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1956 Cleveland Indians

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957

88-66, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Al Lopez (88-66)
Scored 712 runs, Allowed 581 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-63

Ballparks: Cleveland Stadium · 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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1955 / 1957 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
Hank Aguirre 25 R L 6' 4" 205 Jan 31, 1931 2 16 9 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Earl Averill 24 R R 5' 10" 185 Sep 9, 1931 1st 42 25 42 34 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.3
Bobby Avila 32 R R 5' 10" 175 Apr 2, 1924 8 138 130 138 135 0 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1.4
Jim Busby 29 R R 6' 1" 175 Jan 8, 1927 7 135 122 135 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 0 133 5 1 0.7
Joe Caffie 25 L R 5' 10" 180 Feb 14, 1931 1st 12 10 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 2 0 0.2
Chico Carrasquel 30 R R 6' 0" 170 Jan 23, 1926 7 141 135 141 141 0 0 0 0 1 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7
Rocky Colavito 22 R R 6' 3" 190 Aug 10, 1933 2 101 88 101 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 98 5 4 2.7
Bud Daley 23 L L 6' 1" 185 Oct 7, 1932 2 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Hoot Evers 35 R R 6' 2" 180 Feb 8, 1921 12 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.0
Bob Feller HOF 37 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 3, 1918 18 19 4 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Hank Foiles 27 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 10, 1929 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Garcia 32 R R 6' 1" 195 Nov 17, 1923 9 35 30 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9
Jim Hegan 35 R R 6' 2" 195 Aug 3, 1920 13 122 97 122 117 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 0.4
Art Houtteman 28 R R 6' 2" 188 Aug 7, 1927 11 23 4 23 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1.1
Kenny Kuhn 19 L R 5' 10" 175 Mar 20, 1937 2 27 3 27 21 0 0 0 5 0 17 0 0 0 0 5 11 -0.2
Bob Lemon HOF 35 L R 6' 0" 180 Sep 22, 1920 13 43 35 43 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 6.0
Stu Locklin 27 L L 6' 1" 190 Jul 22, 1928 2 9 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 4 -0.1
Sal Maglie 39 R R 6' 2" 180 Apr 26, 1917 8 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Cal McLish 30 B R 6' 0" 179 Dec 1, 1925 7 39 2 39 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0
Sam Mele 34 R R 6' 1" 183 Jan 21, 1922 10 57 21 57 28 0 0 8 0 0 0 14 0 6 20 33 0 0.3
Dale Mitchell 34 L L 6' 1" 195 Aug 23, 1921 11 38 0 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 38 0 -0.1
Don Mossi 27 L L 6' 1" 195 Jan 11, 1929 3 48 3 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6
Hal Naragon 27 L R 6' 0" 160 Oct 1, 1928 4 53 33 53 48 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0.3
Ray Narleski 27 R R 6' 1" 175 Nov 25, 1928 3 32 0 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 All-Star
Dave Pope 35 L R 5' 10" 170 Jun 17, 1921 4 25 18 25 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 2 18 6 1 -0.4
Rudy Regalado 26 R R 6' 1" 185 May 21, 1930 3 16 11 16 15 0 0 1 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.8
Al Rosen 32 R R 5' 10" 180 Feb 29, 1924 10 121 114 121 116 0 0 0 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2.5
Herb Score 23 L L 6' 2" 185 Jun 7, 1933 2 35 33 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.8 All-Star
Al Smith 28 R R 6' 0" 189 Feb 7, 1928 4 141 137 141 141 0 0 0 1 28 0 52 21 59 123 2 0 2.5
George Strickland 30 R R 6' 1" 175 Jan 10, 1926 7 85 49 85 79 0 0 0 29 26 28 0 0 0 0 2 14 -0.1
Preston Ward 28 L R 6' 4" 190 Jul 24, 1927 6 87 30 87 69 0 0 60 0 0 0 14 0 3 17 21 9 1.0
Vic Wertz 31 L R 6' 0" 186 Feb 9, 1925 10 136 133 136 133 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.6
Gene Woodling 33 L R 5' 9" 195 Aug 16, 1922 11 100 83 100 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 0 2 85 17 0 1.2
Early Wynn HOF 36 B R 6' 0" 190 Jan 6, 1920 16 38 35 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.5 All-Star
Bobby Young 31 L R 6' 1" 175 Jan 22, 1925 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Bobby Avila
George Strickland
Dale Mitchell
Jim Hegan
Bobby Young
Al Rosen
Kenny Kuhn
Art Houtteman

Don Mossi
Gene Woodling
Earl Averill
Hank Foiles
Al Smith
Chico Carrasquel
Rudy Regalado
Hal Naragon
Bob Feller
Ray Narleski

Bob Lemon
Cal McLish
Vic Wertz
Early Wynn
Mike Garcia
Sal Maglie
Preston Ward
Herb Score
Hank Aguirre
Bud Daley

Hoot Evers
Jim Busby
Gene Woodling
Stu Locklin
Joe Caffie
Cal McLish
Dave Pope
Sam Mele
Rocky Colavito

1955 / 1957 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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