1951 Cleveland Indians Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 93-61
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 1,704,984, Avg. 25,574
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Manager: Al Lopez (93-61)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio

1951 Cleveland Indians Roster
1951 Cleveland Indians Results

The Cleveland Indians of the American League ended the 1951 season with a record of 93 wins and 61 losses, finishing second in the AL.

The Indians surrendered 594 runs, fewest in the league. Cleveland plated 696 runs. Luke Easter paced the squad with 27 home runs, while Larry Doby and Al Rosen walloped 20 or more, too. Luke Easter drove in 103 runs. Bobby Avila led all regular hitters by hitting .304. Bob Feller topped the squad with 22 wins, and Bob Lemon, Early Wynn and Mike Garcia each added 15 or more victories also Early Wynn recorded a 3.02 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Al Lopez coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Bob Feller	22	8	.733	3.50	33	32	1	16	4	0	249.7	239	105	97	22	95	111	7	0	2	1061
Early Wynn	20	13	.606	3.02	37	34	3	21	3	1	274.3	227	102	92	18	107	133	3	0	1	1138
Mike Garcia	20	13	.606	3.15	47	30	14	15	1	6	254.0	239	101	89	10	82	118	3	0	6	1066
Bob Lemon	17	14	.548	3.52	42	34	7	17	1	2	263.3	244	119	103	19	124	132	2	1	4	1139
Steve Gromek	7	4	.636	2.77	27	8	8	4	0	1	107.3	98	41	33	6	29	40	4	0	1	450
Lou Brissie	4	3	.571	3.20	54	4	26	1	0	9	112.3	90	44	40	5	61	50	3	0	3	478
Bob Chakales	3	4	.429	4.74	17	10	5	2	1	0	68.3	80	40	36	3	43	32	0	1	2	321
Dick Rozek	0	0		2.93	7	1	4	0	0	0	15.3	18	12	5	1	11	5	1	0	0	77
Bubba Harris	0	0		4.50	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	5	2	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	20
Jerry Fahr	0	0		4.76	5	0	2	0	0	0	5.7	11	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	25
George Zuverink	0	0		5.33	16	0	7	0	0	0	25.3	24	17	15	2	13	14	1	0	1	114
Sam Jones	0	1	.000	2.08	2	1	1	0	0	0	8.7	4	2	2	0	5	4	0	0	0	34
Johnny Vander Meer	0	1	.000	18.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	8	6	6	0	1	2	0	0	0	17
Totals	93	61	.604	3.38	290	155	79	76	10	19	1391.3	1287	594	523	86	577	642	24	2	20	5940

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Bobby Avila	141	615	542	76	165	21	3	10	58	14	8	60	31	.304	.374	.410	.783	222	16	0	13
Al Rosen	154	661	573	82	152	30	1	24	102	7	5	85	71	.265	.362	.447	.809	256	14	2	1
Dale Mitchell	134	570	510	83	148	21	7	11	62	7	7	53	16	.290	.358	.424	.782	216	8	1	6
Larry Doby	134	551	447	84	132	27	5	20	69	4	1	101	81	.295	.428	.512	.941	229	10	3	0
Luke Easter	128	532	486	65	131	12	5	27	103	0	1	37	71	.270	.333	.481	.814	234	14	9	0
Ray Boone	151	603	544	65	127	14	1	12	51	5	3	48	36	.233	.302	.329	.631	179	13	5	6
Jim Hegan	133	457	416	60	99	17	5	6	43	0	3	38	72	.238	.302	.346	.648	144	6	0	3
Bob Kennedy	108	359	321	30	79	15	4	7	29	4	2	34	33	.246	.320	.383	.703	123	13	1	3
Harry Simpson	122	381	332	51	76	7	0	7	24	6	4	45	48	.229	.325	.313	.638	104	7	2	2
Sam Chapman	94	274	246	24	56	9	1	6	36	3	0	27	32	.228	.304	.346	.650	85	6	0	1
Birdie Tebbetts	55	146	137	8	36	6	0	2	18	0	0	8	7	.263	.308	.350	.659	48	4	1	0
Bob Lemon	56	112	102	11	21	4	1	3	13	0	0	9	22	.206	.270	.353	.623	36	1	0	1
Early Wynn	41	118	108	8	20	8	1	1	13	0	0	7	9	.185	.235	.306	.540	33	5	0	3
Snuffy Stirnweiss	50	111	88	10	19	1	0	1	4	1	0	22	25	.216	.373	.261	.634	23	2	0	1
Mike Garcia	47	97	85	3	18	4	1	1	9	0	1	3	12	.212	.239	.318	.556	27	2	0	9
Barney McCosky	31	69	61	8	13	3	0	0	2	1	0	8	5	.213	.304	.262	.567	16	2	0	0
Bob Feller	33	99	81	10	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	8	36	.123	.202	.136	.338	11	1	0	10
Steve Gromek	27	33	27	2	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	8	.296	.406	.333	.740	9	1	0	1
Bob Chakales	17	21	20	1	7	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	2	.350	.350	.500	.850	10	0	0	1
Minnie Minoso	8	17	14	3	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.429	.529	.571	1.101	8	0	2	0
Lou Brissie	54	24	23	2	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.261	.261	.304	.565	7	0	0	1
Merl Combs	19	31	28	2	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	.179	.233	.250	.483	7	0	0	1
Allie Clark	3	11	10	3	3	2	0	1	3	0	0	1	2	.300	.364	.800	1.164	8	0	0	0
Paul Lehner	12	14	13	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.231	.286	.231	.516	3	0	0	0
Hal Naragon	3	10	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	2	0	1	0
Clarence Maddern	11	12	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	2	0	0	0
Ray Murray	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0
Dick Rozek	7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0
Thurman Tucker	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Johnny Vander Meer	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Milt Nielsen	16	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	0
Lou Klein	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Sam Jones	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Bubba Harris	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Doug Hansen	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Jerry Fahr	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
George Zuverink	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1822	5945	5250	696	1346	208	35	140	658	52	35	605	632	.256	.336	.389	.726	2044	125	27	63

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Harry Simpson	1B	50	326	17	4	28	.988	6.860	0
Minnie Minoso	1B	7	37	3	2	1	.952	5.714	0
Luke Easter	1B	125	1043	68	14	108	.988	8.888	0
Sam Chapman	1B	1	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.000	0
Snuffy Stirnweiss	2B	25	47	74	1	17	.992	4.840	0
Bobby Avila	2B	136	349	417	14	87	.982	5.632	0
Snuffy Stirnweiss	3B	2	2	3	0	1	1.000	2.500	0
Al Rosen	3B	154	157	277	19	20	.958	2.818	0
Birdie Tebbetts	C	44	145	27	4	1	.977	3.909	1
Hal Naragon	C	2	12	1	1	1	.929	6.500	1
Ray Murray	C	1	4	1	0	0	1.000	5.000	0
Jim Hegan	C	129	597	66	6	8	.991	5.140	7
Harry Simpson	OF	68	132	3	4	1	.971	1.985	0
Dale Mitchell	OF	124	253	3	2	0	.992	2.065	0
Barney McCosky	OF	16	28	0	0	0	1.000	1.750	0
Clarence Maddern	OF	1	2	0	1	0	.667	2.000	0
Paul Lehner	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Bob Kennedy	OF	106	174	9	6	2	.968	1.726	0
Larry Doby	OF	132	321	12	8	3	.977	2.523	0
Allie Clark	OF	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Sam Chapman	OF	84	132	2	2	1	.985	1.595	0
George Zuverink	P	16	1	7	1	0	.889	.500	0
Early Wynn	P	37	13	42	1	2	.982	1.486	0
Johnny Vander Meer	P	1	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.000	0
Dick Rozek	P	7	0	1	1	0	.500	.143	0
Bob Lemon	P	42	21	60	2	5	.976	1.929	0
Sam Jones	P	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Bubba Harris	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Steve Gromek	P	27	13	18	0	3	1.000	1.148	0
Mike Garcia	P	47	18	46	2	4	.970	1.362	0
Bob Feller	P	33	6	32	2	2	.950	1.152	0
Jerry Fahr	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200	0
Bob Chakales	P	17	1	11	0	0	1.000	.706	0
Lou Brissie	P	54	3	11	2	3	.875	.259	0
Merl Combs	SS	16	16	32	2	5	.960	3.000	0
Ray Boone	SS	151	311	425	33	108	.957	4.874	0
Totals		1668	4170	1674	134	412	.978	3.504	9

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