The 1942 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American major league baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 75–79–2.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team WLPct.GBHomeRoad
New York Yankees10351 .669 — 58‍–‍19 45‍–‍32
Boston Red Sox9359 .612 9 53‍–‍24 40‍–‍35
St. Louis Browns8269 .543 19½ 40‍–‍37 42‍–‍32
Cleveland Indians7579 .487 28 39‍–‍39 36‍–‍40
Detroit Tigers7381 .474 30 43‍–‍34 30‍–‍47
Chicago White Sox6682 .446 34 35‍–‍35 31‍–‍47
Washington Senators6289 .411 39½ 35‍–‍42 27‍–‍47
Philadelphia Athletics5599 .357 48 25‍–‍51 30‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

1942 American League record
Sources: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston—13–814–815–712–1014–811–1114–7
Chicago8–13—11–119–137–1512–106–1313–7
Cleveland8–1411–11—9–13–27–1516–69–1315–7
Detroit7–1513–913–9–2—7–1513–911–119–13
New York10–1215–715–715–7—16–615–717–5
Philadelphia8–1410–126–169–136–16—6–1610–12
St. Louis11–1113–613–911–117–1516–6—11–11
Washington7–147–137–1513–95–1712–1011–11—

Roster

1942 Cleveland Indians
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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 Otto Denning91 214 45 .210 1 19
1B Les Fleming156 548 160 .292 14 82
2B Ray Mack143 481 108 .225 2 45
SSLou Boudreau147506143.283258
3B Ken Keltner152 624 179 .287 6 78
OF Oris Hockett148 601 150 .250 7 48
OF Jeff Heath147 568 158 .278 10 76
OF Roy Weatherly128 473 122 .258 5 39

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
Buster Mills80 195 54 .277 1 26
Jim Hegan68 170 33 .194 0 11
Gene Desautels62 162 40 .247 0 9
Oscar Grimes51 84 15 .179 0 2
Fabian Gaffke40 67 11 .164 0 3
Rusty Peters34 58 13 .224 0 2
Hank Edwards13 48 12 .250 0 7
Ted Sepkowski5 10 1 .100 0 0
Eddie Robinson8 8 1 .125 0 2
Bob Lemon5 5 0 .000 0 0
George Susce2111.00000

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 Bagby38270.21792.9654
Mel Harder29 198.2 13 14 3.44 74
Chubby Dean27 172.2 8 11 3.81 46
Al Smith30 168.1 10 15 3.96 66
Al Milnar28 157.0 6 8 4.13 35

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
Red Embree19 63.0 3 4 3.86 44
Steve Gromek14 44.1 2 0 3.65 14
Ray Poat4 18.1 1 3 5.40 8
Clint Brown7 9.0 1 1 6.00 4
Joe Krakauskas3 7.0 0 0 3.86 2
Allie Reynolds2 5.0 0 0 0.00 2
Pete Center1 3.1 0 0 16.20 0
Paul Calvert1 2.0 0 0 0.00 2

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
Tom Ferrick31 3 2 3 1.99 28
Harry Eisenstat29 2 1 2 2.45 19
Vern Kennedy28 4 8 1 4.08 37
Joe Heving27 5 3 3 4.86 13

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Jim Bagby, Pitcher

Lou Boudreau, Shortstop (starter)

Ken Keltner, Third baseman (starter)

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AA Baltimore OriolesInternational LeagueAlphonse "Tommy" Thomas
A Wilkes-Barre BaronsEastern LeagueEarl Wolgamot
B Cedar Rapids RaidersIllinois–Indiana–Iowa LeagueOllie Marquardt
C Charleston SenatorsMiddle Atlantic LeagueEd Hall
C Wausau TimberjacksNorthern LeagueWally Gilbert
D Thomasville TommiesNorth Carolina State LeagueJim Gruzdis and Woody Mabry
D Batavia ClippersPONY LeagueJack Sanford
D Appleton PapermakersWisconsin State LeagueEd 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