Franchise Encyclopedia: 1952 / 1954
92-62, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Al Lopez (92-62)
Scored 770 runs, Allowed 627 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-63
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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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.
| 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 | 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 | ||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | 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 | 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 | |||
| 8 | 1B | 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 | ||
| 9 | 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 | |||
| 10 | 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 | ||
| 11 | 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 | |||
| 12 | 3B | 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 | IF | 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 | 1B | 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 | 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 | 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 | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 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 | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 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 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4912 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 135 | 1125 | 1036 | 81 | 8 | 133 | .993 | 8.27 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 Lemon | 32 | 41 | 108 | 31 | 74 | 3 | 15 | .972 | 2.56 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Jim Lemon | 25 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 3.00 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Hank Majeski | 36 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.18 | 2B-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Al Rosen | 29 | 156 | 535 | 178 | 338 | 19 | 39 | .964 | 3.31 | 3B-1B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Harry Simpson | 27 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.00 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Al Smith | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |