1942 Cleveland Indians season

1942 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)	Roger Peckinpaugh
Manager(s)	Lou Boudreau
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Offseason

• Prior to 1942 season: Grant Dunlap was acquired by the Indians from the Cincinnati Reds.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	103	51	.669	--
Boston Red Sox	93	59	.612	9
St. Louis Browns	82	69	.543	19.5
Cleveland Indians	75	79	.487	28
Detroit Tigers	73	81	.474	30
Chicago White Sox	66	82	.446	34
Washington Senators	62	89	.411	39.5
Philadelphia Athletics	55	99	.357	48

Record vs. opponents

1942 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	13–8	14–8	15–7	12–10	14–8	11–11	14–7
Chicago	8–13	—	11–11	9–13	7–15	12–10	6–13	13–7
Cleveland	8–14	11–11	—	9–13–2	7–15	16–6	9–13	15–7
Detroit	7–15	13–9	13–9–2	—	7–15	13–9	11–11	9–13
New York	10–12	15–7	15–7	15–7	—	16–6	15–7	17–5
Philadelphia	8–14	10–12	6–16	9–13	6–16	—	6–16	10–12
St. Louis	11–11	13–6	13–9	11–11	7–15	16–6	—	11–11
Washington	7–14	7–13	7–15	13–9	5–17	12–10	11–11	—

Record vs. opponents

1942 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	13–8	14–8	15–7	12–10	14–8	11–11	14–7
Chicago	8–13	—	11–11	9–13	7–15	12–10	6–13	13–7
Cleveland	8–14	11–11	—	9–13–2	7–15	16–6	9–13	15–7
Detroit	7–15	13–9	13–9–2	—	7–15	13–9	11–11	9–13
New York	10–12	15–7	15–7	15–7	—	16–6	15–7	17–5
Philadelphia	8–14	10–12	6–16	9–13	6–16	—	6–16	10–12
St. Louis	11–11	13–6	13–9	11–11	7–15	16–6	—	11–11
Washington	7–14	7–13	7–15	13–9	5–17	12–10	11–11	—

Roster

1942 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 17 Jim Bagby 21 Clint Brown -- Paul Calvert  7 Pete Center 16 Chubby Dean 10 Harry Eisenstat 47 Red Embree 38 Tom Ferrick 36 Steve Gromek 18 Mel Harder 11 Joe Heving 12 Vern Kennedy 15 Joe Krakauskas 20 Al Milnar 35 Ray Poat -- Allie Reynolds 32 Al Smith		Catchers  9 Otto Denning  4 Gene Desautels 40 Jim Hegan 28 George Susce Infielders  5 Lou Boudreau 23 Les Fleming  1 Oscar Grimes  8 Ken Keltner 42 Bob Lemon  6 Ray Mack  3 Rusty Peters 31 Eddie Robinson 15 Ted Sepkowski		Outfielders 33 Hank Edwards 45 Fabian Gaffke 24 Jeff Heath 34 Oris Hockett 14 Buster Mills 22 Roy Weatherly		Manager  5 Lou Boudreau Coaches 27 Ski Melillo 26 Burt Shotton 28 George Susce

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
SS	Boudreau, LouLou Boudreau	147	506	143	.283	2	58

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
Susce, GeorgeGeorge Susce	2	1	1	1.000	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	38	270.2	17	9	2.96	54

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

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Baltimore Orioles	International League	Alphonse "Tommy" Thomas
A	Wilkes-Barre Barons	Eastern League	Earl Wolgamot
B	Cedar Rapids Raiders	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Ollie Marquardt
C	Charleston Senators	Middle Atlantic League	Ed Hall
C	Wausau Timberjacks	Northern League	Wally Gilbert
D	Thomasville Tommies	North Carolina State League	Jim Gruzdis and Woody Mabry
D	Batavia Clippers	PONY League	Jack Sanford
D	Appleton Papermakers	Wisconsin State League	Ed Dancisak and Dutch Zwilling

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Cedar Rapids, Thomasville^[2]

References

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

External links

• 1942 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
• 1942 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac