1953 Cleveland Indians
Record: 81-81
Finish: 5th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 744
Runs Allowed: 764
Exp W-L: 79-83
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 1,121,193
Manager: Jason Morton

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-75, 5th in the AL
AA: 69-68, 5th in the AL
A: 79-58, 2nd 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
CF *Whitey Lockman 26 156 603 93 193 22 3 19 102 0 0 54 22 .320 .373 .461 .834 97.5 18.9 5.8
2B  Gil McDougald 25 160 573 112 194 47 8 27 106 0 0 79 43 .339 .418 .590 1.008 124.6 28.6 4.3
RF  Jackie Jensen 26 158 552 73 138 32 2 13 86 0 0 82 61 .250 .347 .386 .733 72.0 10.3 3.8
2B *Solly Hemus 30 147 509 69 108 24 5 4 47 0 0 102 69 .212 .349 .303 .652 60.9 6.9 5.9
RF *Joe Frazier 30 152 510 65 113 19 2 18 79 0 1 74 70 .222 .318 .373 .690 64.1 7.4 4.2
1B *Dick Sisler 32 141 489 78 151 21 1 15 70 0 0 41 63 .309 .362 .448 .810 75.7 14.1 3.7
C  Gus Niarhos 32 109 365 41 93 8 3 0 32 0 0 56 32 .255 .357 .293 .650 42.2 5.5 6.2
2B  Al Kozar 31 125 346 44 87 18 2 4 32 0 0 29 24 .251 .306 .350 .656 36.1 3.7 1.6
CF *Danny Gardella 33 126 290 37 72 6 1 17 52 0 0 28 44 .248 .319 .452 .771 43.6 6.9 1.9
C #Ebba St.Claire 31 71 274 33 65 18 0 1 20 1 1 15 27 .237 .276 .314 .590 21.5 0.8 4.7
3B  Sibby Sisti 32 91 205 23 44 11 1 3 21 1 0 35 32 .215 .329 .322 .651 23.0 2.4 2.1
2B  Lou Stringer 36 54 182 19 35 4 0 1 6 0 0 18 42 .192 .264 .231 .494 10.4 0.0 1.0
CF  Clint Conatser 31 77 120 11 26 5 1 1 14 0 0 12 11 .217 .284 .300 .584 9.5 0.0 0.6
P  Charley Schanz 34 43 111 8 23 3 0 1 5 0 0 3 27 .207 .228 .261 .489 6.4 0.0 0.0
P  Red Munger 34 43 104 3 14 1 0 0 8 0 1 0 29 .135 .133 .144 .278 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Henry 25 44 103 6 9 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 43 .087 .086 .107 .193 -3.1 0.0 0.0
RF  Allie Clark 30 80 91 10 18 3 1 1 17 0 0 7 1 .198 .253 .286 .538 4.8 0.0 0.2
3B *Chuck Workman 38 41 64 11 15 3 0 1 10 0 0 3 12 .234 .279 .328 .608 5.7 0.3 0.3
P  Jim Suchecki 26 39 36 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .167 .189 .167 .356 0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Black 29 36 25 2 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 10 .120 .154 .280 .434 1.1 0.0 0.0
C  Ray Murray 35 14 12 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .333 .385 .417 .801 1.8 0.3 0.2
1B *Jack Graham 36 13 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .143 .400 .286 .686 1.2 0.1 0.1
P  George Zuverink 28 58 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Hooks Iott 33 67 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.0 2045 5579 744 1413 248 31 127 720 2 3 644 679 .253 .331 .377 .708 699.3 106.1 46.6
  Rank among 8 AL teams 4 5 6 6 8 5 5 8 1 3 2 6 5 6 5 5  
* - 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 34 14 14 .500 43 43 0 316.0 308 171 33 162 187 4.87 13.4
*Bill Henry 25 17 17 .500 44 44 0 311.3 306 141 33 108 166 4.08 17.4
 Red Munger 34 16 17 .485 43 43 0 299.0 306 136 15 166 106 4.09 18.1
 Jim Suchecki 26 12 9 .571 39 16 8 148.0 126 59 19 62 79 3.59 13.9
 Joe Black 29 2 6 .250 36 16 2 109.0 108 57 10 45 60 4.71 5.0
 George Zuverink 28 6 7 .462 58 0 2 82.0 91 38 7 31 21 4.17 6.2
 Bob Kelly 25 3 4 .429 65 0 7 80.7 84 43 12 33 25 4.80 5.2
*Hooks Iott 33 8 5 .615 53 0 11 59.3 54 21 7 31 44 3.19 9.2
 Ernie Johnson 29 3 2 .600 42 0 1 52.7 56 32 10 28 30 5.47 2.0
Team Totals 29.2 81 81 .500 423 162 31 1458.0 1439 698 146 666 718 4.31 90.3
Rank among 8 AL teams 5 5 3 5 2 4 4 5 7 5 4  
* - 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 32.9
G.Niarhos 834.7 94 101 437 38 4 1 .992 23.8
E.St.Claire 589.7 66 70 288 37 2 1 .994 60.9
R.Murray 33.7 2 12 17 2 0 0 1.000 25.0
Team Total 1458.0 162 183 742 77 6 2 .993 36.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.24
D.Sisler 1036.7 121 130 1255 102 9 119 .993 11.78
D.Gardella 381.0 39 62 464 39 3 47 .994 11.88
L.Stringer 130.9 15 15 158 13 1 14 .994 11.76
J.Graham 19.3 1 10 27 3 0 1 1.000 13.97
S.Sisti 12.0 1 4 15 1 0 3 1.000 12.00
W.Lockman 9.0 0 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 8.00
Team Total 1588.9 177 226 1927 158 13 184 .994 11.81
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 6.19
A.Kozar 779.7 89 107 195 361 10 74 .982 6.42
L.Stringer 287.8 34 37 66 125 7 29 .965 5.97
S.Sisti 215.7 19 39 63 88 2 18 .987 6.30
S.Hemus 14.3 1 2 1 5 2 1 .750 3.77
G.McDougald 10.0 0 7 5 7 0 1 1.000 10.80
Team Total 1307.5 143 192 330 586 21 123 .978 6.31
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.87
G.McDougald 1226.0 136 140 86 297 23 21 .943 2.81
S.Sisti 130.0 15 15 6 40 1 4 .979 3.18
C.Workman 101.0 11 12 7 20 0 5 1.000 2.41
S.Hemus 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.0 162 168 99 357 24 30 .950 2.81
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 5.31
S.Hemus 1227.3 140 143 199 500 29 96 .960 5.13
S.Sisti 181.7 19 27 28 79 5 19 .955 5.30
G.McDougald 47.0 3 13 3 19 2 2 .917 4.21
C.Workman 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1458.0 162 184 231 598 36 118 .958 5.12
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 1.93
J.Frazier 1247.3 141 142 297 6 1 4 .997 2.19
D.Gardella 74.3 8 11 17 1 2 1 .900 2.18
C.Conatser 65.0 7 11 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
W.Lockman 54.3 6 8 11 1 0 0 1.000 1.99
A.Clark 9.0 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Sisler 5.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
C.Workman 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Kozar 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.0 162 181 344 8 3 5 .992 2.17
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.47
W.Lockman 1261.7 140 142 373 10 2 3 .995 2.73
D.Gardella 80.0 9 11 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.14
C.Conatser 69.0 8 9 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.70
J.Jensen 47.3 5 6 9 1 1 0 .909 1.90
Team Total 1458.0 162 168 414 11 3 3 .993 2.62
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.97
J.Jensen 1229.0 137 144 261 12 4 3 .986 2.00
D.Gardella 96.0 11 12 11 0 2 0 .846 1.03
C.Conatser 64.0 7 14 15 1 1 0 .941 2.25
A.Clark 59.3 7 8 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.52
J.Graham 4.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Frazier 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
C.Workman 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.0 162 183 298 13 7 3 .978 1.92
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.35
C.Schanz 316.0 43 43 18 43 1 3 .984 1.74
B.Henry 311.3 44 44 16 66 2 3 .976 2.37
R.Munger 299.0 43 43 23 70 2 7 .979 2.80
J.Suchecki 148.0 16 39 6 27 0 2 1.000 2.01
J.Black 109.0 16 36 7 22 1 2 .967 2.39
G.Zuverink 82.0 0 58 6 20 1 2 .963 2.85
B.Kelly 80.7 0 65 3 18 0 1 1.000 2.34
H.Iott 59.3 0 53 2 13 0 2 1.000 2.28
E.Johnson 52.7 0 42 5 10 0 1 1.000 2.56
Team Total 1458.0 162 423 86 289 7 23 .982 2.31
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average McDougald .339
On-Base Pct McDougald .418
Slugging Pct McDougald .590
OPS McDougald 1.008
XR McDougald 124.6
Games McDougald 160
At-Bats Lockman 603
Runs McDougald 112
Hits McDougald 194
Total Bases McDougald 338
Singles Lockman 149
Doubles McDougald 47
Triples McDougald 8
Homeruns McDougald 27
RBIs McDougald 106
Stolen Bases Sisti, St.Claire 1
Caught Stealing Frazier, Munger, St.Claire 1
Walks Hemus 102
Strikeouts Frazier 70
ERA Henry 4.08
Wins Henry 17
Losses Henry, Munger 17
Winning Pct Suchecki .571
Saves Iott 11
Games Pitched Kelly 65
Games Started Henry 44
Complete Games Henry, Schanz 7
Shutouts Munger, Schanz 1
Innings Pitched Schanz 316.0
Hits Allowed Schanz 308
Homeruns Allowed Henry, Schanz 33
Strikeouts Schanz 187
Walks Allowed Munger 166
Walks per 9IP Henry 3.1
Hits per 9IP Schanz 8.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Schanz 5.3
WHiP Henry 1.33
OAVG Henry .255
OOBP Henry .317
OSLG Munger .351
OOPS Munger .710
Team All-Stars
Hooks Iott
Whitey Lockman
Gil McDougald
Player Salaries
Charley Schanz $ 5,000,000
Lou Stringer $ 4,500,000
Whitey Lockman $ 2,714,286
Red Munger $ 2,140,000
Hooks Iott $ 2,000,000
Danny Gardella $ 1,810,000
Dick Sisler $ 1,800,000
Gus Niarhos $ 1,707,143
Solly Hemus $ 1,450,000
Chuck Workman $ 650,000
Clint Conatser $ 350,000
Al Kozar $ 350,000
Ray Murray $ 350,000
Jose Zardon $ 350,000
Clyde King $ 350,000
Sibby Sisti $ 300,000
Allie Clark $ 300,000
Joe Frazier $ 300,000
Jim Suchecki $ 300,000
Jack Graham $ 300,000
Bill Henry $ 300,000
Gil McDougald $ 300,000
Jackie Jensen $ 300,000
Ernie Johnson $ 300,000
Bob Kelly $ 300,000
Joe Black $ 300,000
George Zuverink $ 300,000
Ebba St.Claire $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Charley Schanz
2/18 Signed     Chuck Workman
7/1 Traded Luis Marquez
$7,000,000
San Diego Lou Stringer