1919 Cleveland Indians season

1919 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkDunn Field
CityCleveland, Ohio
Record84–55 (.604)
League place2nd
OwnersJim Dunn
ManagersLee Fohl, Tris Speaker

The 1919 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 84–55, 3.5 games behind the Chicago White Sox.

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 88 52 .629 — 48‍–‍22 40‍–‍30
Cleveland Indians 84 55 .604 3½ 44‍–‍25 40‍–‍30
New York Yankees 80 59 .576 7½ 46‍–‍25 34‍–‍34
Detroit Tigers 80 60 .571 8 46‍–‍24 34‍–‍36
St. Louis Browns 67 72 .482 20½ 40‍–‍30 27‍–‍42
Boston Red Sox 66 71 .482 20½ 35‍–‍30 31‍–‍41
Washington Senators 56 84 .400 32 32‍–‍40 24‍–‍44
Philadelphia Athletics 36 104 .257 52 21‍–‍49 15‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 9–11 4–15 9–11 10–9 14–6 9–10–1 11–9
Chicago 11–9 — 12–8 11–9 12–8 17–3 11–9 14–6
Cleveland 15–4 8–12 — 8–12 13–7 16–4 11–9 13–7
Detroit 11–9 9–11 12–8 — 8–12 14–6 14–6 12–8
New York 9–10 8–12 7–13 12–8 — 18–2 12–8 14–6–2
Philadelphia 6–14 3–17 4–16 6–14 2–18 — 7–13 8–12
St. Louis 10–9–1 9–11 9–11 6–14 8–12 13–7 — 12–8
Washington 9–11 6–14 7–13 8–12 6–14–2 12–8 8–12 —

Roster

1919 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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 Steve O'Neill 125 398 115 .289 2 47
1B Doc Johnston 102 331 101 .305 1 33
2B Bill Wambsganss 139 526 146 .278 2 60
SS Ray Chapman 115 433 130 .300 3 53
3B Larry Gardner 139 524 157 .300 2 79
OF Jack Graney 128 461 108 .234 1 30
OF Elmer Smith 114 395 110 .278 9 54
OF Tris Speaker 134 494 146 .296 2 63

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
Joe Wood 72 192 49 .255 0 27
Joe Harris 62 184 69 .375 1 46
Harry Lunte 26 77 15 .195 0 2
Les Nunamaker 26 56 14 .250 0 7
Pinch Thomas 34 46 5 .109 0 2
Joe Evans 21 14 1 .071 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
Stan Coveleski 43 286.0 24 12 2.61 118
Jim Bagby 35 241.1 17 11 2.80 61
Guy Morton 26 147.1 9 9 2.81 64
Hi Jasper 12 82.2 4 5 3.59 25
Ray Caldwell 6 52.2 5 1 1.71 24

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
Elmer Myers 23 134.2 8 7 3.74 38
George Uhle 26 127.0 10 5 2.91 50
Johnny Enzmann 14 55.1 3 2 2.28 13
Charlie Jamieson 4 13.0 0 0 5.54 0

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
Tom Phillips 22 3 2 0 2.95 18
Fritz Coumbe 8 1 1 1 5.32 7
Tony Faeth 6 0 0 0 0.49 7
Ed Klepfer 5 0 0 0 7.36 7
Smokey Joe Wood 1 0 0 1 0.00 0
Joe Engel 1 0 0 0 inf 0