1930 Cleveland Indians
Record: 91-69
Finish: 1st in AL AL East Division
Runs Scored: 876
Runs Allowed: 789
Exp W-L: 88-72
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 1,912,329
Manager: Josh Pingel

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 53-84, 10th in the AL
AA: 68-69, 6th in the AL
A: 68-69, 7th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 2-4 to Houston Astros
Won AL League Series 4-1 over Chicago (A) White Sox
Won Divisional Series 4-2 over Oakland Athletics
 
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  Dick Cox 32 155 631 110 216 50 13 10 125 0 0 45 21 .342 .387 .510 .898 105.8 25.6 4.1
3B  Freddie Lindstrom 24 153 601 80 170 32 5 12 88 1 0 44 7 .283 .331 .413 .743 71.0 12.0 6.8
C  Jack Cummings 26 149 576 82 187 48 2 11 109 0 0 49 53 .325 .377 .472 .849 93.8 21.5 2.2
SS  Doc Farrell 28 153 572 85 163 30 3 8 68 0 0 40 23 .285 .333 .390 .723 70.6 12.2 4.2
LF *Buck Jordan 23 151 538 79 156 24 4 0 66 0 0 45 12 .290 .344 .349 .694 61.2 10.1 2.8
2B  Hughie Critz 29 142 553 86 171 34 8 3 80 11 4 27 6 .309 .340 .416 .756 66.6 12.1 5.3
3B  Doc Prothro 36 149 534 77 154 21 7 1 66 1 0 44 50 .288 .341 .360 .700 61.7 10.4 6.7
LF *Beauty McGowan 28 145 453 101 157 29 4 14 69 0 0 93 35 .347 .457 .521 .978 101.2 26.8 2.7
LF  Paul Johnson 33 72 178 21 43 6 1 2 20 0 0 16 19 .242 .304 .320 .624 15.5 1.1 1.2
CF *George Harper 38 94 157 24 44 6 1 3 23 0 0 18 21 .280 .356 .389 .744 22.9 4.1 1.4
C  Cliff Lee 33 97 169 34 47 13 2 4 28 0 0 9 29 .278 .315 .450 .764 21.7 4.2 0.9
3B  Aaron Ward 33 63 135 14 24 7 0 4 14 0 0 6 14 .178 .211 .319 .530 7.0 0.0 1.4
P *Ossie Orwoll 29 42 123 12 33 1 0 0 17 0 0 1 7 .268 .274 .276 .551 7.7 0.0 0.0
SS  Clyde Beck 30 67 103 26 26 6 2 2 13 0 0 19 9 .252 .363 .408 .771 15.9 2.6 1.1
P  Charley Root 31 38 93 6 16 1 0 0 8 0 0 1 27 .172 .179 .183 .362 2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Jakie May 34 43 89 5 16 0 1 0 6 0 0 3 22 .180 .213 .202 .415 3.1 0.0 0.0
1B *Jim Poole 35 65 79 14 19 1 1 0 5 0 0 5 9 .241 .282 .278 .561 6.2 0.3 0.3
C  Luke Urban 32 37 75 8 27 3 0 0 8 0 0 2 3 .360 .388 .400 .788 10.2 2.1 0.2
P  Bob Brown 19 30 69 6 17 3 0 0 10 0 0 1 6 .246 .254 .290 .543 5.6 0.0 0.0
2B  Mike Herrera 32 17 39 4 7 2 0 1 7 0 0 3 0 .179 .233 .308 .540 2.3 0.0 0.4
P  Oscar Tuero 31 38 20 2 7 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 3 .350 .350 .350 .700 1.9 0.2 0.0
P  Burleigh Grimes 36 74 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Jumbo Brown 23 64 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  George Grant 27 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Johnny Welch 23 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.8 2079 5797 876 1700 317 54 75 836 13 4 471 378 .293 .346 .405 .752 753.1 145.5 41.7
  Rank among 12 AL teams 1 3 2 2 5 8 3 10 1 6 4 2 4 4 4 4  
* - 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 29 21 13 .618 42 42 0 323.7 324 139 19 107 118 3.87 21.7
