1939 Cleveland Indians season

The 1939 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American League with a record of 87–67, 2012 games behind the New York Yankees.

1939 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Alva Bradley
General manager(s)Cy Slapnicka
Manager(s)Ossie Vitt
Local radioWCLE
(Jack Graney, Pinky Hunter)
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Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10645 0.702 52–25 54–20
Boston Red Sox 8962 0.589 17 42–32 47–30
Cleveland Indians 8767 0.565 20½ 44–33 43–34
Chicago White Sox 8669 0.555 22 50–27 36–42
Detroit Tigers 8173 0.526 26½ 42–35 39–38
Washington Senators 6588 0.425 42 37–40 28–48
Philadelphia Athletics 5597 0.362 51½ 28–48 27–49
St. Louis Browns 43111 0.279 64½ 18–59 25–52

Record vs. opponents

1939 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston 8–1411–1110–1211–8–118–416–615–7
Chicago 14–812–1012–104–1811–1118–414–8–1
Cleveland 11–1110–1211–117–1518–416–614–8
Detroit 12–1010–1211–119–1311–1114–8–114–8
New York 8–11–118–415–713–918–419–315–7
Philadelphia 4–1811–114–1811–114–1813–9–18–12
St. Louis 6–164–186–168–14–13–199–13–17–15
Washington 7–158–14–18–148–147–1512–815–7

Roster

1939 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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 Rollie Hemsley 107 395 104 .263 2 36
1B Hal Trosky 122 448 150 .335 25 104
2B Odell Hale 108 253 79 .312 4 48
SS Skeeter Webb 81 269 71 .264 2 26
3B Ken Keltner 154 587 191 .325 13 97
OF Jeff Heath 121 431 126 .292 14 69
OFBruce Campbell130450129.287872
OFBen Chapman149545158.290682

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
Oscar Grimes 119 364 98 .269 4 56
Roy Weatherly 95 323 100 .310 1 32
Lou Boudreau 53 225 58 .258 0 19
Frankie Pytlak 63 183 49 .268 0 14
Ray Mack 36 112 17 .152 1 6
Moose Solters 41 102 28 .275 2 19
Jim Shilling 31 98 27 .276 0 12
Earl Averill245515.27317
Luke Sewell 16 20 3 .150 0 1
Lyn Lary 3 2 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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
Bob Feller 39 296.2 24 9 2.85 246
Al Milnar 37 209.0 14 12 3.79 76
Mel Harder 29 208.0 15 9 3.50 67
Johnny Allen28175.0974.5879
Willis Hudlin 27 143.0 9 10 4.91 28

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
Tom Drake 8 15.0 0 1 9.00 1
Floyd Stromme 5 13.0 0 1 4.85 4
Lefty Sullivan 7 12.2 0 1 4.26 4
Mike Naymick 2 4.2 0 1 1.93 3

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
Harry Eisenstat 26 6 7 2 3.30 38
Joe Dobson352315.8827
Johnny Broaca224204.7013
Bill Zuber162005.9716
Johnny Humphries 15 2 4 2 8.26 12

Awards & Honors

All Star Game

Bob Feller, Pitcher

Rollie Hemsley, Catcher

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AA Buffalo Bisons International League Steve O'Neill
A1 New Orleans Pelicans Southern Association Roger Peckinpaugh
A Wilkes-Barre Barons Eastern League Eddie Phillips
B Cedar Rapids Raiders Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Ollie Marquardt
B Winston-Salem Twins Piedmont League Charles Clancy and Alvin Crowder
B Spartanburg Spartans Sally League Leon Pettit
C Tyler Trojans East Texas League Bobby Goff
C Springfield Indians Middle Atlantic League Earl Wolgamot
D Troy Trojans Alabama–Florida League Bloomer Milner
D Greeneville Burley Cubs Appalachian League Sam Alexander
D Leaksville-Draper-Spray Triplets Bi-State League Arnold Anderson
D Opelousas Indians Evangeline League Joe Woodard
D Logan Indians Mountain State League Eddie Hock
D Fargo-Moorhead Twins Northern League Jack Knight
D Mansfield Indians Ohio State League Ray French and Dewey Stover
D Niagara Falls Rainbows PONY League Tim Murchison

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References

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


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