1956 Cleveland Indians

Major League Baseball

Record: 88-66 .571.... 2nd in AL
Manager(s): Al Lopez
Stadium: Cleveland Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 865,467

HR: Vic Wertz [32]
RBI: Vic Wertz [106]
2B: Al Smith [26]
SB: Bobby Avila [17]

W: Early Wynn, Herb Score, Bob Lemon [20]
SV: Don Mossi [11]
SO: Herb Score [263]

Oldest Player: Sal Maglie [39]
Youngest Player: Kenny Kuhn [19]
Longest Tenure: Bob Feller [18]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Earl Averill (Apr 19) Joe Caffie (Sep 13)

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Batting Statistics

Pos	#	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
C		Jim Hegan	35	122	315	42	70	15	2	6	34	1	1	49	54	0	6	4	0	8	.222	.327	.340	667
1B		Vic Wertz	31	136	481	65	127	22	0	32	106	0	0	75	87	5	10	0	7	8	.264	.364	.509	873
2B		Bobby Avila	32	138	513	74	115	14	2	10	54	17	4	70	68	5	0	8	1	12	.224	.323	.318	641
3B		Al Rosen	32	121	416	64	111	18	2	15	61	1	3	58	44	0	4	0	7	13	.267	.351	.428	779
SS		Chico Carrasquel	28	141	474	60	115	15	1	7	48	0	4	52	61	6	0	9	3	9	.243	.323	.323	646
OF		Jim Busby	29	135	494	72	116	17	3	12	50	8	3	43	47	4	2	5	0	13	.235	.301	.354	655
OF		Al Smith	28	141	526	87	144	26	5	16	71	6	3	84	72	8	7	2	6	15	.274	.378	.433	811
OF		Rocky Colavito	22	101	322	55	89	11	4	21	65	0	1	49	46	2	0	4	3	4	.276	.372	.531	903

OF		Gene Woodling	33	100	317	56	83	17	0	8	38	2	6	69	29	3	2	7	3	6	.262	.395	.391	786
P		Early Wynn	36	38	101	5	23	5	0	1	15	1	0	7	22	0	0	5	0	1	.228	.278	.307	585
SS-2B		George Strickland	30	85	171	22	36	1	2	3	17	0	1	22	27	0	0	5	1	6	.211	.299	.292	591
P		Bob Lemon	35	43	93	8	18	0	0	5	12	0	0	9	21	1	0	7	0	1	.194	.272	.355	627
1B		Preston Ward	28	87	150	18	38	10	0	6	21	0	0	16	20	0	0	4	0	0	.253	.325	.440	765
P		Herb Score	23	35	87	11	16	3	0	1	8	0	1	9	32	0	0	4	0	1	.184	.260	.253	513
C		Hal Naragon	27	53	122	11	35	3	1	3	18	0	0	13	9	1	2	2	2	3	.287	.355	.402	757
P		Mike Garcia	32	35	61	1	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	10	1	0	8	2	2	.115	.164	.131	295
OF		Sam Mele	33	57	114	17	29	7	0	4	20	0	1	12	20	0	0	0	2	4	.254	.320	.421	741
P		Don Mossi	27	48	20	1	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	10	0	0	0	0	1	.150	.227	.250	477
C		Earl Averill	24	42	93	12	22	6	0	3	14	0	1	14	25	1	1	2	0	2	.237	.343	.398	741
P		Hank Aguirre	25	16	18	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	11	0	0	3	0	0	.111	.111	.111	222
OF		Dave Pope	35	25	70	6	17	3	1	0	3	0	0	1	12	0	0	0	1	0	.243	.250	.314	564
P		Bob Feller	37	19	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.059	.000	059
3B		Rudy Regalado	26	16	47	4	11	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.234	.308	.255	563
P		Art Houtteman	28	23	12	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	334
OF		Joe Caffie	25	12	38	7	13	0	0	0	1	3	2	4	8	2	0	0	0	0	.342	.432	.342	774
P		Ray Narleski	27	32	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.250	583
OF		Dale Mitchell	34	38	30	2	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	.133	.297	.133	430
P		Bud Daley	23	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000
SS		Kenny Kuhn	19	27	22	7	6	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.318	591
P		Cal McLish	30	39	9	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.467	.222	689
OF		Stu Locklin	27	9	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	334
		Hoot Evers	35	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	1.000	---	---
Batting Totals:				154	5148	712	1256	199	23	153	677	40	32	681	764	40	35	81	38	110	.244	.335	.381	716

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