1953 Cleveland Indians Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 92-62
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 1,069,176, Avg. 16,786
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Manager: Al Lopez (92-62)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1953 Cleveland Indians RosterTeam Record: 92-62
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 1,069,176, Avg. 16,786
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Manager: Al Lopez (92-62)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1953 Cleveland Indians Results
The Cleveland Indians of the American League ended the 1953 season with a record of 92 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the AL.
The Indians scored 770 runs and conceded 627 runs. Al Rosen walloped 43 home runs for Cleveland, while Larry Doby swatted 20 or more, too. Al Rosen recorded 145 runs batted in and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .336. Bob Lemon led the squad with 21 wins, and Mike Garcia and Early Wynn also added 15 or more victories also Mike Garcia recorded a 3.25 ERA, best 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 | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Lemon | 21 | 15 | .583 | 3.36 | 41 | 36 | 4 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 286.7 | 283 | 119 | 107 | 16 | 110 | 0 | 98 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 1216 |
| Mike Garcia | 18 | 9 | .667 | 3.25 | 38 | 35 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 271.7 | 260 | 106 | 98 | 18 | 81 | 0 | 134 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1133 |
| Early Wynn | 17 | 12 | .586 | 3.93 | 36 | 34 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 251.7 | 234 | 121 | 110 | 19 | 107 | 0 | 138 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1077 |
| Bob Feller | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.59 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 175.7 | 163 | 78 | 70 | 16 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 721 |
| Dave Hoskins | 9 | 3 | .750 | 3.99 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 112.7 | 102 | 57 | 50 | 9 | 38 | 0 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 467 |
| Art Houtteman | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.80 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 109.0 | 113 | 56 | 46 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 457 |
| Bob Hooper | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.02 | 43 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 69.3 | 50 | 37 | 31 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 288 |
| Bill Wight | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.71 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26.7 | 29 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 120 |
| Dick Tomanek | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| Steve Gromek | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| Al Aber | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.50 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Ted Wilks | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Lou Brissie | 0 | 0 | 7.62 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13.0 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | |
| Bob Chakales | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.67 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 116 |
| Totals | 92 | 62 | .597 | 3.64 | 290 | 155 | 74 | 81 | 11 | 15 | 1373.0 | 1311 | 627 | 556 | 92 | 519 | 0 | 586 | 35 | 2 | 24 | 5807 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Rosen | 155 | 688 | 599 | 115 | 201 | 27 | 5 | 43 | 145 | 8 | 7 | 85 | 48 | .336 | .422 | .613 | 1.034 | 367 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Avila | 141 | 633 | 559 | 85 | 160 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 55 | 10 | 8 | 58 | 27 | .286 | .355 | .379 | .735 | 212 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Mitchell | 134 | 542 | 500 | 76 | 150 | 26 | 4 | 13 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 20 | .300 | .354 | .446 | .800 | 223 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Doby | 149 | 617 | 513 | 92 | 135 | 18 | 5 | 29 | 102 | 3 | 2 | 96 | 121 | .263 | .385 | .487 | .873 | 250 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| George Strickland | 123 | 482 | 419 | 43 | 119 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 52 | .284 | .362 | .379 | .741 | 159 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Glynn | 147 | 474 | 411 | 60 | 100 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 65 | .243 | .324 | .309 | .633 | 127 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Westlake | 82 | 259 | 218 | 42 | 72 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 29 | .330 | .427 | .495 | .923 | 108 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Hegan | 112 | 329 | 299 | 37 | 65 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 41 | .217 | .280 | .348 | .628 | 104 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Easter | 68 | 230 | 211 | 26 | 64 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 35 | .303 | .361 | .445 | .806 | 94 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Simpson | 82 | 264 | 242 | 25 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 27 | .227 | .284 | .335 | .618 | 81 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Kennedy | 100 | 181 | 161 | 22 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 11 | .236 | .320 | .323 | .643 | 52 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Smith | 47 | 173 | 150 | 28 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 25 | .240 | .341 | .360 | .701 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Ginsberg | 46 | 127 | 109 | 10 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | .284 | .371 | .321 | .692 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Boone | 34 | 139 | 112 | 21 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 21 | .241 | .375 | .393 | .768 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Lemon | 51 | 125 | 112 | 12 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 20 | .232 | .277 | .384 | .661 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Early Wynn | 37 | 104 | 91 | 11 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .275 | .327 | .396 | .722 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Tipton | 47 | 131 | 109 | 17 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 13 | .229 | .359 | .413 | .772 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Garcia | 38 | 105 | 96 | 8 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .250 | .273 | .302 | .575 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Friend | 34 | 73 | 68 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .235 | .288 | .353 | .641 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Majeski | 50 | 55 | 50 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .300 | .352 | .440 | .792 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Hoskins | 38 | 63 | 58 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .259 | .306 | .345 | .651 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Lemon | 16 | 49 | 46 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .174 | .224 | .261 | .485 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Feller | 25 | 70 | 56 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23 | .107 | .194 | .125 | .319 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Houtteman | 23 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .147 | .171 | .176 | .348 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Barney McCosky | 22 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .190 | .227 | .333 | .561 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Chakales | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Foiles | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Hooper | 43 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Gromek | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Tomanek | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Wight | 20 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Aylward | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Wilks | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dick Weik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lou Brissie | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Al Aber | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1915 | 6018 | 5285 | 770 | 1426 | 201 | 29 | 160 | 730 | 33 | 29 | 608 | 682 | .270 | .349 | .410 | .759 | 2165 | 125 | 35 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Strickland | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Harry Simpson | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Rosen | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Lemon | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Glynn | 1B | 135 | 0 | 0.0 | 1036 | 81 | 8 | 133 | .993 | 8.274 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luke Easter | 1B | 56 | 0 | 0.0 | 442 | 30 | 9 | 54 | .981 | 8.429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Majeski | 2B | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Owen Friend | 2B | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 42 | 0 | 14 | 1.000 | 3.895 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Avila | 2B | 140 | 0 | 0.0 | 346 | 445 | 11 | 114 | .986 | 5.650 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Smith | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Al Rosen | 3B | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | 174 | 338 | 19 | 38 | .964 | 3.325 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Majeski | 3B | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Owen Friend | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Tipton | C | 46 | 0 | 0.0 | 114 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.870 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Hegan | C | 106 | 0 | 0.0 | 399 | 42 | 11 | 3 | .976 | 4.160 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Ginsberg | C | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 130 | 10 | 5 | 2 | .966 | 3.590 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Foiles | C | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 2.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Aylward | C | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Westlake | OF | 72 | 0 | 0.0 | 128 | 3 | 5 | 2 | .963 | 1.819 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Smith | OF | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 67 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .920 | 1.769 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Simpson | OF | 69 | 0 | 0.0 | 118 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .968 | 1.768 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dale Mitchell | OF | 125 | 0 | 0.0 | 224 | 2 | 7 | 1 | .970 | 1.808 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Majeski | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Lemon | OF | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 1.909 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kennedy | OF | 89 | 0 | 0.0 | 91 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Glynn | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Doby | OF | 146 | 0 | 0.0 | 354 | 10 | 6 | 3 | .984 | 2.493 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Early Wynn | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.306 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Wilks | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Wight | P | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Tomanek | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Lemon | P | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 74 | 3 | 15 | .972 | 2.561 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Art Houtteman | P | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Hoskins | P | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .962 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Hooper | P | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .442 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Gromek | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Garcia | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 39 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.395 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Feller | P | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.640 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Chakales | P | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Brissie | P | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Aber | P | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Strickland | SS | 122 | 0 | 0.0 | 238 | 400 | 17 | 103 | .974 | 5.230 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Rosen | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Owen Friend | SS | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Boone | SS | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 64 | 94 | 8 | 24 | .952 | 5.097 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1738 | 0 | 0.0 | 4121 | 1800 | 126 | 531 | .979 | 3.407 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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