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1955 Cleveland Indians

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954 / 1956

93-61, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Al Lopez (93-61)
Scored 698 runs, Allowed 601 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67

Ballparks: Cleveland Stadium · Attendance: 1,221,780 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 101

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1954 / 1956 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Hank Aguirre 24 R L 6' 4" 205 Jan 31, 1931 1st 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Joe Altobelli 23 L L 6' 0" 185 May 26, 1932 1st 42 20 42 40 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 -0.7 $
Bobby Avila 31 R R 5' 10" 175 Apr 2, 1924 7 141 139 141 141 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.9 $ All-Star
Rocky Colavito 21 R R 6' 3" 190 Aug 10, 1933 1st 5 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0.3 $
Bud Daley 22 L L 6' 1" 185 Oct 7, 1932 1st 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Sam Dente 33 R R 5' 11" 175 Apr 26, 1922 9 73 23 73 69 0 0 0 4 13 53 0 0 0 0 5 8 0.0 $
Larry Doby HOF 31 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 13, 1923 9 131 129 131 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 129 0 129 2 0 3.2 $ All-Star
Hoot Evers 34 R R 6' 2" 180 Feb 8, 1921 11 39 13 39 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 9 2 25 13 6 0.0 $
Ferris Fain 34 L L 5' 11" 180 Mar 29, 1921 9 56 34 56 51 0 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.2 $
Bob Feller HOF 36 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 3, 1918 17 25 11 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Hank Foiles 26 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 10, 1929 2 62 31 62 41 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 3 0.2 $
Mike Garcia 31 R R 6' 1" 195 Nov 17, 1923 8 38 31 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 $
Ted Gray 30 B L 5' 11" 175 Dec 31, 1924 9 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Billy Harrell 26 R R 6' 1" 180 Jul 18, 1928 1st 13 5 13 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.1 $
Jim Hegan 34 R R 6' 2" 195 Aug 3, 1920 12 116 91 116 111 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 -0.4 $
Art Houtteman 27 R R 6' 2" 188 Aug 7, 1927 10 35 12 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Ralph Kiner HOF 32 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 27, 1922 10 113 79 113 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 0 0 87 34 0 -0.1 $50,000
Kenny Kuhn 18 L R 5' 10" 175 Mar 20, 1937 1st 4 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.1 $
Bob Lemon HOF 34 L R 6' 0" 180 Sep 22, 1920 12 49 31 49 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 3.9 $50,000
Stu Locklin 26 L L 6' 1" 190 Jul 22, 1928 1st 16 2 16 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 7 7 2 -0.4 $
Sal Maglie 38 R R 6' 2" 180 Apr 26, 1917 7 10 2 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Hank Majeski 38 R R 5' 9" 174 Dec 13, 1916 13 36 9 36 13 0 0 0 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 -0.3 $
Dale Mitchell 33 L L 6' 1" 195 Aug 23, 1921 10 61 2 61 11 0 0 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 54 0 0.1 $
Don Mossi 26 L L 6' 1" 195 Jan 11, 1929 2 57 1 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
Hal Naragon 26 L R 6' 0" 160 Oct 1, 1928 3 57 32 57 52 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 1.2 $
Ray Narleski 26 R R 6' 1" 175 Nov 25, 1928 2 60 1 60 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Hal Newhouser HOF 34 L L 6' 2" 180 May 20, 1921 17 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Stan Pawloski 23 R R 6' 1" 175 Sep 6, 1931 1st 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Dave Philley 35 B R 6' 0" 188 May 16, 1920 11 43 22 43 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 32 34 9 5 0.0 $
Dave Pope 34 L R 5' 10" 170 Jun 17, 1921 3 35 26 35 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 14 7 30 6 1 0.7 $
Rudy Regalado 25 R R 6' 1" 185 May 21, 1930 2 10 8 10 9 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.2 $
Al Rosen 31 R R 5' 10" 180 Feb 29, 1924 9 139 136 139 137 0 0 40 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.9 $ All-Star
Jose Santiago 26 R R 5' 10" 175 Sep 4, 1928 2 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Herb Score 22 L L 6' 2" 185 Jun 7, 1933 1st 33 32 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.5 $ All-Star
Harry Simpson 29 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 3, 1925 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 $
Al Smith 27 R R 6' 0" 189 Feb 7, 1928 3 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 1 45 5 7 9 111 120 0 0 4.6 $ All-Star
George Strickland 29 R R 6' 1" 175 Jan 10, 1926 6 130 126 130 129 0 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.4 $
Vic Wertz 30 L R 6' 0" 186 Feb 9, 1925 9 74 68 74 71 0 0 63 0 0 0 1 0 8 9 6 0 0.0 $
Wally Westlake 34 R R 6' 0" 186 Nov 8, 1920 9 16 5 16 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 6 6 4 0.2 $
Bill Wight 33 L L 6' 1" 180 Apr 12, 1922 9 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Gene Woodling 32 L R 5' 9" 195 Aug 16, 1922 10 79 65 79 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 0 18 70 12 1 -0.2 $
Early Wynn HOF 35 B R 6' 0" 190 Jan 6, 1920 15 34 31 34 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.9 $ All-Star
Bobby Young 30 L R 6' 1" 175 Jan 22, 1925 6 18 10 18 13 0 0 0 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0.2 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Bobby Avila

George Strickland

Dale Mitchell

Jim Hegan

Hank Majeski
Bobby Young

Al Rosen
Harry Simpson

Kenny Kuhn
Rudy Regalado

Ralph Kiner

Art Houtteman

Don Mossi

Larry Doby
Ted Gray

Hank Foiles

Hal Newhouser
Al Smith

Dave Philley

Hal Naragon

Bob Feller

Ray Narleski

Bob Lemon

Vic Wertz

Early Wynn

Mike Garcia

Sal Maglie

Herb Score

Bud Daley

Hoot Evers
Bill Wight

Wally Westlake
Gene Woodling

Stu Locklin
Al Smith

Ferris Fain

Dave Pope
Jose Santiago

Stan Pawloski

Sam Dente

Rocky Colavito

Joe Altobelli

Hank Aguirre

Jose Santiago

Billy Harrell

1954 / 1956 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers