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1949 Cleveland Indians

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1948 / 1950

89-65, Finished 3rd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Lou Boudreau (89-65)
Scored 675 runs, Allowed 574 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-66

Ballparks: Cleveland Stadium · Attendance: 2,233,771 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 95 · one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 95


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1948 / 1950 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
Bobby Avila 25 R R 5' 10" 175 Apr 2, 1924 1st 31 1 31 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 16 -0.1 $
Gene Bearden 28 L L 6' 3" 198 Sep 5, 1920 3 32 19 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Al Benton 38 R R 6' 4" 215 Mar 18, 1911 12 40 11 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 $
Johnny Berardino 32 R R 5' 11" 175 May 1, 1917 8 50 28 50 36 0 0 0 9 24 3 0 0 0 0 15 1 -0.6 $
Ray Boone 25 R R 6' 0" 172 Jul 27, 1923 2 86 68 86 76 0 0 0 0 0 76 0 0 0 0 11 4 0.8 $
Lou Boudreau HOF 31 R R 5' 11" 185 Jul 17, 1917 12 134 129 134 131 0 0 6 1 38 88 0 0 0 0 4 1 2.9 $60,000
Allie Clark 26 R R 6' 0" 185 Jun 16, 1923 3 35 13 35 18 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 13 17 22 0 -0.9 $
Larry Doby HOF 25 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 13, 1923 3 147 146 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 41 147 0 0 3.4 $ All-Star
Luke Easter 33 L R 6' 4" 240 Aug 4, 1915 1st 21 11 21 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 9 0 -0.4 $
Hank Edwards 30 L L 6' 0" 190 Jan 29, 1919 7 5 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0.0 $
Bob Feller HOF 30 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 3, 1918 11 36 28 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
Mike Garcia 25 R R 6' 1" 195 Nov 17, 1923 2 41 20 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 $
Joe Gordon HOF 34 R R 5' 10" 180 Feb 18, 1915 10 148 145 148 145 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.6 $ All-Star
Steve Gromek 29 B R 6' 2" 180 Jan 15, 1920 9 27 12 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Jim Hegan 28 R R 6' 2" 195 Aug 3, 1920 6 152 146 152 152 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $ All-Star
Ken Keltner 32 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 31, 1916 12 80 67 80 69 0 0 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 0.8 $
Bob Kennedy 28 R R 6' 2" 193 Aug 18, 1920 8 121 110 121 118 0 0 0 0 21 0 1 0 98 98 4 1 1.5 $
Bob Lemon HOF 28 L R 6' 0" 180 Sep 22, 1920 6 46 33 46 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 7.3 $ All-Star
Fred Marsh 25 R R 5' 10" 180 Jan 5, 1924 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $
Minnie Minoso 23 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 29, 1925 1st 9 6 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 2 1 -0.1 $
Dale Mitchell 27 L L 6' 1" 195 Aug 23, 1921 4 149 146 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 149 0 0 2.3 $ All-Star
Milt Nielsen 24 L L 5' 11" 190 Feb 8, 1925 1st 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 -0.1 $
Satchel Paige HOF 42 R R 6' 3" 180 Jul 7, 1906 2 31 5 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $
Frank Papish 31 R L 6' 2" 192 Oct 21, 1917 5 25 3 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Hal Peck 32 L L 5' 11" 175 Apr 20, 1917 7 33 0 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 31 0 0.1 $
Herman Reich 31 R L 6' 2" 200 Nov 23, 1917 1st 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.0 $
Al Rosen 25 R R 5' 10" 180 Feb 29, 1924 3 23 9 23 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 -0.5 $
Mike Tresh 35 R R 5' 11" 170 Feb 23, 1914 12 38 8 38 38 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 $
Thurman Tucker 31 L R 5' 10" 165 Sep 26, 1917 7 80 43 80 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 48 0 52 29 2 -0.3 $
Mickey Vernon 31 L L 6' 2" 170 Apr 22, 1918 9 153 148 153 153 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3.4 $
Early Wynn HOF 29 B R 6' 0" 190 Jan 6, 1920 9 35 23 35 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.5 $
Sam Zoldak 30 L L 5' 11" 185 Dec 8, 1918 6 27 0 27 27 27 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

Bobby Avila

Johnny Berardino

Mickey Vernon

Joe Gordon

Lou Boudreau

Ken Keltner

Al Rosen

Ray Boone

Luke Easter
Herman Reich

Jim Hegan

Mike Tresh

Fred Marsh

Milt Nielsen

Minnie Minoso

Bob Feller

Sam Zoldak

Bob Lemon

Al Benton

Early Wynn

Mike Garcia

Frank Papish

Steve Gromek

Satchel Paige

Gene Bearden

Allie Clark

Hank Edwards

Bob Kennedy

Dale Mitchell

Hal Peck

Larry Doby

Thurman Tucker

1948 / 1950 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers