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1956 Cleveland Indians (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955/1957) 88-66, Finished 2nd in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 712 runs, Allowed 581 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-63 Managed by Al Lopez Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 865,467 (7th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 101   (one-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 100   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1956 Stats (1955/1957) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Jim Hegan           35  122  315   42   70  15  2   6   34  49   54  .222  .327  .340   1   1   8   0   4   0   6   75
1B *Vic Wertz           31  136  481   65  127  22  0  32  106  75   87  .264  .364  .509   0   0   8   5   0   7  10  127
2B  Bobby Avila         32  138  513   74  115  14  2  10   54  70   68  .224  .323  .318  17   4  12   5   8   1   0   69
3B  Al Rosen            32  121  416   64  111  18  2  15   61  58   44  .267  .351  .428   1   3  13   0   0   7   4  104
SS  Chico Carrasquel    28  141  474   60  115  15  1   7   48  52   61  .243  .323  .323   0   4   9   6   9   3   0   70
LF *Gene Woodling       33  100  317   56   83  17  0   8   38  69   29  .262  .395  .391   2   6   6   3   7   3   2  107
CF  Jim Busby           29  135  494   72  116  17  3  12   50  43   47  .235  .301  .354   8   3  13   4   5   0   2   72
RF  Rocky Colavito      22  101  322   55   89  11  4  21   65  49   46  .276  .372  .531   0   1   4   2   4   3   0  135
    Al Smith            28  141  526   87  144  26  5  16   71  84   72  .274  .378  .433   6   3  15   8   2   6   7  113
    George Strickland   30   85  171   22   36   1  2   3   17  22   27  .211  .299  .292   0   1   6   0   5   1   0   56
   *Preston Ward        28   87  150   18   38  10  0   6   21  16   20  .253  .325  .440   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   99
   *Hal Naragon         27   53  122   11   35   3  1   3   18  13    9  .287  .355  .402   0   0   3   1   2   2   2   98
    Sam Mele            34   57  114   17   29   7  0   4   20  12   20  .254  .320  .421   0   1   4   0   0   2   0   93
    Earl Averill        24   42   93   12   22   6  0   3   14  14   25  .237  .343  .398   0   1   2   1   2   0   1   94
   *Dave Pope           35   25   70    6   17   3  1   0    3   1   12  .243  .250  .314   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   47
    Rudy Regalado       26   16   47    4   11   1  0   0    2   4    1  .234  .308  .255   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   49
   *Joe Caffie          25   12   38    7   13   0  0   0    1   4    8  .342  .432  .342   3   2   0   2   0   0   0  106
   *Dale Mitchell       34   38   30    2    4   0  0   0    6   7    2  .133  .297  .133   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   17
   *Kenny Kuhn          19   27   22    7    6   1  0   0    2   0    4  .273  .273  .318   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   55
   *Stu Locklin         27    9    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -12
    Hoot Evers          35    3    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    0       1.000         0   0   0   0   0   0   0     
    Hank Foiles         27    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0   0     
   *Bobby Young         31    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0   0     

   #Early Wynn          36   38  101    5   23   5  0   1   15   7   22  .228  .278  .307   1   0   1   0   5   0   0   54
   *Bob Lemon           35   43   93    8   18   0  0   5   12   9   21  .194  .272  .355   0   0   1   1   7   0   0   63
   *Herb Score          23   35   87   11   16   3  0   1    8   9   32  .184  .260  .253   0   1   1   0   4   0   0   35
    Mike Garcia         32   35   61    1    7   1  0   0    3   3   10  .115  .164  .131   0   0   2   1   8   2   0  -21
   *Don Mossi           27   48   20    1    3   2  0   0    2   2   10  .150  .227  .250   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   25
    Hank Aguirre        25   16   18    1    2   0  0   0    2   0   11  .111  .111  .111   0   0   0   0   3   0   0  -41
    Bob Feller          37   19   16    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    9  .000  .059  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -83
    Art Houtteman       28   23   12    0    2   0  0   0    2   0    4  .167  .167  .167   1   0   0   0   1   0   0  -12
   #Cal McLish          30   39    9    2    1   1  0   0    2   6    4  .111  .467  .222   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   87
    Ray Narleski        27   32    8    1    2   0  0   0    0   1    4  .250  .333  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   55
   *Bud Daley           23   14    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.8  155 5148  712 1256 199 23 153  677 681  764  .244  .332  .381  40  32 110  40  81  38  35   93
    Rank among 8 AL teams          7    5    7   5  8   2        3    2     7     6     5   4   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Bob Lemon           35  39   3.03  20  14  3  35   3  21   2  255.3  230  103   86  23   89   94 1074   4   6  0   2 139
SP  Early Wynn          36  38   2.72  20   9  2  35   2  18   4  277.7  233   93   84  19   91  158 1144   5   5  0   7 154
SP *Herb Score          23  35   2.53  20   9  0  33   1  16   5  249.3  162   82   70  18  129  263 1022  11   2  0   2 166
SP  Mike Garcia         32  35   3.78  11  12  0  30   1   8   4  197.7  213   93   83  18   74  119  874   3   5  0   5 111
SP *Hank Aguirre        25  16   3.72   3   5  1   9   3   2   1   65.3   63   35   27   7   27   31  282   3   1  2   1 113

