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1953 Cleveland Indians Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 / 1954)
92-62, Finished 2nd in American League
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Scored 770 runs, Allowed 627 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-63
Manager: Al Lopez (92-62)
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,069,176 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 94;   one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 93
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1952 / 1954 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 32 112 329 299 37 65 10 1 9 37 1 2 25 41 .217 .280 .348 .628 70 104 8 1 4
2 1B Bill Glynn* 27 147 474 411 60 100 14 2 3 30 1 3 44 65 .243 .324 .309 .633 73 127 5 5 14
3 2B Bobby Avila 29 141 633 559 85 160 22 3 8 55 10 8 58 27 .286 .355 .379 .735 100 212 18 2 14
4 SS George Strickland 27 123 482 419 43 119 17 4 5 47 0 0 51 52 .284 .362 .379 .741 102 159 4 0 12
5 3B Al Rosen 29 155 688 599 115 201 27 5 43 145 8 7 85 48 .336 .422 .613 1.034 179 367 19 4 0
6 OF Larry Doby* 29 149 617 513 92 135 18 5 29 102 3 2 96 121 .263 .385 .487 .873 136 250 7 6 2
7 OF Bob Kennedy 32 100 181 161 22 38 5 0 3 22 0 2 19 11 .236 .320 .323 .643 76 52 7 1 0
8 OF Dale Mitchell* 31 134 542 500 76 150 26 4 13 60 3 1 42 20 .300 .354 .446 .800 117 223 11 0 0
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 OF Harry Simpson* 27 82 264 242 25 55 3 1 7 22 0 0 18 27 .227 .284 .335 .618 68 81 6 1 3
10 OF Wally Westlake 32 82 259 218 42 72 7 1 9 46 2 0 35 29 .330 .427 .495 .923 151 108 6 2 4
11 1B Luke Easter* 37 68 230 211 26 64 9 0 7 31 0 2 15 35 .303 .361 .445 .806 118 94 13 4 0
12 OF Al Smith 25 47 173 150 28 36 9 0 3 14 2 0 20 25 .240 .341 .360 .701 91 54 0 3 0
13 SS Ray Boone 29 34 139 112 21 27 1 2 4 21 1 2 24 21 .241 .375 .393 .768 109 44 3 0 3
14 C Joe Tipton 31 47 131 109 17 25 2 0 6 13 0 0 19 13 .229 .359 .413 .772 110 45 7 3 0
15 C Joe Ginsberg* 26 46 127 109 10 31 4 0 0 10 0 0 14 4 .284 .371 .321 .692 90 35 4 1 3
16 2B Owen Friend 26 34 73 68 7 16 2 0 2 13 0 0 5 16 .235 .288 .353 .641 74 24 2 0 0
17 UT Hank Majeski 36 50 55 50 6 15 1 0 2 12 0 0 3 8 .300 .352 .440 .792 114 22 1 1 1
18 UT Jim Lemon 25 16 49 46 5 8 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 15 .174 .224 .261 .485 32 12 0 0 0
19 Barney McCosky* 36 22 22 21 3 4 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 .190 .227 .333 .561 51 7 0 0 0
20 C Hank Foiles 24 7 8 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .143 .250 .143 .393 9 1 0 0 0
21 C Dick Aylward 28 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
22 Dick Weik 25 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 P Bob Lemon* 32 51 125 112 12 26 9 1 2 17 2 0 7 20 .232 .277 .384 .661 78 43 1 0 6
24 P Mike Garcia 29 38 105 96 8 24 5 0 0 5 0 0 3 15 .250 .273 .302 .575 56 29 2 0 6
25 P Early Wynn# 33 37 104 91 11 25 2 0 3 10 0 0 7 17 .275 .327 .396 .722 96 36 0 0 6
26 P Bob Feller 34 25 70 56 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 23 .107 .194 .125 .319 -12 7 0 0 8
27 P Dave Hoskins* 27 38 63 58 10 15 2 0 1 9 0 0 3 11 .259 .306 .345 .651 77 20 1 1 1
28 P Art Houtteman 25 23 37 34 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .147 .171 .176 .348 -5 6 0 0 2
29 P Bob Hooper 31 43 13 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .083 .154 .083 .237 -34 1 0 0 0
30 P Bob Chakales 25 7 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 56 2 0 0 0
31 P Bill Wight* 31 20 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
32 P Dick Tomanek* 22 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
33 P Steve Gromek# 33 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1
34 P Al Aber* 25 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0
35 P Lou Brissie* 29 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Ted Wilks 37 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.5 155 6018 5285 770 1426 201 29 160 730 33 29 608 682 .270 .349 .410 .759 106 2165 125 35 90 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 2 2 8 7 1 5 7 2 1 2 2 2 2 2
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
