In 1946, Bill Veeck finally became the owner of a major league team, the Cleveland Indians. He immediately put the team's games on radio, and set about to put his own indelible stamp on the franchise. Actor Bob Hope also acquired a minority share of the Indians.[1]
1946 Cleveland Indians | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | League Park Cleveland Municipal Stadium | |
City | Cleveland, Ohio | |
Owners | Alva Bradley, Bill Veeck | |
General managers | Roger Peckinpaugh, Bill Veeck | |
Managers | Lou Boudreau | |
Radio | WGAR (AM) · WHK · WJW · WTAM (Jack Graney, Bob Neal, Earl Harper, Don Campbell, Tom Manning) | |
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Offseason edit
Regular season edit
During the season, Bob Feller became the last pitcher to win at least 25 games in one season for the Indians in the 20th century.[3]
Season standings edit
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Red Sox | 104 | 50 | 0.675 | — | 61–16 | 43–34 |
Detroit Tigers | 92 | 62 | 0.597 | 12 | 48–30 | 44–32 |
New York Yankees | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | 17 | 47–30 | 40–37 |
Washington Senators | 76 | 78 | 0.494 | 28 | 38–38 | 38–40 |
Chicago White Sox | 74 | 80 | 0.481 | 30 | 40–38 | 34–42 |
Cleveland Indians | 68 | 86 | 0.442 | 36 | 36–41 | 32–45 |
St. Louis Browns | 66 | 88 | 0.429 | 38 | 35–41 | 31–47 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 49 | 105 | 0.318 | 55 | 31–46 | 18–59 |
Record vs. opponents edit
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 13–9 | 15–7 | 15–7–1 | 14–8 | 17–5 | 14–8–1 | 16–6 | |||||
Chicago | 9–13 | — | 13–9–1 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 10–12 | |||||
Cleveland | 7–15 | 9–13–1 | — | 5–17 | 10–12 | 15–7 | 15–7–1 | 7–15 | |||||
Detroit | 7–15–1 | 12–10 | 17–5 | — | 13–9 | 17–5 | 14–8 | 12–10 | |||||
New York | 8–14 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 9–13 | — | 16–6 | 14–8 | 14–8 | |||||
Philadelphia | 5–17 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 5–17 | 6–16 | — | 10–12 | 6–16–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 8–14–1 | 10–12 | 7–15–1 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 12–10 | — | 13–9 | |||||
Washington | 6–16 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 16–6–1 | 9–13 | — |
Notable transactions edit
- June 26, 1946: Mickey Rocco and cash were traded by the Indians to the Chicago Cubs for Heinz Becker.[4]
- July 4, 1946: The Indians traded a player to be named later to the Chicago White Sox for Tom Jordan. The Indians completed the deal by sending Frankie Hayes to the White Sox on July 15.[5]
Roster edit
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Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
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 |
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C | Jim Hegan | 88 | 271 | 64 | .236 | 0 | 17 |
1B | Les Fleming | 99 | 306 | 85 | .278 | 8 | 42 |
2B | Dutch Meyer | 72 | 207 | 48 | .232 | 0 | 16 |
SS | Lou Boudreau | 140 | 515 | 151 | .293 | 6 | 62 |
3B | Ken Keltner | 116 | 398 | 96 | .241 | 13 | 45 |
OF | Pat Seerey | 117 | 404 | 91 | .225 | 26 | 62 |
OF | Hank Edwards | 124 | 458 | 138 | .301 | 10 | 54 |
OF | George Case | 118 | 484 | 109 | .225 | 1 | 22 |
Other batters edit
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 |
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Jack Conway | 68 | 258 | 58 | .225 | 0 | 18 |
Felix Mackiewicz | 78 | 258 | 67 | .260 | 0 | 16 |
Ray Mack | 61 | 171 | 35 | .205 | 1 | 9 |
Frankie Hayes | 51 | 156 | 40 | .256 | 3 | 18 |
Don Ross | 55 | 153 | 41 | .268 | 3 | 14 |
Heinz Becker | 50 | 147 | 44 | .299 | 0 | 17 |
Gene Woodling | 61 | 133 | 25 | .188 | 0 | 9 |
Mickey Rocco | 34 | 98 | 24 | .245 | 2 | 14 |
Bob Lemon | 55 | 89 | 16 | .180 | 1 | 4 |
Sherm Lollar | 28 | 62 | 15 | .242 | 1 | 9 |
Dale Mitchell | 11 | 44 | 19 | .432 | 0 | 5 |
Jimmy Wasdell | 32 | 41 | 11 | .268 | 0 | 4 |
Tom Jordan | 14 | 35 | 7 | .200 | 1 | 3 |
Howie Moss | 8 | 32 | 2 | .063 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Robinson | 8 | 30 | 12 | .400 | 3 | 4 |
Buster Mills | 9 | 22 | 6 | .273 | 0 | 3 |
Rusty Peters | 9 | 21 | 6 | .286 | 0 | 2 |
Jackie Price | 7 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 0 |
Ralph Weigel | 6 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Ted Sopkowski | 2 | 8 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 1 |
Blas Monaco | 12 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Brewster | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bob Feller | 48 | 371.1 | 26 | 15 | 2.18 | 348 |
Red Embree | 28 | 200.0 | 8 | 12 | 3.47 | 87 |
Allie Reynolds | 31 | 183.1 | 11 | 15 | 3.88 | 107 |
Steve Gromek | 29 | 153.2 | 5 | 15 | 4.33 | 75 |
Mel Harder | 13 | 92.1 | 5 | 4 | 3.41 | 21 |
Other pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Charlie Gassaway | 13 | 50.2 | 1 | 1 | 3.91 | 23 |
Don Black | 18 | 43.2 | 1 | 2 | 4.53 | 15 |
Ed Klieman | 9 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 6.60 | 2 |
Vic Johnson | 9 | 13.2 | 0 | 1 | 9.22 | 3 |
Bob Kuzava | 2 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 |
Ray Flanigan | 3 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 11.00 | 2 |
Johnny Podgajny | 6 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | 4 |
Les Webber | 4 | 5.1 | 1 | 1 | 23.63 | 5 |
Ralph McCabe | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 11.25 | 3 |
Relief pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Bob Lemon | 32 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2.49 | 39 |
Joe Krakauskas | 29 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5.51 | 20 |
Joe Berry | 21 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3.38 | 16 |
Pete Center | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4.97 | 6 |
Tom Ferrick | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.00 | 9 |
Awards and honors edit
- Bob Feller, Led American League with 36 complete games (it would also be the highest total in the decade)[6]
Bob Feller, Pitcher (starter)
Frankie Hayes, Catcher (starter)
Ken Keltner, Third baseman (starter)
Farm system edit
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Harrisburg, Centreville, Batavia[7]
Notes edit
- ^ "For our favorite son Bob Hope, all roads lead back home to Ohio". www.cleveland.com. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011.
- ^ Al Aber at Baseball Reference
- ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 99, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
- ^ Mickey Rocco at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Frankie Hayes at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.105, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References edit
- 1946 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
- 1946 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac