1942 Cleveland Indians
Record: 89-73
Finish: 5th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 794
Runs Allowed: 742
Exp W-L: 86-76
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 1,181,234
Manager: Josh Pingel

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 53-84, 8th in the AL
AA: 60-77, 6th in the AL
A: 68-69, 3rd in the AL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B *Charlie Keller 25 154 549 105 141 18 4 22 74 1 1 115 102 .257 .383 .424 .807 95.6 18.8 3.5
CF  Joe Medwick 30 155 608 80 158 37 4 10 67 0 0 25 75 .260 .290 .383 .673 62.5 7.7 4.8
1B *Johnny Mize 29 158 545 106 186 45 6 33 122 0 0 85 18 .341 .427 .628 1.055 126.8 32.4 3.1
2B  Alex Kampouris 29 157 529 83 144 30 3 13 71 3 1 81 75 .272 .366 .414 .780 82.6 15.7 4.9
2B  Dutch Meyer 26 159 527 46 128 18 3 5 65 0 0 41 44 .243 .296 .317 .613 44.0 2.0 8.2
2B *Jim Bucher 31 139 504 60 138 28 2 14 79 0 0 36 17 .274 .324 .421 .744 63.4 10.0 3.6
C  Rudy York 28 124 438 84 138 29 5 25 89 0 0 64 55 .315 .403 .575 .978 89.8 21.8 8.0
RF *Taffy Wright 30 133 395 66 121 18 4 6 46 8 10 30 9 .306 .356 .418 .774 53.6 9.8 2.6
3B  Rip Russell 27 136 357 43 100 16 4 2 43 0 0 20 13 .280 .322 .364 .686 36.2 4.8 3.3
CF  Coaker Triplett 30 111 213 43 62 12 2 5 23 0 1 22 14 .291 .357 .437 .794 28.2 4.8 1.6
C  Paul Richards 33 63 191 18 42 8 0 2 21 0 0 14 43 .220 .272 .293 .565 15.0 0.6 3.0
LF *Mel Mazzera 28 95 172 19 46 10 1 3 28 0 0 14 10 .267 .323 .390 .712 18.7 2.6 1.4
1B *Johnny McCarthy 32 108 154 23 41 6 0 0 17 0 0 7 13 .266 .296 .305 .601 12.3 0.5 0.7
P  Hugh Mulcahy 28 44 118 7 21 4 0 0 6 0 0 0 12 .178 .178 .212 .390 2.4 0.0 0.0
P  Ken Raffensberger 24 44 96 3 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 38 .063 .082 .063 .144 -4.6 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Salveson 28 42 93 4 20 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 .215 .215 .215 .430 2.2 0.0 0.0
P  Walt Masterson 22 30 77 4 13 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 24 .169 .169 .247 .416 2.7 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Feller 23 46 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .222 .300 .222 .522 0.8 0.1 0.0
P  Red Barrett 27 25 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  George Jeffcoat 28 74 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Hal Kelleher 29 42 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 28.0 2039 5584 794 1509 280 39 141 765 12 13 557 578 .270 .336 .410 .746 732.7 131.9 48.8
  Rank among 8 AL teams 7 6 7 6 8 1 6 8 2 4 4 6 6 2 4 6  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Hugh Mulcahy 28 21 13 .618 44 44 0 336.0 336 147 18 102 140 3.94 22.1
*Ken Raffensberger 24 14 19 .424 44 44 0 334.7 364 159 37 84 94 4.28 13.7
 Jack Salveson 28 18 11 .621 42 42 0 273.3 276 130 24 113 145 4.28 15.8
 Walt Masterson 22 11 11 .500 30 30 0 228.0 209 102 21 98 101 4.03 12.6
 George Jeffcoat 28 12 3 .800 73 0 7 91.3 78 32 6 32 43 3.15 13.1
 Bob Feller 23 5 3 .625 46 2 1 58.3 57 38 7 41 50 5.86 1.4
 Emil Kush 25 2 2 .500 44 0 1 56.0 61 24 5 20 15 3.86 4.1
 Hal Kelleher 29 4 10 .286 42 0 21 39.7 48 25 2 27 19 5.67 2.1
 Red Barrett 27 2 1 .667 25 0 0 39.7 50 23 3 11 9 5.22 1.4
Team Totals 26.0 89 73 .549 390 162 30 1457.0 1479 680 123 528 616 4.20 86.3
Rank among 8 AL teams 5 5 4 5 6 1 7 5 4 5 5  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 32.9
R.York 1037.0 113 122 478 45 3 0 .994 39.1
P.Richards 420.0 49 50 187 22 4 0 .981 33.3
Team Total 1457.0 162 172 665 67 7 0 .991 37.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.38
J.Mize 1256.7 145 154 1602 124 9 152 .995 12.36
J.McCarthy 103.0 11 22 133 12 1 11 .993 12.67
C.Triplett 44.7 1 20 62 3 0 2 1.000 13.10
M.Mazzera 44.0 5 6 57 1 0 4 1.000 11.86
R.Russell 5.7 0 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 11.13
R.York 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1457.0 162 207 1861 141 10 169 .995 12.37
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 6.35
A.Kampouris 1280.7 143 153 268 579 19 125 .978 5.95
R.Russell 75.7 9 13 23 43 1 7 .985 7.85
M.Mazzera 62.7 6 13 13 21 0 5 1.000 4.88
J.Bucher 35.7 4 7 13 13 1 3 .963 6.56
J.McCarthy 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1456.6 162 187 317 658 21 140 .979 6.02
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.99
J.Bucher 747.3 86 87 42 187 12 14 .950 2.76
R.Russell 632.0 72 80 56 164 15 11 .936 3.13
C.Triplett 74.3 4 21 5 18 0 0 1.000 2.78
C.Keller 2.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Richards 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.0 162 190 103 369 27 25 .946 2.92
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.58
D.Meyer 1333.0 155 157 239 607 17 111 .980 5.71
R.Russell 113.0 7 28 26 48 2 13 .974 5.89
J.McCarthy 7.0 0 4 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.57
J.Medwick 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Richards 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1457.0 162 192 267 657 19 125 .980 5.71
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.92
C.Keller 1315.0 147 151 266 7 4 2 .986 1.87
J.McCarthy 84.7 9 12 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
J.Medwick 26.3 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.71
T.Wright 21.0 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.71
C.Triplett 10.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1457.0 162 172 300 7 4 2 .987 1.90
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.55
J.Medwick 809.7 90 96 225 6 1 0 .996 2.57
J.Bucher 360.3 41 43 90 3 1 1 .989 2.32
M.Mazzera 184.7 21 27 67 1 1 1 .986 3.31
C.Triplett 99.3 10 22 30 0 1 0 .968 2.72
T.Wright 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.0 162 189 412 10 4 2 .991 2.61
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.20
T.Wright 739.3 75 110 176 7 2 0 .989 2.23
J.Medwick 428.0 54 56 93 5 0 1 1.000 2.06
C.Triplett 251.0 31 31 57 1 0 0 1.000 2.08
M.Mazzera 18.3 2 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.96
J.McCarthy 13.3 0 9 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
C.Keller 7.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.0 162 213 335 13 2 1 .994 2.15
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.34
H.Mulcahy 336.0 44 44 23 62 1 6 .988 2.28
K.Raffensberger 334.7 44 44 32 79 2 6 .982 2.99
J.Salveson 273.3 42 42 17 39 0 3 1.000 1.84
W.Masterson 228.0 30 30 8 43 2 0 .962 2.01
G.Jeffcoat 91.3 0 73 8 23 0 1 1.000 3.05
B.Feller 58.3 2 46 3 13 0 1 1.000 2.47
E.Kush 56.0 0 44 5 12 0 0 1.000 2.73
H.Kelleher 39.7 0 42 4 5 0 0 1.000 2.04
R.Barrett 39.7 0 25 1 10 0 1 1.000 2.50
Team Total 1457.0 162 390 101 286 5 18 .987 2.39
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mize .341
On-Base Pct Mize .427
Slugging Pct Mize .628
OPS Mize 1.055
XR Mize 126.8
Games Meyer 159
At-Bats Medwick 608
Runs Mize 106
Hits Mize 186
Total Bases Mize 342
Singles Medwick 107
Doubles Mize 45
Triples Mize 6
Homeruns Mize 33
RBIs Mize 122
Stolen Bases Wright 8
Caught Stealing Wright 10
Walks Keller 115
Strikeouts Keller 102
ERA Mulcahy 3.94
Wins Mulcahy 21
Losses Raffensberger 19
Winning Pct Salveson .621
Saves Kelleher 21
Games Pitched Jeffcoat 73
Games Started Mulcahy, Raffensberger 44
Complete Games Mulcahy 18
Shutouts Raffensberger 4
Innings Pitched Mulcahy 336.0
Hits Allowed Raffensberger 364
Homeruns Allowed Raffensberger 37
Strikeouts Salveson 145
Walks Allowed Salveson 113
Walks per 9IP Raffensberger 2.3
Hits per 9IP Masterson 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Salveson 4.8
WHiP Mulcahy 1.30
OAVG Masterson .243
OOBP Mulcahy .320
OSLG Mulcahy .367
OOPS Mulcahy .687
Team All-Stars
Johnny Mize
Rudy York
Player Salaries
Rudy York $ 15,000,000
Johnny Mize $ 6,650,000
Alex Kampouris $ 4,500,000
Joe Medwick $ 3,500,000
Bob Feller $ 3,207,143
Jim Bucher $ 2,514,286
Taffy Wright $ 2,442,857
Hal Kelleher $ 1,908,571
Paul Richards $ 715,000
Bill McGee $ 364,286
Johnny McCarthy $ 350,000
Dutch Meyer $ 300,000
Hugh Mulcahy $ 300,000
Red Barrett $ 300,000
Mel Mazzera $ 300,000
Walt Masterson $ 300,000
Emil Kush $ 300,000
Charlie Keller $ 300,000
Ken Raffensberger $ 300,000
Rip Russell $ 300,000
George Jeffcoat $ 300,000
Jack Salveson $ 300,000
Coaker Triplett $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/3 Traded Wally Berger Pittsburgh Terry Moore