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1947 Cleveland Indians

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1946 / 1948

80-74, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Lou Boudreau (80-74)
Scored 687 runs, Allowed 588 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-66

Ballparks: Cleveland Stadium · Attendance: 1,521,978 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 94 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 94


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1946 / 1948 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Gene Bearden 26 L L 6' 3" 198 Sep 5, 1920 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Heinz Becker 31 B R 6' 2" 200 Aug 26, 1915 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Don Black 30 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 20, 1916 5 30 28 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Eddie Bockman 26 R R 5' 9" 175 Jul 26, 1920 2 46 10 46 18 0 0 0 4 12 1 1 0 0 1 23 5 0.2 $
Lou Boudreau HOF 29 R R 5' 11" 185 Jul 17, 1917 10 150 147 150 148 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 3 0 7.3 $ All-Star
Jack Conway 28 R R 5' 11" 175 Jul 30, 1918 3 34 11 34 29 0 0 0 5 1 24 0 0 0 0 2 3 -0.3 $
Larry Doby HOF 23 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 13, 1923 1st 29 1 29 6 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 24 1 -0.4 $
Cal Dorsett 34 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 10, 1913 3 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Hank Edwards 28 L L 6' 0" 190 Jan 29, 1919 5 108 96 108 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 59 100 10 0 1.5 $
Red Embree 29 R R 6' 0" 165 Aug 30, 1917 6 28 21 28 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.3 $
Bob Feller HOF 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 3, 1918 9 42 37 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.6 $82,000 All-Star
Les Fleming 31 L L 5' 10" 185 Aug 7, 1915 6 103 75 103 77 0 0 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 1.3 $
Joe Frazier 24 L R 6' 0" 180 Oct 6, 1922 1st 9 3 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 3 1 -0.2 $
Al Gettel 29 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 17, 1917 3 34 21 34 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.4 $
Joe Gordon HOF 32 R R 5' 10" 180 Feb 18, 1915 8 155 154 155 155 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.9 $ All-Star
Steve Gromek 27 B R 6' 2" 180 Jan 15, 1920 7 30 7 30 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $
Ernest Groth 25 R R 5' 9" 185 May 3, 1922 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Mel Harder 37 R R 6' 1" 195 Oct 15, 1909 20 15 15 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Jim Hegan 26 R R 6' 2" 195 Aug 3, 1920 4 135 120 135 133 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1.1 $ All-Star
Ken Keltner 30 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 31, 1916 10 151 150 151 150 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.0 $
Ed Klieman 29 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 21, 1918 5 58 0 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Bob Kuzava 24 B L 6' 2" 202 May 28, 1923 2 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Bob Lemon HOF 26 L R 6' 0" 180 Sep 22, 1920 4 47 15 47 39 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 5 2.7 $
Lyman Linde 26 R R 5' 11" 185 Sep 30, 1920 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Al Lopez HOF 38 R R 5' 11" 165 Aug 20, 1908 19 61 37 61 57 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.1 $
Felix Mackiewicz 29 R R 6' 2" 195 Nov 20, 1917 6 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 -0.1 $
George Metkovich 26 L L 6' 1" 185 Oct 8, 1920 5 126 111 126 120 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 119 2 119 6 0 1.4 $
Dale Mitchell 25 L L 6' 1" 195 Aug 23, 1921 2 123 111 123 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 50 1 115 8 1 1.9 $
Hal Peck 30 L L 5' 11" 175 Apr 20, 1917 5 114 94 114 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 95 97 13 4 1.9 $
Eddie Robinson 26 L R 6' 2" 210 Dec 15, 1920 3 95 81 95 87 0 0 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1.4 $
Al Rosen 23 R R 5' 10" 180 Feb 29, 1924 1st 7 1 7 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 -0.2 $
Hank Ruszkowski 21 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 10, 1925 3 23 0 23 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.4 $
Pat Seerey 24 R R 5' 10" 200 Mar 17, 1923 5 82 53 82 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 1 16 68 14 0 -0.7 $
Ted Sepkowski 23 L R 5' 11" 190 Nov 9, 1923 3 10 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 0 -0.1 $
Bryan Stephens 26 R R 6' 4" 175 Jul 14, 1920 1st 31 5 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Jimmy Wasdell 33 L L 5' 11" 185 May 15, 1914 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Les Willis 39 L L 5' 9" 195 Jan 17, 1908 1st 22 2 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Roger Wolff 36 R R 6' 0" 208 Apr 10, 1911 7 7 2 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Jimmy Wasdell

Eddie Bockman

Lyman Linde
Eddie Robinson

Joe Gordon

Lou Boudreau

Ken Keltner

Jack Conway

Les Fleming

Cal Dorsett

Jim Hegan

Hank Ruszkowski

Al Lopez

Larry Doby

Heinz Becker
Les Willis

Ed Klieman

Gene Bearden
Al Rosen

Mel Harder

Bob Feller

Bob Kuzava
Roger Wolff

Bob Lemon

Red Embree

Don Black

Al Gettel

Steve Gromek

Bob Kuzava

Bryan Stephens

Ernest Groth
Bryan Stephens
Les Willis

Pat Seerey

George Metkovich

Hank Edwards

Dale Mitchell

Hal Peck

Felix Mackiewicz

Joe Frazier
Ted Sepkowski

Gene Bearden

1946 / 1948 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers