1953 Cleveland Indians

92-62 • 0.597 Win% • 2nd in AL

📊 Season Record

92 Wins
62 Losses
0.597 Win %
2nd Rank
770 R 627 RA
Diff +143

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⚡ Quick Stats

770 Runs Scored
627 Runs Allowed
+143 Run Diff
1,074K Attendance

📈 vs. 1953 AL Average

Batting Avg .269 3% above the 1953 league average (.262)
OBP .345 4% above the 1953 league average (.332)
SLG .360 11% above the 1953 league average (.324)
Team ERA 3.64 9% better than the 1953 league average (3.99)
Runs Scored 770 12% above the 1953 league average (689 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCleveland Stadium
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 1,074,297
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Avg per Game 13,773

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Al Rosen 0.336 2 Wally Westlake 0.330 3 Luke Easter 0.303 4 Hank Majeski 0.300 5 Dale Mitchell 0.300

Home Runs

1 Al Rosen 43 2 Larry Doby 29 3 Dale Mitchell 13 4 Jim Hegan 9 5 Wally Westlake 9

RBI

1 Al Rosen 145 2 Larry Doby 102 3 Dale Mitchell 60 4 Bobby Avila 55 5 George Strickland 47
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Al Rosen 155 599 115 201 0 0 43 145 85 48 8 0.336
Bobby Avila 141 559 85 160 0 0 8 55 58 27 10 0.286
Larry Doby 149 513 92 135 0 0 29 102 96 121 3 0.263
Dale Mitchell 134 500 76 150 0 0 13 60 42 20 3 0.300
George Strickland 123 419 43 119 0 0 5 47 51 52 0 0.284
Bill Glynn 147 411 60 100 0 0 3 30 44 65 1 0.243
Jim Hegan 112 299 37 65 0 0 9 37 25 41 1 0.217
Harry Simpson 82 242 25 55 0 0 7 22 18 27 0 0.227
Wally Westlake 82 218 42 72 0 0 9 46 35 29 2 0.330
Luke Easter 68 211 26 64 0 0 7 31 15 35 0 0.303
Bob Kennedy 100 161 22 38 0 0 3 22 19 11 0 0.236
Al Smith 47 150 28 36 0 0 3 14 20 25 2 0.240
Ray Boone 34 112 21 27 0 0 4 21 24 21 1 0.241
Bob Lemon 51 112 12 26 0 0 2 17 7 20 2 0.232
Joe Ginsberg 46 109 10 31 0 0 0 10 14 4 0 0.284
Joe Tipton 47 109 17 25 0 0 6 13 19 13 0 0.229
Mike Garcia 38 96 8 24 0 0 0 5 3 15 0 0.250
Early Wynn 37 91 11 25 0 0 3 10 7 17 0 0.275
Owen Friend 34 68 7 16 0 0 2 13 5 16 0 0.235
Dave Hoskins 38 58 10 15 0 0 1 9 3 11 0 0.259
Bob Feller 25 56 3 6 0 0 0 1 6 23 0 0.107
Hank Majeski 50 50 6 15 0 0 2 12 3 8 0 0.300
Jim Lemon 16 46 5 8 0 0 1 5 3 15 0 0.174
Art Houtteman 23 34 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.147
Barney McCosky 22 21 3 4 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0.190
Bob Hooper 43 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.083
Bob Chakales 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.286
Hank Foiles 7 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.143
Dick Tomanek 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Bill Wight 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Dick Aylward 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Steve Gromek 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Al Aber 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.000
Lou Brissie 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dick Weik 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ted Wilks 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Mike Garcia 3.25 2 Bob Lemon 3.36 3 Bob Feller 3.59 4 Art Houtteman 3.80 5 Early Wynn 3.93

Wins

1 Bob Lemon 21 2 Mike Garcia 18 3 Early Wynn 17 4 Bob Feller 10 5 Dave Hoskins 9

Strikeouts

1 Early Wynn 138 2 Mike Garcia 134 3 Bob Lemon 98 4 Bob Feller 60 5 Dave Hoskins 55
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bob Lemon 21 15 3.36 41 36 1 286.2 110 98
Mike Garcia 18 9 3.25 38 35 0 271.2 81 134
Early Wynn 17 12 3.93 36 34 0 251.2 107 138
Bob Feller 10 7 3.59 25 25 0 175.2 60 60
Dave Hoskins 9 3 3.99 26 7 1 112.2 38 55
Art Houtteman 7 7 3.80 22 13 3 109.0 25 40
Bob Hooper 5 4 4.02 43 0 7 69.1 38 16
Bob Chakales 0 2 2.67 7 3 0 27.0 10 6
Bill Wight 2 1 3.71 20 0 1 26.2 16 14
Lou Brissie 0 0 7.62 16 0 2 13.0 13 5
Steve Gromek 1 1 3.27 5 1 0 11.0 3 8
Dick Tomanek 1 0 2.00 1 1 0 9.0 6 6
Al Aber 1 1 7.50 6 0 0 6.0 9 4
Ted Wilks 0 0 7.36 4 0 0 3.2 3 2

👥 Roster (36)

Al Aber Bobby Avila Dick Aylward Ray Boone Lou Brissie Bob Chakales Larry Doby Luke Easter Bob Feller Hank Foiles Owen Friend Mike Garcia +24 more

36 players

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