1944 Cleveland Indians
Record: 70-92
Finish: 6th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 772
Runs Allowed: 833
Exp W-L: 75-87
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 1,974,145
Manager: Gary Davis

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-72, 6th in the AL
AA: 69-68, 4th in the AL
A: 59-78, 7th 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 *Johnny Mize 31 151 575 96 169 43 7 16 91 0 0 89 41 .294 .388 .477 .865 100.2 17.1 2.1
2B  Alex Kampouris 31 148 540 102 143 34 3 22 72 0 0 95 84 .265 .376 .461 .837 96.7 15.4 3.6
1B *Charlie Keller 27 152 476 88 106 21 6 22 81 0 0 130 102 .223 .386 .431 .817 90.8 13.9 2.2
C  Rudy York 30 151 516 92 155 35 3 18 87 2 2 84 50 .300 .397 .484 .882 90.7 15.3 7.2
RF *Jo-Jo White 35 148 499 62 150 15 2 2 46 2 3 59 45 .301 .373 .351 .724 65.0 8.8 2.5
2B  Dutch Meyer 28 151 520 59 144 29 6 8 70 0 1 24 29 .277 .308 .402 .710 58.4 6.6 5.0
2B *Jim Bucher 33 141 485 57 122 24 4 15 72 0 0 41 6 .252 .309 .410 .719 57.9 6.2 3.2
CF  Joe Medwick 32 132 430 63 123 36 4 10 65 0 0 25 71 .286 .327 .458 .785 59.4 9.0 2.1
CF  Johnny Lindell 27 142 365 40 103 14 3 4 37 1 1 34 38 .282 .341 .370 .711 43.9 5.1 2.2
3B  Rip Russell 29 75 202 22 47 4 1 0 9 0 0 14 12 .233 .280 .262 .542 12.5 0.0 2.2
1B *George McQuinn 34 102 144 20 41 6 1 6 21 0 1 17 16 .285 .358 .465 .823 20.5 2.5 0.4
P  Ken Raffensberger 26 41 109 3 12 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 46 .110 .110 .119 .229 -2.6 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Salveson 30 41 99 5 21 3 0 0 9 0 0 6 9 .212 .257 .242 .500 4.1 0.0 0.0
3B  Mike Kreevich 36 76 99 14 19 4 0 1 16 0 3 5 4 .192 .226 .263 .489 3.4 0.0 0.5
C *Herman Franks 30 25 65 4 14 2 0 0 7 0 0 16 7 .215 .378 .246 .624 8.6 1.1 1.0
1B *Johnny McCarthy 34 55 68 7 22 3 0 4 14 0 0 1 7 .324 .329 .544 .873 11.9 2.2 0.2
P  Hugh Mulcahy 30 83 44 5 8 2 0 0 7 0 0 5 8 .182 .280 .227 .507 3.2 0.0 0.0
1B  Bill Schuster 31 33 55 9 14 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 2 .255 .268 .309 .577 3.7 0.0 0.4
P  Whitey Moore 32 20 45 3 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 8 .067 .087 .111 .198 -1.1 0.0 0.0
C  Roy Partee 26 19 44 5 12 0 0 1 11 0 0 6 5 .273 .346 .341 .687 6.1 0.7 0.8
P  Walt Masterson 24 16 41 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 .098 .140 .122 .261 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Feller 25 45 34 3 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 10 .147 .171 .176 .348 0.4 0.0 0.0
LF *Mel Mazzera 30 12 25 3 8 4 1 0 4 0 0 1 5 .320 .346 .560 .906 4.2 0.9 0.2
3B  Bobby Doerr 26 6 19 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 5 .105 .150 .263 .413 0.7 0.0 0.2
SS  Joe Hoover 29 24 17 5 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .235 .222 .294 .516 1.4 0.0 0.1
P  Steve Roser 26 6 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .077 .143 .077 .220 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Conger 23 33 11 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .091 .167 .091 .258 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Red Munger 25 56 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bill McGee 34 60 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Hal Kelleher 31 37 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.2 0.0
  Team Totals 29.5 2181 5554 772 1455 284 43 130 747 5 11 660 632 .262 .340 .399 .738 737.8 104.8 36.0
  Rank among 8 AL teams 6 6 6 6 5 3 6 7 3 3 5 6 6 4 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
*Ken Raffensberger 26 14 21 .400 41 41 0 300.3 363 164 25 84 92 4.91 9.0
 Jack Salveson 30 16 11 .593 42 41 0 291.7 248 104 19 106 155 3.21 26.0
 Hugh Mulcahy 30 10 11 .476 83 21 3 204.3 189 105 7 113 91 4.62 11.4
 Whitey Moore 32 4 10 .286 20 20 0 136.3 165 101 19 80 50 6.67 0.0
 Walt Masterson 24 10 4 .714 16 16 0 121.3 103 44 10 57 63 3.26 10.4
 Bob Feller 25 5 7 .417 45 2 13 102.7 84 43 10 75 71 3.77 9.8
 Red Munger 25 6 6 .500 56 3 2 78.3 111 59 9 32 29 6.78 0.0
 Bill McGee 34 1 9 .100 60 12 2 65.3 68 34 4 57 23 4.68 2.3
 Dick Conger 23 1 4 .200 33 0 3 53.3 74 40 9 28 20 6.75 0.0
 Hal Kelleher 31 1 1 .500 37 0 1 41.7 45 30 5 27 26 6.48 0.3
 Steve Roser 26 1 5 .167 6 6 0 38.7 52 38 8 28 14 8.85 0.0
 Emil Kush 27 1 2 .333 14 0 0 10.3 10 9 2 12 3 7.84 0.0
 Roy Partee 26 0 1 .000 1 0 0 1.0 3 3 0 3 1 27.00 0.0
Team Totals 27.6 70 92 .432 454 162 24 1445.3 1515 774 127 702 638 4.82 69.2
Rank among 8 AL teams 6 6 7 6 5 4 5 6 6 5 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 35.2
R.York 1182.7 129 145 549 46 3 1 .995 39.6
H.Franks 166.7 21 22 63 11 2 0 .974 44.4
R.Partee 96.0 12 12 53 6 0 0 1.000 60.0
Team Total 1445.3 162 179 665 63 5 1 .993 41.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.09
J.Mize 1323.7 149 151 1696 144 16 174 .991 12.51
G.McQuinn 84.0 9 10 106 9 1 15 .991 12.32
M.Kreevich 28.7 3 7 31 4 0 1 1.000 10.99
J.McCarthy 9.0 1 2 11 2 0 0 1.000 13.00
Team Total 1445.3 162 170 1844 159 17 190 .992 12.47
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.24
A.Kampouris 1209.0 135 146 322 542 20 122 .977 6.43
R.Russell 82.7 11 12 25 41 1 10 .985 7.19
J.Bucher 70.0 8 10 11 26 1 5 .974 4.76
B.Schuster 49.7 5 8 13 22 0 5 1.000 6.34
M.Mazzera 25.0 3 3 9 16 0 3 1.000 9.00
J.White 9.0 0 3 2 5 0 3 1.000 7.00
Team Total 1445.3 162 182 382 652 22 148 .979 6.44
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 3.08
J.Bucher 963.0 111 116 61 269 18 16 .948 3.08
R.Russell 257.0 33 35 20 105 6 9 .954 4.38
G.McQuinn 129.0 11 27 7 27 2 3 .944 2.37
B.Doerr 51.0 6 6 5 12 0 1 1.000 3.00
M.Kreevich 28.0 1 12 1 13 0 2 1.000 4.50
C.Keller 8.0 0 6 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.38
J.White 7.0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.86
B.Schuster 2.3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1445.3 162 207 95 432 26 32 .953 3.28
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.61
D.Meyer 1238.7 146 150 207 594 14 121 .983 5.82
R.Russell 97.3 8 25 14 46 1 10 .984 5.55
B.Schuster 67.0 6 15 17 25 2 7 .955 5.64
J.Hoover 42.3 2 18 10 14 1 4 .960 5.10
Team Total 1445.3 162 208 248 679 18 142 .981 5.77
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.00
C.Keller 1246.3 140 140 249 3 4 0 .984 1.82
J.Lindell 98.0 11 12 26 0 1 0 .963 2.39
J.Medwick 43.0 5 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.30
J.McCarthy 29.0 3 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.41
M.Kreevich 26.0 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
J.Bucher 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.White 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1445.3 162 168 304 3 5 0 .984 1.91
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.55
J.Medwick 724.7 84 101 174 5 2 2 .989 2.22
J.Lindell 617.0 72 85 180 8 8 4 .959 2.74
M.Kreevich 57.0 3 18 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.68
M.Mazzera 25.0 2 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.52
J.Bucher 14.0 1 5 2 1 0 1 1.000 1.93
J.McCarthy 4.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
J.White 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1445.3 162 216 381 15 10 7 .975 2.47
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.10
J.White 1175.3 137 139 236 18 8 6 .969 1.94
J.Medwick 118.0 13 16 21 4 0 2 1.000 1.91
J.Lindell 76.0 7 15 16 2 1 0 .947 2.13
M.Kreevich 35.0 3 10 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.06
J.McCarthy 15.0 1 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Bucher 13.0 1 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
C.Keller 12.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75
M.Mazzera 1.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.3 162 194 290 24 9 8 .972 1.96
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.25
K.Raffensberger 300.3 41 41 23 72 8 8 .922 2.85
J.Salveson 291.7 41 41 23 43 0 0 1.000 2.04
H.Mulcahy 204.3 21 83 12 34 1 4 .979 2.03
W.Moore 136.3 20 20 10 30 0 3 1.000 2.64
W.Masterson 121.3 16 16 10 18 1 3 .966 2.08
B.Feller 102.7 2 45 7 15 0 2 1.000 1.93
R.Munger 78.3 3 56 7 15 1 0 .957 2.53
B.McGee 65.3 12 60 3 11 2 3 .875 1.93
D.Conger 53.3 0 33 0 11 0 0 1.000 1.86
H.Kelleher 41.7 0 37 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.73
S.Roser 38.7 6 6 2 8 0 1 1.000 2.33
E.Kush 10.3 0 14 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.48
R.Partee 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.3 162 453 100 266 13 24 .966 2.28
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average White .301
On-Base Pct York .397
Slugging Pct York .484
OPS York .882
XR Mize 100.2
Games Keller 152
At-Bats Mize 575
Runs Kampouris 102
Hits Mize 169
Total Bases Mize 274
Singles White 131
Doubles Mize 43
Triples Mize 7
Homeruns Kampouris, Keller 22
RBIs Mize 91
Stolen Bases White, York 2
Caught Stealing Kreevich, White 3
Walks Keller 130
Strikeouts Keller 102
ERA Salveson 3.21
Wins Salveson 16
Losses Raffensberger 21
Winning Pct Salveson .593
Saves Feller 13
Games Pitched Mulcahy 83
Games Started Raffensberger, Salveson 41
Complete Games Raffensberger 11
Shutouts Salveson 2
Innings Pitched Raffensberger 300.3
Hits Allowed Raffensberger 363
Homeruns Allowed Raffensberger 25
Strikeouts Salveson 155
Walks Allowed Mulcahy 113
Walks per 9IP Raffensberger 2.5
Hits per 9IP Salveson 7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Salveson 4.8
WHiP Salveson 1.21
OAVG Salveson .229
OOBP Salveson .297
OSLG Salveson .331
OOPS Salveson .628
Team All-Stars
Alex Kampouris
Rudy York
Player Salaries
Rudy York $ 15,000,000
Johnny Mize $ 10,000,000
Alex Kampouris $ 4,500,000
Jack Salveson $ 4,321,429
Jo-Jo White $ 4,000,000
Hugh Mulcahy $ 3,971,429
Charlie Keller $ 3,664,286
Jim Bucher $ 3,500,000
George McQuinn $ 2,380,000
Ken Raffensberger $ 1,971,429
Dutch Meyer $ 1,800,000
Emil Kush $ 1,662,857
George Jeffcoat $ 914,286
Bill McGee $ 645,714
Hal Kelleher $ 500,000
Bob Feller $ 400,000
Rip Russell $ 350,000
Mel Mazzera $ 350,000
Dick Conger $ 300,000
Bobby Doerr $ 300,000
Bill Schuster $ 300,000
Herman Franks $ 300,000
Joe Hoover $ 300,000
Johnny McCarthy $ 300,000
Roy Partee $ 300,000
Red Munger $ 300,000
Mike Kreevich $ 300,000
Whitey Moore $ 300,000
Johnny Lindell $ 300,000
Walt Masterson $ 300,000
Joe Medwick $ 300,000
Steve Roser $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Bob Scheffing Detroit George Mcquinn
2/17 Signed     Jo-Jo White