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1972 Cleveland Indians

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 / 1973

72-84, Finished 5th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ken Aspromonte (72-84)
Scored 472 runs, Allowed 519 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-85

Ballparks: Cleveland Stadium · Attendance: 626,354 (11th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 106 · one-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 109

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1971 / 1973 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
Buddy Bell 20 R R 6' 1" 180 Aug 27, 1951 1st 132 120 132 129 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 63 65 123 5 0 1.6 $
Kurt Bevacqua 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Jan 23, 1947 2 19 8 19 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 3 11 9 0 -0.5 $10,500
Jack Brohamer 22 L R 5' 10" 165 Feb 26, 1950 1st 136 130 136 132 0 0 0 132 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.2 $
Bill Butler 25 L L 6' 2" 210 Mar 12, 1947 4 6 2 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $15,000
Lou Camilli 25 B R 5' 10" 170 Sep 24, 1946 4 39 3 39 10 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 33 0 -0.3 $
Chris Chambliss 23 L R 6' 1" 195 Dec 26, 1948 2 121 117 121 119 0 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1.7 $
Vince Colbert 26 R R 6' 4" 200 Dec 20, 1945 3 23 11 23 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1.1 $
Frank Duffy 25 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 14, 1946 3 130 117 130 126 0 0 0 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 5 4 1.7 $14,000
Steve Dunning 23 R R 6' 2" 205 May 15, 1949 3 20 16 20 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.0 $
Ed Farmer 22 R R 6' 5" 200 Oct 18, 1949 2 46 1 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $15,000
Ray Fosse 25 R R 6' 2" 215 Apr 4, 1947 6 134 123 134 127 0 125 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1.9 $28,000
Roy Foster 26 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 29, 1945 3 73 36 73 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 30 44 32 0 0.0 $
Steve Hargan 29 R R 6' 3" 170 Sep 8, 1942 8 12 1 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Jack Heidemann 22 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 11, 1949 4 10 6 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Phil Hennigan 26 R R 5' 11" 185 Apr 10, 1946 4 38 1 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $19,000
Tom Hilgendorf 30 B L 6' 1" 187 Mar 10, 1942 3 19 5 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $13,500
Alex Johnson 29 R R 6' 0" 205 Dec 7, 1942 9 108 95 108 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 0 0 95 13 0 -0.8 $55,000
Larry Johnson 21 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 17, 1950 1st 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Mike Kilkenny 27 R L 6' 3" 175 Apr 11, 1945 4 22 7 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Ray Lamb 27 R R 6' 1" 170 Dec 23, 1944 4 34 9 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Eddie Leon 25 R R 6' 0" 170 Aug 11, 1946 5 89 54 89 69 0 0 0 39 0 35 0 0 0 0 27 0 -0.5 $22,500
Ron Lolich 25 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 19, 1946 2 24 21 24 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 18 22 3 0 -0.5 $
Marcelino Lopez 28 R L 6' 3" 195 Sep 23, 1943 8 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $17,500
John Lowenstein 25 L R 6' 0" 175 Jan 27, 1947 3 68 36 68 58 0 0 2 0 0 0 29 3 27 56 16 0 0.9 $
Tommy McCraw 31 L L 6' 0" 183 Nov 21, 1940 10 129 102 129 120 0 0 39 0 0 0 41 22 25 84 14 0 1.6 $19,000
Steve Mingori 28 L L 5' 10" 165 Feb 29, 1944 3 41 0 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Jerry Moses 25 R R 6' 3" 210 Aug 9, 1946 6 52 37 52 42 0 39 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 0.3 $25,000
Graig Nettles 27 L R 6' 0" 180 Aug 20, 1944 6 150 150 150 150 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 $38,000
Lowell Palmer 24 R R 6' 1" 190 Aug 18, 1947 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Gaylord Perry HOF 33 R R 6' 4" 205 Sep 15, 1938 11 41 40 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.4 $75,000 All-Star
Adolfo Phillips 30 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 16, 1941 8 13 0 13 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 3 11 4 0 0.1 $9,600
Denny Riddleberger 26 R L 6' 3" 195 Nov 22, 1945 3 38 0 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $9,000
Fred Stanley 24 R R 5' 10" 165 Aug 13, 1947 4 6 2 6 6 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.3 $10,500
Dick Tidrow 25 R R 6' 4" 210 May 14, 1947 1st 39 34 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $
Del Unser 27 L L 6' 1" 180 Dec 9, 1944 5 132 91 132 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 85 24 120 17 1 0.9 $33,000
Milt Wilcox 22 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 20, 1950 3 32 27 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $12,750
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

Del Unser

Jack Brohamer

Ray Fosse

Buddy Bell

Jerry Moses

Eddie Leon

Graig Nettles

Chris Chambliss

Frank Duffy

Fred Stanley

Lou Camilli

Jack Heidemann

Alex Johnson

Tommy McCraw

Ron Lolich

Kurt Bevacqua

Roy Foster

Adolfo Phillips

John Lowenstein

Ray Lamb

Steve Mingori

Milt Wilcox

Lowell Palmer

Steve Hargan

Bill Butler
Tom Hilgendorf
Gaylord Perry

Gaylord Perry

Denny Riddleberger

Phil Hennigan

Tom Hilgendorf

Dick Tidrow

Mike Kilkenny

Marcelino Lopez

Vince Colbert

Steve Dunning

Ed Farmer

Larry Johnson

1971 / 1973 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers