# 1933 Cleveland Indians season

The 1933 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 75–76, 23½ games behind the Washington Senators.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Washington Senators | 99 | 53 | .651 | — | 46‍–‍30 | 53‍–‍23 |
| New York Yankees | 91 | 59 | .607 | 7 | 51‍–‍23 | 40‍–‍36 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 79 | 72 | .523 | 19½ | 46‍–‍29 | 33‍–‍43 |
| Cleveland Indians | 75 | 76 | .497 | 23½ | 45‍–‍32 | 30‍–‍44 |
| Detroit Tigers | 75 | 79 | .487 | 25 | 43‍–‍35 | 32‍–‍44 |
| Chicago White Sox | 67 | 83 | .447 | 31 | 35‍–‍41 | 32‍–‍42 |
| Boston Red Sox | 63 | 86 | .423 | 34½ | 32‍–‍40 | 31‍–‍46 |
| St. Louis Browns | 55 | 96 | .364 | 43½ | 30‍–‍46 | 25‍–‍50 |

### Record vs. opponents

1933 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 11–7 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 8–14 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 4–17 |
| Chicago | 7–11 | — | 9–13 | 10–12 | 7–15–1 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 7–15 |
| Cleveland | 16–6 | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 7–13 | 6–16 | 15–7 | 8–13 |
| Detroit | 11–11 | 12–10 | 12–10 | — | 7–15 | 11–11 | 14–8–1 | 8–14 |
| New York | 14–8 | 15–7–1 | 13–7 | 15–7 | — | 12–9 | 14–7–1 | 8–14 |
| Philadelphia | 8–14 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 11–11 | 9–12 | — | 14–6 | 11–11–1 |
| St. Louis | 13–9 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 8–14–1 | 7–14–1 | 6–14 | — | 7–15 |
| Washington | 17–4 | 15–7 | 13–8 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 11–11–1 | 15–7 | — |

### Roster
## 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 | Frankie Pytlak | 80 | 248 | 77 | .310 | 2 | 33 |
| 1B | Harley Boss | 112 | 438 | 118 | .269 | 1 | 53 |
| 2B | Odell Hale | 98 | 351 | 97 | .276 | 10 | 64 |
| SS | Bill Knickerbocker | 80 | 279 | 63 | .226 | 2 | 32 |
| 3B | Willie Kamm | 133 | 447 | 126 | .282 | 1 | 47 |
| OF | Joe Vosmik | 119 | 438 | 115 | .263 | 4 | 56 |
| OF | Earl Averill | 151 | 599 | 180 | .301 | 11 | 92 |
| OF | Dick Porter | 132 | 499 | 133 | .267 | 0 | 41 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Cissell | 112 | 409 | 94 | .230 | 6 | 33 |
| Johnny Burnett | 83 | 261 | 71 | .272 | 1 | 29 |
| Roy Spencer | 75 | 227 | 46 | .203 | 0 | 23 |
| Milt Galatzer | 57 | 160 | 38 | .238 | 1 | 17 |
| Ed Morgan | 39 | 121 | 32 | .264 | 1 | 13 |
| Glenn Myatt | 40 | 77 | 18 | .234 | 0 | 7 |
| Johnny Oulliber | 22 | 75 | 20 | .267 | 0 | 3 |
| Mike Powers | 24 | 47 | 13 | .277 | 0 | 2 |
| Hal Trosky | 11 | 44 | 13 | .295 | 1 | 8 |

### 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 |
| Mel Harder | 43 | 253.0 | 15 | 17 | 2.95 | 81 |
| Oral Hildebrand | 36 | 220.1 | 16 | 11 | 3.76 | 90 |
| Wes Ferrell | 28 | 201.0 | 11 | 12 | 4.21 | 41 |
| Clint Brown | 33 | 185.0 | 11 | 12 | 3.41 | 47 |
| Monte Pearson | 19 | 135.1 | 10 | 5 | 2.33 | 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 |
| Thornton Lee | 3 | 17.1 | 1 | 1 | 4.15 | 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 |
| Sarge Connally | 41 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4.89 | 30 |
| Willis Hudlin | 34 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 3.97 | 44 |
| Belve Bean | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.25 | 41 |
| Howard Craghead | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 2 |

## Awards and honors

All Star Game
Earl Averill, Outfielder
Wes Ferrell, Pitcher
Oral Hildebrand, Pitcher

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| C | Zanesville Grays | Middle Atlantic League | Johnny Walker, Buzz Wetzel, Harry Layne and Bert Grimm |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Zanesville