🏆 World Series Champions

1948 Cleveland Indians

97-58 • 0.626 Win% • 1st in AL

📊 Season Record

97 Wins
58 Losses
0.626 Win %
1st Rank
840 R 568 RA
Diff +272

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⚡ Quick Stats

840 Runs Scored
568 Runs Allowed
+272 Run Diff
2,659K Attendance

📈 vs. 1948 AL Average

Batting Avg .281 6% above the 1948 league average (.265)
OBP .357 3% above the 1948 league average (.346)
SLG .367 16% above the 1948 league average (.316)
Team ERA 3.22 25% better than the 1948 league average (4.29)
Runs Scored 840 15% above the 1948 league average (730 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCleveland Stadium
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Home Games 79
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Total Attendance 2,659,900
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Avg per Game 33,669

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Lou Boudreau 0.355 2 Dale Mitchell 0.336 3 Allie Clark 0.310 4 Bob Kennedy 0.301 5 Larry Doby 0.301

Home Runs

1 Joe Gordon 32 2 Ken Keltner 31 3 Lou Boudreau 18 4 Eddie Robinson 16 5 Larry Doby 14

RBI

1 Joe Gordon 124 2 Ken Keltner 119 3 Lou Boudreau 106 4 Eddie Robinson 83 5 Larry Doby 66
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Dale Mitchell 141 608 82 204 0 0 4 56 45 17 13 0.336
Lou Boudreau 152 560 116 199 0 0 18 106 98 9 3 0.355
Ken Keltner 153 558 91 166 0 0 31 119 89 52 2 0.297
Joe Gordon 144 550 96 154 0 0 32 124 77 68 5 0.280
Eddie Robinson 134 493 53 125 0 0 16 83 36 42 1 0.254
Jim Hegan 144 472 60 117 0 0 14 61 48 74 6 0.248
Larry Doby 121 439 83 132 0 0 14 66 54 77 9 0.301
Allie Clark 81 271 43 84 0 0 9 38 23 13 0 0.310
Thurman Tucker 83 242 52 63 0 0 1 19 31 17 11 0.260
Wally Judnich 79 218 36 56 0 0 2 29 56 23 2 0.257
Hank Edwards 55 160 27 43 0 0 3 18 18 18 1 0.269
Johnny Berardino 66 147 19 28 0 0 2 10 27 16 0 0.190
Bob Lemon 52 119 20 34 0 0 5 21 8 23 0 0.286
Bob Feller 44 95 1 9 0 0 0 3 1 39 0 0.095
Gene Bearden 37 90 14 23 0 0 2 14 5 9 0 0.256
Joe Tipton 47 90 11 26 0 0 1 13 4 10 0 0.289
Bob Kennedy 66 73 10 22 0 0 0 5 4 6 0 0.301
Hal Peck 45 63 12 18 0 0 0 8 4 8 1 0.286
Steve Gromek 38 41 3 6 0 0 0 1 3 7 0 0.146
Sam Zoldak 23 36 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.139
Satchel Paige 21 23 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.087
Pat Seerey 10 23 7 6 0 0 1 6 7 8 0 0.261
Bob Muncrief 21 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0.111
Don Black 18 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.200
Ed Klieman 44 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 0.143
Russ Christopher 45 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.000
Ray Boone 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.400
Al Rosen 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.200
Ray Murray 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Al Gettel 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Kennedy 6 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.667
Lyman Linde 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Mike Garcia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ernest Groth 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Les Webber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Charles Wensloff 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Gene Bearden 2.43 2 Satchel Paige 2.48 3 Ed Klieman 2.60 4 Sam Zoldak 2.81 5 Bob Lemon 2.82

Wins

1 Gene Bearden 20 2 Bob Lemon 20 3 Bob Feller 19 4 Steve Gromek 9 5 Sam Zoldak 9

Strikeouts

1 Bob Feller 164 2 Bob Lemon 147 3 Gene Bearden 80 4 Steve Gromek 50 5 Satchel Paige 43
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bob Lemon 20 14 2.82 43 37 2 293.2 129 147
Bob Feller 19 15 3.56 44 38 3 280.1 116 164
Gene Bearden 20 7 2.43 37 29 1 229.2 106 80
Steve Gromek 9 3 2.84 38 9 2 130.0 51 50
Sam Zoldak 9 6 2.81 23 12 0 105.2 24 17
Ed Klieman 3 2 2.60 44 0 4 79.2 46 18
Satchel Paige 6 1 2.48 21 7 1 72.2 22 43
Bob Muncrief 5 4 3.98 21 9 0 72.1 31 24
Russ Christopher 3 2 2.90 45 0 17 59.0 27 14
Don Black 2 2 5.37 18 10 0 52.0 40 16
Bill Kennedy 1 0 11.12 6 3 0 11.1 13 12
Lyman Linde 0 0 5.40 3 0 0 10.0 4 0
Al Gettel 0 1 17.61 5 2 0 7.2 10 4
Mike Garcia 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 0 1
Charles Wensloff 0 1 10.80 1 0 0 1.2 3 2
Ernest Groth 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 0
Les Webber 0 0 40.50 1 0 0 0.2 1 1

🏆 Postseason Results

World Series
CLE def. BSN 4-2

👥 Roster (36)

Gene Bearden Johnny Berardino Don Black Ray Boone Lou Boudreau Russ Christopher Allie Clark Larry Doby Hank Edwards Bob Feller Mike Garcia Al Gettel +24 more

36 players

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