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1987 Cleveland Indians

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1986 / 1988

61-101, Finished 7th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Pat Corrales (31-56) and Doc Edwards (30-45)
Scored 742 runs, Allowed 957 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 62-100

Ballparks: Cleveland Stadium · Attendance: 1,077,898 (14th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 104

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1986 / 1988 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Darrel Akerfelds 25 R R 6' 2" 210 Jun 12, 1962 2 16 13 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $62,500
Andy Allanson 25 R R 6' 5" 220 Dec 22, 1961 2 50 47 50 50 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $75,000
Mike Armstrong 33 R R 6' 3" 193 Mar 7, 1954 8 14 0 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Scott Bailes 25 L L 6' 2" 170 Dec 18, 1961 2 39 17 1 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $80,000
Chris Bando 31 B R 6' 0" 195 Feb 4, 1956 7 89 65 89 86 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.4 $305,000
Jay Bell 21 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 11, 1965 2 38 33 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Tony Bernazard 30 B R 5' 9" 150 Aug 24, 1956 9 79 77 79 78 0 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.6 $630,000
Brett Butler 30 L L 5' 10" 160 Jun 15, 1957 7 137 135 137 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 136 0 1 1 3.9 $765,000
Ernie Camacho 32 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 1, 1955 7 15 0 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Tom Candiotti 29 R R 6' 3" 205 Aug 31, 1957 4 32 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $160,000
Steve Carlton HOF 42 L L 6' 4" 210 Dec 22, 1944 23 23 14 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Joe Carter 27 R R 6' 3" 215 Mar 7, 1960 5 149 144 149 142 0 0 84 0 0 0 42 13 14 69 5 3 1 0.9 $250,000
Carmelo Castillo 29 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 8, 1958 6 89 57 89 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22 23 43 29 2 0.2 $247,500
Dave Clark 24 L R 6' 2" 200 Sep 3, 1962 2 29 22 29 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 13 12 6 1 -0.8 $
Rick Dempsey 37 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 13, 1949 19 60 48 60 59 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 -0.6 $400,000
Brian Dorsett 26 R R 6' 3" 215 Apr 9, 1961 1st 5 2 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Jamie Easterly 34 L L 5' 9" 180 Feb 17, 1953 13 16 0 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $370,000
John Farrell 24 R R 6' 4" 210 Aug 4, 1962 1st 10 9 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $62,500
Julio Franco 28 R R 6' 0" 160 Aug 23, 1958 6 128 126 128 119 0 0 0 9 0 111 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 2.6 $775,000
Doug Frobel 28 L R 6' 4" 196 Jun 6, 1959 5 29 7 29 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 11 5 17 1 -0.5 $
Dave Gallagher 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Sep 20, 1960 1st 15 12 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 14 0 0 2 -0.3 $
Don Gordon 27 R R 6' 1" 175 Oct 10, 1959 2 21 0 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Mel Hall 26 L L 6' 0" 185 Sep 16, 1960 7 142 115 142 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 122 0 0 122 14 19 0 0.3 $550,000
Tommy Hinzo 23 B R 5' 10" 170 Jun 18, 1964 1st 67 63 67 67 0 0 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.1 $62,500
Mark Huismann 29 R R 6' 3" 195 May 11, 1958 5 20 0 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Brook Jacoby 27 R R 5' 11" 175 Nov 23, 1959 6 155 152 155 148 0 0 7 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 3.6 $612,500
Doug Jones 30 R R 6' 3" 195 Jun 24, 1957 3 49 0 0 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $62,500
Jeff Kaiser 26 R L 6' 3" 195 Jul 24, 1960 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Phil Niekro HOF 48 R R 6' 1" 180 Apr 1, 1939 24 22 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Otis Nixon 28 B R 6' 2" 180 Jan 9, 1959 5 19 4 19 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 0 18 2 0 7 -0.3 $
Junior Noboa 22 R R 5' 10" 155 Nov 10, 1964 2 39 20 39 34 0 0 0 21 5 9 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 -0.4 $62,500
Casey Parsons 33 L R 6' 1" 180 Apr 14, 1954 4 18 2 18 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 15 0 -0.3 $
Reggie Ritter 27 L R 6' 2" 195 Jan 23, 1960 2 14 0 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $62,500
Ken Schrom 32 R R 6' 2" 195 Nov 23, 1954 7 32 29 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.0 $450,000
Cory Snyder 24 R R 6' 4" 175 Nov 11, 1962 2 157 149 157 154 0 0 0 0 0 18 15 0 134 149 0 8 0 -0.9 $90,000
Sammy Stewart 32 R R 6' 3" 200 Oct 28, 1954 10 25 0 1 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $175,000
Greg Swindell 22 R L 6' 2" 225 Jan 2, 1965 2 16 15 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $68,750
Pat Tabler 29 R R 6' 3" 175 Feb 2, 1958 7 151 141 151 81 0 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 8 0 1.8 $605,000 All-Star
Andre Thornton 37 R R 6' 3" 200 Aug 13, 1949 14 36 19 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 17 0 -1.2 $1,100,000
Ed Vande Berg 28 R L 6' 2" 175 Oct 26, 1958 6 55 0 0 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $300,000
Tom Waddell 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 17, 1958 3 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Eddie Williams 22 R R 6' 0" 175 Nov 1, 1964 2 22 18 22 22 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.2 $62,500
Frank Wills 28 R R 6' 2" 200 Oct 26, 1958 5 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Rich Yett 24 R R 6' 2" 187 Oct 6, 1962 3 37 11 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $67,500
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Tommy Hinzo

Brett Butler

Tony Bernazard
Brian Dorsett

Andy Allanson

Carmelo Castillo

Pat Tabler

Jamie Easterly

Dave Clark

Ernie Camacho

Julio Franco

Dave Gallagher
Casey Parsons

Jay Bell

Junior Noboa

Ken Schrom

Otis Nixon

Greg Swindell

Frank Wills

Chris Bando

Rick Dempsey
Eddie Williams

Brook Jacoby

Mel Hall

Cory Snyder

Andre Thornton

Joe Carter

Doug Frobel

Steve Carlton

Eddie Williams

Phil Niekro

Ed Vande Berg

Mark Huismann

Don Gordon

Rich Yett

Scott Bailes

Reggie Ritter
Ed Vande Berg
Frank Wills

Doug Jones

Darrel Akerfelds
Mike Armstrong

Jeff Kaiser

Tom Candiotti

John Farrell

Reggie Ritter
Sammy Stewart

Tom Waddell

1986 / 1988 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers