1943 Cleveland Indians
82 - 71
1942 / 1944 (Organization)
3rd place in the AL (15.5 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		44 - 33 (.571)
38 - 38 (.500)		 +1.5 wins
+3.9 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 600 / 560 ( +40 )
Allowed/Expected: 577 / 562 ( -15 )
Pyth Record: 79 - 74 (+3)
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Attendance: 438,894 Avg Att: 5,700 (0.95)
Att Rank: 5 / 8 Lg Avg: 5,991
       
Park Factor: 0.94    
HR Factor: 0.82 R/L HR: 0.77 / 0.87
Notes:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
#
via
1 Mel Harder
SP
33.7
0.5
6.6
2.0
16
Y
3
23
1942
 Free Agency
2 Jeff Heath
LF
28.3
4.1
23.1
13.8
8
Y
Not Available
3 Al Milnar
SP
29.5
-2.0
0.0
-1.5
7
Y
Not Available
4 Ken Keltner
3B
26.7
2.6
13.9
4.0
7
Y
1
1
1937
 Obtained through Minor Lg Agreement Milwaukee (American Asso
5 Ray Mack
2B
26.8
2.0
10.6
-2.5
6
Y
Not Available
6 Lou Boudreau
SS
26.0
8.0
31.0
16.1
6
Y
1
1
1938
 Free Agency (Amateur)
7 Al Smith
SP
35.7
2.3
15.1
7.9
4
N
Not Available
8 Rusty Peters
3B
28.5
-0.1
2.8
-2.1
4
N
8
7
1939
 Purchased Atlanta (Southern Asso
9 Mike Naymick
RP
25.8
0.4
4.5
1.9
3
Y
Not Available
10 Hank Edwards
CF
24.4
1.4
10.9
4.3
3
Y
1
1
1939
 Free Agency (Amateur)
11 Steve Gromek
RP
23.5
-0.1
0.5
0.3
3
Y
1
1
1939
 Free Agency (Amateur)
12 Gene Desautels
C
36.1
-0.4
2.6
-1.8
3
N
12
12
1940
 Trade BOS AL
13 Jim Bagby
SP
26.8
1.5
14.9
5.5
3
N
12
12
1940
 Trade BOS AL
14 Joe Heving
RP
42.8
1.0
5.8
2.7
3
N
2
3
1941
 Purchased BOS AL
15 Oris Hockett
CF
33.8
1.8
17.4
4.7
3
N
7
24
1941
 Conditional Deal Nashville (Southern Asso
16 Chubby Dean
SP
26.9
-1.1
0.7
-2.1
3
N
8
9
1941
 Waivers PHA AL
17 George Susce
C
35.9
-0.0
0.1
0.0
3
N
6
16
1942
 Free Agency
18 Pete Center
RP
31.2
0.0
2.1
0.3
2
Y
Not Available
19 Ray Poat
SW
25.5
-0.2
0.7
-1.0
2
Y
Not Available
20 Allie Reynolds
SP
26.4
1.8
11.4
4.3
2
Y
1
1
1939
 Free Agency (Amateur)
21 Paul Calvert
RP
25.7
-0.1
0.1
-0.2
2
Y
1
27
1940
 Free Agency (1st Tm)
22 Otto Denning
1B
30.5
-0.7
0.7
-1.8
2
Y
9
30
1941
 Draft (Rule 5) Minneapolis (American Asso
23 Vern Kennedy
SP
36.3
2.3
10.3
5.0
2
N
12
11
1941
 Purchased WS1 AL
24 Frank Doljack
LF
35.7
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
1
N
Not Available
25 Jim McDonnell
C
20.9
0.1
0.2
0.1
1
Y
Not Available
26 Mickey Rocco
1B
27.3
0.8
10.1
1.9
1
N
Not Available
27 Pat Seerey
LF
20.3
-0.2
0.6
-0.8
1
Y
Not Available
28 Eddie Turchin
3B
26.4
0.1
0.3
-0.0
1
Y
Not Available
29 Ed Klieman
SP
25.3
0.3
0.8
0.5
1
N
1
1
1940
 Unknown CIN NL
30 Gene Woodling
RF
20.9
0.3
1.6
1.1
1
Y
1
1
1940
 Free Agency (Amateur)
31 Jack Salveson
SP
29.5
0.3
4.8
1.7
1
N
11
2
1942
 Draft (Rule 5) Oakland (PCL)
32 Roy Cullenbine
RF
29.7
4.8
26.5
15.5
1
N
12
17
1942
 Trade NYA AL
33 Buddy Rosar
C
29.0
2.1
15.1
4.8
1
N
12
17
1942
 Trade NYA AL
34 Jimmy Grant
3B
24.7
0.0
0.2
-0.3
1
N
8
11
1943
 Purchased CHA AL
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Player Pos Hometown
Jim Bagby SP Atlanta, GA (US)
Lou Boudreau SS Harvey, IL (US)
Paul Calvert RP Montreal, PQ (CAN)
Pete Center RP Hazel Green, KY (USA)
Roy Cullenbine RF Nashville, TN (USA)
Chubby Dean SP Oak Ridge, NC (US)
Otto Denning 1B Hays, KS (USA)
Gene Desautels C Worcester, MA (USA)
Frank Doljack LF Cleveland, OH (USA)
Hank Edwards CF Elmwood Place, OH (USA)
Jimmy Grant 3B Racine, WI (USA)
Steve Gromek RP Hamtramck, MI (US)
Mel Harder SP Omaha, NE (US)
Jeff Heath LF Seattle, WA (US)
Joe Heving RP Covington, KY (USA)
Oris Hockett CF Amboy, IN (USA)
Ken Keltner 3B Milwaukee, WI (US)
Vern Kennedy SP Kansas City, MO (USA)
Ed Klieman SP Norwood, OH (USA)
Ray Mack 2B Cleveland, OH (US)
Jim McDonnell C Gagetown, MI (USA)
Al Milnar SP Cleveland, OH (USA)
Mike Naymick RP Weirton, WV (US)
Rusty Peters 3B Roanoke, VA (USA)
Ray Poat SW Chicago, IL (USA)
Allie Reynolds SP Oklahoma City, OK (US)
Mickey Rocco 1B St. Paul, MN (USA)
Buddy Rosar C Buffalo, NY (USA)
Jack Salveson SP Fullerton, CA (USA)
Pat Seerey LF Little Rock, AR (US)
Al Smith SP Belleville, IL (USA)
George Susce C Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
Eddie Turchin 3B New York, NY (USA)
Gene Woodling RF Akron, OH (US)

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