1942 Cleveland Indians season
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Owner(s) | Alva Bradley |
General manager(s) | Roger Peckinpaugh |
Manager(s) | Lou Boudreau |
Local radio | WCLE · WHK (Jack Graney, Lew Henry) |
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Offseason
- Prior to 1942 season: Grant Dunlap was acquired by the Indians from the Cincinnati Reds.[1]
Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 103 | 51 | 0.669 | — | 58–19 | 45–32 |
Boston Red Sox | 93 | 59 | 0.612 | 9 | 53–24 | 40–35 |
St. Louis Browns | 82 | 69 | 0.543 | 19½ | 40–37 | 42–32 |
Cleveland Indians | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 28 | 39–39 | 36–40 |
Detroit Tigers | 73 | 81 | 0.474 | 30 | 43–34 | 30–47 |
Chicago White Sox | 66 | 82 | 0.446 | 34 | 35–35 | 31–47 |
Washington Senators | 62 | 89 | 0.411 | 39½ | 35–42 | 27–47 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 55 | 99 | 0.357 | 48 | 25–51 | 30–48 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 13–8 | 14–8 | 15–7 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 14–7 | |||||
Chicago | 8–13 | — | 11–11 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 6–13 | 13–7 | |||||
Cleveland | 8–14 | 11–11 | — | 9–13–2 | 7–15 | 16–6 | 9–13 | 15–7 | |||||
Detroit | 7–15 | 13–9 | 13–9–2 | — | 7–15 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 9–13 | |||||
New York | 10–12 | 15–7 | 15–7 | 15–7 | — | 16–6 | 15–7 | 17–5 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 10–12 | 6–16 | 9–13 | 6–16 | — | 6–16 | 10–12 | |||||
St. Louis | 11–11 | 13–6 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 7–15 | 16–6 | — | 11–11 | |||||
Washington | 7–14 | 7–13 | 7–15 | 13–9 | 5–17 | 12–10 | 11–11 | — |
Roster
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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 |
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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 |
SS | Lou Boudreau | 147 | 506 | 143 | .283 | 2 | 58 |
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 |
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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 Susce | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 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 |
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Jim Bagby | 38 | 270.2 | 17 | 9 | 2.96 | 54 |
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 |
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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 |
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Vern Kennedy | 28 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4.08 | 37 |
Tom Ferrick | 31 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1.99 | 28 |
Harry Eisenstat | 29 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.45 | 19 |
Joe Heving | 27 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4.86 | 13 |
Awards and honors
Jim Bagby, Pitcher
Lou Boudreau, Shortstop (starter)
Ken Keltner, Third baseman (starter)
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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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]
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References
- Grant Dunlap at Baseball Reference
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
External links
- 1942 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
- 1942 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac
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