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1955 Cleveland Indians (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954/1956) 93-61, Finished 2nd in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 698 runs, Allowed 601 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-67 Managed by Al Lopez Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,221,780 (3rd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 101   (one-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 102   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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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           34  116  304   30   67   5  2   9   40  34   33  .220  .293  .339   0   1   7   0   7   7   5   67
1B *Vic Wertz           30   74  257   30   65  11  2  14   55  32   33  .253  .332  .475   1   1   6   1   0   5   3  112
2B  Bobby Avila         31  141  537   83  146  22  4  13   61  82   47  .272  .368  .400   1   4  17   2  18   4   1  104
3B  Al Rosen            31  139  492   61  120  13  1  21   81  92   44  .244  .362  .402   4   2  14   4   0   8   5  103
SS  George Strickland   29  130  388   34   81   9  5   2   34  49   60  .209  .302  .273   1   0   8   3  14   1   0   54
OF *Larry Doby          31  131  491   91  143  17  5  26   75  61  100  .291  .369  .505   2   0   6   2   2   4   8  130
OF  Al Smith            27  154  607  123  186  27  4  22   77  93   77  .306  .407  .473  11   6   4  15   3   7   1  133
OF  Ralph Kiner         32  113  321   56   78  13  0  18   54  65   46  .243  .367  .452   0   0   8   0   0   4   1  116
   *Gene Woodling       32   79  259   33   72  15  1   5   35  36   15  .278  .368  .402   2   4   8   3   1   4   2  104
   *Hal Naragon         26   57  127   12   41   9  2   1   14  15    8  .323  .394  .449   1   0   3   0   1   0   0  123
   *Ferris Fain         34   56  118    9   30   3  0   0    8  42   13  .254  .451  .280   3   0   5   1   0   1   1   98
    Hank Foiles         26   62  111   13   29   9  0   1    7  17   18  .261  .354  .369   0   0   4   0   2   2   3   92
    Sam Dente           33   73  105   10   27   4  0   0   10  12    8  .257  .331  .295   0   0   2   0   3   1   1   67
   #Dave Philley        35   43  104   15   31   4  2   2    9  12   10  .298  .368  .433   0   2   5   0   0   1   2  112
   *Dave Pope           34   35  104   17   31   5  0   6   22  12   31  .298  .373  .519   0   0   1   1   0   1   0  135
   *Joe Altobelli       23   42   75    8   15   3  0   2    5   5   14  .200  .259  .320   0   1   0   1   3   0   0   53
    Hoot Evers          34   39   66   10   19   7  1   2    9   3   12  .288  .314  .515   0   1   1   0   0   1   0  117
   *Dale Mitchell       33   61   58    4   15   2  1   0   10   4    3  .259  .302  .328   0   0   2   0   0   1   2   67
    Hank Majeski        38   36   48    3    9   2  0   2    6   8    3  .188  .322  .354   0   0   2   2   0   1   0   79
   *Bobby Young         30   18   45    7   14   1  1   0    6   1    2  .311  .326  .378   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   86
    Rudy Regalado       25   10   26    2    7   2  0   0    5   2    4  .269  .321  .346   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   77
    Wally Westlake      34   16   20    2    5   1  0   0    1   3    5  .250  .348  .300   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   73
    Billy Harrell       26   13   19    2    8   0  0   0    1   3    3  .421  .500  .421   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  147
   *Stu Locklin         26   16   18    4    3   1  0   0    0   3    4  .167  .286  .222   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   36
    Rocky Colavito      21    5    9    3    4   2  0   0    0   0    2  .444  .444  .667   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  192
    Stan Pawloski       23    2    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -33
   *Kenny Kuhn          18    4    6    0    2   0  0   0    0   1    0  .333  .429  .333   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  105
   *Harry Simpson       29    3    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   2    0  .000  .667  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   90

   *Herb Score          22   33   84    5   10   1  0   0    2   3   40  .119  .149  .131   0   1   2   0   8   0   0  -25
   #Early Wynn          35   34   84    8   15   3  0   1    7   6   17  .179  .233  .250   0   0   2   0   2   0   0   28
   *Bob Lemon           34   49   78   11   19   0  0   1    9  13   16  .244  .344  .282   0   0   1   0   6   2   0   68
    Mike Garcia         31   38   69    4   15   4  0   0    7   4   14  .217  .253  .275   0   1   2   0   3   2   0   40
    Art Houtteman       27   35   38    5    6   0  0   0    0   3    4  .158  .220  .158   0   0   0   0   4   0   0    2
    Ray Narleski        26   60   24    0    7   0  0   0    5   0    8  .292  .292  .292   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   55
    Bob Feller          36   25   21    0    1   0  0   0    0   1   12  .048  .091  .048   0   0   0   0   3   0   0  -62
   *Don Mossi           26   57    9    0    1   0  0   0    0   2    4  .111  .273  .111   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    5
    Sal Maglie          38   10    5    0    0   0  0   0    2   1    2  .000  .125  .000   0   0   0   0   0   2   0  -64
    Hank Aguirre        24    4    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jose Santiago       26   17    4    2    2   0  0   0    0   1    0  .500  .600  .500   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  195
   *Bud Daley           22    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Bill Wight          33   17    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   1   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.4  154 5146  698 1325 195 31 148  657 723  715  .257  .349  .394  28  24 112  35  87  59  36  104
    Rank among 8 AL teams          7    5    6   4  8   2        1    4     6     2     3   6   6                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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 *Herb Score          22  33   2.85  16  10  0  32   0  11   2  227.3  158   85   72  18  154  245  978  12   1  0   1 140
SP  Mike Garcia         31  38   4.02  11  13  3  31   7   6   2  210.7  230  101   94  17   56  120  894   2   3  0   6 100
SP  Bob Lemon           34  35   3.88  18  10  2  31   3   5   0  211.3  218  103   91  17   74  100  909   8   5  0   3 103
SP  Early Wynn          35  32   2.82  17  11  0  31   1  16   6  230.0  207   86   72  19   80  122  964   3   3  0   3 142

CL  Ray Narleski        26  60   3.71   9   1 19   1  36   1   0  111.7   91   47   46  11   52   94  471   3   0  0   3 108
RP *Don Mossi           26  57   2.42   4   3  9   1  27   0   0   81.7   81   28   22   4   18   69  347   2   1  0   2 165
RP  Art Houtteman       27  35   3.98  10   6  0  12  12   3   1  124.3  126   63   55  15   44   53  529   0   2  0   1 100
RP  Jose Santiago       26  17   2.48   2   0  0   0   6   0   0   32.7   31   11    9   1   14   19  146   2   5  0   1 161
RP *Bill Wight          33  17   2.63   0   0  1   0   8   0   0   24.0   24    8    7   0    9    9  102   1   0  0   1 152

    Bob Feller          36  25   3.47   4   4  0  11   4   2   1   83.0   71   43   32   7   31   25  340   0   1  0   2 115
    Sal Maglie          38  10   3.86   0   2  2   2   4   0   0   25.7   26   14   11   0    7   11  112   0   1  0   0 104
   *Hank Aguirre        24   4   1.42   2   0  0   1   1   1   1   12.7    6    3    2   0   12    6   54   1   0  0   0 282
   *Bud Daley           22   2   6.43   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    7.0   10    5    5   1    1    2   32   0   0  0   0  62
   *Hal Newhouser       34   2   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.3    1    0    0   0    4    1   12   1   0  0   1    
   *Ted Gray            30   2  18.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    5    4    4   1    2    1   13   0   0  0   0  22
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.8 154   3.39  93  61 36 154 109  45  15 1386.0 1285  601  522 111  558  877 5903  35  22  0  24 118
    Rank among 8 AL teams           3   2   7  1           4   4      2    2    3        4    3    1

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JHegan 111 583 34 2 12 .997 8 HNaragon 52 199 15 2 3 .991 2 HFoiles 41 222 23 3 7 .988 3 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1004 72 7 22 .994 13 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 8.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- VWertz 63 449 33 8 49 .984 7.65 FFain 51 325 31 3 30 .992 6.98 ARosen 41 277 26 6 31 .981 7.39 JAltobelli 40 224 11 2 14 .992 5.88 DMitchell 8 26 2 0 5 1.000 3.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1301 103 19 129 .987 9.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .976 4.87 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BAvila 141 348 342 13 108 .982 4.89 BYoung 11 24 33 1 14 .983 5.18 SDente 4 5 6 0 2 1.000 2.75 HMajeski 4 7 8 0 1 1.000 3.75 SPawloski 2 3 8 0 0 1.000 5.50 RRegalado 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 ASmith 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 389 398 14 125 .983 5.11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .950 2.73 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ARosen 106 119 195 12 17 .963 2.96 ASmith 45 33 59 7 4 .929 2.04 SDente 13 4 12 0 0 1.000 1.23 HMajeski 9 4 6 0 1 1.000 1.11 RRegalado 8 7 14 1 2 .955 2.62 BYoung 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 167 287 20 24 .958 2.95 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .959 4.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GStrickland 128 221 360 14 84 .976 4.54 SDente 53 33 87 3 15 .976 2.26 BHarrell 11 7 18 2 1 .926 2.27 ASmith 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 1.00 KKuhn 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 264 471 19 101 .975 4.77 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .982 2.08 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- LDoby 129 313 6 2 1 .994 2.47 0 129 0 ASmith 120 206 5 5 1 .977 1.76 7 9 111 RKiner 87 141 2 2 0 .986 1.64 87 0 0 GWoodling 70 129 4 1 0 .993 1.90 64 0 16 DPhilley 34 44 2 0 2 1.000 1.35 2 0 32 DPope 31 62 0 3 0 .954 2.00 12 14 7 HEvers 25 33 1 0 1 1.000 1.36 15 9 2 VWertz 9 13 1 0 1 1.000 1.56 1 0 8 SLocklin 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.43 0 4 3 WWestlake 7 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.57 4 3 0 DMitchell 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 3 0 0 RColavito 2 7 1 0 1 1.000 4.00 0 0 2 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 962 23 13 7 .987 2.13 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .956 1.99 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EWynn 32 7 27 2 0 .944 1.33 HScore 33 4 15 4 2 .826 0.75 BLemon 35 16 43 1 3 .983 2.51 MGarcia 38 12 29 1 0 .976 1.75 AHoutteman 35 14 27 1 4 .976 2.97 RNarleski 60 1 11 2 0 .857 0.97 BFeller 25 2 11 3 2 .812 1.41 DMossi 57 7 19 0 2 1.000 2.86 JSantiago 17 1 6 1 0 .875 1.93 SMaglie 10 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.70 BWight 17 1 15 0 0 1.000 6.00 HAguirre 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.71 BDaley 2 0 3 1 0 .750 3.86 HNewhouser 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 TGray 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 68 207 16 13 .945 1.79 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Smith .306 On-base % Smith .407 Slugging % Doby .505 OPS Smith .880 Games Smith 154 At Bats Smith 607 Plate Appearances (approx.) Smith 725 Runs Smith 123 Hits Smith 186 Total Bases Smith 287 Doubles Smith 27 Triples Doby and Strickland 5 Home Runs Doby 26 RBI Rosen 81 Bases on Balls Smith 93 Strikeouts Doby 100 Stolen Bases Smith 11 Singles Smith 133 Adjusted OPS+ Smith 133 Runs Created Smith 128 Adjusted Batting Runs Smith 32 Batting Wins Smith 3.2 Extra-Base Hits Smith 53 Times on Base Smith 294 Offensive Win% Smith .725 Hit By Pitch Smith 15 Sac. Hits Avila 18 Sac. Flies Rosen 8 Intentional Walks Doby 8 Grounded into Double Plays Avila 17 Caught Stealing Smith 6 Power/Speed Number Smith 14.7 At Bats per Strikeout Avila 11.4 At Bats per Home Run Doby 18.9 Outs Smith 441

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Wynn 2.82 Wins Lemon 18 Won-Loss % Lemon .643 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Wynn 1.248 Hits Allowed/9IP Score 6.26 Bases on Balls/9IP Garcia 2.39 Strikeouts/9IP Score 9.70 Games Narleski 60 Saves Narleski 19 Innings Wynn 230.0 Strikeouts Score 245 Games Started Score 32 Comp. Games Wynn 16 Shutouts Wynn 6 Home Runs Allow. Wynn 19 Bases On Balls Allow. Score 154 Hits Allowed Garcia 230 SO to Walk Garcia 2.14 Losses Garcia 13 Earned Runs Allow. Garcia 94 Wild Pitches Score 12 Hit Batsmen Lemon and Santiago 5 Batters Faced Score 978 Games Finished Narleski 36 Adjusted ERA+ Wynn 142

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