1945 Cleveland Indians
Record: 84-78
Finish: 6th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 794
Runs Allowed: 793
Exp W-L: 81-81
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 1,560,765
Manager: Gary Davis

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 74-63, 4th in the AL
AA: 62-75, 7th in the AL
A: 66-71, 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 28 156 621 105 198 31 8 21 82 1 0 61 53 .319 .383 .496 .879 110.4 27.2 2.5
2B  Dutch Meyer 29 150 529 61 141 35 8 6 72 0 0 46 21 .267 .326 .397 .723 66.1 11.7 3.3
SS  Al Cuccinello 30 151 541 66 152 17 3 8 63 0 0 28 58 .281 .322 .368 .690 61.3 9.7 5.2
1B *Charlie Keller 28 131 400 88 111 25 2 23 80 0 0 103 70 .278 .421 .523 .944 88.8 21.6 1.6
2B *Jim Bucher 34 139 449 52 113 20 5 11 57 1 0 37 22 .252 .307 .392 .699 50.9 6.8 3.3
CF  Johnny Lindell 28 131 426 58 110 29 8 6 50 0 0 45 33 .258 .328 .406 .734 55.4 9.6 2.3
C  Rudy York 31 116 401 68 101 23 1 16 62 0 0 61 64 .252 .348 .434 .782 59.3 11.0 6.4
1B *Hal Trosky 32 142 392 38 88 26 2 4 60 1 0 32 44 .224 .279 .332 .611 35.0 1.9 1.4
1B *George McQuinn 35 130 340 49 104 23 0 12 71 0 0 34 38 .306 .367 .479 .846 53.6 11.5 1.2
RF *Jo-Jo White 36 124 331 57 103 7 5 5 39 0 2 34 35 .311 .377 .408 .785 46.9 9.6 1.8
3B  Frankie Crosetti 34 106 264 41 86 23 2 1 39 0 1 25 34 .326 .393 .439 .833 41.9 9.9 2.4
C  Roy Partee 27 77 246 38 67 7 3 1 31 0 0 32 30 .272 .355 .337 .692 30.3 4.7 4.0
LF *Mel Mazzera 31 61 129 25 32 4 1 3 15 0 0 19 15 .248 .342 .364 .707 16.8 2.8 0.5
P  Walt Masterson 25 43 118 3 13 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 35 .110 .123 .136 .259 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Hi Bithorn 29 38 95 3 11 2 0 0 7 0 0 1 13 .116 .125 .137 .262 -0.5 0.0 0.0
1B  Bill Schuster 32 41 92 17 18 3 2 2 17 0 1 9 6 .196 .260 .337 .597 8.7 0.2 1.1
P  Jack Salveson 31 42 75 12 16 0 1 0 6 0 0 1 8 .213 .224 .240 .464 2.9 0.0 0.0
P  Ken Raffensberger 27 46 43 2 9 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 14 .209 .244 .233 .477 2.6 0.0 0.0
P  Hugh Mulcahy 31 23 41 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .073 .073 .073 .146 -1.6 0.0 0.0
P  Gene Schott 31 29 28 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 .107 .103 .107 .211 -0.3 0.0 0.0
3B  Rip Russell 30 15 18 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .211 .167 .377 0.5 0.0 0.1
SS  Joe Hoover 30 11 12 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 .250 .471 .250 .721 2.4 0.4 0.2
SS  Bill Knickerbocker 33 11 14 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .214 .214 .214 .429 0.5 0.0 0.0
C *Herman Franks 31 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .143 .333 .143 .476 0.6 0.1 0.1
P  Bob Feller 26 27 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8 0.3 0.0
P #Bill Donovan 28 21 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Steve Roser 27 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Red Munger 26 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bill McGee 35 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Conger 24 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.0 2060 5623 794 1492 279 51 119 768 3 4 579 621 .265 .334 .397 .731 732.5 138.9 37.4
  Rank among 8 AL teams 1 5 3 6 1 5 5 8 1 8 5 4 5 5 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
 Walt Masterson 25 19 19 .500 43 43 0 343.7 331 157 33 130 174 4.11 17.5
 Hi Bithorn 29 18 12 .600 38 38 0 301.3 292 145 32 124 101 4.33 16.1
 Jack Salveson 31 13 13 .500 42 31 1 222.0 218 96 10 114 125 3.89 15.9
*Ken Raffensberger 27 8 10 .444 46 17 2 158.0 173 89 16 53 41 5.07 5.6
 Hugh Mulcahy 31 5 12 .294 23 19 0 125.7 160 89 10 34 71 6.37 0.0
 Gene Schott 31 6 3 .667 29 7 0 99.7 106 55 6 54 42 4.97 4.0
 Dick Conger 24 4 1 .800 32 0 14 40.0 28 7 1 12 29 1.58 10.6
 Steve Roser 27 0 2 .000 25 0 0 30.7 38 19 7 17 13 5.58 0.0
