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1972 Cleveland Indians (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971/1973)
72-84, Finished 5th in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 472 runs, Allowed 519 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-85
Managed by Ken Aspromonte

Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 626,354 (11th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 106
  (one-year): Batting - 109, Pitching - 109
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Ray Fosse           25  134  457   42  110  20  1  10   41  45   46  .241  .312  .354   5   1  18   3   1   2  15   95
1B *Chris Chambliss     23  121  466   51  136  27  2   6   44  26   63  .292  .327  .397   3   4   8   0   3   4   2  112
2B *Jack Brohamer       22  136  527   49  123  13  2   5   35  27   46  .233  .271  .294   3   2   8   1   9   3   0   66
3B *Graig Nettles       27  150  557   65  141  28  0  17   70  57   50  .253  .325  .395   2   3   9   4   2   3   5  111
SS  Frank Duffy         25  130  385   23   92  16  4   3   27  31   54  .239  .297  .325   6   2  12   1  10   1   5   82
LF  Alex Johnson        29  108  356   31   85  10  1   8   37  22   40  .239  .283  .340   6   8  10   1   2   3  10   82
CF *Del Unser           27  132  383   29   91  12  0   1   17  28   46  .238  .288  .277   5   9   4   1   6   4   4   67
RF  Buddy Bell          20  132  466   49  119  21  1   9   36  34   29  .255  .310  .363   5   6   5   3   1   1   8   97
   *Tommy McCraw        31  129  391   43  101  13  5   7   33  41   47  .258  .333  .371  12  10  11   4   3   3   5  106
    Eddie Leon          25   89  225   14   45   2  1   4   16  20   47  .200  .265  .271   0   2  10   1   2   3   1   58
   *John Lowenstein     25   68  151   16   32   8  1   6   21  20   43  .212  .304  .397   2   4   1   0   1   0   0  105
    Roy Foster          26   73  143   19   32   4  0   4   13  21   23  .224  .325  .336   0   2   5   2   0   3   2   94
    Jerry Moses         25   52  141    9   31   3  0   4   14  11   29  .220  .290  .326   0   0   2   3   2   0   3   81
    Ron Lolich          25   24   80    4   15   1  0   2    8   4   20  .188  .224  .275   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   46
   #Lou Camilli         25   39   41    2    6   2  0   0    3   3    8  .146  .205  .195   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   18
    Kurt Bevacqua       25   19   35    2    4   0  0   1    1   3   10  .114  .184  .200   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   13
    Jack Heidemann      22   10   20    0    3   0  0   0    0   2    3  .150  .261  .150   0   0   1   1   0   0   0   23
    Fred Stanley        24    6   12    1    2   1  0   0    0   2    3  .167  .286  .250   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   58
    Adolfo Phillips     30   12    7    2    0   0  0   0    0   2    2  .000  .222  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -31
    Larry Johnson       21    1    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  194

    Gaylord Perry       33   41  110    5   17   2  0   1    9   5   43  .155  .197  .200   0   0   2   1  14   1   0   17
    Dick Tidrow         25   39   70    5    7   0  0   0    6   2   34  .100  .125  .100   0   0   2   0  13   0   0  -33
    Milt Wilcox         22   32   45    3    9   2  0   0    4   2   12  .200  .234  .244   0   0   1   0   4   0   0   41
    Steve Dunning       23   20   33    6    9   1  0   3    4   3    9  .273  .333  .576   0   0   0   0   3   0   0  163
    Ray Lamb            27   34   21    0    0   0  0   0    0   5    8  .000  .192  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -40
    Vince Colbert       26   23   20    1    4   1  0   0    0   2   10  .200  .273  .250   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   54
    Mike Kilkenny       27   22   14    0    1   0  0   0    0   0   10  .071  .071  .071   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -58
   #Tom Hilgendorf      30   19   13    0    1   0  0   0    1   0   11  .077  .071  .077   0   0   0   0   0   1   0  -56
    Phil Hennigan       26   38   12    1    1   0  0   0    0   2    6  .083  .214  .083   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -10
   *Steve Mingori       28   42    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -26
    Ed Farmer           22   46    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    3  .143  .143  .143   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -16
    Denny Riddleberger  26   38    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Steve Hargan        29   12    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Bill Butler         25    6    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Marcelino Lopez     28    4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.4  156 5207  472 1220 187 18  91  440 420  762  .234  .291  .330  49  53 112  26  83  33  62   88
    Rank among 12 AL teams         3   10    7   6 11   8       11   10    10    10     9  11   3                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Gaylord Perry       33  41   1.92  24  16  1  40   1  29   5  342.7  253   79   73  17   82  234 1345  11  12  0  16 170
SP  Dick Tidrow         25  39   2.77  14  15  0  34   2  10   3  237.3  200   83   73  21   70  123  968   3   6  1  13 118
SP  Milt Wilcox         22  32   3.40   7  14  0  27   2   4   2  156.0  145   67   59  18   72   90  669   0   5  1  11  96
SP  Steve Dunning       23  16   3.26   6   4  0  16   0   1   0  105.0   98   39   38  16   43   52  441   2   0  1   8 100

CL *Steve Mingori       28  41   3.95   0   6 10   0  23   0   0   57.0   67   28   25   4   36   47  271   2   2  0   8  82
RP  Ed Farmer           22  46   4.40   2   5  7   1  28   0   0   61.3   51   32   30  10   27   33  257   2   1  0   6  74
RP *Denny Riddleberger  26  38   2.50   1   3  0   0  10   0   0   54.0   45   23   15   5   22   34  220   2   2  0   3 130
RP  Phil Hennigan       26  38   2.67   5   3  5   1  23   0   0   67.3   54   20   20   8   18   44  267   4   2  0   4 122
RP  Ray Lamb            27  34   3.09   5   6  0   9   3   0   0  107.7  101   42   37   5   29   64  447   3   1  1   5 105

    Vince Colbert       26  22   4.58   1   7  0  11   2   1   1   74.7   74   42   38   8   38   36  330   6   7  0   5  71
   *Mike Kilkenny       27  22   3.41   4   1  1   7   6   1   0   58.0   51   23   22   5   39   44  255   3   0  0   4  95
   *Tom Hilgendorf      30  19   2.68   3   1  0   5   6   1   0   47.0   51   16   14   4   21   25  207   1   2  0   7 121
    Steve Hargan        29  12   5.85   0   3  0   1   2   0   0   20.0   23   16   13   1   15   10   97   1   0  0   2  56
   *Bill Butler         25   6   1.54   0   0  0   2   1   0   0   11.7    9    3    2   1   10    6   52   0   0  0   0 211
   *Marcelino Lopez     28   4   5.40   0   0  0   2   0   0   0    8.3    8    5    5   0   10    1   40   3   0  0   0  60
    Lowell Palmer       24   1   4.50   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    2    1    1   0    2    3   11   0   0  0   0  72
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.6 156   2.92  72  84 24 156 109  47  13 1410.0 1232  519  457 123  534  846 5877  43  40  4  92 110
    Rank among 12 AL teams          4  10   3 10           4  10      2    6    4       12   10    7

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- RFosse 1086 121 124 713 70 12 9 .985 12 39 53 31 JMoses 320 35 39 201 16 4 7 .982 4 4 13 12 LJohnson 4 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1410 156 156 918 86 16 16 .984 16 43 66 43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 *9.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CChambliss 1057 117 119 1109 56 8 109 .993 9.92 TMcCraw 310 35 38 345 26 3 29 .992 10.75 RFosse 21 2 3 27 1 0 3 1.000 12.00 JMoses 18 2 3 19 1 1 1 .952 10.00 JLowenstein 3 0 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 13.64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1410 156 156 1505 84 12 142 .993 10.14 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *5.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JBrohamer 1162 130 132 285 393 16 87 .977 5.25 ELeon 244 26 36 51 84 1 17 .993 4.97 LCamilli 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 FStanley 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1410 156 156 337 479 17 104 .980 5.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *2.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GNettles 1351 150 150 114 338 21 27 .956 3.01 BBell 48 5 6 10 13 0 2 1.000 4.25 KBevacqua 8 1 1 2 5 0 1 1.000 7.88 JBrohamer 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1410 156 156 126 358 21 30 .958 3.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 *4.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FDuffy 1030 117 126 197 360 13 75 .977 4.86 ELeon 257 28 35 52 95 5 22 .967 5.15 JHeidemann 60 6 10 10 17 1 3 .964 4.05 LCamilli 32 3 8 5 9 0 2 1.000 3.94 FStanley 30 2 5 5 6 1 0 .917 3.27 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1410 156 156 269 487 20 102 .974 4.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *1.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AJohnson 749 95 95 141 4 7 1 .954 1.74 TMcCraw 300 31 41 69 0 0 0 1.000 2.07 JLowenstein 139 11 29 30 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 RFoster 99 11 17 16 1 1 0 .944 1.53 KBevacqua 41 5 8 7 0 1 0 .875 1.54 RLolich 31 3 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.87 DUnser 29 0 14 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.79 APhillips 20 0 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1410 156 156 281 6 9 1 .970 1.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 *2.65 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DUnser 671 72 85 202 9 0 1 1.000 2.83 BBell 523 60 63 160 7 3 3 .982 2.87 TMcCraw 182 21 22 49 1 0 0 1.000 2.46 JLowenstein 30 3 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 APhillips 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1410 156 156 418 17 3 4 .993 2.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BBell 511 55 65 114 3 0 1 1.000 2.06 JLowenstein 203 22 27 42 6 0 3 1.000 2.13 RFoster 182 25 30 38 0 1 0 .974 1.87 DUnser 177 19 24 47 1 3 0 .941 2.44 TMcCraw 160 15 25 39 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 RLolich 151 18 18 30 1 0 0 1.000 1.84 KBevacqua 22 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 APhillips 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1410 156 156 312 12 4 4 .988 2.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.22 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BBell 1034 115 123 274 10 3 4 .990 2.47 DUnser 878 91 119 248 10 3 1 .989 2.64 AJohnson 749 95 95 145 4 7 1 .955 1.79 TMcCraw 643 67 84 159 2 0 0 1.000 2.25 JLowenstein 372 36 58 77 7 0 3 1.000 2.03 RFoster 282 36 45 54 2 2 0 .966 1.79 RLolich 182 21 22 39 1 0 0 1.000 1.97 KBevacqua 63 7 11 9 0 1 0 .900 1.29 APhillips 24 0 10 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.62 SMingori 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1410 156 156 1012 36 16 9 .985 2.23 156 156 156 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *1.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GPerry 342 40 41 18 61 2 7 .975 2.07 DTidrow 237 34 39 10 23 1 0 .971 1.25 MWilcox 156 27 32 9 14 5 1 .821 1.33 RLamb 107 9 34 2 13 1 0 .937 1.25 SDunning 105 16 16 2 16 2 0 .900 1.54 VColbert 74 11 22 1 15 0 2 1.000 1.93 PHennigan 67 1 38 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.80 EFarmer 61 1 46 4 12 1 0 .941 2.35 MKilkenny 58 7 22 4 10 0 2 1.000 2.17 SMingori 57 0 41 4 11 1 0 .937 2.37 DRiddleberg 54 0 38 0 9 0 0 1.000 1.50 THilgendorf 47 5 19 2 10 1 0 .923 2.30 SHargan 20 1 12 3 5 0 2 1.000 3.60 BButler 11 2 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.77 MLopez 8 2 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.08 LPalmer 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1410 156 156 60 206 14 14 .950 1.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Chambliss .292

On-base % Chambliss .327

Slugging % Chambliss .397

OPS Chambliss .724

Games Nettles 150

At Bats Nettles 557

Plate Appearances (approx.) Nettles 623

Runs Nettles 65

Hits Nettles 141

Total Bases Nettles 220

Doubles Nettles 28

Triples McCraw 5

Home Runs Nettles 17

RBI Nettles 70

Bases on Balls Nettles 57

Strikeouts Chambliss 63

Stolen Bases McCraw 12

Singles Brohamer 103

Adjusted OPS+ Chambliss 112

Runs Created Nettles 73

Adjusted Batting Runs Nettles 8

Batting Wins Nettles 0.8

Extra-Base Hits Nettles 45

Times on Base Nettles 202

Offensive Win% Chambliss .601

Hit By Pitch McCraw and Nettles 4

Sac. Hits Perry 14

Sac. Flies Chambliss and Unser 4

Intentional Walks Fosse 15

Grounded into Double Plays Fosse 18

Caught Stealing McCraw 10

Power/Speed Number McCraw 8.8

At Bats per Strikeout Bell 16.1

At Bats per Home Run Nettles 32.8

Outs Nettles 433

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Perry 1.92

Wins Perry 24

Won-Loss % Perry .600

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Perry 0.978

Hits Allowed/9IP Perry 6.64

Bases on Balls/9IP Perry 2.15

Strikeouts/9IP Perry 6.15

Games Farmer 46

Saves Mingori 10

Innings Perry 342.7

Strikeouts Perry 234

Games Started Perry 40

Comp. Games Perry 29

Shutouts Perry 5

Home Runs Allow. Tidrow 21

Bases On Balls Allow. Perry 82

Hits Allowed Perry 253

SO to Walk Perry 2.85

Losses Perry 16

Earned Runs Allow. Perry and Tidrow 73

Wild Pitches Perry 11

Hit Batsmen Perry 12

Batters Faced Perry 1345

Games Finished Farmer 28

Adjusted ERA+ Perry 170

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