CL *Don Mossi           27  48   3.59   6   5 11   3  24   0   0   87.7   79   38   35   6   33   59  372   1   1  0   5 117
RP  Cal McLish          30  37   4.96   2   4  1   2  17   0   0   61.7   67   36   34   5   32   27  276   1   0  0   5  85
RP  Ray Narleski        27  32   1.52   3   2  4   0  21   0   0   59.3   36   11   10   5   19   42  234   0   1  0   0 277
RP  Art Houtteman       28  22   6.56   2   2  1   4   5   0   0   46.7   60   39   34   5   31   19  234   1   4  0   2  64
RP  Bob Feller          37  19   4.97   0   4  1   4   5   2   0   58.0   63   34   32   7   23   18  253   0   0  1   4  85

   *Bud Daley           23  14   6.20   1   0  0   0   6   0   0   20.3   21   15   14   2   14   13  101   1   5  0   1  68
    Sal Maglie          39   2   3.60   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    5.0    6    2    2   1    2    2   22   1   0  0   0 117
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.6 155   3.32  88  66 24 155  88  67  17 1384.0 1233  581  511 116  564  845 5888  31  30  3  34 126
    Rank among 8 AL teams           1   2   7  2           1   1      3    1    1        3    3    1

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JHegan 864 97 118 648 28 10 2 .985 2 17 25 10 HNaragon 293 33 48 162 7 2 0 .988 6 8 11 6 EAverill 225 25 34 157 15 1 2 .994 2 6 16 9 HFoiles 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1384 155 155 967 50 13 4 .987 10 31 52 25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *9.43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- VWertz 1086 133 133 971 77 9 99 .991 8.68 PWard 240 16 60 226 21 3 20 .988 9.25 SMele 56 6 8 59 5 0 5 1.000 10.29 RRegalado 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1384 155 155 1257 104 12 124 .991 8.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 *5.44 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BAvila 1154 130 135 322 351 16 83 .977 5.25 GStrickland 216 25 28 73 69 2 21 .986 5.92 KKuhn 12 0 5 4 3 1 1 .875 5.25 ASmith 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1384 155 155 399 423 19 105 .977 5.35 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 *3.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ARosen 966 114 116 89 219 18 20 .945 2.87 ASmith 207 23 28 22 38 5 2 .923 2.60 RRegalado 109 11 14 9 9 5 3 .783 1.49 GStrickland 99 7 26 13 20 1 3 .971 2.98 CCarrasquel 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1384 155 155 133 288 29 28 .936 2.74 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 *4.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CCarrasquel 1173 135 141 240 352 20 70 .967 4.54 GStrickland 163 17 28 32 56 2 10 .978 4.86 KKuhn 48 3 17 9 11 0 3 1.000 3.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1384 155 155 281 419 22 83 .970 4.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GWoodling 725 82 85 149 3 3 0 .981 1.89 ASmith 354 37 52 80 3 2 1 .976 2.11 PWard 97 12 14 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.13 SMele 88 10 14 19 2 1 0 .955 2.15 JCaffie 83 10 10 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.17 DPope 32 4 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 DMitchell 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1384 155 155 295 8 6 1 .981 1.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.79 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JBusby 1116 122 133 347 4 4 0 .989 2.83 ASmith 172 21 21 67 2 0 0 1.000 3.60 DPope 95 12 12 27 1 0 0 1.000 2.65 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1384 155 155 441 7 4 0 .991 2.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 *2.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RColavito 815 88 98 177 6 6 0 .968 2.02 ASmith 483 56 59 102 0 3 0 .971 1.90 SMele 42 5 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.32 PWard 16 2 3 5 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 GWoodling 11 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 DPope 10 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 SLocklin 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1384 155 155 300 7 9 0 .972 2.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.34 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JBusby 1116 122 133 344 3 4 0 .989 2.80 ASmith 1010 114 122 248 6 5 1 .981 2.26 RColavito 815 88 98 177 6 6 0 .968 2.02 GWoodling 736 83 85 154 3 3 0 .981 1.92 DPope 137 18 18 34 1 0 0 1.000 2.30 SMele 130 15 20 29 2 1 0 .969 2.13 PWard 113 14 17 29 1 0 0 1.000 2.39 JCaffie 83 10 10 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.39 SLocklin 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 DMitchell 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1384 155 155 1037 23 19 1 .982 2.30 155 155 155 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *1.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EWynn 277 35 38 15 48 3 3 .955 2.04 BLemon 255 35 39 24 61 6 6 .934 2.99 HScore 249 33 35 1 19 2 0 .909 0.72 MGarcia 197 30 35 13 27 0 2 1.000 1.82 DMossi 87 3 48 3 15 1 1 .947 1.85 HAguirre 65 9 16 3 8 2 0 .846 1.52 CMcLish 61 2 37 5 14 0 0 1.000 2.80 RNarleski 59 0 32 2 5 0 1 1.000 1.07 BFeller 58 4 19 2 8 1 0 .909 1.55 AHoutteman 46 4 22 3 9 0 0 1.000 2.31 BDaley 21 0 14 4 6 0 0 1.000 4.29 SMaglie 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1384 155 155 75 220 15 13 .952 1.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Smith .274 On-base % Smith .378 Slugging % Wertz .509 OPS Wertz .873 Games Carrasquel and Smith 141 At Bats Smith 526 Plate Appearances (approx.) Smith 626 Runs Smith 87 Hits Smith 144 Total Bases Wertz 245 Doubles Smith 26 Triples Smith 5 Home Runs Wertz 32 RBI Wertz 106 Bases on Balls Smith 84 Strikeouts Wertz 87 Stolen Bases Avila 17 Singles Smith 97 Adjusted OPS+ Wertz 127 Runs Created Wertz 93 Adjusted Batting Runs Wertz 19 Batting Wins Wertz 1.8 Extra-Base Hits Wertz 54 Times on Base Smith 236 Offensive Win% Wertz .650 Hit By Pitch Smith 8 Sac. Hits Carrasquel 9 Sac. Flies Rosen and Wertz 7 Intentional Walks Wertz 10 Grounded into Double Plays Smith 15 Caught Stealing Woodling 6 Power/Speed Number Avila 12.6 At Bats per Strikeout Busby 10.5 At Bats per Home Run Wertz 15.0 Outs Avila 423

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Score 2.53 Wins Lemon, Score, and Wynn 20 Won-Loss % Score and Wynn .690 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Wynn and Score 1.167 Hits Allowed/9IP Score 5.85 Bases on Balls/9IP Wynn 2.95 Strikeouts/9IP Score 9.49 Games Mossi 48 Saves Mossi 11 Innings Wynn 277.7 Strikeouts Score 263 Games Started Lemon and Wynn 35 Comp. Games Lemon 21 Shutouts Score 5 Home Runs Allow. Lemon 23 Bases On Balls Allow. Score 129 Hits Allowed Wynn 233 SO to Walk Score 2.04 Losses Lemon 14 Earned Runs Allow. Lemon 86 Wild Pitches Score 11 Hit Batsmen Lemon 6 Batters Faced Wynn 1144 Games Finished Mossi 24 Adjusted ERA+ Score 166

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