1951 Cleveland Indians
Record: 68-94
Finish: 8th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 765
Runs Allowed: 947
Exp W-L: 65-97
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 943,052
Manager: Jason Morton

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-65, 2nd in the AL
AA: 63-74, 4th in the AL
A: 70-67, 3rd in the AL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
RF *Buddy Lewis 34 156 592 90 159 26 9 19 88 0 0 53 70 .269 .326 .439 .765 82.0 10.3 4.3
C  Gus Niarhos 30 139 523 76 135 14 1 2 39 3 1 85 44 .258 .363 .300 .663 62.4 6.4 4.0
1B *Dick Sisler 30 146 542 82 147 28 1 23 67 0 1 56 55 .271 .339 .454 .793 81.6 11.9 4.0
2B  Gil McDougald 23 132 466 74 131 25 5 19 77 0 0 68 65 .281 .371 .479 .849 81.1 13.2 3.3
2B *Solly Hemus 28 149 431 67 116 22 4 7 41 1 0 79 38 .269 .386 .387 .774 67.6 10.4 3.8
RF  Jackie Jensen 24 130 450 76 137 29 2 19 91 0 0 61 66 .304 .386 .504 .891 80.7 14.1 4.9
CF *Danny Gardella 31 138 413 61 108 10 3 22 75 0 2 42 40 .262 .330 .460 .790 62.4 8.5 2.4
2B  Al Kozar 29 141 390 44 107 18 4 5 49 0 2 42 25 .274 .343 .379 .723 47.4 5.1 3.0
3B *Chuck Workman 36 130 391 53 112 15 0 19 73 1 1 22 62 .286 .324 .471 .794 57.8 8.1 2.9
CF  Clint Conatser 29 101 278 37 69 15 1 5 29 0 0 33 33 .248 .327 .363 .690 34.2 3.7 1.9
CF *Whitey Lockman 24 136 278 31 76 9 1 4 29 0 0 18 14 .273 .316 .356 .673 28.4 2.1 1.9
SS  Damon Phillips 32 69 190 19 43 10 1 0 14 0 1 14 12 .226 .279 .289 .569 12.4 0.0 1.3
C  Ray Murray 33 47 153 16 31 3 0 2 9 1 0 9 18 .203 .261 .261 .522 10.1 0.0 1.1
P  Ernie Johnson 27 44 98 4 13 0 0 1 6 0 0 4 13 .133 .167 .163 .330 1.4 0.0 0.0
P *Hal Newhouser 30 44 99 6 14 3 0 0 7 1 1 2 18 .141 .157 .172 .329 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Red Munger 32 35 78 4 17 6 0 0 6 0 0 1 17 .218 .228 .295 .523 4.8 0.0 0.0
P *Rex Cecil 34 33 65 4 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .154 .164 .154 .318 1.2 0.0 0.0
RF *Joe Frazier 28 22 60 6 11 1 0 3 9 0 0 9 13 .183 .290 .350 .640 6.4 0.1 0.4
1B *Jack Graham 34 48 60 11 17 2 0 8 16 0 1 4 11 .283 .338 .717 1.055 13.5 2.6 0.1
C  Bobby Bragan 33 31 51 2 9 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 1 .176 .208 .176 .384 -0.5 0.0 0.3
P  Lou Lucier 33 45 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  George Zuverink 26 82 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .286 .429 -0.2 0.0 0.0
2B  George Hausmann 35 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 -1.0 0.0 0.1
P  Billy Loes 21 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P #Bill Donovan 34 46 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Woody Rich 35 45 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Max Surkont 29 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Steve Roser 33 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Clyde King 27 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Tex Hughson 35 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.3 2143 5648 765 1465 237 32 158 733 7 10 607 632 .259 .331 .397 .728 733.3 96.6 39.5
  Rank among 8 AL teams 3 8 6 8 7 5 8 7 2 5 2 7 7 8 8 8  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Hal Newhouser 30 12 19 .387 44 44 0 290.7 318 179 40 180 140 5.54 8.7
 Ernie Johnson 27 14 18 .438 44 44 0 287.7 283 156 21 140 160 4.88 15.6
 Red Munger 32 9 19 .321 35 35 0 233.3 268 148 28 132 69 5.71 6.2
 Rex Cecil 34 13 10 .565 33 33 0 209.7 173 98 28 141 142 4.21 15.3
 George Zuverink 26 4 9 .308 82 0 6 106.7 137 67 15 43 32 5.65 4.0
 Lou Lucier 33 5 4 .556 45 4 1 66.3 64 39 9 51 21 5.29 3.8
 Jim Suchecki 24 2 5 .286 58 0 15 62.7 66 34 12 27 25 4.88 6.1
 Woody Rich 35 2 0 1.000 45 0 1 58.0 60 29 3 37 20 4.50 4.1
*Bill Donovan 34 3 0 1.000 46 0 0 55.0 65 37 8 40 11 6.05 1.5
 Max Surkont 29 2 3 .400 18 0 3 20.7 26 17 2 14 4 7.41 0.3
 Billy Loes 21 0 2 .000 2 2 0 17.0 18 8 2 7 4 4.24 0.7
 Steve Roser 33 1 3 .250 11 0 0 14.3 13 7 2 9 4 4.40 1.0
 Clyde King 27 1 2 .333 9 0 0 14.0 14 11 3 7 2 7.07 0.1
 Tex Hughson 35 0 0 .000 7 0 0 5.7 13 13 1 10 3 20.67 0.0
 Marlin Stuart 32 0 0 .000 2 0 0 3.0 3 0 0 4 0 0.00 0.5
Team Totals 30.1 68 94 .420 481 162 26 1444.6 1521 843 174 842 637 5.25 67.8
Rank among 8 AL teams 8 8 7 8 5 4 6 8 8 6 8  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 31.3
G.Niarhos 1122.3 124 134 518 43 4 1 .993 22.6
R.Murray 308.7 37 42 153 13 1 0 .994 12.5
B.Bragan 13.7 1 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1444.7 162 182 675 56 5 1 .993 20.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 12.31
D.Sisler 1174.3 139 139 1485 113 12 137 .993 12.25
W.Lockman 203.0 18 39 268 21 0 26 1.000 12.81
J.Graham 39.0 3 10 38 6 1 4 .978 10.15
D.Gardella 28.3 2 8 40 2 0 1 1.000 13.34
Team Total 1444.7 162 196 1831 142 13 168 .993 12.29
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 6.28
A.Kozar 872.7 100 107 201 385 11 75 .982 6.04
S.Hemus 481.7 55 62 129 229 7 50 .981 6.69
B.Bragan 62.0 5 13 13 32 3 8 .938 6.53
G.Hausmann 24.3 2 7 5 8 0 2 1.000 4.81
G.McDougald 4.0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1444.7 162 193 349 657 21 135 .980 6.27
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.95
C.Workman 804.0 93 102 67 209 15 8 .948 3.09
G.McDougald 419.3 48 49 32 100 5 12 .964 2.83
D.Phillips 166.3 19 23 13 44 4 7 .934 3.08
S.Hemus 47.3 2 15 1 14 1 3 .938 2.85
B.Lewis 6.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
C.Conatser 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1444.7 162 192 114 368 25 30 .951 3.00
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.53
G.McDougald 642.3 72 76 93 263 10 59 .973 4.99
S.Hemus 510.0 57 58 84 228 11 43 .966 5.51
D.Phillips 253.3 29 35 39 111 4 17 .974 5.33
B.Bragan 38.0 4 8 7 8 1 2 .938 3.55
D.Gardella 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.7 162 178 223 610 26 121 .970 5.19
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 1.93
D.Gardella 642.3 75 77 112 2 13 1 .898 1.60
C.Conatser 463.7 56 60 101 3 0 1 1.000 2.02
J.Frazier 124.0 14 15 25 1 0 0 1.000 1.89
W.Lockman 123.0 11 24 34 0 1 0 .971 2.49
B.Lewis 64.7 6 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 1.81
C.Workman 14.3 0 8 2 1 0 1 1.000 1.88
D.Sisler 12.7 0 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.55
Team Total 1444.6 162 200 291 8 14 3 .955 1.86
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.55
J.Jensen 994.3 116 118 302 13 11 3 .966 2.85
D.Gardella 241.0 26 30 71 1 1 0 .986 2.69
W.Lockman 172.3 16 31 44 1 0 1 1.000 2.35
C.Conatser 37.0 4 7 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.68
Team Total 1444.7 162 186 427 16 12 4 .974 2.76
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.92
B.Lewis 1227.3 138 139 274 9 1 0 .996 2.08
J.Jensen 68.0 7 9 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.46
C.Conatser 65.3 7 10 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.07
J.Graham 34.0 4 6 5 0 1 0 .833 1.32
D.Gardella 28.0 3 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
C.Workman 16.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Frazier 6.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1444.7 162 173 311 10 2 0 .994 2.00
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.33
H.Newhouser 290.7 44 44 15 65 1 4 .988 2.48
E.Johnson 287.7 44 44 18 54 0 1 1.000 2.25
R.Munger 233.3 35 35 23 66 2 5 .978 3.43
R.Cecil 209.7 33 33 12 20 1 1 .970 1.37
G.Zuverink 106.7 0 82 7 22 1 2 .967 2.45
L.Lucier 66.3 4 45 3 11 0 0 1.000 1.90
J.Suchecki 62.7 0 58 5 7 0 0 1.000 1.72
W.Rich 58.0 0 45 4 12 0 1 1.000 2.48
B.Donovan 55.0 0 46 8 8 1 1 .941 2.62
M.Surkont 20.7 0 18 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.18
B.Loes 17.0 2 2 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.65
S.Roser 14.3 0 11 1 3 0 1 1.000 2.51
C.King 14.0 0 9 1 3 0 1 1.000 2.57
T.Hughson 5.7 0 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.59
M.Stuart 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.6 162 481 98 281 6 17 .984 2.36
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Jensen .304
On-Base Pct Hemus, Jensen .386
Slugging Pct Jensen .504
OPS Jensen .891
XR Lewis 82.0
Games Lewis 156
At-Bats Lewis 592
Runs Lewis 90
Hits Lewis 159
Total Bases Lewis 260
Singles Niarhos 118
Doubles Jensen 29
Triples Lewis 9
Homeruns Sisler 23
RBIs Jensen 91
Stolen Bases Niarhos 3
Caught Stealing Gardella, Kozar 2
Walks Niarhos 85
Strikeouts Lewis 70
ERA Cecil 4.21
Wins Johnson 14
Losses Munger, Newhouser 19
Winning Pct Cecil .565
Saves Suchecki 15
Games Pitched Zuverink 82
Games Started Johnson, Newhouser 44
Complete Games Newhouser 4
Shutouts Munger 1
Innings Pitched Newhouser 290.7
Hits Allowed Newhouser 318
Homeruns Allowed Newhouser 40
Strikeouts Johnson 160
Walks Allowed Newhouser 180
Walks per 9IP Johnson 4.4
Hits per 9IP Cecil 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Cecil 6.1
WHiP Johnson 1.47
OAVG Cecil .224
OOBP Johnson .341
OSLG Johnson .372
OOPS Johnson .714
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Buddy Lewis $ 7,800,000
Red Munger $ 3,410,000
Chuck Workman $ 2,390,000
Whitey Lockman $ 1,528,571
Hal Newhouser $ 1,390,000
Dick Sisler $ 1,157,143
Lou Lucier $ 1,034,286
Danny Gardella $ 880,000
Bill Donovan $ 700,000
Tex Hughson $ 641,000
Bobby Bragan $ 600,000
Rex Cecil $ 535,714
Steve Roser $ 500,000
Soup Campbell $ 350,000
Blix Donnelly $ 350,000
George Hausmann $ 350,000
Clyde King $ 350,000
Damon Phillips $ 350,000
Gus Niarhos $ 350,000
Jose Zardon $ 350,000
Max Surkont $ 300,000
Marlin Stuart $ 300,000
Woody Rich $ 300,000
Clint Conatser $ 300,000
Joe Frazier $ 300,000
Al Kozar $ 300,000
Jack Graham $ 300,000
Solly Hemus $ 300,000
Gil McDougald $ 300,000
Jackie Jensen $ 300,000
Ernie Johnson $ 300,000
Billy Loes $ 300,000
George Zuverink $ 300,000
Jim Suchecki $ 300,000
Ray Murray $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/13 Signed     Hal Newhouser
2/24 Signed     Bobby Bragan
2/26 Signed     Steve Roser