1956 Cleveland Indians

Roster of 32 · every name linked to a full player profile

W–L summed from pitcher decisions in the corpus.

Record

88–66

Runs

711

Home runs

153

Team AVG

.244

Team ERA

3.32

Pitching K

845

Postseason

Missed

Best by VAL

VAL is shown only for players who spent the whole season with this club.

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	VAL
Al SmithRF	141	526	87	144	16	71	6	.274	.811	11.8
Bobby Avila2B	138	513	74	115	10	54	17	.224	.641	8.5
Jim BusbyCF	135	494	72	116	12	50	8	.235	.655	8.0
Vic WertzOF	136	481	65	127	32	106	0	.264	.873	13.5
Chico CarrasquelSS	141	474	60	115	7	48	0	.243	.646	6.7
Al Rosen3B	121	416	64	111	15	61	1	.267	.779	9.0
Rocky ColavitoRF	101	322	55	89	21	65	0	.276	.903	9.7
Gene WoodlingLF	100	317	56	83	8	38	2	.262	.786	7.1
Jim HeganC	122	315	42	70	6	34	1	.222	.667	5.4
George StricklandSS	85	171	22	36	3	17	0	.211	.591	2.5
Preston Ward1B	87	150	18	38	6	21	0	.253	.765	—
Hal NaragonC	53	122	11	35	3	18	0	.287	.757	2.8
Sam MeleRF	57	114	17	29	4	20	0	.254	.741	2.9
Early WynnP	38	101	5	23	1	15	1	.228	.585	14.3
Bob LemonP	43	93	8	18	5	12	0	.194	.627	12.7
Earl Averill Jr.C	42	93	12	22	3	14	0	.237	.741	2.2
Herb ScoreP	35	87	11	16	1	8	0	.184	.513	13.9
Dave PopeCF	25	70	6	17	0	3	0	.243	.564	—
Mike GarciaP	35	61	1	7	0	3	0	.115	.295	8.6
Rudy Regalado3B	16	47	4	11	0	2	0	.234	.563	—
Joe CaffieRF	12	38	7	13	0	1	3	.342	.774	—
Dale MitchellLF	38	30	2	4	0	6	0	.133	.430	—
Kenny KuhnSS	27	22	7	6	0	2	0	.273	.591	—
Don MossiP	48	20	1	3	0	2	0	.150	.477	11.0
Hank AguirreP	16	18	1	2	0	2	0	.111	.222	3.7
Bob FellerP	19	16	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.059	2.5
Art HouttemanP	23	12	0	2	0	2	1	.167	.334	0.4
Cal McLishP	39	9	2	1	0	2	0	.111	.689	4.0
Ray NarleskiP	32	8	1	2	0	0	0	.250	.583	11.7
Stu LocklinCF	9	6	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.334	—
Bud DaleyP	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0.7

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	VAL
Early WynnP	38	35	20	9	2	277.2	158	2.72	14.3
Bob LemonP	39	35	20	14	3	255.1	94	3.03	12.7
Herb ScoreP	35	33	20	9	0	249.1	263	2.53	13.9
Mike GarciaP	35	30	11	12	0	197.2	119	3.78	8.6
Don MossiP	48	3	6	5	11	87.2	59	3.59	11.0
Hank AguirreP	16	9	3	5	1	65.1	31	3.72	3.7
Cal McLishP	37	2	2	4	1	61.2	27	4.96	4.0
Ray NarleskiP	32	0	3	2	4	59.1	42	1.52	11.7
Bob FellerP	19	4	0	4	1	58.0	18	4.97	2.5
Art HouttemanP	22	4	2	2	1	46.2	19	6.56	0.4
Bud DaleyP	14	0	1	0	0	20.1	13	6.20	0.7
Sal MaglieP	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	3.60	—

Players traded mid-season are listed with their numbers for this club only.

Batting

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	VAL
Al SmithRF	141	526	87	144	16	71	6	.274	.811	11.8
Bobby Avila2B	138	513	74	115	10	54	17	.224	.641	8.5
Jim BusbyCF	135	494	72	116	12	50	8	.235	.655	8.0
Vic WertzOF	136	481	65	127	32	106	0	.264	.873	13.5
Chico CarrasquelSS	141	474	60	115	7	48	0	.243	.646	6.7
Al Rosen3B	121	416	64	111	15	61	1	.267	.779	9.0
Rocky ColavitoRF	101	322	55	89	21	65	0	.276	.903	9.7
Gene WoodlingLF	100	317	56	83	8	38	2	.262	.786	7.1
Jim HeganC	122	315	42	70	6	34	1	.222	.667	5.4
George StricklandSS	85	171	22	36	3	17	0	.211	.591	2.5
Preston Ward1B	87	150	18	38	6	21	0	.253	.765	—
Hal NaragonC	53	122	11	35	3	18	0	.287	.757	2.8
Sam MeleRF	57	114	17	29	4	20	0	.254	.741	2.9
Early WynnP	38	101	5	23	1	15	1	.228	.585	14.3
Bob LemonP	43	93	8	18	5	12	0	.194	.627	12.7
Earl Averill Jr.C	42	93	12	22	3	14	0	.237	.741	2.2
Herb ScoreP	35	87	11	16	1	8	0	.184	.513	13.9
Dave PopeCF	25	70	6	17	0	3	0	.243	.564	—
Mike GarciaP	35	61	1	7	0	3	0	.115	.295	8.6
Rudy Regalado3B	16	47	4	11	0	2	0	.234	.563	—
Joe CaffieRF	12	38	7	13	0	1	3	.342	.774	—
Dale MitchellLF	38	30	2	4	0	6	0	.133	.430	—
Kenny KuhnSS	27	22	7	6	0	2	0	.273	.591	—
Don MossiP	48	20	1	3	0	2	0	.150	.477	11.0
Hank AguirreP	16	18	1	2	0	2	0	.111	.222	3.7
Bob FellerP	19	16	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.059	2.5
Art HouttemanP	23	12	0	2	0	2	1	.167	.334	0.4
Cal McLishP	39	9	2	1	0	2	0	.111	.689	4.0
Ray NarleskiP	32	8	1	2	0	0	0	.250	.583	11.7
Stu LocklinCF	9	6	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.334	—
Bud DaleyP	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0.7

Pitching

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	VAL
Early WynnP	38	35	20	9	2	277.2	158	2.72	14.3
Bob LemonP	39	35	20	14	3	255.1	94	3.03	12.7
Herb ScoreP	35	33	20	9	0	249.1	263	2.53	13.9
Mike GarciaP	35	30	11	12	0	197.2	119	3.78	8.6
Don MossiP	48	3	6	5	11	87.2	59	3.59	11.0
Hank AguirreP	16	9	3	5	1	65.1	31	3.72	3.7
Cal McLishP	37	2	2	4	1	61.2	27	4.96	4.0
Ray NarleskiP	32	0	3	2	4	59.1	42	1.52	11.7
Bob FellerP	19	4	0	4	1	58.0	18	4.97	2.5
Art HouttemanP	22	4	2	2	1	46.2	19	6.56	0.4
Bud DaleyP	14	0	1	0	0	20.1	13	6.20	0.7
Sal MaglieP	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	3.60	—