1943 Cleveland Indians

82-71 • .536 Win% • 3rd in AL

📊 Season Record

82 Wins
71 Losses
.536 Win %
3rd Rank
600 R 577 RA
Diff +23

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⚡ Quick Stats

600 Runs Scored
577 Runs Allowed
+23 Run Diff
427K Attendance

📈 vs. 1943 AL Average

Batting Avg .255 2% above the 1943 league average (.249)
OBP .328 2% above the 1943 league average (.321)
SLG .350 3% above the 1943 league average (.341)
Team ERA 3.15 4% better than the 1943 league average (3.30)
Runs Scored 600 equal to the 1943 league average (600 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumLeague Park II/Cleveland Stadium
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Home Games 48
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Total Attendance 427,208
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Avg per Game 8,900

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1943

Batting Avg

1 Roy Cullenbine 0.289 2 Lou Boudreau 0.286 3 Buddy Rosar 0.283 4 Oris Hockett 0.276 5 Hank Edwards 0.276

Home Runs

1 Jeff Heath 18 2 Roy Cullenbine 8 3 Ray Mack 7 4 Mickey Rocco 5 5 Ken Keltner 4

RBI

1 Jeff Heath 79 2 Lou Boudreau 67 3 Ray Mack 62 4 Roy Cullenbine 56 5 Oris Hockett 51
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Oris Hockett 141 601 70 166 33 4 2 51 45 45 13 0.276
Ray Mack 153 545 56 120 25 2 7 62 47 61 8 0.220
Lou Boudreau 152 539 69 154 32 7 3 67 90 31 4 0.286
Roy Cullenbine 138 488 66 141 24 4 8 56 96 58 3 0.289
Ken Keltner 110 427 47 111 31 3 4 39 36 20 2 0.260
Jeff Heath 118 424 58 116 22 6 18 79 63 58 5 0.274
Mickey Rocco 108 405 43 97 14 4 5 46 51 40 1 0.240
Buddy Rosar 115 382 53 108 17 1 1 41 33 12 0 0.283
Hank Edwards 92 297 38 82 18 6 3 28 30 34 4 0.276
Rusty Peters 79 215 22 47 6 2 1 19 18 29 1 0.219
Gene Desautels 68 185 14 38 6 1 0 19 11 16 2 0.205
Otto Denning 37 129 8 31 6 0 0 13 5 1 3 0.240
Jim Bagby 41 112 7 30 1 1 0 11 1 10 1 0.268
Pat Seerey 26 72 8 16 3 0 1 5 4 19 0 0.222
Al Smith 30 68 3 14 1 1 0 5 9 14 0 0.206
Allie Reynolds 39 67 6 10 0 0 0 3 5 14 0 0.149
Vern Kennedy 38 52 8 12 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0.231
Mel Harder 19 47 2 10 1 1 0 4 2 11 0 0.213
Chubby Dean 41 46 2 9 0 0 0 5 6 2 0 0.196
Jack Salveson 23 26 2 6 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0.231
Gene Woodling 8 25 5 8 2 1 1 5 1 5 0 0.320
Jimmy Grant 15 22 3 3 2 0 0 1 4 7 0 0.136
Al Milnar 19 19 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.211
Mike Naymick 29 16 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.188
Joe Heving 30 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0.071
Ray Poat 17 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 0.154
Eddie Turchin 11 13 4 3 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0.231
Frank Doljack 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Pete Center 24 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Ed Klieman 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Steve Gromek 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Paul Calvert 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim McDonnell 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.000
George Susce 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1943

ERA

1 Mike Naymick 2.30 2 Vern Kennedy 2.45 3 Al Smith 2.55 4 Joe Heving 2.75 5 Pete Center 2.76

Wins

1 Jim Bagby 17 2 Al Smith 17 3 Allie Reynolds 11 4 Vern Kennedy 10 5 Mel Harder 8

Strikeouts

1 Allie Reynolds 151 2 Al Smith 72 3 Jim Bagby 70 4 Vern Kennedy 63 5 Mike Naymick 41
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jim Bagby 17 14 3.10 36 33 1 273.0 248 94 80 70
Al Smith 17 7 2.55 29 27 1 208.1 186 59 72 72
Allie Reynolds 11 12 2.99 34 21 3 198.2 140 66 109 151
Vern Kennedy 10 7 2.45 28 17 0 146.2 130 40 59 63
Mel Harder 8 7 3.06 19 18 0 135.1 126 46 61 40
Jack Salveson 5 3 3.35 23 11 3 86.0 87 32 26 24
Chubby Dean 5 5 4.50 17 9 0 76.0 83 38 34 29
Joe Heving 1 1 2.75 30 1 9 72.0 58 22 34 34
Mike Naymick 4 4 2.30 29 4 2 62.2 32 16 47 41
Ray Poat 2 5 4.40 17 4 0 45.0 44 22 20 31
Pete Center 1 2 2.76 24 1 1 42.1 29 13 18 10
Al Milnar 1 3 8.08 16 6 0 39.0 51 35 35 12
Ed Klieman 0 1 1.00 1 1 0 9.0 8 1 5 2
Paul Calvert 0 0 4.32 5 0 0 8.1 6 4 6 2
Steve Gromek 0 0 9.00 3 0 0 4.0 6 4 0 4

👥 Roster (34)

Jim Bagby Lou Boudreau Paul Calvert Pete Center Roy Cullenbine Chubby Dean Otto Denning Gene Desautels Frank Doljack Hank Edwards Jimmy Grant Steve Gromek +22 more

34 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1943 Cleveland Indians

What was the 1943 Cleveland Indians record?
The 1943 Cleveland Indians finished 82-71 (.536 win pct).
Who led the 1943 Cleveland Indians in home runs?
Jeff Heath led the 1943 Cleveland Indians with 18 home runs.
What was the 1943 Cleveland Indians team ERA?
The 1943 Cleveland Indians posted a team ERA of 3.15.
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