1932 Cleveland Indians
Record: 72-84
Finish: 4th in AL AL East Division
Runs Scored: 700
Runs Allowed: 818
Exp W-L: 67-89
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 1,772,822
Manager: Josh Pingel

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-71, 6th in the AL
AA: 63-74, 6th in the AL
A: 73-64, 4th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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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  Dick Cox 34 149 578 86 177 27 11 13 76 0 0 43 22 .306 .351 .458 .810 83.5 13.1 4.1
2B  Hughie Critz 31 147 615 72 176 25 11 4 57 17 8 9 13 .286 .296 .382 .678 59.6 5.4 5.7
1B *Sam Leslie 26 148 564 81 179 29 10 12 93 0 0 39 9 .317 .363 .468 .831 86.6 15.3 5.4
C  Jack Cummings 28 144 560 69 197 32 2 15 79 0 0 40 56 .352 .395 .496 .891 96.2 19.3 1.2
3B  Freddie Lindstrom 26 146 561 70 158 27 6 8 66 13 8 31 8 .282 .317 .394 .711 65.4 7.6 6.3
CF *Ernie Orsatti 29 138 491 67 144 30 4 2 47 11 6 36 25 .293 .342 .383 .725 58.8 8.1 3.1
SS  Red Kress 25 108 367 44 94 16 5 7 49 0 0 27 18 .256 .303 .384 .688 41.9 3.8 5.1
2B *Andy High 34 119 354 41 114 20 4 1 31 0 0 16 22 .322 .351 .410 .761 44.8 6.7 2.0
SS  Pinky Higgins 23 120 293 36 73 10 3 3 34 0 0 31 16 .249 .318 .334 .653 32.6 3.2 0.8
LF  Gee Walker 24 118 300 46 97 16 4 7 50 0 0 10 18 .323 .345 .473 .818 42.8 7.3 1.7
SS  Clyde Beck 32 89 191 21 47 8 1 2 13 0 0 11 29 .246 .291 .330 .620 17.9 1.3 2.9
C  Cliff Lee 35 55 146 17 31 6 0 2 12 0 0 5 24 .212 .238 .295 .533 8.0 0.0 0.7
RF *Joe Kelly 32 74 122 13 41 12 2 0 15 0 0 1 2 .336 .339 .467 .806 15.9 2.6 0.6
P *Ossie Orwoll 31 40 107 6 30 0 1 0 12 0 0 1 11 .280 .282 .299 .581 9.5 0.3 0.0
2B  Mike Herrera 34 80 98 12 25 2 0 1 19 0 0 4 5 .255 .284 .306 .590 7.6 0.2 1.4
P *Rip Sewell 25 31 90 8 19 1 3 0 11 0 0 2 22 .211 .228 .289 .517 5.8 0.0 0.0
P  Jakie May 36 42 81 4 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 26 .148 .165 .173 .338 1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Charley Root 33 34 81 1 15 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 26 .185 .193 .185 .378 2.5 0.0 0.0
CF  Mandy Brooks 34 14 19 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .263 .263 .316 .579 0.7 0.0 0.2
P  Bob Brown 21 35 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .133 .133 .133 .267 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Dennis Burns 34 70 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Hugh McQuillan 34 55 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .400 .500 .400 .900 1.1 0.2 0.0
P *Johnny Welch 25 15 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P #George Stueland 33 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Milt Shoffner 26 49 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.8 2043 5655 700 1641 264 67 77 674 41 22 309 361 .290 .326 .401 .728 682.8 94.3 41.0
  Rank among 8 AL teams 2 7 3 4 2 6 7 2 7 8 1 3 7 3 4 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
*Ossie Orwoll 31 19 14 .576 40 40 0 292.0 307 137 25 122 145 4.22 20.3
*Jakie May 36 12 16 .429 42 42 0 266.3 273 104 5 85 116 3.51 19.6
 Charley Root 33 11 16 .407 34 34 0 257.0 291 138 18 92 81 4.83 10.2
 Rip Sewell 25 9 17 .346 31 31 0 250.3 310 137 11 86 52 4.93 10.0
 Dennis Burns 34 2 6 .250 70 2 8 96.7 119 54 7 35 15 5.03 4.7
 Hugh McQuillan 34 4 2 .667 55 0 0 69.7 65 27 5 35 18 3.49 5.7
 Bob Brown 21 6 7 .462 35 7 9 68.0 75 51 4 46 23 6.75 1.8
*Milt Shoffner 26 8 4 .667 49 0 2 61.7 75 26 2 18 14 3.80 6.4
 George Stueland 33 0 2 .000 23 0 1 24.7 44 27 4 13 4 9.85 0.0
 Johnny Welch 25 1 0 1.000 15 0 1 22.7 28 10 2 2 3 3.97 2.1
Team Totals 29.8 72 84 .462 394 156 21 1409.0 1587 711 83 534 471 4.54 80.7
Rank among 8 AL teams 6 6 5 7 2 5 6 6 8 3 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 .984 38.7
J.Cummings 1172.3 130 138 407 40 16 2 .965 25.7
C.Lee 236.7 26 32 84 14 1 1 .990 50.0
Team Total 1409.0 156 170 491 54 17 3 .970 31.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.52
S.Leslie 1250.0 137 144 1584 134 5 161 .997 12.37
G.Walker 116.0 14 14 146 9 2 10 .987 12.03
C.Lee 43.0 5 6 56 3 0 6 1.000 12.35
Team Total 1409.0 156 164 1786 146 7 177 .996 12.34
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 6.55
H.Critz 1237.0 141 146 335 552 24 128 .974 6.45
C.Beck 90.3 7 25 23 42 0 11 1.000 6.48
M.Herrera 78.0 8 12 15 37 1 12 .981 6.00
A.High 3.7 0 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 9.84
