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1949 Cleveland Indians season

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Owner(s)
  
Bill Veeck, Ellis Ryan

Manager(s)
  
Lou Boudreau

General manager(s)
  
Bill Veeck

Local television
  
WEWS-TV Bob Neal, Tris Speaker

Local radio
  
WJW Jack Graney, Jimmy Dudley

The 1949 Cleveland Indians season was the 49th in franchise history. The club entered the season as the defending World Champions. On March 5, 1949, Indians minority owner Bob Hope donned a Cleveland Indians uniform and posed with manager Lou Boudreau and vice president Hank Greenberg as the World Series champions opened spring training camp in Tucson, Arizona.

Contents

Offseason

  • November 15, 1948: 1948 minor league draft
  • Bob Chakales was drafted by the Indians from the Philadelphia Phillies.
  • Grant Dunlap was drafted from the Indians by the New York Yankees.
  • December 14, 1948: Ed Klieman, Joe Haynes, and Eddie Robinson were traded by the Indians to the Washington Senators for Mickey Vernon and Early Wynn.
  • Prior to 1949 season: Brooks Lawrence was signed as an amateur free agent by the Indians.

    • Regular season

    During the season, Indians fan Charlie Lupica spent 117 days on a flagpole, waiting for the Indians to regain first place. They never did, and he gave up his pursuit when the Indians were mathematically eliminated on September 25.

    Notable transactions

  • April 28, 1949: Grant Dunlap was returned to the Indians by the New York Yankees.

    • Starters by position

    Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Other batters

    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Starting pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Other pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Relief pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Awards and honors

  • Dale Mitchell, American League leader, triples (23)

    • All-Star Game

    Farm system

    LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Stroudsburg

    References

    1949 Cleveland Indians season Wikipedia
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