1942 Cleveland Indians
75 - 79
1941 / 1943 (Organization)
4th place in the AL (28 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		39 - 39 (.500)
36 - 40 (.474)		 -3.6 wins
+1.5 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 590 / 625 ( -35 )
Allowed/Expected: 659 / 624 ( -35 )
Pyth Record: 69 - 85 (+6)
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League Park II/Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 459,447 Avg Att: 5,743 (0.84)
Att Rank: 5 / 8 Lg Avg: 6,874
       
Park Factor: 0.93    
HR Factor: 0.83 R/L HR: 0.78 / 0.88
Notes:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
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via
1 Mel Harder
SP
32.7
1.5
12.4
5.6
15
Y
3
23
1942
 Free Agency
2 Jeff Heath
LF
27.3
3.5
23.2
11.1
7
Y
Not Available
3 Roy Weatherly
CF
27.4
1.4
12.9
2.3
7
Y
1
1
1934
 Free Agency (Amateur)
4 Al Milnar
SP
28.5
-0.3
5.4
-0.1
6
Y
Not Available
5 Ken Keltner
3B
25.7
2.8
19.5
5.5
6
Y
1
1
1937
 Obtained through Minor Lg Agreement Milwaukee (American Asso
6 Oscar Grimes
2B
27.2
-0.6
0.6
-1.5
5
Y
Not Available
7 Ray Mack
2B
25.8
0.7
8.4
-3.5
5
Y
Not Available
8 Lou Boudreau
SS
25.0
4.5
22.0
7.9
5
Y
1
1
1938
 Free Agency (Amateur)
9 Harry Eisenstat
RP
26.7
0.4
4.0
2.2
4
N
6
14
1939
 Trade DET AL
10 Al Smith
SP
34.7
-0.8
5.8
-0.0
3
N
Not Available
11 Rusty Peters
SS
27.5
0.1
0.7
-0.6
3
N
8
7
1939
 Purchased Atlanta (Southern Asso
12 Les Fleming
1B
26.9
4.6
28.4
16.6
2
N
Not Available
13 Red Embree
SP
24.8
-0.1
2.7
0.4
2
Y
Not Available
14 Jim Hegan
C
21.9
-0.8
2.8
-2.0
2
Y
1
1
1938
 Free Agency (Amateur)
15 Bob Lemon
3B
21.8
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
2
Y
1
1
1938
 Free Agency (Amateur)
16 Hank Edwards
CF
23.4
0.1
1.3
0.2
2
Y
1
1
1939
 Free Agency (Amateur)
17 Steve Gromek
RP
22.5
0.3
2.9
1.1
2
Y
1
1
1939
 Free Agency (Amateur)
18 Gene Desautels
C
35.1
0.1
3.3
-1.1
2
N
12
12
1940
 Trade BOS AL
19 Jim Bagby
SP
25.8
2.8
20.7
11.4
2
N
12
12
1940
 Trade BOS AL
20 Joe Krakauskas
RP
27.3
0.1
0.3
0.0
2
N
12
24
1940
 Trade WS1 AL
21 Joe Heving
RP
41.8
-0.7
1.5
-0.2
2
N
2
3
1941
 Purchased BOS AL
22 Clint Brown
RP
39.0
-0.5
0.0
-0.4
2
N
2
7
1941
 Trade CHA AL
23 Oris Hockett
RF
32.8
-0.1
12.1
-0.1
2
N
7
24
1941
 Conditional Deal Nashville (Southern Asso
24 Chubby Dean
SP
25.9
1.6
9.5
3.4
2
N
8
9
1941
 Waivers PHA AL
25 Fabian Gaffke
RF
28.9
-0.5
0.3
-1.1
2
N
8
13
1941
 Purchased Minneapolis (American Asso
26 George Susce
C
34.9
0.1
0.4
0.3
2
N
6
16
1942
 Free Agency
27 Pete Center
RP
30.2
-0.3
0.0
-0.1
1
Y
Not Available
28 Ray Poat
SP
24.5
-0.3
0.0
-0.6
1
Y
Not Available
29 Ted Sepkowski
2B
18.6
-0.3
0.0
-0.2
1
Y
Not Available
30 Allie Reynolds
RP
25.4
0.1
0.6
0.4
1
Y
1
1
1939
 Free Agency (Amateur)
31 Paul Calvert
RP
24.7
0.1
0.3
0.2
1
Y
1
27
1940
 Free Agency (1st Tm)
32 Tom Ferrick
RP
27.5
2.3
9.2
6.0
1
N
9
22
1941
 Waivers PHA AL
33 Otto Denning
C
29.5
-0.0
4.3
-1.3
1
Y
9
30
1941
 Draft (Rule 5) Minneapolis (American Asso
34 Vern Kennedy
SP
35.3
-0.0
3.7
-0.2
1
N
12
11
1941
 Purchased WS1 AL
35 Eddie Robinson
1B
21.5
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
1
Y
1
1
1942
 Purchased Baltimore (International
36 Buster Mills
CF
33.8
0.8
5.5
1.3
1
N
4
3
1942
 Trade NYA AL
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Player Pos Hometown
Jim Bagby SP Atlanta, GA (US)
Lou Boudreau SS Harvey, IL (US)
Clint Brown RP Blackash, PA (USA)
Paul Calvert RP Montreal, PQ (CAN)
Pete Center RP Hazel Green, KY (USA)
Chubby Dean SP Oak Ridge, NC (US)
Otto Denning C Hays, KS (USA)
Gene Desautels C Worcester, MA (USA)
Hank Edwards CF Elmwood Place, OH (USA)
Harry Eisenstat RP Brooklyn, NY (US)
Red Embree SP Glendora, CA (US)
Tom Ferrick RP New York, NY (USA)
Les Fleming 1B Singleton, TX (USA)
Fabian Gaffke RF Milwaukee, WI (USA)
Oscar Grimes 2B Minerva, OH (USA)
Steve Gromek RP Hamtramck, MI (US)
Mel Harder SP Omaha, NE (US)
Jeff Heath LF Seattle, WA (US)
Jim Hegan C Lynn, MA (US)
Joe Heving RP Covington, KY (USA)
Oris Hockett RF Amboy, IN (USA)
Ken Keltner 3B Milwaukee, WI (US)
Vern Kennedy SP Kansas City, MO (USA)
Joe Krakauskas RP Montreal, PQ (CAN)
Bob Lemon 3B Long Beach, CA (US)
Ray Mack 2B Cleveland, OH (US)
Buster Mills CF Ranger, TX (US)
Al Milnar SP Cleveland, OH (USA)
Rusty Peters SS Roanoke, VA (USA)
Ray Poat SP Chicago, IL (USA)
Allie Reynolds RP Oklahoma City, OK (US)
Eddie Robinson 1B Paris, TX (US)
Ted Sepkowski 2B Baltimore, MD (USA)
Al Smith SP Belleville, IL (USA)
George Susce C Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
Roy Weatherly CF Warren, TX (USA)

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