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1996 Cleveland Indians (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1995/1997)
99-62, Finished 1st in AL Central Division
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Scored 952 runs, Allowed 769 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-65
Managed by Mike Hargrove

Ballpark: Jacobs Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 3,318,174 (2nd of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 98
  (one-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 102
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason: Lost AL Division Series (3-1) to Baltimore Orioles

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Sandy Alomar        30  127  418   53  110  23  0  11   50  19   42  .263  .299  .397   1   0  20   3   2   2   0   75
1B  Julio Franco        37  112  432   72  139  20  1  14   76  61   82  .322  .407  .470   8   8  14   3   0   3   2  123
2B #Carlos Baerga       27  100  424   54  113  25  0  10   55  16   25  .267  .302  .396   1   1  15   7   2   4   0   76
3B *Jim Thome           25  151  505  122  157  28  5  38  116 123  141  .311  .450  .612   2   2  13   6   0   2   8  167
SS #Omar Vizquel        29  151  542   98  161  36  1   9   64  56   42  .297  .362  .417  35   9  10   4  12   9   0   98
LF  Albert Belle        29  158  602  124  187  38  3  48  148  99   87  .311  .410  .623  11   0  20   7   0   7  15  158
CF *Kenny Lofton        29  154  662  132  210  35  4  14   67  61   82  .317  .372  .446  75  17   7   0   7   6   3  107
RF  Manny Ramirez       24  152  550   94  170  45  3  33  112  85  104  .309  .399  .582   8   5  18   3   0   9   8  146
DH #Eddie Murray        40   88  336   33   88   9  1  12   45  34   45  .262  .326  .402   3   0  13   0   0   4   2   84
   #Jose Vizcaino       28   48  179   23   51   5  2   0   13   7   24  .285  .310  .335   6   2   2   0   4   1   0   65
    Tony Pena           39   67  174   14   34   4  0   1   27  15   25  .195  .255  .236   0   1   8   0   3   3   0   26
    Mark Carreon        32   38  142   16   46  12  0   2   14  11    9  .324  .385  .451   1   1   4   3   0   0   0  112
   *Jeromy Burnitz      27   71  128   30   36  10  0   7   26  25   31  .281  .406  .523   2   1   3   2   0   0   1  135
   *Brian Giles         25   51  121   26   43  14  1   5   27  19   13  .355  .434  .612   3   0   6   0   0   3   4  162
    Alvaro Espinoza     34   59  112   12   25   4  2   4   11   6   18  .223  .279  .402   1   1   4   3   3   1   0   71
    Jeff Kent           28   39  102   16   27   7  0   3   16  10   22  .265  .328  .422   2   1   1   1   0   3   0   89
    Kevin Seitzer       34   22   83   11   32  10  0   1   16  14   11  .386  .480  .542   0   0   2   1   0   0   1  160
   #Casey Candaele      35   24   44    8   11   2  0   1    4   1    9  .250  .267  .364   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   58
    Scott Leius         30   27   43    3    6   4  0   1    3   2    8  .140  .178  .302   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   19
    Ryan Thompson       28    8   22    2    7   0  0   1    5   1    6  .318  .348  .455   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  102
   *Wayne Kirby         32   27   16    3    4   1  0   0    1   2    2  .250  .333  .313   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   66
    Herb Perry          26    7   12    1    1   1  0   0    0   1    2  .083  .154  .167   1   0   0   0   0   0   0  -18
   *Nigel Wilson        26   10   12    2    3   0  0   2    5   1    6  .250  .308  .750   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  157
    Damian Jackson      22    5   10    2    3   2  0   0    1   1    4  .300  .364  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  117
   #Geronimo Pena       29    5    9    1    1   0  0   1    2   1    4  .111  .200  .444   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   58
    Einar Diaz          23    4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.7  161 5681  952 1665 335 23 218  904 671  844  .293  .368  .475 160  50 164  43  34  57  44  113
    Rank among 14 AL teams         5    2    1   2 11   5        2   14     1     1     2   2   3                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Orel Hershiser      37  33   4.24  15   9  0  33   0   1   0  206.0  238  115   97  21   58  125  908  11  12  1   4 116
SP  Charles Nagy        29  32   3.41  17   5  0  32   0   5   0  222.0  217   89   84  21   61  167  921   7   3  0   2 144
SP  Jack McDowell       30  30   5.11  13   9  0  30   0   5   1  192.0  214  119  109  22   67  141  846   5   4  0   2  96
SP  Chad Ogea           25  29   4.79  10   6  0  21   2   1   1  146.7  151   82   78  22   42  101  620   2   5  0   3 102
SP  Dennis Martinez     41  20   4.50   9   6  0  20   0   1   1  112.0  122   63   56  12   37   48  483   0   2  0   2 109
SP  Albie Lopez         24  13   6.39   5   4  0  10   0   0   0   62.0   80   47   44  14   22   45  282   2   2  0   1  77
SP *Brian Anderson      24  10   4.91   3   1  0   9   0   0   0   51.3   58   29   28   9   14   21  215   2   0  0   1 100

CL  Jose Mesa           30  69   3.73   2   7 39   0  60   0   0   72.3   69   32   30   6   28   64  304   4   3  0   4 131
RP *Paul Assenmacher    35  63   3.09   4   2  1   0  25   0   0   46.7   46   18   16   1   14   44  201   2   4  0   5 159
RP  Eric Plunk          32  56   2.43   3   2  2   0  12   0   0   77.7   56   21   21   6   34   85  318   4   3  1   2 201
RP  Julian Tavarez      23  51   5.36   4   7  0   4  13   0   0   80.7  101   49   48   9   22   46  353   1   1  0   5  91
RP  Paul Shuey          25  42   2.85   5   2  4   0  18   0   0   53.7   45   19   17   6   26   44  225   3   0  1   3 172

   *Alan Embree         26  24   6.39   1   1  0   0   2   0   0   31.0   30   26   22  10   21   33  141   3   0  0   3  77
    Danny Graves        22  15   4.55   2   0  0   0   5   0   0   29.7   29   18   15   2   10   22  129   1   0  0   0 108
   *Greg Swindell       31  13   6.59   1   1  0   2   1   0   0   28.7   31   21   21   8    8   21  121   0   0  0   0  74
   *Jim Poole           30  32   3.04   4   0  0   0   8   0   0   26.7   29   15    9   3   14   19  121   2   0  0   4 161
   *Kent Mercker        28  10   3.09   1   0  0   0   2   0   0   11.7   10    4    4   1    3    7   46   0   0  0   1 159
    Joe Roa             24   1  10.80   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.7    4    2    2   0    3    0   11   0   0  0   0  45
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.3 161   4.35  99  62 46 161 148  13   9 1452.0 1530  769  702 173  484 1033 6245  49  39  3  42 113
    Rank among 14 AL teams          1   1  14  2           5   1      5    4    1        3    2    6

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- SAlomar 992 111 124 724 48 9 5 .988 7 32 76 35 TPena 456 50 67 336 27 3 6 .992 4 17 28 17 EDiaz 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1452 161 161 1064 75 12 11 .990 11 49 104 52 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JFranco 833 96 97 852 77 9 89 .990 10.03 MCarreon 275 32 34 305 19 2 23 .994 10.59 JKent 119 12 20 112 9 1 13 .992 9.15 AEspinoza 104 8 18 97 8 0 10 1.000 9.06 KSeitzer 44 5 5 31 9 0 1 1.000 8.18 SLeius 37 4 7 39 2 1 1 .976 9.97 HPerry 29 3 5 29 2 0 3 1.000 9.62 EMurray 9 1 1 10 1 0 0 1.000 11.00 SAlomar 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 161 161 1475 127 13 140 .992 9.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *5.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CBaerga 880 99 100 191 308 15 63 .971 5.10 JVizcaino 391 45 45 79 125 4 27 .981 4.69 CCandaele 67 6 11 20 30 0 11 1.000 6.72 JKent 65 7 9 11 30 0 2 1.000 5.68 AEspinoza 20 2 5 5 11 1 5 .941 7.09 SLeius 19 1 6 3 8 0 2 1.000 5.21 GPena 9 1 1 2 3 0 1 1.000 5.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 161 161 311 515 20 111 .976 5.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 *2.56 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JThome 1278 144 150 86 262 17 24 .953 2.45 AEspinoza 72 7 20 7 11 1 1 .947 2.25 JKent 43 5 6 2 7 0 1 1.000 1.88 SLeius 41 4 8 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.98 GPena 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CCandaele 6 0 3 1 3 0 1 1.000 6.00 HPerry 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 161 161 99 289 18 27 .956 2.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 *4.66 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- OVizquel 1312 149 150 226 447 20 91 .971 4.62 AEspinoza 96 8 16 16 29 1 12 .978 4.22 DJackson 21 2 5 3 13 0 4 1.000 6.86 JVizcaino 21 2 4 3 10 0 4 1.000 5.57 CCandaele 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 161 161 249 499 21 111 .973 4.64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ABelle 1343 152 152 308 11 10 0 .970 2.14 JBurnitz 52 4 10 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 BGiles 46 4 11 16 0 0 0 1.000 3.13 NWilson 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 WKirby 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 161 161 337 11 10 0 .972 2.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *2.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KLofton 1334 153 153 375 13 10 3 .975 2.62 RThompson 46 4 8 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.98 JBurnitz 27 1 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.64 MCarreon 24 2 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.62 WKirby 21 1 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 161 161 399 13 10 3 .976 2.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MRamirez 1303 146 149 272 19 9 4 .970 2.01 JBurnitz 92 11 15 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 BGiles 39 4 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.31 WKirby 14 0 10 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 MCarreon 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 161 161 309 19 9 4 .973 2.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.37 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- ABelle 1343 152 152 310 10 10 0 .970 2.14 KLofton 1334 153 153 376 13 10 3 .975 2.62 MRamirez 1303 146 149 273 19 9 4 .970 2.02 JBurnitz 171 16 30 44 0 0 0 1.000 2.31 BGiles 85 8 16 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.54 RThompson 46 4 8 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.98 WKirby 37 1 18 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.95 MCarreon 28 2 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 NWilson 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1452 161 161 1046 42 29 7 .974 2.25 161 161 161 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 *1.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CNagy 222 32 32 29 35 0 3 1.000 2.59 OHershiser 206 33 33 20 47 2 3 .971 2.93 JMcDowell 192 30 30 20 27 1 0 .979 2.20 COgea 146 21 29 4 16 2 1 .909 1.23 DMartinez 112 20 20 10 26 1 1 .973 2.89 JTavarez 80 4 51 6 8 0 0 1.000 1.56 EPlunk 77 0 56 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.27 JMesa 72 0 69 5 3 1 1 .889 1.00 ALopez 62 10 13 1 9 2 0 .833 1.45 PShuey 53 0 42 3 5 0 1 1.000 1.34 BAnderson 51 9 10 3 13 2 1 .889 2.81 PAssenmache 46 0 63 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.96 AEmbree 31 0 24 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.87 DGraves 29 0 15 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.21 GSwindell 28 2 13 1 6 0 1 1.000 2.20 JPoole 26 0 32 1 6 0 1 1.000 2.36 KMercker 11 0 10 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.31 JRoa 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 161 161 113 217 11 13 .968 2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- EMurray 87 BGiles 21 KSeitzer 17 JBurnitz 15 JFranco 13 ABelle 6 JKent 5 MRamirez 3 NWilson 3 MCarreon 2 AEspinoza 1 SLeius 1 JThome 1 JVizcaino 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Lofton .317

On-base % Thome .450

Slugging % Belle .623

OPS Thome 1.062

Games Belle 158

At Bats Lofton 662

Plate Appearances (approx.) Lofton 736

Runs Lofton 132

Hits Lofton 210

Total Bases Belle 375

Doubles Ramirez 45

Triples Thome 5

Home Runs Belle 48

RBI Belle 148

Bases on Balls Thome 123

Strikeouts Thome 141

Stolen Bases Lofton 75

Singles Lofton 157

Adjusted OPS+ Thome 167

Runs Created Belle 156

Adjusted Batting Runs Thome 58

Batting Wins Thome 5.1

Extra-Base Hits Belle 89

Times on Base Belle 293

Offensive Win% Thome .767

Hit By Pitch Baerga and Belle 7

Sac. Hits Vizquel 12

Sac. Flies Ramirez and Vizquel 9

Intentional Walks Belle 15

Grounded into Double Plays Alomar and Belle 20

Caught Stealing Lofton 17

Power/Speed Number Lofton 23.6

At Bats per Strikeout Vizquel 12.9

At Bats per Home Run Belle 12.5

Outs Lofton 489

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Nagy 3.41

Wins Nagy 17

Won-Loss % Nagy .773

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Nagy 1.252

Hits Allowed/9IP Nagy 8.80

Bases on Balls/9IP Nagy 2.47

Strikeouts/9IP Nagy 6.77

Games Mesa 69

Saves Mesa 39

Innings Nagy 222.0

Strikeouts Nagy 167

Games Started Hershiser 33

Comp. Games McDowell and Nagy 5

Shutouts Martinez, McDowell, and Ogea 1

Home Runs Allow. McDowell and Ogea 22

Bases On Balls Allow. McDowell 67

Hits Allowed Hershiser 238

SO to Walk Nagy 2.74

Losses Hershiser and McDowell 9

Earned Runs Allow. McDowell 109

Wild Pitches Hershiser 11

Hit Batsmen Hershiser 12

Batters Faced Nagy 921

Games Finished Mesa 60

Adjusted ERA+ Nagy 144

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Albert Belle $ 5,700,000

Jack McDowell $ 4,800,000

Carlos Baerga $ 4,750,000

Dennis Martinez $ 3,816,766

Kenny Lofton $ 3,575,000

Charles Nagy $ 3,487,500

Omar Vizquel $ 3,050,000

Kent Mercker $ 2,825,000

Sandy Alomar $ 2,575,000

Julio Franco $ 2,401,972

Eddie Murray $ 2,000,000

Jose Mesa $ 1,872,223

Orel Hershiser $ 1,750,000

Jim Thome $ 1,600,000

Kevin Seitzer $ 1,150,000

Manny Ramirez $ 1,100,000

Paul Assenmacher $ 871,400

Eric Plunk $ 750,000

Tony Pena $ 558,333

Jim Poole $ 500,000

Wayne Kirby $ 437,500

Alvaro Espinoza $ 400,000

Julian Tavarez $ 391,666

Scott Leius $ 300,000

Ryan Thompson $ 275,000

Jeromy Burnitz $ 190,000

Alan Embree $ 155,000

Casey Candaele $ 150,000

Chad Ogea $ 145,000

Paul Shuey $ 138,000

Albie Lopez $ 132,000

Nigel Wilson $ 125,000

Brian Giles $ 110,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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Sandy Alomar
Albert Belle (Starting LF)
Kenny Lofton (Starting CF)
Jose Mesa
Charles Nagy (Starting P)

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