1956 Cleveland Indians Roster

The 1956 Cleveland Indians team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1956 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1956 Cleveland Indians Opening Day starters list, a 1956 Cleveland Indians salary list, a 1956 Cleveland Indians uniform number breakdown and a 1956 Cleveland Indians primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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22, 28 Hank Aguirre 6-04 205 Left Right 1931-01-31
28 Bud Daley 6-01 185 Left Left 1932-10-07
19 Bob Feller 6-00 185 Right Right 1918-11-03
25 Mike Garcia 6-01 200 Right Right 1923-11-17
11 Art Houtteman 6-02 188 Right Right 1927-08-07
21 Bob Lemon 6-00 185 Right Left 1920-09-22
26 Sal Maglie 6-02 180 Right Right 1917-04-26
33, 22 Cal McLish 6-01 200 Right Both 1925-12-01
12 Don Mossi 6-01 195 Left Left 1929-01-11
20 Ray Narleski 6-01 175 Right Right 1928-11-25
27 Herb Score 6-02 185 Left Left 1933-06-07
24 Early Wynn 6-00 200 Right Both 1920-01-06
15 Earl Averill 5-10 190 Right Right 1931-09-09
15 Hank Foiles 6-00 195 Right Right 1929-06-10
4 Jim Hegan 6-02 195 Right Right 1920-08-03
18 Hal Naragon 6-00 175 Right Left 1928-10-01
1 Bobby Avila 5-10 175 Right Right 1924-04-02
17 Chico Carrasquel 6-00 170 Right Right 1928-01-23
8 Kenny Kuhn 5-10½ 175 Right Left 1937-03-20
9 Rudy Regalado 6-01 185 Right Right 1930-05-21
7 Al Rosen 5-10½ 180 Right Right 1924-02-29
2 George Strickland 6-01 180 Right Right 1926-01-10
26 Preston Ward 6-03 198 Right Left 1927-07-24
23 Vic Wertz 6-00 186 Right Left 1925-02-09
31 Jim Busby 6-01 175 Right Right 1927-01-08
33 Joe Caffie 5-10½ 180 Right Left 1931-02-14
38 Rocky Colavito 6-03 190 Right Right 1933-08-10
32 Stu Locklin 6-01½ 190 Left Left 1928-07-22
36 Sam Mele 6-01 187 Right Right 1922-01-21
3 Dale Mitchell 6-01 195 Left Left 1921-08-23
34 Dave Pope 5-10½ 170 Right Left 1921-06-17
16 Al Smith 6-00 191 Right Right 1928-02-07
14 Gene Woodling 5-09½ 195 Right Left 1922-08-16
30 Hoot Evers 6-02 185 Right Right 1921-02-08
5 Bobby Young 6-01 175 Right Left 1925-01-22
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The 1956 Cleveland Indians played 154 games during the regular season, won 88 games, lost 66 games, and finished in second position. They played their home games at Municipal Stadium (Park Factors: 102/101) where 865,467 fans witnessed their 1956 Indians finish the season with a .571 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1956 Cleveland Indians Opening Day starters list, a 1956 Cleveland Indians salary list, a 1956 Cleveland Indians uniform number breakdown and a 1956 Cleveland Indians primary starters list:

1956 Cleveland Indians
Opening Day Starters


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1956 Cleveland Indians
Most Games by Position

C Jim Hegan (118)
1B Vic Wertz (133)
2B Bobby Avila (135)
3B Al Rosen (116)
SS Chico Carrasquel (141)
LF Gene Woodling (85)
CF Jim Busby (133)
RF Rocky Colavito (98)
  
SP Mike Garcia
SP Bob Lemon
SP Herb Score
SP Early Wynn
  
RP Art Houtteman
RP Cal McLish
RP Ray Narleski
CL Don Mossi


1956 Cleveland Indians
Salaries

Bob Feller $22,500.00


1956 Cleveland Indians
Uniform Numbers

#1 Bobby Avila
#2 George Strickland
#3 Dale Mitchell
#4 Jim Hegan
#5 Bobby Young
#7 Al Rosen
#8 Kenny Kuhn
#9 Rudy Regalado
#11 Art Houtteman
#12 Don Mossi
#14 Gene Woodling
#15 Earl Averill
#15 Hank Foiles
#16 Al Smith
#17 Chico Carrasquel
#18 Hal Naragon
#19 Bob Feller
#20 Ray Narleski
#21 Bob Lemon
#22 Hank Aguirre
#22 Cal McLish
#23 Vic Wertz
#24 Early Wynn
#25 Mike Garcia
#26 Sal Maglie
#26 Preston Ward
#27 Herb Score
#28 Hank Aguirre
#28 Bud Daley
#30 Hoot Evers
#31 Jim Busby
#32 Stu Locklin
#33 Joe Caffie
#33 Cal McLish
#34 Dave Pope
#36 Sam Mele
#38 Rocky Colavito

Did you know that a 1956 Cleveland Indians Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?
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