	SS	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Totals		1644	4150	1816	103	516	.983	3.629	5

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