1941 Cleveland Indians season explained

The 1941 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American major league baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 75–79–1.

Regular season

Roster

1941 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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
C	Rollie Hemsley	98	288	69	.240	2	24
1B	Hal Trosky	89	310	91	.294	11	51
2B	Ray Mack	145	500	114	.228	9	44
SS	Lou Boudreau	148	579	149	.257	10	56
3B	Ken Keltner	149	581	156	.269	23	84
OF	Gee Walker	121	445	126	.283	6	48
OF	Jeff Heath	151	585	199	.340	24	123
OF	Roy Weatherly	102	363	105	.289	3	37

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
Soup Campbell	104	328	82	.250	3	35
Oscar Grimes	77	244	58	.238	4	24
Gene Desautels	66	189	38	.201	1	17
Beau Bell	48	104	20	.192	0	9
Larry Rosenthal	45	75	14	.187	1	8
Hank Edwards	16	68	15	.221	1	6
Rusty Peters	29	63	13	.206	0	2
Jim Hegan	16	47	15	.319	1	5
	5	11	3	.273	0	2
Les Fleming	2	8	2	.250	0	2
Vern Freiburger	2	8	1	.125	0	1
Red Howell	11	7	2	.286	0	2
Oris Hockett	2	6	2	.333	0	1
Fabian Gaffke	4	4	1	.250	0	0
Chuck Workman	9	4	0	.000	0	0
Bob Lemon	5	4	1	.250	0	0
	2	2	1	.500	0	1
	1	0	0	----	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
Bob Feller	44	343.0	25	13	3.15	260
Al Milnar	35	229.1	12	19	4.36	82
Al Smith	29	206.2	12	13	3.83	76
	33	200.2	9	15	4.04	53
Mel Harder	15	68.2	5	4	5.24	21

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
Chubby Dean	8	53.1	1	4	4.39	14
Ken Jungels	6	13.2	0	0	7.24	6
Cal Dorsett	5	11.1	0	1	10.32	5
Red Embree	1	4.0	0	1	6.75	4
Nate Andrews	2	2.1	0	0	11.57	1

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
	41	3	3	5	3.27	22
	27	5	2	5	2.29	18
Harry Eisenstat	21	1	1	2	4.24	11
Joe Krakauskas	12	1	2	0	4.10	25
Steve Gromek	9	1	1	2	4.24	19

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Lou Boudreau, Shortstop

Bob Feller, Pitcher (starter)

Jeff Heath, Outfielder (starter)

Ken Keltner, Third baseman

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Cedar Rapids, Flint^[1]

External links

• 1941 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
• 1941 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

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