1974 Cleveland Indians Statistics and Roster

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1974 Cleveland Indians (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1973/1975)
77-85, Finished 4th in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 662 runs, Allowed 694 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-84
Managed by Ken Aspromonte

Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,114,262 (7th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 100
  (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 102
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

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   Dave Duncan         28  136  425   45   85  10  1  16   46  42   91  .200  .274  .341   0   4  12   2   3   2   3   77
1B  John Ellis          25  128  477   58  136  23  6  10   64  32   53  .285  .330  .421   1   2  16   1   1   2   3  117
2B *Jack Brohamer       24  101  315   33   85  11  1   2   30  26   22  .270  .329  .330   2   1   4   3   4   2   0   92
3B  Buddy Bell          22  116  423   51  111  15  1   7   46  35   29  .262  .322  .352   1   3  14   3   8   2   1   95
SS  Frank Duffy         27  158  549   62  128  18  0   8   48  30   64  .233  .272  .310   7   8  10   0  16   1   0   68
LF *John Lowenstein     27  140  508   65  123  14  2   8   48  53   85  .242  .313  .325  36  17   6   2   6   5   2   85
CF  George Hendrick     24  139  495   65  138  23  1  19   67  33   73  .279  .322  .444   6   4  17   1   0   5   4  120
RF  Charlie Spikes      23  155  568   63  154  23  1  22   80  34  100  .271  .319  .431  10   7  15   7   0   3   2  116
DH *Oscar Gamble        24  135  454   74  132  16  4  19   59  48   51  .291  .363  .469   5   6   7   5   0   2  10  140
   *Leron Lee           26   79  232   18   54  13  0   5   25  15   42  .233  .279  .353   3   2   8   0   1   0   2   82
   #Rusty Torres        25  108  150   19   28   2  0   3   12  13   24  .187  .248  .260   2   1   2   0   4   2   1   48
    Remy Hermoso        27   48  122   15   27   3  1   0    5   7    7  .221  .262  .262   2   2   1   0   5   1   0   52
    Luis Alvarado       25   61  114   12   25   2  0   0   12   6   14  .219  .256  .237   1   1   3   0   4   1   0   44
   *Tommy McCraw        33   45  112   17   34   8  0   3   17   5   11  .304  .336  .455   0   1   4   1   1   1   0  128
    Joe Lis             27   57  109   15   22   3  0   6   16  14   30  .202  .293  .394   1   0   5   0   0   0   1   98
    Rico Carty          34   33   91    6   33   5  0   1   16   5    9  .363  .396  .451   0   0   4   0   0   0   0  145
   *Ed Crosby           25   37   86   11   18   3  0   0    6   6   12  .209  .258  .244   0   1   1   0   2   1   0   46
   *Chris Chambliss     25   17   67    8   22   4  0   0    7   5    5  .328  .375  .388   0   1   1   0   0   0   1  122
    Frank Robinson      38   15   50    6   10   1  1   2    5  10   10  .200  .328  .380   0   1   1   0   0   1   0  105
    Ossie Blanco        28   18   36    1    7   0  0   0    2   7    4  .194  .326  .194   0   3   1   0   0   0   0   54
   *Tommy Smith         25   23   31    4    3   1  0   0    0   2    7  .097  .176  .129   0   0   0   1   1   0   1  -10
   *Duane Kuiper        24   10   22    7   11   2  0   0    4   2    2  .500  .542  .591   1   1   1   0   0   0   0  228
    Johnny Jeter        29    6   17    3    6   1  0   0    1   1    6  .353  .389  .412   1   2   1   0   0   0   0  132
    Jack Heidemann      24   12   11    2    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .091  .091  .091   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -47
   #Alan Ashby          22   10    7    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    2  .143  .250  .143   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   16
    Dwain Anderson      26    2    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   94
    Larry Johnson       23    1    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.6  162 5474  662 1395 201 19 131  616 432  756  .255  .309  .370  79  68 135  26  56  31  31   97
    Rank among 12 AL teams         8    8    8   9 12   3       12   10     8    10     6   8   6                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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.

Team Pitching Glossary

    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  Gaylord Perry       35  37   2.51  21  13  0  37   0  28   4  322.3  230   98   90  25   99  216 1262   2   6  0   7 144
SP  Jim Perry           38  36   2.96  17  12  0  36   0   8   3  252.0  242   94   83  11   64   71 1042   1   5  0  10 122
SP *Fritz Peterson      32  29   4.36   9  14  0  29   0   3   0  152.7  187   89   74  16   37   52  663   0   4  1   7  83
SP  Dick Bosman         30  25   4.10   7   5  0  18   2   2   1  127.3  126   69   58  13   29   56  529   3   1  1   3  88
SP  Steve Kline         26  16   5.07   3   8  0  11   1   1   0   71.0   70   44   40   9   31   17  303   2   4  1   2  71
SP  Steve Arlin         28  11   6.60   2   5  0  10   1   1   0   43.7   59   34   32   1   22   20  200   5   0  0   4  55
SP  Bob Johnson         31  14   4.38   3   4  0  10   0   0   0   72.0   75   42   35  12   37   36  324   2   3  1   5  83

