1955 Cleveland Indians
Record: 56-106
Finish: 6th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 569
Runs Allowed: 797
Exp W-L: 57-105
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 976,214
Manager: Jason Morton

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 75-62, 2nd in the AL
AA: 82-55, 2nd in the AL
A: 58-79, 7th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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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
C  Gus Niarhos 34 151 498 64 127 18 3 6 44 2 0 104 70 .255 .383 .339 .722 73.1 10.1 6.3
2B  Al Kozar 33 155 508 40 109 22 5 2 41 0 0 42 103 .215 .274 .289 .563 37.6 0.8 7.1
CF  Clint Conatser 33 137 482 52 121 32 0 4 29 0 0 45 66 .251 .316 .342 .658 44.8 3.7 3.1
LF *Bob Skinner 23 129 477 54 128 17 5 8 53 3 6 49 53 .268 .336 .375 .712 59.1 7.3 2.5
LF  Danny Schell 27 129 456 36 102 23 1 11 58 0 0 23 60 .224 .263 .351 .614 37.8 1.9 2.5
2B  Johnny Lipon 32 141 412 37 96 16 0 3 37 2 0 38 84 .233 .297 .294 .591 36.3 2.4 3.4
C  Harry Chiti 22 107 359 34 91 22 2 10 42 0 0 32 52 .253 .314 .409 .723 43.6 5.0 4.1
1B *Dick Sisler 34 117 338 28 65 10 0 3 21 0 0 21 90 .192 .244 .249 .492 17.5 0.0 1.5
1B *Cliff Mapes 33 83 301 43 82 18 1 8 42 0 1 33 54 .272 .340 .419 .759 40.8 5.2 1.4
RF  Allie Clark 32 127 267 21 62 3 0 3 33 0 0 17 31 .232 .275 .277 .552 17.3 0.0 0.9
3B  Sibby Sisti 34 113 237 22 49 10 2 2 22 0 0 25 55 .207 .281 .291 .573 18.0 0.3 3.6
C #Ebba St.Claire 33 73 167 15 32 7 1 0 6 0 0 14 22 .192 .254 .246 .500 8.9 0.0 1.9
RF  Jose Zardon 32 92 130 16 35 6 3 0 17 2 1 4 12 .269 .291 .362 .653 11.3 0.9 0.7
P  Charley Schanz 36 44 101 4 14 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 42 .139 .139 .188 .327 0.3 0.0 0.0
CF *Whitey Lockman 28 25 101 13 32 4 0 0 6 0 0 9 7 .317 .366 .356 .723 12.8 1.6 0.6
RF *Joe Frazier 32 92 99 16 26 5 2 6 24 0 0 10 10 .263 .333 .535 .869 16.4 2.4 0.2
P  Camilo Pascual 21 44 93 6 22 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 13 .237 .260 .258 .518 6.1 0.0 0.0
2B *Solly Hemus 32 26 92 15 33 11 1 1 20 1 1 15 10 .359 .454 .533 .986 20.0 4.0 1.0
RF  Jackie Jensen 28 25 89 17 27 2 1 3 15 0 0 15 8 .303 .400 .449 .849 15.1 2.4 0.4
3B  Chuck Harmon 31 90 100 21 18 2 0 1 10 9 6 2 9 .180 .196 .230 .426 1.9 0.0 1.0
P  Dick Hyde 26 36 76 8 10 1 1 0 3 0 1 3 36 .132 .165 .171 .336 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Ike Delock 25 22 49 3 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 19 .102 .137 .122 .260 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Johnny Podres 22 19 16 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .188 .176 .188 .364 0.8 0.0 0.0
P *Luis Arroyo 28 7 13 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .231 .231 .308 .538 0.9 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Henry 27 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Dave Hillman 27 71 9 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Ernie Johnson 31 61 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .600 1.000 0.9 0.2 0.0
P  Joe Black 31 34 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Don Elston 26 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Poholsky 25 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Turley 24 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Kelly 27 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.0 2206 5493 569 1297 234 29 72 538 20 16 506 923 .236 .300 .329 .629 520.5 47.9 42.4
  Rank among 8 AL teams 6 8 7 6 5 8 8 7 6 7 7 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
 Charley Schanz 36 12 25 .324 44 44 0 327.0 296 166 45 143 169 4.57 15.7
 Camilo Pascual 21 8 27 .229 44 44 0 307.3 305 164 37 142 181 4.80 13.4
 Dick Hyde 26 11 15 .423 35 35 0 242.0 244 107 12 106 79 3.98 16.8
 Ike Delock 25 7 11 .389 22 22 0 164.0 173 90 17 64 76 4.94 5.6
 Dave Hillman 27 6 5 .545 71 1 6 90.3 85 34 10 29 39 3.39 10.9
 Ernie Johnson 31 3 3 .500 61 0 2 79.7 100 46 14 35 31 5.20 3.3
*Johnny Podres 22 1 4 .200 19 5 1 60.3 56 30 8 33 22 4.48 3.2
*Luis Arroyo 28 2 3 .400 7 7 0 46.3 48 19 5 17 23 3.69 4.0
 Joe Black 31 0 2 .000 34 0 1 45.3 62 25 10 14 20 4.96 1.3
 Bob Turley 24 1 8 .111 26 0 12 31.0 35 18 3 25 14 5.23 1.5
*Bill Henry 27 2 2 .500 4 1 0 29.0 34 15 5 8 16 4.65 1.0
 Don Elston 26 1 1 .500 14 0 0 16.0 20 13 2 10 10 7.31 0.0
 Bob Kelly 27 2 0 1.000 8 0 3 7.3 11 6 1 4 3 7.36 0.1
 Tom Poholsky 25 0 0 .000 4 0 0 7.0 6 3 1 2 5 3.86 0.5
 Art Fowler 32 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.3
Team Totals 27.2 56 106 .346 394 159 25 1454.0 1475 736 170 632 689 4.56 77.6
Rank among 8 AL teams 6 6 5 6 3 6 6 6 7 5 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 .992 32.3
G.Niarhos 1147.7 124 141 572 35 8 2 .987 25.5
E.St.Claire 306.0 38 38 155 12 1 0 .994 50.0
H.Chiti 94.1 11 11 55 1 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1547.8 173 190 782 48 9 2 .989 31.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.09
D.Sisler 723.7 82 90 875 74 9 89 .991 11.80
C.Mapes 667.7 77 78 773 66 7 84 .992 11.31
S.Sisti 59.3 3 17 73 3 3 9 .962 11.53
S.Hemus 6.4 0 1 7 1 0 1 1.000 11.25
J.Zardon 2.0 0 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 22.50
B.Skinner 0.8 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 22.50
Team Total 1459.9 162 188 1735 144 19 183 .990 11.58
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.12
A.Kozar 1297.0 152 155 275 572 18 121 .979 5.88
S.Hemus 149.3 14 15 32 63 2 11 .979 5.73
S.Sisti 119.7 9 27 25 52 1 11 .987 5.79
J.Lipon 33.0 1 12 8 14 0 3 1.000 6.00
J.Frazier 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
A.Clark 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1603.0 176 211 341 702 21 147 .980 5.86
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.93
H.Chiti 783.8 88 89 49 179 6 11 .974 2.62
S.Sisti 328.0 39 44 37 92 2 4 .985 3.54
C.Harmon 229.7 19 48 14 52 2 4 .971 2.59
S.Hemus 4.4 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.05
J.Zardon 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Clark 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1348.9 146 185 100 324 10 19 .977 2.83
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.32
J.Lipon 1056.0 125 126 203 430 18 111 .972 5.39
S.Sisti 132.0 12 20 28 53 3 11 .964 5.52
S.Hemus 60.0 5 6 9 25 1 5 .971 5.10
C.Harmon 17.0 0 9 1 4 1 0 .833 2.65
E.St.Claire 5.0 0 4 1 2 0 1 1.000 5.40
A.Clark 5.0 0 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40
D.Sisler 5.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60
D.Schell 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Frazier 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1284.0 142 172 243 519 23 128 .971 5.34
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.92
D.Schell 1016.0 123 123 249 6 4 4 .985 2.26
A.Clark 122.3 11 20 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.32
W.Lockman 41.8 4 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.15
J.Zardon 36.7 2 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.47
J.Frazier 28.0 1 9 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
C.Harmon 11.0 0 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
C.Conatser 5.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
C.Mapes 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Sisler 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Skinner 0.8 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1265.6 141 176 294 6 4 4 .987 2.13
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.40
C.Conatser 1017.0 123 126 309 3 10 1 .969 2.76
J.Zardon 204.3 15 43 52 3 0 0 1.000 2.42
W.Lockman 195.2 20 20 48 1 0 0 1.000 2.26
J.Jensen 35.4 4 4 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.54
J.Frazier 9.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
C.Mapes 6.7 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.05
Team Total 1467.6 162 196 423 7 10 1 .977 2.64
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.94
B.Skinner 1084.9 125 126 248 5 2 1 .992 2.10
A.Clark 320.7 35 40 77 1 1 0 .987 2.19
J.Jensen 173.7 20 21 33 1 1 0 .971 1.76
J.Frazier 24.0 2 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
C.Conatser 6.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Zardon 5.0 0 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 5.40
C.Mapes 2.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
H.Chiti 1.8 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1618.1 183 200 368 9 4 2 .990 2.10
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.32
C.Schanz 327.0 44 44 20 49 1 7 .986 1.90
C.Pascual 307.3 44 44 18 41 4 2 .937 1.73
D.Hyde 242.0 35 35 15 47 1 7 .984 2.31
I.Delock 164.0 22 22 7 40 2 4 .959 2.58
D.Hillman 90.3 1 71 8 21 1 2 .967 2.89
E.Johnson 79.7 0 61 6 22 0 1 1.000 3.16
J.Podres 60.3 5 19 3 11 0 0 1.000 2.09
L.Arroyo 46.3 7 7 4 9 0 1 1.000 2.52
J.Black 45.3 0 34 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.39
B.Turley 31.0 0 26 1 9 0 0 1.000 2.90
B.Henry 29.0 1 4 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.17
D.Elston 16.0 0 14 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Kelly 7.3 0 8 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.45
T.Poholsky 7.0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29
A.Fowler 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.0 159 394 89 263 9 24 .975 2.18
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Skinner .268
On-Base Pct Niarhos .383
Slugging Pct Skinner .375
OPS Niarhos .722
XR Niarhos 73.1
Games Kozar 155
At-Bats Kozar 508
Runs Niarhos 64
Hits Skinner 128
Total Bases Skinner 179
Singles Niarhos 100
Doubles Conatser 32
Triples Kozar, Skinner 5
Homeruns Schell 11
RBIs Schell 58
Stolen Bases Harmon 9
Caught Stealing Harmon, Skinner 6
Walks Niarhos 104
Strikeouts Kozar 103
ERA Hyde 3.98
Wins Schanz 12
Losses Pascual 27
Winning Pct Hyde .423
Saves Turley 12
Games Pitched Hillman 71
Games Started Pascual, Schanz 44
Complete Games Schanz 15
Shutouts Schanz 2
Innings Pitched Schanz 327.0
Hits Allowed Pascual 305
Homeruns Allowed Schanz 45
Strikeouts Pascual 181
Walks Allowed Schanz 143
Walks per 9IP Delock 3.5
Hits per 9IP Schanz 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Pascual 5.3
WHiP Schanz 1.34
OAVG Schanz .242
OOBP Schanz .320
OSLG Hyde .364
OOPS Hyde .707
Team All-Stars
Dave Hillman
Player Salaries
Charley Schanz $ 5,000,000
Cliff Mapes $ 5,000,000
Gus Niarhos $ 4,000,000
Butch Nieman $ 3,990,000
Dick Sisler $ 3,500,000
Red Embree $ 3,330,000
Tom Poholsky $ 3,078,571
Danny Gardella $ 730,000
Bob Turley $ 428,571
Ernie Johnson $ 377,143
Joe Frazier $ 350,000
Clint Conatser $ 350,000
George Zuverink $ 350,000
Clyde King $ 350,000
Al Kozar $ 350,000
Jerry Coleman $ 350,000
Jose Zardon $ 350,000
Jim Suchecki $ 350,000
Ray Murray $ 350,000
Sibby Sisti $ 300,000
Harry Chiti $ 300,000
Allie Clark $ 300,000
Ike Delock $ 300,000
Don Elston $ 300,000
Johnny Lipon $ 300,000
Bob Skinner $ 300,000
Chuck Harmon $ 300,000
Dave Hillman $ 300,000
Dick Hyde $ 300,000
Danny Schell $ 300,000
Johnny Podres $ 300,000
Joe Black $ 300,000
Camilo Pascual $ 300,000
Ebba St.Claire $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Cliff Mapes
2/24 Signed     Charley Schanz
4/2 Traded Gil Mcdougald New York (N) Ike Delock
Joey Amalfitano
Jim Pisoni
Marv Blaylock
Don Elston
4/2 Traded Juan Delis
$3,000,000
New York (N) Don Zimmer
5/1 Traded Bill Henry
Jackie Jensen
Whitey Lockman
Tampa Bay Red Embree
Bob Skinner
Harry Chiti
Bob Turley
5/1 Traded Solly Hemus
Luis Arroyo
Detroit Butch Nieman
5/1 Traded Bob Kelly
Art Fowler
Cincinnati Jerry Coleman
Tom Poholsky