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1953 Cleveland Indians (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952/1954) 92-62, Finished 2nd in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 770 runs, Allowed 627 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-63 Managed by Al Lopez Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,069,176 (3rd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 94   (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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Return Lollar, Vernon, Minoso, and Woodling -- all given away -- and this roster includes the strongest lineup ever: 213 win shares. Just check your Bill James. By comparison, 1953 Dodgers, 201 ws. 1975 Reds, 198 ws. 1998 Yanks w/two dh: 201 ws.

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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           32  112  299   37   65  10  1   9   37  25   41  .217  .280  .348   1   2   8   1   4           70
1B *Bill Glynn          27  147  411   60  100  14  2   3   30  44   65  .243  .324  .309   1   3   5   5  14           73
2B  Bobby Avila         29  141  559   85  160  22  3   8   55  58   27  .286  .355  .379  10   8  18   2  14          100
3B  Al Rosen            29  155  599  115  201  27  5  43  145  85   48  .336  .422  .613   8   7  19   4   0          179
SS  George Strickland   27  123  419   43  119  17  4   5   47  51   52  .284  .362  .379   0   0   4   0  12          102
OF *Larry Doby          29  149  513   92  135  18  5  29  102  96  121  .263  .385  .487   3   2   7   6   2          136
OF *Dale Mitchell       31  134  500   76  150  26  4  13   60  42   20  .300  .354  .446   3   1  11   0   0          117
OF  Bob Kennedy         32  100  161   22   38   5  0   3   22  19   11  .236  .320  .323   0   2   7   1   0           76
   *Harry Simpson       27   82  242   25   55   3  1   7   22  18   27  .227  .284  .335   0   0   6   1   3           68
    Wally Westlake      32   82  218   42   72   7  1   9   46  35   29  .330  .427  .495   2   0   6   2   4          151
   *Luke Easter         37   68  211   26   64   9  0   7   31  15   35  .303  .361  .445   0   2  13   4   0          118
    Al Smith            25   47  150   28   36   9  0   3   14  20   25  .240  .341  .360   2   0   0   3   0           91
    Ray Boone           29   34  112   21   27   1  2   4   21  24   21  .241  .375  .393   1   2   3   0   3          109
   *Joe Ginsberg        26   46  109   10   31   4  0   0   10  14    4  .284  .371  .321   0   0   4   1   3           90
    Joe Tipton          31   47  109   17   25   2  0   6   13  19   13  .229  .359  .413   0   0   7   3   0          110
    Owen Friend         26   34   68    7   16   2  0   2   13   5   16  .235  .288  .353   0   0   2   0   0           74
    Hank Majeski        36   50   50    6   15   1  0   2   12   3    8  .300  .352  .440   0   0   1   1   1          114
    Jim Lemon           25   16   46    5    8   1  0   1    5   3   15  .174  .224  .261   0   0   0   0   0           32
   *Barney McCosky      36   22   21    3    4   3  0   0    3   1    4  .190  .227  .333   0   0   0   0   0           51
    Hank Foiles         24    7    7    2    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .143  .250  .143   0   0   0   0   0            9
    Dick Aylward        28    4    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Dick Weik           25    1    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0             

   *Bob Lemon           32   51  112   12   26   9  1   2   17   7   20  .232  .277  .384   2   0   1   0   6           78
    Mike Garcia         29   38   96    8   24   5  0   0    5   3   15  .250  .273  .302   0   0   2   0   6           56
   #Early Wynn          33   37   91   11   25   2  0   3   10   7   17  .275  .327  .396   0   0   0   0   6           96
   *Dave Hoskins        27   38   58   10   15   2  0   1    9   3   11  .259  .306  .345   0   0   1   1   1           77
    Bob Feller          34   25   56    3    6   1  0   0    1   6   23  .107  .194  .125   0   0   0   0   8          -12
    Art Houtteman       25   23   34    3    5   1  0   0    0   1    5  .147  .171  .176   0   0   0   0   2           -5
    Bob Hooper          31   43   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    0  .083  .154  .083   0   0   0   0   0          -34
    Bob Chakales        25    7    7    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .286  .286  .286   0   0   0   0   0           56
   *Dick Tomanek        22    1    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
   *Bill Wight          31   20    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
   #Steve Gromek        33    5    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1         -100
   *Al Aber             25    6    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   2    0       1.000         0   0   0   0   0             
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.6  155 5285  770 1426 201 29 160  730 609  683  .270  .345  .410  33  29 125  35  90          111
    Rank among 8 AL teams          3    2    2   8  7   1        2    1     2     2     2   5   7                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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           32  41   3.36  21  15  1  36   4  23   5  286.7  283  119  107  16  110   98 1216   9  11  0     112
SP  Mike Garcia         29  38   3.25  18   9  0  35   3  21   3  271.7  260  106   98  18   81  134 1133   3   3  0     116
SP  Early Wynn          33  36   3.93  17  12  0  34   2  16   1  251.7  234  121  110  19  107  138 1077   5   4  0      95
SP  Bob Feller          34  25   3.59  10   7  0  25   0  10   1  175.7  163   78   70  16   60   60  721   1   3  1     105
SP  Art Houtteman       25  22   3.80   7   7  3  13   9   6   1  109.0  113   56   46   4   25   40  457   1   5  0      99

CL  Bob Hooper          31  43   4.02   5   4  7   0  26   0   0   69.3   50   37   31   4   38   16  288   2   2  0      93
RP *Bill Wight          31  20   3.71   2   1  1   0   6   0   0   26.7   29   12   11   1   16   14  120   1   0  0     101
RP  Dave Hoskins        27  26   3.99   9   3  1   7   9   3   0  112.7  102   57   50   9   38   55  467   0   4  1      94
RP *Lou Brissie         29  16   7.62   0   0  2   0   7   0   0   13.0   21   11   11   2   13    5   69   0   0  0      49
RP *Al Aber             25   6   7.50   1   1  0   0   2   0   0    6.0    6    6    5   0    9    4   35   0   0  0      50

    Bob Chakales        25   7   2.67   0   2  0   3   2   1   0   27.0   28   13    8   2   10    6  116   2   1  0     141
    Steve Gromek        33   5   3.27   1   1  0   1   2   0   0   11.0   11    4    4   0    3    8   46   0   1  0     115
   *Dick Tomanek        22   1   2.00   1   0  0   1   0   1   0    9.0    6    3    2   1    6    6   41   0   1  0     188
    Ted Wilks           37   4   7.36   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    3.7    5    4    3   0    3    2   21   0   0  0      51
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.6 155   3.64  92  62 15 155  74  81  11 1373.0 1311  627  555  92  519  586 5807  24  35  2     103
    Rank among 8 AL teams           4   2   7  6           1   5      5    3    4        1    3    6

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JHegan 106 399 42 11 3 .976 5 JTipton 46 114 18 0 1 1.000 3 JGinsberg 39 130 10 5 2 .966 2 HFoiles 7 10 4 1 1 .933 3 DAylward 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 657 74 17 7 .977 13 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 8.85 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BGlynn 135 1036 81 8 133 .993 8.27 LEaster 56 442 30 9 54 .981 8.43 JLemon 2 6 0 2 0 .750 3.00 HSimpson 2 12 0 0 1 1.000 6.00 ARosen 1 4 0 0 1 1.000 4.00 GStrickland 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1500 111 19 189 .988 10.56 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .979 5.13 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BAvila 140 346 445 11 114 .986 5.65 OFriend 19 32 42 0 14 1.000 3.89 HMajeski 10 8 8 0 2 1.000 1.60 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 386 495 11 130 .988 5.77 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .957 2.93 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ARosen 154 174 338 19 38 .964 3.32 HMajeski 7 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.57 ASmith 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 OFriend 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 175 341 19 38 .964 3.38 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .966 4.52 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GStrickland 122 238 400 17 103 .974 5.23 RBoone 31 64 94 8 24 .952 5.10 OFriend 8 6 15 0 2 1.000 2.62 ARosen 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 308 509 25 129 .970 5.36 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .981 2.18 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- LDoby 146 354 10 6 3 .984 2.49 0 146 0 DMitchell 125 224 2 7 1 .970 1.81 125 0 0 BKennedy 89 91 2 0 0 1.000 1.04 42 2 52 WWestlake 72 128 3 5 2 .963 1.82 38 12 36 HSimpson 69 118 4 4 0 .968 1.77 1 7 62 ASmith 39 67 2 6 0 .920 1.77 4 0 35 JLemon 11 20 1 2 0 .913 1.91 11 0 0 BGlynn 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 1 0 1 HMajeski 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1008 24 30 6 .972 2.25 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .957 1.95 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BLemon 41 31 74 3 15 .972 3.30 MGarcia 38 14 39 0 4 1.000 1.76 EWynn 36 11 36 0 2 1.000 1.68 BFeller 25 10 31 0 5 1.000 2.10 DHoskins 26 7 18 0 1 1.000 2.00 AHoutteman 22 7 18 0 1 1.000 2.06 BHooper 43 3 16 0 2 1.000 2.47 BChakales 7 2 5 1 1 .875 2.33 BWight 20 1 5 0 1 1.000 2.02 LBrissie 16 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.38 SGromek 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 DTomanek 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 AAber 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 TWilks 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 87 246 5 32 .985 2.18 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Rosen .336 On-base % Rosen .422 Slugging % Rosen .613 OPS Rosen 1.035 Games Rosen 155 At Bats Rosen 599 Plate Appearances (approx.) Rosen 688 Runs Rosen 115 Hits Rosen 201 Total Bases Rosen 367 Doubles Rosen 27 Triples Doby and Rosen 5 Home Runs Rosen 43 RBI Rosen 145 Bases on Balls Doby 96 Strikeouts Doby 121 Stolen Bases Avila 10 Singles Avila 127 Adjusted OPS+ Rosen 179 Runs Created Rosen 151 Adjusted Batting Runs Rosen 66 Batting Wins Rosen 6.4 Extra-Base Hits Rosen 75 Times on Base Rosen 290 Offensive Win% Rosen .801 Hit By Pitch Doby 6 Sac. Hits Avila and Glynn 14 Grounded into Double Plays Rosen 19 Caught Stealing Avila 8 Power/Speed Number Rosen 13.5 At Bats per Strikeout Mitchell 25.0 At Bats per Home Run Rosen 13.9 Outs Avila 439

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Garcia 3.25 Wins Lemon 21 Won-Loss % Hoskins .750 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Garcia 1.255 Hits Allowed/9IP Feller 8.35 Bases on Balls/9IP Garcia 2.68 Strikeouts/9IP Wynn 4.94 Games Hooper 43 Saves Hooper 7 Innings Lemon 286.7 Strikeouts Wynn 138 Games Started Lemon 36 Comp. Games Lemon 23 Shutouts Lemon 5 Home Runs Allow. Wynn 19 Bases On Balls Allow. Lemon 110 Hits Allowed Lemon 283 SO to Walk Garcia 1.65 Losses Lemon 15 Earned Runs Allow. Wynn 110 Wild Pitches Lemon 9 Hit Batsmen Lemon 11 Batters Faced Lemon 1216 Games Finished Hooper 26 Adjusted ERA+ Garcia 116

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Larry Doby
Mike Garcia
Bob Lemon
Al Rosen (Starting 3B)

1952/1954

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