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:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
#
via
1 Willis Hudlin
SP
34.1
0.1
1.1
0.2
15
Y
Not Available
2 Mel Harder
SP
30.7
1.5
10.3
3.3
13
Y
Not Available
3 Odell Hale
3B
31.9
-0.2
0.3
-0.6
9
Y
Not Available
4 Frankie Pytlak
C
31.9
-1.1
3.8
-0.2
9
Y
Not Available
5 Hal Trosky
1B
27.6
4.1
25.9
15.4
8
Y
Not Available
6 Jeff Heath
LF
25.3
0.0
7.9
0.6
5
Y
Not Available
7 Roy Weatherly
CF
25.4
2.5
20.0
7.6
5
Y
1
1
1934
 Free Agency (Amateur)
8 Johnny Allen
SP
35.8
2.0
11.4
6.2
5
N
12
11
1935
 Trade NYA AL
9 Bob Feller
SP
21.7
9.8
34.6
22.7
5
Y
1
1
1936
 Free Agency (Amateur)
10 Al Milnar
SP
26.5
2.5
18.0
9.0
4
Y
Not Available
11 Bill Zuber
RP
27.3
-0.2
0.2
-0.7
4
Y
Not Available
12 Ken Keltner
3B
23.7
1.6
15.8
3.0
4
Y
1
1
1937
 Obtained through Minor Lg Agreement Milwaukee (American Asso
13 Ken Jungels
RP
24.0
0.1
0.3
0.2
3
Y
Not Available
14 Oscar Grimes
1B
25.2
-0.4
0.1
-0.1
3
Y
Not Available
15 Johnny Humphries
RP
25.0
-1.3
0.0
-1.3
3
Y
Not Available
16 Ray Mack
2B
23.8
2.8
17.9
5.4
3
Y
Not Available
17 Lou Boudreau
SS
23.0
6.0
29.8
14.1
3
Y
1
1
1938
 Free Agency (Amateur)
18 Rollie Hemsley
C
33.0
0.6
13.6
2.9
3
N
2
10
1938
 Trade SLA AL
19 Hank Helf
C
26.8
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
2
Y
Not Available
20 Mike Naymick
SP
22.8
0.3
0.8
-0.3
2
Y
Not Available
21 Joe Dobson
SW
23.4
-0.0
3.0
-0.8
2
Y
1
1
1938
 Unknown Troy (Alabama-Flori
22 Ben Chapman
LF
31.5
2.6
17.5
5.8
2
N
12
15
1938
 Trade BOS AL
23 Harry Eisenstat
RP
24.7
1.7
6.4
3.7
2
N
6
14
1939
 Trade DET AL
24 Al Smith
SP
32.7
3.8
16.4
9.6
1
N
Not Available
25 Soup Campbell
LF
25.3
-0.3
0.4
-0.9
1
Y
Not Available
26 Dixie Howell
RP
20.5
0.2
0.6
0.4
1
Y
1
1
1938
 Purchased Logan (Mountain Stat
27 Rusty Peters
2B
25.5
-0.2
1.0
-0.7
1
N
8
7
1939
 Purchased Atlanta (Southern Asso
28 Beau Bell
RF
32.9
0.3
9.7
1.0
1
N
1
20
1940
 Trade DET AL
29 Cal Dorsett
RP
27.1
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
1
N
3
1
1940
 Free Agency
30 Nate Andrews
RP
26.8
-0.1
0.1
-0.4
1
N
6
10
1940
 Purchased SLA AL
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Player Pos Hometown
Johnny Allen SP Thomasville, NC (US)
Nate Andrews RP Pembroke, NC (USA)
Beau Bell RF Bellville, TX (USA)
Lou Boudreau SS Harvey, IL (US)
Soup Campbell LF Sparta, VA (US)
Ben Chapman LF Birmingham, AL (US)
Joe Dobson SW Durant, OK (US)
Cal Dorsett RP Lone Oak, TX (USA)
Harry Eisenstat RP Brooklyn, NY (US)
Bob Feller SP Van Meter, IA (US)
Oscar Grimes 1B Minerva, OH (USA)
Odell Hale 3B Hosston, LA (US)
Mel Harder SP Omaha, NE (US)
Jeff Heath LF Seattle, WA (US)
Hank Helf C Austin, TX (USA)
Rollie Hemsley C Syracuse, OH (USA)
Dixie Howell RP Harold, KY (USA)
Willis Hudlin SP Wagoner, OK (US)
Johnny Humphries RP Clifton Forge, VA (USA)
Ken Jungels RP Aurora, IL (USA)
Ken Keltner 3B Milwaukee, WI (US)
Ray Mack 2B Cleveland, OH (US)
Al Milnar SP Cleveland, OH (USA)
Mike Naymick SP Weirton, WV (US)
Rusty Peters 2B Roanoke, VA (USA)
Frankie Pytlak C Buffalo, NY (USA)
Al Smith SP Belleville, IL (USA)
Hal Trosky 1B Norway, IA (US)
Roy Weatherly CF Warren, TX (USA)
Bill Zuber RP Middle Amana, IA (USA)

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