1953 Cleveland Indians Statistics

1952 Season 1954 Season

Record: 92-62-1, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Al Lopez (92-62-1)

General Manager: Hank Greenberg

Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium

Attendance: 1,069,176 (3rd of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 93
One-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 92

Pythagorean W-L: 91-63, 770 Runs, 627 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	Jim Hegan	32	112	329	299	37	65	10	1	9	37	1	2	25	41	.217	.280	.348	.628	71	104	8	1	4		1
2	1B	Bill Glynn*	27	147	475	411	60	100	14	2	3	30	1	3	44	65	.243	.324	.309	.633	74	127	5	5	14		1
3	2B	Bobby Ávila	29	141	634	559	85	160	22	3	8	55	10	8	58	27	.286	.355	.379	.735	101	212	18	2	14		2
4	SS	George Strickland	27	123	482	419	43	119	17	4	5	47	0	0	51	52	.284	.362	.379	.741	103	159	4	0	12		1
5	3B	Al Rosen	29	155	688	599	115	201	27	5	43	145	8	7	85	48	.336	.422	.613	1.034	180	367	19	4	0		4
6	OF	Larry Doby*	29	149	617	513	92	135	18	5	29	102	3	2	96	121	.263	.385	.487	.873	137	250	7	6	2		6
7	OF	Harry Simpson*	27	82	264	242	25	55	3	1	7	22	0	0	18	27	.227	.284	.335	.618	69	81	6	1	3		1
8	OF	Dale Mitchell*	31	134	542	500	76	150	26	4	13	60	3	1	42	20	.300	.354	.446	.800	118	223	11	0	0		1
Rk	Pos	Name	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
9	OF	Wally Westlake	32	82	259	218	42	72	7	1	9	46	2	0	35	29	.330	.427	.495	.923	152	108	6	2	4		0
10	1B	Luke Easter*	37	68	230	211	26	64	9	0	7	31	0	2	15	35	.303	.361	.445	.806	120	94	13	4	0		0
11	OF	Bob Kennedy	32	100	181	161	22	38	5	0	3	22	0	2	19	11	.236	.320	.323	.643	76	52	7	1	0		0
12	OF	Al Smith	25	47	173	150	28	36	9	0	3	14	2	0	20	25	.240	.341	.360	.701	92	54	0	3	0		0
13	SS	Ray Boone	29	34	139	112	21	27	1	2	4	21	1	2	24	21	.241	.375	.393	.768	110	44	3	0	3		1
14	C	Joe Tipton	31	47	131	109	17	25	2	0	6	13	0	0	19	13	.229	.359	.413	.772	111	45	7	3	0		2
15	C	Joe Ginsberg*	26	46	127	109	10	31	4	0	0	10	0	0	14	4	.284	.371	.321	.692	91	35	4	1	3		2
16	MI	Owen Friend	26	34	73	68	7	16	2	0	2	13	0	0	5	16	.235	.288	.353	.641	74	24	2	0	0		0
17	IF	Hank Majeski	36	50	55	50	6	15	1	0	2	12	0	0	3	8	.300	.352	.440	.792	115	22	1	1	1		0
18	UT	Jim Lemon	25	16	49	46	5	8	1	0	1	5	0	0	3	15	.174	.224	.261	.485	32	12	0	0	0		0
19		Barney McCosky*	36	22	22	21	3	4	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	4	.190	.227	.333	.561	52	7	0	0	0		0
20	C	Hank Foiles	24	7	8	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.143	.250	.143	.393	10	1	0	0	0		0
21	C	Dick Aylward	28	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
22		Dick Weik	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
23	P	Bob Lemon*	32	51	125	112	12	26	9	1	2	17	2	0	7	20	.232	.277	.384	.661	79	43	1	0	6		0
24	P	Mike Garcia	29	38	105	96	8	24	5	0	0	5	0	0	3	15	.250	.273	.302	.575	57	29	2	0	6		0
25	P	Early Wynn#	33	37	104	91	11	25	2	0	3	10	0	0	7	17	.275	.327	.396	.722	97	36	0	0	6		0
26	P	Bob Feller	34	25	71	56	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	23	.107	.194	.125	.319	-11	7	0	0	8		0
27	P	Dave Hoskins*	35	38	63	58	10	15	2	0	1	9	0	0	3	11	.259	.306	.345	.651	78	20	1	1	1		0
28	P	Art Houtteman	25	23	37	34	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.147	.171	.176	.348	-5	6	0	0	2		0
29	P	Bob Hooper	31	43	13	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.083	.154	.083	.237	-34	1	0	0	0		0
30	P	Bob Chakales	25	7	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	57	2	0	0	0		0
31	P	Bill Wight*	31	20	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
32	P	Dick Tomanek*	22	1	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
33	P	Steve Gromek#	33	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1		0
34	P	Al Aber*	25	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		1.000				0	0	0	0		0
35	P	Lou Brissie*	29	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
36	P	Ted Wilks	37	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	29.6	155	6021	5285	770	1426	201	29	160	730	33	29	608	682	.270	.349	.410	.759	107	2165	125	35	90		22
		Rank in 8 AL teams				3	2	2	8	7	1		5	2	2	8	2	2	2	2		2		3
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.5	155	5481	4807	723	1322	181	28	154	688	31	29	578	584	.275	.357	.420	.777	112	2021	121	34	60		22
		Pitcher Totals	31.5	155	540	478	47	104	20	1	6	42	2	0	30	98	.218	.265	.301	.566	55	144	4	1	30		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Bob Lemon	32	21	15	.583	3.36	41	36	4	23	5	1	286.2	283	119	107	16	110	2	98	11	0	9	1216	111	3.90	1.371	8.9	0.5	3.5	3.1	0.89
2	SP	Mike Garcia	29	18	9	.667	3.25	38	35	3	21	3	0	271.2	260	106	98	18	81	2	134	3	0	3	1133	115	3.40	1.255	8.6	0.6	2.7	4.4	1.65
3	SP	Early Wynn	33	17	12	.586	3.93	36	34	2	16	1	0	251.2	234	121	110	19	107	3	138	4	0	5	1077	95	3.80	1.355	8.4	0.7	3.8	4.9	1.29
4	SP	Bob Feller	34	10	7	.588	3.59	25	25	0	10	1	0	175.2	163	78	70	16	60	1	60	3	1	1	721	104	4.17	1.269	8.4	0.8	3.1	3.1	1.00
5	SP	Art Houtteman	25	7	7	.500	3.80	22	13	9	6	1	3	109.0	113	56	46	4	25	1	40	5	0	1	457	98	3.16	1.266	9.3	0.3	2.1	3.3	1.60
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Bob Hooper	31	5	4	.556	4.02	43	0	26	0	0	7	69.1	50	37	31	4	38	1	16	2	0	2	288	93	4.61	1.269	6.5	0.5	4.9	2.1	0.42
7	RP	Dave Hoskins	35	9	3	.750	3.99	26	7	9	3	0	1	112.2	102	57	50	9	38	0	55	4	1	0	467	93	3.77	1.243	8.1	0.7	3.0	4.4	1.45
8	RP	Bill Wight*	31	2	1	.667	3.71	20	0	6	0	0	1	26.2	29	12	11	1	16	2	14	0	0	1	120	102	3.83	1.688	9.8	0.3	5.4	4.7	0.88
9	RP	Lou Brissie*	29	0	0		7.62	16	0	7	0	0	2	13.0	21	11	11	2	13	3	5	0	0	0	69	50	6.82	2.615	14.5	1.4	9.0	3.5	0.38
10	RP	Al Aber*	25	1	1	.500	7.50	6	0	2	0	0	0	6.0	6	6	5	0	9	1	4	0	0	0	35	53	5.76	2.500	9.0	0.0	13.5	6.0	0.44
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Bob Chakales	25	0	2	.000	2.67	7	3	2	1	0	0	27.0	28	13	8	2	10	0	6	1	0	2	116	141	4.33	1.407	9.3	0.7	3.3	2.0	0.60
12		Steve Gromek	33	1	1	.500	3.27	5	1	2	0	0	0	11.0	11	4	4	0	3	0	8	1	0	0	46	118	2.23	1.273	9.0	0.0	2.5	6.5	2.67
13		Dick Tomanek*	22	1	0	1.000	2.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	6	3	2	1	6	0	6	1	0	0	41	194	5.04	1.333	6.0	1.0	6.0	6.0	1.00
14		Ted Wilks	37	0	0		7.36	4	0	2	0	0	0	3.2	5	4	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	21	56	3.96	2.182	12.3	0.0	7.4	4.9	0.67
15		Dick Weik	25	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	31.2	92	62	.597	3.64	155	155	74	81	11	15	1373.0	1311	627	556	92	519	16	586	35	2	24	5807	102	3.82	1.333	8.6	0.6	3.4	3.8	1.13
		Rank in 8 AL teams		2	7		4				1	5	6	5	3	4	5	1	3		6
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W