1941_Cleveland_Indians_season Knowpia

1941 Cleveland Indians
1941 Cleveland Indians
League	American League
Ballpark	League Park; Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners	Alva Bradley
General managers	Cy Slapnicka, Roger Peckinpaugh
Managers	Roger Peckinpaugh
Radio	WCLE · WHK; (Jack Graney, Pinky Hunter)

Regular season edit

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	101	53	0.656	—	51–26	50–27
Boston Red Sox	84	70	0.545	17	47–30	37–40
Chicago White Sox	77	77	0.500	24	38–39	39–38
Cleveland Indians	75	79	0.487	26	42–35	33–44
Detroit Tigers	75	79	0.487	26	43–34	32–45
St. Louis Browns	70	84	0.455	31	40–37	30–47
Washington Senators	70	84	0.455	31	40–37	30–47
Philadelphia Athletics	64	90	0.416	37	36–41	28–49

1941 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	16–6	9–13	11–11	9–13–1	16–6	9–13	14–8
Chicago	6–16	—	17–5	12–10–1	8–14	10–12	11–11–1	13–9
Cleveland	13–9	5–17	—	10–12	7–15	15–7	13–9–1	12–10
Detroit	11–11	10–12–1	12–10	—	11–11	13–9	11–11	7–15
New York	13–9–1	14–8	15–7	11–11	—	14–8	18–4	16–6–1
Philadelphia	6–16	12–10	7–15	9–13	8–14	—	11–11	11–11
St. Louis	13–9	11–11–1	9–13–1	11–11	4–18	11–11	—	11–11–1
Washington	8–14	9–13	10–12	15–7	6–16–1	11–11	11–11–1	—

1941 Cleveland Indians

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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	98	288	69	.240	2	24
1B	Hal Trosky	89	310	91	.294	11	51
2B	Ray Mack	145	500	114	.228	9	44
SS	Lou Boudreau	148	579	149	.257	10	56
3B	Ken Keltner	149	581	156	.269	23	84
OF	Gee Walker	121	445	126	.283	6	48
OF	Jeff Heath	151	585	199	.340	24	123
OF	Roy Weatherly	102	363	105	.289	3	37

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
Soup Campbell	104	328	82	.250	3	35
Oscar Grimes	77	244	58	.238	4	24
Gene Desautels	66	189	38	.201	1	17
Beau Bell	48	104	20	.192	0	9
Larry Rosenthal	45	75	14	.187	1	8
Hank Edwards	16	68	15	.221	1	6
Rusty Peters	29	63	13	.206	0	2
Jim Hegan	16	47	15	.319	1	5
Buck Frierson	5	11	3	.273	0	2
Les Fleming	2	8	2	.250	0	2
Vern Freiburger	2	8	1	.125	0	1
Red Howell	11	7	2	.286	0	2
Oris Hockett	2	6	2	.333	0	1
Fabian Gaffke	4	4	1	.250	0	0
Chuck Workman	9	4	0	.000	0	0
Bob Lemon	5	4	1	.250	0	0
Jack Conway	2	2	1	.500	0	1
George Susce	1	0	0	----	0	0

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	44	343.0	25	13	3.15	260
Al Milnar	35	229.1	12	19	4.36	82
Al Smith	29	206.2	12	13	3.83	76
Jim Bagby	33	200.2	9	15	4.04	53
Mel Harder	15	68.2	5	4	5.24	21

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Chubby Dean	8	53.1	1	4	4.39	14
Ken Jungels	6	13.2	0	0	7.24	6
Cal Dorsett	5	11.1	0	1	10.32	5
Red Embree	1	4.0	0	1	6.75	4
Nate Andrews	2	2.1	0	0	11.57	1

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Clint Brown	41	3	3	5	3.27	22
Joe Heving	27	5	2	5	2.29	18
Harry Eisenstat	21	1	1	2	4.24	11
Joe Krakauskas	12	1	2	0	4.10	25
Steve Gromek	9	1	1	2	4.24	19

Bob Feller, Pitcher (starter)

Jeff Heath, Outfielder (starter)

Ken Keltner, Third baseman

Level	Team	League	Manager
A1	Oklahoma City Indians	Texas League	Rogers Hornsby and Homer Peel
A	Wilkes-Barre Barons	Eastern League	Earl Wolgamot
B	Cedar Rapids Raiders	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Ollie Marquardt
C	Flint Indians	Michigan State League	Jack Knight
C	Charleston Senators	Middle Atlantic League	Ed Hall
C	Salina Millers	Western Association	Russ Rollings, Jimmy Payton and John Fitzpatrick
D	Thomasville Tommies	North Carolina State League	Jim Gruzdis
D	Mansfield Braves	Ohio State League	Alex Chowson
D	Appleton Papermakers	Wisconsin State League	Ed Dancisak