1949 Cleveland Indians
Record: 60-102
Finish: 8th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 726
Runs Allowed: 938
Exp W-L: 62-100
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 868,412
Manager: Gary Davis

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 78-59, 2nd in the AL
AA: 68-69, 5th in the AL
A: 60-77, 7th 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 32 157 585 101 188 32 9 25 88 0 1 60 40 .321 .383 .535 .918 108.5 18.4 2.6
CF *Whitey Lockman 22 147 521 65 156 23 3 11 84 0 2 59 14 .299 .370 .418 .788 72.7 9.9 3.5
3B *Ralph Hodgin 33 152 532 58 142 21 9 5 76 0 0 21 40 .267 .296 .368 .664 52.1 3.4 3.3
2B  Dutch Meyer 33 143 509 61 156 27 6 7 59 0 0 30 38 .306 .343 .424 .767 67.8 9.2 3.7
SS  Damon Phillips 30 130 436 51 105 16 1 0 36 0 0 26 20 .241 .281 .282 .563 29.7 0.0 5.0
1B *Mike Schemer 31 136 430 48 134 19 3 5 60 0 0 24 10 .312 .342 .405 .747 54.1 6.2 1.1
C  Rudy York 35 135 378 62 115 21 1 7 58 0 0 51 59 .304 .383 .421 .804 60.2 9.3 5.2
CF *Danny Gardella 29 111 344 54 82 10 1 14 48 0 0 42 44 .238 .323 .395 .718 42.4 3.9 1.4
1B *Gene Hasson 33 111 264 37 75 26 1 6 37 0 0 30 52 .284 .357 .458 .815 40.0 6.2 0.7
C  Gus Niarhos 28 85 229 35 50 9 3 3 28 0 0 49 19 .218 .356 .323 .679 30.1 2.9 3.3
RF  Jose Zardon 26 76 224 23 59 9 1 0 20 0 5 8 5 .263 .292 .313 .604 17.2 0.4 0.9
2B *Solly Hemus 26 83 194 31 41 8 0 5 17 0 0 35 19 .211 .339 .330 .669 24.8 2.5 1.0
3B *Chuck Workman 34 89 151 21 45 5 1 9 28 1 0 13 28 .298 .357 .523 .880 27.5 4.3 0.5
2B  George Hausmann 33 72 120 18 33 6 2 0 14 0 0 21 8 .275 .383 .358 .741 16.3 2.1 0.6
P  Max Surkont 27 43 106 8 14 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 28 .132 .148 .151 .299 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Red Munger 30 43 99 10 18 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 31 .182 .206 .202 .408 3.7 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Kramer 31 44 90 4 8 0 0 0 5 1 1 3 34 .089 .117 .089 .206 -1.4 0.0 0.0
2B  Al Kozar 27 25 92 15 24 2 0 0 8 0 0 13 6 .261 .358 .283 .641 9.9 0.9 0.3
P  Hi Bithorn 33 24 43 4 8 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 1 .186 .222 .233 .455 2.6 0.0 0.0
1B *Dick Sisler 28 18 46 7 11 2 0 1 5 0 0 4 4 .239 .288 .348 .636 5.8 0.5 0.1
RF *Joe Frazier 26 15 42 4 7 3 0 1 7 0 0 4 6 .167 .239 .310 .549 3.3 0.0 0.2
CF  Clint Conatser 27 12 31 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 .258 .378 .290 .669 3.1 0.1 0.1
P  Bill Sayles 31 65 23 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .217 .250 .217 .467 1.3 0.0 0.0
3B *Soup Campbell 34 9 23 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 6 .130 .231 .217 .448 0.5 0.0 0.1
SS  Joe Hoover 34 7 11 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .273 .273 .364 .636 0.6 0.0 0.3
P  Blix Donnelly 35 24 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Rex Cecil 32 34 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Bill Donovan 32 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Steve Roser 31 27 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P #Clyde King 25 36 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.0 0.2 0.0
P *Woody Rich 33 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Marlin Stuart 30 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.3 2125 5541 726 1494 247 42 99 701 2 9 509 524 .270 .330 .383 .713 673.7 80.2 33.9
  Rank among 8 AL teams 7 8 6 8 4 8 8 8 2 8 2 6 8 7 7 8  
* - 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 Kramer 31 10 25 .286 44 44 0 307.3 362 171 36 103 104 5.01 12.6
