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1996 Cleveland Indians Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1995 / 1997)
99-62, Finished 1st in AL Central
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Scored 952 runs, Allowed 769 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-65
Manager: Mike Hargrove (99-62)
Ballpark: Jacobs Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 3,318,174 (2nd of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98;   one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 102
Postseason:  Lost AL Division Series (3-1) to Baltimore Orioles
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1995 / 1997 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Sandy Alomar 30 R R 6' 5" 215 Jun 18, 1966 9 127 111 127 125 0 124 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 $2,575,000.00 All-Star
Brian Anderson 24 B L 6' 1" 190 Apr 26, 1972 4 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Assenmacher 35 L L 6' 3" 200 Dec 10, 1960 11 63 0 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $871,400.00
Carlos Baerga 27 B R 5' 11" 200 Nov 4, 1968 7 100 99 100 100 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,750,000.00
Albert Belle 29 R R 6' 2" 210 Aug 25, 1966 8 158 158 158 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 152 6 0 0 $5,700,000.00 All-Star
Jeromy Burnitz 27 L R 6' 0" 190 Apr 15, 1969 4 71 27 71 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 15 30 11 32 3 $190,000.00
Casey Candaele 35 B R 5' 9" 165 Jan 12, 1961 8 24 6 24 15 0 0 0 11 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 $150,000.00
Mark Carreon 32 R L 6' 0" 195 Jul 19, 1963 10 38 35 38 36 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 4 1 5 1 2 0
Einar Diaz 23 R R 5' 10" 165 Dec 28, 1972 1st 4 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alan Embree 26 L L 6' 2" 185 Jan 23, 1970 3 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $155,000.00
Alvaro Espinoza 34 R R 6' 0" 181 Feb 19, 1962 11 59 25 59 57 0 0 18 5 20 16 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 $400,000.00
Julio Franco 37 R R 6' 0" 165 Aug 23, 1958 14 112 109 112 97 0 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 0 $2,401,972.00
Brian Giles 25 L L 5' 10" 195 Jan 20, 1971 2 51 28 51 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 5 16 20 16 2 $110,000.00
Danny Graves 22 R R 5' 11" 200 Aug 7, 1973 1st 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Orel Hershiser 37 R R 6' 3" 192 Sep 16, 1958 14 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,750,000.00
Damian Jackson 22 R R 5' 10" 160 Aug 16, 1973 1st 5 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jeff Kent 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Mar 7, 1968 5 39 28 39 33 0 0 19 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1
Wayne Kirby 32 L R 5' 10" 185 Jan 22, 1964 6 27 1 27 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 10 18 0 6 6 $437,500.00
Scott Leius 30 R R 6' 3" 195 Sep 24, 1965 7 27 9 27 21 0 0 7 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 $300,000.00
Kenny Lofton 29 L L 6' 0" 180 May 31, 1967 6 154 153 154 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 153 0 1 0 $3,575,000.00 All-Star
Albie Lopez 24 R R 6' 2" 205 Aug 18, 1971 4 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $132,000.00
Dennis Martinez 41 R R 6' 1" 185 May 14, 1955 21 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,816,766.00
Jack McDowell 30 R R 6' 5" 180 Jan 16, 1966 9 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,800,000.00
Kent Mercker 28 L L 6' 2" 195 Feb 1, 1968 8 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Mesa 30 R R 6' 3" 225 May 22, 1966 8 69 0 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,872,223.00 All-Star
Eddie Murray HOF 40 B R 6' 2" 200 Feb 24, 1956 20 88 86 88 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 2 0 $2,000,000.00
Charles Nagy 29 L R 6' 3" 200 May 5, 1967 7 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,487,500.00 All-Star
Chad Ogea 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Nov 9, 1970 3 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $145,000.00
Geronimo Pena 29 B R 6' 1" 195 Mar 29, 1967 7 5 2 5 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Tony Pena 39 R R 6' 0" 181 Jun 4, 1957 17 67 50 67 67 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $558,333.00
Herb Perry 26 R R 6' 2" 210 Sep 15, 1969 3 7 3 7 6 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Eric Plunk 32 R R 6' 5" 217 Sep 3, 1963 11 56 0 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $750,000.00
Jim Poole 30 L L 6' 2" 203 Apr 28, 1966 7 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $500,000.00
Manny Ramirez 24 R R 6' 0" 190 May 30, 1972 4 152 149 152 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 149 3 3 0 $1,100,000.00
Joe Roa 24 R R 6' 1" 194 Oct 11, 1971 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Seitzer 34 R R 5' 11" 190 Mar 26, 1962 11 22 22 22 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0
Paul Shuey 25 R R 6' 3" 215 Sep 16, 1970 3 42 0 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $138,000.00
Greg Swindell 31 R L 6' 3" 225 Jan 2, 1965 11 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Julian Tavarez 23 L R 6' 2" 165 May 22, 1973 4 51 0 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $391,666.00
Jim Thome 25 L R 6' 4" 220 Aug 27, 1970 6 151 145 151 150 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 $1,600,000.00
Ryan Thompson 28 R R 6' 3" 200 Nov 4, 1967 5 8 4 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 8 0 2 0 $275,000.00
Jose Vizcaino 28 B R 6' 1" 180 Mar 26, 1968 8 48 47 48 47 0 0 0 45 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Omar Vizquel 29 B R 5' 9" 165 Apr 24, 1967 8 151 149 151 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $3,050,000.00
Nigel Wilson 26 L L 6' 1" 185 Jan 12, 1970 3 10 1 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 0 $125,000.00
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1995 / 1997 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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