1942 Cleveland Indians season

1942 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersAlva Bradley
General managersRoger Peckinpaugh
ManagersLou Boudreau
Local radioWCLE · WHK
(Jack Graney, Lew Henry)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10351 0.669 — 58–19 45–32
Boston Red Sox 9359 0.612 9 53–24 40–35
St. Louis Browns 8269 0.543 19½ 40–37 42–32
Cleveland Indians 7579 0.487 28 39–39 36–40
Detroit Tigers 7381 0.474 30 43–34 30–47
Chicago White Sox 6682 0.446 34 35–35 31–47
Washington Senators 6289 0.411 39½ 35–42 27–47
Philadelphia Athletics 5599 0.357 48 25–51 30–48

Record vs. opponents
1942 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston —13–814–815–712–1014–811–1114–7
Chicago 8–13—11–119–137–1512–106–1313–7
Cleveland 8–1411–11—9–13–27–1516–69–1315–7
Detroit 7–1513–913–9–2—7–1513–911–119–13
New York 10–1215–715–715–7—16–615–717–5
Philadelphia 8–1410–126–169–136–16—6–1610–12
St. Louis 11–1113–613–911–117–1516–6—11–11
Washington 7–147–137–1513–95–1712–1011–11—

Roster
1942 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Otto Denning 91 214 45 .210 1 19
1B Les Fleming 156 548 160 .292 14 82
2B Ray Mack 143 481 108 .225 2 45
SSLou Boudreau147506143.283258
3B Ken Keltner 152 624 179 .287 6 78
OF Oris Hockett 148 601 150 .250 7 48
OF Jeff Heath 147 568 158 .278 10 76
OF Roy Weatherly 128 473 122 .258 5 39

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Buster Mills 80 195 54 .277 1 26
Jim Hegan 68 170 33 .194 0 11
Gene Desautels 62 162 40 .247 0 9
Oscar Grimes 51 84 15 .179 0 2
Fabian Gaffke 40 67 11 .164 0 3
Rusty Peters 34 58 13 .224 0 2
Hank Edwards 13 48 12 .250 0 7
Ted Sepkowski 5 10 1 .100 0 0
Eddie Robinson 8 8 1 .125 0 2
Bob Lemon 5 5 0 .000 0 0
George Susce2111.00000

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jim Bagby38270.21792.9654
Mel Harder 29 198.2 13 14 3.44 74
Chubby Dean 27 172.2 8 11 3.81 46
Al Smith 30 168.1 10 15 3.96 66
Al Milnar 28 157.0 6 8 4.13 35

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Red Embree 19 63.0 3 4 3.86 44
Steve Gromek 14 44.1 2 0 3.65 14
Ray Poat 4 18.1 1 3 5.40 8
Clint Brown 7 9.0 1 1 6.00 4
Joe Krakauskas 3 7.0 0 0 3.86 2
Allie Reynolds 2 5.0 0 0 0.00 2
Pete Center 1 3.1 0 0 16.20 0
Paul Calvert 1 2.0 0 0 0.00 2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tom Ferrick 31 3 2 3 1.99 28
Harry Eisenstat 29 2 1 2 2.45 19
Vern Kennedy 28 4 8 1 4.08 37
Joe Heving 27 5 3 3 4.86 13

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Jim Bagby, Pitcher

Lou Boudreau, Shortstop (starter)

Ken Keltner, Third baseman (starter)

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Baltimore Orioles International League Alphonse "Tommy" Thomas
A Wilkes-Barre Barons Eastern League Earl Wolgamot
B Cedar Rapids Raiders Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Ollie Marquardt
C Charleston Senators Middle Atlantic League Ed Hall
C Wausau Timberjacks Northern League Wally Gilbert
D Thomasville Tommies North Carolina State League Jim Gruzdis and Woody Mabry
D Batavia Clippers PONY League Jack Sanford
D Appleton Papermakers Wisconsin State League Ed Dancisak and Dutch Zwilling

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Cedar Rapids, Thomasville[2]

References
  1. Grant Dunlap at Baseball Reference
  2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007


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