1956 Cleveland Indians Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 88-66
Finished 2nd in the AL
Attendance: 851,948, Avg. 13,107
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Manager: Al Lopez (88-66)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1956 Cleveland Indians Roster
1956 Cleveland Indians Results

The Cleveland Indians of the American League ended the 1956 season with a record of 88 wins and 66 losses, finishing second in the AL.

The Indians led the league with just 581 runs allowed. Cleveland scored 712 runs. Vic Wertz walloped 32 home runs for the squad, while Al Rosen, Al Smith and Rocky Colavito each swatted 20 or more also. Vic Wertz recorded 106 runs batted in. Al Smith topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .274. Early Wynn, Bob Lemon and Herb Score paced the squad with 20 wins each, and Herb Score recorded a 2.53 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Al Lopez coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Herb Score209.6902.53353311650249.3162827018129226320111022
Early Wynn209.6902.72383521842277.72339384199171585051144
Bob Lemon2014.5883.03393532123255.32301038623892946041074
Mike Garcia1112.4783.7835301840197.7213938318745119503874
Don Mossi65.5453.5948324001187.7793835633559101372
Ray Narleski32.6001.523202100459.3361110519042100234
Hank Aguirre35.3753.72169321165.3633527727131123282
Art Houtteman22.5006.56224500146.7603934531219401234
Cal McLish24.3334.963721700161.7673634532527001276
Bud Daley101.0006.20140600020.3211514214113501101
Sal Maglie003.602000005.0622120200122
Bob Feller04.0004.97194520158.0633432723418010253
Totals8866.5713.32337155886716241384.0123358151111656434845303315888

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Al Smith141626526871442651671638472.274.378.433.812228158267
Vic Wertz1365684816512722032106007587.264.364.509.874245850710
Jim Busby135546494721161731250834347.235.301.354.656175134502
Chico Carrasquel14154447460115151748045261.243.323.323.64615396930
Bobby Avila1385975137411514210541747068.224.323.318.640163125810
Al Rosen121481416641111821561135844.267.351.428.779178130074
Rocky Colavito10138032255891142165014946.276.372.531.90317142430
Gene Woodling1003993175683170838266929.262.395.391.78712463732
Jim Hegan1223683154270152634114954.222.327.340.66710780406
Preston Ward871701501838100621001620.253.325.440.7656600400
George Strickland85199171223612317012227.211.299.292.5915060510
Hal Naragon5314012211353131800139.287.355.402.7574931222
Sam Mele57128114172970420011220.254.320.421.7414840020
Early Wynn381131015235011510722.228.278.307.5853110500
Earl Averill4211093122260314011425.237.343.398.7403721201
Bob Lemon43110938180051200921.194.272.355.6273311700
Dave Pope257270617310300112.243.250.314.5642200010
Herb Score35100871116301801932.184.260.253.5132210400
Joe Caffie12443871300013248.342.432.342.7741302000
Rudy Regalado16524741110020041.234.308.255.5631211000
Mike Garcia35756117100300310.115.164.131.295821820
Kenny Kuhn2722227610020104.273.273.318.591700000
Dale Mitchell3837302400060072.133.297.133.431400001
Don Mossi48222013200200210.150.227.250.477510000
Ray Narleski32981200000014.250.333.250.583200000
Art Houtteman2313120200021004.167.167.167.333200100
Hank Aguirre16211812000200011.111.111.111.222200300
Stu Locklin9660100000001.167.167.167.333100000
Cal McLish391592110020064.111.467.222.689200000
Bob Feller1917160000000019.000.059.000.059000000
Bud Daley14320000000000.000.000.000.000000100
Sal Maglie2000000000000000000
Hank Foiles1000000000000000000
Hoot Evers31010000000101.000000000
Bobby Young1000000000000000000
Totals1935598851487121256199231536774032681764.244.335.381.715196011040813835


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Vic Wertz1B1331331086.797177999.9918.6807.8800000
Preston Ward1B6016240.322621320.9889.2504.1170000
Sam Mele1B8656.0595051.0001.2868.0000000
Rudy Regalado1B101.011001.00018.0002.0000000
Bobby Avila2B1351301154.03223511683.9775.2494.9850000
George Strickland2B2825216.07369221.9865.9175.0710000
Kenny Kuhn2B5012.04311.8755.2501.4000000
Al Smith2B102.00000.000.0000000
Al Rosen3B116114966.0892191820.9452.8702.6550000
Al Smith3B2823207.3223852.9232.6052.1430000
Rudy Regalado3B1411109.09953.7831.4861.2860000
George Strickland3B26799.7132013.9712.9801.2690000
Chico Carrasquel3B102.002001.0009.0002.0000000
Jim HeganC11897864.364828102.9857.0395.729217251028.6
Hal NaragonC4833293.7162720.9885.1793.5216811635.3
Earl AverillC3425225.01571512.9946.8805.0592616936.0
Hank FoilesC101.00000.000.0000000
Jim BusbyOF1331221116.7344340.9892.7972.6090000
Al SmithOF1221141010.0248651.9812.2632.0820000
Rocky ColavitoOF9888815.3177660.9682.0201.8670000
Gene WoodlingOF8583736.3154330.9811.9191.8470000
Dave PopeOF1818137.0341001.0002.2991.9440000
Sam MeleOF2015130.729210.9692.1351.5500000
Preston WardOF1714113.0291001.0002.3891.7650000
Joe CaffieOF101083.0211001.0002.3862.2000000
Stu LocklinOF116.010001.0001.5001.0000000
Dale MitchellOF104.00000.000.0000000
Early WynnP3835277.7154833.9552.0421.6580000
Bob LemonP3935255.7246166.9342.9922.1790000
Herb ScoreP3533249.311920.909.722.5710000
Mike GarciaP3530197.71327021.0001.8211.1430000
Don MossiP48387.731511.9471.848.3750000
Hank AguirreP16965.33820.8461.515.6880000
Cal McLishP37261.0514001.0002.803.5140000
Ray NarleskiP32059.025011.0001.068.2190000
Bob FellerP19458.02810.9091.552.5260000
Art HouttemanP22446.739001.0002.314.5450000
Bud DaleyP14021.046001.0004.286.7140000
Sal MaglieP205.00000.000.0000000
Chico CarrasquelSS1411351173.02403522070.9674.5424.1990000
George StricklandSS2817163.03256210.9784.8593.1430000
Kenny KuhnSS17348.0911031.0003.7501.1760000
Totals1785139512456.041491527129358.9784.1013.1801031522532.5




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