1944 Cleveland Indians
72 - 82
1943 / 1945 (Organization)
5th place in the AL (17 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		39 - 38 (.506)
33 - 44 (.429)		 -3.3 wins
-1.7 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 643 / 620 ( +23 )
Allowed/Expected: 677 / 618 ( -59 )
Pyth Record: 73 - 81 (-1)
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Attendance: 475,272 Avg Att: 6,093 (0.79)
Att Rank: 8 / 8 Lg Avg: 7,751
       
Park Factor: 0.96    
HR Factor: 0.84 R/L HR: 0.76 / 0.93
Notes:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
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via
1 Mel Harder
SP
34.7
0.2
8.1
1.1
17
Y
3
23
1942
 Free Agency
2 Jeff Heath
LF
29.3
1.5
7.1
4.0
9
Y
Not Available
3 Ken Keltner
3B
27.7
5.7
23.1
9.7
8
Y
1
1
1937
 Obtained through Minor Lg Agreement Milwaukee (American Asso
4 Ray Mack
2B
27.8
0.1
4.6
-2.4
7
Y
Not Available
5 Lou Boudreau
SS
27.0
8.0
30.2
15.0
7
Y
1
1
1938
 Free Agency (Amateur)
6 Al Smith
SP
36.7
0.1
7.5
1.0
5
N
Not Available
7 Rusty Peters
2B
29.5
0.1
3.0
-3.7
5
N
8
7
1939
 Purchased Atlanta (Southern Asso
8 Mike Naymick
RP
26.8
-0.9
0.0
-0.6
4
Y
Not Available
9 Steve Gromek
SP
24.5
3.5
14.4
6.8
4
Y
1
1
1939
 Free Agency (Amateur)
10 Jim Bagby
SP
27.8
-0.7
1.6
-1.3
4
N
12
12
1940
 Trade BOS AL
11 Joe Heving
RP
43.8
1.8
11.5
6.3
4
N
2
3
1941
 Purchased BOS AL
12 Oris Hockett
CF
34.8
1.6
11.8
2.1
4
N
7
24
1941
 Conditional Deal Nashville (Southern Asso
13 George Susce
C
36.9
-0.3
0.7
-1.0
4
N
4
15
1944
 Free Agency
14 Red Embree
SP
26.8
-0.3
0.0
-0.1
3
Y
Not Available
15 Ray Poat
SW
26.5
-1.3
0.5
-2.7
3
Y
Not Available
16 Allie Reynolds
SP
27.4
1.5
9.1
3.3
3
Y
1
1
1939
 Free Agency (Amateur)
17 Paul Calvert
RP
26.7
-1.0
0.9
-2.3
3
Y
1
27
1940
 Free Agency (1st Tm)
18 Vern Kennedy
SP
37.3
-1.0
0.3
-1.8
3
N
12
11
1941
 Purchased WS1 AL
19 Jim McDonnell
C
21.9
-0.2
0.2
-0.9
2
Y
Not Available
20 Mickey Rocco
1B
28.3
2.3
16.2
3.8
2
N
Not Available
21 Pat Seerey
LF
21.3
0.3
5.7
-1.2
2
Y
Not Available
22 Ed Klieman
SP
26.3
1.4
9.8
3.1
2
N
1
1
1940
 Unknown CIN NL
23 Roy Cullenbine
RF
30.7
4.0
22.4
10.2
2
N
12
17
1942
 Trade NYA AL
24 Buddy Rosar
C
30.0
1.5
9.7
0.7
2
N
12
17
1942
 Trade NYA AL
25 Jimmy Grant
2B
25.7
0.6
3.5
1.3
2
N
8
11
1943
 Purchased CHA AL
26 Norm Schlueter
C
27.8
-1.2
1.0
-2.1
1
N
Not Available
27 Steve Biras
2B
22.3
0.1
0.4
0.3
1
Y
Not Available
28 Bill Bonness
SP
20.5
-0.3
0.0
-0.3
1
Y
Not Available
29 Jim Devlin
C
21.9
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
1
Y
Not Available
30 Earl Henry
SP
27.1
-0.2
0.5
-0.1
1
Y
Not Available
31 Hal Kleine
SP
21.1
-1.0
0.0
-1.5
1
Y
Not Available
32 Russ Lyon
C
31.0
-0.1
0.1
-0.2
1
Y
Not Available
33 Paul O'Dea
LF
24.0
1.0
5.1
1.3
1
Y
Not Available
34 Hank Ruszkowski
C
18.6
0.1
0.2
0.0
1
Y
Not Available
35 Myril Hoag
CF
36.3
0.5
6.9
0.6
1
N
6
27
1944
 Purchased CHA AL
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Player Pos Hometown
Jim Bagby SP Atlanta, GA (US)
Steve Biras 2B East St. Louis, IL (USA)
Bill Bonness SP Cleveland, OH (USA)
Lou Boudreau SS Harvey, IL (US)
Paul Calvert RP Montreal, PQ (CAN)
Roy Cullenbine RF Nashville, TN (USA)
Jim Devlin C Plains, PA (USA)
Red Embree SP Glendora, CA (US)
Jimmy Grant 2B Racine, WI (USA)
Steve Gromek SP Hamtramck, MI (US)
Mel Harder SP Omaha, NE (US)
Jeff Heath LF Seattle, WA (US)
Earl Henry SP Roseville, OH (USA)
Joe Heving RP Covington, KY (USA)
Myril Hoag CF Sacramento, CA (US)
Oris Hockett CF Amboy, IN (USA)
Ken Keltner 3B Milwaukee, WI (US)
Vern Kennedy SP Kansas City, MO (USA)
Hal Kleine SP St. Louis, MO (USA)
Ed Klieman SP Norwood, OH (USA)
Russ Lyon C Ball Ground, GA (USA)
Ray Mack 2B Cleveland, OH (US)
Jim McDonnell C Gagetown, MI (USA)
Mike Naymick RP Weirton, WV (US)
Paul O'Dea LF Cleveland, OH (US)
Rusty Peters 2B Roanoke, VA (USA)
Ray Poat SW Chicago, IL (USA)
Allie Reynolds SP Oklahoma City, OK (US)
Mickey Rocco 1B St. Paul, MN (USA)
Buddy Rosar C Buffalo, NY (USA)
Hank Ruszkowski C Cleveland, OH (USA)
Norm Schlueter C Belleville, IL (USA)
Pat Seerey LF Little Rock, AR (US)
Al Smith SP Belleville, IL (USA)
George Susce C Pittsburgh, PA (USA)

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