1948 Cleveland Indians
Record: 62-100
Finish: 6th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 730
Runs Allowed: 915
Exp W-L: 64-98
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 811,354
Manager: Gary Davis

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 76-61, 1st in the AL
AA: 85-52, 1st in the AL
A: 70-67, 4th 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
RF *Buddy Lewis 31 156 585 89 180 24 5 18 91 0 0 74 58 .308 .380 .458 .838 100.2 14.6 2.9
3B *Ralph Hodgin 32 154 622 100 204 42 7 16 94 0 0 29 67 .328 .359 .495 .854 98.8 15.5 3.2
CF *Whitey Lockman 21 149 544 88 152 24 1 21 76 1 1 50 21 .279 .338 .443 .781 78.5 9.9 4.7
SS  Damon Phillips 29 137 469 49 115 24 3 2 39 0 0 29 22 .245 .289 .322 .611 41.2 2.0 3.4
CF *Danny Gardella 28 137 403 69 108 8 0 26 72 0 1 66 51 .268 .372 .481 .853 73.8 10.5 1.9
2B  Dutch Meyer 32 124 409 50 90 25 3 6 44 0 0 35 15 .220 .280 .340 .620 35.4 1.1 3.5
1B *Mike Schemer 30 139 409 41 140 14 3 2 54 0 1 26 11 .342 .379 .406 .785 58.4 8.4 1.6
C  Gus Niarhos 27 103 307 24 57 7 2 0 26 0 0 68 31 .186 .331 .221 .552 27.9 0.4 4.7
RF  Jose Zardon 25 112 336 53 96 20 4 0 24 1 1 14 13 .286 .315 .369 .684 35.7 3.6 1.7
1B *Gene Hasson 32 133 302 32 74 20 3 5 35 0 0 36 61 .245 .324 .381 .705 34.4 3.1 1.1
C  Roy Partee 30 110 273 23 61 10 2 1 26 1 0 33 43 .223 .305 .286 .591 26.0 1.0 3.5
2B  George Hausmann 32 116 226 27 57 8 2 1 30 0 0 18 11 .252 .305 .319 .623 21.7 1.3 1.5
SS  Joe Hoover 33 82 174 24 35 4 1 3 13 2 1 18 21 .201 .275 .287 .562 13.1 0.0 1.4
1B *Dick Sisler 27 114 144 20 35 11 0 2 30 0 0 12 14 .243 .304 .361 .665 15.2 1.0 0.3
3B *Soup Campbell 33 57 115 15 30 8 0 2 13 0 0 10 16 .261 .320 .383 .703 12.8 1.2 0.6
P  Jack Salveson 34 44 99 8 16 1 0 2 11 0 0 1 11 .162 .168 .232 .401 2.4 0.0 0.0
P  Red Munger 29 43 72 4 11 1 0 1 6 0 0 2 15 .153 .176 .208 .384 2.3 0.0 0.0
P  Hi Bithorn 32 33 67 4 10 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 10 .149 .159 .164 .324 1.3 0.0 0.0
P #Bill Donovan 31 19 47 3 4 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 18 .085 .085 .149 .234 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Rube Melton 31 24 30 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .167 .219 .233 .452 1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Steve Roser 30 41 22 2 3 0 0 2 6 0 0 1 7 .136 .174 .409 .583 2.2 0.0 0.0
P  Lou Lucier 30 90 16 3 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .563 .813 2.4 0.4 0.0
P #Clyde King 24 58 9 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Rex Cecil 31 58 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Blix Donnelly 34 41 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.9 2274 5691 730 1488 254 37 112 698 7 5 525 530 .261 .323 .378 .701 683.1 73.8 36.1
  Rank among 8 AL teams 1 6 5 5 3 6 6 8 1 8 3 5 6 5 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
 Jack Salveson 34 15 20 .429 44 44 0 286.3 288 147 33 134 157 4.62 17.2
 Red Munger 29 12 18 .400 43 32 1 246.0 288 141 11 147 67 5.16 11.1
 Hi Bithorn 32 5 15 .250 33 31 0 208.7 255 139 23 109 61 6.00 4.3
 Lou Lucier 30 6 8 .429 90 5 11 146.0 131 66 9 85 44 4.07 13.9
*Bill Donovan 31 6 9 .400 19 16 0 135.0 165 85 11 71 17 5.67 3.2
 Rube Melton 31 3 9 .250 24 18 0 110.0 102 65 3 119 56 5.32 4.5
 Steve Roser 30 5 7 .417 41 11 0 109.0 131 83 21 70 41 6.85 0.3
 Rex Cecil 31 7 5 .583 58 0 2 83.7 79 40 5 68 59 4.30 6.9
 Clyde King 24 3 8 .273 58 2 17 79.7 75 35 7 36 18 3.95 10.6
 Blix Donnelly 34 0 1 .000 41 0 0 50.7 40 20 4 21 16 3.55 4.1
Team Totals 30.6 62 100 .383 451 159 31 1455.0 1554 821 127 860 536 5.08 76.1
Rank among 8 AL teams 6 6 4 6 3 6 3 5 7 7 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 .991 31.3
G.Niarhos 813.0 94 97 318 38 2 1 .994 29.4
R.Partee 632.7 68 86 267 28 5 0 .983 34.0
D.Sisler 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
W.Lockman 3.3 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
J.Zardon 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1455.0 162 188 590 66 7 1 .989 31.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.11
M.Schemer 820.7 98 104 993 73 8 92 .993 11.69
G.Hasson 570.3 56 92 672 55 4 78 .995 11.47
D.Sisler 55.0 7 10 65 7 0 5 1.000 11.78
D.Gardella 9.0 1 1 11 2 0 0 1.000 13.00
Team Total 1455.0 162 207 1741 137 12 175 .994 11.62
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.22
D.Meyer 988.7 119 120 251 456 17 102 .977 6.44
G.Hausmann 462.3 43 77 107 192 2 50 .993 5.82
J.Hoover 2.0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 18.00
D.Sisler 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
S.Campbell 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1455.0 162 200 362 650 19 152 .982 6.26
