1956 Cleveland Indians
Record: 60-102
Finish: 7th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 556
Runs Allowed: 700
Exp W-L: 64-98
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 1,025,893
Manager: Jason Morton

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 73-64, 5th in the AL
AA: 89-48, 1st in the AL
A: 67-70, 4th 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
SS  Jerry Coleman 31 157 566 75 125 28 8 6 43 10 10 78 47 .221 .317 .330 .647 62.5 5.6 4.5
LF *Bob Skinner 24 155 556 61 152 24 6 12 62 10 7 72 66 .273 .357 .403 .760 76.3 9.3 4.5
SS  Roy McMillan 26 156 549 56 139 15 2 12 62 2 2 41 47 .253 .306 .353 .659 61.4 5.5 5.1
LF  Danny Schell 28 160 555 51 145 31 1 10 69 1 0 39 77 .261 .307 .375 .682 60.7 5.8 3.9
C  Harry Chiti 23 151 510 56 128 23 3 17 70 0 0 37 63 .251 .299 .408 .707 61.6 6.2 7.4
1B  Frank Kellert 31 154 487 47 99 27 1 17 58 0 1 42 73 .203 .265 .368 .633 47.9 2.8 3.6
RF  Jose Zardon 33 150 514 51 122 20 5 0 38 2 5 18 57 .237 .263 .296 .558 31.5 0.0 5.8
1B *Cliff Mapes 34 144 455 45 90 16 0 10 44 0 0 53 126 .198 .282 .299 .581 38.2 1.2 2.9
2B  Johnny Lipon 33 100 185 18 47 9 1 2 14 1 0 14 38 .254 .307 .346 .652 17.9 1.5 1.9
C #Ebba St.Claire 34 68 160 15 41 10 2 1 18 0 0 13 24 .256 .312 .363 .675 16.8 1.7 1.9
3B  Chuck Harmon 32 106 146 32 34 2 0 1 11 11 7 8 16 .233 .273 .267 .540 10.3 0.0 1.6
RF *Joe Frazier 33 96 119 10 15 3 0 2 10 0 0 16 34 .126 .226 .202 .428 5.1 0.0 0.4
P  Ike Delock 26 43 104 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 36 .038 .083 .048 .131 -4.8 0.0 0.0
P  Camilo Pascual 22 43 98 5 14 3 0 0 5 1 0 1 23 .143 .158 .173 .332 1.6 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Hyde 27 44 94 7 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 32 .096 .115 .128 .242 -1.4 0.0 0.0
3B  Sibby Sisti 35 66 100 7 13 3 0 0 2 0 0 10 31 .130 .209 .160 .369 1.4 0.0 1.0
RF  Allie Clark 33 44 67 8 22 3 0 1 8 0 0 5 6 .328 .370 .418 .788 10.2 1.5 0.2
CF  Lloyd Gearhart 32 51 67 7 16 4 0 2 10 0 0 6 17 .239 .297 .388 .685 8.1 0.8 0.6
P *Johnny Podres 23 28 48 2 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 .125 .160 .188 .348 0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Black 32 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Stubby Overmire 37 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Dave Hillman 28 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.9 1961 5385 556 1221 228 29 93 526 39 32 462 824 .227 .287 .332 .619 505.7 41.9 45.3
  Rank among 8 AL teams 8 8 8 7 6 7 8 2 7 8 3 8 8 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
 Ike Delock 26 12 25 .324 43 43 0 340.0 321 149 37 120 189 3.94 18.4
 Camilo Pascual 22 13 21 .382 43 43 0 315.7 308 178 48 154 179 5.08 10.2
 Dick Hyde 27 13 17 .433 44 44 0 314.7 283 113 11 124 129 3.23 26.5
*Johnny Podres 23 6 11 .353 28 22 0 169.3 166 81 18 63 87 4.31 8.7
 Tom Poholsky 26 6 7 .462 64 0 6 67.3 66 33 8 29 35 4.41 6.0
 Don Elston 27 3 6 .333 45 0 12 58.3 46 14 2 28 26 2.16 10.9
 Ernie Johnson 32 0 2 .000 26 0 0 35.7 21 9 4 17 21 2.27 4.4
 Joe Black 32 1 0 1.000 20 0 0 30.7 31 10 4 8 16 2.94 3.3
 Dave Hillman 28 2 4 .333 22 0 4 23.3 23 11 5 11 6 4.24 2.0
 Bob Turley 25 2 1 .667 11 0 0 9.0 8 2 1 4 9 2.00 1.3
*Stubby Overmire 37 0 0 .000 3 1 0 6.0 3 0 0 4 1 0.00 1.1
Team Totals 27.7 58 94 .382 349 153 22 1370.0 1276 600 138 562 698 3.94 92.8
Rank among 8 AL teams 7 7 6 7 8 1 2 2 4 6 3  
* - 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 .995 34.1
H.Chiti 1124.7 126 131 603 42 2 2 .997 31.6
E.St.Claire 318.3 36 37 173 14 3 0 .984 50.0
Team Total 1443.0 162 168 776 56 5 2 .994 34.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.68
C.Mapes 1012.0 118 123 1207 106 3 115 .998 11.68
F.Kellert 242.0 28 29 310 27 3 18 .991 12.53
S.Sisti 180.0 16 32 228 19 2 19 .992 12.35
B.Skinner 8.0 0 3 9 0 0 2 1.000 10.13
C.Harmon 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1443.0 162 188 1755 152 8 154 .996 11.89
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 5.70
J.Coleman 1265.7 144 152 276 527 29 99 .965 5.71
J.Lipon 157.7 17 26 32 76 0 15 1.000 6.17
S.Sisti 19.7 1 5 6 10 0 3 1.000 7.32
Team Total 1443.0 162 183 314 613 29 117 .970 5.78
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.81
F.Kellert 1017.7 120 122 79 216 12 24 .961 2.61
C.Harmon 355.0 38 58 23 91 3 4 .974 2.89
S.Sisti 52.7 4 16 4 10 1 0 .933 2.39
H.Chiti 11.7 0 5 3 6 0 1 1.000 6.95