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* - 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 Bob Lemon 32 21 15 .583 3.36 41 36 4 23 5 1 286.2 283 119 107 16 110 98 11 0 9 1216 112 1.371 8.9 0.5 3.5 3.1 0.89
2 SP Mike Garcia 29 18 9 .667 3.25 38 35 3 21 3 0 271.2 260 106 98 18 81 134 3 0 3 1133 116 1.255 8.6 0.6 2.7 4.4 1.65
3 SP Early Wynn 33 17 12 .586 3.93 36 34 2 16 1 0 251.2 234 121 110 19 107 138 4 0 5 1077 95 1.355 8.4 0.7 3.8 4.9 1.29
4 SP Bob Feller 34 10 7 .588 3.59 25 25 0 10 1 0 175.2 163 78 70 16 60 60 3 1 1 721 105 1.269 8.4 0.8 3.1 3.1 1.00
5 SP Art Houtteman 25 7 7 .500 3.80 22 13 9 6 1 3 109.0 113 56 46 4 25 40 5 0 1 457 99 1.266 9.3 0.3 2.1 3.3 1.60
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 Bob Hooper 31 5 4 .556 4.02 43 0 26 0 0 7 69.1 50 37 31 4 38 16 2 0 2 288 93 1.269 6.5 0.5 4.9 2.1 0.42
7 RP Dave Hoskins 27 9 3 .750 3.99 26 7 9 3 0 1 112.2 102 57 50 9 38 55 4 1 0 467 94 1.243 8.1 0.7 3.0 4.4 1.45
8 RP Bill Wight* 31 2 1 .667 3.71 20 0 6 0 0 1 26.2 29 12 11 1 16 14 0 0 1 120 101 1.688 9.8 0.3 5.4 4.7 0.88
9 RP Lou Brissie* 29 0 0 7.62 16 0 7 0 0 2 13.0 21 11 11 2 13 5 0 0 0 69 49 2.615 14.5 1.4 9.0 3.5 0.38
10 RP Al Aber* 25 1 1 .500 7.50 6 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 6 6 5 0 9 4 0 0 0 35 50 2.500 9.0 0.0 13.5 6.0 0.44
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 Bob Chakales 25 0 2 .000 2.67 7 3 2 1 0 0 27.0 28 13 8 2 10 6 1 0 2 116 141 1.407 9.3 0.7 3.3 2.0 0.60
12 Steve Gromek 33 1 1 .500 3.27 5 1 2 0 0 0 11.0 11 4 4 0 3 8 1 0 0 46 115 1.273 9.0 0.0 2.5 6.5 2.67
13 Dick Tomanek* 22 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 6 3 2 1 6 6 1 0 0 41 188 1.333 6.0 1.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
14 Ted Wilks 37 0 0 7.36 4 0 2 0 0 0 3.2 5 4 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 21 51 2.182 12.3 0.0 7.4 4.9 0.67
Team Totals 30.6 92 62 .597 3.64 155 155 74 81 11 15 1373.0 1311 627 556 92 519 586 35 2 24 5807 103 1.333 8.6 0.6 3.4 3.8 1.13
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 7 1 5 6 5 3 4 5 1 3 6
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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Al Aber 25 6 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.33 P
Bobby Avila 29 140 802 346 445 11 114 .986 5.65 2B
Dick Aylward 28 4 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 C
Ray Boone 29 31 166 64 94 8 24 .952 5.10 SS
Lou Brissie 29 16 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.13 P
Bob Chakales 25 7 8 2 5 1 1 .875 1.00 P
Larry Doby 29 146 0 146 0 370 354 10 6 3 .984 2.49 OF
Luke Easter 37 56 481 442 30 9 54 .981 8.43 1B
Bob Feller 34 25 41 10 31 0 5 1.000 1.64 P
Hank Foiles 24 7 15 10 4 1 1 .933 2.00 3 C
Owen Friend 26 28 95 38 57 0 16 1.000 3.39 2B-SS-3B
Mike Garcia 29 38 53 14 39 0 4 1.000 1.39 P
Joe Ginsberg 26 39 145 130 10 5 2 .966 3.59 2 C
Bill Glynn 27 137 1 0 1 1131 1042 81 8 133 .993 8.20 1B-OF
Steve Gromek 33 5 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.20 P
Jim Hegan 32 106 452 399 42 11 3 .976 4.16 5 C
Bob Hooper 31 43 19 3 16 0 2 1.000 0.44 P
Dave Hoskins 27 26 25 7 18 0 1 1.000 0.96 P
Art Houtteman 25 22 25 7 18 0 1 1.000 1.14 P
Bob Kennedy 32 89 42 2 52 93 91 2 0 0 1.000 1.04 OF
Bob Lemon 32 41 108 31 74 3 15 .972 2.56 P
Jim Lemon 25 13 11 0 0 31 26 1 4 0 .871 2.08 OF-1B
Hank Majeski 36 18 1 0 0 20 9 11 0 2 1.000 1.11 2B-3B-OF
Dale Mitchell 31 125 125 0 0 233 224 2 7 1 .970 1.81 OF
Al Rosen 29 156 535 178 338 19 39 .964 3.31 3B-SS-1B
Harry Simpson 27 71 1 7 62 138 130 4 4 1 .971 1.89 OF-1B
Al Smith 25 41 4 0 35 75 67 2 6 0 .920 1.68 OF-3B
George Strickland 27 123 655 238 400 17 103 .974 5.19 SS-1B
Joe Tipton 31 46 132 114 18 0 1 1.000 2.87 3 C
Dick Tomanek 22 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 P
Wally Westlake 32 72 38 12 36 136 128 3 5 2 .963 1.82 OF
Bill Wight 31 20 6 1 5 0 1 1.000 0.30 P
Ted Wilks 37 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Early Wynn 33 36 47 11 36 0 2 1.000 1.31 P
Team Totals 29.6 155 6047 4121 1800 126 531 .979 3.41 13
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 1 2
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1952 / 1954 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics