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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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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 Stats / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders (1995/1997) / Minor League Teams / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Batting Orders are the starting batting orders for that game.

Explanation

A # next to the game score indicates the opposing starter was a left hander. Holding your mouse (without clicking) over the game date will show you the name of the opposing starter in most browsers. Clicking on the date will take you to the box score. Clicking on the opposing team's name will take you to their batting order for this game.

Game (# = Opp. LHS) 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
1.Tue,4/2 vs NYY L (1-7) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Thome-3B Ramirez-RF Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
2.Wed,4/3 vs NYY L (1-5)# Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Thome-3B Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
3.Fri,4/5 vs TOR L (1-7) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Thome-3B Ramirez-RF Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
4.Sat,4/6 vs TOR W (5-3) Lofton-CF Vizquel-SS Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Franco-1B Thome-3B Ramirez-RF Pena-C
5.Sun,4/7 vs TOR W (8-3) Lofton-CF Vizquel-SS Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Franco-1B Thome-3B Ramirez-RF Alomar-C
6.Wed,4/10 at BAL L (2-3)# Lofton-CF Vizquel-SS Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Franco-1B Ramirez-RF Alomar-C Leius-3B
7.Thu,4/11 at BAL L (4-14) Lofton-CF Vizquel-SS Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Franco-1B Thome-3B Ramirez-RF Alomar-C
8.Fri,4/12 at BOS W (3-1) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Thome-3B Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
9.Sat,4/13 at BOS W (14-2)# Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Thome-3B Pena-C Vizquel-SS
10.Sun,4/14 at BOS W (7-6) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Burnitz-RF Thome-3B Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
11.Mon,4/15 at BOS W (8-0) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Thome-3B Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
12.Tue,4/16 at MIN W (7-2) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Thome-3B Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
13.Wed,4/17 at MIN L (8-9)# Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Thome-3B Pena-C Espinoza-SS
14.Fri,4/19 vs BOS W (9-4) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Thome-3B Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
15.Sat,4/20 vs BOS W (2-1) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Thome-3B Pena-C Vizquel-SS
16.Sun,4/21 vs BOS W (11-7) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Thome-3B Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
17.Mon,4/22 vs BAL W (6-3) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Thome-3B Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
18.Tue,4/23 vs BAL W (9-8) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Thome-3B Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
19.Wed,4/24 at NYY L (8-10) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Thome-3B Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
20.Thu,4/25 at NYY W (4-3)# Lofton-CF Franco-DH Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-1B Ramirez-RF Alomar-C Leius-3B Vizquel-SS
21.Fri,4/26 at TOR W (6-3) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Thome-3B Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
22.Sat,4/27 at TOR L (6-11) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Thome-3B Pena-C Vizquel-SS
23.Sun,4/28 at TOR W (17-3)# Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Alomar-C Thome-3B Vizquel-SS
24.Tue,4/30 vs CHW W (5-3) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Thome-3B Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
25.Wed,5/1 vs CHW W (9-5)# Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Thome-3B Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
26.Thu,5/2 at SEA W (6-4) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Thome-3B Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
27.Fri,5/3 at SEA W (5-2)# Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Thome-3B Pena-C Vizquel-SS
28.Sat,5/4 at SEA L (1-5) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Thome-3B Burnitz-RF Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
29.Sun,5/5 at SEA W (2-0) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Thome-3B Pena-C Vizquel-SS
30.Mon,5/6 at OAK L (3-5) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Thome-3B Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
31.Tue,5/7 at OAK L (4-8)# Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Pena-C Espinoza-3B Vizquel-SS
32.Wed,5/8 at OAK W (7-3) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Thome-3B Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
33.Fri,5/10 at CAL L (8-13) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Thome-3B Ramirez-RF Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
34.Sat,5/11 at CAL W (6-5) Lofton-CF Vizquel-SS Franco-1B Belle-LF Murray-DH Thome-3B Ramirez-RF Alomar-C Espinoza-2B
35.Sun,5/12 at CAL W (4-1)# Lofton-CF Vizquel-SS Franco-1B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Alomar-C Thome-3B Leius-2B
36.Tue,5/14 vs DET W (5-1) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Thome-3B Ramirez-RF Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
37.Wed,5/15 vs DET W (5-2) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Thome-3B Ramirez-RF Pena-C Vizquel-SS
38.Thu,5/16 vs DET W (8-3) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Thome-3B Ramirez-RF Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
39.Fri,5/17 vs TEX W (12-10) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Thome-3B Burnitz-RF Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
40.Sat,5/18 vs TEX L (3-6)# Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Alomar-C Espinoza-3B Vizquel-SS
41.Sun,5/19 vs TEX W (8-5) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Thome-3B Ramirez-RF Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
42.Tue,5/21 vs MIL W (6-5) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Thome-3B Ramirez-RF Pena-C Vizquel-SS
43.Wed,5/22 vs MIL L (8-10)# Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Thome-3B Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
44.Thu,5/23 vs MIL W (5-1)# Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Alomar-C Leius-3B Vizquel-SS
45.Fri,5/24 at DET W (6-3) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Thome-3B Ramirez-RF Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
46.Sat,5/25 at DET W (7-6) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Thome-3B Ramirez-RF Alomar-C Espinoza-SS
47.Sun,5/26 at DET W (5-0) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Thome-3B Ramirez-RF Pena-C Vizquel-SS
48.Mon,5/27 at TEX L (2-3) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Thome-3B Ramirez-RF Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
49.Tue,5/28 at TEX L (3-11)# Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Alomar-C Espinoza-3B Vizquel-SS
50.Wed,5/29 at TEX L (4-5) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Thome-3B Murray-DH Burnitz-RF Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
51.Thu,5/30 at MIL W (2-0) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Thome-3B Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
52.Fri,5/31 at MIL W (10-4) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Thome-3B Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Pena-C Vizquel-SS
53.Sat,6/1 at MIL L (1-2)# Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Ramirez-RF Murray-DH Alomar-C Leius-3B Vizquel-SS
54.Sun,6/2 at MIL W (11-6)# Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Ramirez-RF Murray-DH Alomar-C Thome-3B Espinoza-SS
55.Tue,6/4 vs SEA L (7-10)# Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Ramirez-RF Murray-DH Alomar-C Thome-3B Vizquel-SS
56.Wed,6/5 vs SEA W (13-5) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Thome-3B Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
57.Thu,6/6 vs SEA L (2-5) Kirby-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-DH Thome-3B Ramirez-RF Burnitz-LF Pena-C Vizquel-SS
58.Fri,6/7 vs CAL W (4-3) Lofton-CF Franco-DH Baerga-2B Belle-LF Thome-3B Alomar-C Burnitz-RF Perry-1B Vizquel-SS
59.Sat,6/8 vs CAL W (5-0)# Lofton-CF Franco-DH Baerga-2B Belle-LF Ramirez-RF Thome-3B Perry-1B Pena-C Vizquel-SS
60.Sun,6/9 vs CAL L (6-8) Lofton-CF Franco-DH Baerga-2B Belle-LF Thome-3B Ramirez-RF Alomar-C Perry-1B Vizquel-SS
61.Mon,6/10 vs OAK W (5-4)# Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Ramirez-RF Murray-DH Alomar-C Thome-3B Vizquel-SS
62.Tue,6/11 vs OAK W (6-5) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Thome-3B Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Pena-C Vizquel-SS
63.Wed,6/12 vs OAK L (6-9) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Thome-3B Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
64.Thu,6/13 at NYY W (6-2)# Lofton-CF Franco-1B Baerga-2B Belle-LF Ramirez-RF Murray-DH Alomar-C Espinoza-3B Vizquel-SS
65.Fri,6/14 at NYY L (3-4) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Belle-LF Murray-DH Thome-3B Ramirez-RF Baerga-2B Pena-C Vizquel-SS
66.Sat,6/15 at NYY W (10-3) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Belle-LF Murray-DH Thome-3B Baerga-2B Ramirez-RF Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
67.Sun,6/16 at NYY L (4-5)# Lofton-CF Franco-1B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Baerga-2B Pena-C Espinoza-3B Vizquel-SS
68.Tue,6/18 vs BOS W (9-7) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Belle-LF Murray-DH Thome-3B Ramirez-RF Baerga-2B Alomar-C Vizquel-SS
69.Wed,6/19 vs BOS W (11-4) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Thome-3B Belle-LF Ramirez-RF Murray-DH Baerga-2B Pena-C Vizquel-SS
70.Thu,6/20 vs BOS W (5-4) Lofton-CF Franco-1B Thome-3B Belle-LF Ramirez-RF Murray-DH Baerga-2B Pena-C Vizquel-SS
71.Fri,6/21 vs NYY L (7-8) Lofton-CF Vizquel-SS Franco-1B Thome-3B Ramirez-RF Murray-DH Baerga-2B Burnitz-LF Alomar-C
72.Fri,6/21 vs NYY L (3-9) Lofton-CF Vizquel-SS Franco-1B Thome-3B Ramirez-RF Murray-DH Baerga-2B Burnitz-LF Alomar-C
73.Sat,6/22 vs NYY L (9-11)# Lofton-CF Vizquel-SS Franco-1B Belle-LF Ramirez-RF Murray-DH Baerga-2B Thome-3B Pena-C
74.Sun,6/23 vs NYY L (5-6) Lofton-CF Vizquel-SS Baerga-2B Belle-LF Thome-3B Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Alomar-C Espinoza-1B
75.Tue,6/25 at BOS W (4-0) Lofton-CF Vizquel-SS Baerga-2B Belle-LF Thome-3B Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Alomar-C Espinoza-1B
76.Wed,6/26 at BOS L (4-6) Lofton-CF Vizquel-SS Baerga-2B Belle-LF Thome-3B Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Alomar-C Espinoza-1B
77.Thu,6/27 at CHW L (10-15) Lofton-CF Vizquel-SS Franco-1B Belle-LF Thome-3B Murray-DH Baerga-2B Ramirez-RF Pena-C
78.Fri,6/28 at CHW L (2-4) Lofton-CF Vizquel-SS Baerga-2B Belle-LF Thome-3B Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Leius-1B Pena-C
79.Sat,6/29 at CHW W (3-2)# Lofton-CF Vizquel-SS Baerga-2B Belle-LF Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Alomar-C Leius-1B Espinoza-3B
80.Sun,6/30 at CHW W (4-2) Lofton-CF Vizquel-SS Baerga-2B Belle-LF Thome-3B Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Alomar-C Leius-1B
81.Mon,7/1 vs KCR L (2-4)# Lofton-CF Vizquel-SS Baerga-2B Belle-LF Ramirez-RF Murray-DH Alomar-C Thome-3B Espinoza-1B
82.Tue,7/2 vs KCR W (3-2) Lofton-CF Vizquel-SS Baerga-2B Belle-LF Thome-3B Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Alomar-C Leius-1B
83.Wed,7/3 vs KCR W (6-4) Lofton-CF Vizquel-SS Baerga-2B Belle-LF Thome-3B Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Alomar-C Espinoza-1B
84.Thu,7/4 vs CHW L (5-6) Lofton-CF Vizquel-SS Baerga-2B Belle-LF Thome-3B Murray-DH Ramirez-RF Pena-C Espinoza-1B
85.Fri,7/5 vs CHW L (0-7)# Lofton-CF Vizquel-SS Franco-1B Belle-LF Ramirez-RF Murray-DH Baerga-2B