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1974 Cleveland Indians

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1973 / 1975

77-85, Finished 4th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ken Aspromonte (77-85)
Scored 662 runs, Allowed 694 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-84

Ballparks: Cleveland Stadium · Attendance: 1,114,262 (7th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102

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1973 / 1975 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 DH PH PR WAR Salary
Luis Alvarado 25 R R 5' 9" 162 Jan 15, 1949 7 61 33 61 53 0 0 0 47 0 8 0 0 0 0 2 4 15 -0.4 $
Dwain Anderson 26 R R 5' 11" 165 Nov 23, 1947 4 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $
Steve Arlin 28 R R 6' 3" 195 Sep 25, 1945 6 11 10 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $44,175
Alan Ashby 22 B R 6' 2" 185 Jul 8, 1951 2 10 0 10 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 $
Fred Beene 31 B R 5' 9" 155 Nov 24, 1942 6 33 0 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1.1 $
Buddy Bell 22 R R 6' 1" 180 Aug 27, 1951 3 116 115 116 115 0 0 0 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.3 $24,000
Ossie Blanco 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 8, 1945 2 18 11 18 16 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 -0.2 $
Dick Bosman 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 17, 1944 9 25 18 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Jack Brohamer 24 L R 5' 10" 165 Feb 26, 1950 3 101 88 101 99 0 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 2.8 $
Tom Buskey 27 R R 6' 3" 200 Feb 20, 1947 2 51 0 0 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Rico Carty 34 R R 6' 3" 200 Sep 1, 1939 10 33 19 33 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 14 0 0.4 $72,000
Chris Chambliss 25 L R 6' 1" 195 Dec 26, 1948 4 17 17 17 17 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Ed Crosby 25 L R 6' 2" 175 May 26, 1949 4 37 16 37 34 0 0 0 3 18 13 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 -0.3 $
Frank Duffy 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 14, 1946 5 158 156 158 158 0 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $24,000
Dave Duncan 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Sep 26, 1945 9 136 129 136 134 0 134 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1.2 $45,000
Bruce Ellingsen 25 L L 6' 0" 180 Apr 26, 1949 1st 16 2 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $1,500
John Ellis 25 R R 6' 2" 225 Aug 21, 1948 6 128 123 128 104 0 42 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 4 0 2.1 $
Oscar Gamble 24 L R 5' 11" 160 Dec 20, 1949 6 135 124 135 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 13 115 10 0 3.6 $25,000
Bill Gogolewski 26 L R 6' 4" 190 Oct 26, 1947 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $21,000
Jack Heidemann 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 11, 1949 5 12 2 12 12 0 0 1 1 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 -0.2 $
George Hendrick 24 R R 6' 3" 195 Oct 18, 1949 4 139 133 139 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 132 0 133 1 6 0 3.4 $30,000 All-Star
Remy Hermoso 26 R R 5' 8" 155 Oct 1, 1947 4 48 38 48 46 0 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0.3 $
Tom Hilgendorf 32 B L 6' 1" 187 Mar 10, 1942 5 35 0 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Johnny Jeter 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 24, 1944 6 6 4 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 6 0 1 1 0.1 $
Bob Johnson 31 L R 6' 4" 220 Apr 25, 1943 6 14 10 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $39,750
Larry Johnson 23 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 17, 1950 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $
Jim Kern 25 R R 6' 5" 185 Mar 15, 1949 1st 4 3 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Steve Kline 26 R R 6' 3" 200 Oct 6, 1947 5 16 11 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Duane Kuiper 24 L R 6' 0" 175 Jun 19, 1950 1st 10 5 10 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.5 $
Leron Lee 26 L R 6' 0" 196 Mar 4, 1948 6 79 55 79 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 0 2 62 2 20 0 1.0 $37,000
Joe Lis 27 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 15, 1946 5 57 28 57 41 0 0 31 0 9 0 1 0 0 1 9 14 0 0.1 $19,000
John Lowenstein 27 L R 6' 0" 175 Jan 27, 1947 5 140 132 140 137 0 0 12 4 28 0 89 8 6 103 1 2 2 2.5 $
Tommy McCraw 33 L L 6' 0" 183 Nov 21, 1940 12 45 28 45 39 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 9 1 0.7 $30,000
Gaylord Perry HOF 35 R R 6' 4" 205 Sep 15, 1938 13 37 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.2 $100,000 All-Star
Jim Perry 38 B R 6' 4" 190 Oct 30, 1935 16 36 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 $68,000
Fritz Peterson 32 B L 6' 0" 185 Feb 8, 1942 9 29 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Frank Robinson HOF 38 R R 6' 1" 183 Aug 31, 1935 19 15 15 15 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0.1 $
Ken Sanders 32 R R 5' 11" 168 Jul 8, 1941 8 9 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Tommy Smith 25 L R 6' 4" 210 Aug 1, 1948 2 23 6 23 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 4 17 2 2 6 -0.2 $
Charlie Spikes 23 R R 6' 3" 215 Jan 23, 1951 3 155 154 155 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 154 0 1 0 1.8 $
Dick Tidrow 27 R R 6' 4" 210 May 14, 1947 3 4 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Tom Timmermann 34 R R 6' 4" 215 May 12, 1940 6 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Rusty Torres 25 B R 5' 10" 175 Sep 30, 1948 4 109 27 109 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 38 24 97 2 14 9 -0.3 $19,750
Cecil Upshaw 31 R R 6' 6" 205 Oct 22, 1942 8 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $38,000
Milt Wilcox 24 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 20, 1950 5 41 2 0 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary

Remy Hermoso

John Ellis

Alan Ashby

Rico Carty
Larry Johnson

Jack Brohamer

Dave Duncan

Ed Crosby

Bruce Ellingsen

Dwain Anderson
Chris Chambliss
Tommy McCraw

Frank Duffy

Ossie Blanco
Fritz Peterson

Luis Alvarado
Jack Heidemann

Ossie Blanco
Duane Kuiper

George Hendrick

Leron Lee

Oscar Gamble

Charlie Spikes

Buddy Bell

Tommy Smith

Dick Bosman

Rusty Torres

John Lowenstein

Joe Lis
Fritz Peterson

Jim Perry
Tom Timmermann

Bill Gogolewski
Bob Johnson

Fred Beene
Frank Robinson

Jim Kern

Tom Buskey
Cecil Upshaw

Gaylord Perry

Steve Kline

Tom Timmermann

Tom Hilgendorf

Steve Arlin
Dick Tidrow

Johnny Jeter

Milt Wilcox

Fred Beene
Bruce Ellingsen
Ken Sanders

1973 / 1975 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers