1947 Cleveland Indians
Record: 76-86
Finish: 5th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 703
Runs Allowed: 753
Exp W-L: 76-86
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 1,035,232
Manager: Gary Davis

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 81-56, 1st in the AL
AA: 93-44, 1st in the AL
A: 89-48, 1st 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
2B  Dutch Meyer 31 148 604 87 173 27 7 9 60 0 0 43 23 .286 .334 .399 .733 74.1 10.8 4.4
1B *Gene Hasson 31 158 545 84 154 47 5 11 91 0 0 82 98 .283 .374 .448 .822 90.4 16.8 2.7
CF *Danny Gardella 27 148 555 86 140 7 2 23 69 1 0 59 75 .252 .325 .396 .722 73.8 10.0 5.8
RF *Buddy Lewis 30 155 549 96 172 30 6 15 79 0 0 67 52 .313 .387 .472 .859 89.9 16.8 4.4
SS  Damon Phillips 28 141 483 42 138 27 4 0 56 0 0 35 10 .286 .333 .358 .691 51.2 5.8 4.3
1B *Dick Sisler 26 127 445 54 122 24 2 11 77 0 0 56 50 .274 .351 .411 .762 65.1 10.0 4.0
C  Roy Partee 29 118 395 37 106 9 3 1 39 0 0 52 52 .268 .355 .314 .669 45.5 5.8 4.2
3B *Soup Campbell 32 100 268 19 57 7 0 2 35 0 1 24 25 .213 .276 .261 .537 19.6 0.0 2.6
SS  Joe Hoover 32 123 265 33 58 6 2 5 30 0 0 19 44 .219 .278 .313 .591 22.1 0.6 2.7
RF  Jose Zardon 24 57 175 29 47 10 3 2 18 0 1 9 9 .269 .303 .394 .697 19.7 2.4 1.6
2B  George Hausmann 31 92 153 22 44 7 1 4 16 0 0 14 0 .288 .347 .425 .772 21.1 3.4 1.0
1B *Mike Schemer 29 116 158 29 55 5 2 5 30 0 0 9 3 .348 .381 .500 .881 25.9 5.0 0.4
SS  Benny Zientara 29 91 154 14 46 5 2 0 16 0 0 10 4 .299 .341 .357 .699 16.7 2.0 1.2
C *Jake Early 32 36 120 8 20 1 1 4 16 0 0 12 22 .167 .239 .292 .530 8.8 0.0 1.1
P  Jack Salveson 33 44 103 9 36 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 17 .350 .368 .359 .727 13.4 2.3 0.0
P  Gene Schott 33 42 98 9 18 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 29 .184 .208 .224 .432 4.1 0.0 0.0
P  Steve Roser 29 45 98 5 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 36 .051 .097 .061 .158 -4.5 0.0 0.0
C *Herman Franks 33 39 88 11 16 3 1 1 13 0 0 20 21 .182 .330 .273 .603 9.6 0.6 1.0
3B *Ralph Hodgin 31 27 95 9 24 5 0 2 11 0 0 7 6 .253 .301 .368 .669 10.2 0.9 0.8
P  Walt Masterson 27 30 81 4 15 2 0 0 7 0 0 1 27 .185 .195 .210 .405 1.8 0.0 0.0
3B  Sibby Sisti 26 24 63 6 12 3 0 1 5 0 0 10 9 .190 .301 .286 .587 5.6 0.3 0.6
2B  Johnny Berardino 30 46 47 4 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 8 8 .191 .309 .234 .543 3.1 0.0 0.7
CF *Whitey Lockman 20 33 26 3 7 2 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 .269 .296 .423 .719 2.8 0.3 0.2
P  Hi Bithorn 31 7 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P #Bill Donovan 30 67 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 0.6 0.2 0.0
P  Red Munger 28 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Lou Lucier 29 53 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Blix Donnelly 33 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Conger 26 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Kirby Higbe 32 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Clyde King 23 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.2 2145 5597 703 1477 233 43 96 681 1 2 551 625 .264 .329 .372 .702 670.1 93.9 43.4
  Rank among 8 AL teams 3 6 4 8 4 7 6 8 1 6 4 5 6 6 6 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
 Gene Schott 33 15 21 .417 42 42 0 308.7 330 184 40 156 97 5.37 8.7
 Jack Salveson 33 20 12 .625 44 44 0 308.0 254 102 13 129 150 2.98 33.5
 Steve Roser 29 21 12 .636 45 37 0 288.7 286 133 25 152 101 4.15 17.1
 Walt Masterson 27 12 11 .522 30 28 0 230.3 193 97 18 97 108 3.79 17.7
*Bill Donovan 30 4 15 .211 67 2 6 94.3 103 44 5 50 24 4.20 4.5
 Lou Lucier 29 0 1 .000 53 0 1 66.7 68 36 11 33 12 4.86 2.8
 Hi Bithorn 31 2 3 .400 7 7 0 49.0 57 27 3 22 13 4.96 1.4
 Blix Donnelly 33 0 1 .000 25 0 0 34.3 36 17 4 13 16 4.46 1.6
 Dick Conger 26 2 6 .250 34 0 16 32.0 40 24 4 11 22 6.75 1.1
 Red Munger 28 0 2 .000 2 2 0 12.0 16 7 2 2 1 5.25 0.0
 Clyde King 23 0 0 .000 8 0 0 10.3 13 5 0 6 4 4.36 0.6
 Rex Cecil 30 0 1 .000 8 0 6 8.3 8 3 1 2 4 3.24 1.7
 Kirby Higbe 32 0 1 .000 9 0 0 7.3 6 5 1 4 5 6.14 0.0
Team Totals 29.5 76 86 .469 374 162 29 1450.0 1410 684 127 677 557 4.25 90.6
Rank among 8 AL teams 5 5 4 5 4 2 3 3 6 4 4  
* - 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 .993 33.9
R.Partee 921.7 102 110 381 55 4 1 .991 36.4
J.Early 314.3 36 36 124 15 4 0 .972 25.0
H.Franks 214.0 24 27 98 10 1 0 .991 25.0
Team Total 1450.0 162 173 603 80 9 1 .987 32.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.07
G.Hasson 1279.7 144 151 1514 109 15 137 .991 11.41
M.Schemer 167.3 18 27 201 17 0 20 1.000 11.73
W.Lockman 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
J.Berardino 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1450.0 162 180 1718 127 15 157 .992 11.45
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.14
D.Meyer 1193.3 134 138 269 499 19 97 .976 5.79
G.Hausmann 240.3 27 35 64 100 2 30 .988 6.14
B.Zientara 15.3 1 5 4 5 1 3 .900 5.28
J.Berardino 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1450.0 162 179 338 604 22 131 .977 5.85
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 3.03
S.Campbell 528.7 64 65 51 129 7 9 .963 3.06
D.Phillips 313.7 38 40 24 66 11 2 .891 2.58
S.Sisti 182.0 24 24 18 45 2 3 .969 3.12
B.Zientara 171.0 12 47 15 32 0 4 1.000 2.47
R.Hodgin 127.3 12 13 7 40 2 3 .959 3.32
B.Lewis 38.7 0 16 3 11 0 1 1.000 3.26
J.Berardino 11.3 0 7 1 2 1 0 .750 2.38
Team Total 1372.6 150 212 119 325 23 22 .951 2.91
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.56
D.Phillips 785.3 94 99 132 334 18 66 .963 5.34
J.Hoover 548.0 58 84 120 224 17 43 .953 5.65
D.Meyer 59.0 6 10 13 22 3 4 .921 5.34
B.Zientara 48.7 4 13 6 24 0 2 1.000 5.55
J.Berardino 8.0 0 4 0 8 1 0 .889 9.00
S.Campbell 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1450.0 162 211 272 612 39 115 .958 5.49
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.12
D.Sisler 1048.3 124 126 258 12 2 3 .993 2.32
D.Gardella 213.0 24 25 49 0 2 0 .961 2.07
J.Berardino 118.7 10 25 38 1 0 1 1.000 2.96
S.Campbell 35.7 4 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.02
B.Lewis 24.3 0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.59
R.Hodgin 18.3 1 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.46
J.Zardon 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
W.Lockman 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
M.Schemer 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1466.3 163 198 367 14 4 4 .990 2.34
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.70
D.Gardella 1036.3 121 122 333 6 1 3 .997 2.94
J.Zardon 209.0 25 25 71 3 3 1 .961 3.19
S.Campbell 133.7 11 22 50 3 0 2 1.000 3.57
R.Hodgin 44.0 4 6 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
J.Hoover 27.0 3 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.67
W.Lockman 24.0 0 9 10 1 0 0 1.000 4.13
R.Partee 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
G.Hasson 8.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
Team Total 1491.0 166 189 487 13 4 6 .992 3.02
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.17
B.Lewis 1147.0 129 130 284 11 8 3 .974 2.31
J.Zardon 162.7 19 20 38 0 1 0 .974 2.10
B.Zientara 134.0 14 15 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
R.Hodgin 12.1 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.23
S.Campbell 4.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.1 163 170 356 11 9 3 .976 2.26
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.28
G.Schott 308.7 42 42 20 44 1 3 .985 1.87
J.Salveson 308.0 44 44 20 58 1 5 .987 2.28
S.Roser 288.7 37 45 20 69 3 4 .967 2.77
W.Masterson 230.3 28 30 10 31 1 2 .976 1.60
B.Donovan 94.3 2 67 2 16 2 3 .900 1.72
L.Lucier 66.7 0 53 4 9 0 2 1.000 1.76
H.Bithorn 49.0 7 7 4 10 1 2 .933 2.57
B.Donnelly 34.3 0 25 2 9 0 2 1.000 2.88
D.Conger 32.0 0 34 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.97
R.Munger 12.0 2 2 1 5 1 0 .857 4.50
C.King 10.3 0 8 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.74
R.Cecil 8.3 0 8 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.16
K.Higbe 7.3 0 9 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.23
Team Total 1450.0 162 374 85 261 10 23 .972 2.15
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Lewis .313
On-Base Pct Lewis .387
Slugging Pct Lewis .472
OPS Lewis .859
XR Hasson 90.4
Games Hasson 158
At-Bats Meyer 604
Runs Lewis 96
Hits Meyer 173
Total Bases Lewis 259
Singles Meyer 130
Doubles Hasson 47
Triples Meyer 7
Homeruns Gardella 23
RBIs Hasson 91
Stolen Bases Gardella 1
Caught Stealing Campbell, Zardon 1
Walks Hasson 82
Strikeouts Hasson 98
ERA Salveson 2.98
Wins Roser 21
Losses Schott 21
Winning Pct Roser .636
Saves Conger 16
Games Pitched Donovan 67
Games Started Salveson 44
Complete Games Schott 12
Shutouts Masterson 4
Innings Pitched Schott 308.7
Hits Allowed Schott 330
Homeruns Allowed Schott 40
Strikeouts Salveson 150
Walks Allowed Schott 156
Walks per 9IP Salveson 3.8
Hits per 9IP Salveson 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Salveson 4.4
WHiP Salveson 1.24
OAVG Salveson .223
OOBP Salveson .301
OSLG Salveson .301
OOPS Salveson .603
Team All-Stars
Gene Hasson
Buddy Lewis
Jack Salveson
Player Salaries
Gene Hasson $ 7,500,000
Buddy Lewis $ 6,500,000
Jack Salveson $ 6,000,000
Walt Masterson $ 4,428,571
Gene Schott $ 3,000,000
Rube Melton $ 2,285,714
Ralph Hodgin $ 2,078,571
Dutch Meyer $ 1,800,000
Jake Early $ 400,000
Red Munger $ 350,000
Bill Donovan $ 300,000
Blix Donnelly $ 300,000
Rex Cecil $ 300,000
Soup Campbell $ 300,000
Danny Gardella $ 300,000
Hi Bithorn $ 300,000
George Hausmann $ 300,000
Kirby Higbe $ 300,000
Herman Franks $ 300,000
Joe Hoover $ 300,000
Johnny Berardino $ 300,000
Whitey Lockman $ 300,000
Benny Zientara $ 300,000
Lou Lucier $ 300,000
Roy Partee $ 300,000
Damon Phillips $ 300,000
Steve Roser $ 300,000
Mike Schemer $ 300,000
Dick Sisler $ 300,000
Sibby Sisti $ 300,000
Jose Zardon $ 300,000
Clyde King $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/7 Traded Harry Shuman Montreal Danny Gardella
$12,000,000
2/14 Signed     Jake Early
5/1 Signed     Kirby Higbe
7/31 Traded Dick Conger San Diego Ralph Hodgin
7/31 Traded Bobby Brown St. Louis Rex Cecil
Rube Melton