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1997 Cleveland Indians Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998)
86-75, Finished 1st in AL Central
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Scored 868 runs, Allowed 815 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-76
Manager: Mike Hargrove (86-75)
Ballpark: Jacobs Field (ballparks.com)
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
Won AL Pennant
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
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1996 / 1998 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 31 R R 6' 5" 215 Jun 18, 1966 10 125 116 125 119 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 $2,600,000.00 All-Star
Brian Anderson 25 B L 6' 1" 190 Apr 26, 1972 5 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Assenmacher 36 L L 6' 3" 200 Dec 10, 1960 12 75 0 4 75 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $875,000.00
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
Pat Borders 34 R R 6' 2" 200 May 14, 1963 10 55 45 55 53 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 $400,000.00
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 0 4 0
Casey Candaele 36 B R 5' 9" 165 Jan 12, 1961 9 14 4 14 9 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
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 2 3 0
Terry Clark 36 R R 6' 2" 196 Oct 18, 1960 6 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bartolo Colon 24 R R 5' 11" 250 May 24, 1973 1st 19 1 1 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
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 $900,000.00
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
Tony Fernandez 35 B R 6' 2" 175 Jun 30, 1962 14 120 102 120 116 0 0 0 109 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 $1,550,000.00
Julio Franco 38 R R 6' 0" 165 Aug 23, 1958 15 78 76 78 35 0 0 1 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 1 0 $3,292,404.00
Brian Giles 26 L L 5' 10" 195 Jan 20, 1971 3 130 103 130 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 20 25 115 6 17 2 $175,000.00
Danny Graves 23 R R 5' 11" 200 Aug 7, 1973 2 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 $4,850,000.00
Orel Hershiser 38 R R 6' 3" 192 Sep 16, 1958 15 32 2 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,100,000.00
Trenidad Hubbard 31 R R 5' 8" 180 May 11, 1966 4 7 3 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 6 0 1 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
Mike Jackson 32 R R 6' 0" 200 Dec 22, 1964 12 71 0 5 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,000,000.00
Jason Jacome 26 L L 6' 1" 155 Nov 24, 1970 4 21 0 1 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Juden 26 R R 6' 8" 265 Jan 19, 1971 6 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
David Justice 31 L L 6' 3" 200 Apr 14, 1966 9 139 135 139 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 0 5 78 59 4 0 $6,300,000.00 All-Star
Steve Kline 24 B L 6' 2" 200 Aug 22, 1972 1st 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Albie Lopez 25 R R 6' 2" 205 Aug 18, 1971 5 37 0 4 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $176,000.00
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 $240,000.00
Jack McDowell 31 R R 6' 5" 180 Jan 16, 1966 10 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,800,000.00
Jose Mesa 31 R R 6' 3" 225 May 22, 1966 9 66 0 5 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,947,223.00
Kevin Mitchell 35 R R 5' 11" 210 Jan 13, 1962 12 20 15 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15 4 0 $500,000.00
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 $165,000.00
Charles Nagy 30 L R 6' 3" 200 May 5, 1967 8 34 2 2 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,437,500.00
Chad Ogea 26 R R 6' 2" 200 Nov 9, 1970 4 21 2 2 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $533,333.00
Eric Plunk 33 R R 6' 5" 217 Sep 3, 1963 12 55 0 3 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,850,000.00
Manny Ramirez 25 R R 6' 0" 190 May 30, 1972 5 150 149 150 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 146 4 0 0 $2,100,000.00
Bip Roberts 33 B R 5' 7" 165 Oct 27, 1963 11 23 21 23 22 0 0 0 13 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 1 0
Kevin Seitzer 35 R R 5' 11" 190 Mar 26, 1962 12 64 47 64 32 0 0 19 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 23 12 0 $1,220,000.00
Richie Sexson 22 R R 6' 8" 237 Dec 29, 1974 1st 5 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
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 $197,000.00
John Smiley 32 L L 6' 4" 200 Mar 17, 1965 12 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Thome 26 L R 6' 4" 220 Aug 27, 1970 7 147 140 147 145 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 $2,625,000.00 All-Star
Omar Vizquel 30 B R 5' 9" 165 Apr 24, 1967 9 153 149 153 152 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $3,050,000.00
Dave Weathers 27 R R 6' 3" 205 Sep 25, 1969 7 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Williams 31 R R 6' 2" 210 Nov 28, 1965 11 151 148 151 151 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $7,150,000.00
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
Jaret Wright 21 R R 6' 2" 220 Dec 29, 1975 1st 16 2 2 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
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.

1996 / 1998 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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