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: Did not qualify

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	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	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	1000	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	54			-	-
21	Bob Lemon	p	-	32	-	MLB	51	112	12	26	9	1	2	17	2	0	7	20	0		6		1	.232	.000	.384	0	43			-	-
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	0	44			-	-
15	Joe Ginsberg	c	-	26	-	MLB	46	109	10	31	4	0	0	10	0	0	14	4	1		3		4	.284	.000	.321	0	35			-	-
18	Joe Tipton	c	-	31	-	MLB	47	109	17	25	2	0	6	13	0	0	19	13	3		0		7	.229	.000	.413	0	45			-	-
25	Mike Garcia	p	-	29	-	MLB	38	96	8	24	5	0	0	5	0	0	3	15	0		6		2	.250	.000	.302	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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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