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1997 Cleveland Indians

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998

86-75, Finished 1st in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Mike Hargrove (86-75)
Scored 868 runs, Allowed 815 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-76

Ballparks: Jacobs Field · Attendance: 3,404,750 (2nd of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98

Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-3) to Florida Marlins
Won AL Championship Series (4-2) over Baltimore Orioles
Won AL Division Series (3-2) over New York Yankees

American League Champs

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1996 / 1998 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 31 R R 6' 5" 200 Jun 18, 1966 10 125 116 125 119 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 3.5 $2,600,000 All-Star
Brian Anderson 25 L L 6' 1" 190 Apr 26, 1972 5 8 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Paul Assenmacher 36 L L 6' 3" 195 Dec 10, 1960 12 75 0 4 75 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $875,000
Bruce Aven 25 R R 5' 9" 180 Mar 4, 1972 1st 13 3 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 2 13 0 0 2 -0.1 $
Pat Borders 34 R R 6' 2" 190 May 14, 1963 10 55 45 55 53 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.3 $400,000
Jeff Branson 30 L R 6' 0" 180 Jan 26, 1967 6 29 19 29 25 0 0 0 19 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.1 $
Casey Candaele 36 B R 5' 9" 160 Jan 12, 1961 9 14 4 14 9 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.2 $
Sean Casey 22 L R 6' 4" 215 Jul 2, 1974 1st 6 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 -0.1 $
Terry Clark 36 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 18, 1960 6 4 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Bartolo Colon 24 R R 5' 11" 265 May 24, 1973 1st 19 17 1 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $150,000
Chad Curtis 28 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 6, 1968 6 22 6 22 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 4 19 0 2 7 0.3 $900,000
Einar Diaz 24 R R 5' 10" 165 Dec 28, 1972 2 5 1 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Tony Fernandez 35 B R 6' 2" 165 Jun 30, 1962 14 120 102 120 116 0 0 0 109 0 10 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 1.8 $1,550,000
Julio Franco 38 R R 6' 0" 160 Aug 23, 1958 15 78 76 78 35 0 0 1 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 1 0 0.0 $3,292,404
Brian Giles 26 L L 5' 11" 195 Jan 20, 1971 3 130 103 130 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 20 25 127 9 17 2 1.6 $175,000
Danny Graves 23 R R 5' 11" 200 Aug 7, 1973 2 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Marquis Grissom 30 R R 5' 11" 190 Apr 17, 1967 9 144 144 144 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 144 0 0 0 1.6 $4,850,000
Orel Hershiser 38 R R 6' 3" 190 Sep 16, 1958 15 32 32 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $3,100,000
Trent Hubbard 33 R R 5' 8" 180 May 11, 1964 4 7 3 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 6 0 1 1 -0.1 $
Damian Jackson 23 R R 5' 10" 160 Aug 16, 1973 2 8 2 8 6 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.2 $
Michael Jackson 32 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 22, 1964 12 71 0 5 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $2,000,000
Jason Jacome 26 L L 6' 1" 155 Nov 24, 1970 4 21 4 1 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Jeff Juden 26 R R 6' 7" 245 Jan 19, 1971 6 8 5 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
David Justice 31 L L 6' 3" 195 Apr 14, 1966 9 139 135 139 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 0 5 79 61 4 0 3.4 $6,300,000 All-Star
Steve Kline 24 B L 6' 2" 200 Aug 22, 1972 1st 20 1 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $150,000
Albie Lopez 25 R R 6' 2" 240 Aug 18, 1971 5 37 6 4 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $176,000
Jeff Manto 32 R R 6' 3" 210 Aug 23, 1964 6 16 5 16 13 0 0 6 0 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 -0.1 $240,000
Jack McDowell 31 R R 6' 5" 180 Jan 16, 1966 10 8 6 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $4,800,000
Jose Mesa 31 R R 6' 3" 170 May 22, 1966 9 66 0 5 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $1,947,223
Kevin Mitchell 35 R R 5' 10" 186 Jan 13, 1962 12 20 15 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16 4 0 -0.6 $500,000
Alvin Morman 28 L L 6' 3" 210 Jan 6, 1969 2 34 0 4 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $165,000
Charles Nagy 30 L R 6' 3" 200 May 5, 1967 8 34 34 2 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $3,437,500
Chad Ogea 26 R R 6' 2" 200 Nov 9, 1970 4 21 21 2 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $533,333
Eric Plunk 33 R R 6' 5" 210 Sep 3, 1963 12 55 0 3 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $1,850,000
Manny Ramirez 25 R R 6' 0" 225 May 30, 1972 5 150 149 150 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 146 4 0 0 3.8 $2,100,000
Bip Roberts 33 B R 5' 7" 150 Oct 27, 1963 11 23 21 23 22 0 0 0 13 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 1 0 0.1 $
Kevin Seitzer 35 R R 5' 11" 180 Mar 26, 1962 12 64 47 64 32 0 0 19 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 24 12 0 -0.5 $1,220,000
Richie Sexson 22 R R 6' 6" 205 Dec 29, 1974 1st 5 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 -0.2 $
Paul Shuey 26 R R 6' 3" 215 Sep 16, 1970 4 40 0 2 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $197,000
John Smiley 32 L L 6' 4" 180 Mar 17, 1965 12 6 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Jim Thome 26 L R 6' 3" 250 Aug 27, 1970 7 147 140 147 145 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 4.9 $2,625,000 All-Star
Omar Vizquel 30 B R 5' 9" 180 Apr 24, 1967 9 153 149 153 152 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.9 $3,050,000
David Weathers 27 R R 6' 3" 205 Sep 25, 1969 7 9 1 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Matt Williams 31 R R 6' 2" 205 Nov 28, 1965 11 151 148 151 151 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.4 $7,150,000
Enrique Wilson 23 B R 5' 11" 160 Jul 27, 1973 1st 5 3 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $
Jaret Wright 21 R R 6' 2" 220 Dec 29, 1975 1st 16 16 2 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $150,000
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

Tony Fernandez
Einar Diaz
Bip Roberts
Jeff Juden
Matt Williams
Pat Borders
Jeff Branson
Damian Jackson
Chad Curtis
Jeff Juden
Jeff Manto

Omar Vizquel
Sandy Alomar
Marquis Grissom
Kevin Seitzer
Brian Giles
Julio Franco
David Justice
Manny Ramirez
Jim Thome

Casey Candaele
Jaret Wright
Jack McDowell
Trent Hubbard
David Justice
Brian Anderson
Danny Graves
Enrique Wilson
Bruce Aven

Chad Ogea
Eric Plunk
Bartolo Colon
Charles Nagy
Michael Jackson
Jeff Manto
Kevin Mitchell
Richie Sexson
Paul Assenmacher
Jason Jacome

Terry Clark
Jose Mesa
David Weathers
Alvin Morman
Sean Casey
Steve Kline
Paul Shuey
Orel Hershiser
Bruce Aven

John Smiley
Albie Lopez

1996 / 1998 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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