1940 Cleveland Indians
Record: 80-82
Finish: 8th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 799
Runs Allowed: 808
Exp W-L: 80-82
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 1,957,462
Manager: Josh Pingel

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 46-91, 8th in the AL
AA: 64-73, 5th in the AL
A: 68-69, 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
1B *Charlie Keller 23 157 565 133 148 21 9 26 74 2 0 110 89 .262 .381 .469 .850 104.2 20.3 2.8
1B *Johnny Mize 27 155 581 112 195 56 6 25 106 0 0 71 24 .336 .406 .582 .988 120.2 27.6 1.9
2B *Jim Bucher 29 154 581 70 169 24 3 12 94 0 0 40 22 .291 .334 .404 .739 70.0 9.9 4.3
2B  Alex Kampouris 27 150 542 57 136 20 7 9 65 2 0 61 83 .251 .326 .363 .690 65.0 8.0 3.7
CF  Joe Medwick 28 155 528 79 154 41 7 14 83 1 1 26 42 .292 .325 .475 .800 75.4 13.2 3.1
3B  Bobby Doerr 22 155 492 55 102 32 2 11 65 0 0 46 103 .207 .273 .348 .621 46.6 2.3 6.9
RF *Taffy Wright 28 145 471 63 150 22 7 2 81 11 1 32 16 .318 .361 .408 .768 65.3 11.6 2.7
C  Rudy York 26 115 412 79 133 32 0 21 70 3 3 67 43 .323 .416 .553 .969 86.7 20.2 6.3
C *Gilly Campbell 32 68 213 27 54 5 1 1 22 0 0 22 16 .254 .324 .300 .624 21.2 1.2 3.4
LF  Dib Williams 30 95 203 18 44 9 1 1 23 0 0 19 32 .217 .283 .286 .568 16.4 0.2 1.9
LF *Mel Mazzera 26 87 156 22 40 9 2 3 23 0 0 15 7 .256 .326 .397 .723 20.3 3.0 0.8
LF  Frenchy Bordagaray 30 83 141 31 45 7 0 2 12 2 1 8 11 .319 .366 .411 .777 20.3 3.6 0.9
LF  Dom Dimaggio 23 29 115 15 33 8 1 1 8 1 1 7 15 .287 .325 .400 .725 14.1 2.3 0.7
P  Bob Feller 21 44 108 8 23 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 29 .213 .220 .231 .452 4.5 0.0 0.0
P  Hugh Mulcahy 26 41 108 2 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 13 .074 .074 .083 .157 -4.5 0.0 0.0
1B *Johnny McCarthy 30 79 95 5 24 2 1 2 20 0 0 5 9 .253 .282 .358 .639 9.5 0.3 0.1
P  Jack Salveson 26 37 86 8 23 2 1 1 11 0 1 0 12 .267 .267 .349 .616 6.3 0.0 0.0
P  Ken Raffensberger 22 33 84 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 36 .060 .071 .060 .130 -4.1 0.0 0.0
1B  Bill Schuster 27 52 73 7 17 2 0 0 6 0 0 5 2 .233 .282 .260 .542 5.6 0.2 0.6
LF  Jake Powell 31 40 54 5 8 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 .148 .164 .204 .367 -0.1 0.0 0.8
P  Harry Gumbert 30 24 19 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .105 .150 .158 .308 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Hal Kelleher 27 50 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Whitey Moore 28 77 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  George Jeffcoat 26 59 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bill McGee 30 43 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
CF  Coaker Triplett 28 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.0 2130 5642 799 1514 299 48 131 776 23 8 539 618 .268 .331 .408 .739 742.2 123.9 40.8
  Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 6 5 7 2 5 8 1 6 4 6 7 3 5 5  
* - 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
 Bob Feller 21 13 23 .361 44 44 0 327.0 297 166 24 189 189 4.57 15.2
 Hugh Mulcahy 26 17 14 .548 41 41 0 300.3 326 150 12 142 130 4.50 12.0
*Ken Raffensberger 22 15 12 .556 33 33 0 256.7 285 106 15 59 66 3.72 16.6
 Jack Salveson 26 11 9 .550 37 37 0 249.0 237 106 18 98 135 3.83 18.8
 Whitey Moore 28 8 5 .615 77 0 1 78.3 90 57 5 48 35 6.55 0.9
 George Jeffcoat 26 4 6 .400 59 1 7 74.0 107 58 3 46 35 7.05 0.0
 Harry Gumbert 30 2 5 .286 24 6 0 73.7 87 38 9 30 16 4.64 2.2
 Hal Kelleher 27 9 8 .529 50 0 20 53.3 46 26 5 34 19 4.39 7.6
 Bill McGee 30 1 0 1.000 43 0 0 45.3 67 25 3 13 15 4.96 2.0
Team Totals 26.2 80 82 .494 408 162 28 1457.6 1542 732 94 659 640 4.52 75.3
Rank among 8 AL teams 8 8 3 8 3 6 5 6 8 4 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 .989 31.6
R.York 947.7 104 112 419 44 2 0 .996 36.8
G.Campbell 454.0 51 52 224 20 2 0 .992 35.3
J.Powell 56.0 7 7 35 3 0 0 1.000 25.0
Team Total 1457.7 162 171 678 67 4 0 .995 35.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.28
J.Mize 1292.0 147 154 1590 114 12 173 .993 11.87
J.McCarthy 82.0 8 17 96 7 2 8 .981 11.30
F.Bordagaray 57.7 5 19 74 5 1 9 .988 12.33
M.Mazzera 16.0 2 2 21 1 0 2 1.000 12.38
R.York 6.0 0 3 6 2 0 1 1.000 12.00
G.Campbell 4.0 0 2 5 1 0 1 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1457.7 162 197 1792 130 15 194 .992 11.87
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 6.20
A.Kampouris 1266.7 143 148 344 567 20 145 .979 6.47
M.Mazzera 110.3 12 18 35 40 4 16 .949 6.12
D.Williams 43.7 4 9 4 21 0 4 1.000 5.15
B.Schuster 26.0 3 6 7 8 0 2 1.000 5.19
F.Bordagaray 6.0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Bucher 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Doerr 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.7 162 185 392 638 24 167 .977 6.36
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.99
J.Bucher 921.7 108 110 78 239 22 24 .935 3.10
D.Williams 402.3 48 51 23 114 3 15 .979 3.06
F.Bordagaray 59.0 3 21 4 8 1 1 .923 1.83
B.Schuster 46.3 3 15 5 13 2 2 .900 3.50
G.Campbell 17.3 0 10 3 6 1 0 .900 4.67
J.Powell 6.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
C.Keller 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00
C.Triplett 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1457.7 162 212 114 383 29 43 .945 3.07
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 5.54
B.Doerr 1287.3 151 154 211 613 23 123 .973 5.76
B.Schuster 113.3 10 21 15 42 4 8 .934 4.53
D.Williams 33.0 1 12 3 12 1 1 .938 4.09
J.Powell 23.0 0 11 8 13 0 4 1.000 8.22
M.Mazzera 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.7 162 199 237 680 28 136 .970 5.66
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.96
C.Keller 1325.7 148 152 264 12 6 3 .979 1.87
M.Mazzera 53.0 7 7 13 2 0 0 1.000 2.55
J.Medwick 39.0 3 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.31
T.Wright 23.0 3 3 5 1 1 0 .857 2.35
F.Bordagaray 15.0 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40
D.Williams 2.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.7 162 176 296 15 7 3 .978 1.92
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.59
J.Medwick 668.3 69 93 183 5 1 1 .995 2.53
J.Bucher 350.7 41 42 97 2 0 1 1.000 2.54
D.Dimaggio 222.7 28 28 57 2 0 0 1.000 2.38
F.Bordagaray 171.0 19 22 54 1 0 1 1.000 2.89
M.Mazzera 41.0 5 7 17 0 0 0 1.000 3.73
J.Powell 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1457.7 162 195 409 10 1 3 .998 2.59
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.13
T.Wright 1006.3 111 125 242 12 9 1 .966 2.27
J.Medwick 385.3 46 48 88 3 0 1 1.000 2.13
M.Mazzera 40.0 5 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.48
C.Keller 10.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Powell 6.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.McCarthy 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
F.Bordagaray 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Triplett 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.7 162 190 347 15 9 2 .976 2.24
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.33
B.Feller 327.0 44 44 25 47 1 3 .986 1.98
H.Mulcahy 300.3 41 41 21 72 4 6 .959 2.79
K.Raffensberger 256.7 33 33 15 57 3 7 .960 2.52
J.Salveson 249.0 37 37 12 25 1 3 .974 1.34
W.Moore 78.3 0 77 4 18 0 4 1.000 2.53
G.Jeffcoat 74.0 1 59 6 15 0 0 1.000 2.55
H.Gumbert 73.7 6 24 2 11 0 3 1.000 1.59
H.Kelleher 53.3 0 50 7 10 0 0 1.000 2.87
B.McGee 45.3 0 43 0 8 0 1 1.000 1.59
Team Total 1457.6 162 408 92 263 9 27 .975 2.19
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mize .336
On-Base Pct Mize .406
Slugging Pct Mize .582
OPS Mize .988
XR Mize 120.2
Games Keller 157
At-Bats Mize, Bucher 581
Runs Keller 133
Hits Mize 195
Total Bases Mize 338
Singles Bucher 130
Doubles Mize 56
Triples Keller 9
Homeruns Keller 26
RBIs Mize 106
Stolen Bases Wright 11
Caught Stealing York 3
Walks Keller 110
Strikeouts Doerr 103
ERA Raffensberger 3.72
Wins Mulcahy 17
Losses Feller 23
Winning Pct Raffensberger .556
Saves Kelleher 20
Games Pitched Moore 77
Games Started Feller 44
Complete Games Mulcahy 14
Shutouts Raffensberger 2
Innings Pitched Feller 327.0
Hits Allowed Mulcahy 326
Homeruns Allowed Feller 24
Strikeouts Feller 189
Walks Allowed Feller 189
Walks per 9IP Raffensberger 2.1
Hits per 9IP Feller 8.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Feller 5.2
WHiP Raffensberger 1.34
OAVG Feller .246
OOBP Salveson .320
OSLG Salveson .370
OOPS Salveson .691
Team All-Stars
Hal Kelleher
Johnny Mize
Player Salaries
Johnny Mize $ 6,228,571
Rudy York $ 5,021,429
Joe Medwick $ 3,500,000
Bob Feller $ 3,207,143
Alex Kampouris $ 2,078,571
Hal Kelleher $ 1,908,571
Jim Bucher $ 1,378,571
Dib Williams $ 650,000
Curt Davis $ 571,429
Harry Gumbert $ 528,571
Bill McGee $ 364,286
Bill Trotter $ 350,000
Jo-Jo Morrissey $ 350,000
Frenchy Bordagaray $ 350,000
Charlie Perkins $ 350,000
Jake Powell $ 350,000
Gilly Campbell $ 350,000
Alan Strange $ 350,000
Dom Dimaggio $ 300,000
George Jeffcoat $ 300,000
Bobby Doerr $ 300,000
Charlie Keller $ 300,000
Johnny McCarthy $ 300,000
Taffy Wright $ 300,000
Whitey Moore $ 300,000
Hugh Mulcahy $ 300,000
Ken Raffensberger $ 300,000
Jack Salveson $ 300,000
Bill Schuster $ 300,000
Coaker Triplett $ 300,000
Mel Mazzera $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Boots Poffenberger New York (G) Walt Masterson
2/1 Traded Nick Etten
Lew Riggs
Brooklyn Bob Feller
2/14 Signed     Dib Williams