# 1919 Cleveland Indians season

The 1919 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 84–55, 3.5 games behind the Chicago White Sox.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Sox | 88 | 52 | .629 | — | 48‍–‍22 | 40‍–‍30 |
| Cleveland Indians | 84 | 55 | .604 | 3½ | 44‍–‍25 | 40‍–‍30 |
| New York Yankees | 80 | 59 | .576 | 7½ | 46‍–‍25 | 34‍–‍34 |
| Detroit Tigers | 80 | 60 | .571 | 8 | 46‍–‍24 | 34‍–‍36 |
| St. Louis Browns | 67 | 72 | .482 | 20½ | 40‍–‍30 | 27‍–‍42 |
| Boston Red Sox | 66 | 71 | .482 | 20½ | 35‍–‍30 | 31‍–‍41 |
| Washington Senators | 56 | 84 | .400 | 32 | 32‍–‍40 | 24‍–‍44 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 36 | 104 | .257 | 52 | 21‍–‍49 | 15‍–‍55 |

### Record vs. opponents

1919 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 9–11 | 4–15 | 9–11 | 10–9 | 14–6 | 9–10–1 | 11–9 |
| Chicago | 11–9 | — | 12–8 | 11–9 | 12–8 | 17–3 | 11–9 | 14–6 |
| Cleveland | 15–4 | 8–12 | — | 8–12 | 13–7 | 16–4 | 11–9 | 13–7 |
| Detroit | 11–9 | 9–11 | 12–8 | — | 8–12 | 14–6 | 14–6 | 12–8 |
| New York | 9–10 | 8–12 | 7–13 | 12–8 | — | 18–2 | 12–8 | 14–6–2 |
| Philadelphia | 6–14 | 3–17 | 4–16 | 6–14 | 2–18 | — | 7–13 | 8–12 |
| St. Louis | 10–9–1 | 9–11 | 9–11 | 6–14 | 8–12 | 13–7 | — | 12–8 |
| Washington | 9–11 | 6–14 | 7–13 | 8–12 | 6–14–2 | 12–8 | 8–12 | — |

### 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 | Steve O'Neill | 125 | 398 | 115 | .289 | 2 | 47 |
| 1B | Doc Johnston | 102 | 331 | 101 | .305 | 1 | 33 |
| 2B | Bill Wambsganss | 139 | 526 | 146 | .278 | 2 | 60 |
| SS | Ray Chapman | 115 | 433 | 130 | .300 | 3 | 53 |
| 3B | Larry Gardner | 139 | 524 | 157 | .300 | 2 | 79 |
| OF | Jack Graney | 128 | 461 | 108 | .234 | 1 | 30 |
| OF | Elmer Smith | 114 | 395 | 110 | .278 | 9 | 54 |
| OF | Tris Speaker | 134 | 494 | 146 | .296 | 2 | 63 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Wood | 72 | 192 | 49 | .255 | 0 | 27 |
| Joe Harris | 62 | 184 | 69 | .375 | 1 | 46 |
| Harry Lunte | 26 | 77 | 15 | .195 | 0 | 2 |
| Les Nunamaker | 26 | 56 | 14 | .250 | 0 | 7 |
| Pinch Thomas | 34 | 46 | 5 | .109 | 0 | 2 |
| Joe Evans | 21 | 14 | 1 | .071 | 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 |
| Stan Coveleski | 43 | 286.0 | 24 | 12 | 2.61 | 118 |
| Jim Bagby | 35 | 241.1 | 17 | 11 | 2.80 | 61 |
| Guy Morton | 26 | 147.1 | 9 | 9 | 2.81 | 64 |
| Hi Jasper | 12 | 82.2 | 4 | 5 | 3.59 | 25 |
| Ray Caldwell | 6 | 52.2 | 5 | 1 | 1.71 | 24 |

#### 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 |
| Elmer Myers | 23 | 134.2 | 8 | 7 | 3.74 | 38 |
| George Uhle | 26 | 127.0 | 10 | 5 | 2.91 | 50 |
| Johnny Enzmann | 14 | 55.1 | 3 | 2 | 2.28 | 13 |
| Charlie Jamieson | 4 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 5.54 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Tom Phillips | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.95 | 18 |
| Fritz Coumbe | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.32 | 7 |
| Tony Faeth | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.49 | 7 |
| Ed Klepfer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 7 |
| Smokey Joe Wood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Joe Engel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0 |