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 3.04
R.Hodgin 1195.0 136 136 89 317 24 31 .944 3.06
S.Campbell 246.0 26 36 18 48 1 6 .985 2.41
B.Lewis 10.0 0 4 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Phillips 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Hoover 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1455.0 162 178 108 371 25 37 .950 2.96
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 5.53
D.Phillips 1030.0 120 131 175 426 28 80 .955 5.25
J.Hoover 416.3 42 67 94 164 17 40 .938 5.58
S.Campbell 4.7 0 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.93
D.Meyer 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
M.Schemer 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Niarhos 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.0 162 203 269 592 45 121 .950 5.33
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.97
D.Gardella 839.3 94 101 197 0 13 0 .938 2.11
J.Zardon 485.3 59 64 134 3 2 0 .986 2.54
D.Sisler 107.3 8 27 22 1 0 0 1.000 1.93
S.Campbell 8.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Lewis 6.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
W.Lockman 5.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
M.Schemer 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Hodgin 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.0 162 202 360 4 15 0 .960 2.25
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.76
W.Lockman 1166.0 134 138 415 19 4 4 .991 3.35
R.Hodgin 95.3 10 15 32 2 0 0 1.000 3.21
D.Gardella 89.7 8 20 30 0 1 0 .968 3.01
J.Zardon 87.0 10 15 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.28
S.Campbell 11.0 0 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.09
G.Niarhos 6.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1455.0 162 195 505 22 5 4 .991 3.26
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.14
B.Lewis 1287.0 144 148 293 16 11 3 .966 2.16
J.Zardon 86.0 10 11 24 0 2 0 .923 2.51
D.Gardella 51.0 5 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.94
G.Hasson 28.0 3 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.61
S.Campbell 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1455.0 162 173 334 16 13 3 .964 2.16
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.30
J.Salveson 286.3 44 44 18 51 1 5 .986 2.17
R.Munger 246.0 32 43 14 74 0 7 1.000 3.22
H.Bithorn 208.7 31 33 10 36 3 0 .939 1.98
L.Lucier 146.0 5 90 11 17 0 1 1.000 1.73
B.Donovan 135.0 16 19 10 24 3 3 .919 2.27
R.Melton 110.0 18 24 4 19 0 1 1.000 1.88
S.Roser 109.0 11 41 4 24 0 1 1.000 2.31
R.Cecil 83.7 0 58 5 17 1 1 .957 2.37
C.King 79.7 2 58 1 11 2 0 .857 1.36
B.Donnelly 50.7 0 41 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.78
Team Total 1455.0 159 451 81 279 10 19 .973 2.23
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hodgin .328
On-Base Pct Lewis .380
Slugging Pct Hodgin .495
OPS Hodgin .854
XR Lewis 100.2
Games Lewis 156
At-Bats Hodgin 622
Runs Hodgin 100
Hits Hodgin 204
Total Bases Hodgin 308
Singles Hodgin 139
Doubles Hodgin 42
Triples Hodgin 7
Homeruns Gardella 26
RBIs Hodgin 94
Stolen Bases Hoover 2
Caught Stealing Gardella, Hoover, Lockman, Schemer, Zardon 1
Walks Lewis 74
Strikeouts Hodgin 67
ERA Salveson 4.62
Wins Salveson 15
Losses Salveson 20
Winning Pct Salveson .429
Saves King 17
Games Pitched Lucier 90
Games Started Salveson 44
Complete Games Munger 6
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Salveson 286.3
Hits Allowed Munger, Salveson 288
Homeruns Allowed Salveson 33
Strikeouts Salveson 157
Walks Allowed Munger 147
Walks per 9IP Salveson 4.2
Hits per 9IP Salveson 9.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Salveson 4.9
WHiP Salveson 1.47
OAVG Salveson .264
OOBP Salveson .342
OSLG Munger .394
OOPS Salveson .750
Team All-Stars
Jack Salveson
Player Salaries
Rudy York $ 8,000,000
Gene Hasson $ 7,500,000
Buddy Lewis $ 6,500,000
Jack Salveson $ 6,000,000
Bill Sayles $ 5,658,266
Ralph Hodgin $ 2,900,000
Dutch Meyer $ 2,400,000
Steve Roser $ 1,907,143
Woody Rich $ 1,100,000
Danny Gardella $ 428,571
Joe Hoover $ 350,000
Red Munger $ 350,000
Hi Bithorn $ 350,000
George Hausmann $ 300,000
Rex Cecil $ 300,000
Soup Campbell $ 300,000
Blix Donnelly $ 300,000
Clyde King $ 300,000
Lou Lucier $ 300,000
Jose Zardon $ 300,000
Gus Niarhos $ 300,000
Damon Phillips $ 300,000
Mike Schemer $ 300,000
Dick Sisler $ 300,000
Whitey Lockman $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/14 Signed     Dutch Meyer
2/18 Signed     Woody Rich
7/31 Traded Bill Donovan Montreal Rudy York
Bill Sayles
10/20 Released Jake Early    
10/20 Released Rube Melton    
10/20 Released Herman Franks    
10/20 Released Roy Partee