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1963 Cleveland Indians

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1962 / 1964

79-83, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Birdie Tebbetts (79-83)
Scored 635 runs, Allowed 702 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-88

Ballparks: Cleveland Stadium · Attendance: 562,507 (9th of 10)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 97

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1962 / 1964 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
Ted Abernathy 30 R R 6' 4" 215 Mar 6, 1933 5 43 0 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Joe Adcock 35 R R 6' 4" 210 Oct 30, 1927 14 97 69 97 78 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 -0.1 $
Tommie Agee 20 R R 5' 11" 195 Aug 9, 1942 2 13 6 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 6 13 0 3 -0.2 $
Bob Allen 25 L L 6' 2" 175 Oct 23, 1937 3 43 0 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Max Alvis 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Feb 2, 1938 2 158 158 158 158 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $
Joe Azcue 23 R R 6' 0" 190 Aug 18, 1939 3 94 84 94 91 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2.3 $
Gary Bell 26 R R 6' 1" 196 Nov 17, 1936 6 58 7 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Larry Brown 23 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 1, 1940 1st 74 65 74 71 0 0 0 27 0 46 0 0 0 0 5 3 0.4 $
Ellis Burton 26 B R 5' 11" 160 Aug 12, 1936 3 26 6 26 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 6 15 9 2 -0.1 $
Bob Chance 22 L R 6' 2" 196 Sep 10, 1940 1st 16 14 16 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 14 2 0 -0.3 $
Jack Curtis 26 L L 5' 10" 175 Jan 11, 1937 3 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Vic Davalillo 26 L L 5' 7" 150 Jul 31, 1936 1st 90 88 90 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 88 0 89 2 0 2.1 $
Mike de la Hoz 24 R R 5' 11" 175 Oct 2, 1938 4 67 32 67 42 0 0 0 35 6 1 2 0 0 2 28 1 0.8 $
Dick Donovan 35 L R 6' 3" 190 Dec 7, 1927 13 31 30 31 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.6 $
Doc Edwards 26 R R 6' 2" 215 Dec 10, 1936 2 10 10 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Tito Francona 29 L L 5' 11" 190 Nov 4, 1933 8 142 126 142 130 0 0 11 0 0 0 121 0 1 122 14 2 -1.3 $
Mudcat Grant 27 R R 6' 1" 186 Aug 13, 1935 6 53 32 53 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2.4 $ All-Star
Gene Green 30 R R 6' 2" 200 Jun 26, 1933 7 43 16 43 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 18 27 0 -0.7 $
Woodie Held 31 R R 5' 10" 167 Mar 25, 1932 8 133 116 133 124 0 0 0 96 3 5 12 12 12 35 11 0 2.7 $
Dick Howser 27 R R 5' 8" 155 May 14, 1936 3 49 42 49 44 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 5 1 -0.4 $
Tommy John 20 R L 6' 3" 180 May 22, 1943 1st 6 3 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Jerry Kindall 28 R R 6' 2" 175 May 27, 1935 7 86 61 86 81 0 0 4 37 0 46 0 0 0 0 3 4 -0.1 $18,000
Willie Kirkland 29 L R 6' 1" 206 Feb 17, 1934 6 127 101 127 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 59 50 112 21 0 0.9 $
Jack Kralick 28 L L 6' 2" 180 Jun 1, 1935 5 28 27 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $
Barry Latman 27 R R 6' 3" 210 May 21, 1936 7 38 21 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Jim Lawrence 24 L R 6' 1" 185 Feb 12, 1939 1st 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $
Bob Lipski 24 L R 6' 1" 180 Jul 7, 1938 1st 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Al Luplow 24 L R 5' 10" 175 Mar 13, 1939 3 100 74 100 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 72 85 19 3 -0.4 $
Tony Martinez 23 R R 5' 10" 165 Mar 18, 1940 1st 43 40 43 41 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1.8 $
Sam McDowell 20 L L 6' 5" 190 Sep 21, 1942 3 15 12 15 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $
Cal Neeman 34 R R 6' 1" 192 Feb 18, 1929 7 9 3 9 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Ron Nischwitz 25 B L 6' 3" 205 Jul 1, 1937 3 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Jim Perry 27 B R 6' 4" 190 Oct 30, 1935 5 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Pedro Ramos 28 B R 6' 0" 175 Apr 28, 1935 9 54 22 54 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 2.8 $
John Romano 28 R R 5' 11" 205 Aug 23, 1934 6 89 68 89 75 0 71 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 19 0 1.2 $
Gordon Seyfried 25 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 4, 1937 1st 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Willie Tasby 30 R R 5' 11" 170 Jan 8, 1933 6 52 31 52 38 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 7 13 37 15 2 -0.5 $
Sammy Taylor 30 L R 6' 2" 185 Feb 27, 1933 6 4 1 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.1 $
Jerry Walker 24 B R 6' 1" 195 Feb 12, 1939 7 39 2 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1.0 $
Fred Whitfield 25 L L 6' 1" 190 Jan 7, 1938 2 109 85 109 92 0 0 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 2 0.8 $
Early Wynn HOF 43 B R 6' 0" 190 Jan 6, 1920 23 20 5 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
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

Jim Lawrence
Cal Neeman
Sammy Taylor

Joe Azcue
Doc Edwards

Bob Lipski

John Romano

Max Alvis

Joe Adcock

Woodie Held

Jerry Kindall

Fred Whitfield

Larry Brown
Tony Martinez

Mike de la Hoz

Dick Howser

Bob Chance

Al Luplow

Tommie Agee
Gene Green

Tito Francona

Vic Davalillo

Willie Kirkland

Willie Tasby

Ellis Burton

Dick Donovan

Jack Kralick
Jim Perry

Barry Latman

Mudcat Grant

Sam McDowell

Pedro Ramos

Ted Abernathy

Tommy John

Early Wynn

Gary Bell
Sammy Taylor

Bob Allen

Ron Nischwitz

Jack Curtis
Gordon Seyfried

Jerry Walker

1962 / 1964 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers