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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1951 / 1953
93-61, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Al Lopez (93-61)
Scored 763 runs, Allowed 606 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-61
Ballparks: Cleveland Stadium · Attendance: 1,444,607 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 91 · one-year: Batting - 91, Pitching - 88
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| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | PH | PR | WAR | |||
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| Bill Abernathie | 23 | R | R | 5' 10" | 190 | Jan 30, 1929 | 1st | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Bobby Avila | 28 | R | R | 5' 10" | 175 | Apr 2, 1924 | 4 | 150 | 147 | 150 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4.6 | $ | All-Star |
| Johnny Berardino | 35 | R | R | 5' 11" | 175 | May 1, 1917 | 11 | 35 | 6 | 35 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Ray Boone | 28 | R | R | 6' 0" | 172 | Jul 27, 1923 | 5 | 103 | 92 | 103 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.1 | $ | |
| Lou Brissie | 28 | L | L | 6' 4" | 210 | Jun 5, 1924 | 6 | 42 | 1 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Bob Chakales | 24 | R | R | 6' 1" | 185 | Aug 10, 1927 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.5 | $ | |
| Merl Combs | 32 | L | R | 6' 0" | 172 | Dec 11, 1919 | 5 | 52 | 39 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Larry Doby HOF | 28 | L | R | 6' 1" | 180 | Dec 13, 1923 | 6 | 140 | 136 | 140 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 0 | 136 | 4 | 0 | 6.8 | $ | All-Star |
| Luke Easter | 36 | L | R | 6' 4" | 240 | Aug 4, 1915 | 4 | 127 | 114 | 127 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3.3 | $ | |
| Bob Feller HOF | 33 | R | R | 6' 0" | 185 | Nov 3, 1918 | 14 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3.0 | $50,000 | |
| Jim Fridley | 27 | R | R | 6' 2" | 205 | Sep 6, 1924 | 1st | 62 | 42 | 62 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 22 | 54 | 8 | 4 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Mike Garcia | 28 | R | R | 6' 1" | 195 | Nov 17, 1923 | 5 | 46 | 36 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | $ | All-Star |
| Bill Glynn | 26 | L | L | 6' 0" | 190 | Jul 30, 1925 | 2 | 44 | 17 | 44 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Steve Gromek | 32 | B | R | 6' 2" | 180 | Jan 15, 1920 | 12 | 30 | 13 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 | $ | |
| Mickey Harris | 35 | L | L | 6' 0" | 195 | Jan 30, 1917 | 9 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Jim Hegan | 31 | R | R | 6' 2" | 195 | Aug 3, 1920 | 9 | 112 | 93 | 112 | 107 | 0 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | $ | All-Star |
| Sam Jones | 26 | R | R | 6' 4" | 192 | Dec 14, 1925 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.4 | $ | |
| Bob Kennedy | 31 | R | R | 6' 2" | 193 | Aug 18, 1920 | 11 | 22 | 10 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0.6 | $ | |
| Bob Lemon HOF | 31 | L | R | 6' 0" | 180 | Sep 22, 1920 | 9 | 54 | 36 | 54 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5.4 | $ | All-Star |
| Hank Majeski | 35 | R | R | 5' 9" | 174 | Dec 13, 1916 | 10 | 36 | 6 | 36 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Barney McCosky | 35 | L | R | 6' 1" | 184 | Apr 11, 1917 | 10 | 54 | 11 | 54 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 36 | 3 | -0.4 | $ | |
| Dale Mitchell | 30 | L | L | 6' 1" | 195 | Aug 23, 1921 | 7 | 134 | 123 | 134 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 9 | 1 | 3.7 | $ | All-Star |
| Dave Pope | 31 | L | R | 5' 10" | 170 | Jun 17, 1921 | 1st | 12 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0.2 | $ | |
| Pete Reiser | 33 | L | R | 5' 11" | 185 | Mar 17, 1919 | 10 | 34 | 7 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 9 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Al Rosen | 28 | R | R | 5' 10" | 180 | Feb 29, 1924 | 6 | 148 | 148 | 148 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 147 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | $ | All-Star |
| Dick Rozek | 25 | L | L | 6' 0" | 190 | Mar 27, 1927 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Harry Simpson | 26 | L | R | 6' 1" | 180 | Dec 3, 1925 | 2 | 146 | 132 | 146 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 117 | 127 | 4 | 6 | 2.1 | $ | |
| Snuffy Stirnweiss | 33 | R | R | 5' 8" | 175 | Oct 26, 1918 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| George Strickland | 26 | R | R | 6' 1" | 175 | Jan 10, 1926 | 3 | 31 | 27 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | $ | |
| Birdie Tebbetts | 39 | R | R | 5' 11" | 170 | Nov 10, 1912 | 14 | 42 | 31 | 42 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Joe Tipton | 30 | R | R | 5' 11" | 185 | Feb 18, 1922 | 5 | 43 | 29 | 43 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1.0 | $ | |
| Quincy Trouppe | 39 | B | R | 6' 2" | 225 | Dec 25, 1912 | 1st | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | $ | |
| Wally Westlake | 31 | R | R | 6' 0" | 186 | Nov 8, 1920 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Ted Wilks | 36 | R | R | 5' 9" | 178 | Nov 13, 1915 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Early Wynn HOF | 32 | B | R | 6' 0" | 190 | Jan 6, 1920 | 12 | 44 | 33 | 44 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | $ | |
| George Zuverink | 27 | R | R | 6' 4" | 195 | Aug 20, 1924 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | $ | |
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