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1956 Cleveland Indians Lineups and Defense
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957)
88-66, Finished 2nd in American League
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Scored 712 runs, Allowed 581 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-63
Manager: Al Lopez (88-66)
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 865,467 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 100
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Game C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF SP DH
1. Tue,4/17 at CHW L (1-2)# Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Lemon  
2. Thu,4/19 at CHW L (0-1)# Averill Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Score  
3. Fri,4/20 vs DET W (3-1) Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Wynn  
4. Sat,4/21 vs DET L (6-7)# Averill Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Garcia  
5. Sun,4/22 vs DET L (4-6) Averill Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Feller  
6. Sun,4/22 vs DET W (5-2) Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Colavito Lemon  
7. Wed,4/25 at KCA W (5-2)# Averill Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Colavito Score  
8. Thu,4/26 at KCA W (14-2) Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Colavito Wynn  
9. Fri,4/27 at DET W (4-3) Averill Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Colavito Garcia  
10. Sun,4/29 at DET L (0-1)# Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Score  
11. Sun,4/29 at DET W (8-4) Naragon Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Lemon  
12. Tue,5/1 at WSH W (3-2) Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Wynn  
13. Thu,5/3 at BAL W (7-1)# Averill Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Garcia  
14. Fri,5/4 at BAL L (3-4) Naragon Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Score  
15. Sat,5/5 at BAL W (2-1)# Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Lemon  
16. Mon,5/7 at BOS L (1-5) Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Garcia  
17. Tue,5/8 at NYY L (3-4) Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Wynn  
18. Wed,5/9 at NYY W (6-5) Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Score  
19. Thu,5/10 at NYY W (7-2)# Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Lemon  
20. Fri,5/11 vs KCA W (4-1) Naragon Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Garcia  
21. Sat,5/12 vs KCA W (5-3) Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Wynn  
22. Sun,5/13 vs KCA L (2-5) Naragon Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Feller  
23. Sun,5/13 vs KCA W (9-4)# Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Score  
24. Mon,5/14 vs NYY W (3-2) Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Lemon  
25. Wed,5/16 vs NYY L (1-4)# Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Garcia  
26. Fri,5/18 vs WSH L (4-5)# Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Wynn  
27. Sat,5/19 vs WSH W (5-1) Hegan Wertz Avila Regalado Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Score  
28. Sun,5/20 vs BAL W (6-1) Naragon Wertz Avila Regalado Carrasquel Ward Busby Smith Lemon  
29. Sun,5/20 vs BAL W (5-1) Hegan Wertz Avila Regalado Carrasquel Ward Busby Smith Garcia  
30. Tue,5/22 vs BOS L (3-5) Hegan Wertz Avila Regalado Carrasquel Ward Busby Smith Wynn  
31. Wed,5/23 vs BOS W (6-3) Hegan Wertz Avila Regalado Carrasquel Ward Busby Smith Score  
32. Fri,5/25 at CHW L (1-2)# Hegan Wertz Avila Regalado Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Garcia  
33. Sun,5/27 at CHW L (4-5) Naragon Wertz Avila Regalado Carrasquel Ward Busby Smith Lemon  
34. Sun,5/27 at CHW W (4-2)# Hegan Wertz Avila Regalado Strickland Smith Busby Colavito Wynn  
35. Mon,5/28 vs DET L (1-3) Hegan Wertz Avila Regalado Strickland Ward Busby Smith Score  
36. Wed,5/30 vs CHW L (3-6)# Hegan Wertz Avila Regalado Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Houtteman  
37. Wed,5/30 vs CHW L (8-9) Naragon Wertz Avila Smith Carrasquel Ward Busby Locklin Garcia  
38. Fri,6/1 at WSH L (3-5)# Hegan Wertz Avila Regalado Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Lemon  
39. Sat,6/2 at WSH W (15-0)# Hegan Wertz Avila Smith Carrasquel Mele Busby Colavito Score  
40. Sun,6/3 at WSH W (8-4) Hegan Wertz Avila Smith Carrasquel Ward Busby Mele Wynn  
41. Sun,6/3 at WSH L (1-7) Averill Wertz Avila Smith Carrasquel Ward Busby Colavito Mossi  
42. Mon,6/4 at WSH W (7-0) Averill Wertz Avila Smith Carrasquel Ward Busby Mele Garcia  
43. Tue,6/5 at BAL W (8-3) Averill Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Ward Busby Smith Lemon  
44. Wed,6/6 at BAL W (5-1) Averill Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Houtteman  
45. Thu,6/7 at BAL L (2-5)# Averill Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito McLish  
46. Fri,6/8 at NYY W (9-0)# Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Wynn  
47. Sat,6/9 at NYY W (15-8) Averill Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Garcia  
48. Sun,6/10 at NYY L (0-6) Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Lemon  
49. Mon,6/11 at BOS W (4-1) Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Mele Busby Smith McLish  
50. Mon,6/11 at BOS L (1-5) Averill Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Garcia  
51. Tue,6/12 at BOS L (7-9) Hegan Wertz Strickland Rosen Carrasquel Mele Busby Smith Wynn  
52. Wed,6/13 at BOS T (8-8) Hegan Wertz Strickland Rosen Carrasquel Mele Busby Smith Mossi  
53. Thu,6/14 at BOS L (9-10) Hegan Wertz Strickland Rosen Carrasquel Mele Busby Smith Lemon  
54. Fri,6/15 vs NYY L (2-6) Naragon Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Mele Busby Smith Garcia  
55. Sat,6/16 vs NYY L (1-3) Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Score  
56. Sun,6/17 vs NYY L (4-9)# Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Strickland Mele Busby Smith Wynn  
57. Tue,6/19 vs BOS W (9-7) Naragon Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Lemon  
58. Wed,6/20 vs BOS W (5-4) Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Score  
59. Thu,6/21 vs BOS W (5-0) Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Wynn  
60. Fri,6/22 vs WSH W (4-0)# Averill Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Garcia  
61. Sat,6/23 vs WSH W (9-8) Naragon Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Houtteman  
62. Sun,6/24 vs WSH W (7-2)# Averill Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Lemon  
63. Tue,6/26 vs BAL W (4-3) Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Wynn  
64. Wed,6/27 vs BAL W (12-11)# Averill Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Garcia  
65. Fri,6/29 vs CHW W (5-2) Naragon Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Score  
66. Fri,6/29 vs CHW L (2-13)# Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Lemon  
67. Sat,6/30 vs CHW L (3-8) Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Mossi  
68. Sun,7/1 vs CHW W (7-6)# Hegan Wertz Strickland Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Wynn  
69. Sun,7/1 vs CHW W (6-1) Hegan Wertz Strickland Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Lemon  
70. Tue,7/3 vs KCA W (9-3) Averill Wertz Strickland Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Garcia  
71. Wed,7/4 at DET W (6-4) Hegan Wertz Strickland Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Score  
72. Wed,7/4 at DET W (3-1) Hegan Wertz Strickland Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Wynn  
73. Thu,7/5 at DET L (7-13) Hegan Wertz Strickland Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Lemon  
74. Fri,7/6 at KCA W (4-2) Averill Wertz Strickland Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Garcia  
75. Sat,7/7 at KCA L (2-5) Hegan Wertz Strickland Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Score  
76. Sun,7/8 at KCA W (17-3)# Hegan Wertz Strickland Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Wynn  
77. Thu,7/12 at NYY L (5-9) Naragon Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Lemon  
78. Fri,7/13 at NYY L (0-10) Hegan Ward Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Wynn  
79. Sat,7/14 at NYY L (4-5) Naragon Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Score  
80. Sun,7/15 at BOS W (10-7) Averill Wertz Strickland Smith Carrasquel Mele Busby Woodling Aguirre  
81. Sun,7/15 at BOS L (1-3) Hegan Wertz Strickland Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Garcia  
82. Mon,7/16 at BOS W (7-3) Naragon Wertz Strickland Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Lemon  
83. Wed,7/18 at WSH L (5-7)# Hegan Wertz Strickland Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Score  
84. Wed,7/18 at WSH W (11-1) Naragon Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Mele Wynn  
85. Thu,7/19 at WSH L (4-5) Naragon Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Mele Garcia  
86. Sat,7/21 at BAL W (4-3) Naragon Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Ward Lemon  
87. Sat,7/21 at BAL W (4-3) Naragon Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Ward Score  
88. Sun,7/22 at BAL W (8-0)# Averill Wertz Avila Strickland Carrasquel Woodling Busby Mele Wynn  
89. Tue,7/24 vs WSH W (11-0)# Hegan Wertz Avila Strickland Carrasquel Woodling Busby Colavito Garcia  
90. Wed,7/25 vs WSH W (11-3) Hegan Wertz Avila Strickland Carrasquel Woodling Busby Colavito Score  
91. Thu,7/26 vs WSH W (1-0)# Hegan Wertz Avila Strickland Carrasquel Woodling Busby Colavito Lemon  
92. Fri,7/27 vs BAL W (3-2)# Hegan Wertz Avila Strickland Carrasquel Woodling Busby Colavito Wynn  
93. Sat,7/28 vs BAL L (6-8) Naragon Wertz Avila Strickland Carrasquel Woodling Busby Colavito Garcia  
94. Sun,7/29 vs BAL W (3-0) Hegan Wertz Avila Smith Carrasquel Woodling Busby Colavito Score  
95. Sun,7/29 vs BAL W (4-0)# Averill Wertz Avila Smith Carrasquel Woodling Busby Colavito Aguirre  
96. Mon,7/30 vs NYY L (6-13)# Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Lemon  
97. Tue,7/31 vs NYY W (5-0) Naragon Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Wynn  
98. Wed,8/1 vs NYY W (5-1)# Hegan Wertz Avila Smith Carrasquel Mele Busby Colavito Lemon  
99. Thu,8/2 vs NYY W (4-0) Naragon Wertz Avila Smith Carrasquel Ward Busby Colavito Score  
100. Fri,8/3 vs BOS L (1-7)# Hegan Wertz Avila Strickland Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Garcia  
101. Sat,8/4 vs BOS L (5-6) Naragon Wertz Avila Smith Carrasquel Woodling Busby Colavito Wynn  
102. Sun,8/5 vs BOS L (1-2) Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Lemon  
103. Mon,8/6 at DET L (0-9) Hegan Wertz Strickland Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Score  
104. Tue,8/7 at DET W (5-2) Naragon Ward Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Garcia  
105. Wed,8/8 at CHW L (6-7)# Hegan Ward Avila Rosen Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Aguirre  
106. Thu,8/9 at CHW L (2-9)# Hegan Ward Avila Smith Strickland Mele Busby Colavito Wynn  
107. Fri,8/10 at KCA W (11-0) Hegan Wertz Avila Smith Carrasquel Woodling Busby Colavito Lemon  
108. Sat,8/11 at KCA W (8-5) Naragon Wertz Avila Smith Carrasquel Woodling Busby Colavito Garcia  
109. Sun,8/12 at KCA W (6-3) Hegan Wertz Avila Smith Carrasquel Woodling Busby Colavito Score  
110. Tue,8/14 vs DET L (4-6) Hegan Wertz Avila Smith Carrasquel Woodling Busby Colavito Wynn  
111. Wed,8/15 vs DET L (0-1) Naragon Ward Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Busby Smith Lemon  
112. Thu,8/16 vs DET W (5-4)# Hegan Ward Avila Rosen Strickland Woodling Smith Colavito Score  
113. Fri,8/17 vs KCA L (3-9) Naragon Ward Avila Rosen Strickland Woodling Smith Colavito Aguirre  
114. Sat,8/18 vs KCA W (8-1) Hegan Ward Avila Rosen Strickland Woodling Smith Colavito Wynn  
115. Sun,8/19 vs KCA W (5-2) Hegan Ward Avila Rosen Strickland Woodling Smith Colavito Lemon  
116. Sun,8/19 vs KCA W (2-1) Naragon Ward Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Smith Colavito Garcia  
117. Tue,8/21 at NYY W (3-0) Hegan Ward Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Smith Pope Score  
118. Wed,8/22 at NYY L (2-3) Hegan Ward Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Smith Pope Wynn  
119. Thu,8/23 at BOS L (1-2)# Hegan Ward Avila Rosen Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Lemon  
120. Fri,8/24 at BOS W (5-3) Hegan Wertz Strickland Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Pope Colavito Garcia  
121. Sat,8/25 at BOS L (6-9) Hegan Wertz Strickland Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Smith Colavito Score  
122. Sun,8/26 at WSH W (4-1)# Hegan Ward Avila Rosen Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Wynn  
123. Mon,8/27 at WSH W (5-2) Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Smith Colavito Lemon  
124. Tue,8/28 at BAL L (0-1) Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Smith Colavito Aguirre  
125. Wed,8/29 at BAL W (3-2) Hegan Wertz Avila Smith Carrasquel Woodling Pope Colavito Garcia  
126. Fri,8/31 at CHW W (3-2)# Hegan Mele Avila Rosen Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Score  
127. Fri,8/31 at CHW L (0-1) Naragon Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Smith Colavito Wynn  
128. Sat,9/1 at CHW W (5-1) Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Pope Smith Colavito Lemon  
129. Sun,9/2 at CHW L (3-4)# Hegan Mele Avila Rosen Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Aguirre  
130. Mon,9/3 at KCA L (2-5) Naragon Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Garcia  
131. Mon,9/3 at KCA W (2-1) Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Pope Smith Colavito Wynn  
132. Tue,9/4 at KCA L (2-5) Naragon Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Pope Smith Colavito Score  
133. Fri,9/7 vs CHW L (1-2)# Hegan Mele Avila Rosen Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Lemon  
134. Sat,9/8 vs CHW L (2-4)# Hegan Mele Avila Rosen Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Wynn  
135. Sun,9/9 vs CHW W (4-1) Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Woodling Pope Colavito Score  
136. Sun,9/9 vs CHW L (2-6) Naragon Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Pope Smith Colavito Aguirre  
137. Tue,9/11 vs BAL W (3-1) Naragon Wertz Strickland Smith Carrasquel Woodling Pope Colavito Lemon  
138. Wed,9/12 vs BAL W (2-1) Hegan Wertz Strickland Smith Carrasquel Woodling Pope Colavito Wynn  
139. Thu,9/13 vs BAL L (1-4) Naragon Wertz Strickland Smith Carrasquel Caffie Pope Colavito Aguirre  
140. Fri,9/14 vs BOS W (10-2)# Hegan Wertz Avila Smith Carrasquel Woodling Busby Colavito Score  
141. Fri,9/14 vs BOS L (3-4) Hegan Wertz Avila Smith Strickland Woodling Pope Colavito Garcia  
142. Sat,9/15 vs BOS L (3-5) Hegan Mele Avila Smith Carrasquel Caffie Pope Colavito Feller  
143. Sun,9/16 vs NYY L (3-10) Hegan Mele Avila Rosen Strickland Caffie Smith Colavito Lemon  
144. Sun,9/16 vs NYY W (4-3) Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Caffie Smith Colavito Wynn  
145. Tue,9/18 vs WSH W (1-0)# Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Carrasquel Smith Busby Colavito Score  
146. Tue,9/18 vs WSH W (6-0)# Averill Wertz Avila Rosen Strickland Smith Busby Colavito Garcia  
147. Wed,9/19 vs WSH W (6-0) Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Strickland Caffie Smith Colavito Lemon  
148. Fri,9/21 at DET W (5-1)# Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Strickland Smith Busby Colavito Wynn  
149. Sat,9/22 at DET W (5-1) Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Strickland Smith Pope Colavito Score  
150. Sun,9/23 at DET L (1-11) Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Strickland Smith Pope Colavito Lemon  
151. Tue,9/25 vs KCA W (4-1) Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Strickland Caffie Smith Colavito Wynn  
152. Wed,9/26 vs KCA W (8-4) Hegan Wertz Avila Rosen Strickland Caffie Smith Colavito Score  
153. Fri,9/28 vs DET W (2-1)# Averill Wertz Strickland Rosen Kuhn Caffie Smith Colavito Aguirre  
154. Sat,9/29 vs DET L (1-9) Averill Ward Strickland Rosen Kuhn Caffie Pope Colavito Houtteman  
155. Sun,9/30 vs DET L (4-8) Averill Ward Strickland Rosen Kuhn Caffie Pope Colavito Feller  
155 games 3 players 3 players 2 players 4 players 3 players 6 players 3 players 7 players 9 players 0 players
Most Common-games Hegan-97
Naragon-33
Averill-25		 Wertz-133
Ward-16
Mele-6		 Avila-130
Strickland-25
-		 Rosen-114
Smith-23
Regalado-11		 Carrasquel-135
Strickland-17
Kuhn-3		 Woodling-82
Smith-37
Ward-12		 Busby-122
Smith-21
Pope-12		 Colavito-88
Smith-56
Mele-5		 Lemon-35
Wynn-35
Score-33		 -
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Most Common Lineups

13 Games
C. Hegan
1B. Wertz
2B. Avila
3B. Rosen
SS. Carrasquel
LF. Woodling
CF. Busby
RF. Smith
P. Pitcher

12 Games
C. Hegan
1B. Wertz
2B. Avila
3B. Rosen
SS. Carrasquel
LF. Smith
CF. Busby
RF. Colavito
P. Pitcher

10 Games
C. Hegan
1B. Wertz
2B. Strickland
3B. Rosen
SS. Carrasquel
LF. Woodling
CF. Busby
RF. Smith
P. Pitcher

7 Games
C. Averill
1B. Wertz
2B. Avila
3B. Rosen
SS. Carrasquel
LF. Woodling
CF. Busby
RF. Smith
P. Pitcher

7 Games
C. Naragon
1B. Wertz
2B. Avila
3B. Rosen
SS. Carrasquel
LF. Woodling
CF. Busby
RF. Smith
P. Pitcher

5 Games
C. Hegan
1B. Wertz
2B. Avila
3B. Smith
SS. Carrasquel
LF. Woodling
CF. Busby
RF. Colavito
P. Pitcher

67 total lineups (120 when including pitchers)


1955 / 1957 Lineups and Defense

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