1954 Cleveland Indians
Record: 71-91
Finish: 6th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 678
Runs Allowed: 810
Exp W-L: 68-94
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 1,033,840
Manager: Jason Morton

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-70, 6th in the AL
AA: 72-65, 3rd in the AL
A: 71-66, 1st 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
2B  Gil McDougald 26 154 571 112 165 43 3 32 100 0 0 95 56 .289 .389 .543 .932 116.1 24.5 5.4
CF *Whitey Lockman 27 158 581 92 184 33 5 11 78 0 0 55 16 .317 .375 .448 .822 89.9 16.9 3.9
RF  Jackie Jensen 27 155 553 74 137 39 5 9 68 0 0 74 78 .248 .337 .385 .722 67.9 8.8 4.3
2B *Solly Hemus 31 157 553 77 164 33 9 9 69 1 2 61 61 .297 .369 .438 .807 83.2 14.8 5.8
2B  Al Kozar 32 151 537 55 126 23 3 2 43 0 0 47 43 .235 .297 .300 .597 45.1 2.5 2.3
C  Gus Niarhos 33 140 359 53 71 9 0 3 18 0 2 100 44 .198 .374 .248 .622 44.2 4.5 6.8
RF  Allie Clark 31 133 409 38 98 18 1 9 60 0 0 27 29 .240 .283 .355 .637 40.4 2.8 2.8
1B *Dick Sisler 33 110 358 32 87 17 3 7 32 0 0 16 63 .243 .276 .366 .642 33.5 2.6 1.8
CF *Danny Gardella 34 132 326 38 63 4 1 20 62 0 0 30 50 .193 .266 .396 .662 36.8 2.0 1.6
RF *Joe Frazier 31 111 242 29 55 6 1 13 45 0 1 25 33 .227 .299 .421 .720 30.2 3.5 1.5
C  Roy Campanella 32 53 177 20 59 10 1 3 26 1 0 26 21 .333 .422 .452 .874 32.3 6.9 4.0
CF  Clint Conatser 32 88 158 18 36 3 1 1 16 0 0 13 21 .228 .287 .278 .565 11.6 0.0 0.8
3B  Sibby Sisti 33 54 125 11 17 4 1 0 16 0 0 15 32 .136 .222 .184 .406 5.4 0.0 1.3
P  Charley Schanz 35 43 108 4 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 46 .065 .090 .083 .173 -3.7 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Henry 26 44 105 3 13 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 38 .124 .132 .124 .256 -1.6 0.0 0.0
C #Ebba St.Claire 32 43 100 7 27 3 1 0 4 0 0 7 14 .270 .324 .320 .644 9.6 1.1 1.5
2B  Lou Stringer 37 59 60 4 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 7 14 .117 .206 .133 .339 1.3 0.0 0.4
P  Camilo Pascual 20 22 54 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .148 .148 .148 .296 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Ernie Johnson 30 37 47 3 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .234 .234 .234 .468 2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Red Munger 35 42 47 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .191 .191 .213 .404 1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Suchecki 27 21 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .083 .000 .083 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Black 30 21 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
C  Ray Murray 36 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Art Fowler 31 52 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P #Hooks Iott 34 64 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Kelly 26 82 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.8 2130 5499 678 1344 249 35 119 651 2 5 603 694 .244 .320 .367 .687 642.8 90.8 44.0
  Rank among 8 AL teams 6 7 6 4 3 5 7 8 1 5 5 7 7 6 6 6  
* - 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
 Charley Schanz 35 18 17 .514 43 43 0 329.7 282 141 43 176 188 3.85 19.7
*Bill Henry 26 13 22 .371 44 44 0 304.0 335 169 37 102 181 5.00 8.8
 Camilo Pascual 20 5 10 .333 22 22 0 163.3 147 75 20 62 102 4.13 9.1
 Ernie Johnson 30 5 10 .333 37 21 0 156.3 155 85 17 82 75 4.89 5.3
 Red Munger 35 6 9 .400 42 18 0 148.0 170 96 14 91 48 5.84 1.3
 Bob Kelly 26 12 5 .706 82 0 7 103.0 99 44 11 48 31 3.84 11.1
 Art Fowler 31 4 6 .400 52 1 9 71.0 59 25 10 32 32 3.17 8.3
*Hooks Iott 34 4 3 .571 56 0 16 68.3 46 22 7 37 56 2.90 12.1
 Jim Suchecki 27 0 7 .000 21 8 1 66.0 94 60 16 43 35 8.18 0.0
 Joe Black 30 4 2 .667 21 5 0 43.7 34 21 4 17 26 4.33 2.7
Team Totals 29.4 71 91 .438 420 162 33 1453.3 1421 738 179 690 774 4.57 78.2
Rank among 8 AL teams 6 6 3 6 1 4 7 6 7 3 6  
* - 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 .991 32.3
G.Niarhos 856.0 96 99 457 31 2 1 .996 34.9
R.Campanella 408.3 45 50 250 23 1 0 .996 50.0
E.St.Claire 178.0 20 22 101 6 0 0 1.000 0.0
R.Murray 11.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1453.3 162 174 811 60 3 1 .997 35.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 12.28
D.Sisler 784.7 90 99 922 68 11 78 .989 11.36
D.Gardella 637.7 71 84 696 60 3 66 .996 10.67
L.Stringer 13.0 1 5 13 2 0 1 1.000 10.38
W.Lockman 9.0 0 6 10 1 0 1 1.000 11.00
J.Graham 5.0 0 6 4 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
S.Sisti 4.0 0 1 7 0 0 0 1.000 15.75
Team Total 1453.3 162 201 1652 132 14 146 .992 11.05
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.35
A.Kozar 1248.3 149 151 307 498 22 101 .973 5.80
L.Stringer 179.0 13 51 44 77 3 18 .976 6.08
S.Hemus 11.7 0 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 4.63
S.Sisti 11.3 0 8 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.59
G.McDougald 3.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1453.3 162 219 355 580 25 119 .974 5.79
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 2.84
G.McDougald 1338.3 149 149 97 331 24 26 .947 2.88
S.Sisti 115.0 13 14 12 23 3 2 .921 2.74
Team Total 1453.3 162 163 109 354 27 28 .945 2.87
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.54
S.Hemus 1258.0 144 148 209 507 18 88 .975 5.12
S.Sisti 186.3 18 29 36 73 5 14 .956 5.26
G.McDougald 7.0 0 2 1 4 0 0 1.000 6.43
L.Stringer 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1453.3 162 180 246 584 23 102 .973 5.14
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.91
W.Lockman 905.7 101 105 194 10 2 4 .990 2.03
J.Frazier 448.3 51 52 110 1 0 0 1.000 2.23
C.Conatser 60.0 7 8 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
D.Gardella 33.3 3 8 4 0 3 0 .571 1.08
A.Clark 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
S.Sisti 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1453.3 162 177 318 12 5 4 .985 2.04
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.41
J.Jensen 859.7 98 99 242 9 13 1 .951 2.63
W.Lockman 392.7 42 47 108 3 4 2 .965 2.54
C.Conatser 144.0 16 19 41 0 1 0 .976 2.56
D.Gardella 52.0 6 7 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.77
A.Clark 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
G.Niarhos 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1453.3 162 174 409 12 18 3 .959 2.61
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.97
A.Clark 896.7 102 107 223 3 1 1 .996 2.27
J.Jensen 418.0 45 56 105 2 2 0 .982 2.30
C.Conatser 60.0 6 9 16 0 2 0 .889 2.40
J.Frazier 40.0 5 6 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.58
D.Gardella 30.7 3 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.59
S.Sisti 8.0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1453.3 162 187 356 6 5 1 .986 2.24
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.34
C.Schanz 329.7 43 43 12 51 3 4 .955 1.72
B.Henry 304.0 44 44 27 59 3 7 .966 2.55
C.Pascual 163.3 22 22 10 27 0 3 1.000 2.04
E.Johnson 156.3 21 37 9 23 0 2 1.000 1.84
R.Munger 148.0 18 42 8 35 0 3 1.000 2.61
B.Kelly 103.0 0 82 7 11 1 1 .947 1.57
A.Fowler 71.0 1 52 3 12 0 0 1.000 1.90
H.Iott 68.3 0 56 3 10 0 1 1.000 1.71
J.Suchecki 66.0 8 21 6 15 0 1 1.000 2.86
J.Black 43.7 5 21 3 7 1 0 .909 2.06
Team Total 1453.3 162 420 88 250 8 22 .977 2.09
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Lockman .317
On-Base Pct McDougald .389
Slugging Pct McDougald .543
OPS McDougald .932
XR McDougald 116.1
Games Lockman 158
At-Bats Lockman 581
Runs McDougald 112
Hits Lockman 184
Total Bases McDougald 310
Singles Lockman 135
Doubles McDougald 43
Triples Hemus 9
Homeruns McDougald 32
RBIs McDougald 100
Stolen Bases Campanella, Hemus 1
Caught Stealing Hemus, Niarhos 2
Walks Niarhos 100
Strikeouts Jensen 78
ERA Schanz 3.85
Wins Schanz 18
Losses Henry 22
Winning Pct Kelly .706
Saves Iott 16
Games Pitched Kelly 82
Games Started Henry 44
Complete Games Schanz 11
Shutouts Schanz 1
Innings Pitched Schanz 329.7
Hits Allowed Henry 335
Homeruns Allowed Schanz 43
Strikeouts Schanz 188
Walks Allowed Schanz 176
Walks per 9IP Henry 3.0
Hits per 9IP Schanz 7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Pascual 5.6
WHiP Pascual 1.28
OAVG Schanz .232
OOBP Pascual .306
OSLG Schanz .387
OOPS Pascual .712
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Charley Schanz $ 5,000,000
Whitey Lockman $ 4,940,000
Roy Campanella $ 4,650,000
Lou Stringer $ 4,500,000
Gus Niarhos $ 4,000,000
Dick Sisler $ 3,500,000
Red Munger $ 2,140,000
Hooks Iott $ 2,000,000
Solly Hemus $ 1,607,143
Danny Gardella $ 730,000
Al Kozar $ 350,000
Clint Conatser $ 350,000
Joe Frazier $ 350,000
Jack Graham $ 350,000
Ernie Johnson $ 350,000
Clyde King $ 350,000
George Zuverink $ 350,000
Ray Murray $ 350,000
Jose Zardon $ 350,000
Joe Black $ 300,000
Jackie Jensen $ 300,000
Gil McDougald $ 300,000
Bill Henry $ 300,000
Camilo Pascual $ 300,000
Sibby Sisti $ 300,000
Ebba St.Claire $ 300,000
Art Fowler $ 300,000
Jim Suchecki $ 300,000
Allie Clark $ 300,000
Bob Kelly $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Signed     Gus Niarhos
2/5 Signed     Dick Sisler
7/1 Traded Dick Sipek New York (A) Roy Campanella