J.Frazier 3.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
R.McMillan 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.0 162 204 110 324 16 29 .964 2.71
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.11
R.McMillan 1245.0 143 152 162 493 27 85 .960 4.73
J.Lipon 175.0 18 31 29 85 1 16 .991 5.86
S.Sisti 22.0 1 7 7 14 0 3 1.000 8.59
J.Coleman 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.0 162 191 198 592 28 104 .966 4.93
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.86
D.Schell 1220.7 142 149 270 10 7 2 .976 2.06
J.Frazier 96.3 10 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.78
A.Clark 54.7 6 7 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.47
C.Harmon 37.7 2 14 11 2 0 0 1.000 3.11
C.Mapes 13.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
H.Chiti 8.7 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Gearhart 7.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
S.Sisti 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Zardon 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Skinner 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1443.0 162 202 320 12 7 2 .979 2.07
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.54
J.Zardon 1231.7 146 148 361 13 6 2 .984 2.73
L.Gearhart 160.0 12 41 42 2 2 0 .957 2.48
C.Mapes 51.3 4 10 16 0 2 0 .889 2.81
Team Total 1443.0 162 199 419 15 10 2 .977 2.71
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.98
B.Skinner 1307.0 147 149 287 13 2 4 .993 2.07
J.Frazier 53.0 6 7 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.87
A.Clark 38.0 5 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.24
C.Mapes 27.0 3 3 7 0 1 0 .875 2.33
H.Chiti 12.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Sisti 6.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1443.0 162 169 308 13 3 4 .991 2.00
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.28
I.Delock 340.0 43 43 32 60 6 3 .939 2.44
C.Pascual 315.7 43 43 23 48 1 5 .986 2.02
D.Hyde 314.7 44 44 26 80 2 9 .981 3.03
J.Podres 169.3 22 28 12 33 2 2 .957 2.39
T.Poholsky 67.3 0 64 3 10 1 1 .929 1.74
D.Elston 58.3 0 45 5 11 0 2 1.000 2.47
E.Johnson 35.7 0 26 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.01
J.Black 30.7 0 20 4 5 0 3 1.000 2.64
D.Hillman 23.3 0 22 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.93
B.Turley 9.0 0 11 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Overmire 6.0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1370.0 153 349 107 255 12 26 .968 2.38
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Skinner .273
On-Base Pct Skinner .357
Slugging Pct Chiti .408
OPS Skinner .760
XR Skinner 76.3
Games Schell 160
At-Bats Coleman 566
Runs Coleman 75
Hits Skinner 152
Total Bases Skinner 224
Singles McMillan, Skinner 110
Doubles Schell 31
Triples Coleman 8
Homeruns Chiti, Kellert 17
RBIs Chiti 70
Stolen Bases Harmon 11
Caught Stealing Coleman 10
Walks Coleman 78
Strikeouts Mapes 126
ERA Hyde 3.23
Wins Hyde, Pascual 13
Losses Delock 25
Winning Pct Hyde .433
Saves Elston 12
Games Pitched Poholsky 64
Games Started Hyde 44
Complete Games Delock 20
Shutouts Delock 1
Innings Pitched Delock 340.0
Hits Allowed Delock 321
Homeruns Allowed Pascual 48
Strikeouts Delock 189
Walks Allowed Pascual 154
Walks per 9IP Delock 3.2
Hits per 9IP Hyde 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Pascual 5.1
WHiP Hyde 1.29
OAVG Hyde .240
OOBP Delock .311
OSLG Hyde .320
OOPS Hyde .634
Team All-Stars
Harry Chiti
Don Elston
Player Salaries
Cliff Mapes $ 5,000,000
Stubby Overmire $ 4,390,000
Butch Nieman $ 3,990,000
Tom Poholsky $ 3,078,571
Bob Turley $ 428,571
Ernie Johnson $ 377,143
Allie Clark $ 350,000
Jerry Coleman $ 350,000
Joe Frazier $ 350,000
Joe Black $ 350,000
Clyde King $ 350,000
George Zuverink $ 350,000
Jose Zardon $ 350,000
Jim Suchecki $ 350,000
Sibby Sisti $ 350,000
Ebba St.Claire $ 350,000
Dave Hillman $ 300,000
Harry Chiti $ 300,000
Ike Delock $ 300,000
Don Elston $ 300,000
Johnny Lipon $ 300,000
Chuck Harmon $ 300,000
Camilo Pascual $ 300,000
Dick Hyde $ 300,000
Bob Skinner $ 300,000
Frank Kellert $ 300,000
Danny Schell $ 300,000
Johnny Podres $ 300,000
Roy McMillan $ 300,000
Lloyd Gearhart $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
6/1 Traded Jim Blackburn Boston (N) Stubby Overmire
6/30 Released Charley Schanz    
7/31 Traded Marion Fricano
$6,700,000
San Diego Vern Law