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1951 Cleveland Indians

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950 / 1952

93-61, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Al Lopez (93-61)
Scored 696 runs, Allowed 594 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-66

Ballparks: Cleveland Stadium · Attendance: 1,704,984 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 95, Pitching - 92 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 93

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1950 / 1952 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
Bobby Avila 27 R R 5' 10" 175 Apr 2, 1924 3 141 135 141 136 0 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 4.2
Ray Boone 27 R R 6' 0" 172 Jul 27, 1923 4 151 149 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
Lou Brissie 27 L L 6' 4" 210 Jun 5, 1924 5 54 4 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2
Bob Chakales 23 R R 6' 1" 185 Aug 10, 1927 1st 17 10 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sam Chapman 35 R R 6' 0" 180 Apr 11, 1916 11 94 56 94 85 0 0 1 0 0 0 37 45 7 84 11 7 -0.8
Allie Clark 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Jun 16, 1923 5 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0.1
Merl Combs 31 L R 6' 0" 172 Dec 11, 1919 4 19 6 19 16 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.0
Larry Doby HOF 27 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 13, 1923 5 134 128 134 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 132 4 0 5.9 All-Star
Luke Easter 35 L R 6' 4" 240 Aug 4, 1915 3 128 125 128 125 0 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.1
Jerry Fahr 26 R R 6' 5" 185 Dec 9, 1924 1st 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bob Feller HOF 32 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 3, 1918 13 33 32 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2
Mike Garcia 27 R R 6' 1" 195 Nov 17, 1923 4 47 30 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.4
Steve Gromek 31 B R 6' 2" 180 Jan 15, 1920 11 27 8 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3
Doug Hansen 22 R R 6' 0" 180 Dec 16, 1928 1st 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bubba Harris 25 R R 6' 4" 204 Feb 15, 1926 3 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Jim Hegan 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Aug 3, 1920 8 133 116 133 129 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0.5 All-Star
Sam Jones 25 R R 6' 4" 192 Dec 14, 1925 1st 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Bob Kennedy 30 R R 6' 2" 193 Aug 18, 1920 10 108 84 108 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 105 106 5 1 0.2
Lou Klein 32 R R 5' 11" 167 Oct 22, 1918 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1
Paul Lehner 30 L L 5' 9" 160 Jul 1, 1920 6 12 1 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 1 -0.1
Bob Lemon HOF 30 L R 6' 0" 180 Sep 22, 1920 8 56 34 56 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 3.4 All-Star
Clarence Maddern 29 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 26, 1921 4 11 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 1 -0.2
Barney McCosky 34 L R 6' 1" 184 Apr 11, 1917 9 31 14 31 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13 16 15 1 -0.3
Minnie Minoso 25 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 29, 1925 2 8 2 8 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.3
Dale Mitchell 29 L L 6' 1" 195 Aug 23, 1921 6 134 122 134 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 124 0 0 124 10 0 2.4
Ray Murray 33 R R 6' 3" 204 Oct 12, 1917 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hal Naragon 22 L R 6' 0" 160 Oct 1, 1928 1st 3 2 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Milt Nielsen 26 L L 5' 11" 190 Feb 8, 1925 2 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10 -0.1
Al Rosen 27 R R 5' 10" 180 Feb 29, 1924 5 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1
Dick Rozek 24 L L 6' 0" 190 Mar 27, 1927 2 7 1 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Harry Simpson 25 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 3, 1925 1st 122 84 122 110 0 0 51 0 0 0 5 8 57 67 13 11 -0.2
Snuffy Stirnweiss 32 R R 5' 8" 175 Oct 26, 1918 9 50 21 50 27 0 0 0 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 10 0.5
Birdie Tebbetts 38 R R 5' 11" 170 Nov 10, 1912 13 55 37 55 44 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 -0.1
Thurman Tucker 33 L R 5' 10" 165 Sep 26, 1917 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Johnny Vander Meer 36 B L 6' 1" 190 Nov 2, 1914 13 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Early Wynn HOF 31 B R 6' 0" 190 Jan 6, 1920 11 41 34 41 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 5.6
George Zuverink 26 R R 6' 4" 195 Aug 20, 1924 1st 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Bobby Avila

Doug Hansen
Lou Klein

Dale Mitchell

Jim Hegan

Snuffy Stirnweiss

Minnie Minoso

Al Rosen

Ray Boone

Luke Easter

Merl Combs

Lou Brissie
Ray Murray

Larry Doby

Birdie Tebbetts

George Zuverink

Bubba Harris

Bob Feller

Clarence Maddern

Bob Lemon

Sam Jones
Johnny Vander Meer

Hal Naragon

Early Wynn

Mike Garcia

Dick Rozek

Steve Gromek

Jerry Fahr

Bob Chakales

Sam Chapman
Allie Clark

Barney McCosky
Milt Nielsen

Bob Kennedy

Harry Simpson

Sam Jones

Paul Lehner
Thurman Tucker

1950 / 1952 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers