1943 Cleveland Indians season

The 1943 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American major league baseball. The team finished third in the American League with a record of 82–71.

Offseason

Prior to 1943 season
*Sherm Lollar was signed as an amateur free agent by the Indians.
*Pete Milne was signed as an amateur free agent by the Indians.

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	Buddy Rosar	115	382	108	.283	1	41
1B	Mickey Rocco	108	405	97	.240	5	46
2B	Ray Mack	153	545	120	.220	7	62
SS		152	539	154	.286	3	67
3B	Ken Keltner	110	427	111	.260	4	39
OF	Oris Hockett	141	601	166	.276	2	51
OF	Jeff Heath	118	424	116	.274	18	79
OF	Roy Cullenbine	138	488	141	.289	8	56

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
Hank Edwards	92	297	82	.276	3	28
Rusty Peters	79	215	47	.219	1	19
Gene Desautels	68	185	38	.205	0	19
Otto Denning	37	129	31	.240	0	13
Pat Seerey	26	72	16	.222	1	5
Gene Woodling	8	25	8	.320	1	5
Jimmy Grant	15	22	3	.136	0	1
Eddie Turchin	11	13	3	.231	0	1
Frank Doljack	3	7	0	.000	0	0
Jim McDonnell	2	1	0	.000	0	0
	3	1	0	.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
	36	273.0	17	14	3.10	70
	29	208.1	17	7	2.55	72
Allie Reynolds	34	198.2	11	12	2.99	151
Vern Kennedy	28	146.2	10	7	2.45	63
Mel Harder	19	135.1	8	7	3.06	40

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
Ray Poat	17	45.0	2	5	4.40	31
Al Milnar	16	39.0	1	3	8.08	12
Ed Klieman	1	9.0	0	1	1.00	2
Paul Calvert	5	8.1	0	0	4.32	2
Steve Gromek	3	4.0	0	0	9.00	4

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
Joe Heving	30	1	1	9	2.75	34
Jack Salveson	23	5	3	3	3.35	24
Mike Naymick	29	4	4	2	2.30	41
Pete Center	24	1	2	1	2.76	10
Chubby Dean	17	5	5	0	4.50	29

Awards and honors

All-Star Game
Lou Boudreau, Shortstop
Roy Cullenbine, Outfielder
Oris Hockett, Outfielder
Ken Keltner, Third baseman