Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Teams > Franchise Encyclopedia > 1958 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

1958 Cleveland Indians

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1957 / 1959

77-76, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)
View League Standings and Leaders

Manager: Bobby Bragan (31-36) and Joe Gordon (46-40)
Scored 694 runs, Allowed 635 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-70

Ballparks: Cleveland Stadium · Attendance: 663,805 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 95

BaseballAmerica.com: Franchise Executives
BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)


1957 / 1959 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 Salary
Earl Averill 26 R R 5' 10" 185 Sep 9, 1931 2 17 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Bobby Avila 34 R R 5' 10" 175 Apr 2, 1924 10 113 96 113 102 0 0 0 82 33 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 1.1 $
Gary Bell 21 R R 6' 1" 196 Nov 17, 1936 1st 33 23 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $
Dick Brodowski 25 R R 6' 1" 182 Jul 26, 1932 5 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Dick Brown 23 R R 6' 2" 176 Jan 17, 1935 2 68 46 68 62 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.4 $
Chico Carrasquel 32 R R 6' 0" 170 Jan 23, 1926 9 49 40 49 44 0 0 0 0 14 32 0 0 0 0 5 0 -1.0 $
Chuck Churn 28 R R 6' 3" 205 Feb 1, 1930 2 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Rocky Colavito 24 R R 6' 3" 190 Aug 10, 1933 4 143 136 143 138 1 0 11 0 0 0 1 0 129 129 7 0 6.9 $
Jim Constable 25 B L 6' 1" 185 Jun 14, 1933 3 6 2 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Larry Doby HOF 34 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 13, 1923 12 89 64 89 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 60 1 68 23 1 1.7 $
Don Ferrarese 29 R L 5' 9" 170 Jun 19, 1929 4 28 10 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Mike Garcia 34 R R 6' 1" 195 Nov 17, 1923 11 6 1 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Gary Geiger 21 L R 6' 0" 168 Apr 4, 1937 1st 91 42 91 55 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 45 7 53 36 5 0.9 $
Rod Graber 28 L L 5' 11" 175 Jun 20, 1930 1st 4 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 -0.1 $
Mudcat Grant 22 R R 6' 1" 186 Aug 13, 1935 1st 54 28 54 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.9 $
Carroll Hardy 25 R R 6' 0" 185 May 18, 1933 1st 27 11 27 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 17 8 6 0.2 $
Billy Harrell 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Jul 18, 1928 3 102 57 102 92 0 0 0 7 47 45 0 0 1 1 12 10 0.8 $
Fred Hatfield 33 L R 6' 1" 171 Mar 18, 1925 9 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.3 $
Woodie Held 26 R R 5' 10" 167 Mar 25, 1932 3 67 39 67 59 0 0 0 0 4 14 7 37 0 43 10 6 -0.2 $
Billy Hunter 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 4, 1928 6 76 56 76 76 0 0 0 0 2 75 0 0 0 0 1 5 -0.2 $
Randy Jackson 32 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 10, 1926 9 29 22 29 24 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.3 $
Bob Kelly 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 4, 1927 4 13 3 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Bob Lemon HOF 37 L R 6' 0" 180 Sep 22, 1920 15 15 1 15 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.2 $
Roger Maris 23 L R 6' 0" 197 Sep 10, 1934 2 51 44 51 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 23 47 6 0 0.4 $
Morrie Martin 35 L L 6' 0" 173 Sep 3, 1922 9 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Cal McLish 32 B R 6' 0" 179 Dec 1, 1925 9 39 30 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $
Minnie Minoso 32 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 29, 1925 9 149 145 149 147 0 0 0 0 1 0 147 0 0 147 3 0 5.4 $40,000
Billy Moran 24 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 27, 1933 1st 115 73 115 108 0 0 0 74 0 39 0 0 0 0 6 13 -0.9 $
Don Mossi 29 L L 6' 1" 195 Jan 11, 1929 5 43 5 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Hal Naragon 29 L R 6' 0" 160 Oct 1, 1928 6 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.1 $
Ray Narleski 29 R R 6' 1" 175 Nov 25, 1928 5 44 24 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $ All-Star
Russ Nixon 23 L R 6' 1" 195 Feb 19, 1935 2 113 93 113 101 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 1.6 $
Jay Porter 25 R R 6' 2" 180 Jan 17, 1933 5 40 19 40 25 0 20 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0.1 $
Vic Power 30 R R 6' 0" 186 Nov 1, 1927 5 93 92 93 93 0 0 41 27 42 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 3.6 $
Larry Raines 28 R R 5' 10" 165 Mar 9, 1930 2 7 2 7 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 -0.3 $
Steve Ridzik 29 R R 5' 11" 170 Apr 29, 1929 8 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Herb Score 25 L L 6' 2" 185 Jun 7, 1933 4 12 5 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Dick Tomanek 27 L L 6' 1" 175 Jan 6, 1931 4 20 6 20 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.6 $
Mickey Vernon 40 L L 6' 2" 170 Apr 22, 1918 18 119 87 119 96 0 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 1.7 $ All-Star
Preston Ward 30 L R 6' 4" 190 Jul 24, 1927 8 48 32 48 40 0 0 21 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 1.2 $
Vic Wertz 33 L R 6' 0" 186 Feb 9, 1925 12 25 7 25 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0.3 $
Hoyt Wilhelm HOF 35 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 26, 1922 7 30 6 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $
Hal Woodeshick 25 R L 6' 3" 200 Aug 24, 1932 2 14 9 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Bobby Avila

Earl Averill
Randy Jackson

Woodie Held

Jay Porter

Roger Maris

Rocky Colavito

Fred Hatfield
Billy Hunter

Mickey Vernon

Minnie Minoso

Vic Power

Dick Brown

Don Mossi

Larry Doby

Russ Nixon

Billy Moran
Larry Raines

Chico Carrasquel

Hal Naragon

Ray Narleski

Bob Lemon

Cal McLish

Vic Wertz

Mike Garcia

Dick Brodowski
Preston Ward
Hoyt Wilhelm

Herb Score

Hal Woodeshick

Rod Graber
Dick Tomanek

Carroll Hardy

Gary Geiger

Chuck Churn
Morrie Martin

Mudcat Grant

Don Ferrarese

Steve Ridzik

Jim Constable
Bob Kelly

Billy Harrell

Gary Bell

1957 / 1959 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers