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1968 Cleveland Indians

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1967 / 1969

86-75, Finished 3rd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Al Dark (86-75)
Scored 516 runs, Allowed 504 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-79

Ballparks: Cleveland Stadium · Attendance: 857,994 (7th of 10)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102

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1967 / 1969 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
Max Alvis 30 R R 5' 11" 185 Feb 2, 1938 7 131 123 131 128 0 0 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1.0 $
Joe Azcue 28 R R 6' 0" 190 Aug 18, 1939 8 115 90 115 97 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 3.0 $ All-Star
Steve Bailey 26 R R 6' 1" 194 Feb 12, 1942 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Larry Brown 28 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 1, 1940 6 154 150 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.3 $
Jose Cardenal 24 R R 5' 10" 150 Oct 7, 1943 6 157 142 157 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 153 6 5 3.5 $20,000
Vic Davalillo 31 L L 5' 7" 150 Jul 31, 1936 6 51 46 51 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 48 49 2 1 0.1 $
Eddie Fisher 31 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 16, 1936 10 54 0 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $38,000
Ray Fosse 21 R R 6' 2" 215 Apr 4, 1947 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $
Vern Fuller 24 R R 6' 1" 170 Mar 1, 1944 4 97 70 97 95 0 0 0 73 23 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.3 $
Rob Gardner 23 R L 6' 1" 176 Dec 19, 1944 4 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Tommy Gramly 23 R R 6' 3" 175 Apr 19, 1945 1st 5 0 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 $
Jimmie Hall 30 L R 6' 0" 175 Mar 7, 1938 6 53 24 53 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 7 3 29 29 0 -0.2 $27,500
Steve Hargan 25 R R 6' 3" 170 Sep 8, 1942 4 32 27 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.2 $
Tommy Harper 27 R R 5' 9" 165 Oct 14, 1940 7 130 54 130 116 0 0 0 2 0 0 68 7 45 115 23 18 1.1 $25,000
Billy Harris 24 L R 6' 0" 175 Nov 24, 1943 1st 38 28 38 32 0 0 0 27 10 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 0.4 $
Mike Hedlund 21 R R 6' 1" 182 Aug 11, 1946 2 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $4,800
Tony Horton 23 R R 6' 3" 210 Dec 6, 1944 5 133 124 133 128 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 2.2 $22,000
Lou Johnson 33 R R 5' 11" 170 Sep 22, 1934 7 65 49 65 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 0 20 57 14 1 1.2 $
Lou Klimchock 28 L R 5' 11" 180 Oct 15, 1939 10 11 3 11 6 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.5 $
Hal Kurtz 24 R R 6' 3" 205 Aug 20, 1943 1st 30 0 30 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1.0 $
Eddie Leon 21 R R 6' 0" 170 Aug 11, 1946 1st 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 $
Lee Maye 33 L R 6' 2" 190 Dec 11, 1934 10 109 74 109 81 0 0 1 0 0 0 70 0 11 80 32 0 1.3 $
Sam McDowell 25 L L 6' 5" 190 Sep 21, 1942 8 38 37 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.6 $ All-Star
Russ Nagelson 23 L R 6' 0" 205 Sep 19, 1944 1st 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.1 $
Dave Nelson 24 R R 5' 10" 160 Jun 20, 1944 1st 88 54 88 72 0 0 0 59 0 14 0 0 0 0 3 25 0.4 $
Mike Paul 23 L L 6' 0" 175 Apr 18, 1945 1st 36 7 36 36 36 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Horacio Pina 23 R R 6' 2" 177 Mar 12, 1945 1st 12 3 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Lou Piniella 24 R R 6' 0" 182 Aug 28, 1943 2 6 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 2 0.0 $6,500
Billy Rohr 22 L L 6' 3" 170 Jul 1, 1945 2 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $11,000
Vicente Romo 25 R R 6' 1" 180 Apr 12, 1943 1st 40 1 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
Chico Salmon 27 R R 5' 10" 160 Dec 3, 1940 5 103 69 103 93 0 0 12 45 18 15 11 0 2 13 11 5 -0.2 $14,000
Richie Scheinblum 25 B R 6' 1" 180 Nov 5, 1942 3 19 14 19 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 11 16 4 0 0.2 $
Sonny Siebert 31 R R 6' 3" 190 Jan 14, 1937 5 33 30 33 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.3 $38,000
Duke Sims 27 L R 6' 2" 197 Jun 5, 1941 5 122 102 122 114 0 83 32 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 12 0 2.8 $15,000
Willie Smith 29 L L 6' 0" 182 Feb 11, 1939 6 33 5 33 9 2 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 25 0 -0.4 $
Russ Snyder 34 L R 6' 1" 190 Jun 22, 1934 10 68 52 68 55 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 11 43 54 15 0 0.7 $
Ken Suarez 25 R R 5' 9" 175 Apr 12, 1943 3 17 1 17 13 0 11 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 -0.1 $8,500
Darrell Sutherland 26 R R 6' 4" 169 Nov 14, 1941 4 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Luis Tiant 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Nov 23, 1940 5 34 32 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.4 $ All-Star
Jose Vidal 28 R R 6' 0" 190 Apr 3, 1940 3 37 11 37 27 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 14 26 12 4 -0.4 $
Leon Wagner 34 L R 6' 1" 195 May 13, 1934 11 38 10 38 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 3 10 28 0 -0.4 $32,500
Stan Williams 31 R R 6' 5" 230 Sep 14, 1936 10 44 24 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $
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

Jose Cardenal

Joe Azcue

Ken Suarez

Ray Fosse

Duke Sims

Max Alvis

Tony Horton

Vern Fuller

Dave Nelson

Billy Harris

Larry Brown

Chico Salmon

Jimmie Hall

Tommy Harper

Lou Johnson
Willie Smith

Lou Piniella

Eddie Leon

Vic Davalillo
Russ Nagelson

Lee Maye

Russ Snyder
Leon Wagner

Richie Scheinblum

Lou Klimchock
Jose Vidal

Horacio Pina

Eddie Fisher

Luis Tiant

Steve Hargan

Stan Williams

Mike Hedlund

Steve Bailey

Rob Gardner
Billy Rohr

Mike Paul

Darrell Sutherland

Sonny Siebert

Vicente Romo

Tommy Gramly

Hal Kurtz

Sam McDowell

1967 / 1969 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers