1943 Cleveland Indians
Record: 89-73
Finish: 2nd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 910
Runs Allowed: 783
Exp W-L: 92-70
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 2,156,077
Manager: Gary Davis

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-73, 4th in the AL
AA: 73-64, 3rd in the AL
A: 66-71, 4th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 3-4 to New York (A) Yankees
 
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 *Johnny Mize 30 157 595 132 200 43 9 34 132 0 0 89 25 .336 .419 .610 1.029 135.5 30.1 1.6
1B *Charlie Keller 26 156 557 109 143 20 5 33 120 7 0 124 101 .257 .392 .488 .880 108.1 20.6 2.5
2B  Alex Kampouris 30 156 575 113 170 33 8 16 82 0 0 94 65 .296 .398 .464 .862 104.7 20.6 5.0
C  Rudy York 29 153 530 105 158 27 0 21 101 1 0 88 59 .298 .395 .468 .862 96.7 18.5 6.1
RF *Taffy Wright 31 131 502 93 181 28 6 10 55 1 0 41 8 .361 .409 .500 .909 92.7 20.2 1.7
2B  Dutch Meyer 27 149 526 63 151 27 3 3 59 0 1 24 32 .287 .317 .367 .684 56.1 7.4 6.6
2B *Jim Bucher 32 135 454 59 130 28 5 12 91 0 0 33 10 .286 .330 .449 .779 62.4 9.5 3.5
CF  Johnny Lindell 26 127 401 57 106 22 3 7 47 0 0 37 49 .264 .330 .387 .716 50.4 7.2 2.8
3B  Rip Russell 28 98 247 32 78 10 1 3 28 0 0 7 16 .316 .335 .401 .735 27.3 3.8 2.1
CF  Joe Medwick 31 88 229 32 58 19 1 8 45 1 0 12 38 .253 .290 .450 .740 28.3 3.6 1.0
CF  Terry Moore 31 89 196 22 58 12 2 5 32 0 0 9 6 .296 .324 .454 .778 26.5 4.2 1.0
3B  Mike Kreevich 35 85 169 25 48 7 3 4 22 0 0 13 7 .284 .330 .432 .762 22.9 3.5 0.9
P  Hugh Mulcahy 29 43 118 12 25 3 0 1 16 0 0 1 17 .212 .217 .263 .479 6.7 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Salveson 29 41 105 10 24 0 0 2 11 0 0 3 7 .229 .248 .286 .533 7.8 0.0 0.0
P  Red Munger 24 36 100 4 15 1 0 1 5 0 1 1 24 .150 .158 .190 .348 1.4 0.0 0.0
P  Walt Masterson 23 35 96 4 13 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 26 .135 .162 .167 .328 0.5 0.0 0.0
1B *Johnny McCarthy 33 67 79 10 25 5 1 0 15 0 0 4 5 .316 .345 .405 .750 8.5 0.9 0.1
1B  Bill Schuster 30 36 75 7 12 4 0 0 2 0 0 5 3 .160 .213 .213 .426 1.8 0.0 0.7
C *Herman Franks 29 23 64 6 13 3 0 0 6 0 0 8 8 .203 .292 .250 .542 5.3 0.1 0.8
C  Bob Scheffing 29 22 47 5 14 2 0 2 5 0 0 4 3 .298 .353 .468 .821 7.4 1.3 0.5
SS  Bill Knickerbocker 31 21 40 5 15 5 0 1 4 0 0 3 2 .375 .419 .575 .994 7.9 1.9 0.4
SS  Joe Hoover 28 21 29 3 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 .138 .133 .138 .271 -0.3 0.0 0.6
P  Ken Raffensberger 25 82 21 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .190 .190 .190 .381 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Emil Kush 26 53 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  George Jeffcoat 29 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Feller 24 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Hal Kelleher 30 57 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Conger 22 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bill McGee 33 27 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.7 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 28.6 2141 5767 910 1647 304 47 163 885 10 2 603 527 .286 .352 .439 .792 859.6 153.8 37.8
  Rank among 8 AL teams 1 1 1 2 5 1 1 8 1 4 1 1 3 1 1 1  
