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2 games behind the Yanks, and 3 bad personnel moves. Return Allie Reynolds and Satchel Paige, pass up Lou Brissie, and gain 300 innings pitched at a 2.43 ERA. Keep Minnie Minoso and pick up a few more games in the standings. What might have been. . . .
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Jim Hegan | 31 | 112 | 364 | 333 | 39 | 75 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 47 | .225 | .287 | .324 | .612 | 74 | 108 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1B | Luke Easter* | 36 | 127 | 486 | 437 | 63 | 115 | 10 | 3 | 31 | 97 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 84 | .263 | .337 | .513 | .850 | 141 | 224 | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 2B | Bobby Avila | 28 | 150 | 684 | 597 | 102 | 179 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 45 | 12 | 10 | 67 | 36 | .300 | .371 | .415 | .787 | 124 | 248 | 16 | 1 | 19 | ||
| 4 | SS | Ray Boone | 28 | 103 | 375 | 316 | 57 | 83 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 33 | .263 | .372 | .367 | .739 | 112 | 116 | 11 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 3B | Al Rosen | 28 | 148 | 649 | 567 | 101 | 171 | 32 | 5 | 28 | 105 | 8 | 6 | 75 | 54 | .302 | .387 | .524 | .911 | 159 | 297 | 18 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 6 | OF | Larry Doby* | 28 | 140 | 611 | 519 | 104 | 143 | 26 | 8 | 32 | 104 | 5 | 2 | 90 | 111 | .276 | .383 | .541 | .924 | 162 | 281 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 7 | OF | Harry Simpson* | 26 | 146 | 607 | 545 | 66 | 145 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 65 | 5 | 3 | 56 | 82 | .266 | .337 | .396 | .733 | 109 | 216 | 10 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | OF | Dale Mitchell* | 30 | 134 | 571 | 511 | 61 | 165 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 58 | 6 | 6 | 52 | 9 | .323 | .387 | .415 | .801 | 129 | 212 | 14 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 9 | OF | Jim Fridley | 27 | 62 | 193 | 175 | 23 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 40 | .251 | .311 | .331 | .642 | 83 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10 | SS | Merl Combs* | 32 | 52 | 155 | 139 | 11 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 15 | .165 | .242 | .209 | .450 | 29 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11 | C | Joe Tipton | 30 | 43 | 129 | 105 | 15 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 21 | .248 | .383 | .438 | .821 | 134 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 12 | C | Birdie Tebbetts | 39 | 42 | 117 | 101 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | .248 | .339 | .317 | .656 | 88 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 13 | SS | George Strickland | 26 | 31 | 103 | 88 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 15 | .216 | .324 | .295 | .619 | 78 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 14 | 1B | Bill Glynn* | 26 | 44 | 98 | 92 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .272 | .309 | .391 | .701 | 99 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15 | OF | Barney McCosky* | 35 | 54 | 88 | 80 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | .213 | .284 | .325 | .609 | 74 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | OF | Wally Westlake | 31 | 29 | 80 | 69 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .232 | .312 | .362 | .674 | 92 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 17 | IF | Hank Majeski | 35 | 36 | 62 | 54 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .296 | .377 | .333 | .710 | 104 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 18 | UT | Bob Kennedy | 31 | 22 | 49 | 40 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | .300 | .429 | .425 | .854 | 144 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | OF | Pete Reiser* | 33 | 34 | 48 | 44 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16 | .136 | .208 | .364 | .572 | 61 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | IF | Johnny Berardino | 35 | 35 | 42 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | .094 | .310 | .094 | .403 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 21 | OF | Dave Pope* | 31 | 12 | 35 | 34 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .294 | .314 | .471 | .785 | 122 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | C | Quincy Trouppe# | 39 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | -18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 23 | 3B | Snuffy Stirnweiss | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 24 | P | Bob Lemon* | 31 | 54 | 134 | 124 | 14 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .226 | .250 | .315 | .565 | 61 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 25 | P | Early Wynn# | 32 | 44 | 112 | 99 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | .222 | .287 | .242 | .529 | 52 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 26 | P | Mike Garcia | 28 | 46 | 110 | 95 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26 | .137 | .180 | .168 | .348 | -0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 27 | P | Bob Feller | 33 | 30 | 71 | 60 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 31 | .117 | .221 | .200 | .421 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 28 | P | Steve Gromek# | 32 | 30 | 38 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .100 | .229 | .100 | .329 | -4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 29 | P | Lou Brissie* | 28 | 42 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .308 | .250 | .558 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 30 | P | Sam Jones | 26 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | -43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 31 | P | Mickey Harris* | 35 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 32 | P | Bob Chakales | 24 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 186 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 33 | P | Dick Rozek* | 25 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 34 | P | Bill Abernathie | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 35 | P | George Zuverink | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 36 | P | Ted Wilks | 36 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 29.7 | 155 | 6060 | 5330 | 763 | 1399 | 211 | 49 | 148 | 721 | 46 | 39 | 626 | 749 | .262 | .342 | .404 | .746 | 112 | 2152 | 124 | 20 | 84 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Bob Lemon | 31 | 22 | 11 | .667 | 2.50 | 42 | 36 | 6 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 309.2 | 236 | 104 | 86 | 15 | 105 | 131 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1252 | 134 | 1.101 | 6.9 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 1.25 | |
| 2 | SP | Mike Garcia | 28 | 22 | 11 | .667 | 2.37 | 46 | 36 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 292.1 | 284 | 93 | 77 | 9 | 87 | 143 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1236 | 141 | 1.269 | 8.7 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 1.64 | |
| 3 | SP | Early Wynn | 32 | 23 | 12 | .657 | 2.90 | 42 | 33 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 285.2 | 239 | 103 | 92 | 23 | 132 | 153 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1190 | 115 | 1.299 | 7.5 | 0.7 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 1.16 | |
| 4 | SP | Bob Feller | 33 | 9 | 13 | .409 | 4.74 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 191.2 | 219 | 124 | 101 | 13 | 83 | 81 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 869 | 71 | 1.576 | 10.3 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 0.98 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 5 | RP | Steve Gromek | 32 | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.67 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 122.2 | 109 | 55 | 50 | 14 | 28 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 505 | 91 | 1.117 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 4.8 | 2.32 | |
| 6 | RP | Lou Brissie* | 28 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.48 | 42 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 82.2 | 68 | 41 | 32 | 5 | 34 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 353 | 96 | 1.234 | 7.4 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 0.82 | |
| 7 | RP | Mickey Harris* | 35 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.63 | 29 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46.2 | 42 | 26 | 24 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 197 | 72 | 1.350 | 8.1 | 1.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 1.10 | |
| 8 | RP | Sam Jones | 26 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7.25 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36.0 | 38 | 30 | 29 | 6 | 37 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 184 | 46 | 2.083 | 9.5 | 1.5 | 9.3 | 7.0 | 0.76 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 9 | Dick Rozek* | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.97 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 67 | 1.895 | 7.8 | 0.0 | 9.2 | 3.6 | 0.38 | ||
| 10 | Bob Chakales | 24 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9.75 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 34 | 2.250 | 14.3 | 1.5 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 0.88 | ||
| 11 | Ted Wilks | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 87 | 1.286 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 0.86 | |||
| 12 | Bill Abernathie | 23 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 25 | 2.500 | 18.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.00 | |||
| 13 | George Zuverink | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.750 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.8 | |||||
| Team Totals | 30.7 | 93 | 61 | .604 | 3.32 | 155 | 155 | 75 | 80 | 16 | 18 | 1407.0 | 1278 | 606 | 519 | 94 | 556 | 671 | 24 | 2 | 29 | 5973 | 101 | 1.303 | 8.2 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 1.21 | |||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Abernathie | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||
| Bobby Avila | 28 | 149 | 814 | 355 | 431 | 28 | 81 | .966 | 5.28 | 2B | ||||
| Johnny Berardino | 35 | 22 | 39 | 13 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 1.73 | 2B-SS-3B-1B | ||||
| Ray Boone | 28 | 99 | 462 | 180 | 254 | 28 | 57 | .939 | 4.38 | SS-3B-2B | ||||
| Lou Brissie | 28 | 42 | 24 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.57 | P | ||||
| Bob Chakales | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||
| Merl Combs | 32 | 52 | 219 | 79 | 134 | 6 | 28 | .973 | 4.10 | SS-2B | ||||
| Larry Doby | 28 | 136 | 0 | 136 | 0 | 415 | 398 | 11 | 6 | 3 | .986 | 3.01 | OF | |
| Luke Easter | 36 | 118 | 1048 | 940 | 90 | 18 | 87 | .983 | 8.73 | 1B | ||||
| Bob Feller | 33 | 30 | 50 | 13 | 34 | 3 | 1 | .940 | 1.57 | P | ||||
| Jim Fridley | 27 | 54 | 37 | 0 | 20 | 92 | 87 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .978 | 1.67 | OF | |
| Mike Garcia | 28 | 46 | 79 | 17 | 59 | 3 | 4 | .962 | 1.65 | P | ||||
| Bill Glynn | 26 | 32 | 188 | 167 | 16 | 5 | 18 | .973 | 5.72 | 1B | ||||
| Steve Gromek | 32 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.55 | P | ||||
| Mickey Harris | 35 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.34 | P | ||||
| Jim Hegan | 31 | 107 | 558 | 498 | 53 | 7 | 7 | .987 | 5.15 | 3 | C | |||
| Sam Jones | 26 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.29 | P | ||||
| Bob Kennedy | 31 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.31 | OF-3B | |
| Bob Lemon | 31 | 42 | 113 | 32 | 79 | 2 | 7 | .982 | 2.64 | P | ||||
| Hank Majeski | 35 | 14 | 35 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 7 | .943 | 2.36 | 3B-2B | ||||
| Barney McCosky | 35 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 0.89 | OF | |
| Dale Mitchell | 30 | 128 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 262 | 258 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .992 | 2.03 | OF | |
| Dave Pope | 31 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.30 | OF | |
| Pete Reiser | 33 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | OF | |
| Al Rosen | 28 | 154 | 462 | 177 | 265 | 20 | 29 | .957 | 2.87 | 3B-1B-SS | ||||
| Dick Rozek | 25 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.20 | P | ||||
| Harry Simpson | 26 | 155 | 0 | 11 | 117 | 526 | 502 | 19 | 5 | 25 | .990 | 3.36 | OF-1B | |
| Snuffy Stirnweiss | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3B | |||||
| George Strickland | 26 | 31 | 165 | 64 | 95 | 6 | 18 | .964 | 5.13 | SS-2B | ||||
| Birdie Tebbetts | 39 | 37 | 148 | 131 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .986 | 3.95 | 0 | C | |||
| Joe Tipton | 30 | 35 | 140 | 118 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .971 | 3.89 | 2 | C | |||
| Quincy Trouppe | 39 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.17 | 0 | C | |||
| Wally Westlake | 31 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 48 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.71 | OF | |
| Ted Wilks | 36 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.43 | P | ||||
| Early Wynn | 32 | 42 | 70 | 20 | 46 | 4 | 2 | .943 | 1.57 | P | ||||
| George Zuverink | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | P | ||||
| Team Totals | 29.8 | 155 | 6106 | 4217 | 1734 | 155 | 381 | .975 | 3.48 | 5 | ||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 1 | 8 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary |