1939 Cleveland Indians season

1939 Cleveland Indians
1939 Cleveland Indians
League	American League
Ballpark	League Park; Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners	Alva Bradley
General managers	Cy Slapnicka
Managers	Ossie Vitt
Radio	WCLE; (Jack Graney, Pinky Hunter)

The 1939 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American League with a record of 87–67, 201⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees.

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1939 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	8–14	11–11	10–12	11–8–1	18–4	16–6	15–7
Chicago	14–8	—	12–10	12–10	4–18	11–11	18–4	14–8–1
Cleveland	11–11	10–12	—	11–11	7–15	18–4	16–6	14–8
Detroit	12–10	10–12	11–11	—	9–13	11–11	14–8–1	14–8
New York	8–11–1	18–4	15–7	13–9	—	18–4	19–3	15–7
Philadelphia	4–18	11–11	4–18	11–11	4–18	—	13–9–1	8–12
St. Louis	6–16	4–18	6–16	8–14–1	3–19	9–13–1	—	7–15
Washington	7–15	8–14–1	8–14	8–14	7–15	12–8	15–7	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Rollie Hemsley	107	395	104	.263	2	36
1B	Hal Trosky	122	448	150	.335	25	104
2B	Odell Hale	108	253	79	.312	4	48
SS	Skeeter Webb	81	269	71	.264	2	26
3B	Ken Keltner	154	587	191	.325	13	97
OF	Jeff Heath	121	431	126	.292	14	69
OF	Bruce Campbell	130	450	129	.287	8	72
OF	Ben Chapman	149	545	158	.290	6	82

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Oscar Grimes	119	364	98	.269	4	56
Roy Weatherly	95	323	100	.310	1	32
Lou Boudreau	53	225	58	.258	0	19
Frankie Pytlak	63	183	49	.268	0	14
Ray Mack	36	112	17	.152	1	6
Moose Solters	41	102	28	.275	2	19
Jim Shilling	31	98	27	.276	0	12
Earl Averill	24	55	15	.273	1	7
Luke Sewell	16	20	3	.150	0	1
Lyn Lary	3	2	0	.000	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bob Feller	39	296.2	24	9	2.85	246
Al Milnar	37	209.0	14	12	3.79	76
Mel Harder	29	208.0	15	9	3.50	67
Johnny Allen	28	175.0	9	7	4.58	79
Willis Hudlin	27	143.0	9	10	4.91	28

Regular season

Player	G	IP	L	ERA	SO
Tom Drake	8	15.0	1	9.00	1
Floyd Stromme	5	13.0	1	4.85	4
Lefty Sullivan	7	12.2	1	4.26	4
Mike Naymick	2	4.2	1	1.93	3

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Harry Eisenstat	26	6	7	2	3.30	38
Joe Dobson	35	2	3	1	5.88	27
Johnny Broaca	22	4	2	0	4.70	13
Bill Zuber	16	2	0	0	5.97	16
Johnny Humphries	15	2	4	2	8.26	12