* - 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
 Hugh Mulcahy 29 19 17 .528 43 43 0 294.0 308 151 15 127 136 4.62 12.0
 Jack Salveson 29 19 12 .613 41 41 0 284.7 269 109 24 105 137 3.45 21.9
 Red Munger 24 17 17 .500 36 36 0 269.7 313 131 19 95 93 4.37 11.7
 Walt Masterson 23 15 13 .536 35 35 0 238.3 227 120 23 91 118 4.53 9.4
*Ken Raffensberger 25 4 4 .500 82 7 11 140.3 150 61 14 30 21 3.91 10.9
 Emil Kush 26 4 2 .667 53 0 2 72.3 73 23 5 22 24 2.86 7.1
 Hal Kelleher 30 4 3 .571 57 0 6 57.7 77 39 6 27 18 6.09 0.0
 Bill McGee 33 2 4 .333 27 0 4 35.7 45 21 3 23 14 5.30 0.9
 George Jeffcoat 29 2 0 1.000 27 0 6 29.0 36 22 3 11 8 6.83 0.5
 Dick Conger 22 2 1 .667 23 0 4 28.7 44 23 4 12 12 7.22 0.0
 Bob Feller 24 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 6.3 7 1 1 4 4 1.42 0.9
Team Totals 26.7 89 73 .549 427 162 33 1456.6 1549 701 117 547 585 4.33 75.3
Rank among 8 AL teams 2 2 1 2 3 4 6 4 3 6 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 .988 32.9
R.York 1202.7 129 151 518 41 6 0 .989 32.1
H.Franks 145.0 19 20 61 5 0 0 1.000 66.7
B.Scheffing 109.0 14 15 48 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1456.7 162 186 627 47 6 0 .991 32.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.17
J.Mize 1322.7 147 154 1674 137 16 161 .991 12.32
M.Kreevich 107.0 13 18 143 7 1 9 .993 12.62
J.McCarthy 23.0 2 6 29 2 0 3 1.000 12.13
H.Franks 4.0 0 1 4 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1456.7 162 179 1850 146 17 174 .992 12.33
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 6.17
A.Kampouris 1273.3 144 151 331 595 28 124 .971 6.55
B.Schuster 126.3 14 22 29 50 1 12 .988 5.63
B.Knickerbocker 34.0 4 6 8 11 0 4 1.000 5.03
R.Russell 18.0 0 10 6 9 1 3 .938 7.50
J.Bucher 5.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1456.7 162 191 375 666 30 143 .972 6.43
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 3.03
J.Bucher 939.3 106 115 69 260 18 20 .948 3.15
R.Russell 439.3 51 62 33 107 4 8 .972 2.87
M.Kreevich 69.0 5 19 8 20 0 2 1.000 3.65
C.Keller 7.0 0 4 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.57
B.Schuster 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1456.7 162 201 110 390 22 31 .958 3.09
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 5.64
D.Meyer 1219.7 144 148 191 571 13 105 .983 5.62
J.Hoover 81.0 9 16 21 46 3 8 .957 7.44
B.Schuster 57.3 6 11 11 23 2 3 .944 5.34
R.Russell 51.7 0 24 8 33 0 4 1.000 7.14
B.Knickerbocker 47.0 3 13 8 24 0 5 1.000 6.13
Team Total 1456.7 162 212 239 697 18 125 .981 5.78
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.05
C.Keller 1331.7 148 150 289 7 7 2 .977 2.00
M.Kreevich 57.0 7 7 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.68
J.Lindell 50.0 6 6 12 0 1 0 .923 2.16
J.McCarthy 10.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Bucher 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Wright 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
T.Moore 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Medwick 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1456.7 162 169 321 7 8 2 .976 2.03
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.71
J.Lindell 919.3 108 111 262 14 3 3 .989 2.70
T.Moore 387.3 43 60 110 4 3 1 .974 2.65
J.Medwick 76.0 4 27 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.96
M.Kreevich 56.0 7 9 15 0 1 0 .938 2.41
J.Bucher 14.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
T.Wright 4.0 0 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 11.25
Team Total 1456.7 162 212 420 18 7 4 .984 2.71
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.02
T.Wright 971.3 106 116 195 5 6 1 .971 1.85
J.Medwick 391.3 46 48 86 1 0 0 1.000 2.00
M.Kreevich 53.0 7 7 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.72
J.McCarthy 26.0 2 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
J.Lindell 10.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Bucher 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Keller 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1456.7 162 181 303 7 6 1 .981 1.92
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.28
H.Mulcahy 294.0 43 43 24 49 2 7 .973 2.23
J.Salveson 284.7 41 41 27 38 2 4 .970 2.06
R.Munger 269.7 36 36 22 59 3 6 .964 2.70
W.Masterson 238.3 35 35 15 34 3 3 .942 1.85
K.Raffensberger 140.3 7 82 11 30 2 3 .953 2.63
E.Kush 72.3 0 53 4 23 0 4 1.000 3.36
H.Kelleher 57.7 0 57 1 9 0 0 1.000 1.56
B.McGee 35.7 0 27 2 13 0 1 1.000 3.79
G.Jeffcoat 29.0 0 27 4 5 0 0 1.000 2.79
D.Conger 28.7 0 23 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.88
B.Feller 6.3 0 3 0 4 0 1 1.000 5.69
Team Total 1456.6 162 427 112 268 12 29 .969 2.35
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Wright .361
On-Base Pct Mize .419
Slugging Pct Mize .610
OPS Mize 1.029
XR Mize 135.5
Games Mize 157
At-Bats Mize 595
Runs Mize 132
Hits Mize 200
Total Bases Mize 363
Singles Wright 137
Doubles Mize 43
Triples Mize 9
Homeruns Mize 34
RBIs Mize 132
Stolen Bases Keller 7
Caught Stealing Meyer, Munger 1
Walks Keller 124
Strikeouts Keller 101
ERA Salveson 3.45
Wins Mulcahy, Salveson 19
Losses Mulcahy, Munger 17
Winning Pct Salveson .613
Saves Raffensberger 11
Games Pitched Raffensberger 82
Games Started Mulcahy 43
Complete Games Munger 10
Shutouts Munger 3
Innings Pitched Mulcahy 294.0
Hits Allowed Munger 313
Homeruns Allowed Salveson 24
Strikeouts Salveson 137
Walks Allowed Mulcahy 127
Walks per 9IP Munger 3.2
Hits per 9IP Salveson 8.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Masterson 4.5
WHiP Salveson 1.31
OAVG Salveson .249
OOBP Salveson .314
OSLG Salveson .370
OOPS Salveson .684
Team All-Stars
Alex Kampouris
Johnny Mize
Jack Salveson
Taffy Wright
Rudy York
Player Salaries
Rudy York $ 15,000,000
Johnny Mize $ 10,000,000
Alex Kampouris $ 4,500,000
Hugh Mulcahy $ 3,971,429
Joe Medwick $ 3,500,000
Jim Bucher $ 3,500,000
Charlie Keller $ 3,250,000
Taffy Wright $ 2,550,000
Mike Kreevich $ 2,500,000
Jack Salveson $ 2,485,714
Ken Raffensberger $ 1,971,429
George Jeffcoat $ 914,286
Hal Kelleher $ 500,000
Bill Knickerbocker $ 450,000
Bob Feller $ 400,000
Bill McGee $ 364,286
Johnny McCarthy $ 350,000
Mel Mazzera $ 350,000
Johnny Lindell $ 300,000
Emil Kush $ 300,000
Dutch Meyer $ 300,000
Terry Moore $ 300,000
Red Munger $ 300,000
Rip Russell $ 300,000
Bob Scheffing $ 300,000
Joe Hoover $ 300,000
Herman Franks $ 300,000
Bill Schuster $ 300,000
Dick Conger $ 300,000
Walt Masterson $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Bill Knickerbocker
2/6 Signed     Mike Kreevich