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1953 CLEVELAND INDIANS

+ Level: MLB

Location:
Team Record: 92-62 .597
Result: 2nd in American League
Manager(s): Al Lopez
General Manager: Hank Greenberg
Stadium: Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 1,069,176
Playoffs: -

Cleveland Indians affiliate history

Oldest Player: Luke Easter (37)
Youngest Player: Dick Tomanek (22)
Longest Tenure: Bob Feller (15)
Top Hitter: Al Rosen (1)
Top Pitcher: Mike Garcia (3)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 85.19%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Yankees	99	52	.656	--
Cleveland	92	62	.597	8.5
Chi White Sox	89	65	.578	11.5
Boston	84	69	.549	16.0
Washington	76	76	.500	23.5
Detroit	60	94	.390	40.5
Philadelphia	59	95	.383	41.5
St. Louis	54	100	.351	46.5

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Track	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wOBA	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
7	Al Rosen	+	3b	1	29	-	MLB	155	599	115	201	27	5	43	145	8	7	85	48	4		0		19	.336	.000	.613	613		367			-	-
1	Bobby Avila	+	2b	20	29	-	MLB	141	559	85	160	22	3	8	55	10	8	58	27	2		14		18	.286	.000	.379	379		212			-	-
6,14	Larry Doby	+	of	7	29	-	MLB	149	513	92	135	18	5	29	102	3	2	96	121	6		2		7	.263	.000	.487	487		250			-	-
3	Dale Mitchell	+	of	36	31	-	MLB	134	500	76	150	26	4	13	60	3	1	42	20	0		0		11	.300	.000	.446	446		223			-	-
2	George Strickland	+	ss-2b	49	27	-	MLB	123	419	43	119	17	4	5	47	0	0	51	52	0		12		4	.284	.000	.379	379		159			-	-
6,14	Bill Glynn	+	1b	37	27	-	MLB	147	411	60	100	14	2	3	30	1	3	44	65	5		14		5	.243	.000	.309	309		127			-	-
4	Jim Hegan	+	c	-	32	-	MLB	112	299	37	65	10	1	9	37	1	2	25	41	1		4		8	.217	.000	.348	348		104			-	-
35	Harry Simpson	+	of-1b	-	27	-	MLB	82	242	25	55	3	1	7	22	0	0	18	27	1		3		6	.227	.000	.335	335		81			-	-
31	Wally Westlake	+	of	-	32	-	MLB	82	218	42	72	7	1	9	46	2	0	35	29	2		4		6	.330	.000	.495	495		108			-	-
9	Luke Easter	+	1b	61	37	-	MLB	68	211	26	64	9	0	7	31	0	2	15	35	4		0		13	.303	.000	.445	445		94			-	-
33	Bob Kennedy	+	of-3b	-	32	-	MLB	100	161	22	38	5	0	3	22	0	2	19	11	1		0		7	.236	.000	.323	323		52			-	-
32	Al Smith	+	of-3b	-	25	-	MLB	47	150	28	36	9	0	3	14	2	0	20	25	3		0		0	.240	.000	.360	360		54			-	-
8	Ray Boone	+	3b-ss	8	29	-	MLB	34	112	21	27	1	2	4	21	1	2	24	21	0		3		3	.241	.000	.393	393		44			-	-
21	Bob Lemon	+	p	-	32	-	MLB	51	112	12	26	9	1	2	17	2	0	7	20	0		6		1	.232	.000	.384	384		43			-	-
18	Joe Tipton	+	c	-	31	-	MLB	47	109	17	25	2	0	6	13	0	0	19	13	3		0		7	.229	.000	.413	413		45			-	-
15	Joe Ginsberg	+	c	-	26	-	MLB	46	109	10	31	4	0	0	10	0	0	14	4	1		3		4	.284	.000	.321	321		35			-	-
25	Mike Garcia	+	p	-	29	-	MLB	38	96	8	24	5	0	0	5	0	0	3	15	0		6		2	.250	.000	.302	302		29			-	-
24	Early Wynn	+	p	-	33	-	MLB	37	91	11	25	2	0	3	10	0	0	7	17	0		6		0	.275	.000	.396	396		36			-	-
8	Owen Friend	+	2b	-	26	-	MLB	34	68	7	16	2	0	2	13	0	0	5	16	0		0		2	.235	.000	.353	353		24			-	-
22,51	Dave Hoskins	+	p	-	27	-	MLB	38	58	10	15	2	0	1	9	0	0	3	11	1		1		1	.259	.000	.345	345		20			-	-
19	Bob Feller	+	p	-	34	-	MLB	25	56	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	23	0		8		0	.107	.000	.125	125		7			-	-
5	Hank Majeski	+	3b	-	36	-	MLB	50	50	6	15	1	0	2	12	0	0	3	8	1		1		1	.300	.000	.440	440		22			-	-
17	Jim Lemon	+	of	-	25	-	MLB	16	46	5	8	1	0	1	5	0	0	3	15	0		0		0	.174	.000	.261	261		12			-	-
11,29,41	Art Houtteman	+	p	-	25	-	MLB	23	34	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0		2		0	.147	.000	.176	176		6			-	-
32	Barney McCosky	+	of	-	36	-	MLB	22	21	3	4	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	4	0		0		0	.190	.000	.333	333		7			-	-
26	Bob Hooper	+	p	-	31	-	MLB	43	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	.083	.000	.083	83		1			-	-
20	Bob Chakales	+	p	-	25	-	MLB	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.286	.000	.286	286		2			-	-
16	Hank Foiles	+	c	-	24	-	MLB	7	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		0	.143	.000	.143	143		1			-	-
28	Dick Tomanek	+	p	-	22	-	MLB	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0		0			-	-
18,27	Bill Wight	+	p	-	31	-	MLB	20	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0		0			-	-
15	Dick Aylward	+	c	-	28	-	MLB	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0		0			-	-
27	Steve Gromek	+	p	-	33	-	MLB	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1		0	.000	.000	.000	0		0			-	-
37	Dick Weik	+	p	-	25	-	MLB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0		0			-	-
29	Al Aber	+	p	-	25	-	MLB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0		0			-	-

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Track	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	HB	IBB	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
21	Bob Lemon	+	4	32	-	MLB	21	15	3.36	41	36	23	5	4	1	286.2	283	119	107	16	110	98	9	0		0	1.37	8.88	0.50	3.45	3.08	1.12	--	1.51
25	Mike Garcia	+	3	29	-	MLB	18	9	3.25	38	35	21	3	3	0	271.2	260	106	98	18	81	134	3	0		0	1.26	8.61	0.60	2.68	4.44	0.60	--	1.05
24	Early Wynn	+	8	33	-	MLB	17	12	3.93	36	34	16	1	2	0	251.2	234	121	110	19	107	138	5	0		0	1.35	8.37	0.68	3.83	4.94	0.78	--	0.65
19	Bob Feller	+	21	34	-	MLB	10	7	3.59	25	25	10	1	0	0	175.2	163	78	70	16	60	60	1	0		1	1.27	8.35	0.82	3.07	3.07	1.00	--	0.99
22,51	Dave Hoskins	+	-	27	-	MLB	9	3	3.99	26	7	3	0	9	1	112.2	102	57	50	9	38	55	0	0		1	1.24	8.15	0.72	3.04	4.39	0.69	--	1.08
11,29,41	Art Houtteman	+	20	25	-	MLB	7	7	3.80	22	13	6	1	9	3	109.0	113	56	46	4	25	40	1	0		0	1.27	9.33	0.33	2.06	3.30	0.63	--	0.95
26	Bob Hooper	+	31	31	-	MLB	5	4	4.02	43	0	0	0	26	7	69.1	50	37	31	4	38	16	2	0		0	1.27	6.49	0.52	4.93	2.08	2.38	--	1.00
20	Bob Chakales	+	-	25	-	MLB	0	2	2.67	7	3	1	0	2	0	27.0	28	13	8	2	10	6	2	0		0	1.41	9.33	0.67	3.33	2.00	1.67	--	0.84
18,27	Bill Wight	+	-	31	-	MLB	2	1	3.71	20	0	0	0	6	1	26.2	29	12	11	1	16	14	1	0		0	1.69	9.79	0.34	5.40	4.72	1.14	--	1.44
12	Lou Brissie	+	-	29	-	MLB	0	0	7.62	16	0	0	0	7	2	13.0	21	11	11	2	13	5	0	0		0	2.62	14.54	1.38	9.00	3.46	2.60	--	1.07
27	Steve Gromek	+	47	33	-	MLB	1	1	3.27	5	1	0	0	2	0	11.0	11	4	4	0	3	8	0	0		0	1.27	9.00	0.00	2.45	6.55	0.38	--	1.40
28	Dick Tomanek	+	-	22	-	MLB	1	0	2.00	1	1	1	0	0	0	9.0	6	3	2	1	6	6	0	0		0	1.33	6.00	1.00	6.00	6.00	1.00	--	0.47
29	Al Aber	+	-	25	-	MLB	1	1	7.50	6	0	0	0	2	0	6.0	6	6	5	0	9	4	0	0		0	2.50	9.00	0.00	13.50	6.00	2.25	--	4.00
28	Ted Wilks	+	-	37	-	MLB	0	0	7.36	4	0	0	0	2	0	3.2	5	4	3	0	3	2	0	0		0	2.18	12.27	0.00	7.36	4.91	1.50	--	1.20
Totals: (34 players)							92	62	3.64	154	154	81	11	73	15	1,373	1311	627	556	160	519	586	24	-	-	2	1.48	8.59	0.60	3.40	3.84	0.89	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jim Hegan	C	106		399	42	11	3	.976	0.00
Joe Tipton	C	46		114	18	0	1	1.000	0.00
Joe Ginsberg	C	39		130	10	5	2	.966	0.00
Hank Foiles	C	7		10	4	1	1	.933	0.00
Dick Aylward	C	4		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill Glynn	1B	135		1036	81	8	133	.993	0.00
Luke Easter	1B	56		442	30	9	54	.981	0.00
Jim Lemon	1B	2		6	0	2	0	.750	0.00
Harry Simpson	1B	2		12	0	0	1	1.000	0.00
Al Rosen	1B	1		4	0	0	1	1.000	0.00
George Strickland	1B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bobby Avila	2B	140		346	445	11	114	.986	0.00
Owen Friend	2B	19		32	42	0	14	1.000	0.00
Hank Majeski	2B	10		8	8	0	2	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Al Rosen	3B	154		174	338	19	38	.964	0.00
Hank Majeski	3B	7		1	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Al Smith	3B	2		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Owen Friend	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
George Strickland	SS	122		238	400	17	103	.974	0.00
Ray Boone	SS	31		64	94	8	24	.952	0.00
Owen Friend	SS	8		6	15	0	2	1.000	0.00
Al Rosen	SS	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Larry Doby	OF	146		354	10	6	3	.984	0.00
Dale Mitchell	OF	125		224	2	7	1	.970	0.00
Bob Kennedy	OF	89		91	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Wally Westlake	OF	72		128	3	5	2	.963	0.00
Harry Simpson	OF	69		118	4	4	0	.968	0.00
Al Smith	OF	39		67	2	6	0	.920	0.00
Jim Lemon	OF	11		20	1	2	0	.913	0.00
Bill Glynn	OF	2		6	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Hank Majeski	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bob Hooper	P	43	69	3	16	0	2	1.000	2.47
Bob Lemon	P	41	286	31	74	3	15	.972	3.30
Mike Garcia	P	38	271	14	39	0	4	1.000	1.76
Early Wynn	P	36	251	11	36	0	2	1.000	1.68
Dave Hoskins	P	26	112	7	18	0	1	1.000	2.01
Bob Feller	P	25	175	10	31	0	5	1.000	2.11
Art Houtteman	P	22	109	7	18	0	1	1.000	2.06
Bill Wight	P	20	26	1	5	0	1	1.000	2.06
Lou Brissie	P	16	13	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.38
Bob Chakales	P	7	27	2	5	1	1	.875	2.33
Al Aber	P	6	6	0	2	0	0	1.000	3.00
Steve Gromek	P	5	11	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.82
Ted Wilks	P	4	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Dick Tomanek	P	1	9	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00

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