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71-90, Finished 5th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Frank Robinson (26-31) and Jeff Torborg (45-59)
Scored 676 runs, Allowed 739 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-87
Ballparks: Cleveland Stadium · Attendance: 900,365 (13th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 99
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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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| Larry Andersen | 24 | R | R | 6' 3" | 200 | May 6, 1953 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Buddy Bell | 25 | R | R | 6' 1" | 180 | Aug 27, 1951 | 6 | 129 | 126 | 129 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.4 | $75,000 | |
| Jim Bibby | 32 | R | R | 6' 5" | 235 | Oct 29, 1944 | 6 | 37 | 30 | 0 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | $ | |
| Larvell Blanks | 27 | R | R | 5' 8" | 167 | Jan 28, 1950 | 6 | 105 | 72 | 105 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 1.0 | $ | |
| Bruce Bochte | 26 | L | L | 6' 3" | 195 | Nov 12, 1950 | 4 | 112 | 107 | 112 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 76 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.6 | $28,000 | |
| Tom Buskey | 30 | R | R | 6' 3" | 200 | Feb 20, 1947 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | $38,000 | |
| Cardell Camper | 24 | R | R | 6' 3" | 208 | Jul 6, 1952 | 1st | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Rico Carty | 37 | R | R | 6' 3" | 200 | Sep 1, 1939 | 13 | 127 | 124 | 127 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 3 | 0 | 1.1 | $90,000 | |
| Paul Dade | 25 | R | R | 6' 1" | 185 | Dec 7, 1951 | 3 | 134 | 111 | 134 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 28 | 28 | 52 | 108 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Pat Dobson | 35 | R | R | 6' 3" | 190 | Feb 12, 1942 | 11 | 33 | 17 | 0 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.8 | $115,000 | |
| Frank Duffy | 30 | R | R | 6' 1" | 180 | Oct 14, 1946 | 8 | 122 | 104 | 122 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -0.1 | $55,000 | |
| Dennis Eckersley HOF | 22 | R | R | 6' 2" | 190 | Oct 3, 1954 | 3 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.8 | $152,333 | All-Star |
| Al Fitzmorris | 31 | B | R | 6' 2" | 190 | Mar 21, 1946 | 9 | 29 | 21 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.6 | $ | |
| Ray Fosse | 30 | R | R | 6' 2" | 215 | Apr 4, 1947 | 11 | 78 | 68 | 78 | 77 | 0 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | $75,000 | |
| Wayne Garland | 26 | R | R | 6' 0" | 195 | Oct 26, 1950 | 5 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | $200,000 | |
| Alfredo Griffin | 19 | B | R | 5' 11" | 160 | Oct 6, 1957 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Johnny Grubb | 28 | L | R | 6' 3" | 175 | Aug 4, 1948 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 34 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | $ | |
| Don Hood | 27 | L | L | 6' 2" | 180 | Oct 16, 1949 | 5 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.7 | $28,000 | |
| Fred Kendall | 28 | R | R | 6' 1" | 185 | Jan 31, 1949 | 9 | 103 | 94 | 103 | 102 | 0 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -0.8 | $ | |
| Jim Kern | 28 | R | R | 6' 5" | 185 | Mar 15, 1949 | 4 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | $110,000 | All-Star |
| Duane Kuiper | 27 | L | R | 6' 0" | 175 | Jun 19, 1950 | 4 | 148 | 148 | 148 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | $40,000 | |
| Dave LaRoche | 29 | L | L | 6' 2" | 200 | May 14, 1948 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.5 | $85,000 | All-Star |
| Bill Laxton | 29 | L | L | 6' 1" | 190 | Jan 5, 1948 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| John Lowenstein | 30 | L | R | 6' 0" | 175 | Jan 27, 1947 | 8 | 81 | 37 | 81 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 40 | 19 | 28 | 14 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Rick Manning | 22 | L | R | 6' 1" | 180 | Sep 2, 1954 | 3 | 68 | 62 | 68 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.6 | $55,000 | |
| Bill Melton | 31 | R | R | 6' 2" | 200 | Jul 7, 1945 | 10 | 50 | 33 | 50 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | $85,000 | |
| Sid Monge | 26 | B | L | 6' 2" | 185 | Apr 11, 1951 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.0 | $ | |
| Jim Norris | 28 | L | L | 5' 10" | 175 | Dec 20, 1948 | 1st | 133 | 115 | 133 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 50 | 126 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2.4 | $19,000 | |
| Dave Oliver | 26 | L | R | 5' 11" | 175 | Apr 7, 1951 | 1st | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | $ | |
| Ron Pruitt | 25 | R | R | 6' 0" | 185 | Oct 21, 1951 | 3 | 78 | 57 | 78 | 73 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 43 | 72 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Charlie Spikes | 26 | R | R | 6' 3" | 215 | Jan 23, 1951 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 32 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 0 | -0.5 | $ | |
| Andre Thornton | 27 | R | R | 6' 3" | 200 | Aug 13, 1949 | 5 | 131 | 120 | 131 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4.0 | $35,000 | |
| Rick Waits | 25 | L | L | 6' 3" | 194 | May 15, 1952 | 4 | 38 | 16 | 1 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.3 | $ | |
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