1942 Cleveland Guardians roster

34 players appeared for the Cleveland Guardians in the 1942 MLB season.

1942 Guardians roster: batting

1942 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.
Ken Keltner152624721796784.287.312.695
Oris Hockett1486018515074812.250.305.650
Jeff Heath1475688215810769.278.350.792
Les Fleming1565487116014826.292.412.845
Lou Boudreau147506571432587.283.379.749
Ray Mack143481431082459.225.288.579
Roy Weatherly128473611225398.258.310.678
Otto Denning9221415451190.210.275.564
Buster Mills8019519541265.277.353.687
Jim Hegan6817010330111.194.243.467
Gene Desautels621621440091.247.303.581
Oscar Grimes51841015023.179.289.491
Fabian Gaffke4067411031.164.243.437
Rusty Peters3458613020.224.250.595
Ted Sepkowski51001000.100.100.200
Eddie Robinson8811020.125.222.347
George Susce21110001.0001.0002.000

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

1942 Guardians roster: pitching

1942 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.
Jim BagbyP38351792.96270.2541.221
Mel HarderP292913143.44198.2741.310
Chubby DeanP27228113.81172.2461.371
Al SmithP302410153.96168.1661.390
Al MilnarP2819684.13157.0351.470
Vern KennedyP2812484.08108.0371.381
Tom FerrickP312321.9981.1281.083
Red EmbreeP196343.8663.0441.410
Harry EisenstatP291212.4547.2191.342
Joe HevingP272534.8646.1131.663
Steve GromekP140203.6544.1141.560
Ray PoatP44135.4018.181.800
Clint BrownP70116.009.042.000
Joe KrakauskasP30003.867.021.570
Allie ReynoldsP20000.005.021.800
Pete CenterP100016.203.103.300
Paul CalvertP10000.002.021.000

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.