1939 Cleveland Indians season
The 1939 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American League with a record of 87–67, 20 games behind the New York Yankees.Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster
Batting
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 | 107 | 395 | 104 | .263 | 2 | 36 |
1B | Hal Trosky | 122 | 448 | 150 | .335 | 25 | 104 |
2B | Odell Hale | 108 | 253 | 79 | .312 | 4 | 48 |
SS | Skeeter Webb | 81 | 269 | 71 | .264 | 2 | 26 |
3B | Ken Keltner | 154 | 587 | 191 | .325 | 13 | 97 |
OF | Jeff Heath | 121 | 431 | 126 | .292 | 14 | 69 |
OF | | 130 | 450 | 129 | .287 | 8 | 72 |
OF | | 149 | 545 | 158 | .290 | 6 | 82 |
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 |
Oscar Grimes | 119 | 364 | 98 | .269 | 4 | 56 |
Roy Weatherly | 95 | 323 | 100 | .310 | 1 | 32 |
Lou Boudreau | 53 | 225 | 58 | .258 | 0 | 19 |
Frankie Pytlak | 63 | 183 | 49 | .268 | 0 | 14 |
Ray Mack | 36 | 112 | 17 | .152 | 1 | 6 |
Moose Solters | 41 | 102 | 28 | .275 | 2 | 19 |
Jim Shilling | 31 | 98 | 27 | .276 | 0 | 12 |
| 24 | 55 | 15 | .273 | 1 | 7 |
Luke Sewell | 16 | 20 | 3 | .150 | 0 | 1 |
Lyn Lary | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
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 | 39 | 296.2 | 24 | 9 | 2.85 | 246 |
Al Milnar | 37 | 209.0 | 14 | 12 | 3.79 | 76 |
Mel Harder | 29 | 208.0 | 15 | 9 | 3.50 | 67 |
| 28 | 175.0 | 9 | 7 | 4.58 | 79 |
Willis Hudlin | 27 | 143.0 | 9 | 10 | 4.91 | 28 |
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 |
Tom Drake | 8 | 15.0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 1 |
Floyd Stromme | 5 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.85 | 4 |
Lefty Sullivan | 7 | 12.2 | 0 | 1 | 4.26 | 4 |
Mike Naymick | 2 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 1.93 | 3 |
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 |
Harry Eisenstat | 26 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3.30 | 38 |
| 35 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5.88 | 27 |
| 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4.70 | 13 |
Bill Zuber | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.97 | 16 |
Johnny Humphries | 15 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8.26 | 12 |
Awards & Honors
All Star Game
Bob Feller, Pitcher
Rollie Hemsley, CatcherFarm system