1943 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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New York Yankees | 98 | 56 | 0.636 | — | 54–23 | 44–33 |
Washington Senators | 84 | 69 | 0.549 | 13½ | 44–32 | 40–37 |
Cleveland Indians | 82 | 71 | 0.536 | 15½ | 44–33 | 38–38 |
Chicago White Sox | 82 | 72 | 0.532 | 16 | 40–36 | 42–36 |
Detroit Tigers | 78 | 76 | 0.506 | 20 | 45–32 | 33–44 |
St. Louis Browns | 72 | 80 | 0.474 | 25 | 44–33 | 28–47 |
Boston Red Sox | 68 | 84 | 0.447 | 29 | 39–36 | 29–48 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 49 | 105 | 0.318 | 49 | 27–51 | 22–54 |
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 8–14 | 12–10 | 11–11–1 | 5–17–1 | 11–11 | 11–9–1 | 10–12 | |||||
Chicago | 14–8 | — | 7–15 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 18–4–1 | 10–12 | 14–8 | |||||
Cleveland | 10–12 | 15–7 | — | 15–7 | 9–13 | 16–6 | 9–13 | 8–13 | |||||
Detroit | 11–11–1 | 13–9 | 7–15 | — | 10–12 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 13–9 | |||||
New York | 17–5–1 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 12–10 | — | 16–6 | 17–5 | 11–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 11–11 | 4–18–1 | 6–16 | 9–13 | 6–16 | — | 8–14 | 5–17 | |||||
St. Louis | 9–11–1 | 12–10 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 5–17 | 14–8 | — | 8–14 | |||||
Washington | 12–10 | 8–14 | 13–8 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 17–5 | 14–8 | — |
1943 Cleveland Indians | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
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Infielders
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| 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 | 115 | 382 | 108 | .283 | 1 | 41 |
1B | Mickey Rocco | 108 | 405 | 97 | .240 | 5 | 46 |
2B | Ray Mack | 153 | 545 | 120 | .220 | 7 | 62 |
SS | Lou Boudreau | 152 | 539 | 154 | .286 | 3 | 67 |
3B | Ken Keltner | 110 | 427 | 111 | .260 | 4 | 39 |
OF | Oris Hockett | 141 | 601 | 166 | .276 | 2 | 51 |
OF | Jeff Heath | 118 | 424 | 116 | .274 | 18 | 79 |
OF | Roy Cullenbine | 138 | 488 | 141 | .289 | 8 | 56 |
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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Hank Edwards | 92 | 297 | 82 | .276 | 3 | 28 |
Rusty Peters | 79 | 215 | 47 | .219 | 1 | 19 |
Gene Desautels | 68 | 185 | 38 | .205 | 0 | 19 |
Otto Denning | 37 | 129 | 31 | .240 | 0 | 13 |
Pat Seerey | 26 | 72 | 16 | .222 | 1 | 5 |
Gene Woodling | 8 | 25 | 8 | .320 | 1 | 5 |
Jimmy Grant | 15 | 22 | 3 | .136 | 0 | 1 |
Eddie Turchin | 11 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 1 |
Frank Doljack | 3 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Jim McDonnell | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
George Susce | 3 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
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Jim Bagby | 36 | 273.0 | 17 | 14 | 3.10 | 70 |
Al Smith | 29 | 208.1 | 17 | 7 | 2.55 | 72 |
Allie Reynolds | 34 | 198.2 | 11 | 12 | 2.99 | 151 |
Vern Kennedy | 28 | 146.2 | 10 | 7 | 2.45 | 63 |
Mel Harder | 19 | 135.1 | 8 | 7 | 3.06 | 40 |
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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Ray Poat | 17 | 45.0 | 2 | 5 | 4.40 | 31 |
Al Milnar | 16 | 39.0 | 1 | 3 | 8.08 | 12 |
Ed Klieman | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 2 |
Paul Calvert | 5 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 4.32 | 2 |
Steve Gromek | 3 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 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 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2.75 | 34 |
Jack Salveson | 23 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3.35 | 24 |
Mike Naymick | 29 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2.30 | 41 |
Pete Center | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2.76 | 10 |
Chubby Dean | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4.50 | 29 |
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 | Tony Lazzeri |
D | Batavia Clippers | PONY League | Earl Wolgamot |
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