1940 Cleveland Indians
89 - 65
1939 / 1941 (Organization)
2nd place in the AL (1 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		51 - 30 (.630)
38 - 35 (.521)		 +8.1 wins
+3.6 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 710 / 706 ( +4 )
Allowed/Expected: 637 / 714 ( +77 )
Pyth Record: 85 - 69 (+4)
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Attendance: 902,576 Avg Att: 11,007 (1.25)
Att Rank: 3 / 8 Lg Avg: 8,778
       
Park Factor: 0.93    
HR Factor: 0.81 R/L HR: 0.76 / 0.87
Notes:


Fielding


Left Field
Jeff Heath
25.3
768
10.1
Ben Chapman
31.5
530
-0.6
Soup Campbell
25.3
68
0.2
Roy Weatherly
25.4
9
0.1
4
27.7
1375
9.8

Center Field
Roy Weatherly 25.4
1165
0.6
Ben Chapman 31.5
164
-2.3
Soup Campbell 25.3
46
0.1
3
26.1
1375
-1.6


Right Field
Beau Bell 32.9
813
-2.6
Ben Chapman 31.5
520
6.6
Soup Campbell 25.3
34
-0.1
Frankie Pytlak 31.9
8
0.0
4
32.2
1375
3.9
Shortstop
Lou Boudreau 23.0
1348
15.3
Rusty Peters 25.5
27
0.1
2
23.0
1375
15.4
Second Base
Ray Mack 23.8
1269
-3.3
Rusty Peters 25.5
106
0.2
2
24.0
1375
-3.2
Third Base
Ken Keltner 23.7
1287
7.2
Rusty Peters 25.5
54
0.2
Odell Hale 31.9
25
0.1
Oscar Grimes 25.2
9
0.0
4
23.9
1375
7.5
First Base
Hal Trosky 27.6
1208
2.7
Beau Bell 32.9
137
-0.2
Oscar Grimes 25.2
27
-0.3
Rusty Peters 25.5
3
-0.0
4
28.1
1375
2.2
 
Catcher
Rollie Hemsley 33.0
1017
-0.3
Frankie Pytlak 31.9
356
-0.2
Hank Helf 26.8
2
0.0
3
32.7
1375
-0.5
 
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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James