Team Total 1409.0 156 187 374 634 25 152 .976 6.44
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 3.01
A.High 754.0 88 94 68 198 12 19 .957 3.18
P.Higgins 631.3 68 91 58 127 20 18 .902 2.64
C.Beck 16.7 0 8 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.62
M.Herrera 4.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
F.Lindstrom 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
R.Kress 2.5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1411.5 156 198 127 331 32 38 .935 2.92
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 5.63
R.Kress 885.8 102 106 137 387 26 69 .953 5.32
C.Beck 383.7 45 52 70 160 6 38 .975 5.40
M.Herrera 99.7 4 34 23 54 2 10 .975 6.95
A.High 39.0 3 9 8 23 3 5 .912 7.15
G.Walker 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1410.1 154 202 239 624 37 122 .959 5.51
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.16
E.Orsatti 970.0 105 119 208 7 0 2 1.000 1.99
G.Walker 391.0 47 47 95 3 10 2 .907 2.26
J.Kelly 34.0 4 4 7 0 1 0 .875 1.85
F.Lindstrom 7.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
C.Lee 6.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
A.High 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1409.0 156 177 312 10 11 4 .967 2.06
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.83
F.Lindstrom 1272.0 142 142 395 13 1 5 .998 2.89
G.Walker 51.0 5 10 9 0 1 0 .900 1.59
J.Kelly 46.0 5 6 16 0 0 0 1.000 3.13
M.Brooks 27.0 3 3 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.67
E.Orsatti 13.0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.77
Team Total 1409.0 156 164 434 14 2 5 .996 2.86
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.30
D.Cox 1283.0 142 147 307 8 15 1 .955 2.21
J.Kelly 61.0 7 9 22 0 1 0 .957 3.25
C.Lee 36.0 4 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
G.Walker 29.0 3 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.55
Team Total 1409.0 156 166 342 8 16 1 .956 2.24
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.51
O.Orwoll 292.0 40 40 9 47 1 4 .982 1.73
J.May 266.3 42 42 20 65 1 4 .988 2.87
C.Root 257.0 34 34 26 67 1 7 .989 3.26
R.Sewell 250.3 31 31 15 61 4 4 .950 2.73
D.Burns 96.7 2 70 3 13 1 1 .941 1.49
H.McQuillan 69.7 0 55 6 23 2 0 .935 3.75
B.Brown 68.0 7 35 7 9 0 0 1.000 2.12
M.Shoffner 61.7 0 49 5 16 0 2 1.000 3.07
G.Stueland 24.7 0 23 1 12 0 0 1.000 4.74
J.Welch 22.7 0 15 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.99
Team Total 1409.0 156 394 94 316 10 22 .976 2.62
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Cummings .352
On-Base Pct Cummings .395
Slugging Pct Cummings .496
OPS Cummings .891
XR Cummings 96.2
Games Cox 149
At-Bats Critz 615
Runs Cox 86
Hits Cummings 197
Total Bases Cummings 278
Singles Cummings 148
Doubles Cummings 32
Triples Cox, Critz 11
Homeruns Cummings 15
RBIs Leslie 93
Stolen Bases Critz 17
Caught Stealing Critz, Lindstrom 8
Walks Cox 43
Strikeouts Cummings 56
ERA May 3.51
Wins Orwoll 19
Losses Sewell 17
Winning Pct Orwoll .576
Saves Brown 9
Games Pitched Burns 70
Games Started May 42
Complete Games Sewell 18
Shutouts Orwoll 4
Innings Pitched Orwoll 292.0
Hits Allowed Sewell 310
Homeruns Allowed Orwoll 25
Strikeouts Orwoll 145
Walks Allowed Orwoll 122
Walks per 9IP May 2.9
Hits per 9IP May 9.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Orwoll 4.5
WHiP May 1.34
OAVG May .265
OOBP May .323
OSLG May .360
OOPS May .683
Team All-Stars
Bob Brown
Dick Cox
Jakie May
Player Salaries
Jakie May $ 9,463,100
Freddie Lindstrom $ 8,038,000
Jack Cummings $ 6,721,429
Dick Cox $ 6,500,000
Hughie Critz $ 4,588,500
Charley Root $ 4,585,400
Andy High $ 4,000,000
Ossie Orwoll $ 3,057,143
Sam Leslie $ 2,928,571
Ernie Orsatti $ 2,200,000
Hugh McQuillan $ 2,100,000
Johnny Welch $ 1,922,143
Red Kress $ 1,892,857
Cliff Lee $ 850,000
Mike Herrera $ 600,000
Lefty Weinert $ 550,000
Mandy Brooks $ 500,000
Dennis Burns $ 460,000
Clyde Beck $ 421,429
Buck Jordan $ 414,286
George Stueland $ 351,090
Spencer Harris $ 350,000
Rip Sewell $ 300,000
Joe Kelly $ 300,000
Bob Weiland $ 300,000
Pinky Higgins $ 300,000
Claude Jonnard $ 300,000
Bob Brown $ 300,000
Milt Shoffner $ 300,000
Gee Walker $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/6 Signed     Joe Kelly
4/6 Signed     Les Burke
4/6 Signed     Gus Mancuso
4/6 Signed     Percy Jones
4/6 Signed     Foster Edwards
4/6 Signed     Bob Weiland
4/6 Signed     Claude Jonnard
5/16 Traded Harry Hulihan
Round Draft Pick.
Montreal Red Kress
Milt Shoffner