1942 Cleveland Indians season explained

Cleveland Indians
Season:1942
League:American League
Ballpark:League Park
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City:Cleveland, Ohio
Owners:Alva Bradley
General Managers:Roger Peckinpaugh
Managers:Lou Boudreau
Radio:WCLEWHK
(Jack Graney, Lew Henry)

The 1942 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American major league baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 75–79–2.

Offseason

Regular season

Roster

1942 Cleveland Indians
Roster
PitchersCatchersInfieldersOutfieldersManagerCoaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
COtto Denning9121445.210119
1BLes Fleming156548160.2921482
2BRay Mack143481108.225245
SS 147 506 143 .283 2 58
3BKen Keltner152624179.287678
OFOris Hockett148601150.250748
OFJeff Heath147568158.2781076
OFRoy Weatherly128473122.258539

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Buster Mills8019554.277126
Jim Hegan6817033.194011
Gene Desautels6216240.24709
Oscar Grimes518415.17902
Fabian Gaffke406711.16403
Rusty Peters345813.22402
Hank Edwards134812.25007
Ted Sepkowski5101.10000
Eddie Robinson881.12502
Bob Lemon550.00000
2 1 1 1.000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
38 270.2 17 9 2.96 54
Mel Harder29198.213143.4474
Chubby Dean27172.28113.8146
Al Smith30168.110153.9666
Al Milnar28157.0684.1335

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Red Embree1963.0343.8644
Steve Gromek1444.1203.6514
Ray Poat418.1135.408
Clint Brown79.0116.004
Joe Krakauskas37.0003.862
Allie Reynolds25.0000.002
Pete Center13.10016.200
Paul Calvert12.0000.002

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Tom Ferrick313231.9928
Harry Eisenstat292122.4519
Vern Kennedy284814.0837
Joe Heving275334.8613

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Jim Bagby, Pitcher

Lou Boudreau, Shortstop (starter)

Ken Keltner, Third baseman (starter)

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Cedar Rapids, Thomasville[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dunlagr01.shtml Grant Dunlap
  2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007