 Charley Root 31 15 19 .441 38 38 0 292.7 370 170 16 109 85 5.23 6.9
*Jakie May 34 16 9 .640 43 43 0 272.0 264 96 1 74 108 3.18 19.7
 Bob Brown 19 12 10 .545 30 30 0 206.0 235 126 7 125 71 5.50 5.3
 Burleigh Grimes 36 8 6 .571 74 2 3 91.0 99 47 9 34 20 4.65 4.4
 Jumbo Brown 23 5 2 .714 64 0 4 87.3 69 16 2 38 29 1.65 11.3
 Oscar Tuero 31 6 1 .857 38 5 2 80.7 72 27 6 22 31 3.01 7.7
 Dennis Burns 32 4 4 .500 49 0 19 47.7 61 15 1 15 7 2.83 6.2
 George Grant 27 3 5 .375 34 0 4 45.0 47 26 3 21 11 5.20 2.6
 Johnny Welch 23 1 0 1.000 7 0 0 7.0 10 5 0 2 1 6.43 0.0
Team Totals 28.5 91 69 .569 419 160 32 1453.0 1551 667 64 547 481 4.13 85.8
Rank among 12 AL teams 2 2 1 2 1 4 2 5 10 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 .986 36.9
J.Cummings 1210.7 132 142 435 53 15 1 .970 32.7
L.Urban 129.0 15 16 48 4 2 0 .963 20.0
C.Lee 113.3 13 19 36 6 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1453.0 160 177 519 63 17 1 .972 32.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 12.87
B.Jordan 1246.3 139 149 1546 121 12 136 .993 12.04
J.Poole 107.3 10 23 138 14 2 18 .987 12.75
C.Lee 99.3 11 17 123 6 1 10 .992 11.69
Team Total 1453.0 160 189 1807 141 15 164 .992 12.07
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 6.70
H.Critz 1204.3 133 139 327 528 22 121 .975 6.39
A.Ward 169.7 19 26 36 73 4 16 .965 5.78
C.Beck 40.0 4 7 10 16 2 4 .929 5.85
M.Herrera 37.0 4 5 11 18 1 3 .967 7.05
D.Farrell 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1453.0 160 179 384 636 29 144 .972 6.32
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 3.15
D.Prothro 1226.7 140 148 101 348 23 20 .951 3.29
A.Ward 142.3 15 26 11 37 3 1 .941 3.04
C.Beck 69.0 5 19 6 18 2 1 .923 3.13
M.Herrera 10.0 0 4 0 3 1 1 .750 2.70
F.Lindstrom 5.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1453.0 160 199 118 406 29 23 .948 3.25
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 5.77
D.Farrell 1252.0 141 150 194 516 41 105 .945 5.10
C.Beck 152.3 14 33 24 81 10 15 .913 6.20
M.Herrera 37.7 4 6 16 13 1 6 .967 6.93
A.Ward 8.0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25
G.Harper 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1453.0 160 191 235 612 52 126 .942 5.25
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.07
B.McGowan 924.7 101 106 207 6 19 2 .918 2.07
P.Johnson 363.0 46 47 78 3 3 2 .964 2.01
G.Harper 109.0 9 22 27 3 1 1 .968 2.48
C.Lee 49.0 4 10 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.76
F.Lindstrom 7.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23
Team Total 1453.0 160 188 328 12 23 5 .937 2.11
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.76
F.Lindstrom 1279.0 146 150 421 15 1 2 .998 3.07
G.Harper 78.0 9 13 28 2 0 0 1.000 3.46
B.McGowan 71.0 3 24 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.15
P.Johnson 25.0 2 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.88
Team Total 1453.0 160 192 474 17 1 2 .998 3.04
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.16
D.Cox 1313.0 143 154 317 5 14 3 .958 2.21
G.Harper 66.0 9 9 30 1 2 0 .939 4.23
C.Lee 57.0 7 9 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.37
B.McGowan 10.0 0 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
P.Johnson 7.0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.14
Team Total 1453.0 160 176 371 6 16 3 .959 2.34
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.53
O.Orwoll 323.7 42 42 19 50 0 3 1.000 1.92
C.Root 292.7 38 38 21 72 3 5 .969 2.86
J.May 272.0 43 43 16 52 1 5 .986 2.25
B.Brown 206.0 30 30 21 40 3 3 .953 2.67
B.Grimes 91.0 2 74 8 18 0 0 1.000 2.57
J.Brown 87.3 0 64 6 17 0 2 1.000 2.37
O.Tuero 80.7 5 38 7 12 0 0 1.000 2.12
D.Burns 47.7 0 49 4 13 0 2 1.000 3.21
G.Grant 45.0 0 34 5 7 0 1 1.000 2.40
J.Welch 7.0 0 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29
Team Total 1453.0 160 419 107 282 7 21 .982 2.41
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average McGowan .347
On-Base Pct McGowan .457
Slugging Pct McGowan .521
OPS McGowan .978
XR Cox 105.8
Games Cox 155
At-Bats Cox 631
Runs Cox 110
Hits Cox 216
Total Bases Cox 322
Singles Cox 143
Doubles Cox 50
Triples Cox 13
Homeruns McGowan 14
RBIs Cox 125
Stolen Bases Critz 11
Caught Stealing Critz 4
Walks McGowan 93
Strikeouts Cummings 53
ERA May 3.18
Wins Orwoll 21
Losses Root 19
Winning Pct May .640
Saves Burns 19
Games Pitched Grimes 74
Games Started May 43
Complete Games Root 16
Shutouts Root 3
Innings Pitched Orwoll 323.7
Hits Allowed Root 370
Homeruns Allowed Orwoll 19
Strikeouts Orwoll 118
Walks Allowed Brown 125
Walks per 9IP May 2.4
Hits per 9IP May 8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP May 3.6
WHiP May 1.24
OAVG May .252
OOBP May .302
OSLG May .346
OOPS May .648
Team All-Stars
Jumbo Brown
Jack Cummings
Player Salaries
Jakie May $ 9,463,100
Freddie Lindstrom $ 8,038,000
Jack Cummings $ 5,257,143
Beauty McGowan $ 5,050,000
Hughie Critz $ 4,588,500
Charley Root $ 4,585,400
Dick Cox $ 4,107,143
Doc Prothro $ 2,097,500
Johnny Welch $ 1,922,143
Doc Farrell $ 1,621,429
Cliff Lee $ 890,000
Burleigh Grimes $ 800,000
Paul Johnson $ 680,000
Aaron Ward $ 621,000
Mike Herrera $ 600,000
Dennis Burns $ 460,000
Clyde Beck $ 421,429
Oscar Tuero $ 399,600
Jim Poole $ 364,286
George Grant $ 350,000
Jumbo Brown $ 350,000
Spencer Harris $ 350,000
George Harper $ 300,000
Buck Jordan $ 300,000
Ossie Orwoll $ 300,000
Luke Urban $ 300,000
Bob Brown $ 300,000
Tony Boeckel $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Tommy Thomas
Huck Betts
New York (G) Beauty Mcgowan
Cliff Lee
Paul Johnson
Luke Urban
2/2 Signed     Mike Herrera
2/8 Signed     Burleigh Grimes
2/27 Signed     Tony Boeckel
3/2 Signed     George Harper
3/2 Signed     Marv Goodwin
3/2 Signed     Ken Holloway
3/2 Signed     Roy Leslie
3/2 Signed     Ira Flagstead
3/2 Signed     Gene Lansing
3/2 Signed     Harry Hulihan
4/1 Released Ed Hughes    
4/1 Released Syd Smith