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81-78, Finished 4th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Frank Robinson (81-78)
Scored 615 runs, Allowed 615 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-80
Ballparks: Cleveland Stadium · Attendance: 948,776 (9th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98
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| 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 | |||
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| Alan Ashby | 24 | B | R | 6' 2" | 185 | Jul 8, 1951 | 4 | 89 | 75 | 89 | 88 | 0 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0.7 | $ | |
| Buddy Bell | 24 | R | R | 6' 1" | 180 | Aug 27, 1951 | 5 | 159 | 158 | 159 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 | $ | |
| Jim Bibby | 31 | R | R | 6' 5" | 235 | Oct 29, 1944 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 0 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | $ | |
| Larvell Blanks | 26 | R | R | 5' 8" | 167 | Jan 28, 1950 | 5 | 104 | 81 | 104 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 1.8 | $ | |
| Jackie Brown | 33 | R | R | 6' 1" | 195 | May 31, 1943 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 0 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | $ | |
| Tom Buskey | 29 | R | R | 6' 3" | 200 | Feb 20, 1947 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | $ | |
| Rico Carty | 36 | R | R | 6' 3" | 200 | Sep 1, 1939 | 12 | 152 | 149 | 152 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 137 | 2 | 0 | 2.7 | $ | |
| Rick Cerone | 22 | R | R | 5' 11" | 192 | May 19, 1954 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Ed Crosby | 27 | L | R | 6' 2" | 175 | May 26, 1949 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Pat Dobson | 34 | R | R | 6' 3" | 190 | Feb 12, 1942 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | $ | |
| Frank Duffy | 29 | R | R | 6' 1" | 180 | Oct 14, 1946 | 7 | 133 | 120 | 133 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | $ | |
| Dennis Eckersley HOF | 21 | R | R | 6' 2" | 190 | Oct 3, 1954 | 2 | 36 | 30 | 0 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | $ | |
| Ray Fosse | 29 | R | R | 6' 2" | 215 | Apr 4, 1947 | 10 | 90 | 79 | 90 | 87 | 0 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1.9 | $ | |
| Orlando Gonzalez | 24 | L | L | 6' 2" | 180 | Nov 15, 1951 | 1st | 28 | 16 | 28 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | -0.4 | $ | |
| Alfredo Griffin | 18 | B | R | 5' 11" | 160 | Oct 6, 1957 | 1st | 12 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -0.2 | $ | |
| George Hendrick | 26 | R | R | 6' 3" | 195 | Oct 18, 1949 | 6 | 149 | 147 | 149 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 14 | 3 | 152 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.1 | $ | |
| Don Hood | 26 | L | L | 6' 2" | 180 | Oct 16, 1949 | 4 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -0.5 | $ | |
| Doug Howard | 28 | R | R | 6' 3" | 185 | Feb 6, 1948 | 5 | 39 | 21 | 39 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | -0.8 | $ | |
| Jim Kern | 27 | R | R | 6' 5" | 185 | Mar 15, 1949 | 3 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | $ | |
| Duane Kuiper | 26 | L | R | 6' 0" | 175 | Jun 19, 1950 | 3 | 135 | 121 | 135 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | $ | |
| Dave LaRoche | 28 | L | L | 6' 2" | 200 | May 14, 1948 | 7 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | $65,000 | All-Star |
| Joe Lis | 29 | R | R | 6' 0" | 175 | Aug 15, 1946 | 7 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.4 | $ | |
| John Lowenstein | 29 | L | R | 6' 0" | 175 | Jan 27, 1947 | 7 | 93 | 61 | 93 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 19 | 29 | 61 | 11 | 18 | 7 | -1.4 | $ | |
| Rick Manning | 21 | L | R | 6' 1" | 180 | Sep 2, 1954 | 2 | 138 | 134 | 138 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 0 | 136 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.3 | $55,000 | |
| Harry Parker | 28 | R | R | 6' 3" | 190 | Sep 14, 1947 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | $ | |
| Fritz Peterson | 34 | B | L | 6' 0" | 185 | Feb 8, 1942 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.5 | $ | |
| Boog Powell | 34 | L | R | 6' 4" | 230 | Aug 17, 1941 | 16 | 95 | 83 | 95 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | -0.7 | $ | |
| Ron Pruitt | 24 | R | R | 6' 0" | 185 | Oct 21, 1951 | 2 | 47 | 21 | 47 | 38 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0.2 | $ | |
| Eric Raich | 24 | R | R | 6' 4" | 225 | Nov 1, 1951 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Frank Robinson HOF | 40 | R | R | 6' 1" | 183 | Aug 31, 1935 | 21 | 36 | 15 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 0.1 | $120,000 | |
| Tommy Smith | 27 | L | R | 6' 4" | 210 | Aug 1, 1948 | 4 | 55 | 42 | 55 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 38 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Charlie Spikes | 25 | R | R | 6' 3" | 215 | Jan 23, 1951 | 5 | 101 | 90 | 101 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 96 | 98 | 2 | 8 | 1 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Stan Thomas | 26 | R | R | 6' 2" | 185 | Jul 11, 1949 | 3 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | $ | |
| Rick Waits | 24 | L | L | 6' 3" | 194 | May 15, 1952 | 3 | 36 | 22 | 10 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0.6 | $ | |
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