1944 Cleveland Indians

72-82 • .468 Win% • 5th in AL

The 1944 Cleveland Indians went 72-82 (.468) finishing 5th in the AL. The club scored 643 runs, allowed 677, and played home games at League Park II/Cleveland Stadium. Team leaders included Roy Cullenbine (16 HR, 80 RBI) and Mel Harder (12-10, 3.71 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

72 Wins
82 Losses
.468 Win %
5th Rank
643 R 677 RA
Diff -34

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643 Runs Scored
677 Runs Allowed
-34 Run Diff
447K Attendance

📈 vs. 1944 AL Average

Batting Avg .266 2% above the 1944 league average (.259)
OBP .330 2% above the 1944 league average (.325)
SLG .371 5% above the 1944 league average (.352)
Team ERA 3.65 6% worse than the 1944 league average (3.43)
Runs Scored 643 2% above the 1944 league average (632 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumLeague Park II/Cleveland Stadium
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Home Games 43
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Total Attendance 447,089
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Avg per Game 10,397

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1944

Batting Avg

1 Jeff Heath 0.331 2 Lou Boudreau 0.327 3 Paul O'Dea 0.318 4 Ken Keltner 0.295 5 Oris Hockett 0.289

Home Runs

1 Roy Cullenbine 16 2 Pat Seerey 15 3 Ken Keltner 13 4 Mickey Rocco 13 5 Jeff Heath 5

RBI

1 Ken Keltner 91 2 Roy Cullenbine 80 3 Mickey Rocco 70 4 Lou Boudreau 67 5 Oris Hockett 50
1944 Cleveland Indians — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Mickey Rocco 155 653 87 174 29 7 13 70 56 51 4 0.266
Lou Boudreau 150 584 91 191 45 5 3 67 73 39 11 0.327
Ken Keltner 149 573 74 169 41 9 13 91 53 29 4 0.295
Roy Cullenbine 154 571 98 162 34 5 16 80 87 49 4 0.284
Oris Hockett 124 457 47 132 29 5 1 50 35 27 8 0.289
Pat Seerey 101 342 39 80 16 0 15 39 19 99 0 0.234
Buddy Rosar 99 331 29 87 9 3 0 30 34 17 1 0.263
Ray Mack 83 284 24 66 15 3 0 29 28 45 4 0.232
Rusty Peters 88 282 23 63 13 3 1 24 15 35 2 0.223
Myril Hoag 67 277 33 79 9 3 1 27 25 23 6 0.285
Paul O'Dea 76 173 25 55 9 0 0 13 23 21 2 0.318
Jeff Heath 60 151 20 50 5 2 5 33 18 12 0 0.331
Norm Schlueter 49 122 2 15 4 0 0 11 12 22 0 0.123
Jimmy Grant 61 99 12 27 4 3 1 12 11 20 1 0.273
Mel Harder 30 74 9 16 3 0 0 6 0 19 0 0.216
Steve Gromek 44 73 11 19 1 1 0 7 6 13 1 0.260
Al Smith 28 64 1 10 1 0 0 7 3 13 0 0.156
George Susce 29 61 3 14 1 0 0 4 2 5 0 0.230
Ed Klieman 47 57 1 6 0 0 0 3 4 18 0 0.105
Allie Reynolds 41 57 2 7 2 0 0 1 1 9 0 0.123
Jim McDonnell 20 43 5 10 0 0 0 4 4 3 0 0.233
Jim Bagby 14 31 2 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.226
Vern Kennedy 15 23 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.087
Joe Heving 63 22 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.182
Ray Poat 36 17 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 0.000
Paul Calvert 35 15 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0.267
Hal Kleine 14 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.143
Russ Lyon 7 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.182
Hank Ruszkowski 3 8 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.375
Earl Henry 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Bill Bonness 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Steve Biras 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.000
Jim Devlin 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Naymick 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Red Embree 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1944

ERA

1 Joe Heving 1.96 2 Steve Gromek 2.56 3 Allie Reynolds 3.30 4 Ed Klieman 3.38 5 Al Smith 3.42

Wins

1 Mel Harder 12 2 Ed Klieman 11 3 Allie Reynolds 11 4 Steve Gromek 10 5 Joe Heving 8

Strikeouts

1 Steve Gromek 115 2 Allie Reynolds 84 3 Mel Harder 64 4 Joe Heving 46 5 Ed Klieman 44
1944 Cleveland Indians — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Steve Gromek 10 9 2.56 35 21 1 203.2 160 58 70 115
Mel Harder 12 10 3.71 30 27 0 196.1 211 81 69 64
Al Smith 7 13 3.42 28 26 0 181.2 197 69 69 44
Ed Klieman 11 13 3.38 47 19 5 178.1 185 67 70 44
Allie Reynolds 11 8 3.30 28 21 1 158.0 141 58 91 84
Joe Heving 8 3 1.96 63 1 10 119.2 106 26 41 46
Ray Poat 4 8 5.13 36 6 1 80.2 82 46 37 40
Jim Bagby 4 5 4.33 13 10 0 79.0 101 38 34 12
Paul Calvert 1 3 4.56 35 4 0 77.0 89 39 38 31
Vern Kennedy 2 5 5.03 12 10 0 59.0 66 33 37 17
Hal Kleine 1 2 5.75 11 6 0 40.2 38 26 36 13
Earl Henry 1 1 4.58 2 2 0 17.2 18 9 3 5
Mike Naymick 0 0 9.69 7 0 0 13.0 16 14 10 4
Bill Bonness 0 1 7.71 2 1 0 7.0 11 6 5 1
Paul O'Dea 0 0 2.08 3 0 0 4.1 5 1 6 0
Red Embree 0 1 13.50 3 1 0 3.1 2 5 5 4

👥 Roster (35)

Jim Bagby Steve Biras Bill Bonness Lou Boudreau Paul Calvert Roy Cullenbine Jim Devlin Red Embree Jimmy Grant Steve Gromek Mel Harder Jeff Heath +23 more

35 players

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The 1944 Cleveland Indians in brief

The 1944 Cleveland Indians finished 72-82, a .468 winning percentage, placing 5th in the AL. With 643 runs scored and 677 given up, the 1944 differential was -34. The team batting average of .266 was 2% above the 1944 league mark of .259. Pitchers allowed 3.65 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 3.43. League clubs averaged 632 runs that year, so the Cleveland Indians scored 2% more.

League Park II/Cleveland Stadium was home in 1944, drawing a total attendance of 447,089. Roy Cullenbine topped the Cleveland Indians with 16 home runs. Ken Keltner led in RBI with 91. The pitching staff's wins leader was Mel Harder (12). Steve Gromek struck out 115, the most on the club. The saves leader was Joe Heving with 10.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1944 Cleveland Indians

What was the 1944 Cleveland Indians record?
The 1944 Cleveland Indians finished 72-82 (.468 win pct).
Who led the 1944 Cleveland Indians in home runs?
Roy Cullenbine led the 1944 Cleveland Indians with 16 home runs.
What was the 1944 Cleveland Indians team ERA?
The 1944 Cleveland Indians posted a team ERA of 3.65.
Did the 1944 Cleveland Indians win the World Series?
No. The 1944 Cleveland Indians did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1944 Cleveland Indians play?
The 1944 Cleveland Indians played home games at League Park II/Cleveland Stadium.
Who led the 1944 Cleveland Indians in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Roy Cullenbine (16 HR, 80 RBI) and Mel Harder (12-10, 3.71 ERA).
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