1923 Cleveland Indians
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkDunn Field
CityCleveland, Ohio
OwnersEstate of Jim Dunn
ManagersTris Speaker
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The 1923 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American League with a record of 82–71, 16½ games behind the New York Yankees.

The Indians beat the Boston Red Sox 27–3 on July 7; this is the most runs scored in a game by a major league team without hitting a home run (1901 onwards).[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 98 54 0.645 — 46–30 52–24
Detroit Tigers 83 71 0.539 16 45–32 38–39
Cleveland Indians 82 71 0.536 16½ 42–36 40–35
Washington Senators 75 78 0.490 23½ 43–34 32–44
St. Louis Browns 74 78 0.487 24 40–36 34–42
Philadelphia Athletics 69 83 0.454 29 34–41 35–42
Chicago White Sox 69 85 0.448 30 30–45 39–40
Boston Red Sox 61 91 0.401 37 37–40 24–51

Record vs. opponents

1923 American League record

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


Roster

1923 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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 113 330 82 .248 0 50
1B Frank Brower 126 397 113 .285 16 66
2B Bill Wambsganss 101 345 100 .290 1 59
SS Joe Sewell 153 553 195 .353 3 109
3B Rube Lutzke 143 511 131 .256 3 65
OF Tris Speaker 150 574 218 .380 17 130
OF Homer Summa 137 525 172 .328 3 69
OF Charlie Jamieson 152 644 222 .345 2 51

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
Riggs Stephenson 91 301 96 .319 5 65
Glenn Myatt 92 220 63 .286 3 40
Lou Guisto 40 144 26 .181 0 18
Joe Connolly 52 109 33 .303 3 25
Larry Gardner 52 79 20 .253 0 12
Ray Knode 22 38 11 .289 2 4
Luke Sewell 10 10 2 .200 0 1
Wally Shaner 3 4 1 .250 0 0
Tom Gulley 2 3 1 .333 0 0
Sumpter Clarke 1 3 0 .000 0 0
Jackie Gallagher 1 1 1 1.000 0 0
Kenny Hogan 1 0 0 ---- 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
George Uhle 54 357.2 26 16 3.77 109
Stan Coveleski 33 228.0 13 14 2.76 54

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
Jim Joe Edwards 38 179.1 10 10 3.71 68
Joe Shaute 33 172.0 10 8 3.51 61
Guy Morton 33 129.1 6 6 4.24 54
Dewey Metivier 26 73.1 4 2 6.50 9
Dan Boone 27 70.1 4 6 6.01 15
Phil Bedgood 9 18.2 0 2 5.30 7

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
Logan Drake 4 0 0 0 4.15 2
Jim Sullivan 3 0 1 0 14.40 4
Dutch Levsen 3 0 0 0 0.00 1
George Edmondson 1 0 0 0 11.25 0
Johnson Fry 1 0 0 0 12.27 0
George Winn 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

References

  1. ^ "Team Batting Game Finder: In the Regular Season, since 1901, requiring Runs Scored >= 22 and Home Runs = 0, sorted by greatest Runs Scored". Stathead. Retrieved April 24, 2021.

External links

1923 MLB season by team
Cleveland Guardians
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