 Max Surkont 27 10 23 .303 43 43 0 307.0 346 183 35 166 129 5.36 9.6
 Red Munger 30 17 21 .447 43 43 0 303.7 313 144 13 179 115 4.27 21.0
 Hi Bithorn 33 7 11 .389 24 20 0 154.7 159 86 14 86 58 5.00 7.9
 Bill Sayles 31 6 14 .300 65 11 3 131.7 138 86 20 98 85 5.88 5.0
 Marlin Stuart 30 2 1 .667 37 0 1 37.7 46 33 8 28 11 7.89 0.0
 Steve Roser 31 0 3 .000 27 1 1 36.7 50 36 3 23 11 8.84 0.0
 Rex Cecil 32 2 3 .400 34 0 7 34.7 41 17 6 19 24 4.41 2.7
 Blix Donnelly 35 0 0 .000 24 0 0 34.3 33 17 4 17 11 4.46 2.1
 Clyde King 25 4 1 .800 36 0 7 34.0 45 22 5 11 10 5.82 2.9
*Bill Donovan 32 0 0 .000 24 0 0 21.7 23 8 1 18 5 3.32 1.7
 Woody Rich 33 2 0 1.000 11 0 0 16.7 21 14 0 18 5 7.56 0.3
 Lou Lucier 31 0 0 .000 6 0 1 5.3 4 7 1 8 2 11.82 0.0
Team Totals 30.8 60 102 .370 418 162 20 1425.3 1581 824 146 774 570 5.20 65.8
Rank among 8 AL teams 8 8 8 8 8 7 4 6 8 5 6  
* - 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 33.3
R.York 824.3 89 109 358 35 2 1 .995 34.1
G.Niarhos 600.0 73 76 236 25 3 0 .989 38.2
M.Schemer 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1425.3 162 186 594 60 5 1 .992 35.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 12.18
M.Schemer 820.3 98 102 1018 95 9 111 .992 12.21
G.Hasson 472.0 50 74 595 41 3 59 .995 12.13
D.Gardella 76.0 9 10 88 10 1 11 .990 11.61
R.York 36.0 3 13 42 4 0 3 1.000 11.50
W.Lockman 12.0 1 3 16 1 0 2 1.000 12.75
D.Sisler 9.0 1 1 10 0 0 3 1.000 10.00
Team Total 1425.3 162 203 1769 151 13 189 .993 12.12
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 6.52
D.Meyer 717.3 88 89 192 314 18 84 .966 6.35
G.Hausmann 259.7 27 47 65 132 5 36 .975 6.83
A.Kozar 210.0 25 25 48 84 7 17 .950 5.66
S.Hemus 184.3 17 33 54 83 5 18 .965 6.69
D.Phillips 52.0 5 10 13 27 1 8 .976 6.92
J.Hoover 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1425.3 162 205 372 640 36 163 .966 6.39
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.91
R.Hodgin 1096.7 128 129 89 287 28 24 .931 3.09
S.Hemus 206.0 25 27 8 44 1 3 .981 2.27
C.Workman 92.0 8 19 11 13 1 1 .960 2.35
S.Campbell 17.0 1 3 1 2 1 0 .750 1.59
B.Lewis 12.7 0 5 0 2 1 0 .667 1.42
G.Hausmann 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1425.3 162 184 109 348 32 28 .935 2.89
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.51
D.Phillips 944.0 110 120 156 440 28 89 .955 5.68
D.Meyer 426.7 50 56 89 191 6 41 .979 5.91
S.Hemus 28.7 0 13 3 10 0 5 1.000 4.08
J.Hoover 22.0 2 5 8 14 0 8 1.000 9.00
R.Hodgin 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Hasson 1.3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1424.7 162 196 256 655 35 143 .963 5.76
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 1.99
D.Gardella 526.0 64 71 116 3 7 2 .944 2.04
J.Zardon 388.0 47 51 89 3 3 1 .968 2.13
D.Sisler 101.3 13 13 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.42
J.Frazier 101.0 13 13 18 1 0 1 1.000 1.69
C.Workman 95.0 2 34 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
M.Schemer 85.0 10 10 9 0 3 0 .750 0.95
C.Conatser 80.0 10 11 22 0 3 0 .880 2.48
B.Lewis 22.0 2 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.27
R.Hodgin 14.0 0 11 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
S.Campbell 8.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
W.Lockman 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Hausmann 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1425.3 162 223 304 8 16 4 .951 1.97
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.67
W.Lockman 1195.3 139 140 350 10 3 4 .992 2.71
D.Gardella 145.0 17 20 40 1 1 0 .976 2.54
J.Zardon 62.0 5 13 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.47
S.Campbell 9.0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
R.Hodgin 6.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Schemer 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Lewis 4.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1425.3 162 181 415 11 4 4 .991 2.69
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.12
B.Lewis 1244.7 142 144 276 10 5 2 .983 2.07
C.Workman 75.7 9 9 18 0 1 0 .947 2.14
G.Hasson 52.0 5 8 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
D.Gardella 35.0 4 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
S.Campbell 17.0 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.18
C.Conatser 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1425.3 162 168 317 10 6 2 .982 2.06
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.37
J.Kramer 307.3 44 44 39 71 3 3 .973 3.22
M.Surkont 307.0 43 43 13 54 2 6 .971 1.96
R.Munger 303.7 43 43 24 73 1 6 .990 2.87
H.Bithorn 154.7 20 24 5 33 0 3 1.000 2.21
B.Sayles 131.7 11 65 10 17 1 1 .964 1.85
M.Stuart 37.7 0 37 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.91
S.Roser 36.7 1 27 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.45
R.Cecil 34.7 0 34 5 6 0 0 1.000 2.86
B.Donnelly 34.3 0 24 4 4 0 0 1.000 2.10
C.King 34.0 0 36 2 8 0 2 1.000 2.65
B.Donovan 21.7 0 24 4 4 0 1 1.000 3.32
W.Rich 16.7 0 11 3 5 0 0 1.000 4.32
L.Lucier 5.3 0 6 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1425.3 162 418 115 289 7 23 .983 2.55
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Lewis .321
On-Base Pct Lewis .383
Slugging Pct Lewis .535
OPS Lewis .918
XR Lewis 108.5
Games Lewis 157
At-Bats Lewis 585
Runs Lewis 101
Hits Lewis 188
Total Bases Lewis 313
Singles Lewis 122
Doubles Lewis 32
Triples Hodgin, Lewis 9
Homeruns Lewis 25
RBIs Lewis 88
Stolen Bases Kramer, Workman 1
Caught Stealing Zardon 5
Walks Lewis 60
Strikeouts York 59
ERA Munger 4.27
Wins Munger 17
Losses Kramer 25
Winning Pct Munger .447
Saves Cecil, King 7
Games Pitched Sayles 65
Games Started Kramer 44
Complete Games Surkont 10
Shutouts Bithorn 1
Innings Pitched Kramer 307.3
Hits Allowed Kramer 362
Homeruns Allowed Kramer 36
Strikeouts Surkont 129
Walks Allowed Munger 179
Walks per 9IP Kramer 3.0
Hits per 9IP Munger 9.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Surkont 3.8
WHiP Kramer 1.51
OAVG Munger .269
OOBP Kramer .346
OSLG Munger .347
OOPS Munger .713
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Rudy York $ 8,000,000
Gene Hasson $ 7,500,000
Buddy Lewis $ 6,500,000
Jack Kramer $ 4,800,000
Bill Sayles $ 4,700,000
Chuck Workman $ 4,200,000
Ralph Hodgin $ 2,900,000
Dutch Meyer $ 2,400,000
Steve Roser $ 1,907,143
Danny Gardella $ 1,757,143
Lou Lucier $ 1,034,286
Bill Donovan $ 700,000
Red Munger $ 542,857
Hi Bithorn $ 350,000
Joe Hoover $ 350,000
George Hausmann $ 300,000
Soup Campbell $ 300,000
Rex Cecil $ 300,000
Clint Conatser $ 300,000
Blix Donnelly $ 300,000
Dick Sisler $ 300,000
Joe Frazier $ 300,000
Clyde King $ 300,000
Damon Phillips $ 300,000
Jose Zardon $ 300,000
Solly Hemus $ 300,000
Gus Niarhos $ 300,000
Al Kozar $ 300,000
Whitey Lockman $ 300,000
Marlin Stuart $ 300,000
Max Surkont $ 300,000
Woody Rich $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/16 Signed     Chuck Workman
2/16 Signed     Jack Kramer
2/18 Signed     Bill Donovan
5/1 Signed     Gene Schott
10/3 Released Mike Schemer