1941 Cleveland Indians season

1941 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)	Cy Slapnicka, Roger Peckinpaugh
Manager(s)	Roger Peckinpaugh
Local radio	WCLE · WHK (Jack Graney, Pinky Hunter)
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Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	101	53	0.656	—	51–26	50–27
Boston Red Sox	84	70	0.545	17	47–30	37–40
Chicago White Sox	77	77	0.500	24	38–39	39–38
Cleveland Indians	75	79	0.487	26	42–35	33–44
Detroit Tigers	75	79	0.487	26	43–34	32–45
St. Louis Browns	70	84	0.455	31	40–37	30–47
Washington Senators	70	84	0.455	31	40–37	30–47
Philadelphia Athletics	64	90	0.416	37	36–41	28–49

Record vs. opponents

1941 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	16–6	9–13	11–11	9–13–1	16–6	9–13	14–8
Chicago	6–16	—	17–5	12–10–1	8–14	10–12	11–11–1	13–9
Cleveland	13–9	5–17	—	10–12	7–15	15–7	13–9–1	12–10
Detroit	11–11	10–12–1	12–10	—	11–11	13–9	11–11	7–15
New York	13–9–1	14–8	15–7	11–11	—	14–8	18–4	16–6–1
Philadelphia	6–16	12–10	7–15	9–13	8–14	—	11–11	11–11
St. Louis	13–9	11–11–1	9–13–1	11–11	4–18	11–11	—	11–11–1
Washington	8–14	9–13	10–12	15–7	6–16–1	11–11	11–11–1	—

Roster

1941 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 12 Nate Andrews 17 Jim Bagby 21 Clint Brown 16 Chubby Dean 33 Cal Dorsett 10 Harry Eisenstat 40 Red Embree 19 Bob Feller 36 Steve Gromek 18 Mel Harder 11 Joe Heving 36 Ken Jungels 15 Joe Krakauskas 20 Al Milnar 32 Al Smith		Catchers  4 Gene Desautels  9 Jim Hegan  9 Rollie Hemsley 28 George Susce Infielders  5 Lou Boudreau 18 Jack Conway 23 Les Fleming 11 Vern Freiburger  1 Oscar Grimes 25,8 Ken Keltner 38 Bob Lemon  6 Ray Mack  3 Rusty Peters  7 Hal Trosky		Outfielders 23 Beau Bell 34 Soup Campbell 33 Hank Edwards  7 Buck Frierson 14 Fabian Gaffke 24 Jeff Heath -- Oris Hockett 14 Larry Rosenthal  2 Gee Walker 22 Roy Weatherly Other batters 45 Red Howell 38 Chuck Workman		Manager 27 Roger Peckinpaugh Coaches -- Luke Sewell 28 George Susce 26 Earl Whitehill 12 Dutch Zwilling

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	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
Buck Frierson	5	11	3	.273	0	2
Red Howell	11	7	2	.286	0	2
Oris Hockett	2	6	2	.333	0	1
Les Fleming	2	8	2	.250	0	2
Vern Freiburger	2	8	1	.125	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
Jack Conway	2	2	1	.500	0	1
George Susce	1	0	0	----	0	0

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
Jim Bagby	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
Clint Brown	41	3	3	5	3.27	22
Joe Heving	27	5	2	5	2.29	18
Joe Krakauskas	12	1	2	0	4.10	25
Harry Eisenstat	21	1	1	2	4.24	11
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

Level	Team	League	Manager
A1	Oklahoma City Indians	Texas League	Rogers Hornsby and Homer Peel
A	Wilkes-Barre Barons	Eastern League	Earl Wolgamot
B	Cedar Rapids Raiders	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Ollie Marquardt
C	Flint Indians	Michigan State League	Jack Knight
C	Charleston Senators	Middle Atlantic League	Ed Hall
C	Salina Millers	Western Association	Russ Rollings, Jimmy Payton and John Fitzpatrick
D	Thomasville Tommies	North Carolina State League	Jim Gruzdis
D	Mansfield Braves	Ohio State League	Alex Chowson
D	Appleton Papermakers	Wisconsin State League	Ed Dancisak

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Cedar Rapids, Flint[1]

References

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

External links

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