1951 Cleveland Indians Roster (40-man)

1950 Season 1952 Season

Record: 93-61-1, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Al Lopez (93-61-1)

General Manager: Hank Greenberg

Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium

Attendance: 1,704,984 (2nd of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 94, Pitching - 92
One-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 93

Pythagorean W-L: 88-66, 696 Runs, 594 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Bobby Ávila	27	mx MX	R	R	5' 10"	175	Apr 2, 1924	3	141	135	141	136	0	0	0	136	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	4.9	$11,000
Ray Boone	27	us US	R	R	6' 0"	172	Jul 27, 1923	4	151	149	151	151	0	0	0	0	0	151	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	$12,000
Lou Brissie	27	us US	L	L	6' 4"	210	Jun 5, 1924	5	54	4	54	54	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0
Bob Chakales	23	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Aug 10, 1927	1st	17	10	17	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$4,800
Sam Chapman	35	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Apr 11, 1916	11	94	56	94	85	0	0	1	0	0	0	37	45	7	84	11	7	-0.7
Allie Clark	28	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Jun 16, 1923	5	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0.2
Merrill Combs	31	us US	L	R	6' 0"	172	Dec 11, 1919	4	19	6	19	16	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0
Larry Doby HOF	27	us US	L	R	6' 1"	180	Dec 13, 1923	9	134	128	134	132	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	132	0	132	4	0	6.4	$25,000	All-Star
Luke Easter	35	us US	L	R	6' 4"	240	Aug 4, 1915	5	128	125	128	125	0	0	125	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2.2
Jerry Fahr	26	us US	R	R	6' 5"	185	Dec 9, 1924	1st	5	0	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Bob Feller HOF	32	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Nov 3, 1918	13	33	32	33	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.9	$37,500
Mike Garcia	27	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Nov 17, 1923	4	47	30	47	47	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.3
Steve Gromek	31	us US	B	R	6' 2"	180	Jan 15, 1920	11	27	8	27	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.9
Doug Hansen	22	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Dec 16, 1928	1st	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Bubba Harris	25	us US	R	R	6' 4"	204	Feb 15, 1926	3	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Jim Hegan	30	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Aug 3, 1920	8	133	116	133	129	0	129	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	0.5		All-Star
Sam Jones	25	us US	R	R	6' 4"	192	Dec 14, 1925	3	2	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Bob Kennedy	30	us US	R	R	6' 2"	193	Aug 18, 1920	10	108	84	108	106	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	105	106	5	1	0.2
Lou Klein	32	us US	R	R	5' 11"	167	Oct 22, 1918	5	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Paul Lehner	30	us US	L	L	5' 9"	160	Jul 1, 1920	6	12	1	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	1	-0.1
Bob Lemon HOF	30	us US	L	R	6' 0"	180	Sep 22, 1920	8	56	34	56	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	1	3.4	$45,000	All-Star
Clarence Maddern	29	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Sep 26, 1921	4	11	1	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	1	-0.1
Barney McCosky	34	us US	L	R	6' 1"	184	Apr 11, 1917	9	31	14	31	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	13	16	15	1	-0.1
Minnie Miñoso HOF	27	cu CU	R	R	5' 10"	175	Nov 29, 1923	5	8	2	8	7	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.3
Dale Mitchell	29	us US	L	L	6' 1"	195	Aug 23, 1921	6	134	122	134	124	0	0	0	0	0	0	124	0	0	124	10	0	3.0
Ray Murray	33	us US	R	R	6' 3"	204	Oct 12, 1917	3	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Hal Naragon	22	us US	L	R	6' 0"	160	Oct 1, 1928	1st	3	2	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0
Milt Nielsen	26	us US	L	L	5' 11"	190	Feb 8, 1925	2	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	10
Al Rosen	27	us US	R	R	5' 10"	180	Feb 29, 1924	5	154	154	154	154	0	0	0	0	154	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5
Dick Rozek	24	us US	L	L	6' 0"	190	Mar 27, 1927	2	7	1	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Harry Simpson	25	us US	L	R	6' 1"	180	Dec 3, 1925	4	122	84	122	110	0	0	51	0	0	0	5	8	57	67	13	11	-0.2	$5,400
Snuffy Stirnweiss	32	us US	R	R	5' 8"	175	Oct 26, 1918	9	50	21	50	27	0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	14	10	0.6	$15,500
Birdie Tebbetts	38	us US	R	R	5' 11"	170	Nov 10, 1912	13	55	37	55	44	0	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	-0.3
Thurman Tucker	33	us US	L	R	5' 10"	165	Sep 26, 1917	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		$11,500
Johnny Vander Meer	36	us US	B	L	6' 1"	190	Nov 2, 1914	13	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Early Wynn HOF	31	us US	B	R	6' 0"	190	Jan 6, 1920	11	41	34	41	37	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	5.8
George Zuverink	26	us US	R	R	6' 4"	195	Aug 20, 1924	1st	16	0	16	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Al Lopez HOF	42	us US	Aug 20, 1908	Manager	Apr 17	Sep 30
Jake Flowers	49	us US	Mar 16, 1902		Apr 17	Sep 30
Red Ruffing	46	us US	May 3, 1905		Apr 17	Sep 30
Al Simmons	49	us US	May 22, 1902		Apr 17	Sep 30
Mel Harder	41	us US	Oct 15, 1909	Coach	Apr 17	Sep 30
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date