1942 Cleveland Indians Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 75-79
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 122,659, Avg. 3,957
Ballpark: League Park II/Cleveland Stadium
Manager: Lou Boudreau (75-79)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1942 Cleveland Indians RosterTeam Record: 75-79
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 122,659, Avg. 3,957
Ballpark: League Park II/Cleveland Stadium
Manager: Lou Boudreau (75-79)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1942 Cleveland Indians Results
The Cleveland Indians of the American League ended the 1942 season with a record of 75 wins and 79 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.
The Indians scored 590 runs and gave up 659 runs. Les Fleming led Cleveland with 14 home runs and drove in 82 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time by hitting .292. Jim Bagby topped the team with 17 wins and a team-best 2.96 ERA, best 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bagby | 17 | 9 | .654 | 2.96 | 38 | 35 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 270.7 | 267 | 105 | 89 | 19 | 64 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1111 |
| Mel Harder | 13 | 14 | .481 | 3.44 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 198.7 | 179 | 83 | 76 | 8 | 82 | 0 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 842 |
| Al Smith | 10 | 15 | .400 | 3.96 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 168.3 | 163 | 96 | 74 | 9 | 71 | 0 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 742 |
| Chubby Dean | 8 | 11 | .421 | 3.81 | 27 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 172.7 | 170 | 83 | 73 | 7 | 66 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 733 |
| Al Milnar | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.13 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 157.0 | 146 | 82 | 72 | 3 | 85 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 685 |
| Joe Heving | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.86 | 27 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46.3 | 52 | 28 | 25 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 216 |
| Vern Kennedy | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.08 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 108.0 | 99 | 57 | 49 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 462 |
| Tom Ferrick | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.99 | 31 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 81.3 | 56 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 317 |
| Red Embree | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.86 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 58 | 31 | 27 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 276 |
| Steve Gromek | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.65 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.3 | 46 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 197 |
| Harry Eisenstat | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.45 | 29 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47.7 | 58 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 199 |
| Clint Brown | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.00 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Ray Poat | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.40 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18.3 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 91 |
| Paul Calvert | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Allie Reynolds | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
| Joe Krakauskas | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | |
| Pete Center | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
| Totals | 75 | 79 | .487 | 3.59 | 318 | 156 | 95 | 61 | 12 | 11 | 1402.7 | 1353 | 659 | 560 | 61 | 560 | 0 | 448 | 21 | 1 | 15 | 6004 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Keltner | 152 | 663 | 624 | 72 | 179 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 78 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 36 | .287 | .312 | .383 | .695 | 239 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Les Fleming | 156 | 662 | 548 | 71 | 160 | 27 | 4 | 14 | 82 | 6 | 8 | 106 | 57 | .292 | .412 | .432 | .845 | 237 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Heath | 147 | 634 | 568 | 82 | 158 | 37 | 13 | 10 | 76 | 9 | 9 | 62 | 66 | .278 | .350 | .442 | .792 | 251 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Oris Hockett | 148 | 654 | 601 | 85 | 150 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 48 | 12 | 12 | 45 | 45 | .250 | .305 | .344 | .650 | 207 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Boudreau | 147 | 604 | 506 | 57 | 143 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 58 | 7 | 16 | 75 | 39 | .283 | .379 | .370 | .749 | 187 | 12 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Weatherly | 128 | 514 | 473 | 61 | 122 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 25 | .258 | .310 | .368 | .678 | 174 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Mack | 143 | 531 | 481 | 43 | 108 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 41 | 51 | .225 | .288 | .291 | .579 | 140 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Buster Mills | 80 | 220 | 195 | 19 | 54 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 18 | .277 | .353 | .333 | .687 | 65 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Otto Denning | 92 | 234 | 214 | 15 | 45 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 14 | .210 | .275 | .290 | .564 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Desautels | 62 | 181 | 162 | 14 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 13 | .247 | .303 | .278 | .581 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Hegan | 68 | 184 | 170 | 10 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 31 | .194 | .243 | .224 | .467 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Chubby Dean | 70 | 112 | 101 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | .267 | .339 | .277 | .617 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Bagby | 39 | 103 | 95 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .189 | .198 | .232 | .429 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Smith | 30 | 64 | 60 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .250 | .274 | .283 | .558 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Oscar Grimes | 51 | 100 | 84 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 17 | .179 | .289 | .202 | .491 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Rusty Peters | 34 | 60 | 58 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .224 | .250 | .345 | .595 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Edwards | 13 | 53 | 48 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | .250 | .321 | .333 | .654 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Milnar | 40 | 73 | 70 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | .171 | .194 | .300 | .494 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fabian Gaffke | 40 | 74 | 67 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .164 | .243 | .194 | .437 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mel Harder | 29 | 72 | 67 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .119 | .145 | .119 | .264 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Vern Kennedy | 33 | 34 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .200 | .250 | .233 | .483 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Gromek | 14 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .333 | .412 | .533 | .945 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Ferrick | 31 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .211 | .211 | .263 | .474 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Embree | 19 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .133 | .188 | .133 | .321 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Susce | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Eisenstat | 29 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Robinson | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Sepkowski | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Center | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Allie Reynolds | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Poat | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Heving | 27 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clint Brown | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Lemon | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Krakauskas | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Calvert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1860 | 5931 | 5317 | 590 | 1344 | 223 | 58 | 50 | 539 | 69 | 74 | 500 | 544 | .253 | .320 | .345 | .665 | 1833 | 109 | 24 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Robinson | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oscar Grimes | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Les Fleming | 1B | 156 | 0 | 0.0 | 1503 | 90 | 12 | 152 | .993 | 1.212 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Sepkowski | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .824 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rusty Peters | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Mack | 2B | 143 | 0 | 0.0 | 340 | 434 | 25 | 105 | .969 | 5.413 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oscar Grimes | 2B | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 46 | 39 | 5 | 10 | .944 | 3.542 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rusty Peters | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Lemon | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Keltner | 3B | 151 | 0 | 0.0 | 166 | 353 | 30 | 38 | .945 | 3.437 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oscar Grimes | 3B | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 2.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Susce | C | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Hegan | C | 66 | 0 | 0.0 | 227 | 32 | 6 | 7 | .977 | 3.924 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Desautels | C | 61 | 0 | 0.0 | 180 | 16 | 5 | 0 | .975 | 3.213 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Otto Denning | C | 78 | 0 | 0.0 | 213 | 36 | 2 | 6 | .992 | 3.192 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Weatherly | OF | 117 | 0 | 0.0 | 324 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .991 | 2.829 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buster Mills | OF | 53 | 0 | 0.0 | 142 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .973 | 2.755 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oris Hockett | OF | 145 | 0 | 0.0 | 284 | 12 | 6 | 3 | .980 | 2.041 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Heath | OF | 146 | 0 | 0.0 | 326 | 12 | 7 | 3 | .980 | 2.315 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fabian Gaffke | OF | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.813 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Edwards | OF | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Otto Denning | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Smith | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 34 | 1 | 0 | .975 | 1.300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Allie Reynolds | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Poat | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Milnar | P | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 38 | 1 | 3 | .977 | 1.536 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Krakauskas | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vern Kennedy | P | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 3 | .903 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Heving | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .867 | .481 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mel Harder | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 44 | 3 | 5 | .951 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Gromek | P | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .800 | .571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Ferrick | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 4 | .969 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Red Embree | P | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .632 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Eisenstat | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .345 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chubby Dean | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 0 | .939 | 1.148 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Center | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Paul Calvert | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Clint Brown | P | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Bagby | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 58 | 4 | 7 | .949 | 1.974 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rusty Peters | SS | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 46 | 4 | 8 | .944 | 2.792 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oscar Grimes | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Boudreau | SS | 146 | 0 | 0.0 | 281 | 426 | 26 | 107 | .965 | 4.842 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1676 | 0 | 0.0 | 4208 | 1817 | 163 | 473 | .974 | 3.595 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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