1953 Cleveland Indians

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W-L Record: 92-62 -- 2nd in American League - Manager: Al Lopez Location: Baseball Stadium: Cleveland Municipal Stadium Top Draft Pick: Attendance: 1,069,176 Youngest Player: Dick Tomanek (22) Oldest Player: Luke Easter (37) Longest Tenure: Bob Feller (15)

Statistics

Roster

Personnel

Baseball Roster for 1953 Cleveland Indians

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	Born	Place	High Level	mlbYears	Salary
29	Al Aber	P	25	L	L	6-2	195	7/31/1927	Cleveland,Ohio	MLB	1950-1957
1	Bobby Avila	2B	29	R	R	5-10	175	4/2/1924	Veracruz,Mexico	MLB	1949-1959
15	Dick Aylward	C	28	R	R	6-0	190	6/4/1925	Baltimore,Maryland	MLB	1953-1953
8	Ray Boone	3B-SS	29	R	R	6-1	188	7/27/1923	San Diego,California	MLB	1948-1960
12	Lou Brissie	P	29	L	L	6-4	215	6/5/1924	Anderson,South Carolina	MLB	1947-1953
20	Bob Chakales	P	25	R	R	6-1	185	8/10/1927	Asheville,North Carolina	MLB	1951-1957
6,14	Larry Doby	OF	29	L	R	6-1	182	12/13/1923	Camden,South Carolina	MLB	1947-1959
9	Luke Easter	1B	37	L	R		240	8/4/1915	Jonestown,Mississippi	MLB	1949-1954
19	Bob Feller	P	34	R	R	6-0	185	11/3/1918	Van Meter,Iowa	MLB	1936-1956
16	Hank Foiles	C	24	R	R	6-0	195	6/10/1929	Richmond,Virginia	MLB	1953-1964
8	Owen Friend	2B	26	R	R	6-1	180	3/21/1927	Granite City,Illinois	MLB	1949-1956
25	Mike Garcia	P	29	R	R	6-1	200	11/17/1923	San Gabriel,California	MLB	1948-1961
15	Joe Ginsberg	C	26	L	R	5-11	180	10/11/1926	New York,New York	MLB	1948-1962
6,14	Bill Glynn	1B	27	L	L	6-0	190	7/30/1925	Sussex,New Jersey	MLB	1949-1954
27	Steve Gromek	P	33	B	R	6-2	180	1/15/1920	Hamtramck,Michigan	MLB	1941-1957
4	Jim Hegan	C	32	R	R	6-2	195	8/3/1920	Lynn,Massachusetts	MLB	1941-1960
26	Bob Hooper	P	31	R	R	5-11	195	5/30/1922	Leamington,Ontario	MLB	1950-1955
22,51	Dave Hoskins	P	27	L	R	6-1	180	8/3/1925	Greenwood,Mississippi	MLB	1953-1954
11,29,41	Art Houtteman	P	25	R	R	6-2	188	8/7/1927	Detroit,Michigan	MLB	1945-1957
33	Bob Kennedy	OF-3B	32	R	R	6-2	193	8/18/1920	Chicago,Illinois	MLB	1939-1957
21	Bob Lemon	P	32	L	R	6-0	185	9/22/1920	San Bernardino,California	MLB	1941-1958
17	Jim Lemon	OF	25	R	R	6-4	200	3/23/1928	Covington,Virginia	MLB	1950-1963
5	Hank Majeski	3B	36	R	R	5-9	180	12/13/1916	Staten Island,New York	MLB	1939-1955
32	Barney McCosky	OF	36	L	R	6-1	184	4/11/1917	Coal Run,Pennsylvania	MLB	1939-1953
3	Dale Mitchell	OF	31	L	L	6-1	195	8/23/1921	Colony,Oklahoma	MLB	1946-1956
7	Al Rosen	3B	29	R	R	5-10	180	2/29/1924	Spartanburg,South Carolina	MLB	1947-1956
35	Harry Simpson	OF-1B	27	L	R	6-1	190	12/3/1925	Atlanta,Georgia	MLB	1951-1959
32	Al Smith	OF-3B	25	R	R	6-0	191	2/7/1928	Kirkwood,Missouri	MLB	1953-1964
2	George Strickland	SS-2B	27	R	R	6-1	180	1/10/1926	New Orleans,Louisiana	MLB	1950-1960
18	Joe Tipton	C	31	R	R	5-11	185	2/18/1922	McCaysville,Georgia	MLB	1948-1954
28	Dick Tomanek	P	22	L	L	6-1	175	1/6/1931	Avon Lake,Ohio	MLB	1953-1959
37	Dick Weik	P	25	R	R	6-3	184	11/17/1927	Waterloo,Iowa	MLB	1948-1954
31	Wally Westlake	OF	32	R	R	6-0	186	11/8/1920	Gridley,California	MLB	1947-1956
18,27	Bill Wight	P	31	L	L	6-1	180	4/12/1922	Rio Vista,California	MLB	1946-1958
28	Ted Wilks	P	37	R	R		178	11/13/1915	Fulton,New York	MLB	1944-1953
24	Early Wynn	P	33	B	R	6-0	200	1/6/1920	Hartford,Alabama	MLB	1939-1963

Team Personnel

Tony Cuccinello (Assistant Coach)
Jimmy Dudley (Broadcaster)
Jack Graney (Broadcaster)
Hank Greenberg (General Manager)
Mel Harder (Pitching Coach)
Red Jones (Broadcaster)
Red Kress (Assistant Coach)
Bill Lobe (Assistant Coach)
Al Lopez (Manager)
Bob Neal (Broadcaster)

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