1943 Cleveland Indians season

1943 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Alva Bradley
General manager(s)Roger Peckinpaugh
Manager(s)Lou Boudreau
Local radioWCLE · WHK
(Jack Graney, Lew Henry)
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Offseason
  • Prior to 1943 season (exact date unknown)

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9856 0.636 — 54–23 44–33
Washington Senators 8469 0.549 13½ 44–32 40–37
Cleveland Indians 8271 0.536 15½ 44–33 38–38
Chicago White Sox 8272 0.532 16 40–36 42–36
Detroit Tigers 7876 0.506 20 45–32 33–44
St. Louis Browns 7280 0.474 25 44–33 28–47
Boston Red Sox 6884 0.447 29 39–36 29–48
Philadelphia Athletics 49105 0.318 49 27–51 22–54

Record vs. opponents
1943 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —8–1412–1011–11–15–17–111–1111–9–110–12
Chicago 14–8—7–159–1310–1218–4–110–1214–8
Cleveland 10–1215–7—15–79–1316–69–138–13
Detroit 11–11–113–97–15—10–1213–911–1113–9
New York 17–5–112–1013–912–10—16–617–511–11
Philadelphia 11–114–18–16–169–136–16—8–145–17
St. Louis 9–11–112–1013–911–115–1714–8—8–14
Washington 12–108–1413–89–1311–1117–514–8—

Roster
1943 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Buddy Rosar 115 382 108 .283 1 41
1B Mickey Rocco 108 405 97 .240 5 46
2B Ray Mack 153 545 120 .220 7 62
SSLou Boudreau152539154.286367
3B Ken Keltner 110 427 111 .260 4 39
OF Oris Hockett 141 601 166 .276 2 51
OF Jeff Heath 118 424 116 .274 18 79
OF Roy Cullenbine 138 488 141 .289 8 56

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Hank Edwards 92 297 82 .276 3 28
Rusty Peters 79 215 47 .219 1 19
Gene Desautels 68 185 38 .205 0 19
Otto Denning 37 129 31 .240 0 13
Pat Seerey 26 72 16 .222 1 5
Gene Woodling 8 25 8 .320 1 5
Jimmy Grant 15 22 3 .136 0 1
Eddie Turchin 11 13 3 .231 0 1
Frank Doljack 3 7 0 .000 0 0
Jim McDonnell 2 1 0 .000 0 0
George Susce310.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jim Bagby36273.017143.1070
Al Smith29208.11772.5572
Allie Reynolds 34 198.2 11 12 2.99 151
Vern Kennedy 28 146.2 10 7 2.45 63
Mel Harder 19 135.1 8 7 3.06 40

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ray Poat 17 45.0 2 5 4.40 31
Al Milnar 16 39.0 1 3 8.08 12
Ed Klieman 1 9.0 0 1 1.00 2
Paul Calvert 5 8.1 0 0 4.32 2
Steve Gromek 3 4.0 0 0 9.00 4

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Joe Heving301192.7534
Jack Salveson 23 5 3 3 3.35 24
Chubby Dean 17 5 5 0 4.50 29
Mike Naymick 29 4 4 2 2.30 41
Pete Center 24 1 2 1 2.76 10

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Lou Boudreau, Shortstop

Roy Cullenbine, Outfielder

Oris Hockett, Outfielder

Ken Keltner, Third baseman (starter)

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AA Baltimore Orioles International League Alphonse "Tommy" Thomas
A Wilkes-Barre Barons Eastern League Tony Lazzeri
D Batavia Clippers PONY League Earl Wolgamot

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References
  1. Sherm Lollar transactions at Baseball-Reference
  2. Pete Milne at Baseball-Reference
  3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007


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