1957 Cleveland Indians Statistics and Roster

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1957 Cleveland Indians (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1956/1958)
76-77, Finished 6th in American League
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Scored 682 runs, Allowed 722 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-80
Managed by Kerby Farrell

Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 722,256 (7th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 99
  (one-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 103
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1957 Stats (1956/1958) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch

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Team Batting Glossary

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           36   58  148   14   32   7  0   4   15  16   23  .216  .291  .345   0   1   4   0   2   1   1   74
1B *Vic Wertz           32  144  515   84  145  21  0  28  105  78   88  .282  .371  .485   2   3   9   2   0  11   6  133
2B  Bobby Avila         33  129  463   60  124  19  3   5   48  46   47  .268  .334  .354   2   4  10   1  16   2   2   89
3B  Al Smith            29  135  507   78  125  23  5  11   49  79   70  .247  .348  .377  12   6   7   4   8   7   3   99
SS  Chico Carrasquel    29  125  392   37  108  14  1   8   57  41   53  .276  .351  .378   0   2  15   8   7   6   2  100
LF *Gene Woodling       34  133  430   74  138  25  2  19   78  64   35  .321  .408  .521   0   5   6   3   4   5   2  153
CF *Roger Maris         22  116  358   61   84   9  5  14   51  60   79  .235  .344  .405   8   4   6   1   3   2   5  105
RF  Rocky Colavito      23  134  461   66  116  26  0  25   84  71   80  .252  .348  .471   1   6  12   1   4   7   0  122
    Larry Raines        27   96  244   39   64  14  0   2   16  19   40  .262  .318  .344   5   2   3   1   2   0   1   82
    Dick Williams       28   67  205   33   58   7  0   6   17  12   19  .283  .324  .405   3   4   7   1   1   1   0   99
    George Strickland   31   89  201   21   47   8  2   1   19  26   29  .234  .323  .308   0   3   5   1   1   1   1   74
   *Russ Nixon          22   62  185   15   52   7  1   2   18  12   12  .281  .323  .362   0   1   6   0   1   1   7   88
   *Hal Naragon         28   57  121   12   31   1  1   0    8  12    9  .256  .326  .281   0   0   5   1   1   1   1   68
    Dick Brown          22   34  114   10   30   4  0   4   22   4   23  .263  .281  .404   1   1   1   0   0   3   1   85
   *Joe Caffie          26   32   89   14   24   2  1   3   10   4   11  .270  .301  .416   0   1   1   0   2   0   2   95
   *Joe Altobelli       25   83   87    9   18   3  2   0    9   5   14  .207  .253  .287   3   2   1   1   2   2   0   48
    Jim Busby           30   30   74    9   14   2  1   2    4   1    8  .189  .200  .324   0   1   3   0   3   0   0   41
    Billy Harrell       28   22   57    6   15   1  1   1    5   4    7  .263  .311  .368   3   1   0   0   1   0   0   86
   *Kenny Kuhn          20   40   53    5    9   0  0   0    5   4    9  .170  .228  .170   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   11
   *Eddie Robinson      36   19   27    1    6   1  0   1    3   0    3  .222  .241  .370   0   0   2   1   0   1   0   65
   *Preston Ward        29   10   11    2    2   1  0   0    0   0    2  .182  .182  .273   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   23
    Bob Usher           32   10    8    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    3  .125  .222  .125   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   -2

   #Early Wynn          37   40   86    4   10   0  0   0    4  11   23  .116  .214  .116   0   0   1   0   3   1   0   -7
    Mike Garcia         33   38   75    3   12   2  0   0    8   3   12  .160  .192  .187   0   0   3   0   3   0   0    4
   *Don Mossi           28   36   55    4   12   0  1   0    1   4   12  .218  .267  .255   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   44
   *Bob Lemon           36   25   46    2    3   1  0   1    1   0   14  .065  .065  .152   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -42
   #Cal McLish          31   44   43    7    8   0  0   2    7   7   17  .186  .300  .326   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   72
    Ray Narleski        28   46   43    3    4   0  0   1    3   1   17  .093  .114  .163   0   0   0   0   4   0   0  -25
   *Bud Daley           24   34   20    2    4   0  0   0    0   1    3  .200  .238  .200   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   21
    Stan Pitula         26   24   15    3    3   0  0   0    2   1    7  .200  .250  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   25
   *Dick Tomanek        26   34   13    2    3   1  0   0    0   0    2  .231  .231  .308   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   46
   *Herb Score          24    5   11    1    1   0  0   0    0   2    6  .091  .231  .091   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   -8
    Vito Valentinetti   28   11    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    3  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10
    Hank Aguirre        26   10    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Johnny Gray         30    7    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Bob Alexander       34    5    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.8  153 5171  682 1304 199 26 140  649 591  786  .252  .329  .382  40  47 109  26  78  53  34  102
    Rank among 8 AL teams          7    4    6   6  8   4        3    1     5     4     4   4   2                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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.

Team Pitching Glossary

    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  Early Wynn          37  40   4.31  14  17  1  37   2  13   1  263.0  270  139  126  32  104  184 1146   0   5  0   7  87
SP  Mike Garcia         33  38   3.75  12   8  0  27   5   9   1  211.3  221   98   88  14   73  110  915   2   6  1   6 100
SP *Don Mossi           28  36   4.13  11  10  2  22   7   6   1  159.0  165   82   73  16   57   97  693   1   2  2   5  91
SP  Bob Lemon           36  21   4.60   6  11  0  17   2   2   0  117.3  129   70   60   9   64   45  540   3   7  0   6  81
SP *Herb Score          24   5   2.00   2   1  0   5   0   3   1   36.0   18    9    8   0   26   39  150   5   1  0   2 187

CL  Ray Narleski        28  46   3.09  11   5 16  15  24   7   1  154.3  136   65   53  14   70   93  662   1   4  0   6 121
RP  Cal McLish          31  42   2.74   9   7  1   7  19   2   0  144.3  118   55   44  11   67   88  616   8   2  0  10 137
RP *Dick Tomanek        26  34   5.68   2   1  0   2  16   0   0   69.7   67   51   44  13   37   55  310   5   1  0   3  66
RP *Bud Daley           24  34   4.43   2   8  2  10  10   1   0   87.3   99   59   43   7   40   54  409   3  10  0   4  85
RP  Stan Pitula         26  23   4.98   2   2  0   5   7   1   0   59.7   67   37   33   8   32   17  266   1   2  0   4  75

    Vito Valentinetti   28  11   4.94   2   2  0   2   4   1   0   23.7   26   14   13   3   13    9  109   2   1  0   0  76
   *Hank Aguirre        26  10   5.75   1   1  0   1   4   0   0   20.3   26   15   13   0   13    9  100   5   0  0   3  65
    Johnny Gray         30   7   5.85   1   3  0   3   0   1   1   20.0   21   17   13   1   13    3   90   2   0  0   1  64
    Bob Alexander       34   5   9.00   0   1  0   0   3   0   0    7.0   10    7    7   0    5    1   35   1   1  0   2  42
    Art Houtteman       29   3   6.75   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    4.0    6    3    3   1    3    3   20   0   0  0   0  56
    Hoyt Wilhelm        34   2   2.45   1   0  1   0   2   0   0    3.7    2    1    1   1    1    0   15   0   1  0   0 153
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.7 153   4.06  76  77 23 153 107  46   7 1380.0 1381  722  623 130  618  807 6076  39  43  3  59  92
    Rank among 8 AL teams           6   5   3  4           4   6      5    6    7        5    8    2

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

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JHegan 421 48 58 287 14 0 4 1.000 3 9 12 7 RNixon 418 45 57 268 31 5 5 .984 11 10 23 14 DBrown 274 32 33 190 18 3 4 .986 4 12 19 8 HNaragon 267 28 39 179 14 2 2 .990 3 9 7 7 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1380 153 153 924 77 10 15 .990 21 40 61 36 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.67 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- VWertz 1162 138 139 1025 83 14 122 .988 8.58 JAltobelli 173 12 56 145 9 1 16 .994 8.01 ERobinson 40 3 7 40 3 0 3 1.000 9.68 PWard 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1380 153 153 1213 95 15 141 .989 8.53 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *5.39 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BAvila 915 105 107 280 254 9 72 .983 5.25 GStrickland 323 33 48 108 93 4 22 .980 5.59 KKuhn 74 6 14 25 12 1 2 .974 4.50 LRaines 67 9 10 22 16 1 3 .974 5.10 BHarrell 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1380 153 153 435 375 15 99 .982 5.28 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *3.23 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ASmith 724 82 84 95 156 24 16 .913 3.12 LRaines 215 26 27 33 61 8 7 .922 3.92 DWilliams 164 18 19 23 30 4 5 .930 2.91 BAvila 125 13 16 13 16 2 2 .935 2.09 GStrickland 108 11 19 14 25 0 3 1.000 3.25 BHarrell 29 2 6 4 7 0 0 1.000 3.33 KKuhn 12 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 BUsher 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1380 153 153 182 297 38 33 .926 3.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 *5.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CCarrasquel 1027 117 122 212 357 24 75 .960 4.99 LRaines 128 13 25 16 32 3 5 .941 3.38 GStrickland 118 12 23 24 46 2 13 .972 5.31 BHarrell 105 11 14 17 33 6 6 .893 4.29 KKuhn 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 .667 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1380 153 153 270 469 36 99 .954 4.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GWoodling 943 109 113 222 10 2 0 .991 2.21 RMaris 177 19 27 49 4 2 1 .964 2.68 DWilliams 98 10 17 29 0 0 0 1.000 2.64 ASmith 74 6 19 17 1 0 0 1.000 2.19 LRaines 55 7 8 12 0 1 0 .923 1.96 JCaffie 19 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.95 JBusby 11 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 JAltobelli 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BUsher 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1380 153 153 334 15 5 1 .986 2.28 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.72 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RMaris 679 74 87 206 7 5 1 .977 2.82 ASmith 348 39 41 76 1 2 1 .975 1.99 DWilliams 168 21 22 49 1 2 0 .962 2.68 JBusby 157 18 25 41 1 1 1 .977 2.41 JAltobelli 18 1 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 BUsher 10 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1380 153 153 383 10 10 3 .975 2.56 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *1.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RColavito 1126 125 130 266 12 11 2 .962 2.22 JCaffie 145 16 18 37 0 1 0 .974 2.30 RMaris 53 6 7 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.38 ASmith 40 4 5 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.35 JAltobelli 16 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1380 153 153 327 13 12 2 .966 2.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.24 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- RColavito 1126 125 130 268 12 11 2 .962 2.24 GWoodling 943 109 113 225 10 2 0 .992 2.24 RMaris 910 99 112 266 10 7 2 .975 2.73 ASmith 462 49 58 100 3 2 1 .981 2.01 DWilliams 266 31 37 72 1 2 0 .973 2.46 JBusby 168 19 26 44 1 1 1 .978 2.41 JCaffie 164 17 19 40 0 1 0 .976 2.20 LRaines 55 7 8 13 0 1 0 .929 2.13 JAltobelli 35 3 7 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.34 BUsher 11 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1380 153 153 1044 37 27 6 .976 2.35 153 153 153 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 *1.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EWynn 263 37 40 10 38 0 5 1.000 1.64 MGarcia 211 27 38 12 22 1 5 .971 1.45 DMossi 159 22 36 7 21 0 2 1.000 1.58 RNarleski 154 15 46 4 10 2 0 .875 0.82 CMcLish 144 7 42 6 27 1 2 .971 2.06 BLemon 117 17 21 12 31 0 5 1.000 3.30 BDaley 87 10 34 6 22 5 2 .848 2.89 DTomanek 69 2 34 5 11 0 2 1.000 2.07 SPitula 59 5 23 2 9 0 1 1.000 1.66 HScore 36 5 5 0 6 1 0 .857 1.50 VValentinet 23 2 11 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.66 HAguirre 20 1 10 2 2 1 1 .800 1.77 JGray 20 3 7 3 3 1 0 .857 2.70 BAlexander 7 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 AHoutteman 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 HWilhelm 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1380 153 153 71 207 12 25 .959 1.81 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Woodling .321

On-base % Woodling .408

Slugging % Woodling .521

OPS Woodling .929

Games Wertz 144

At Bats Wertz 515

Plate Appearances (approx.) Wertz 606

Runs Wertz 84

Hits Wertz 145

Total Bases Wertz 250

Doubles Colavito 26

Triples Maris and Smith 5

Home Runs Wertz 28

RBI Wertz 105

Bases on Balls Smith 79

Strikeouts Wertz 88

Stolen Bases Smith 12

Singles Avila 97

Adjusted OPS+ Woodling 153

Runs Created Wertz 97

Adjusted Batting Runs Woodling 34

Batting Wins Woodling 3.4

Extra-Base Hits Colavito 51

Times on Base Wertz 225

Offensive Win% Woodling .756

Hit By Pitch Carrasquel 8

Sac. Hits Avila 16

Sac. Flies Wertz 11

Intentional Walks Nixon 7

Grounded into Double Plays Carrasquel 15

Caught Stealing Colavito and Smith 6

Power/Speed Number Smith 11.5

At Bats per Strikeout Woodling 12.3

At Bats per Home Run Colavito and Wertz 18.4

Outs Smith 410

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Narleski 3.09

Wins Wynn 14

Won-Loss % Narleski .688

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Narleski 1.335

Hits Allowed/9IP Narleski 7.93

Bases on Balls/9IP Garcia 3.11

Strikeouts/9IP Wynn 6.30

Games Narleski 46

Saves Narleski 16

Innings Wynn 263.0

Strikeouts Wynn 184

Games Started Wynn 37

Comp. Games Wynn 13

Shutouts Garcia, Gray, Mossi, Narleski, and Score 1

Home Runs Allow. Wynn 32

Bases On Balls Allow. Wynn 104

Hits Allowed Wynn 270

SO to Walk Wynn 1.77

Losses Wynn 17

Earned Runs Allow. Wynn 126

Wild Pitches McLish 8

Hit Batsmen Daley 10

Batters Faced Wynn 1146

Games Finished Narleski 24

Adjusted ERA+ Narleski 121

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Don Mossi
Vic Wertz (Starting 1B)
Early Wynn

1956/1958

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