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CLE 1953 Summary

Show Reconciled WAR/VS

Batters

Player GS PA Bat Runs Baserunning Fielding WAM WAR VS
Al Aber 0.0 2 1 0 0 0.1 0.1 0
Bobby Avila 10.2 634 4 4 11 2.1 4.2 22
Dick Aylward 0.1 3 -1 0 0 -0.1 -0.1 0
Ray Boone 2.3 139 3 2 1 0.8 1.3 6
Bob Chakales 0.1 7 0 0 0 0.1 0.1 0
Larry Doby 9.3 617 28 -1 -8 1.5 3.4 18
Luke Easter 3.2 230 6 -1 -4 -0.4 0.3 4
Bob Feller 0.9 71 -9 0 0 -0.2 0.0 1
Hank Foiles 0.2 8 -1 0 -1 -0.2 -0.2 0
Owen Friend 1.2 73 -3 0 1 0.0 0.3 2
Mike Garcia 1.3 105 -6 -3 0 0.0 0.3 2
Joe Ginsberg 2.2 127 0 0 -4 -0.2 0.3 3
Bill Glynn 6.8 475 -13 2 8 -1.2 0.2 7
Steve Gromek 0.0 3 -1 0 0 -0.1 -0.1 0
Jim Hegan 6.0 329 -12 1 1 -0.5 0.7 8
Bob Hooper 0.2 12 -2 0 0 -0.1 -0.1 0
Dave Hoskins 0.8 63 -2 0 0 0.3 0.5 2
Art Houtteman 0.5 37 -5 0 0 -0.1 0.0 0
Bob Kennedy 2.6 180 -5 1 -5 -0.9 -0.4 1
Bob Lemon 1.6 125 -3 0 0 1.0 1.3 5
Jim Lemon 0.7 49 -5 0 -4 -0.9 -0.8 -2
Hank Majeski 0.8 55 1 0 0 0.1 0.3 1
Barney McCosky 0.3 22 -2 0 0 -0.1 0.0 0
Dale Mitchell 7.6 542 13 3 -3 0.2 1.8 12
Al Rosen 10.6 688 66 2 8 8.1 10.3 40
Harry Simpson 3.8 264 -11 0 -2 -2.1 -1.3 -1
Al Smith 2.4 173 -1 2 -6 -0.8 -0.3 1
George Strickland 8.3 482 3 1 6 1.1 2.8 16
Joe Tipton 2.3 131 2 1 -1 0.2 0.7 4
Dick Tomanek 0.1 5 -1 0 0 -0.1 -0.1 0
Wally Westlake 3.7 259 17 0 2 2.0 2.8 12
Bill Wight 0.1 5 -1 0 0 -0.1 -0.1 0
Early Wynn 1.3 104 -1 1 0 1.0 1.3 5
Total 91.5 6,019 59 15 0 10.5 29.5 169

Pitchers

Pitcher Game Shares W L WAR VS
Mike Garcia 12.7 9.1 3.7 5.4 27
Bob Lemon 13.6 8.4 5.2 4.4 25
Early Wynn 11.7 5.7 5.9 2.3 17
Bob Feller 8.1 3.9 4.1 1.5 12
Bob Chakales 1.1 0.6 0.6 0.3 2
Bill Wight 1.3 0.7 0.5 0.3 2
Art Houtteman 5.1 1.8 3.2 0.3 5
Dick Tomanek 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.2 1
Steve Gromek 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.2 1
Ted Wilks 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0
Dave Hoskins 5.0 1.4 3.6 -0.1 4
Lou Brissie 0.4 0.0 0.4 -0.1 0
Bob Hooper 3.2 0.7 2.5 -0.2 2
Al Aber 0.4 -0.3 0.7 -0.4 -1
Total 63.6 32.7 30.9 14.1 97
Glossary
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.

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