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1938 Cleveland Indians Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937 / 1939

86-66, Finished 3rd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ossie Vitt (86-66)
Scored 847 runs, Allowed 782 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-70

Ballpark: League Park II/Cleveland Stadium · Attendance: 652,006 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98


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1937 / 1939 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Frankie Pytlak 29 113 406 364 46 112 14 7 1 43 9 5 36 15 .308 .376 .393 .769 94 143 4 2
2 1B Hal Trosky* 25 150 626 554 106 185 40 9 19 110 5 1 67 40 .334 .407 .542 .948 137 300 1 4
3 2B Odell Hale 29 130 559 496 69 138 32 2 8 69 8 1 44 39 .278 .338 .399 .737 86 198 1 18
4 SS Lyn Lary 32 141 661 568 94 152 36 4 3 51 23 6 88 65 .268 .366 .361 .727 84 205 0 5
5 3B Ken Keltner 21 149 619 576 86 159 31 9 26 113 4 3 33 75 .276 .319 .497 .815 103 286 3 7
6 LF Moose Solters 32 67 214 199 30 40 6 3 2 22 4 1 13 28 .201 .250 .291 .541 36 58 0 2
7 RF Bruce Campbell* 28 133 575 511 90 148 27 12 12 72 11 7 53 57 .290 .360 .460 .820 106 235 3 8
8 OF Earl Averill* 36 134 567 482 101 159 27 15 14 93 5 2 81 48 .330 .429 .535 .965 142 258 3 1
9 OF Jeff Heath* 23 126 538 502 104 172 31 18 21 112 3 1 33 55 .343 .383 .602 .985 145 302 0 3
10 OF Roy Weatherly* 23 83 228 210 32 55 14 3 2 18 8 5 14 14 .262 .308 .386 .694 74 81 0 4
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
11 C Rollie Hemsley 31 66 230 203 27 60 11 3 2 28 1 1 23 14 .296 .367 .409 .776 96 83 0 4
12 2B John Kroner 29 51 137 117 13 29 16 0 1 17 0 1 19 6 .248 .353 .410 .763 92 48 0 1
13 IF Skeeter Webb 28 20 66 58 11 16 2 0 0 2 1 0 8 7 .276 .364 .310 .674 72 18 0 0
14 C Hank Helf 24 6 14 13 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .077 .143 .077 .220 -43 1 0 0
15 SS Tommy Irwin 25 3 12 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .111 .333 .111 .444 17 1 0 0
16 IF Oscar Grimes 23 4 12 10 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 .200 .333 .400 .733 84 4 0 0
17 2B Ray Mack 21 2 6 6 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 147 4 0 0
18 RF Chuck Workman* 23 2 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 103 2 0 0
19 3B Lou Boudreau 20 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 37 0 0 0
20 Lloyd Russell 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 P Bob Feller 19 39 114 94 6 17 3 1 0 13 0 1 11 32 .181 .267 .234 .501 27 22 0 9
22 P Mel Harder 28 39 94 88 3 10 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 31 .114 .152 .136 .289 -27 12 0 2
23 P Johnny Allen 33 30 85 79 12 20 2 1 1 14 1 0 3 14 .253 .280 .342 .622 56 27 0 3
24 P Earl Whitehill* 39 26 63 56 0 7 0 0 0 6 0 0 7 13 .125 .222 .125 .347 -10 7 0 0
25 P Willis Hudlin 32 29 48 43 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 1 3 14 .116 .174 .163 .337 -15 7 0 2
26 P Denny Galehouse 26 36 41 39 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 .154 .195 .154 .349 -11 6 0 0
27 P Johnny Humphries 23 45 33 29 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .103 .161 .172 .334 -16 5 1 2
28 P Al Milnar* 24 24 26 26 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 .154 .154 .308 .462 14 8 0 0
29 P Bill Zuber 25 15 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 1
30 P Clay Smith 23 4 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 -45 0 0 0
31 P Ken Jungels 22 9 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
32 P Charley Suche 22 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 639 2 0 0
33 P Joe Heving 37 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.9 153 6001 5356 847 1506 300 89 113 799 83 36 551 606 .281 .350 .434 .784 97 2323 16 78
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 4 3 1 1 3 2 7 7 2 3 6 2 3 2 6
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Bob Feller 19 17 11 .607 4.08 39 36 3 20 2 1 277.2 225 136 126 13 208 240 7 1 5 1248 114 1.559 7.3 0.4 6.7 7.8 1.15
2 SP Mel Harder 28 17 10 .630 3.83 38 29 6 15 2 4 240.0 257 115 102 16 62 102 5 0 1 1026 122 1.329 9.6 0.6 2.3 3.8 1.65
3 SP Johnny Allen 33 14 8 .636 4.19 30 27 3 13 0 0 200.0 189 107 93 15 81 112 3 0 7 855 111 1.350 8.5 0.7 3.6 5.0 1.38
4 SP Earl Whitehill* 39 9 8 .529 5.56 26 23 1 4 0 0 160.1 187 109 99 18 83 60 9 0 4 746 84 1.684 10.5 1.0 4.7 3.4 0.72
5 SP Willis Hudlin 32 8 8 .500 4.89 29 15 11 8 0 1 127.0 158 80 69 13 45 27 2 0 4 576 95 1.598 11.2 0.9 3.2 1.9 0.60
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Johnny Humphries 23 9 8 .529 5.23 45 6 25 1 0 6 103.1 105 69 60 6 63 56 1 1 1 470 89 1.626 9.1 0.5 5.5 4.9 0.89
7 RP Denny Galehouse 26 7 8 .467 4.34 36 12 16 5 1 3 114.0 119 62 55 12 65 66 1 0 3 505 107 1.614 9.4 0.9 5.1 5.2 1.02
8 RP Al Milnar* 24 3 1 .750 5.00 23 5 7 2 0 1 68.1 90 48 38 5 26 29 0 0 2 312 93 1.698 11.9 0.7 3.4 3.8 1.12
9 RP Bill Zuber 25 0 3 .000 5.02 15 0 6 0 0 1 28.2 33 18 16 0 20 14 0 0 1 134 94 1.849 10.4 0.0 6.3 4.4 0.70
10 RP Ken Jungels 22 1 0 1.000 8.80 9 0 2 0 0 0 15.1 21 16 15 1 18 7 2 0 0 84 54 2.543 12.3 0.6 10.6 4.1 0.39
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Clay Smith 23 0 0 6.55 4 0 4 0 0 0 11.0 18 10 8 1 2 3 0 0 0 51 73 1.818 14.7 0.8 1.6 2.5 1.50
12 Joe Heving 37 1 1 .500 9.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 10 8 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 32 54 2.500 15.0 0.0 7.5 0.0 0.00
13 Charley Suche* 22 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 4 4 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 10 21 5.250 27.0 0.0 20.3 6.8 0.33
Team Totals 27.7 86 66 .566 4.60 153 153 85 68 5 17 1353.0 1416 782 691 100 681 717 30 2 28 6049 101 1.550 9.4 0.7 4.5 4.8 1.05
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 6 4 5 4 1 3 1 4 4 3 7 1
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Johnny Allen 33 30 13 59 14 43 2 3 .966 1.90 P
Earl Averill 36 131 250 708 662 28 18 4 .975 2.63 OF-CF-RF
Lou Boudreau 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3B
Bruce Campbell 28 122 236 482 440 26 16 6 .967 1.91 RF-OF
Bob Feller 19 39 20 48 8 37 3 1 .938 1.15 P
Denny Galehouse 26 36 5 25 4 21 0 2 1.000 0.69 P
Oscar Grimes 23 3 3 12 10 2 0 2 1.000 4.00 2B-1B
Odell Hale 29 127 117 672 304 343 25 72 .963 5.09 2B
Mel Harder 28 38 15 71 21 49 1 2 .986 1.84 P
Jeff Heath 23 122 234 532 508 10 14 4 .974 2.12 OF-LF-RF
Hank Helf 24 5 2 19 13 5 1 1 .947 3.60 0 2 2 50% C
Rollie Hemsley 31 58 52 404 358 38 8 5 .980 6.83 6 29 19 40% C
Joe Heving 37 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Willis Hudlin 32 29 8 39 7 29 3 3 .923 1.24 P
Johnny Humphries 23 45 1 20 3 15 2 1 .900 0.40 P
Tommy Irwin 25 3 3 11 3 8 0 2 1.000 3.67 SS
Ken Jungels 22 9 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Ken Keltner 21 149 147 431 141 271 19 19 .956 2.77 3B
John Kroner 29 41 27 205 107 91 7 25 .966 4.71 2B-1B-3B-SS
Lyn Lary 32 141 136 721 296 399 26 88 .964 4.93 SS
Ray Mack 21 2 1 14 8 6 0 0 1.000 7.00 2B
Al Milnar 24 23 2 14 2 12 0 2 1.000 0.61 P
Frankie Pytlak 29 99 90 538 475 56 7 11 .987 5.36 5 51 28 35% C
Clay Smith 23 4 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.75 P
Moose Solters 32 46 74 196 182 8 6 6 .969 2.07 OF-LF-RF
Charley Suche 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Hal Trosky 25 148 145 1344 1232 102 10 121 .993 9.01 1B
Roy Weatherly 23 55 86 240 220 14 6 6 .975 2.13 OF-CF-RF-LF
Skeeter Webb 28 18 11 65 29 32 4 7 .938 3.39 SS-3B-2B
Earl Whitehill 39 26 4 32 9 21 2 3 .938 1.15 P
Chuck Workman 23 1 2 4 2 0 2 0 .500 1.00 OF-RF
Bill Zuber 25 15 0 6 2 3 1 1 .833 0.33 P
Team Totals 27.7 153 1243 5837 4055 1630 152 384 .974 3.62 11 82 49 37%
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 7 3
Age G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Johnny Allen 33 85 -6 1 0 0 0 7 3 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ Traded 1
Earl Averill* 36 567 36 2 0 0 2 -2 18 56 5.3 54 5.2 0.1 $ Purchased *O89
Lou Boudreau 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /5
Bruce Campbell* 28 575 3 1 0 0 0 -6 18 16 1.6 16 1.5 0.1 $ Traded *O9
Bob Feller 19 114 -12 -1 0 0 0 9 4 0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $15,000 Amateur Free Agent 1
Denny Galehouse 26 41 -7 0 0 0 0 4 1 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ 1
Oscar Grimes 23 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /43
Odell Hale 29 559 -12 1 0 0 -7 4 17 3 0.4 10 1.0 -0.6 $ *4
Mel Harder 28 94 -19 0 0 0 0 8 3 -8 -0.6 -8 -0.8 0.2 $12,000 1
Jeff Heath* 23 538 31 4 0 0 2 -6 17 48 4.5 46 4.4 0.1 $ *O7/9
Hank Helf 24 14 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.2 -3 -0.3 0.1 $ /2
Rollie Hemsley 31 230 -1 0 0 0 -1 2 8 8 0.8 9 0.9 -0.1 $ Traded 2
Joe Heving 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Willis Hudlin 32 48 -9 -1 0 0 0 4 2 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ 1
Johnny Humphries 23 33 -6 0 0 0 0 3 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
Tommy Irwin 25 12 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /6
Ken Jungels 22 5 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /1
Ken Keltner 21 619 -4 0 0 0 -1 3 20 18 1.8 19 1.8 0.0 $ Minor Lg Working Ag *5
John Kroner 29 137 -1 -1 0 0 -1 1 5 3 0.3 4 0.4 -0.1 $ Purchased 4/356
Lyn Lary 32 661 -11 3 0 0 -2 9 19 18 1.9 20 1.9 0.0 $ Traded *6
Ray Mack 21 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /4
Al Milnar* 24 26 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Frankie Pytlak 29 406 0 -1 0 0 1 3 14 17 1.7 16 1.5 0.2 $ 2
Clay Smith 23 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Moose Solters 32 214 -22 2 0 0 0 -2 7 -15 -1.3 -15 -1.4 0.1 $ Traded O7/9
Charley Suche 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Hal Trosky* 25 626 34 1 0 0 -2 -7 20 46 4.3 48 4.6 -0.3 $ *3
Roy Weatherly* 23 228 -9 0 0 0 -2 -1 8 -4 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent O8/97
Skeeter Webb 28 66 -2 0 0 0 -2 1 2 -1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ Free Agency 6/54
Earl Whitehill* 39 63 -10 -1 0 0 0 5 2 -4 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ Traded 1
Chuck Workman* 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /O9
Bill Zuber 25 8 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Team Total 6001 -39 10 0 0 -13 42 190 190 19.1 203 19.4 -0.3 $27,000
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Johnny Allen 33 200.0 27 107 142 -1 1.0 35 3.0 $ Traded
Bob Feller 19 277.2 36 136 197 -2 1.0 61 5.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Denny Galehouse 26 114.0 12 62 81 -1 1.0 19 1.6 $
Mel Harder 28 240.0 29 115 171 -2 1.0 56 4.8 $
Joe Heving 37 6.0 0 8 4 0 1.0 -4 -0.4 $ Purchased
Willis Hudlin 32 127.0 15 80 90 -1 1.0 10 0.8 $
Johnny Humphries 23 103.1 6 69 73 -1 1.0 4 0.3 $
Ken Jungels 22 15.1 0 16 11 0 1.0 -5 -0.5 $
Al Milnar* 24 68.1 5 48 49 0 1.0 1 0.0 $
Clay Smith 23 11.0 0 10 8 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $
Charley Suche 22 1.1 0 4 1 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Earl Whitehill* 39 160.1 23 109 114 -1 1.0 5 0.2 $ Traded
Bill Zuber 25 28.2 0 18 20 0 1.0 2 0.2 $
Team Total 1352.9 153 782 961 -9 1.0 179 14.8 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1937 / 1939 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics