1933 Cleveland Indians season

The 1933 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 75–76, 23½ games behind the Washington Senators.

1933 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
League Park (Since 1901) Cleveland Municipal Stadium (since 1936) Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Alva Bradley
General manager(s)	Billy Evans
Manager(s)	Roger Peckinpaugh, Walter Johnson
Local radio	WHK (Jack Graney)
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Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Senators	99	53	0.651	—	46–30	53–23
New York Yankees	91	59	0.607	7	51–23	40–36
Philadelphia Athletics	79	72	0.523	19½	46–29	33–43
Cleveland Indians	75	76	0.497	23½	45–32	30–44
Detroit Tigers	75	79	0.487	25	43–35	32–44
Chicago White Sox	67	83	0.447	31	35–41	32–42
Boston Red Sox	63	86	0.423	34½	32–40	31–46
St. Louis Browns	55	96	0.364	43½	30–46	25–50

Record vs. opponents

1933 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	11–7	6–16	11–11	8–14	14–8	9–13	4–17
Chicago	7–11	—	9–13	10–12	7–15–1	12–10	15–7	7–15
Cleveland	16–6	13–9	—	10–12	7–13	6–16	15–7	8–13
Detroit	11–11	12–10	12–10	—	7–15	11–11	14–8–1	8–14
New York	14–8	15–7–1	13–7	15–7	—	12–9	14–7–1	8–14
Philadelphia	8–14	10–12	16–6	11–11	9–12	—	14–6	11–11–1
St. Louis	13–9	7–15	7–15	8–14–1	7–14–1	6–14	—	7–15
Washington	17–4	15–7	13–8	14–8	14–8	11–11–1	15–7	—

Roster

1933 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 17 Belve Bean 16 Clint Brown 15 Sarge Connally 21 Howard Craghead 14 Wes Ferrell 18 Mel Harder 19 Oral Hildebrand 12 Willis Hudlin 30 Thornton Lee 33 Monte Pearson		Catchers  9 Glenn Myatt 11 Frankie Pytlak  8 Roy Spencer Infielders  7 Harley Boss  1 Johnny Burnett  4 Bill Cissell 25 Odell Hale  5 Willie Kamm 26 Bill Knickerbocker 33 Ed Morgan 21 Hal Trosky		Outfielders  3 Earl Averill 22 Milt Galatzer 29 Johnny Oulliber  2 Dick Porter 27 Mike Powers  6 Joe Vosmik		Manager 10 Walter Johnson 10 Roger Peckinpaugh Coaches 20 Bibb Falk 20 Patsy Gharrity 30 Earl Wolgamot

Player stats

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	Frankie Pytlak	80	248	77	.310	2	33
1B	Harley Boss	112	438	118	.269	1	53
2B	Odell Hale	98	351	97	.276	10	64
SS	Bill Knickerbocker	80	279	63	.226	2	32
3B	Willie Kamm	133	447	126	.282	1	47
OF	Joe Vosmik	119	438	115	.263	4	56
OF	Earl Averill	151	599	180	.301	11	92
OF	Dick Porter	132	499	133	.267	0	41

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
Bill Cissell	112	409	94	.230	6	33
Johnny Burnett	83	261	71	.272	1	29
Roy Spencer	75	227	46	.203	0	23
Milt Galatzer	57	160	38	.238	1	17
Ed Morgan	39	121	32	.264	1	13
Glenn Myatt	40	77	18	.234	0	7
Johnny Oulliber	22	75	20	.267	0	3
Mike Powers	24	47	13	.277	0	2
Hal Trosky	11	44	13	.295	1	8

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
Mel Harder	43	253.0	15	17	2.95	81
Oral Hildebrand	36	220.1	16	11	3.76	90
Wes Ferrell	28	201.0	11	12	4.21	41
Clint Brown	33	185.0	11	12	3.41	47
Monte Pearson	19	135.1	10	5	2.33	54

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
Thornton Lee	3	17.1	1	1	4.15	7

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
Willis Hudlin	34	5	13	1	3.97	44
Sarge Connally	41	5	3	1	4.89	30
Belve Bean	27	1	2	0	5.25	41
Howard Craghead	11	0	0	0	6.23	2

Awards & Honors

All Star Game

Earl Averill, Outfielder

Wes Ferrell, Pitcher

Oral Hildebrand, Pitcher

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
C	Zanesville Grays	Middle Atlantic League	Johnny Walker, Buzz Wetzel, Harry Layne and Bert Grimm

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Zanesville[1]

References

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

External links

• 1933 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference