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1961 Cleveland Indians

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1960 / 1962

78-83, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jimmy Dykes (77-83) and Mel Harder (1-0)
Scored 737 runs, Allowed 752 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-82

Ballparks: Cleveland Stadium · Attendance: 725,547 (7th of 10)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 96

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1960 / 1962 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
Bob Allen 23 L L 6' 2" 175 Oct 23, 1937 1st 48 0 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Johnny Antonelli 31 L L 6' 1" 185 Apr 12, 1930 12 12 7 12 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1.4
Ken Aspromonte 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Sep 22, 1931 5 22 14 22 21 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1
Gary Bell 24 R R 6' 1" 196 Nov 17, 1936 4 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
Walt Bond 23 L R 6' 7" 228 Oct 19, 1937 2 38 7 38 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 12 26 0 0.0
Ty Cline 22 L L 6' 0" 170 Jun 15, 1939 2 12 11 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 12 0 1 -0.4
Bill Dailey 26 R R 6' 3" 185 Mar 13, 1935 1st 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Mike de la Hoz 22 R R 5' 11" 175 Oct 2, 1938 2 61 38 61 50 0 0 0 17 16 17 0 0 0 0 16 0 0.0
Don Dillard 24 L R 6' 1" 200 Jan 8, 1937 3 74 24 74 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 24 1 39 40 3 0.5
Chuck Essegian 29 R R 5' 11" 200 Aug 9, 1931 4 60 40 60 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 19 16 49 19 1 0.5
Tito Francona 27 L L 5' 11" 190 Nov 4, 1933 6 155 147 155 150 0 0 14 0 0 0 138 0 0 138 8 0 2.8 All-Star
Frank Funk 25 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 30, 1935 2 56 0 56 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4
Mudcat Grant 25 R R 6' 1" 186 Aug 13, 1935 4 48 35 48 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 2.3
Bob Hale 27 L L 5' 10" 195 Nov 7, 1933 7 42 0 42 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 -0.3
Steve Hamilton 25 L L 6' 6" 190 Nov 30, 1935 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Wynn Hawkins 25 R R 6' 3" 195 Feb 20, 1936 2 30 21 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Woodie Held 29 R R 5' 10" 167 Mar 25, 1932 6 146 143 146 144 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.0
Russ Heman 28 R R 6' 4" 200 Feb 10, 1933 1st 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Hal Jones 25 R R 6' 2" 194 Apr 9, 1936 1st 12 9 12 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 -0.5
Willie Kirkland 27 L R 6' 1" 206 Feb 17, 1934 4 146 130 146 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 138 15 0 2.5
Jack Kubiszyn 24 R R 5' 11" 170 Dec 19, 1936 1st 25 9 25 16 0 0 0 2 8 7 0 0 0 0 7 4 -0.1
Barry Latman 25 R R 6' 3" 210 May 21, 1936 5 45 18 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 All-Star
Bobby Locke 27 R R 5' 11" 185 Mar 3, 1934 3 37 4 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Al Luplow 22 L R 5' 10" 175 Mar 13, 1939 1st 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 0 0 -0.4
Sam McDowell 18 L L 6' 5" 190 Sep 21, 1942 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Joe Morgan 30 L R 5' 10" 170 Nov 19, 1930 3 4 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 -0.1
Bob Nieman 34 R R 5' 11" 195 Jan 26, 1927 11 39 11 39 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 5 12 28 0 0.5
Jim Perry 25 B R 6' 4" 190 Oct 30, 1935 3 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 All-Star
Bubba Phillips 33 R R 5' 9" 180 Feb 24, 1928 7 143 143 143 143 0 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8
Jim Piersall 31 R R 6' 0" 175 Nov 14, 1929 11 121 119 121 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 0 120 1 0 4.5
Vic Power 33 R R 6' 0" 186 Nov 1, 1927 8 147 146 147 147 0 0 141 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9
John Romano 26 R R 5' 11" 205 Aug 23, 1934 4 142 140 142 141 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.7 All-Star
Joe Schaffernoth 23 R R 6' 4" 195 Aug 6, 1937 3 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Dick Stigman 25 R L 6' 3" 200 Jan 24, 1936 2 22 6 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Johnny Temple 33 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 8, 1927 10 129 129 129 129 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 All-Star
Valmy Thomas 35 R R 5' 9" 165 Oct 21, 1925 5 27 21 27 27 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Mike de la Hoz

Ken Aspromonte

Woodie Held

Joe Morgan
Bob Nieman

Bubba Phillips

Jack Kubiszyn

Mike de la Hoz
Hal Jones

Willie Kirkland

Ty Cline
Bob Hale

Vic Power

John Romano

Walt Bond

Tito Francona

Valmy Thomas

Johnny Temple

Sam McDowell

Barry Latman

Russ Heman

Dick Stigman

Johnny Antonelli
Joe Schaffernoth

Bob Allen

Bill Dailey
Steve Hamilton

Bobby Locke

Chuck Essegian

Jim Perry

Al Luplow

Mudcat Grant

Wynn Hawkins

Don Dillard

Jim Piersall

Frank Funk

Gary Bell

1960 / 1962 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers