1946 Cleveland Indians
Record: 74-88
Finish: 5th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 706
Runs Allowed: 806
Exp W-L: 71-91
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 1,117,447
Manager: Gary Davis

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 57-80, 8th in the AL
AA: 74-63, 2nd in the AL
A: 75-62, 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
RF *Buddy Lewis 29 158 633 110 199 35 7 18 84 0 0 53 43 .314 .366 .477 .843 103.6 23.0 4.9
2B *Jim Bucher 35 160 575 78 165 27 4 13 68 0 1 48 36 .287 .339 .416 .755 75.7 12.6 5.7
1B *Gene Hasson 30 154 542 65 149 54 3 9 83 0 0 85 87 .275 .371 .435 .807 82.9 16.7 1.1
SS  Joe Hoover 31 152 549 68 155 18 4 6 61 0 0 45 90 .282 .339 .362 .702 64.6 10.2 3.6
C  Rudy York 32 150 505 83 138 22 2 22 83 0 0 82 61 .273 .372 .455 .828 84.0 16.6 6.8
3B  Frankie Crosetti 35 154 536 46 144 27 8 2 74 0 0 36 81 .269 .317 .360 .677 60.4 8.6 5.0
SS  Benny Zientara 28 121 375 38 95 10 3 5 40 0 0 19 23 .253 .288 .336 .624 35.0 3.2 2.3
RF  Jose Zardon 23 131 374 39 84 18 6 1 29 0 1 22 24 .225 .267 .313 .580 28.4 0.8 2.7
2B  Johnny Berardino 29 112 266 32 53 11 1 2 32 0 0 25 33 .199 .271 .271 .542 20.3 0.0 1.9
2B  Dutch Meyer 30 50 190 23 48 12 1 3 21 0 0 22 7 .253 .330 .374 .704 21.2 2.9 1.0
C  Roy Partee 28 108 182 26 48 12 1 1 27 0 0 21 31 .264 .338 .357 .695 20.2 2.8 1.6
SS  Damon Phillips 27 89 133 25 49 9 1 2 20 0 0 12 4 .368 .418 .496 .914 24.2 5.8 0.9
1B *Mike Schemer 28 96 135 15 32 3 1 0 14 0 0 8 1 .237 .278 .274 .552 9.2 0.0 0.2
P  Hi Bithorn 30 44 110 7 19 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 .173 .180 .182 .362 2.2 0.0 0.0
P  Gene Schott 32 42 106 9 17 2 0 1 7 0 0 0 26 .160 .160 .208 .368 1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Salveson 32 38 99 9 27 3 1 0 9 0 0 1 7 .273 .284 .323 .608 8.7 0.5 0.0
3B *Soup Campbell 31 57 82 11 17 3 0 1 4 0 0 10 11 .207 .293 .280 .574 7.2 0.3 0.9
3B  Sibby Sisti 25 30 69 5 8 1 0 3 8 0 0 5 12 .116 .173 .261 .434 2.9 0.0 0.6
P  Walt Masterson 26 24 47 3 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 15 .085 .102 .106 .208 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Red Munger 27 24 36 2 5 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 10 .139 .139 .250 .389 0.5 0.0 0.0
2B  George Hausmann 30 45 36 10 13 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 .361 .361 .389 .750 4.3 0.9 0.1
P  Lou Lucier 28 51 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Bill Donovan 29 39 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Conger 25 33 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Feller 27 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Steve Roser 28 43 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Blix Donnelly 32 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Al Gettel 28 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.1 2143 5605 706 1472 272 44 89 685 0 2 495 615 .263 .322 .374 .697 655.8 105.0 39.2
  Rank among 8 AL teams 4 6 4 4 5 6 6 8 1 8 5 6 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
 Hi Bithorn 30 16 22 .421 44 44 0 329.7 359 189 31 144 120 5.16 9.0
 Gene Schott 32 16 21 .432 42 42 0 311.7 321 164 23 169 111 4.74 13.3
 Jack Salveson 32 18 10 .643 38 38 0 268.7 193 77 19 109 140 2.58 31.3
 Walt Masterson 26 9 8 .529 24 20 0 153.7 157 76 15 58 78 4.45 7.3
 Red Munger 27 5 11 .313 24 16 0 118.3 148 74 9 55 45 5.63 0.2
 Lou Lucier 28 2 2 .500 51 0 1 63.0 69 33 1 37 18 4.71 3.4
*Bill Donovan 29 3 6 .333 39 2 3 55.0 64 34 4 43 8 5.56 0.9
 Steve Roser 28 2 4 .333 43 0 3 45.3 48 20 3 31 15 3.97 3.2
 Dick Conger 25 2 2 .500 33 0 17 31.7 24 11 3 14 23 3.13 6.8
 Blix Donnelly 32 1 1 .500 20 0 0 28.0 20 10 2 14 12 3.21 2.6
 Bob Feller 27 0 1 .000 16 0 0 22.7 28 20 6 18 20 7.94 0.0
 George Barnicle 28 0 0 .000 7 0 0 9.3 13 12 1 11 7 11.58 0.0
 Al Gettel 28 0 0 .000 2 0 0 2.7 7 5 1 3 1 16.92 0.0
Team Totals 28.6 74 88 .457 383 162 24 1439.6 1451 725 118 706 598 4.53 77.8
Rank among 8 AL teams 5 5 6 5 6 1 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 31.7
R.York 1167.3 128 142 501 56 7 1 .988 36.1
R.Partee 272.3 34 35 133 7 1 1 .993 14.3
Team Total 1439.7 162 177 634 63 8 2 .989 33.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.12
G.Hasson 1230.0 139 149 1415 101 20 131 .987 11.09
M.Schemer 178.7 20 30 182 20 0 19 1.000 10.18
S.Sisti 20.0 2 3 23 2 0 2 1.000 11.25
J.Berardino 8.0 1 1 4 1 0 1 1.000 5.63
R.York 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1439.7 162 185 1626 124 20 153 .989 10.94
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 6.20
B.Zientara 871.7 106 108 209 316 10 74 .981 5.42
D.Meyer 418.3 48 50 102 150 4 31 .984 5.42
J.Berardino 53.3 3 20 18 31 1 7 .980 8.27
S.Sisti 47.0 5 7 4 24 1 5 .966 5.36
G.Hausmann 37.7 0 22 10 14 0 7 1.000 5.74
J.Bucher 6.7 0 4 4 3 0 2 1.000 9.46
F.Crosetti 5.0 0 3 2 3 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1439.6 162 214 349 541 16 126 .982 5.56
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.99
F.Crosetti 1249.3 149 150 97 292 13 24 .968 2.80
D.Phillips 120.7 10 22 10 26 2 1 .947 2.69
J.Berardino 18.0 2 3 0 2 1 1 .667 1.00
B.Lewis 14.0 0 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.93
S.Campbell 13.3 0 8 1 4 1 0 .833 3.38
S.Sisti 12.0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.50
B.Zientara 10.3 0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.48
J.Bucher 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.7 162 196 109 332 17 26 .963 2.76
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.53
J.Hoover 1268.7 147 151 215 476 47 91 .936 4.90
D.Phillips 132.7 12 29 17 58 2 12 .974 5.09
S.Sisti 19.0 2 3 5 7 0 2 1.000 5.68
B.Zientara 12.3 1 3 2 8 0 1 1.000 7.30
J.Berardino 4.3 0 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.16
M.Schemer 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1439.0 162 191 240 552 49 106 .942 4.95
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.99
J.Zardon 712.7 81 103 177 5 5 2 .973 2.30
J.Berardino 617.0 75 85 134 4 2 4 .986 2.01
S.Campbell 62.0 3 21 26 0 0 0 1.000 3.77
S.Sisti 28.0 3 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
B.Lewis 13.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69
J.Bucher 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Partee 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Phillips 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.7 162 222 346 9 7 6 .981 2.22
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.70
J.Bucher 1280.0 148 150 424 7 1 5 .998 3.03
S.Campbell 79.7 7 16 35 0 1 0 .972 3.95
J.Zardon 75.3 7 11 24 2 0 1 1.000 3.11
G.Hausmann 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Zientara 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.7 162 179 483 9 2 6 .996 3.08
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.22
B.Lewis 1280.7 145 150 386 10 10 3 .975 2.78
J.Zardon 71.0 8 9 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.28
S.Sisti 43.0 5 8 9 3 0 0 1.000 2.51
S.Campbell 34.0 4 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.85
G.Hasson 6.0 0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 3.00
R.Partee 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.7 162 175 422 13 11 3 .975 2.72
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.37
H.Bithorn 329.7 44 44 24 74 1 5 .990 2.68
G.Schott 311.7 42 42 17 67 0 7 1.000 2.43
J.Salveson 268.7 38 38 18 56 0 3 1.000 2.48
W.Masterson 153.7 20 24 6 29 1 2 .972 2.05
R.Munger 118.3 16 24 6 28 0 0 1.000 2.59
L.Lucier 63.0 0 51 4 6 0 1 1.000 1.43
B.Donovan 55.0 2 39 3 10 1 0 .929 2.13
S.Roser 45.3 0 43 3 11 0 1 1.000 2.78
D.Conger 31.7 0 33 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.99
B.Donnelly 28.0 0 20 2 6 0 1 1.000 2.57
B.Feller 22.7 0 16 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.40
G.Barnicle 9.3 0 7 1 0 1 0 .500 0.96
A.Gettel 2.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1439.6 162 383 88 291 4 20 .990 2.37
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Lewis .314
On-Base Pct York .372
Slugging Pct Lewis .477
OPS Lewis .843
XR Lewis 103.6
Games Bucher 160
At-Bats Lewis 633
Runs Lewis 110
Hits Lewis 199
Total Bases Lewis 302
Singles Lewis 139
Doubles Hasson 54
Triples Crosetti 8
Homeruns York 22
RBIs Lewis 84
Stolen Bases No Qualifiers
Caught Stealing Bucher, Zardon 1
Walks Hasson 85
Strikeouts Hoover 90
ERA Salveson 2.58
Wins Salveson 18
Losses Bithorn 22
Winning Pct Salveson .643
Saves Conger 17
Games Pitched Lucier 51
Games Started Bithorn 44
Complete Games Bithorn 17
Shutouts Salveson 2
Innings Pitched Bithorn 329.7
Hits Allowed Bithorn 359
Homeruns Allowed Bithorn 31
Strikeouts Salveson 140
Walks Allowed Schott 169
Walks per 9IP Salveson 3.7
Hits per 9IP Salveson 6.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Salveson 4.7
WHiP Salveson 1.12
OAVG Salveson .199
OOBP Salveson .280
OSLG Salveson .310
OOPS Salveson .590
Team All-Stars
Buddy Lewis
Jack Salveson
Rudy York
Player Salaries
Rudy York $ 15,000,000
Buddy Lewis $ 6,500,000
Jack Salveson $ 6,000,000
Gene Hasson $ 5,000,000
Walt Masterson $ 4,428,571
Frankie Crosetti $ 3,990,000
Jim Bucher $ 3,500,000
Gene Schott $ 3,000,000
Dutch Meyer $ 1,800,000
Bob Feller $ 400,000
Al Gettel $ 300,000
Bill Donovan $ 300,000
Blix Donnelly $ 300,000
Soup Campbell $ 300,000
Hi Bithorn $ 300,000
Johnny Berardino $ 300,000
Dick Conger $ 300,000
George Hausmann $ 300,000
George Barnicle $ 300,000
Lou Lucier $ 300,000
Benny Zientara $ 300,000
Red Munger $ 300,000
Roy Partee $ 300,000
Damon Phillips $ 300,000
Steve Roser $ 300,000
Mike Schemer $ 300,000
Sibby Sisti $ 300,000
Jose Zardon $ 300,000
Joe Hoover $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Hal Trosky
George Jeffcoat
Al Cuccinello
Oakland Gene Hasson
Jose Zardon
2/3 Traded Charlie Sproull New York (N) Sibby Sisti