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Rk Year Tm Lg G W L Ties W-L% Finish Playoffs R RA BatAge PitchAge #Bat #Pitch Managers
1 2009 Cleveland Indians AL Central 162 65 97 0 .401 4th of 5 773 865 27.4 27.5 40 29 Eric Wedge (65-97)
2 2008 Cleveland Indians AL Central 162 81 81 0 .500 3rd of 5 805 761 27.6 28.3 49 28 Eric Wedge (81-81)
3 2007 Cleveland Indians AL Central 162 96 66 0 .593 1st of 5 Lost ALCS (4-3) 811 704 28.0 29.0 41 21 Eric Wedge (96-66)
4 2006 Cleveland Indians AL Central 162 78 84 0 .481 4th of 5 870 782 27.7 28.4 45 23 Eric Wedge (78-84)
5 2005 Cleveland Indians AL Central 162 93 69 0 .574 2nd of 5 790 642 27.5 29.2 38 17 Eric Wedge (93-69)
6 2004 Cleveland Indians AL Central 162 80 82 0 .494 3rd of 5 858 857 28.6 27.3 52 30 Eric Wedge (80-82)
7 2003 Cleveland Indians AL Central 162 68 94 0 .420 4th of 5 699 778 27.0 26.3 54 29 Eric Wedge (68-94)
8 2002 Cleveland Indians AL Central 162 74 88 0 .457 3rd of 5 739 837 30.4 28.1 59 31 Charlie Manuel (39-47) and Joel Skinner (35-41)
9 2001 Cleveland Indians AL Central 162 91 71 0 .562 1st of 5 Lost LDS (3-2) 897 821 31.1 29.1 44 24 Charlie Manuel (91-71)
10 2000 Cleveland Indians AL Central 162 90 72 0 .556 2nd of 5 950 816 30.1 30.2 55 32 Charlie Manuel (90-72)
11 1999 Cleveland Indians AL Central 162 97 65 0 .599 1st of 5 Lost LDS (3-2) 1009 860 29.0 30.6 51 25 Mike Hargrove (97-65)
12 1998 Cleveland Indians AL Central 162 89 73 0 .549 1st of 5 Lost ALCS (4-2) 850 779 29.4 29.8 48 23 Mike Hargrove (89-73)
13 1997 Cleveland Indians AL Central 161 86 75 0 .534 1st of 5 Lost WS (4-3) 868 815 30.2 29.7 46 21 Mike Hargrove (86-75)
14 1996 Cleveland Indians AL Central 161 99 62 0 .615 1st of 5 Lost LDS (3-1) 952 769 29.8 30.3 44 18 Mike Hargrove (99-62)
15 1995 Cleveland Indians AL Central 144 100 44 0 .694 1st of 5 Lost WS (4-2) 840 607 29.1 30.5 41 20 Mike Hargrove (100-44)
16 1994 Cleveland Indians AL Central 113 66 47 0 .584 2nd of 5 679 562 28.3 30.6 40 21 Mike Hargrove (66-47)
17 1993 Cleveland Indians AL East 162 76 86 0 .469 6th of 7 790 813 27.2 27.3 48 26 Mike Hargrove (76-86)
18 1992 Cleveland Indians AL East 162 76 86 0 .469 4th of 7 674 746 25.7 27.0 42 20 Mike Hargrove (76-86)
19 1991 Cleveland Indians AL East 162 57 105 0 .352 7th of 7 576 759 25.5 26.8 53 24 John McNamara (25-52) and Mike Hargrove (32-53)
20 1990 Cleveland Indians AL East 162 77 85 0 .475 4th of 7 732 737 27.3 28.1 44 21 John McNamara (77-85)
21 1989 Cleveland Indians AL East 162 73 89 0 .451 6th of 7 604 654 27.0 28.5 47 20 Doc Edwards (65-78) and John Hart (8-11)
22 1988 Cleveland Indians AL East 162 78 84 0 .481 6th of 7 666 731 28.1 27.0 44 18 Doc Edwards (78-84)
23 1987 Cleveland Indians AL East 162 61 101 0 .377 7th of 7 742 957 27.5 30.5 44 21 Pat Corrales (31-56) and Doc Edwards (30-45)
24 1986 Cleveland Indians AL East 163 84 78 1 .519 5th of 7 831 841 27.4 29.8 36 18 Pat Corrales (84-78)
25 1985 Cleveland Indians AL East 162 60 102 0 .370 7th of 7 729 861 28.0 27.4 38 19 Pat Corrales (60-102)
26 1984 Cleveland Indians AL East 163 75 87 1 .463 6th of 7 761 766 27.3 27.2 40 19 Pat Corrales (75-87)
27 1983 Cleveland Indians AL East 162 70 92 0 .432 7th of 7 704 785 29.8 27.7 40 17 Mike Ferraro (40-60) and Pat Corrales (30-32)
28 1982 Cleveland Indians AL East 162 78 84 0 .481 6th of 7 683 748 28.7 27.4 36 16 Dave Garcia (78-84)
29 1981 Cleveland Indians AL East 103 52 51 0 .505 6th of 7 431 442 28.8 28.3 33 12 Dave Garcia (52-51)
30 1980 Cleveland Indians AL East 160 79 81 0 .494 6th of 7 738 807 27.7 26.8 33 13 Dave Garcia (79-81)
31 1979 Cleveland Indians AL East 161 81 80 0 .503 6th of 7 760 805 28.1 26.7 33 14 Jeff Torborg (43-52) and Dave Garcia (38-28)
32 1978 Cleveland Indians AL East 159 69 90 0 .434 6th of 7 639 694 26.6 27.1 36 14 Jeff Torborg (69-90)
33 1977 Cleveland Indians AL East 161 71 90 0 .441 5th of 7 676 739 27.7 27.9 33 14 Frank Robinson (26-31) and Jeff Torborg (45-59)
34 1976 Cleveland Indians AL East 159 81 78 0 .509 4th of 6 615 615 27.3 28.4 34 13 Frank Robinson (81-78)
35 1975 Cleveland Indians AL East 159 79 80 0 .497 4th of 6 688 703 26.6 27.8 41 19 Frank Robinson (79-80)
36 1974 Cleveland Indians AL East 162 77 85 0 .475 4th of 6 662 694 25.6 31.5 45 18 Ken Aspromonte (77-85)
37 1973 Cleveland Indians AL East 162 71 91 0 .438 6th of 6 680 826 24.6 28.6 35 16 Ken Aspromonte (71-91)
38 1972 Cleveland Indians AL East 156 72 84 0 .462 5th of 6 472 519 25.4 26.6 36 16 Ken Aspromonte (72-84)
39 1971 Cleveland Indians AL East 162 60 102 0 .370 6th of 6 543 747 26.2 25.1 37 16 Alvin Dark (42-61) and Johnny Lipon (18-41)
40 1970 Cleveland Indians AL East 162 76 86 0 .469 5th of 6 649 675 26.2 25.9 36 16 Alvin Dark (76-86)
41 1969 Cleveland Indians AL East 161 62 99 0 .385 6th of 6 573 717 27.3 27.3 40 16 Alvin Dark (62-99)
42 1968 Cleveland Indians AL 162 86 75 1 .534 3rd of 10 516 504 27.5 27.0 42 17 Alvin Dark (86-75)
43 1967 Cleveland Indians AL 162 75 87 0 .463 8th of 10 559 613 28.6 26.9 38 16 Joe Adcock (75-87)
44 1966 Cleveland Indians AL 162 81 81 0 .500 5th of 10 574 586 28.6 26.5 37 14 Birdie Tebbetts (66-57) and George Strickland (15-24)
45 1965 Cleveland Indians AL 162 87 75 0 .537 5th of 10 663 613 27.8 27.1 39 16 Birdie Tebbetts (87-75)
46 1964 Cleveland Indians AL 164 79 83 2 .488 6th of 10 689 693 27.5 27.9 38 15 George Strickland (33-39) and Birdie Tebbetts (46-44)
47 1963 Cleveland Indians AL 162 79 83 0 .488 5th of 10 635 702 27.1 28.2 41 16 Birdie Tebbetts (79-83)
48 1962 Cleveland Indians AL 162 80 82 0 .494 6th of 10 682 745 27.7 26.8 41 18 Mel McGaha (78-82) and Mel Harder (2-0)
49 1961 Cleveland Indians AL 161 78 83 0 .484 5th of 10 737 752 28.7 25.0 36 15 Jimmie Dykes (77-83) and Mel Harder (1-0)
50 1960 Cleveland Indians AL 154 76 78 0 .494 4th of 8 667 693 28.2 25.4 44 18 Joe Gordon (49-46), Jo-Jo White (1-0) and Jimmie Dykes (26-32)
51 1959 Cleveland Indians AL 154 89 65 0 .578 2nd of 8 745 646 28.6 27.1 41 16 Joe Gordon (89-65)
52 1958 Cleveland Indians AL 153 77 76 0 .503 4th of 8 694 635 28.7 27.6 43 20 Bobby Bragan (31-36) and Joe Gordon (46-40)