CL  Tom Buskey          27  51   3.19   2   6 17   0  40   0   0   93.0   93   36   33  10   33   40  400   1   1  0   8 114
RP  Milt Wilcox         24  41   4.67   2   2  4   2  30   1   0   71.3   74   42   37  10   24   33  309   2   5  1   4  78
RP *Tom Hilgendorf      32  35   4.84   4   3  3   0  11   0   0   48.3   58   26   26   6   17   23  218   0   1  0   6  75
RP  Fred Beene          31  32   4.93   4   4  2   0  14   0   0   73.0   68   44   40   7   26   35  306   1   1  0   2  74
RP *Bruce Ellingsen     25  16   3.21   1   1  0   2   4   0   0   42.0   45   21   15   5   17   16  185   1   0  0   4 113

    Dick Tidrow         27   4   7.11   1   3  0   4   0   0   0   19.0   21   17   15   4   13    8   94   0   2  0   1  51
    Jim Kern            25   4   4.70   0   1  0   3   0   1   0   15.3   16    9    8   1   14   11   76   0   0  1   1  77
    Bill Gogolewski     26   5   4.61   0   0  0   0   2   0   0   13.7   15    7    7   1    2    3   56   0   1  0   0  79
    Ken Sanders         32   9   9.82   0   1  1   0   7   0   0   11.0   21   12   12   5    5    4   58   0   0  0   2  37
    Tom Timmermann      34   4   5.40   1   1  0   0   0   0   0   10.0    9    6    6   1    5    2   42   0   0  0   0  67
    Cecil Upshaw        31   7   3.38   0   1  0   0   5   0   0    8.0   10    4    3   1    4    7   36   0   0  0   1 107
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.5 162   3.80  77  85 27 162 117  45   9 1445.0 1419  694  610 138  479  650 6103  20  34  6  67  95
    Rank among 12 AL teams          9   8   4  4          10  11      9    5    9       11    4   11

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

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- DDuncan 1121 128 134 557 47 15 7 .976 7 12 65 35 JEllis 304 34 42 156 18 3 4 .983 2 9 27 13 AAshby 20 0 9 12 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1445 162 162 725 65 18 11 .978 10 21 92 48 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JEllis 583 68 69 667 37 6 57 .992 10.86 TMcCraw 250 27 38 285 24 3 28 .990 11.12 JLis 168 17 31 175 10 0 14 1.000 9.91 CChambliss 154 17 17 162 6 3 14 .982 9.82 OBlanco 109 11 16 127 4 1 11 .992 10.79 JLowenstein 85 10 12 88 8 0 6 1.000 10.16 RCarty 63 8 8 64 1 1 9 .985 9.29 FRobinson 26 4 4 23 0 1 1 .958 7.96 DDuncan 6 0 3 7 1 0 3 1.000 12.00 JHeidemann 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 1600 91 15 143 .991 10.53 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 *5.37 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JBrohamer 760 88 99 203 269 6 67 .987 5.59 RHermoso 323 38 45 86 121 7 27 .967 5.77 LAlvarado 277 30 46 81 93 5 23 .972 5.65 DKuiper 50 5 8 16 19 0 3 1.000 6.30 JLowenstein 15 0 4 3 7 0 0 1.000 6.00 ECrosby 12 1 3 1 8 1 1 .900 6.75 DAnderson 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 JHeidemann 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 392 518 19 122 .980 5.67 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *3.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BBell 1011 115 115 112 274 15 31 .963 3.44 JLowenstein 224 27 28 23 63 3 4 .966 3.46 ECrosby 125 12 18 4 21 2 3 .926 1.80 JLis 57 6 9 8 11 1 1 .950 3.00 JHeidemann 28 2 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 148 371 21 39 .961 3.23 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 *4.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FDuffy 1356 156 158 242 491 15 83 .980 4.87 ECrosby 49 3 13 9 24 2 1 .943 5.98 LAlvarado 33 3 7 4 15 3 2 .864 5.18 JHeidemann 7 0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.14 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 256 533 20 86 .975 4.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JLowenstein 706 85 89 175 5 2 1 .989 2.29 LLee 481 54 60 126 5 6 1 .956 2.45 RTorres 100 5 35 27 3 1 0 .968 2.70 OGamble 84 12 12 19 1 0 0 1.000 2.14 JJeter 34 4 5 5 0 1 0 .833 1.32 TSmith 30 1 9 13 1 0 0 1.000 4.20 GHendrick 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 JLis 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 366 15 12 2 .969 2.37 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 *2.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GHendrick 1128 132 132 355 9 4 2 .989 2.90 RTorres 227 19 38 65 3 3 0 .958 2.70 JLowenstein 60 7 8 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 TSmith 26 3 4 10 0 1 0 .909 3.46 TMcCraw 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 JJeter 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 449 12 8 2 .983 2.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *2.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CSpikes 1287 154 154 282 17 10 3 .968 2.09 RTorres 88 3 24 18 2 1 0 .952 2.05 JLowenstein 33 3 6 7 0 1 0 .875 1.91 TSmith 25 2 4 5 0 1 0 .833 1.80 LLee 10 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 OGamble 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 316 19 13 3 .963 2.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.41 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- CSpikes 1287 154 154 284 16 10 3 .968 2.10 GHendrick 1137 133 133 355 9 4 2 .989 2.88 JLowenstein 799 95 100 200 6 3 1 .986 2.32 LLee 491 54 62 131 5 6 1 .958 2.49 RTorres 415 27 94 110 8 5 0 .959 2.56 OGamble 86 12 13 19 1 0 0 1.000 2.09 TSmith 81 6 17 29 1 2 0 .937 3.33 JJeter 35 4 6 5 0 1 0 .833 1.29 TMcCraw 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 JLis 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1445 162 162 1134 46 33 7 .973 2.45 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 *1.81 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GPerry 322 37 37 26 45 3 4 .959 1.98 JPerry 252 36 36 7 42 2 1 .961 1.75 FPeterson 152 29 29 8 30 2 2 .950 2.24 DBosman 127 18 25 8 8 3 0 .842 1.13 TBuskey 93 0 51 7 18 1 0 .962 2.42 FBeene 73 0 32 8 14 0 0 1.000 2.71 BJohnson 72 10 14 2 11 0 0 1.000 1.62 MWilcox 71 2 41 5 14 3 1 .864 2.40 SKline 71 11 16 5 13 0 4 1.000 2.28 THilgendorf 48 0 35 3 8 0 0 1.000 2.05 SArlin 43 10 11 1 6 4 0 .636 1.44 BEllingsen 42 2 16 1 7 1 0 .889 1.71 DTidrow 19 4 4 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.37 JKern 15 3 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.59 BGogolewski 13 0 5 1 8 0 1 1.000 5.91 KSanders 11 0 9 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.64 TTimmermann 10 0 4 0 5 0 0 1.000 4.50 CUpshaw 8 0 7 0 1 1 0 .500 1.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 82 238 20 13 .941 1.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- OGamble 115 JEllis 21 RCarty 14 FRobinson 11 JLis 9 LAlvarado 3 LLee 2 BBell 1 OBlanco 1 DDuncan 1 GHendrick 1 TSmith 1 RTorres 1 ------------+---

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 Average Gamble .291

On-base % Gamble .363

Slugging % Gamble .469

OPS Gamble .832

Games Duffy 158

At Bats Spikes 568

Plate Appearances (approx.) Spikes 612

Runs Gamble 74

Hits Spikes 154

Total Bases Spikes 245

Doubles Ellis, Hendrick, and Spikes 23

Triples Ellis 6

Home Runs Spikes 22

RBI Spikes 80

Bases on Balls Lowenstein 53

Strikeouts Spikes 100

Stolen Bases Lowenstein 36

Singles Spikes 108

Adjusted OPS+ Gamble 140

Runs Created Gamble 77

Adjusted Batting Runs Gamble 23

Batting Wins Gamble 2.4

Extra-Base Hits Spikes 46

Times on Base Spikes 195

Offensive Win% Gamble .674

Hit By Pitch Spikes 7

Sac. Hits Duffy 16

Sac. Flies Hendrick and Lowenstein 5

Intentional Walks Gamble 10

Grounded into Double Plays Hendrick 17

Caught Stealing Lowenstein 17

Power/Speed Number Spikes 13.8

At Bats per Strikeout Ellis 9.0

At Bats per Home Run Gamble 23.9

Outs Duffy 456

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Perry 2.51

Wins Perry 21

Won-Loss % Perry .618

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Perry 1.021

Hits Allowed/9IP Perry 6.42

Bases on Balls/9IP Perry 2.29

Strikeouts/9IP Perry 6.03

Games Buskey 51

Saves Buskey 17

Innings Perry 322.3

Strikeouts Perry 216

Games Started Perry 37

Comp. Games Perry 28

Shutouts Perry 4

Home Runs Allow. Perry 25

Bases On Balls Allow. Perry 99

Hits Allowed Perry 242

SO to Walk Perry 2.18

Losses Peterson 14

Earned Runs Allow. Perry 90

Wild Pitches Arlin 5

Hit Batsmen Perry 6

Batters Faced Perry 1262

Games Finished Buskey 40

Adjusted ERA+ Perry 144

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