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1940 Cleveland Indians season

Field	Value
name	Cleveland Indians
season	1940
league	American League
ballpark	League Park
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
city	Cleveland, Ohio
owners	Alva Bradley
general_managers	Cy Slapnicka
managers	Ossie Vitt
radio	WCLE
(Jack Graney, Pinky Hunter)

Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Jack Graney, Pinky Hunter) |}} The 1940 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American major league baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 89–65, one game behind the Detroit Tigers. Had the Indians finished ahead of the Tigers, The Indians would have played their cross state National League rivals, the National League Champion Cincinnati Reds, in the World Series. The World Series would have been the only all Ohio World series. The season is infamous for ten Indian players confronting owner Alva Bradley and demanding the removal of manager Ossie Vitt, saying the man's behavior was harming the team. When the news broke, the public sided with Vitt and the Indians were dismissed as "crybabies." The movement has since been named the "Crybaby Rebellion."

Regular season

April 16, 1940: Indians pitcher Bob Feller threw what is, to date, the only Opening Day no-hitter. Feller walked five and struck out eight as the Indians beat the White Sox, 1–0, at Comiskey Park.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

May 13, 1940: Willis Hudlin was released by the Indians.

Opening Day Lineup

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5	Lou Boudreau	SS
22	Roy Weatherly	CF
11	Ben Chapman	RF
7	Hal Trosky	1B
24	Jeff Heath	LF
25	Ken Keltner	3B
9	Rollie Hemsley	C
6	Ray Mack	2B
19	Bob Feller	P

Roster

1940 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers

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	RBI
C	Rollie Hemsley	119	416	111	.267	4	42
1B	Hal Trosky	140	522	154	.295	25	93
2B	Ray Mack	146	530	150	.283	12	69
SS	Lou Boudreau	155	627	185	.295	9	101
3B	Ken Keltner	149	543	138	.254	15	77
OF	Beau Bell	120	444	124	.279	4	58
OF		143	548	157	.286	4	50
OF	Roy Weatherly	135	578	175	.303	12	59

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
Jeff Heath	100	356	78	.219	14	50
Frankie Pytlak	62	149	21	.141	0	16
Rusty Peters	30	71	17	.239	0	7
Soup Campbell	35	62	14	.226	0	2
Odell Hale	48	50	11	.220	0	6
Oscar Grimes	11	13	0	.000	0	0
Hank Helf	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

	= Indicates league leader

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
	43	320.1	27	11	2.61	261
Al Milnar	37	242.1	18	10	3.27	99
Mel Harder	31	186.1	12	11	4.06	76
	31	183.0	15	7	3.44	46
Johnny Allen	32	138.2	9	8	3.44	62

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
Mike Naymick	13	30.0	1	2	5.10	15
Willis Hudlin	4	23.2	2	1	4.94	8
Nate Andrews	6	12.0	0	1	6.00	3
Dixie Howell	3	5.0	0	0	1.80	2
Ken Jungels	2	3.1	0	0	2.70	1
Cal Dorsett	1	1.0	0	0	9.00	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
	40	3	7	3	4.95	57
Harry Eisenstat	27	1	4	4	3.14	27
Johnny Humphries	19	0	2	1	8.29	17
Bill Zuber	17	1	1	0	5.63	12

Awards and honors

All Star Game

Lou Boudreau, Shortstop

Bob Feller, Pitcher

Rollie Hemsley, Catcher

Ken Keltner, Third baseman

Ray Mack, Second baseman

Al Milnar, Pitcher

Farm system

References

(June 13, 1990). "History". [[The Plain Dealer]].
Schneider, Russell. (2001). "The Cleveland Indians Encyclopedia". Sports Publishing LLC.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20020402164029/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/statitudes/news/2002/03/26/openingday_btn/ SI.com – Statitudes – Statitudes: Opening Day 2002, By the Numbers – Sunday March 30, 2003 01:50 AM]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hudliwi01.shtml Willis Hudlin] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA194004160.shtml 1940 Opening Day Lineup] at ''Baseball-Reference''
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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