1944 Cleveland Indians | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | League Park Cleveland Municipal Stadium | |
City | Cleveland, Ohio | |
Owners | Alva Bradley | |
General managers | Roger Peckinpaugh | |
Managers | Lou Boudreau | |
Radio | WCLE · WHK (Jack Graney, Lew Henry) | |
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American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Browns | 89 | 65 | 0.578 | — | 54–23 | 35–42 |
Detroit Tigers | 88 | 66 | 0.571 | 1 | 43–34 | 45–32 |
New York Yankees | 83 | 71 | 0.539 | 6 | 47–31 | 36–40 |
Boston Red Sox | 77 | 77 | 0.500 | 12 | 47–30 | 30–47 |
Cleveland Indians | 72 | 82 | 0.468 | 17 | 39–38 | 33–44 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 72 | 82 | 0.468 | 17 | 39–37 | 33–45 |
Chicago White Sox | 71 | 83 | 0.461 | 18 | 41–36 | 30–47 |
Washington Senators | 64 | 90 | 0.416 | 25 | 40–37 | 24–53 |
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Team | BOS | CHW | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 17–5 | 8–14 | 10–12–2 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 10–12 | |||||
Chicago | 5–17 | — | 14–8 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 9–13 | 8–14 | 16–6 | |||||
Cleveland | 14–8 | 8–14 | — | 10–12 | 8–14 | 12–10–1 | 10–12 | 10–12 | |||||
Detroit | 12–10–2 | 13–9 | 12–10 | — | 14–8 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 17–5 | |||||
New York | 11–11 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 8–14 | — | 13–9 | 10–12 | 15–7 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11–11 | 13–9 | 10–12–1 | 11–11 | 9–13 | — | 9–13 | 9–13 | |||||
St. Louis | 12–10 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 12–10 | 13–9 | — | 13–9 | |||||
Washington | 12–10 | 6–16 | 12–10 | 5–17 | 7–15 | 13–9 | 9–13 | — |
1944 Cleveland Indians | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
| Catchers
Infielders
| Outfielders
| Manager Coaches
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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 | Buddy Rosar | 99 | 331 | 87 | .263 | 0 | 30 |
1B | Mickey Rocco | 155 | 653 | 174 | .266 | 13 | 70 |
2B | Ray Mack | 83 | 284 | 66 | .232 | 0 | 29 |
SS | Lou Boudreau | 150 | 584 | 191 | .327 | 3 | 67 |
3B | Ken Keltner | 149 | 573 | 169 | .295 | 13 | 91 |
OF | Oris Hockett | 124 | 457 | 132 | .289 | 1 | 50 |
OF | Pat Seerey | 101 | 342 | 80 | .234 | 15 | 39 |
OF | Roy Cullenbine | 154 | 571 | 162 | .284 | 16 | 80 |
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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Rusty Peters | 88 | 282 | 63 | .223 | 1 | 24 |
Myril Hoag | 67 | 277 | 79 | .285 | 1 | 27 |
Paul O'Dea | 76 | 173 | 55 | .318 | 0 | 13 |
Jeff Heath | 60 | 151 | 50 | .331 | 5 | 33 |
Norm Schlueter | 49 | 122 | 15 | .123 | 0 | 11 |
Jimmy Grant | 61 | 99 | 27 | .273 | 1 | 12 |
George Susce | 29 | 61 | 14 | .230 | 0 | 4 |
Jim McDonnell | 20 | 43 | 10 | .233 | 0 | 4 |
Russ Lyon | 7 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
Hank Ruszkowski | 3 | 8 | 3 | .375 | 0 | 1 |
Steve Biras | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 |
Jim Devlin | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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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Steve Gromek | 35 | 203.2 | 10 | 9 | 2.56 | 115 |
Mel Harder | 30 | 196.1 | 12 | 10 | 3.71 | 64 |
Al Smith | 28 | 181.2 | 7 | 13 | 3.42 | 44 |
Allie Reynolds | 28 | 158.0 | 11 | 8 | 3.30 | 84 |
Jim Bagby | 13 | 79.0 | 4 | 5 | 4.33 | 12 |
Vern Kennedy | 12 | 59.0 | 2 | 5 | 5.03 | 17 |
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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Earl Henry | 2 | 17.2 | 1 | 1 | 4.58 | 5 |
Mike Naymick | 7 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 9.69 | 4 |
Bill Bonness | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.71 | 1 |
Paul O'Dea | 3 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 0 |
Red Embree | 3 | 3.1 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 4 |
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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Joe Heving | 63 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 1.96 | 46 |
Ed Klieman | 47 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3.38 | 44 |
Ray Poat | 36 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 5.13 | 40 |
Paul Calvert | 35 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4.56 | 31 |
Hal Kleine | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.75 | 13 |
Lou Boudreau, Shortstop
Roy Cullenbine, Outfielder
Oris Hockett, Outfielder
Ken Keltner, Third baseman (starter)
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Baltimore Orioles | International League | Alphonse "Tommy" Thomas |
A | Wilkes-Barre Barons | Eastern League | Jack Sanford |
D | Batavia Clippers | PONY League | Jack Tighe |
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