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1961 Cleveland Indians (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1960/1962)
78-83, Finished 5th in American League
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Scored 737 runs, Allowed 752 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-82
Managed by Jimmie Dykes and Mel Harder

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

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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   Johnny Romano       26  142  509   76  152  29  1  21   80  61   60  .299  .377  .483   0   0  10   5   1   4   3  132
1B  Vic Power           33  147  563   64  151  34  4   5   63  38   16  .268  .309  .369   4   3  19   1   8  12   5   84
2B  Johnny Temple       33  129  518   73  143  22  3   3   30  61   36  .276  .351  .347   9   5  12   0   7   2   1   91
3B  Bubba Phillips      33  143  546   64  144  23  1  18   72  29   61  .264  .305  .408   1   0  14   5   7   3   4   92
SS  Woodie Held         29  146  509   67  136  23  5  23   78  69  111  .267  .354  .468   0   0  14   3   3   6  11  121
LF *Tito Francona       27  155  592   87  178  30  8  16   85  56   52  .301  .363  .459   2   1  11   4  12   3   3  122
CF  Jim Piersall        31  121  484   81  156  26  7   6   40  43   46  .322  .378  .442   8   2  18   2   4   3   1  122
RF *Willie Kirkland     27  146  525   84  136  22  5  27   95  48   77  .259  .318  .474   7   0   3   1   4   7   4  112
    Mike de la Hoz      22   61  173   20   45  10  0   3   23   7   10  .260  .295  .370   0   0   4   2   0   1   0   79
    Chuck Essegian      29   60  166   25   48   7  1  12   35  10   33  .289  .328  .560   0   0   6   1   1   3   0  136
   *Don Dillard         24   74  147   27   40   5  0   7   17  15   28  .272  .340  .449   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  112
    Valmy Thomas        32   27   86    7   18   3  0   2    6   6    7  .209  .261  .314   0   0   7   0   0   0   0   55
    Ken Aspromonte      29   22   70    5   16   6  1   0    5   6    3  .229  .286  .343   0   0   3   0   1   1   0   70
    Bob Nieman          34   39   65    2   23   6  0   2   10   7    4  .354  .417  .538   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  157
   *Walt Bond           23   38   52    7    9   1  1   2    7   6   10  .173  .267  .346   1   0   1   1   0   1   0   65
   *Ty Cline            22   12   43    9    9   2  1   0    1   6    1  .209  .333  .302   1   0   0   2   0   0   0   74
    Jack Kubiszyn       24   25   42    4    9   0  0   0    0   2    5  .214  .250  .214   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   28
   *Bob Hale            27   42   36    0    6   0  0   0    6   1    7  .167  .200  .167   0   0   0   1   0   2   0    1
    Hal Jones           25   12   35    2    6   0  0   2    4   2   12  .171  .216  .343   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   49
   *Al Luplow           22    5   18    0    1   0  0   0    0   2    6  .056  .150  .056   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -42
   *Joe Morgan          30    4   10    0    2   0  0   0    0   1    3  .200  .273  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   31

    Mudcat Grant        25   48   88    8   15   2  0   1    6   4   29  .170  .204  .227   0   0   2   0   5   1   0   17
    Gary Bell           24   34   81    8   16   1  0   0    9   4   17  .198  .233  .210   0   0   0   0   9   1   0   21
   #Jim Perry           25   35   73    4   12   2  0   0    3   1   14  .164  .176  .192   0   0   2   0   5   0   0    0
    Barry Latman        25   45   55    2    4   0  1   0    1   3   17  .073  .121  .109   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  -37
    Wynn Hawkins        25   30   37    3    4   0  0   0    1   2   18  .108  .154  .108   0   0   2   0   3   0   0  -27
    Bobby Locke         27   37   19    1    4   0  0   0    2   1    7  .211  .250  .211   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   27
    Frank Funk          25   56   17    1    1   0  0   0    2   1   10  .059  .111  .059   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -52
    Dick Stigman        25   22   16    1    2   0  0   0    1   0    7  .125  .125  .125   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -32
   *Johnny Antonelli    31   12   15    4    4   2  0   0    0   0    3  .267  .267  .400   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   78
   *Bob Allen           23   48   12    0    2   1  0   0    0   0    5  .167  .167  .250   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   11
    Bill Dailey         26   12    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Sam McDowell        18    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Steve Hamilton      25    2    1    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  445
    Russ Heman          28    6    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Joe Schaffernoth    23   15    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.7  161 5609  737 1493 257 39 150  682 492  720  .266  .325  .406  34  11 133  28  73  50  33  105
    Rank among 10 AL teams         1    5    1   1  7   5       10    9     1     7     3   9  10                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Mudcat Grant        25  35   3.86  15   9  0  35   0  11   3  244.7  207  118  105  32  109  146 1037   8   3  0   3 102
SP  Jim Perry           25  35   4.71  10  17  0  35   0   6   1  223.7  238  132  117  28   87   90  983   5   6  0   5  84
SP  Gary Bell           24  34   4.10  12  16  0  34   0  11   2  228.3  214  125  104  32  100  163  994   3   6  0   2  96
SP  Wynn Hawkins        25  30   4.06   7   9  1  21   8   3   1  133.0  139   72   60  16   59   51  587   3   2  1   1  97
SP *Johnny Antonelli    31  11   6.56   0   4  0   7   0   0   0   48.0   68   39   35   8   18   23  225   1   1  0   0  60

CL  Frank Funk          25  56   3.31  11  11 11   0  43   0   0   92.3   79   35   34   9   31   64  382   3   4  1   6 119
RP *Bob Allen           23  48   3.75   3   2  3   0  17   0   0   81.7   96   42   34   7   40   42  373   4   1  0   5 105
RP  Bobby Locke         27  37   4.53   4   4  2   4  17   0   0   95.3  112   50   48  12   40   37  425   4   2  0   4  87
RP  Barry Latman        25  45   4.02  13   5  5  18  12   4   2  176.7  163   84   79  23   54  108  734   6   5  0   3  98
RP *Dick Stigman        25  22   4.62   2   5  0   6   5   0   0   64.3   65   35   33   9   25   48  279   3   0  0   1  85

    Bill Dailey         26  12   0.95   1   0  0   0  10   0   0   19.0   16    4    2   0    6    7   76   2   0  0   1 416
    Joe Schaffernoth    23  15   4.76   0   1  0   0   8   0   0   17.0   16   11    9   2   14    9   82   1   1  0   1  83
    Russ Heman          28   6   3.60   0   0  1   0   6   0   0   10.0    8    4    4   0    8    4   46   0   1  0   0 110
   *Sam McDowell        18   1   0.00   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    6.3    3    0    0   0    5    5   27   0   0  0   0    
   *Steve Hamilton      25   2   3.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    3.0    2    1    1   0    3    4   15   1   0  1   0 132
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.0 161   4.15  78  83 23 161 126  35  12 1443.0 1426  752  665 178  599  801 6265  44  32  3  32  95
    Rank among 10 AL teams          5   5   6  7           7   4      5    7    5        9    6    8

    * - 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 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JRomano 1232 140 141 752 58 9 8 .989 10 41 48 31 VThomas 211 21 27 151 17 2 6 .988 4 3 5 8 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1443 161 161 903 75 11 14 .989 14 44 53 39 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *9.45 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- VPower 1246 139 141 1154 142 8 101 .994 9.36 TFrancona 112 13 14 106 6 4 9 .966 8.94 HJones 83 9 10 73 3 2 12 .974 8.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1443 161 161 1333 151 14 122 .991 9.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *5.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JTemple 1111 129 129 239 317 18 79 .969 4.50 KAspromonte 151 14 21 29 50 3 8 .963 4.71 Mde la Hoz 116 11 17 25 38 2 2 .969 4.88 VPower 60 7 7 20 22 2 7 .955 6.30 JKubiszyn 5 0 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 7.20 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1443 161 161 314 430 25 96 .967 4.64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *3.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BPhillips 1273 143 143 188 246 19 23 .958 3.07 Mde la Hoz 100 10 16 13 18 1 2 .969 2.77 JKubiszyn 70 8 8 8 18 0 0 1.000 3.34 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1443 161 161 209 282 20 25 .961 3.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 *4.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WHeld 1279 143 144 258 393 27 90 .960 4.58 Mde la Hoz 147 17 17 39 60 6 6 .943 6.06 JKubiszyn 17 1 7 6 7 0 3 1.000 6.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1443 161 161 303 460 33 99 .959 4.76 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 *2.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TFrancona 1189 134 138 287 5 4 1 .986 2.21 CEssegian 110 13 16 25 2 1 0 .964 2.20 DDillard 91 7 14 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 BNieman 44 6 7 17 1 0 0 1.000 3.68 ALuplow 9 1 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1443 161 161 352 9 5 1 .986 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *2.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JPiersall 1036 119 120 337 9 3 3 .991 3.00 DDillard 157 16 24 44 0 0 0 1.000 2.52 CEssegian 131 13 19 34 3 2 1 .949 2.54 TCline 95 11 11 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 JMorgan 20 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 WBond 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1443 161 161 441 12 5 4 .989 2.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *2.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WKirkland 1177 130 138 288 12 8 5 .974 2.29 CEssegian 111 14 16 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.54 WBond 70 7 11 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.19 BNieman 39 5 5 4 0 1 0 .800 0.92 ALuplow 35 4 4 7 1 0 1 1.000 2.06 DDillard 9 1 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 TCline 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1443 161 161 340 14 9 6 .975 2.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.25 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- TFrancona 1189 134 138 289 5 4 1 .987 2.23 WKirkland 1177 130 138 290 12 8 5 .974 2.31 JPiersall 1036 119 120 328 9 3 3 .991 2.93 CEssegian 353 40 49 85 5 3 1 .968 2.29 DDillard 257 24 39 68 0 0 0 1.000 2.38 TCline 97 11 12 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.76 BNieman 83 11 12 23 1 1 0 .960 2.60 WBond 74 7 12 17 1 0 0 1.000 2.19 ALuplow 44 5 5 9 2 0 1 1.000 2.25 JMorgan 20 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1443 161 161 1134 35 19 11 .984 2.43 161 161 161 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MGrant 244 35 35 25 36 2 4 .968 2.24 GBell 228 34 34 26 24 1 1 .980 1.97 JPerry 223 35 35 17 37 5 5 .915 2.17 BLatman 176 18 45 10 13 2 2 .920 1.17 WHawkins 133 21 30 11 18 3 1 .906 1.96 BLocke 95 4 37 9 20 0 0 1.000 2.74 FFunk 92 0 56 14 11 2 0 .926 2.44 BAllen 81 0 48 4 14 0 0 1.000 1.98 DStigman 64 6 22 2 12 0 0 1.000 1.96 JAntonelli 48 7 11 1 11 1 2 .923 2.25 BDailey 19 0 12 2 5 0 0 1.000 3.32 JSchafferno 17 0 15 1 6 1 0 .875 3.71 RHeman 10 0 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.70 SMcDowell 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.86 SHamilton 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 5.45 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1443 161 161 124 212 17 15 .952 2.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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 Piersall .322

On-base % Piersall .378

Slugging % Romano .483

OPS Romano .860

Games Francona 155

At Bats Francona 592

Plate Appearances (approx.) Francona 667

Runs Francona 87

Hits Francona 178

Total Bases Francona 272

Doubles Power 34

Triples Francona 8

Home Runs Kirkland 27

RBI Kirkland 95

Bases on Balls Held 69

Strikeouts Held 111

Stolen Bases Temple 9

Singles Francona 124

Adjusted OPS+ Romano 132

Runs Created Francona 100

Adjusted Batting Runs Romano 24

Batting Wins Romano 2.4

Extra-Base Hits Francona and Kirkland 54

Times on Base Francona 238

Offensive Win% Romano .668

Hit By Pitch Phillips and Romano 5

Sac. Hits Francona 12

Sac. Flies Power 12

Intentional Walks Held 11

Grounded into Double Plays Power 19

Caught Stealing Temple 5

Power/Speed Number Kirkland 11.1

At Bats per Strikeout Power 35.2

At Bats per Home Run Kirkland 19.4

Outs Power 454

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Grant 3.86

Wins Grant 15

Won-Loss % Latman .722

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Latman 1.228

Hits Allowed/9IP Grant 7.61

Bases on Balls/9IP Latman 2.75

Strikeouts/9IP Bell 6.42

Games Funk 56

Saves Funk 11

Innings Grant 244.7

Strikeouts Bell 163

Games Started Grant and Perry 35

Comp. Games Bell and Grant 11

Shutouts Grant 3

Home Runs Allow. Bell and Grant 32

Bases On Balls Allow. Grant 109

Hits Allowed Perry 238

SO to Walk Latman 2.00

Losses Perry 17

Earned Runs Allow. Perry 117

Wild Pitches Grant 8

Hit Batsmen Bell and Perry 6

Batters Faced Grant 1037

Games Finished Funk 43

Adjusted ERA+ Grant 102

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Tito Francona
Barry Latman
Jim Perry
Johnny Romano (Starting C)
Johnny Romano (Starting C)
Johnny Temple (Starting 2B)
Johnny Temple (Starting 2B)

1960/1962

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