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1996 Cleveland Indians

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1995 / 1997

99-62, Finished 1st in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Mike Hargrove (99-62)
Scored 952 runs, Allowed 769 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-65

Ballparks: Jacobs Field · 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 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
Sandy Alomar 30 R R 6' 5" 200 Jun 18, 1966 9 127 111 127 125 0 124 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.5 $2,575,000 All-Star
Brian Anderson 24 L L 6' 1" 190 Apr 26, 1972 4 10 9 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Paul Assenmacher 35 L L 6' 3" 195 Dec 10, 1960 11 63 0 0 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $871,400
Carlos Baerga 27 B R 5' 11" 165 Nov 4, 1968 7 100 99 100 100 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.9 $4,750,000
Albert Belle 29 R R 6' 1" 190 Aug 25, 1966 8 158 158 158 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 152 6 0 0 4.9 $5,700,000 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 15 32 3 1.2 $190,000
Casey Candaele 35 B R 5' 9" 160 Jan 12, 1961 8 24 6 24 15 0 0 0 11 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 0.0 $150,000
Mark Carreon 32 R L 6' 0" 170 Jul 19, 1963 10 38 35 38 36 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 4 1 5 2 2 0 0.5 $
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 0.0 $
Alan Embree 26 L L 6' 2" 185 Jan 23, 1970 3 24 0 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $155,000
Alvaro Espinoza 34 R R 6' 0" 170 Feb 19, 1962 11 59 25 59 57 0 0 18 5 20 16 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0.0 $400,000
Julio Franco 37 R R 6' 0" 160 Aug 23, 1958 14 112 109 112 97 0 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 0 2.7 $2,401,972
Brian Giles 25 L L 5' 11" 195 Jan 20, 1971 2 51 28 51 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 5 16 21 16 2 1.2 $110,000
Danny Graves 22 R R 5' 11" 200 Aug 7, 1973 1st 15 0 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Orel Hershiser 37 R R 6' 3" 190 Sep 16, 1958 14 33 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $1,750,000
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 0.1 $
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 5 2 1 0.6 $
Wayne Kirby 32 L R 5' 11" 185 Jan 22, 1964 6 27 1 27 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 10 18 3 6 6 -0.2 $437,500
Scott Leius 30 R R 6' 3" 180 Sep 24, 1965 7 27 9 27 21 0 0 7 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 -0.6 $300,000
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 4.7 $3,575,000 All-Star
Albie Lopez 24 R R 6' 2" 240 Aug 18, 1971 4 13 10 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $132,000
Dennis Martinez 41 R R 6' 1" 160 May 14, 1955 21 20 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $3,816,766
Jack McDowell 30 R R 6' 5" 180 Jan 16, 1966 9 30 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $4,800,000
Kent Mercker 28 L L 6' 1" 175 Feb 1, 1968 8 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Jose Mesa 30 R R 6' 3" 170 May 22, 1966 8 69 0 0 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $1,872,223 All-Star
Eddie Murray HOF 40 B R 6' 2" 190 Feb 24, 1956 20 88 86 88 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 2 0 -0.9 $2,000,000
Charles Nagy 29 L R 6' 3" 200 May 5, 1967 7 32 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.8 $3,487,500 All-Star
Chad Ogea 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Nov 9, 1970 3 29 21 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $145,000
Geronimo Pena 29 B R 6' 1" 170 Mar 29, 1967 7 5 2 5 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Tony Pena 39 R R 6' 0" 175 Jun 4, 1957 17 67 50 67 67 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $558,333
Herbert 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 -0.2 $
Eric Plunk 32 R R 6' 5" 210 Sep 3, 1963 11 56 0 0 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $750,000
Jim Poole 30 L L 6' 2" 190 Apr 28, 1966 7 32 0 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $500,000
Manny Ramirez 24 R R 6' 0" 225 May 30, 1972 4 152 149 152 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 149 3 3 0 3.9 $1,100,000
Joe Roa 24 R R 6' 1" 195 Oct 11, 1971 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Kevin Seitzer 34 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 26, 1962 11 22 22 22 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 1.0 $
Paul Shuey 25 R R 6' 3" 215 Sep 16, 1970 3 42 0 0 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $138,000
Greg Swindell 31 R L 6' 2" 225 Jan 2, 1965 11 13 2 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Julian Tavarez 23 L R 6' 2" 165 May 22, 1973 4 51 4 0 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $391,666
Jim Thome 25 L R 6' 3" 250 Aug 27, 1970 6 151 145 151 150 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 7.1 $1,600,000
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 0.1 $275,000
Jose Vizcaino 28 B R 6' 1" 150 Mar 26, 1968 8 48 47 48 47 0 0 0 45 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 -0.1 $
Omar Vizquel 29 B R 5' 9" 180 Apr 24, 1967 8 151 149 151 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.0 $3,050,000
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 3 9 0 0.1 $125,000
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.

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Einar Diaz
Jeff Kent
Mark Carreon
Kenny Lofton
Albert Belle
Carlos Baerga
Damian Jackson
Alvaro Espinoza
Jose Vizcaino
Jeff Kent
Greg Swindell
Omar Vizquel

Sandy Alomar
Tony Pena
Jeromy Burnitz
Kevin Seitzer
Brian Giles
Julio Franco
Manny Ramirez
Jim Thome
Casey Candaele

Geronimo Pena
Jack McDowell
Scott Leius
Dennis Martinez
Eddie Murray
Brian Anderson
Danny Graves
Wayne Kirby
Herbert Perry

Chad Ogea
Eric Plunk
Kent Mercker
Charles Nagy
Paul Assenmacher
Ryan Thompson
Joe Roa
Nigel Wilson

Jose Mesa
Julian Tavarez
Paul Shuey
Orel Hershiser
Alan Embree
Albie Lopez
Jim Poole

1995 / 1997 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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