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1951 Cleveland Indians (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1950/1952) 93-61, Finished 2nd in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 696 runs, Allowed 594 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-66 Managed by Al Lopez Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,704,984 (2nd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 92   (one-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 93   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Jim Hegan           30  133  416   60   99  17  5   6   43  38   72  .238  .302  .346   0   3   6   0   3           79
1B *Luke Easter         35  128  486   65  131  12  5  27  103  37   71  .270  .333  .481   0   1  14   9   0          123
2B  Bobby Avila         27  141  542   76  165  21  3  10   58  60   31  .304  .374  .410  14   8  16   0  13          116
3B  Al Rosen            27  154  573   82  152  30  1  24  102  85   71  .265  .362  .447   7   5  14   2   1          123
SS  Ray Boone           27  151  544   65  127  14  1  12   51  48   36  .233  .302  .329   5   3  13   5   6           74
OF *Larry Doby          27  134  447   84  132  27  5  20   69 101   81  .295  .428  .512   4   1  10   3   0          159
OF *Dale Mitchell       29  134  510   83  148  21  7  11   62  53   16  .290  .358  .424   7   7   8   1   6          115
OF  Bob Kennedy         30  108  321   30   79  15  4   7   29  34   33  .246  .320  .383   4   2  13   1   3           94
   *Harry Simpson       25  122  332   51   76   7  0   7   24  45   48  .229  .325  .313   6   4   7   2   2           77
    Sam Chapman         35   94  246   24   56   9  1   6   36  27   32  .228  .304  .346   3   0   6   0   1           79
    Birdie Tebbetts     38   55  137    8   36   6  0   2   18   8    7  .263  .308  .350   0   0   4   1   0           82
    Snuffy Stirnweiss   32   50   88   10   19   1  0   1    4  22   25  .216  .373  .261   1   0   2   0   1           77
   *Barney McCosky      34   31   61    8   13   3  0   0    2   8    5  .213  .304  .262   1   0   2   0   0           57
   *Merl Combs          31   19   28    2    5   2  0   0    2   2    3  .179  .233  .250   0   0   0   0   1           33
    Minnie Minoso       25    8   14    3    6   2  0   0    2   1    1  .429  .529  .571   0   0   0   2   0          204
   *Paul Lehner         30   12   13    2    3   0  0   0    1   1    2  .231  .286  .231   0   0   0   0   0           44
    Clarence Maddern    29   11   12    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   0           -8
    Allie Clark         28    3   10    3    3   2  0   1    3   1    2  .300  .364  .800   0   0   0   0   0          215
   *Hal Naragon         22    3    8    0    2   0  0   0    0   1    0  .250  .400  .250   0   0   0   1   0           82
   *Milt Nielsen        26   16    6    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .143  .000   0   0   0   0   0          -58
    Lou Klein           32    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Ray Murray          33    1    1    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0          453
   *Thurman Tucker      33    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Doug Hansen         22    3    0    2    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0             

   #Early Wynn          31   41  108    8   20   8  1   1   13   7    9  .185  .235  .306   0   0   5   0   3           48
   *Bob Lemon           30   56  102   11   21   4  1   3   13   9   22  .206  .270  .353   0   0   1   0   1           71
    Mike Garcia         27   47   85    3   18   4  1   1    9   3   12  .212  .239  .318   0   1   2   0   9           53
    Bob Feller          32   33   81   10   10   1  0   0    3   8   36  .123  .202  .136   0   0   1   0  10           -5
   #Steve Gromek        31   27   27    2    8   1  0   0    2   5    8  .296  .406  .333   0   0   1   0   1          106
   *Lou Brissie         27   54   23    2    6   1  0   0    2   0    1  .261  .261  .304   0   0   0   0   1           56
    Bob Chakales        23   17   20    1    7   0  0   1    6   0    2  .350  .350  .500   0   0   0   0   1          133
   *Dick Rozek          24    7    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0           85
    Sam Jones           25    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
   #Johnny Vander Meer  36    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.3  155 5250  696 1346 208 35 140  658 606  632  .256  .333  .389  52  35 125  27  63          104
    Rank among 8 AL teams          6    5    7   7  6   1        3    2     7     6     3   3   6                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Bob Lemon           30  42   3.52  17  14  2  34   7  17   1  263.3  244  119  103  19  124  132 1139   4   2  1     108
SP  Early Wynn          31  37   3.02  20  13  1  34   3  21   3  274.3  227  102   92  18  107  133 1138   1   3  0     126
SP  Bob Feller          32  33   3.50  22   8  0  32   1  16   4  249.7  239  105   97  22   95  111 1061   2   7  0     108
SP  Mike Garcia         27  47   3.15  20  13  6  30  14  15   1  254.0  239  101   89  10   82  118 1066   6   3  0     120
SP  Bob Chakales        23  17   4.74   3   4  0  10   5   2   1   68.3   80   40   36   3   43   32  321   2   0  1      80

CL *Lou Brissie         27  54   3.20   4   3  9   4  26   1   0  112.3   90   44   40   5   61   50  478   3   3  0     118
RP  Steve Gromek        31  27   2.77   7   4  1   8   8   4   0  107.3   98   41   33   6   29   40  450   1   4  0     137
RP  George Zuverink     26  16   5.33   0   0  0   0   7   0   0   25.3   24   17   15   2   13   14  114   1   1  0      71
RP *Dick Rozek          24   7   2.93   0   0  0   1   4   0   0   15.3   18   12    5   1   11    5   77   0   1  0     129
RP  Jerry Fahr          26   5   4.76   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    5.7   11    3    3   0    2    0   25   0   0  0      80

    Sam Jones           25   2   2.08   0   1  0   1   1   0   0    8.7    4    2    2   0    5    4   34   0   0  0     183
    Bubba Harris        25   2   4.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.0    5    2    2   0    4    1   20   0   0  0      84
   *Johnny Vander Meer  36   1  18.00   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    3.0    8    6    6   0    1    2   17   0   0  0      21
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.1 155   3.38  93  61 19 155  79  76  10 1391.0 1287  594  522  86  577  642 5940  20  24  2     112
    Rank among 8 AL teams           1   2   7  4           1   3      3    1    1        1    4    3

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JHegan 129 597 66 6 8 .991 7 BTebbetts 44 145 27 4 1 .977 1 HNaragon 2 12 1 1 1 .929 1 RMurray 1 4 1 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 758 95 11 10 .987 9 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 8.49 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LEaster 125 1043 68 14 108 .988 8.89 HSimpson 50 326 17 4 28 .988 6.86 MMinoso 7 37 3 2 1 .952 5.71 SChapman 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1407 88 20 138 .987 9.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .978 5.35 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BAvila 136 349 417 14 87 .982 5.63 SStirnweiss 25 47 74 1 17 .992 4.84 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 396 491 15 104 .983 5.74 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .950 2.87 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ARosen 154 157 277 19 20 .958 2.82 SStirnweiss 2 2 3 0 1 1.000 2.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 159 280 19 21 .959 2.84 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .961 4.72 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RBoone 151 311 425 33 108 .957 4.87 MCombs 16 16 32 2 5 .960 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 327 457 35 113 .957 5.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .977 2.23 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- LDoby 132 321 12 8 3 .977 2.52 0 132 0 DMitchell 124 253 3 2 0 .992 2.06 124 0 0 BKennedy 106 174 9 6 2 .968 1.73 1 0 105 SChapman 84 132 2 2 1 .985 1.60 38 44 7 HSimpson 68 132 3 4 1 .971 1.99 5 8 58 BMcCosky 16 28 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 1 2 13 AClark 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 3 PLehner 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1 0 0 CMaddern 1 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1046 29 23 7 .979 2.32 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .953 2.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EWynn 37 13 42 1 2 .982 1.80 BLemon 42 21 60 2 5 .976 2.77 MGarcia 47 18 46 2 4 .970 2.27 BFeller 33 6 32 2 2 .950 1.37 LBrissie 54 3 11 2 3 .875 1.12 SGromek 27 13 18 0 3 1.000 2.60 BChakales 17 1 11 0 0 1.000 1.58 GZuverink 16 1 7 1 0 .889 2.85 DRozek 7 0 1 1 0 .500 0.59 SJones 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.07 JFahr 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.58 BHarris 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 JVander Mee 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 77 234 11 19 .966 2.01 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Avila .304 On-base % Doby .428 Slugging % Doby .512 OPS Doby .940 Games Rosen 154 At Bats Rosen 573 Plate Appearances (approx.) Rosen 661 Runs Doby 84 Hits Avila 165 Total Bases Rosen 256 Doubles Rosen 30 Triples Mitchell 7 Home Runs Easter 27 RBI Easter 103 Bases on Balls Doby 101 Strikeouts Doby 81 Stolen Bases Avila 14 Singles Avila 131 Adjusted OPS+ Doby 159 Runs Created Doby 98 Adjusted Batting Runs Doby 42 Batting Wins Doby 4.1 Extra-Base Hits Rosen 55 Times on Base Rosen 239 Offensive Win% Doby .744 Hit By Pitch Easter 9 Sac. Hits Avila 13 Grounded into Double Plays Avila 16 Caught Stealing Avila 8 Power/Speed Number Avila 11.7 At Bats per Strikeout Mitchell 31.9 At Bats per Home Run Easter 18.0 Outs Rosen 441

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Wynn 3.02 Wins Feller 22 Won-Loss % Feller .733 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Wynn 1.217 Hits Allowed/9IP Wynn 7.45 Bases on Balls/9IP Garcia 2.91 Strikeouts/9IP Lemon 4.51 Games Brissie 54 Saves Brissie 9 Innings Wynn 274.3 Strikeouts Wynn 133 Games Started Lemon and Wynn 34 Comp. Games Wynn 21 Shutouts Feller 4 Home Runs Allow. Feller 22 Bases On Balls Allow. Lemon 124 Hits Allowed Lemon 244 SO to Walk Garcia 1.44 Losses Lemon 14 Earned Runs Allow. Lemon 103 Wild Pitches Garcia 6 Hit Batsmen Feller 7 Batters Faced Lemon 1139 Games Finished Brissie 26 Adjusted ERA+ Wynn 126

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