 Bob Feller 26 3 2 .600 27 0 5 30.7 27 21 7 21 21 6.16 1.2
*Bill Donovan 28 3 2 .600 21 0 2 25.3 28 12 1 20 4 4.26 1.6
 Red Munger 26 0 0 .000 17 1 1 22.3 22 17 3 14 3 6.85 0.0
 Bill McGee 35 1 0 1.000 21 4 0 20.3 20 9 0 17 8 3.98 1.5
 Lou Lucier 27 3 2 .600 16 0 0 20.0 24 15 1 9 6 6.75 0.4
 Al Gettel 27 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 3.7 4 0 1 0 1 0.00 0.6
 George Jeffcoat 31 0 0 .000 2 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.3
 Charlie Sproull 26 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.7 5 2 0 0 0 10.84 0.0
 George Barnicle 27 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 3 1 0.00 0.2
 Emil Kush 28 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 0 1 0 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 28.1 84 78 .519 388 160 25 1448.9 1479 734 128 623 640 4.56 75.6
Rank among 8 AL teams 6 6 6 6 5 8 6 8 3 4 8  
* - 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 33.9
R.York 887.0 99 99 420 41 3 0 .994 37.5
R.Partee 544.3 61 62 242 26 0 1 1.000 39.1
H.Franks 18.0 2 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1449.3 162 164 671 67 3 1 .996 38.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.89
H.Trosky 800.0 88 117 954 71 8 91 .992 11.53
G.McQuinn 593.7 72 78 718 54 6 71 .992 11.70
R.York 24.0 0 12 28 0 0 0 1.000 10.50
M.Mazzera 15.0 1 4 16 1 0 0 1.000 10.20
A.Cuccinello 12.7 1 3 20 1 1 3 .955 14.93
R.Russell 3.0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
B.Doerr 1.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00
Team Total 1449.3 162 217 1743 127 15 165 .992 11.61
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 6.17
D.Meyer 1248.7 143 146 284 522 18 115 .978 5.81
F.Crosetti 88.7 8 15 20 37 1 11 .983 5.79
J.White 48.0 5 11 19 21 0 4 1.000 7.50
J.Bucher 27.0 2 10 7 14 0 2 1.000 7.00
M.Mazzera 25.0 3 5 6 9 0 1 1.000 5.40
A.Cuccinello 11.0 1 2 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.09
B.Schuster 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1449.3 162 190 338 607 19 133 .980 5.87
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.89
J.Bucher 873.0 107 107 62 212 12 14 .958 2.82
F.Crosetti 436.3 48 60 30 121 1 9 .993 3.11
G.McQuinn 80.0 3 37 2 17 2 2 .905 2.14
C.Keller 20.0 2 3 2 3 1 0 .833 2.25
B.Knickerbocker 14.0 1 4 0 3 1 0 .750 1.93
R.Russell 12.0 1 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.50
B.Lewis 7.0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57
J.White 5.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Zientara 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
A.Cuccinello 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1449.3 162 225 97 361 17 25 .964 2.84
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.53
A.Cuccinello 1133.7 131 138 212 485 12 89 .983 5.53
B.Schuster 232.7 27 33 42 98 1 22 .993 5.42
J.Hoover 36.0 3 7 6 17 0 2 1.000 5.75
F.Crosetti 22.0 0 10 4 5 1 2 .900 3.68
R.Russell 11.0 1 3 1 3 0 1 1.000 3.27
B.Knickerbocker 8.0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.25
D.Meyer 5.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
B.Doerr 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.3 162 196 265 611 14 117 .984 5.44
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.06
C.Keller 954.0 106 109 205 7 2 0 .991 2.00
M.Mazzera 179.7 22 23 48 0 2 0 .960 2.40
J.Lindell 114.0 13 14 24 0 1 0 .960 1.89
B.Lewis 89.7 9 15 21 3 1 1 .960 2.41
J.White 59.0 6 11 11 1 0 1 1.000 1.83
J.Bucher 52.0 6 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.56
B.Schuster 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.3 162 179 318 11 6 2 .982 2.04
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.71
J.Lindell 788.3 92 98 251 3 2 1 .992 2.90
J.White 567.0 65 77 177 8 5 2 .974 2.94
J.Bucher 51.0 1 25 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
M.Mazzera 43.0 4 11 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.93
Team Total 1449.3 162 211 454 11 7 3 .985 2.89
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.17
B.Lewis 1212.7 137 141 299 9 6 3 .981 2.29
J.Lindell 87.3 10 10 22 2 5 1 .828 2.47
J.Bucher 51.0 6 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.94
C.Keller 46.3 3 13 5 1 0 1 1.000 1.17
J.White 20.0 2 4 5 0 1 0 .833 2.25
A.Cuccinello 17.0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
M.Mazzera 15.0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1449.3 162 179 349 12 12 5 .968 2.24
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.27
W.Masterson 343.7 43 43 16 51 4 0 .944 1.75
H.Bithorn 301.3 38 38 26 60 1 7 .989 2.57
J.Salveson 222.0 31 42 12 41 1 5 .981 2.15
K.Raffensberger 158.0 17 46 4 30 1 5 .971 1.94
H.Mulcahy 125.7 19 23 9 23 1 1 .970 2.29
G.Schott 99.7 7 29 6 15 0 3 1.000 1.90
D.Conger 40.0 0 32 6 10 0 2 1.000 3.60
B.Feller 30.7 0 27 0 6 0 1 1.000 1.76
S.Roser 30.7 0 25 2 10 0 0 1.000 3.52
B.Donovan 25.3 0 21 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.78
R.Munger 22.3 1 17 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.82
B.McGee 20.3 4 21 2 5 0 0 1.000 3.10
L.Lucier 20.0 0 16 3 5 0 0 1.000 3.60
A.Gettel 3.7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Jeffcoat 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
C.Sproull 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Barnicle 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
E.Kush 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.9 160 388 90 266 8 25 .978 2.21
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Lewis .319
On-Base Pct Keller .421
Slugging Pct Keller .523
OPS Keller .944
XR Lewis 110.4
Games Lewis 156
At-Bats Lewis 621
Runs Lewis 105
Hits Lewis 198
Total Bases Lewis 308
Singles Lewis 138
Doubles Meyer 35
Triples Lewis, Lindell, Meyer 8
Homeruns Keller 23
RBIs Lewis 82
Stolen Bases Bucher, Lewis, Trosky 1
Caught Stealing White 2
Walks Keller 103
Strikeouts Keller 70
ERA Salveson 3.89
Wins Masterson 19
Losses Masterson 19
Winning Pct Bithorn .600
Saves Conger 14
Games Pitched Raffensberger 46
Games Started Masterson 43
Complete Games Masterson 24
Shutouts Bithorn, Salveson, Schott 1
Innings Pitched Masterson 343.7
Hits Allowed Masterson 331
Homeruns Allowed Masterson 33
Strikeouts Masterson 174
Walks Allowed Masterson 130
Walks per 9IP Masterson 3.4
Hits per 9IP Masterson 8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Salveson 5.1
WHiP Masterson 1.34
OAVG Masterson .253
OOBP Masterson .319
OSLG Salveson .370
OOPS Masterson .711
Team All-Stars
Charlie Keller
Buddy Lewis
Player Salaries
Rudy York $ 15,000,000
Buddy Lewis $ 5,700,000
Jack Salveson $ 5,200,000
Walt Masterson $ 4,428,571
Hal Trosky $ 4,350,000
Jo-Jo White $ 4,000,000
Frankie Crosetti $ 3,990,000
Charlie Keller $ 3,664,286
Jim Bucher $ 3,500,000
Gene Schott $ 3,000,000
Ken Raffensberger $ 1,971,429
Dutch Meyer $ 1,800,000
George McQuinn $ 1,500,000
George Jeffcoat $ 914,286
Monty Stratton $ 825,000
Al Cuccinello $ 650,000
Bill McGee $ 645,714
Bob Feller $ 400,000
Hi Bithorn $ 300,000
Bobby Doerr $ 300,000
Blix Donnelly $ 300,000
Bill Donovan $ 300,000
Dick Conger $ 300,000
Herman Franks $ 300,000
Al Gettel $ 300,000
Joe Hoover $ 300,000
George Barnicle $ 300,000
Lou Lucier $ 300,000
Benny Zientara $ 300,000
Red Munger $ 300,000
Roy Partee $ 300,000
Steve Roser $ 300,000
Charlie Sproull $ 300,000
Bill Knickerbocker $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/19 Signed     George Mcquinn
2/21 Signed     Monty Stratton
3/3 Traded Johnny Mize Tampa Bay Hal Trosky
Frankie Crosetti
Hi Bithorn
4/2 Traded Alex Kampouris New York (A) Buddy Lewis
4/2 Traded Hal Kelleher Montreal Al Cuccinello
5/1 Traded Emil Kush Detroit Gene Schott
7/31 Traded Hugh Mulcahy Detroit Stan Klopp
9/1 Released Bill Schuster    
10/4 Released Mel Mazzera    
10/4 Released Johnny Lindell    
10/4 Released Rip Russell