1941 Cleveland Indians season

1941 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)	Cy Slapnicka, Roger Peckinpaugh
Manager(s)	Roger Peckinpaugh
Local radio	WCLE · WHK
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Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	101	53	.656	--
Boston Red Sox	84	70	.545	17
Chicago White Sox	77	77	.500	24
Cleveland Indians	75	79	.487	26
Detroit Tigers	75	79	.487	26
St. Louis Browns	70	84	.455	31
Washington Senators	70	84	.455	31
Philadelphia Athletics	64	90	.416	37

Record vs. opponents

1941 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	16–6	9–13	11–11	9–13–1	16–6	9–13	14–8
Chicago	6–16	—	17–5	12–10–1	8–14	10–12	11–11–1	13–9
Cleveland	13–9	5–17	—	10–12	7–15	15–7	13–9–1	12–10
Detroit	11–11	10–12–1	12–10	—	11–11	13–9	11–11	7–15
New York	13–9–1	14–8	15–7	11–11	—	14–8	18–4	16–6–1
Philadelphia	6–16	12–10	7–15	9–13	8–14	—	11–11	11–11
St. Louis	13–9	11–11–1	9–13–1	11–11	4–18	11–11	—	11–11–1
Washington	8–14	9–13	10–12	15–7	6–16–1	11–11	11–11–1	—

Roster

1941 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 12 Nate Andrews 17 Jim Bagby 21 Clint Brown 16 Chubby Dean 33 Cal Dorsett 10 Harry Eisenstat 40 Red Embree 19 Bob Feller 36 Steve Gromek 18 Mel Harder 11 Joe Heving 36 Ken Jungels 15 Joe Krakauskas 20 Al Milnar 32 Al Smith		Catchers  4 Gene Desautels  9 Jim Hegan  9 Rollie Hemsley 28 George Susce Infielders  5 Lou Boudreau 18 Jack Conway 23 Les Fleming 11 Vern Freiburger  1 Oscar Grimes 25,8 Ken Keltner 38 Bob Lemon  6 Ray Mack  3 Rusty Peters  7 Hal Trosky		Outfielders 23 Beau Bell 34 Soup Campbell 33 Hank Edwards  7 Buck Frierson 14 Fabian Gaffke 24 Jeff Heath -- Oris Hockett 14 Larry Rosenthal  2 Gee Walker 22 Roy Weatherly Other batters 45 Red Howell 38 Chuck Workman		Manager 27 Roger Peckinpaugh Coaches -- Luke Sewell 28 George Susce 26 Earl Whitehill -- Dutch Zwilling

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

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
Frierson, BuckBuck Frierson	5	11	3	.273	0	2
Conway, JackJack Conway	2	2	1	.500	0	1
Susce, GeorgeGeorge Susce	1	0	0	----	0	0

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
Bagby, JimJim Bagby	33	200.2	9	15	4.04	53

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
Brown, ClintClint Brown	41	3	3	5	3.27	22
Andrews, NateNate Andrews	2	0	0	0	11.57	1

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A1	Oklahoma City Indians	Texas League	Rogers Hornsby and Homer Peel
A	Wilkes-Barre Barons	Eastern League	Earl Wolgamot
B	Cedar Rapids Raiders	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Ollie Marquardt
C	Flint Indians	Michigan State League	Jack Knight
C	Charleston Senators	Middle Atlantic League	Ed Hall
C	Salina Millers	Western Association	Russ Rollings, Jimmy Payton and John Fitzpatrick
D	Thomasville Tommies	North Carolina State League	Jim Gruzdis
D	Mansfield Braves	Ohio State League	Alex Chowson
D	Appleton Papermakers	Wisconsin State League	Ed Dancisak

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Cedar Rapids, Flint^[1]

References

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

External links

• 1941 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
• 1941 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac