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1973 Cleveland Indians

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972 / 1974

71-91, Finished 6th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ken Aspromonte (71-91)
Scored 680 runs, Allowed 826 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-95

Ballparks: Cleveland Stadium · Attendance: 615,107 (12th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 100

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1972 / 1974 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Dave Duncan 27 95 383 344 43 80 11 1 17 43 3 3 35 86 .233 .309 .419 .728 101 144 6 3 1 0 1
2 1B Chris Chambliss* 24 155 636 572 70 156 30 2 11 53 4 8 58 76 .273 .342 .390 .732 104 223 14 3 1 2 8
3 2B Jack Brohamer* 23 102 340 300 29 66 12 1 4 29 0 2 32 23 .220 .291 .307 .597 67 92 5 0 3 5 3
4 SS Frank Duffy 26 116 395 361 34 95 16 4 8 50 6 6 25 41 .263 .312 .396 .708 96 143 12 2 4 3 0
5 3B Buddy Bell 21 156 689 631 86 169 23 7 14 59 7 15 49 47 .268 .325 .393 .718 100 248 13 6 0 3 2
6 LF Charlie Spikes 22 140 561 506 68 120 12 3 23 73 5 3 45 103 .237 .303 .409 .712 97 207 12 5 0 5 1
7 CF George Hendrick 23 113 473 440 64 118 18 0 21 61 7 6 25 71 .268 .308 .452 .760 110 199 9 2 2 4 1
8 RF Rusty Torres# 24 122 376 312 31 64 8 1 7 28 6 5 50 62 .205 .317 .304 .622 74 95 7 3 7 4 5
9 DH Oscar Gamble* 23 113 432 390 56 104 11 3 20 44 3 4 34 37 .267 .329 .464 .793 119 181 4 3 3 2 1
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
10 UT John Ellis 24 127 494 437 59 118 12 2 14 68 0 0 46 57 .270 .339 .403 .741 106 176 13 3 1 7 2
11 UT Walt Williams 29 104 371 350 43 101 15 1 8 38 9 4 14 29 .289 .316 .406 .722 100 142 8 1 4 2 2
12 UT John Lowenstein* 26 98 334 305 42 89 16 1 6 40 5 3 23 41 .292 .338 .410 .748 108 125 9 0 3 3 0
13 SS Leo Cardenas 34 72 212 195 9 42 4 0 0 12 1 4 13 42 .215 .264 .236 .500 41 46 5 0 4 0 0
14 2B Tom Ragland 27 67 198 183 16 47 7 1 0 12 2 3 8 31 .257 .292 .306 .598 67 56 3 1 6 0 0
15 UT Ron Lolich 26 61 148 140 16 32 7 0 2 15 0 2 7 27 .229 .265 .321 .587 63 45 3 0 1 0 0
16 OF Ted Ford 26 11 44 40 3 9 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 7 .225 .250 .275 .525 46 11 1 0 0 2 0
17 OF Tommy Smith* 24 14 42 41 6 10 2 0 2 3 1 0 1 2 .244 .262 .439 .701 92 18 1 0 0 0 0
18 C Alan Ashby# 21 11 31 29 4 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 11 .172 .226 .310 .536 48 9 0 0 0 0 0
19 2B Jerry Kenney* 28 5 19 16 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 .250 .316 .375 .691 92 6 0 0 0 1 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
20 P Ed Farmer 23 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 P Ken Sanders 31 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 P Ray Lamb 28 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 P Mike Kilkenny 28 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 P Tom Timmermann 33 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 P Brent Strom 24 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 P Milt Wilcox 23 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 P Steve Mingori* 29 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Mike Kekich 28 19 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Dick Tidrow 26 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Mike Jackson* 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Tom Hilgendorf# 31 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Gaylord Perry 34 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Dick Bosman 29 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Jerry Johnson 29 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Steve Dunning 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 24.5 162 6178 5592 680 1429 205 29 158 636 60 68 471 793 .256 .315 .387 .702 95 2166 125 32 40 43 26
Rank in 12 AL teams 2 7 7 10 8 1 9 3 12 7 7 12 7 8 3 7 7
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Gaylord Perry 34 19 19 .500 3.38 41 41 0 29 7 0 344.0 315 143 129 34 115 9 238 5 0 17 1410 118 1.250 8.2 0.9 3.0 6.2 2.07
2 SP Dick Tidrow 26 14 16 .467 4.42 42 40 2 13 2 0 274.2 289 150 135 31 95 10 138 8 1 6 1194 90 1.398 9.5 1.0 3.1 4.5 1.45
3 SP Milt Wilcox 23 8 10 .444 5.83 26 19 2 4 0 0 134.1 143 90 87 14 68 9 82 8 0 7 600 68 1.571 9.6 0.9 4.6 5.5 1.21
4 SP Tom Timmermann 33 8 7 .533 4.92 29 15 10 4 0 2 124.1 117 73 68 15 54 7 62 3 0 9 529 81 1.375 8.5 1.1 3.9 4.5 1.15
5 SP Brent Strom* 24 2 10 .167 4.61 27 18 2 2 0 0 123.0 134 73 63 18 47 4 91 3 0 13 540 87 1.472 9.8 1.3 3.4 6.7 1.94
6 SP Dick Bosman 29 1 8 .111 6.22 22 17 3 2 0 0 97.0 130 74 67 19 29 5 41 6 0 3 446 64 1.639 12.1 1.8 2.7 3.8 1.41
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 CL Tom Hilgendorf* 31 5 3 .625 3.14 48 1 21 1 0 6 94.2 87 38 33 9 36 6 58 3 0 6 403 127 1.299 8.3 0.9 3.4 5.5 1.61
8 RP Ray Lamb 28 3 3 .500 4.60 32 1 6 0 0 2 86.0 98 44 44 7 42 6 60 2 0 6 386 87 1.628 10.3 0.7 4.4 6.3 1.43
9 RP Jerry Johnson 29 5 6 .455 6.18 39 1 29 0 0 5 59.2 70 48 41 7 39 8 45 0 1 8 281 65 1.827 10.6 1.1 5.9 6.8 1.15
10 RP Mike Kekich* 28 1 4 .200 7.02 16 6 4 0 0 0 50.0 73 47 39 6 35 0 26 0 0 8 247 57 2.160 13.1 1.1 6.3 4.7 0.74
11 RP Ed Farmer 23 0 2 .000 4.67 16 0 10 0 0 1 17.1 25 12 9 4 5 0 10 0 0 1 84 87 1.731 13.0 2.1 2.6 5.2 2.00
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
12 Ken Sanders 31 5 1 .833 1.65 15 0 13 0 0 5 27.1 18 6 5 2 9 2 14 0 0 0 107 245 0.988 5.9 0.7 3.0 4.6 1.56
13 Steve Dunning 24 0 2 .000 6.50 4 3 0 0 0 0 18.0 17 15 13 2 13 0 10 0 1 3 83 62 1.667 8.5 1.0 6.5 5.0 0.77
14 Steve Mingori* 29 0 0 6.17 5 0 3 0 0 0 11.2 10 8 8 3 10 1 4 0 0 0 53 67 1.714 7.7 2.3 7.7 3.1 0.40
15 Mike Kilkenny* 28 0 0 22.50 5 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 5 5 5 1 5 0 3 1 0 0 17 21 5.000 22.5 4.5 22.5 13.5 0.60
16 Mike Jackson* 27 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
Team Totals 28.9 71 91 .438 4.58 162 162 107 55 9 21 1464.2 1532 826 746 172 602 67 883 39 3 87 6383 87 1.457 9.4 1.1 3.7 5.4 1.47
Rank in 12 AL teams 11 2 11 4 11 11 1 12 11 12 12 8 3
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Alan Ashby 21 11 8 6 72.0 46 45 0 1 0 .978 -2 -33 5.62 4.09 1 8 3 1 25% 0 C
Buddy Bell 21 156 154 149 1377.1 531 146 363 22 44 .959 12 10 3.33 3.26 3B-RF-CF
Dick Bosman 29 22 17 2 97.0 21 7 12 2 0 .905 1.76 0.86 5 3 38% 3 P
Jack Brohamer 23 98 87 74 765.0 509 215 279 15 67 .971 -5 -8 5.81 5.09 2B
Leo Cardenas 34 72 59 48 534.1 268 90 167 11 37 .959 -8 -18 4.33 3.57 SS-3B
Chris Chambliss 24 154 151 147 1361.2 1565 1437 114 14 153 .991 3 3 10.25 10.07 1B
Frank Duffy 26 115 106 95 965.0 583 198 377 8 82 .986 12 14 5.36 5.00 SS
Dave Duncan 27 86 93 84 772.1 581 533 41 7 8 .988 -13 -20 6.69 6.04 17 39 69 24 26% 2 C-DH
Steve Dunning 24 4 3 0 18.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.50 0.75 2 0 0% 0 P
John Ellis 24 84 112 73 718.1 528 487 31 10 11 .981 -8 -14 6.49 4.25 9 43 37 22 37% 0 C-1B-DH
Ed Farmer 23 16 0 0 17.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.52 0.06 4 0 0% 0 P
Ted Ford 26 10 9 6 87.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -5 -68 0.72 0.54 CF-RF
Oscar Gamble 23 37 99 22 286.2 70 67 1 2 0 .971 -1 -4 2.13 0.63 RF-LF-CF-DH
George Hendrick 23 110 110 108 983.1 255 246 6 3 1 .988 -14 -17 2.31 2.29 CF-RF
Tom Hilgendorf 31 48 1 1 94.2 25 4 20 1 1 .960 2.28 0.50 1 0 0% 0 P
Mike Jackson 27 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 P
Jerry Johnson 29 39 1 0 59.2 15 3 11 1 0 .933 2.11 0.36 4 2 33% 0 P
Mike Kekich 28 16 6 0 50.0 4 1 2 1 0 .750 0.54 0.18 7 3 30% 2 P-DH
Jerry Kenney 28 5 4 4 38.0 21 9 12 0 1 1.000 1 25 4.97 4.20 2B
Mike Kilkenny 28 5 0 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0.20 1 0 0% 0 P
Ray Lamb 28 32 1 0 86.0 16 5 10 1 1 .938 1.57 0.47 7 4 36% 1 P
Ron Lolich 26 32 30 12 217.0 45 39 2 4 0 .911 -1 -4 1.70 0.91 RF-LF-DH
John Lowenstein 26 83 74 51 632.2 218 127 84 7 21 .968 -8 -15 3.00 2.32 RF-2B-LF-3B-CF-1B-DH
Steve Mingori 29 5 0 0 11.2 6 1 5 0 2 1.000 4.63 1.20 1 0 0% 0 P
Gaylord Perry 34 41 41 29 344.0 74 19 55 0 1 1.000 1.94 1.80 19 16 46% 2 P
Tom Ragland 27 67 50 39 487.0 307 136 166 5 43 .984 -3 -8 5.58 4.51 2B-SS
Ken Sanders 31 15 0 0 27.1 8 3 4 1 0 .875 2.30 0.47 2 0 0% 0 P
Tommy Smith 24 13 11 10 102.0 28 28 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -29 2.47 2.00 CF-RF-LF
Charlie Spikes 22 111 135 93 947.2 220 199 13 8 0 .964 -7 -8 2.01 1.53 LF-RF-DH
Brent Strom 24 27 18 2 123.0 26 2 23 1 1 .962 1.83 0.93 8 5 38% 3 P
Dick Tidrow 26 42 40 13 274.2 53 17 34 2 3 .962 1.67 1.21 26 3 10% 1 P
Tom Timmermann 33 29 15 4 124.1 29 10 17 2 2 .931 1.95 0.93 8 6 43% 0 P
Rusty Torres 24 114 86 83 843.0 204 190 9 5 1 .975 -5 -7 2.12 1.73 RF-CF-LF-DH
Milt Wilcox 23 26 19 4 134.1 33 6 26 1 0 .970 2.14 1.23 14 5 26% 1 P
Walt Williams 29 62 80 55 527.0 133 122 7 4 0 .970 2 4 2.20 1.47 LF-RF-DH
Team Totals 25.5 162 1458 1214 13182.0 6431 4394 1898 139 481 .978 -54 -5 4.30 3.52 27 90 109 47 30% 15
Rank in 12 AL teams 7 3 4
Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Alan Ashby# 21 31 -2 0 0 0 -2 1 1 -2 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ Amateur Draft 2
Buddy Bell 21 689 -2 -2 1 2 12 4 21 36 3.6 24 2.5 1.1 $ Amateur Draft *5/89
Jack Brohamer* 23 340 -13 -1 -1 0 -5 2 11 -7 -0.8 -2 -0.2 -0.6 $ Amateur Draft 4
Leo Cardenas 34 212 -15 -1 1 0 -8 4 7 -12 -1.3 -4 -0.4 -0.9 $46,000 Traded 6/5
Chris Chambliss* 24 636 1 -2 -1 0 3 -10 21 12 1.2 9 0.9 0.3 $ Amateur Draft *3
Frank Duffy 26 395 -2 -1 -1 -1 12 7 13 27 2.7 15 1.6 1.1 $19,000 Traded *6
Dave Duncan 27 383 -1 -1 1 0 -13 5 13 4 0.4 17 1.8 -1.4 $45,000 Traded 2/D
John Ellis 24 494 4 1 0 -2 -8 0 16 11 1.2 19 2.0 -0.8 $16,000 Traded 2D3
Ted Ford 26 44 -3 0 0 0 -5 0 1 -7 -0.7 -2 -0.2 -0.5 $ Traded /98
Oscar Gamble* 23 432 8 0 1 2 -1 -9 14 15 1.6 16 1.7 -0.1 $19,500 Traded D9/78
George Hendrick 23 473 4 -1 3 0 -14 -2 15 5 0.6 19 2.0 -1.4 $15,000 Traded *8/9
Jerry Kenney* 28 19 0 -1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $34,000 Traded /4
Ron Lolich 26 148 -7 0 0 0 -1 -2 5 -5 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $ Purchased 9D/7
John Lowenstein* 26 335 3 0 1 0 -8 -2 11 5 0.5 13 1.4 -0.9 $ Amateur Draft 947/58D3
Tom Ragland 27 198 -8 0 -1 1 -3 1 6 -4 -0.4 -1 -0.1 -0.3 $10,200 Traded 4/6
Tommy Smith* 24 42 -1 1 -1 1 -2 0 1 -2 -0.2 1 0.1 -0.3 $ Amateur Draft 8/79
Charlie Spikes 22 561 -3 1 -2 -1 -7 -8 19 -1 -0.2 6 0.6 -0.8 $9,000 Traded *7D9
Rusty Torres# 24 376 -10 0 -3 1 -5 -4 12 -9 -1.0 -4 -0.4 -0.6 $16,000 Traded *98/D7
Walt Williams 29 371 -1 0 2 0 2 -6 12 9 0.9 7 0.7 0.2 $26,000 Traded 7D/9
Team Total 24.5 6179 -48 -7 1 3 -54 -19 200 77 7.5 130 13.7 -6.2 $255,700
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Dick Bosman 29 97.0 17 74 63 -4 1.0 -11 -1.2 $ Traded
Steve Dunning 24 18.0 3 15 12 -1 .8 -3 -0.3 $ Amateur Draft
Ed Farmer 23 17.1 0 12 11 -1 .6 -1 -0.2 $ Amateur Draft
Tom Hilgendorf* 31 94.2 1 38 59 -3 1.2 21 1.8 $ Traded
Mike Jackson* 27 0.2 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0.0 $ Traded
Jerry Johnson 29 59.2 1 48 38 -2 1.4 -10 -1.8 $ Waivers
Mike Kekich* 28 50.0 6 47 32 -2 .5 -15 -1.3 $ Traded
Mike Kilkenny* 28 2.0 0 5 1 0 .4 -4 -0.3 $ Traded
Ray Lamb 28 86.0 1 44 55 -3 .7 11 0.5 $ Traded
Steve Mingori* 29 11.2 0 8 7 0 .2 -1 -0.1 $ Traded
Gaylord Perry 34 344.0 41 143 215 -11 1.0 72 7.4 $ Traded
Ken Sanders 31 27.1 0 6 17 -1 1.7 11 1.3 $ Waivers
Brent Strom* 24 123.0 18 73 78 -4 1.1 5 0.5 $ Traded
Dick Tidrow 26 274.2 40 150 175 -10 1.0 25 2.6 $ Amateur Draft
Tom Timmermann 33 124.1 15 73 80 -4 1.0 7 0.5 $ Traded
Milt Wilcox 23 134.1 19 90 84 -5 .9 -6 -0.7 $ Traded
Team Total 28.9 1464.2 162 826 927 -51 1.0 101 8.7 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1972 / 1974 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics