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1956 Cleveland Indians Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 - 102, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 100

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1955 / 1957 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Jim Hegan 35 122 368 315 42 70 15 2 6 34 1 1 49 54 .222 .327 .340 .667 75 107 8 0 4 0 6
2 1B Vic Wertz* 31 136 568 481 65 127 22 0 32 106 0 0 75 87 .264 .364 .509 .874 127 245 8 5 0 7 10
3 2B Bobby Avila 32 138 597 513 74 115 14 2 10 54 17 4 70 68 .224 .323 .318 .640 69 163 12 5 8 1 0
4 SS Chico Carrasquel 28 141 544 474 60 115 15 1 7 48 0 4 52 61 .243 .323 .323 .646 70 153 9 6 9 3 0
5 3B Al Rosen 32 121 481 416 64 111 18 2 15 61 1 3 58 44 .267 .351 .428 .779 104 178 13 0 0 7 4
6 LF Gene Woodling* 33 100 399 317 56 83 17 0 8 38 2 6 69 29 .262 .395 .391 .787 107 124 6 3 7 3 2
7 CF Jim Busby 29 135 546 494 72 116 17 3 12 50 8 3 43 47 .235 .301 .354 .656 72 175 13 4 5 0 2
8 RF Rocky Colavito 22 101 380 322 55 89 11 4 21 65 0 1 49 46 .276 .372 .531 .903 135 171 4 2 4 3 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 UT Al Smith 28 141 626 526 87 144 26 5 16 71 6 3 84 72 .274 .378 .433 .812 113 228 15 8 2 6 7
10 MI George Strickland 30 85 199 171 22 36 1 2 3 17 0 1 22 27 .211 .299 .292 .591 56 50 6 0 5 1 0
11 1B Preston Ward* 28 87 170 150 18 38 10 0 6 21 0 0 16 20 .253 .325 .440 .765 99 66 0 0 4 0 0
12 C Hal Naragon* 27 53 140 122 11 35 3 1 3 18 0 0 13 9 .287 .355 .402 .757 98 49 3 1 2 2 2
13 UT Sam Mele 34 57 128 114 17 29 7 0 4 20 0 1 12 20 .254 .320 .421 .741 93 48 4 0 0 2 0
14 C Earl Averill 24 42 110 93 12 22 6 0 3 14 0 1 14 25 .237 .343 .398 .740 94 37 2 1 2 0 1
15 OF Dave Pope* 35 25 72 70 6 17 3 1 0 3 0 0 1 12 .243 .250 .314 .564 47 22 0 0 0 1 0
16 3B Rudy Regalado 26 16 52 47 4 11 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 1 .234 .308 .255 .563 49 12 1 1 0 0 0
17 LF Joe Caffie* 25 12 44 38 7 13 0 0 0 1 3 2 4 8 .342 .432 .342 .774 106 13 0 2 0 0 0
18 LF Dale Mitchell* 34 38 37 30 2 4 0 0 0 6 0 0 7 2 .133 .297 .133 .431 17 4 0 0 0 0 1
19 MI Kenny Kuhn* 19 27 22 22 7 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 .273 .273 .318 .591 55 7 0 0 0 0 0
20 RF Stu Locklin* 27 9 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -12 1 0 0 0 0 0
21 Hoot Evers 35 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
22 P Early Wynn# 36 38 113 101 5 23 5 0 1 15 1 0 7 22 .228 .278 .307 .585 54 31 1 0 5 0 0
23 P Bob Lemon* 35 43 110 93 8 18 0 0 5 12 0 0 9 21 .194 .272 .355 .627 63 33 1 1 7 0 0
24 P Herb Score* 23 35 100 87 11 16 3 0 1 8 0 1 9 32 .184 .260 .253 .513 35 22 1 0 4 0 0
25 P Mike Garcia 32 35 75 61 1 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 10 .115 .164 .131 .295 -21 8 2 1 8 2 0
26 P Don Mossi* 27 48 22 20 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 .150 .227 .250 .477 25 5 1 0 0 0 0
27 P Hank Aguirre 25 16 21 18 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 .111 .111 .111 .222 -41 2 0 0 3 0 0
28 P Bob Feller 37 19 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .000 .059 .000 .059 -83 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Cal McLish# 30 39 15 9 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 4 .111 .467 .222 .689 87 2 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Art Houtteman 28 23 13 12 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333 -12 2 0 0 1 0 0
31 P Ray Narleski 27 32 9 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .250 .333 .250 .583 55 2 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Bud Daley* 23 14 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
Team Totals 29.9 155 5988 5148 712 1256 199 23 153 677 40 32 681 764 .244 .335 .381 .715 88 1960 110 40 81 38 35
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 5 7 5 8 2 4 5 3 2 7 6 5 6 5
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Early Wynn 36 20 9 .690 2.72 38 35 2 18 4 2 277.2 233 93 84 19 91 7 158 5 0 5 1144 154 1.167 7.6 0.6 2.9 5.1 1.74
2 SP Bob Lemon 35 20 14 .588 3.03 39 35 3 21 2 3 255.1 230 103 86 23 89 2 94 6 0 4 1074 139 1.249 8.1 0.8 3.1 3.3 1.06
3 SP Herb Score* 23 20 9 .690 2.53 35 33 1 16 5 0 249.1 162 82 70 18 129 2 263 2 0 11 1022 166 1.167 5.8 0.6 4.7 9.5 2.04
4 SP Mike Garcia 32 11 12 .478 3.78 35 30 1 8 4 0 197.2 213 93 83 18 74 5 119 5 0 3 874 111 1.452 9.7 0.8 3.4 5.4 1.61
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
5 CL Don Mossi* 27 6 5 .545 3.59 48 3 24 0 0 11 87.2 79 38 35 6 33 5 59 1 0 1 372 117 1.278 8.1 0.6 3.4 6.1 1.79
6 RP Cal McLish 30 2 4 .333 4.96 37 2 17 0 0 1 61.2 67 36 34 5 32 5 27 0 0 1 276 85 1.605 9.8 0.7 4.7 3.9 0.84
7 RP Ray Narleski 27 3 2 .600 1.52 32 0 21 0 0 4 59.1 36 11 10 5 19 0 42 1 0 0 234 277 0.927 5.5 0.8 2.9 6.4 2.21
8 RP Bob Feller 37 0 4 .000 4.97 19 4 5 2 0 1 58.0 63 34 32 7 23 4 18 0 1 0 253 85 1.483 9.8 1.1 3.6 2.8 0.78
9 RP Art Houtteman 28 2 2 .500 6.56 22 4 5 0 0 1 46.2 60 39 34 5 31 2 19 4 0 1 234 64 1.950 11.6 1.0 6.0 3.7 0.61
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Hank Aguirre* 25 3 5 .375 3.72 16 9 3 2 1 1 65.1 63 35 27 7 27 1 31 1 2 3 282 113 1.378 8.7 1.0 3.7 4.3 1.15
11 Bud Daley* 23 1 0 1.000 6.20 14 0 6 0 0 0 20.1 21 15 14 2 14 1 13 5 0 1 101 68 1.721 9.3 0.9 6.2 5.8 0.93
12 Sal Maglie 39 0 0 3.60 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 22 117 1.600 10.8 1.8 3.6 3.6 1.00
Team Totals 30.8 88 66 .571 3.32 155 155 88 67 16 24 1384.0 1233 581 511 116 564 34 845 30 3 31 5888 126 1.298 8.0 0.8 3.7 5.5 1.50
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 7 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 1
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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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
Hank Aguirre 25 16 9 65.1 13 3 8 2 0 .846 0.0 0.0 1.52 0.69 P
Earl Averill 24 34 25 225.0 173 157 15 1 2 .994 -1.0 -5.3 -1 6.88 5.06 2 6 16 9 36% C
Bobby Avila 32 135 130 1154.0 689 322 351 16 83 .977 7.3 7.6 7.3 0.4 7.0 0 5.25 4.99 2B
Jim Busby 29 133 122 1116.2 355 347 4 4 0 .989 8.7 9.3 10.7 0.4 10.3 -2 2.83 2.64 CF
Joe Caffie 25 10 10 83.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 4.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 2.17 2.00 LF
Chico Carrasquel 28 142 135 1175.0 614 240 354 20 70 .967 4.0 4.1 5.0 -0.7 5.7 -1 4.55 4.18 SS-3B
Rocky Colavito 22 98 88 815.1 189 177 6 6 0 .968 1.2 1.8 1.2 -0.1 1.3 0 2.02 1.87 RF
Bud Daley 23 14 0 21.0 10 4 6 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 4.29 0.71 P
Bob Feller 37 19 4 58.0 11 2 8 1 0 .909 0.0 0.0 1.55 0.53 P
Hank Foiles 27 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 C
Mike Garcia 32 35 30 197.2 40 13 27 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.82 1.14 P
Jim Hegan 35 118 97 864.1 686 648 28 10 2 .985 -5.0 -6.9 -5 7.04 5.73 2 17 25 10 29% C
Art Houtteman 28 22 4 46.2 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.31 0.55 P
Kenny Kuhn 19 22 3 60.0 28 13 14 1 4 .964 -3.1 -62.0 -3.1 -0.4 -2.7 0 4.05 1.23 SS-2B
Bob Lemon 35 39 35 255.2 91 24 61 6 6 .934 0.0 0.0 2.99 2.18 P
Stu Locklin 27 1 1 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -60.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 1.50 1.00 RF
Sal Maglie 39 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Cal McLish 30 37 2 61.0 19 5 14 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.80 0.51 P
Sam Mele 34 28 21 186.2 97 89 7 1 5 .990 1.1 7.1 1.1 0.5 0.5 0 0 4.63 3.43 LF-1B-RF
Dale Mitchell 34 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -30.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 LF
Don Mossi 27 48 3 87.2 19 3 15 1 1 .947 0.0 0.0 1.85 0.38 P
Hal Naragon 27 48 33 293.2 171 162 7 2 0 .988 -2.0 -8.2 -2 5.18 3.52 6 8 11 6 35% C
Ray Narleski 27 32 0 59.0 7 2 5 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.07 0.22 P
Dave Pope 35 18 18 137.0 35 34 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -2.6 -1.3 -1.1 -0.2 1 2.30 1.94 CF-LF-RF
Rudy Regalado 26 15 11 110.0 25 10 10 5 3 .800 -4.9 -53.5 -4.9 -2.5 -2.4 0 1.64 1.33 3B-1B
Al Rosen 32 116 114 966.0 326 89 219 18 20 .945 4.2 5.2 3.2 -5.1 8.3 1 2.87 2.66 3B
Herb Score 23 35 33 249.1 22 1 19 2 0 .909 0.0 0.0 0.72 0.57 P
Al Smith 28 161 137 1219.1 324 271 43 10 3 .969 -8.2 -8.1 -0.2 -3.2 3.0 -7 -1 2.32 1.95 RF-LF-3B-CF-2B
George Strickland 30 82 49 478.2 268 118 145 5 34 .981 2.8 7.0 2.8 -4.1 6.8 0 4.94 3.21 2B-SS-3B
Preston Ward 28 77 30 353.1 279 254 22 3 20 .989 5.8 19.7 4.8 0.9 3.9 1 0 7.03 3.58 1B-LF-RF
Vic Wertz 31 133 133 1086.2 1057 971 77 9 99 .991 -0.6 -0.7 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 8.68 7.88 1B
Gene Woodling 33 87 83 736.1 156 150 3 3 0 .981 -3.4 -5.5 -0.4 0.9 -1.3 -3 1.87 1.76 LF-RF
Early Wynn 36 38 35 277.2 66 15 48 3 3 .955 0.0 0.0 2.04 1.66 P
Team Totals 29.6 155 1395 12456.0 5805 4149 1527 129 358 .978 6.5 0.6 25.5 -14.6 40.0 -10 -1 -8 4.10 3.18 10 31 52 25 32%
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 8 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

1955 / 1957 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics