The 1942 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American major league baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 75–79–2.
Offseason Prior to 1942 season: Grant Dunlap was acquired by the Indians from the Cincinnati Reds.Grant Dunlap at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1942 Cleveland Indians Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches
Player stats = Indicates team leader 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 RBICOtto Denning9121445.2101191BLes Fleming156548160.29214822BRay Mack143481108.225245 SS 147 506 143 .283 2 583BKen Keltner152624179.287678OFOris Hockett148601150.250748OFJeff Heath147568158.2781076OFRoy Weatherly128473122.258539
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 RBIBuster Mills8019554.277126Jim Hegan6817033.194011Gene Desautels6216240.24709Oscar Grimes518415.17902Fabian Gaffke406711.16403Rusty Peters345813.22402Hank Edwards134812.25007Ted Sepkowski5101.10000Eddie Robinson881.12502Bob Lemon550.00000 2 1 1 1.000 0 0
Pitching
Starting 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 38 270.2 17 9 2.96 54Mel Harder29198.213143.4474Chubby Dean27172.28113.8146Al Smith30168.110153.9666Al Milnar28157.0684.1335
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 SORed Embree1963.0343.8644Steve Gromek1444.1203.6514Ray Poat418.1135.408Clint Brown79.0116.004Joe Krakauskas37.0003.862Allie Reynolds25.0000.002Pete Center13.10016.200Paul Calvert12.0000.002
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SOTom Ferrick313231.9928Harry Eisenstat292122.4519Vern Kennedy284814.0837Joe Heving275334.8613
Awards and honors
All-Star Game
Jim Bagby, Pitcher
Lou Boudreau, Shortstop (starter)
Ken Keltner, Third baseman (starter)
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Cedar Rapids, ThomasvilleJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
External links 1942 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference 1942 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac