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1951 Cleveland Indians

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Jim Hegan 30 133 457 416 60 99 17 5 6 43 0 3 38 72 .238 .302 .346 .648 79 144 6 0 3
2 1B Luke Easter* 35 128 532 486 65 131 12 5 27 103 0 1 37 71 .270 .333 .481 .814 123 234 14 9 0
3 2B Bobby Avila 27 141 615 542 76 165 21 3 10 58 14 8 60 31 .304 .374 .410 .783 116 222 16 0 13
4 SS Ray Boone 27 151 603 544 65 127 14 1 12 51 5 3 48 36 .233 .302 .329 .631 74 179 13 5 6
5 3B Al Rosen 27 154 661 573 82 152 30 1 24 102 7 5 85 71 .265 .362 .447 .809 122 256 14 2 1
6 OF Larry Doby* 27 134 551 447 84 132 27 5 20 69 4 1 101 81 .295 .428 .512 .941 159 229 10 3 0
7 OF Bob Kennedy 30 108 359 321 30 79 15 4 7 29 4 2 34 33 .246 .320 .383 .703 94 123 13 1 3
8 OF Dale Mitchell* 29 134 570 510 83 148 21 7 11 62 7 7 53 16 .290 .358 .424 .782 115 216 8 1 6
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 UT Harry Simpson* 25 122 381 332 51 76 7 0 7 24 6 4 45 48 .229 .325 .313 .638 77 104 7 2 2
10 OF Sam Chapman 35 94 274 246 24 56 9 1 6 36 3 0 27 32 .228 .304 .346 .650 79 85 6 0 1
11 C Birdie Tebbetts 38 55 146 137 8 36 6 0 2 18 0 0 8 7 .263 .308 .350 .659 82 48 4 1 0
12 2B Snuffy Stirnweiss 32 50 111 88 10 19 1 0 1 4 1 0 22 25 .216 .373 .261 .634 77 23 2 0 1
13 OF Barney McCosky* 34 31 69 61 8 13 3 0 0 2 1 0 8 5 .213 .304 .262 .567 57 16 2 0 0
14 SS Merl Combs* 31 19 31 28 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .179 .233 .250 .483 33 7 0 0 1
15 1B Minnie Minoso 25 8 17 14 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .429 .529 .571 1.101 204 8 0 2 0
16 OF Paul Lehner* 30 12 14 13 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .231 .286 .231 .516 44 3 0 0 0
17 OF Clarence Maddern 29 11 12 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -8 2 0 0 0
18 OF Allie Clark 28 3 11 10 3 3 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 .300 .364 .800 1.164 215 8 0 0 0
19 C Hal Naragon* 22 3 10 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 82 2 0 1 0
20 Milt Nielsen* 26 16 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -58 0 0 0 0
21 Lou Klein 32 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
22 C Ray Murray 33 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 453 1 0 0 0
23 Thurman Tucker* 33 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
24 Doug Hansen 22 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 P Early Wynn# 31 41 118 108 8 20 8 1 1 13 0 0 7 9 .185 .235 .306 .540 48 33 5 0 3
26 P Bob Lemon* 30 56 112 102 11 21 4 1 3 13 0 0 9 22 .206 .270 .353 .623 71 36 1 0 1
27 P Bob Feller 32 33 99 81 10 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 8 36 .123 .202 .136 .338 -5 11 1 0 10
28 P Mike Garcia 27 47 97 85 3 18 4 1 1 9 0 1 3 12 .212 .239 .318 .556 53 27 2 0 9
29 P Steve Gromek# 31 27 33 27 2 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 8 .296 .406 .333 .740 106 9 1 0 1
30 P Lou Brissie* 27 54 24 23 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .261 .261 .304 .565 56 7 0 0 1
31 P Bob Chakales 23 17 21 20 1 7 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 2 .350 .350 .500 .850 133 10 0 0 1
32 P Dick Rozek* 24 7 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 85 1 0 0 0
33 P Sam Jones 25 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
34 P Johnny Vander Meer# 36 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
35 P Jerry Fahr 26 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P George Zuverink 26 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Bubba Harris 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.3 155 5945 5250 696 1346 208 35 140 658 52 35 605 632 .256 .336 .389 .726 100 2044 125 27 63
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 5 7 7 6 1 3 6 3 2 7 6 3 5 4 4 1
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Early Wynn 31 20 13 .606 3.02 37 34 3 21 3 1 274.1 227 102 92 18 107 133 3 0 1 1138 126 1.217 7.4 0.6 3.5 4.4 1.24
2 SP Bob Lemon 30 17 14 .548 3.52 42 34 7 17 1 2 263.1 244 119 103 18 124 132 2 1 4 1139 108 1.397 8.3 0.6 4.2 4.5 1.06
3 SP Mike Garcia 27 20 13 .606 3.15 47 30 14 15 1 6 254.0 239 101 89 10 82 118 3 0 6 1066 120 1.264 8.5 0.4 2.9 4.2 1.44
4 SP Bob Feller 32 22 8 .733 3.50 33 32 1 16 4 0 249.2 239 105 97 22 95 111 7 0 2 1061 109 1.338 8.6 0.8 3.4 4.0 1.17
5 SP Bob Chakales 23 3 4 .429 4.74 17 10 5 2 1 0 68.1 80 40 36 3 43 32 0 1 2 321 80 1.800 10.5 0.4 5.7 4.2 0.74
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Lou Brissie* 27 4 3 .571 3.20 54 4 26 1 0 9 112.1 90 44 40 5 61 50 3 0 3 478 119 1.344 7.2 0.4 4.9 4.0 0.82
7 RP Steve Gromek 31 7 4 .636 2.77 27 8 8 4 0 1 107.1 98 41 33 6 29 40 4 0 1 450 138 1.183 8.2 0.5 2.4 3.4 1.38
8 RP George Zuverink 26 0 0 5.33 16 0 7 0 0 0 25.1 24 17 15 2 13 14 1 0 1 114 72 1.461 8.5 0.7 4.6 5.0 1.08
9 RP Dick Rozek* 24 0 0 2.93 7 1 4 0 0 0 15.1 18 12 5 1 11 5 1 0 0 77 133 1.891 10.6 0.6 6.5 2.9 0.45
10 RP Jerry Fahr 26 0 0 4.76 5 0 2 0 0 0 5.2 11 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 25 85 2.294 17.5 0.0 3.2 0.0 0.00
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Sam Jones 25 0 1 .000 2.08 2 1 1 0 0 0 8.2 4 2 2 0 5 4 0 0 0 34 191 1.038 4.2 0.0 5.2 4.2 0.80
12 Bubba Harris 25 0 0 4.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 5 2 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 20 93 2.250 11.3 0.0 9.0 2.3 0.25
13 Johnny Vander Meer* 36 0 1 .000 18.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 8 6 6 0 1 2 0 0 0 17 24 3.000 24.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
Team Totals 29.3 93 61 .604 3.38 155 155 79 76 10 19 1391.1 1287 594 523 85 577 642 24 2 20 5940 112 1.340 8.3 0.5 3.7 4.2 1.11
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 7 1 1 3 4 3 1 1 1 1 4 3
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Bobby Avila 27 136 135 130 780 349 417 14 87 .982 5.63 2B
Ray Boone 27 151 149 139 769 311 425 33 108 .957 4.87 SS
Lou Brissie 27 54 4 1 16 3 11 2 3 .875 0.26 6 2 25% 0 P
Bob Chakales 23 17 10 2 12 1 11 0 0 1.000 0.71 6 3 33% 0 P
Sam Chapman 35 85 56 48 137 133 2 2 2 .985 1.59 OF-1B
Allie Clark 28 3 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 OF
Merl Combs 31 16 6 4 50 16 32 2 5 .960 3.00 SS
Larry Doby 27 132 128 102 341 321 12 8 3 .977 2.52 OF
Luke Easter 35 125 125 96 1125 1043 68 14 108 .988 8.89 1B
Jerry Fahr 26 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.20 0 1 100% 0 P
Bob Feller 32 33 32 16 40 6 32 2 2 .950 1.15 8 4 33% 0 P
Mike Garcia 27 47 30 15 66 18 46 2 4 .970 1.36 9 9 50% 1 P
Steve Gromek 31 27 8 4 31 13 18 0 3 1.000 1.15 7 2 22% 1 P
Bubba Harris 25 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 1 0 0% 0 P
Jim Hegan 30 129 116 109 669 597 66 6 8 .991 5.14 7 11 33 26 44% 4 C
Sam Jones 25 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 1 100% 0 P
Bob Kennedy 30 106 84 76 189 174 9 6 2 .968 1.73 OF
Paul Lehner 30 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 OF
Bob Lemon 30 42 34 17 83 21 60 2 5 .976 1.93 8 5 38% 1 P
Clarence Maddern 29 1 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00 OF
Barney McCosky 34 16 14 7 28 28 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 OF
Minnie Minoso 25 7 2 2 42 37 3 2 1 .952 5.71 1B
Dale Mitchell 29 124 122 109 258 253 3 2 0 .992 2.06 OF
Ray Murray 33 1 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 0 1 100% 0 C
Hal Naragon 22 2 2 2 14 12 1 1 1 .929 6.50 1 0 1 1 50% 0 C
Al Rosen 27 154 154 153 453 157 277 19 20 .958 2.82 3B
Dick Rozek 24 7 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.14 1 0 0% 0 P
Harry Simpson 25 110 84 69 486 458 20 8 29 .984 4.05 OF-1B
Snuffy Stirnweiss 32 27 21 20 127 49 77 1 18 .992 4.67 2B-3B
Birdie Tebbetts 38 44 37 23 176 145 27 4 1 .977 3.91 1 9 20 11 35% 2 C
Johnny Vander Meer 36 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 0 P
Early Wynn 31 37 34 21 56 13 42 1 2 .982 1.49 6 12 67% 0 P
George Zuverink 26 16 0 0 9 1 7 1 0 .889 0.50 2 0 0% 0 P
Team Totals 29.2 155 1395 1169 5978 4170 1674 134 412 .978 3.50 9 20 54 39 42% 9
Rank in 8 AL teams 8 7 1
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Bobby Avila 27 615 13 0 0 0 6 6 16 41 4.2 35 3.6 0.6 $ Jumped Lgs *4
Ray Boone 27 603 -20 0 0 0 -1 10 17 6 0.6 7 0.7 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent *6
Lou Brissie* 27 24 -1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Traded 1
Bob Chakales 23 21 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ MinorLg Draft 1
Sam Chapman 35 274 -8 0 0 0 -6 -2 8 -8 -0.8 -2 -0.2 -0.6 $ Traded O87/93
Allie Clark 28 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Traded /O9
Merl Combs* 31 31 -3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ Traded 6
Larry Doby* 27 551 39 1 0 0 4 -1 15 58 5.9 54 5.5 0.4 $ Free Agency *8O
Luke Easter* 35 532 13 -1 0 0 0 -6 15 21 2.1 21 2.1 0.0 $ Free Agency *3
Bob Feller 32 99 -13 1 0 0 0 6 3 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Mike Garcia 27 97 -6 -1 0 0 0 6 3 2 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Steve Gromek# 31 33 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Jim Hegan 30 457 -14 1 0 0 1 4 13 5 0.5 4 0.4 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent *2
Sam Jones 25 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Bob Kennedy 30 359 -4 -1 0 0 2 -5 10 2 0.2 0 0.0 0.2 $ Traded *O9/7
Lou Klein 32 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft
Paul Lehner* 30 14 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Waivers /7O
Bob Lemon* 30 112 -5 0 0 0 0 7 3 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Clarence Maddern 29 12 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Traded /7O
Barney McCosky* 34 69 -4 0 0 0 0 -1 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Waivers O9/87
Minnie Minoso 25 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.3 2 0.2 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent /3
Dale Mitchell* 29 570 11 1 0 0 2 -6 15 23 2.4 21 2.1 0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent *7O
Ray Murray 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Free Agency /2
Hal Naragon* 22 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /2
Milt Nielsen* 26 7 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Al Rosen 27 661 18 -2 0 0 -3 0 18 31 3.1 34 3.5 -0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent *5
Dick Rozek* 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /1
Harry Simpson* 25 381 -11 1 0 0 2 -5 11 -2 -0.2 -4 -0.4 0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent O93/87
Snuffy Stirnweiss 32 111 -2 0 0 0 3 1 3 5 0.5 2 0.2 0.3 $ Traded 4/5
Birdie Tebbetts 38 146 -4 -1 0 0 -1 1 4 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Purchased 2
Thurman Tucker* 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded
Johnny Vander Meer# 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Free Agency /1
Early Wynn# 31 118 -8 0 0 0 0 7 3 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Traded 1
Team Total 29.3 5945 -11 -1 0 0 10 28 163 189 19.1 179 18.2 0.9 $
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Lou Brissie* 27 112.1 4 44 68 1 1.0 24 2.0 $ Traded
Bob Chakales 23 68.1 10 40 41 0 1.0 1 -0.3 $ MinorLg Draft
Jerry Fahr 26 5.2 0 3 3 0 1.0 0 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft
Bob Feller 32 249.2 32 105 151 1 1.0 46 3.6 $ Amateur Free Agent
Mike Garcia 27 254.0 30 101 154 1 1.0 53 4.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Steve Gromek 31 107.1 8 41 65 1 1.0 24 2.0 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bubba Harris 25 4.0 0 2 2 0 1.0 0 0.0 $ Purchased
Sam Jones 25 8.2 1 2 5 0 1.0 3 0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bob Lemon 30 263.1 34 119 159 1 1.0 40 2.9 $ Amateur Free Agent
Dick Rozek* 24 15.1 1 12 9 0 1.0 -3 -0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent
Johnny Vander Meer* 36 3.0 1 6 2 0 1.0 -4 -0.5 $ Free Agency
Early Wynn 31 274.1 34 102 166 1 1.0 64 5.4 $ Traded
George Zuverink 26 25.1 0 17 15 0 1.0 -2 -0.3 $ Unknown
Team Total 29.3 1391.1 155 594 840 6 1.0 246 19.0 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1950 / 1952 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics