1956 Cleveland Indians

88-66 • 0.571 Win% • 2nd in AL

📊 Season Record

88 Wins
66 Losses
0.571 Win %
2nd Rank
712 R 581 RA
Diff +131

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⚡ Quick Stats

712 Runs Scored
581 Runs Allowed
+131 Run Diff
851K Attendance

📈 vs. 1956 AL Average

Batting Avg .243 6% below the 1956 league average (.260)
OBP .332 2% below the 1956 league average (.339)
SLG .333 1% below the 1956 league average (.337)
Team ERA 3.32 20% better than the 1956 league average (4.16)
Runs Scored 712 1% below the 1956 league average (720 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCleveland Stadium
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 851,948
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Avg per Game 11,064

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Hal Naragon 0.287 2 Rocky Colavito 0.276 3 Al Smith 0.274 4 Al Rosen 0.267 5 Vic Wertz 0.264

Home Runs

1 Vic Wertz 32 2 Rocky Colavito 21 3 Al Smith 16 4 Al Rosen 15 5 Jim Busby 12

RBI

1 Vic Wertz 106 2 Al Smith 71 3 Rocky Colavito 65 4 Al Rosen 61 5 Bobby Avila 54
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Al Smith 141 526 87 144 0 0 16 71 84 72 6 0.274
Bobby Avila 138 513 74 115 0 0 10 54 70 68 17 0.224
Jim Busby 135 494 72 116 0 0 12 50 43 47 8 0.235
Vic Wertz 136 481 65 127 0 0 32 106 75 87 0 0.264
Chico Carrasquel 141 474 60 115 0 0 7 48 52 61 0 0.243
Al Rosen 121 416 64 111 0 0 15 61 58 44 1 0.267
Rocky Colavito 101 322 55 89 0 0 21 65 49 46 0 0.276
Gene Woodling 100 317 56 83 0 0 8 38 69 29 2 0.262
Jim Hegan 122 315 42 70 0 0 6 34 49 54 1 0.222
George Strickland 85 171 22 36 0 0 3 17 22 27 0 0.211
Preston Ward 87 150 18 38 0 0 6 21 16 20 0 0.253
Hal Naragon 53 122 11 35 0 0 3 18 13 9 0 0.287
Sam Mele 57 114 17 29 0 0 4 20 12 20 0 0.254
Early Wynn 38 101 5 23 0 0 1 15 7 22 1 0.228
Earl Averill 42 93 12 22 0 0 3 14 14 25 0 0.237
Bob Lemon 43 93 8 18 0 0 5 12 9 21 0 0.194
Herb Score 35 87 11 16 0 0 1 8 9 32 0 0.184
Dave Pope 25 70 6 17 0 0 0 3 1 12 0 0.243
Mike Garcia 35 61 1 7 0 0 0 3 3 10 0 0.115
Rudy Regalado 16 47 4 11 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 0.234
Joe Caffie 12 38 7 13 0 0 0 1 4 8 3 0.342
Dale Mitchell 38 30 2 4 0 0 0 6 7 2 0 0.133
Kenny Kuhn 27 22 7 6 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0.273
Don Mossi 48 20 1 3 0 0 0 2 2 10 0 0.150
Hank Aguirre 16 18 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 11 0 0.111
Bob Feller 19 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0.000
Art Houtteman 23 12 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 0.167
Cal McLish 39 9 2 1 0 0 0 2 6 4 0 0.111
Ray Narleski 32 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.250
Stu Locklin 9 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.167
Bud Daley 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hoot Evers 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Hank Foiles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Sal Maglie 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bobby Young 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Ray Narleski 1.52 2 Herb Score 2.53 3 Early Wynn 2.72 4 Bob Lemon 3.03 5 Don Mossi 3.59

Wins

1 Bob Lemon 20 2 Herb Score 20 3 Early Wynn 20 4 Mike Garcia 11 5 Don Mossi 6

Strikeouts

1 Herb Score 263 2 Early Wynn 158 3 Mike Garcia 119 4 Bob Lemon 94 5 Don Mossi 59
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Early Wynn 20 9 2.72 38 35 2 277.2 91 158
Bob Lemon 20 14 3.03 39 35 3 255.1 89 94
Herb Score 20 9 2.53 35 33 0 249.1 129 263
Mike Garcia 11 12 3.78 35 30 0 197.2 74 119
Don Mossi 6 5 3.59 48 3 11 87.2 33 59
Hank Aguirre 3 5 3.72 16 9 1 65.1 27 31
Cal McLish 2 4 4.96 37 2 1 61.2 32 27
Ray Narleski 3 2 1.52 32 0 4 59.1 19 42
Bob Feller 0 4 4.97 19 4 1 58.0 23 18
Art Houtteman 2 2 6.56 22 4 1 46.2 31 19
Bud Daley 1 0 6.20 14 0 0 20.1 14 13
Sal Maglie 0 0 3.60 2 0 0 5.0 2 2

👥 Roster (35)

Hank Aguirre Earl Averill Bobby Avila Jim Busby Joe Caffie Chico Carrasquel Rocky Colavito Bud Daley Hoot Evers Bob Feller Hank Foiles Mike Garcia +23 more

35 players

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