1949 Cleveland Indians Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 89-65
Finished 3rd in the AL
Attendance: 2,324,592, Avg. 36,322
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Manager: Lou Boudreau (89-65)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1949 Cleveland Indians RosterTeam Record: 89-65
Finished 3rd in the AL
Attendance: 2,324,592, Avg. 36,322
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Manager: Lou Boudreau (89-65)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1949 Cleveland Indians Results
The Cleveland Indians of the American League ended the 1949 season with a record of 89 wins and 65 losses, finishing third in the AL.
The Indians led the league with just 574 runs allowed. Cleveland scored 675 runs. Larry Doby paced the squad with 24 home runs, while Mickey Vernon and Joe Gordon walloped 20 or more as well. Larry Doby drove in 85 runs. Dale Mitchell topped all regular hitters by hitting .317. Bob Lemon paced the squad with 22 wins, plus Bob Feller, too added 15 or more wins, too Al Benton earned a 2.12 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Lou Boudreau coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Lemon | 22 | 10 | .688 | 2.99 | 37 | 33 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 279.7 | 211 | 101 | 93 | 19 | 137 | 0 | 138 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1159 |
| Bob Feller | 15 | 14 | .517 | 3.75 | 36 | 28 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 211.0 | 198 | 104 | 88 | 18 | 84 | 0 | 108 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 894 |
| Mike Garcia | 14 | 5 | .737 | 2.36 | 41 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 175.7 | 154 | 51 | 46 | 6 | 60 | 0 | 94 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 718 |
| Early Wynn | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4.15 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 164.7 | 186 | 84 | 76 | 8 | 57 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 724 |
| Al Benton | 9 | 6 | .600 | 2.12 | 40 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 135.7 | 116 | 33 | 32 | 7 | 51 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 548 |
| Gene Bearden | 8 | 8 | .500 | 5.10 | 32 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 127.0 | 140 | 77 | 72 | 6 | 92 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 593 |
| Steve Gromek | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.33 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 92.0 | 86 | 41 | 34 | 8 | 40 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 390 |
| Satchel Paige | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.04 | 31 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 83.0 | 70 | 29 | 28 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 348 |
| Frank Papish | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.19 | 25 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 62.0 | 54 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 271 |
| Sam Zoldak | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.25 | 27 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 60 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 235 |
| Totals | 89 | 65 | .578 | 3.36 | 322 | 154 | 89 | 65 | 9 | 19 | 1383.7 | 1275 | 574 | 516 | 82 | 611 | 0 | 594 | 16 | 3 | 28 | 5880 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Mitchell | 149 | 685 | 640 | 81 | 203 | 16 | 23 | 3 | 56 | 10 | 3 | 43 | 11 | .317 | .360 | .428 | .788 | 274 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mickey Vernon | 153 | 659 | 584 | 72 | 170 | 27 | 4 | 18 | 83 | 9 | 7 | 58 | 51 | .291 | .357 | .443 | .801 | 259 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Doby | 147 | 650 | 547 | 106 | 153 | 25 | 3 | 24 | 85 | 10 | 9 | 91 | 90 | .280 | .389 | .468 | .857 | 256 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Gordon | 148 | 632 | 541 | 74 | 136 | 18 | 3 | 20 | 84 | 5 | 6 | 83 | 33 | .251 | .355 | .407 | .762 | 220 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Boudreau | 134 | 561 | 475 | 53 | 135 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 10 | .284 | .381 | .364 | .745 | 173 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Kennedy | 121 | 469 | 424 | 49 | 117 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 57 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 40 | .276 | .334 | .417 | .752 | 177 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Hegan | 152 | 529 | 468 | 54 | 105 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 89 | .224 | .298 | .338 | .635 | 158 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Boone | 86 | 307 | 258 | 39 | 65 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 17 | .252 | .352 | .345 | .697 | 89 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Keltner | 80 | 292 | 246 | 35 | 57 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 26 | .232 | .335 | .382 | .717 | 94 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Thurman Tucker | 80 | 217 | 197 | 28 | 48 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 19 | .244 | .307 | .289 | .596 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Lemon | 46 | 123 | 108 | 17 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20 | .269 | .331 | .556 | .886 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Berardino | 50 | 134 | 116 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14 | .198 | .295 | .267 | .563 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Feller | 36 | 81 | 72 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | .236 | .257 | .375 | .632 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Allie Clark | 35 | 78 | 74 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .176 | .218 | .270 | .488 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Garcia | 41 | 62 | 51 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .235 | .278 | .333 | .611 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Easter | 21 | 54 | 45 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | .222 | .340 | .289 | .629 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Early Wynn | 35 | 76 | 70 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .143 | .189 | .200 | .389 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Peck | 33 | 32 | 29 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .310 | .375 | .345 | .720 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Tresh | 38 | 43 | 37 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .216 | .310 | .216 | .526 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Rosen | 23 | 51 | 44 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | .159 | .275 | .205 | .479 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Benton | 40 | 42 | 38 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .132 | .154 | .132 | .285 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Bearden | 32 | 49 | 45 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .111 | .149 | .111 | .260 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Edwards | 5 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .267 | .313 | .467 | .779 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Gromek | 27 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .167 | .231 | .208 | .439 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Zoldak | 27 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Avila | 31 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .214 | .267 | .214 | .481 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnie Minoso | 9 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .188 | .350 | .375 | .725 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herman Reich | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Papish | 25 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .125 | .300 | .125 | .425 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Milt Nielsen | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .111 | .273 | .111 | .384 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Satchel Paige | 31 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .063 | .167 | .063 | .229 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Marsh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1840 | 5958 | 5221 | 675 | 1358 | 194 | 58 | 112 | 640 | 44 | 40 | 601 | 534 | .260 | .339 | .384 | .723 | 2004 | 137 | 23 | 113 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickey Vernon | 1B | 153 | 0 | 0.0 | 1438 | 155 | 14 | 168 | .991 | 1.412 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Allie Clark | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Boudreau | 1B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 7.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Gordon | 2B | 145 | 0 | 0.0 | 297 | 430 | 15 | 123 | .980 | 5.014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Boudreau | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Berardino | 2B | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 28 | 2 | 4 | .959 | 5.875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Avila | 2B | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Rosen | 3B | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kennedy | 3B | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 44 | 1 | 4 | .983 | 2.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Keltner | 3B | 69 | 0 | 0.0 | 51 | 145 | 4 | 11 | .980 | 2.841 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Boudreau | 3B | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 76 | 4 | 13 | .965 | 2.895 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Berardino | 3B | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 39 | 4 | 3 | .935 | 2.320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Tresh | C | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 71 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.079 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Hegan | C | 152 | 0 | 0.0 | 651 | 73 | 7 | 16 | .990 | 4.763 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thurman Tucker | OF | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 119 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .984 | 2.881 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herman Reich | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hal Peck | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Milt Nielsen | OF | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dale Mitchell | OF | 149 | 0 | 0.0 | 337 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .994 | 2.329 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Minnie Minoso | OF | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kennedy | OF | 98 | 0 | 0.0 | 190 | 12 | 2 | 4 | .990 | 2.061 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Edwards | OF | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luke Easter | OF | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Doby | OF | 147 | 0 | 0.0 | 355 | 7 | 9 | 2 | .976 | 2.463 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Allie Clark | OF | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .882 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Zoldak | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.148 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Early Wynn | P | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.808 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Papish | P | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Satchel Paige | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .484 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Lemon | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 71 | 4 | 5 | .963 | 2.838 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Gromek | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .963 | .963 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Garcia | P | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 34 | 1 | 4 | .978 | 1.098 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Feller | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .969 | .861 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Benton | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .525 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Bearden | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 42 | 1 | 2 | .981 | 1.594 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Boudreau | SS | 88 | 0 | 0.0 | 176 | 272 | 8 | 78 | .982 | 5.091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Boone | SS | 76 | 0 | 0.0 | 162 | 210 | 21 | 58 | .947 | 4.895 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Berardino | SS | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1644 | 0 | 0.0 | 4150 | 1816 | 103 | 516 | .983 | 3.629 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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