1944 Cleveland Indians

72-82 • 0.468 Win% • 5th in AL

📊 Season Record

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

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⚡ Quick Stats

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 .328 2% above the 1944 league average (.322)
SLG .304 4% above the 1944 league average (.292)
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

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
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Mickey Rocco 155 653 87 174 0 0 13 70 56 51 4 0.266
Lou Boudreau 150 584 91 191 0 0 3 67 73 39 11 0.327
Ken Keltner 149 573 74 169 0 0 13 91 53 29 4 0.295
Roy Cullenbine 154 571 98 162 0 0 16 80 87 49 4 0.284
Oris Hockett 124 457 47 132 0 0 1 50 35 27 8 0.289
Pat Seerey 101 342 39 80 0 0 15 39 19 99 0 0.234
Buddy Rosar 99 331 29 87 0 0 0 30 34 17 1 0.263
Ray Mack 83 284 24 66 0 0 0 29 28 45 4 0.232
Rusty Peters 88 282 23 63 0 0 1 24 15 35 2 0.223
Myril Hoag 67 277 33 79 0 0 1 27 25 23 6 0.285
Paul O'Dea 76 173 25 55 0 0 0 13 23 21 2 0.318
Jeff Heath 60 151 20 50 0 0 5 33 18 12 0 0.331
Norm Schlueter 49 122 2 15 0 0 0 11 12 22 0 0.123
Jimmy Grant 61 99 12 27 0 0 1 12 11 20 1 0.273
Mel Harder 30 74 9 16 0 0 0 6 0 19 0 0.216
Steve Gromek 44 73 11 19 0 0 0 7 6 13 1 0.260
Al Smith 28 64 1 10 0 0 0 7 3 13 0 0.156
George Susce 29 61 3 14 0 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 0 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 0 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

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