1940 Cleveland Indians season
Cleveland, Ohio | ||
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Owners | Alva Bradley | |
General managers | Cy Slapnicka | |
Managers | Ossie Vitt | |
Radio | WCLE (Jack Graney, Pinky Hunter) | |
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The 1940
Regular season
- April 16, 1940: Indians pitcher Bob Feller threw what is, to date, the only Opening Day no-hitter. Feller walked five and struck out eight as the Indians beat the White Sox, 1–0, at Comiskey Park.[1]
Season standings
American League | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Detroit Tigers | 90 | 64 | 0.584 | — | 50–29 | 40–35 |
Cleveland Indians | 89 | 65 | 0.578 | 1 | 51–30 | 38–35 |
New York Yankees | 88 | 66 | 0.571 | 2 | 52–24 | 36–42 |
Boston Red Sox | 82 | 72 | 0.532 | 8 | 45–34 | 37–38 |
Chicago White Sox | 82 | 72 | 0.532 | 8 | 41–36 | 41–36 |
St. Louis Browns | 67 | 87 | 0.435 | 23 | 37–39 | 30–48 |
Washington Senators | 64 | 90 | 0.416 | 26 | 36–41 | 28–49 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 54 | 100 | 0.351 | 36 | 29–42 | 25–58 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 11–11 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 18–4 | 12–10 | 13–9 | |||||
Chicago | 11–11 | — | 6–16 | 13–9 | 11–11–1 | 16–6 | 13–9 | 12–10 | |||||
Cleveland | 14–8 | 16–6 | — | 11–11 | 10–12 | 14–8 | 11–11–1 | 13–9 | |||||
Detroit | 11–11 | 9–13 | 11–11 | — | 14–8 | 11–11 | 18–4–1 | 16–6 | |||||
New York | 13–9 | 11–11–1 | 12–10 | 8–14 | — | 13–9 | 14–8 | 17–5 | |||||
Philadelphia | 4–18 | 6–16 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 9–13 | — | 8–14 | 8–14 | |||||
St. Louis | 10–12 | 9–13 | 11–11–1 | 4–18–1 | 8–14 | 14–8 | — | 11–11 | |||||
Washington | 9–13 | 10–12 | 9–13 | 6–16 | 5–17 | 14–8 | 11–11 | — |
Notable transactions
- May 13, 1940: Willis Hudlin was released by the Indians.[2]
Opening Day Lineup
Opening Day Starters | ||
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# | Name | Position |
5 | Lou Boudreau | SS |
22 | Roy Weatherly | CF |
11 | Ben Chapman | RF |
7 | Hal Trosky | 1B |
24 | Jeff Heath | LF |
25 | Ken Keltner | 3B |
9 | Rollie Hemsley | C |
6 | Ray Mack | 2B |
19 | Bob Feller | P |
Roster
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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 |
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C | Rollie Hemsley | 119 | 416 | 111 | .267 | 4 | 42 |
1B | Hal Trosky | 140 | 522 | 154 | .295 | 25 | 93 |
2B | Ray Mack | 146 | 530 | 150 | .283 | 12 | 69 |
SS | Lou Boudreau | 155 | 627 | 185 | .295 | 9 | 101 |
3B | Ken Keltner | 149 | 543 | 138 | .254 | 15 | 77 |
OF | Beau Bell | 120 | 444 | 124 | .279 | 4 | 58 |
OF | Ben Chapman | 143 | 548 | 157 | .286 | 4 | 50 |
OF | Roy Weatherly | 135 | 578 | 175 | .303 | 12 | 59 |
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 |
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Jeff Heath | 100 | 356 | 78 | .219 | 14 | 50 |
Frankie Pytlak | 62 | 149 | 21 | .141 | 0 | 16 |
Rusty Peters | 30 | 71 | 17 | .239 | 0 | 7 |
Soup Campbell | 35 | 62 | 14 | .226 | 0 | 2 |
Odell Hale | 48 | 50 | 11 | .220 | 0 | 6 |
Oscar Grimes | 11 | 13 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Hank Helf | 1 | 1 | 0 | .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 |
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Bob Feller | 43 | 320.1 | 27 | 11 | 2.61 | 261 |
Al Milnar | 37 | 242.1 | 18 | 10 | 3.27 | 99 |
Mel Harder | 31 | 186.1 | 12 | 11 | 4.06 | 76 |
Al Smith | 31 | 183.0 | 15 | 7 | 3.44 | 46 |
Johnny Allen | 32 | 138.2 | 9 | 8 | 3.44 | 62 |
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 |
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Mike Naymick | 13 | 30.0 | 1 | 2 | 5.10 | 15 |
Willis Hudlin | 4 | 23.2 | 2 | 1 | 4.94 | 8 |
Nate Andrews | 6 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 3 |
Dixie Howell | 3 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 2 |
Ken Jungels | 2 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 1 |
Cal Dorsett | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
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 |
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Joe Dobson | 40 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4.95 | 57 |
Harry Eisenstat | 27 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3.14 | 27 |
Johnny Humphries | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8.29 | 17 |
Bill Zuber | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.63 | 12 |
Awards and honors
Lou Boudreau, Shortstop
Bob Feller, Pitcher
Rollie Hemsley, Catcher
Ken Keltner, Third baseman
Ray Mack, Second baseman
Al Milnar, Pitcher
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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A | Wilkes-Barre Barons
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Eastern League
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Earl Wolgamot |
B | Cedar Rapids Raiders
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Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Ollie Marquardt |
C | Flint Gems | Michigan State League | Jack Knight |
C | Charleston Senators | Middle Atlantic League | Ed Hall |
D | Thomasville Tommies
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North Carolina State League | Jimmy Maus |
D | Fargo-Moorhead Twins | Northern League | Chet Bujace and Wes Griffin |
D | Mansfield Braves
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Ohio State League | Dewey Strong |
D | Warren Redskins | Pennsylvania State Association | Billy Rhiel |
D | Salem-Roanoke Friends
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Virginia League
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Eli Harris and Arnold Anderson |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Cedar Rapids[4]
References
- ^ SI.com – Statitudes – Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers – Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM
- ^ Willis Hudlin at Baseball Reference
- ^ 1940 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
External links