53 1957 Cleveland Indians AL 153 76 77 0 .497 6th of 8 682 722 28.8 30.7 38 16 Kerby Farrell (76-77)
54 1956 Cleveland Indians AL 155 88 66 1 .571 2nd of 8 712 581 29.8 30.6 35 12 Al Lopez (88-66)
55 1955 Cleveland Indians AL 154 93 61 0 .604 2nd of 8 698 601 30.4 29.8 43 15 Al Lopez (93-61)
56 1954 Cleveland Indians AL 156 111 43 2 .721 1st of 8 Lost WS (4-0) 746 504 30.2 30.5 35 13 Al Lopez (111-43)
57 1953 Cleveland Indians AL 155 92 62 1 .597 2nd of 8 770 627 29.6 30.6 36 14 Al Lopez (92-62)
58 1952 Cleveland Indians AL 155 93 61 1 .604 2nd of 8 763 606 29.8 30.6 36 13 Al Lopez (93-61)
59 1951 Cleveland Indians AL 155 93 61 1 .604 2nd of 8 696 594 29.3 29.1 37 13 Al Lopez (93-61)
60 1950 Cleveland Indians AL 155 92 62 1 .597 4th of 8 806 654 29.2 29.7 30 13 Lou Boudreau (92-62)
61 1949 Cleveland Indians AL 154 89 65 0 .578 3rd of 8 675 574 29.3 30.2 32 10 Lou Boudreau (89-65)
62 1948 Cleveland Indians AL 156 97 58 1 .626 1st of 8 Won WS (4-2) 840 568 28.6 29.2 36 17 Lou Boudreau (97-58)
63 1947 Cleveland Indians AL 157 80 74 3 .519 4th of 8 687 588 28.4 29.3 38 16 Lou Boudreau (80-74)
64 1946 Cleveland Indians AL 156 68 86 2 .442 6th of 8 537 638 27.9 28.6 48 19 Lou Boudreau (68-86)
65 1945 Cleveland Indians AL 147 73 72 2 .503 5th of 8 557 548 27.7 29.1 36 16 Lou Boudreau (73-72)
66 1944 Cleveland Indians AL 155 72 82 1 .468 5th of 8 643 677 28.4 30.1 35 16 Lou Boudreau (72-82)
67 1943 Cleveland Indians AL 153 82 71 0 .536 3rd of 8 600 577 28.1 30.2 34 15 Lou Boudreau (82-71)
68 1942 Cleveland Indians AL 156 75 79 2 .487 4th of 8 590 659 27.3 29.2 36 17 Lou Boudreau (75-79)
69 1941 Cleveland Indians AL 155 75 79 1 .487 4th of 8 677 668 27.0 27.5 41 15 Roger Peckinpaugh (75-79)
70 1940 Cleveland Indians AL 155 89 65 1 .578 2nd of 8 710 637 26.7 27.0 30 15 Ossie Vitt (89-65)
71 1939 Cleveland Indians AL 154 87 67 0 .565 3rd of 8 797 700 26.8 26.5 32 14 Ossie Vitt (87-67)
72 1938 Cleveland Indians AL 153 86 66 1 .566 3rd of 8 847 782 27.8 27.8 33 13 Ossie Vitt (86-66)
73 1937 Cleveland Indians AL 156 83 71 2 .539 4th of 8 817 768 28.6 29.2 29 12 Steve O'Neill (83-71)
74 1936 Cleveland Indians AL 157 80 74 3 .519 5th of 8 921 862 26.2 28.1 30 15 Steve O'Neill (80-74)
75 1935 Cleveland Indians AL 156 82 71 3 .536 3rd of 8 776 739 26.4 27.9 29 11 Walter Johnson (46-48) and Steve O'Neill (36-23)
76 1934 Cleveland Indians AL 154 85 69 0 .552 3rd of 8 814 763 27.8 26.6 33 13 Walter Johnson (85-69)
77 1933 Cleveland Indians AL 151 75 76 0 .497 4th of 8 654 669 27.5 26.3 27 10 Roger Peckinpaugh (26-25), Bibb Falk (1-0) and Walter Johnson (48-51)
78 1932 Cleveland Indians AL 153 87 65 1 .572 4th of 8 845 747 28.2 25.6 29 11 Roger Peckinpaugh (87-65)
79 1931 Cleveland Indians AL 155 78 76 1 .506 4th of 8 885 833 27.2 25.2 35 14 Roger Peckinpaugh (78-76)
80 1930 Cleveland Indians AL 154 81 73 0 .526 4th of 8 890 915 27.3 24.5 34 13 Roger Peckinpaugh (81-73)
81 1929 Cleveland Indians AL 152 81 71 0 .533 3rd of 8 717 736 28.6 27.5 29 12 Roger Peckinpaugh (81-71)
82 1928 Cleveland Indians AL 155 62 92 1 .403 7th of 8 674 830 27.2 26.7 43 17 Roger Peckinpaugh (62-92)
83 1927 Cleveland Indians AL 153 66 87 0 .431 6th of 8 668 766 28.3 27.0 37 15 Jack McCallister (66-87)
84 1926 Cleveland Indians AL 154 88 66 0 .571 2nd of 8 738 612 29.2 28.5 28 11 Tris Speaker (88-66)
85 1925 Cleveland Indians AL 155 70 84 1 .455 6th of 8 782 817 28.2 28.3 36 13 Tris Speaker (70-84)
86 1924 Cleveland Indians AL 153 67 86 0 .438 6th of 8 755 814 28.1 27.9 43 22 Tris Speaker (67-86)
87 1923 Cleveland Indians AL 153 82 71 0 .536 3rd of 8 888 746 28.0 27.6 35 15 Tris Speaker (82-71)
88 1922 Cleveland Indians AL 155 78 76 1 .506 4th of 8 768 817 29.2 27.3 46 23 Tris Speaker (78-76)
89 1921 Cleveland Indians AL 154 94 60 0 .610 2nd of 8 925 712 29.1 28.2 31 11 Tris Speaker (94-60)
90 1920 Cleveland Indians AL 154 98 56 0 .636 1st of 8 Won WS (5-2) 857 642 29.3 28.6 29 14 Tris Speaker (98-56)
91 1919 Cleveland Indians AL 139 84 55 0 .604 2nd of 8 636 537 29.0 28.0 28 15 Lee Fohl (44-34) and Tris Speaker (40-21)
92 1918 Cleveland Indians AL 129 73 54 2 .575 2nd of 8 504 447 28.1 27.7 32 10 Lee Fohl (73-54)
93 1917 Cleveland Indians AL 156 88 66 2 .571 3rd of 8 584 543 26.2 26.7 30 12 Lee Fohl (88-66)
94 1916 Cleveland Indians AL 157 77 77 3 .500 6th of 8 630 602 26.8 26.5 44 17 Lee Fohl (77-77)
95 1915 Cleveland Indians AL 154 57 95 2 .375 7th of 8 539 670 24.5 24.2 40 15 Joe Birmingham (12-16) and Lee Fohl (45-79)
96 1914 Cleveland Naps AL 157 51 102 4 .333 8th of 8 538 709 26.4 24.8 47 19 Joe Birmingham (51-102)
97 1913 Cleveland Naps AL 155 86 66 3 .566 3rd of 8 633 536 26.8 26.8 39 13 Joe Birmingham (86-66)
98 1912 Cleveland Naps AL 155 75 78 2 .490 5th of 8 677 681 26.2 24.4 47 16 Harry Davis (54-71) and Joe Birmingham (21-7)
99 1911 Cleveland Naps AL 156 80 73 3 .523 3rd of 8 691 712 26.8 25.0 38 16 Deacon McGuire (6-11) and George Stovall (74-62)
100 1910 Cleveland Naps AL 161 71 81 9 .467 5th of 8 548 657 28.1 26.5 44 14 Deacon McGuire (71-81)
101 1909 Cleveland Naps AL 155 71 82 2 .464 6th of 8 493 532 28.1 30.4 37 15 Nap Lajoie (57-57) and Deacon McGuire (14-25)
102 1908 Cleveland Naps AL 157 90 64 3 .584 2nd of 8 568 457 28.2 27.3 33 13 Nap Lajoie (90-64)
103 1907 Cleveland Naps AL 158 85 67 6 .559 4th of 8 530 525 27.4 26.8 26 9 Nap Lajoie (85-67)
104 1906 Cleveland Naps AL 157 89 64 4 .582 3rd of 8 663 482 28.2 27.9 25 8 Nap Lajoie (89-64)
105 1905 Cleveland Naps AL 155 76 78 1 .494 5th of 8 567 587 27.1 26.9 27 9 Nap Lajoie (56-57) and Bill Bradley (20-21)
106 1904 Cleveland Naps AL 154 86 65 3 .570 4th of 8 647 482 27.2 27.7 24 7 Bill Armour (86-65)
107 1903 Cleveland Naps AL 140 77 63 0 .550 3rd of 8 639 579 27.3 25.8 28 13 Bill Armour (77-63)
108 1902 Cleveland Bronchos AL 137 69 67 1 .507 5th of 8 686 667 27.1 24.4 34 17 Bill Armour (69-67)
109 1901 Cleveland Blues AL 138 54 82 2 .397 7th of 8 667 831 28.4 26.1 35 14 Jimmy McAleer (54-82)
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