1940 Cleveland Guardians roster

29 players appeared for the Cleveland Guardians in the 1940 MLB season.

1940 Guardians roster: batting

1940 Cleveland Guardians batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Lou Boudreau1556279718591016.295.370.814
Roy Weatherly1355789017512599.303.335.799
Ben Chapman1435488215745013.286.377.781
Ken Keltner14954367138157710.254.322.740
Ray Mack1465306015012694.283.346.755
Hal Trosky1405228515425931.295.392.920
Beau Bell120444551244582.279.332.697
Rollie Hemsley119416461114421.267.304.671
Jeff Heath100356557814505.219.298.697
Frankie Pytlak6214916210160.141.234.401
Rusty Peters3071517071.239.280.618
Soup Campbell3562814020.226.304.546
Odell Hale4850311060.220.291.611
Oscar Grimes111330000.000.000.000
Hank Helf1100000.000.000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1940 Guardians roster: pitching

1940 Cleveland Guardians pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Bob FellerP433727112.61320.12611.134
Al MilnarP373318103.27242.1991.413
Mel HarderP312512114.06186.1761.390
Al SmithP31241573.44183.0461.322
Johnny AllenP3217983.44138.2621.255
Joe DobsonP407374.95100.0571.493
Harry EisenstatP273143.1471.2271.264
Johnny HumphriesP191028.2933.2171.901
Mike NaymickP134125.1030.0151.770
Bill ZuberP170115.6324.0121.630
Nate AndrewsP60016.0012.031.830
Dixie HowellP30001.805.021.200
Ken JungelsP20002.703.111.200
Cal DorsettP10009.001.001.000

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.