1933 Cleveland Indians season

1933 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
League Park (Since 1901) Cleveland Municipal Stadium (since 1936)
Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Alva Bradley
General manager(s)	Billy Evans
Manager(s)	Roger Peckinpaugh, Walter Johnson
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The 1933 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 75–76, 23½ games behind the Washington Senators.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Washington Senators	99	63	.651	--
New York Yankees	91	59	.607	7
Philadelphia Athletics	79	72	.523	19½
Cleveland Indians	75	76	.497	23½
Detroit Tigers	75	79	.487	25
Chicago White Sox	67	83	.447	31
Boston Red Sox	63	86	.423	34½
St. Louis Browns	55	96	.364	43½

Record vs. opponents

1933 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	11–7	6–16	11–11	8–14	14–8	9–13	4–17
Chicago	7–11	—	9–13	10–12	7–15–1	12–10	15–7	7–15
Cleveland	16–6	13–9	—	10–12	7–13	6–16	15–7	8–13
Detroit	11–11	12–10	12–10	—	7–15	11–11	14–8–1	8–14
New York	14–8	15–7–1	13–7	15–7	—	12–9	14–7–1	8–14
Philadelphia	8–14	10–12	16–6	11–11	9–12	—	14–6	11–11–1
St. Louis	13–9	7–15	7–15	8–14–1	7–14–1	6–14	—	7–15
Washington	17–4	15–7	13–8	14–8	14–8	11–11–1	15–7	—

Roster

1933 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 17 Belve Bean 16 Clint Brown 15 Sarge Connally 21 Howard Craghead 14 Wes Ferrell 18 Mel Harder 19 Oral Hildebrand 12 Willis Hudlin 30 Thornton Lee 33 Monte Pearson		Catchers  9 Glenn Myatt 11 Frankie Pytlak  8 Roy Spencer Infielders  7 Harley Boss  1 Johnny Burnett  4 Bill Cissell 25 Odell Hale  5 Willie Kamm 26 Bill Knickerbocker 33 Ed Morgan 21 Hal Trosky		Outfielders  3 Earl Averill 22 Milt Galatzer 29 Johnny Oulliber  2 Dick Porter 27 Mike Powers  6 Joe Vosmik		Manager 10 Walter Johnson 10 Roger Peckinpaugh Coaches 20 Bibb Falk -- Patsy Gharrity 30 Earl Wolgamot

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	Spencer, RoyRoy Spencer	75	227	46	.203	0	23

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
Burnett, JohnnyJohnny Burnett	83	261	71	.272	1	29

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
Brown, ClintClint Brown	33	185	11	12	3.41	47

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

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
Connally, SargeSarge Connally	41	5	3	1	4.89	30
Bean, BelveBelve Bean	27	1	2	0	5.25	41

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
C	Zanesville Grays	Middle Atlantic League	Johnny Walker, Buzz Wetzel, Harry Layne and Bert Grimm

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Zanesville^[1]

References

1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 1933 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference