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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
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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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| Season Summary | 86-75, Final Rank:1, GB: 0.0 | |
| Days in First | 124 | last on Sunday, Sep 28, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 145 | last on Sep 28, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 8 | last on Thursday, Sep 18, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 3.5 | last on Friday, Apr 18, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 14 | last on Friday, Sep 19 |
| Most Games under .500 | 3 | last on Friday, Apr 18 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 6 | Saturday, May 17 to Friday, May 23 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 5 | Tuesday, Aug 5 to Saturday, Aug 9 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 14 | Tuesday, Apr 8 |
| Most Runs Scored | 15 | Friday, Apr 11 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 11 | Friday, Apr 4, Thursday, Jun 5 and Wednesday, Jun 11 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 8 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 3 | |
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| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
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| 1 | 1 | Wednesday, Apr 2 | boxscore | CLE | @ | OAK | W | 9 | 7 | 1-0 | 2 | 0.5 | Kline | Wengert | Shuey | 3:16 | N | 41,235 | + | |
| 2 | 2 | Thursday, Apr 3 | boxscore | CLE | @ | OAK | L | 4 | 5 | 1-1 | 2 | 1.5 | Lewis | Plunk | Taylor | 3:15 | D | 13,707 | - | |
| 3 | 3 | Friday, Apr 4 | boxscore | CLE | @ | ANA | L | 6 | 8 | 11 | 1-2 | 2 | 1.5 | Holtz | Shuey | 4:12 | N | 17,758 | -- | |
| 4 | 4 | Saturday, Apr 5 | boxscore | CLE | @ | ANA | W | 7 | 5 | 2-2 | 2 | 1.5 | Ogea | Hasegawa | Shuey | 3:09 | N | 23,913 | + | |
| 5 | 5 | Sunday, Apr 6 | boxscore | CLE | @ | ANA | W | 10 | 8 | 3-2 | 2 | 0.5 | Kline | Percival | Jackson | 3:24 | N | 29,363 | ++ | |
| 6 | 6 | Monday, Apr 7 | boxscore | CLE | @ | SEA | W | 8 | 3 | 4-2 | 1 | up 0.5 | Nagy | Sanders | 2:58 | N | 22,012 | +++ | ||
| 7 | 7 | Tuesday, Apr 8 | boxscore | CLE | @ | SEA | L | 8 | 14 | 4-3 | 1 | Tied | Hurtado | Lopez | 3:37 | N | 24,348 | - | ||
| 8 | 8 | Wednesday, Apr 9 | boxscore | CLE | @ | SEA | L | 1 | 11 | 4-4 | 2 | 0.5 | Wolcott | Colon | 2:55 | D | 28,302 | -- | ||
| 9 | 9 | Friday, Apr 11 | boxscore | CLE | ANA | W | 15 | 3 | 5-4 | 1 | Tied | Ogea | Gubicza | 3:12 | D | 42,643 | + | |||
| 10 | 10 | Sunday, Apr 13 | boxscore | CLE | ANA | L | 3 | 8 | 5-5 | 3 | 0.5 | Langston | McDowell | 3:29 | D | 41,218 | - | |||
| 11 | 11 | Monday, Apr 14 | boxscore | CLE | SEA | L | 1 | 6 | 5-6 | 4 | 1.5 | Martinez | Nagy | 2:41 | N | 41,184 | -- | |||
| 12 | 12 | Tuesday, Apr 15 | boxscore | CLE | SEA | L | 4 | 8 | 5-7 | 4 | 1.5 | Wells | Jackson | Charlton | 3:01 | N | 40,118 | --- | ||
| 13 | 13 | Wednesday, Apr 16 | boxscore | CLE | @ | BOS | L | 6 | 11 | 5-8 | 4 | 2.5 | Avery | Ogea | 3:03 | N | 21,305 | ---- | ||
| 14 | 14 | Thursday, Apr 17 | boxscore | CLE | @ | BOS | W | 4 | 3 | 6-8 | 4 | 2.5 | Kline | Trlicek | Mesa | 3:36 | N | 17,988 | + | |
| 15 | 15 | Friday, Apr 18 | boxscore | CLE | MIL | L | 2 | 10 | 6-9 | 4 | 3.5 | McDonald | McDowell | 3:04 | N | 40,343 | - | |||
| 16 | 16 | Saturday, Apr 19 | boxscore | CLE | MIL | W | 11 | 6 | 7-9 | 4 | 2.5 | Nagy | Eldred | 3:22 | D | 40,237 | + | |||
| 17 | 17 | Sunday, Apr 20 | boxscore | CLE | MIL | W | 6 | 4 | 8-9 | 3 | 1.5 | Hershiser | Wickman | Mesa | 3:15 | D | 42,285 | ++ | ||
| 18 | 18 | Tuesday, Apr 22 | boxscore | CLE | BOS | L | 2 | 8 | 8-10 | 3 | 2.5 | Avery | Ogea | Henry | 2:52 | N | 41,800 | - | ||
| 19 | 19 | Wednesday, Apr 23 | boxscore | CLE | BOS | W | 11 | 7 | 9-10 | 3 | 1.5 | McDowell | Trlicek | 3:27 | D | 42,430 | + | |||
| 20 | 20 | Thursday, Apr 24 | boxscore | CLE | @ | MIL | W | 6 | 3 | 10-10 | 2 | 0.5 | Nagy | Eldred | Mesa | 3:11 | N | 7,135 | ++ | |
| 21 | 21 | Friday, Apr 25 | boxscore | CLE | @ | MIL | W | 11 | 4 | 11-10 | 1 | up 0.5 | Hershiser | Karl | 2:57 | N | 11,150 | +++ | ||
| 22 | 22 | Saturday, Apr 26 | boxscore | CLE | @ | MIL | L | 8 | 9 | 11-11 | 1 | up 0.5 | Jones | Mesa | 3:42 | N | 13,028 | - | ||
| 23 | 23 | Sunday, Apr 27 | boxscore | CLE | @ | MIL | L | 5 | 6 | 11-12 | 2 | 0.5 | Jones | Plunk | 3:00 | D | 19,709 | -- | ||
| 24 | 24 | Tuesday, Apr 29 | boxscore | CLE | OAK | W | 10 | 4 | 12-12 | 2 | 1.0 | Nagy | Prieto | Jackson | 2:40 | N | 40,421 | + | ||
| 25 | 25 | Wednesday, Apr 30 | boxscore | CLE | OAK | L | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12-13 | 2 | 1.0 | Taylor | Mesa | Wengert | 4:09 | N | 40,463 | - | |
| 26 | 26 | Thursday, May 1 | boxscore | CLE | OAK | W | 7 | 1 | 13-13 | 2 | 0.5 | McDowell | Adams | 2:42 | N | 42,398 | + | |||
| 27 | 27 | Saturday, May 3 | boxscore | CLE | DET | W | 7 | 6 | 14-13 | 1 | Tied | Plunk | Brocail | 3:38 | D | 42,469 | ++ | |||
| 28 | 28 | Sunday, May 4 | boxscore | CLE | DET | L | 0 | 2 | 14-14 | 1 | Tied | Blair | Nagy | Brocail | 3:16 | D | 42,387 | - | ||
| 29 | 29 | Tuesday, May 6 | boxscore | CLE | TEX | W | 5 | 4 | 15-14 | 1 | Tied | Hershiser | Pavlik | Jackson | 2:45 | N | 40,451 | + | ||
| 30 | 30 | Wednesday, May 7 | boxscore | CLE | TOR | W | 7 | 1 | 16-14 | 1 | up 0.5 | McDowell | Person | 2:40 | N | 42,463 | ++ | |||
| 31 | 31 | Thursday, May 8 | boxscore | CLE | TOR | L | 3 | 4 | 16-15 | 1 | Tied | Guzman | Ogea | Quantrill | 2:51 | N | 42,567 | - | ||
| 32 | 32 | Friday, May 9 | boxscore | CLE | @ | DET | W | 5 | 0 | 17-15 | 1 | Tied | Nagy | Sager | 2:49 | N | 20,393 | + | ||
| 33 | 33 | Saturday, May 10 | boxscore | CLE | @ | DET | L | 0 | 6 | 17-16 | 2 | 1.0 | Olivares | Colon | 2:45 | N | 30,578 | - | ||
| 34 | 34 | Sunday, May 11 | boxscore | CLE | @ | DET | L | 3 | 11 | 17-17 | 2 | 2.0 | Thompson | Hershiser | 2:42 | D | 19,869 | -- | ||
| 35 | 35 | Monday, May 12 | boxscore | CLE | @ | TEX | L | 2 | 4 | 17-18 | 3 | 3.0 | Burkett | McDowell | Wetteland | 2:29 | N | 25,327 | --- | |
| 36 | 36 | Tuesday, May 13 | boxscore | CLE | @ | TEX | W | 7 | 3 | 18-18 | 3 | 2.0 | Ogea | Oliver | Morman | 3:33 | N | 31,798 | + | |
| 37 | 37 | Wednesday, May 14 | boxscore | CLE | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18-19 | 3 | 2.0 | Wetteland | Lopez | 3:10 | N | 30,268 | - | |
| 38 | 38 | Friday, May 16 | boxscore | CLE | @ | TOR | L | 2 | 5 | 18-20 | 3 | 2.0 | Clemens | Hershiser | Timlin | 3:00 | N | 35,195 | -- | |
| 39 | 39 | Saturday, May 17 | boxscore | CLE | @ | TOR | W | 8 | 1 | 19-20 | 3 | 1.0 | Lopez | Williams | 2:47 | D | 36,220 | + | ||
| 40 | 40 | Sunday, May 18 | boxscore | CLE | @ | TOR | W | 8 | 6 | 20-20 | 1 | Tied | Ogea | Carpenter | Jackson | 2:58 | D | 31,137 | ++ | |
| 41 | 41 | Tuesday, May 20 | boxscore | CLE | KCR | W | 4 | 3 | 21-20 | 1 | up 1.0 | Shuey | Walker | Jackson | 2:40 | N | 43,167 | +++ | ||
| 42 | 42 | Wednesday, May 21 | boxscore | CLE | KCR | W | 1 | 0 | 22-20 | 1 | up 1.5 | Hershiser | Appier | Jackson | 2:50 | N | 42,290 | ++++ | ||
| 43 | 43 | Thursday, May 22 | boxscore | CLE | KCR | W | 9 | 1 | 23-20 | 1 | up 2.0 | Lopez | Rosado | 2:51 | D | 42,962 | +++++ | |||
| 44 | 44 | Friday, May 23 | boxscore | CLE | BAL | W | 6 | 1 | 24-20 | 1 | up 2.0 | Ogea | Key | 2:35 | N | 41,154 | ++++++ | |||
| 45 | 45 | Saturday, May 24 | boxscore | CLE | BAL | L | 3 | 8 | 24-21 | 1 | up 2.0 | Mussina | Kline | 3:29 | D | 41,040 | - | |||
| 46 | 46 | Sunday, May 25 | boxscore | CLE | BAL | W | 7 | 6 | 25-21 | 1 | up 2.0 | Nagy | Rhodes | Morman | 3:28 | D | 42,944 | + | ||
| 47 | 47 | Monday, May 26 | boxscore | CLE | @ | CHW | W | 10 | 4 | 26-21 | 1 | up 3.0 | Hershiser | Navarro | 2:35 | D | 26,383 | ++ | ||
| 48 | 48 | Tuesday, May 27 | boxscore | CLE | @ | CHW | L | 2 | 8 | 26-22 | 1 | up 3.0 | Drabek | Lopez | 2:50 | N | 20,847 | - | ||
| 49 | 49 | Wednesday, May 28 | boxscore | CLE | @ | KCR | W | 10 | 3 | 27-22 | 1 | up 4.0 | Assenmacher | Belcher | 2:55 | N | 13,380 | + | ||
| 50 | 50 | Friday, May 30 | boxscore | CLE | @ | BAL | L | 0 | 3 | 27-23 | 1 | up 2.5 | Mussina | Nagy | 2:28 | N | 47,759 | - | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Saturday, May 31 | boxscore | CLE | @ | BAL | L | 5 | 8 | 27-24 | 1 | up 1.5 | Boskie | Mesa | Myers | 3:46 | D | 47,739 | -- | |
| 52 | 52 | Tuesday, Jun 3 | boxscore | CLE | CHW | L | 5 | 9 | 27-25 | 1 | up 0.5 | Darwin | Ogea | 3:12 | N | 42,994 | --- | |||
| 53 | 53 | Wednesday, Jun 4 | boxscore | CLE | CHW | L | 4 | 9 | 27-26 | 2 | 0.5 | Baldwin | Lopez | 3:37 | N | 42,992 | ---- | |||
| 54 | 54 | Thursday, Jun 5 | boxscore | CLE | CHW | W | 5 | 4 | 11 | 28-26 | 1 | up 0.5 | Shuey | Castillo | 3:47 | N | 42,948 | + | ||
| 55 | 55 | Friday, Jun 6 | boxscore | CLE | @ | BOS | W | 7 | 3 | 29-26 | 1 | up 1.5 | Hershiser | Gordon | 3:01 | N | 30,202 | ++ | ||
| 56 | 56 | Saturday, Jun 7 | boxscore | CLE | @ | BOS | W | 9 | 5 | 30-26 | 1 | up 2.5 | Colon | Sele | 3:08 | N | 32,780 | +++ | ||
| 57 | 57 | Sunday, Jun 8 | boxscore | CLE | @ | BOS | L | 6 | 12 | 30-27 | 1 | up 2.5 | Hudson | Ogea | 3:31 | D | 32,155 | - | ||
| 58 | 58 | Tuesday, Jun 10 | boxscore | CLE | MIL | W | 5 | 4 | 31-27 | 1 | up 3.5 | Nagy | Eldred | Jackson | 2:51 | N | 42,882 | + | ||
| 59 | 59 | Wednesday, Jun 11 | boxscore | CLE | MIL | W | 4 | 3 | 11 | 32-27 | 1 | up 4.0 | Assenmacher | Jones | 3:30 | N | 42,864 | ++ | ||
| 60 | 60 | Thursday, Jun 12 | boxscore | CLE | MIL | L | 2 | 6 | 32-28 | 1 | up 3.5 | Mercedes | Anderson | 2:36 | N | 41,975 | - | |||
| 61 | 61 | Saturday, Jun 14 (1) | boxscore | CLE | @ | STL | W | 8 | 3 | 33-28 | 1 | up 3.5 | Lopez | Mathews | 3:23 | D | 43,582 | + | ||
| 62 | 62 | Saturday, Jun 14 (2) | boxscore | CLE | @ | STL | L | 2 | 5 | 33-29 | 1 | up 3.5 | Morris | Ogea | Eckersley | 2:42 | N | 44,532 | - | |
| 63 | 63 | Sunday, Jun 15 | boxscore | CLE | @ | STL | W | 9 | 2 | 34-29 | 1 | up 3.5 | Nagy | Stottlemyre | 2:28 | D | 46,646 | + | ||
| 64 | 64 | Monday, Jun 16 | boxscore | CLE | CIN | L | 1 | 4 | 34-30 | 1 | up 2.5 | Tomko | Hershiser | 2:45 | N | 42,961 | - | |||
| 65 | 65 | Tuesday, Jun 17 | boxscore | CLE | CIN | W | 5 | 1 | 35-30 | 1 | up 3.5 | Anderson | Smiley | 2:39 | N | 42,901 | + | |||
| 66 | 66 | Wednesday, Jun 18 | boxscore | CLE | CIN | L | 2 | 5 | 35-31 | 1 | up 2.5 | Remlinger | Ogea | 2:54 | N | 42,865 | - | |||
| 67 | 67 | Friday, Jun 20 | boxscore | CLE | NYY | L | 1 | 7 | 35-32 | 1 | up 1.5 | Gooden | Nagy | 3:16 | N | 43,019 | -- | |||
| 68 | 68 | Saturday, Jun 21 | boxscore | CLE | NYY | W | 13 | 4 | 36-32 | 1 | up 2.0 | Hershiser | Pettitte | 2:57 | D | 43,006 | + | |||
| 69 | 69 | Sunday, Jun 22 | boxscore | CLE | NYY | W | 5 | 2 | 37-32 | 1 | up 3.0 | Anderson | Wells | Jackson | 2:38 | D | 42,912 | ++ | ||
| 70 | 70 | Monday, Jun 23 | boxscore | CLE | MIN | L | 2 | 7 | 37-33 | 1 | up 2.0 | Radke | Ogea | 2:50 | N | 42,861 | - | |||
| 71 | 71 | Tuesday, Jun 24 | boxscore | CLE | MIN | W | 10 | 5 | 38-33 | 1 | up 3.0 | Wright | Stevens | 3:15 | N | 42,902 | + | |||
| 72 | 72 | Friday, Jun 27 | boxscore | CLE | @ | NYY | L | 2 | 3 | 38-34 | 1 | up 1.0 | Gooden | Hershiser | Rivera | 2:26 | N | 35,837 | - | |
| 73 | 73 | Saturday, Jun 28 | boxscore | CLE | @ | NYY | W | 12 | 8 | 39-34 | 1 | up 2.0 | Plunk | Rogers | 3:42 | D | 41,085 | + | ||
| 74 | 74 | Sunday, Jun 29 | boxscore | CLE | @ | NYY | L | 10 | 11 | 39-35 | 1 | up 1.0 | Rivera | Mesa | 3:37 | D | 39,756 | - | ||
| 75 | 75 | Monday, Jun 30 | boxscore | CLE | @ | HOU | W | 6 | 4 | 40-35 | 1 | up 2.0 | Mesa | Martin | Jackson | 3:07 | N | 29,051 | + | |
| 76 | 76 | Tuesday, Jul 1 | boxscore | CLE | @ | HOU | W | 8 | 6 | 41-35 | 1 | up 3.0 | Plunk | Lima | Jackson | 3:05 | N | 23,998 | ++ | |
| 77 | 77 | Wednesday, Jul 2 | boxscore | CLE | @ | HOU | L | 2 | 6 | 41-36 | 1 | up 3.0 | Hampton | Hershiser | 2:33 | N | 25,661 | - | ||
| 78 | 78 | Friday, Jul 4 | boxscore | CLE | KCR | W | 7 | 6 | 42-36 | 1 | up 3.5 | Anderson | Pichardo | Jackson | 2:38 | N | 42,984 | + | ||
| 79 | 79 | Saturday, Jul 5 | boxscore | CLE | KCR | W | 8 | 4 | 43-36 | 1 | up 3.5 | Nagy | Pittsley | 2:40 | D | 42,892 | ++ | |||
| 80 | 80 | Sunday, Jul 6 | boxscore | CLE | KCR | W | 8 | 7 | 44-36 | 1 | up 3.5 | Jackson | Casian | 2:41 | D | 42,863 | +++ | |||
| 81 | 81 | Thursday, Jul 10 | boxscore | CLE | @ | MIN | L | 2 | 8 | 44-37 | 1 | up 2.5 | Radke | Nagy | 3:09 | N | 13,605 | - | ||
| 82 | 82 | Friday, Jul 11 | boxscore | CLE | @ | MIN | W | 5 | 1 | 45-37 | 1 | up 2.5 | Jacome | Robertson | 2:28 | N | 14,400 | + | ||
| 83 | 83 | Saturday, Jul 12 | boxscore | CLE | @ | MIN | W | 7 | 2 | 46-37 | 1 | up 2.5 | Hershiser | Tewksbury | 2:39 | N | 30,055 | ++ | ||
| 84 | 84 | Sunday, Jul 13 | boxscore | CLE | @ | MIN | W | 12 | 5 | 47-37 | 1 | up 2.5 | Colon | Hawkins | 3:37 | D | 16,734 | +++ | ||
| 85 | 85 | Monday, Jul 14 | boxscore | CLE | @ | NYY | W | 3 | 2 | 10 | 48-37 | 1 | up 3.5 | Jackson | Rivera | 3:15 | N | 27,812 | ++++ | |
| 86 | 86 | Tuesday, Jul 15 | boxscore | CLE | @ | NYY | L | 6 | 12 | 48-38 | 1 | up 3.5 | Irabu | Nagy | Mendoza | 3:13 | D | 34,503 | - | |
| 87 | 87 | Wednesday, Jul 16 | boxscore | CLE | @ | MIL | W | 4 | 3 | 49-38 | 1 | up 4.5 | Wright | McDonald | Jackson | 2:57 | N | 23,047 | + | |
| 88 | 88 | Thursday, Jul 17 | boxscore | CLE | @ | MIL | W | 3 | 2 | 50-38 | 1 | up 5.5 | Hershiser | Eldred | Jackson | 2:29 | N | 20,383 | ++ | |
| 89 | 89 | Friday, Jul 18 | boxscore | CLE | BOS | L | 0 | 7 | 50-39 | 1 | up 4.5 | Wakefield | Colon | 2:31 | N | 43,037 | - | |||
| 90 | 90 | Saturday, Jul 19 | boxscore | CLE | BOS | L | 3 | 6 | 50-40 | 1 | up 4.5 | Suppan | Clark | Slocumb | 3:04 | D | 43,070 | -- | ||
| 91 | 91 | Sunday, Jul 20 | boxscore | CLE | BOS | W | 7 | 2 | 51-40 | 1 | up 4.5 | Nagy | Gordon | 2:47 | D | 42,932 | + | |||
| 92 | 92 | Monday, Jul 21 | boxscore | CLE | BOS | L | 1 | 3 | 51-41 | 1 | up 3.5 | Avery | Wright | Slocumb | 2:32 | N | 42,851 | - | ||
| 93 | 93 | Tuesday, Jul 22 | boxscore | CLE | SEA | W | 6 | 2 | 52-41 | 1 | up 4.5 | Weathers | Fassero | Jackson | 3:03 | N | 42,951 | + | ||
| 94 | 94 | Wednesday, Jul 23 | boxscore | CLE | SEA | L | 3 | 6 | 52-42 | 1 | up 4.5 | Olivares | Colon | Holzemer | 3:23 | N | 43,049 | - | ||
| 95 | 95 | Thursday, Jul 24 | boxscore | CLE | SEA | L | 1 | 11 | 52-43 | 1 | up 3.5 | Johnson | Clark | 2:50 | N | 42,984 | -- | |||
| 96 | 96 | Friday, Jul 25 | boxscore | CLE | OAK | L | 1 | 2 | 52-44 | 1 | up 3.5 | Small | Jackson | Taylor | 2:45 | N | 42,945 | --- | ||
| 97 | 97 | Saturday, Jul 26 | boxscore | CLE | OAK | W | 6 | 3 | 53-44 | 1 | up 4.5 | Wright | Karsay | 2:47 | D | 42,925 | + | |||
| 98 | 98 | Sunday, Jul 27 | boxscore | CLE | OAK | W | 4 | 2 | 54-44 | 1 | up 5.5 | Jacome | Haynes | Assenmacher | 2:45 | D | 42,885 | ++ | ||
| 99 | 99 | Monday, Jul 28 (1) | boxscore | CLE | ANA | L | 0 | 2 | 54-45 | 1 | up 4.5 | Springer | Colon | 2:37 | D | 43,033 | - | |||
| 100 | 100 | Monday, Jul 28 (2) | boxscore | CLE | ANA | L | 7 | 10 | 54-46 | 1 | up 4.5 | Harris | Weathers | Holtz | 4:00 | N | 42,857 | -- | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Tuesday, Jul 29 | boxscore | CLE | ANA | L | 2 | 7 | 54-47 | 1 | up 3.5 | Finley | Clark | 2:31 | N | 42,975 | --- | |||
| 102 | 102 | Wednesday, Jul 30 | boxscore | CLE | ANA | L | 2 | 5 | 54-48 | 1 | up 3.0 | Hill | Nagy | James | 3:09 | N | 42,898 | ---- | ||
| 103 | 103 | Friday, Aug 1 | boxscore | CLE | @ | TEX | W | 8 | 5 | 55-48 | 1 | up 2.5 | Mesa | Gunderson | Assenmacher | 2:54 | N | 44,859 | + | |
| 104 | 104 | Saturday, Aug 2 | boxscore | CLE | @ | TEX | W | 7 | 3 | 56-48 | 1 | up 3.5 | Smiley | Witt | 2:17 | N | 23,266 | ++ | ||
| 105 | 105 | Sunday, Aug 3 | boxscore | CLE | @ | TEX | L | 7 | 8 | 56-49 | 1 | up 3.5 | Wetteland | Jackson | 3:15 | N | 42,303 | - | ||
| 106 | 106 | Monday, Aug 4 | boxscore | CLE | @ | DET | W | 7 | 2 | 57-49 | 1 | up 3.5 | Nagy | Sanders | 2:58 | N | 26,832 | + | ||
| 107 | 107 | Tuesday, Aug 5 | boxscore | CLE | @ | DET | L | 4 | 6 | 57-50 | 1 | up 3.5 | Thompson | Plunk | Jones | 3:29 | D | 24,824 | - | |
| 108 | 108 | Wednesday, Aug 6 | boxscore | CLE | @ | TOR | L | 3 | 6 | 57-51 | 1 | up 3.5 | Hentgen | Lopez | Escobar | 2:59 | N | 36,463 | -- | |
| 109 | 109 | Thursday, Aug 7 | boxscore | CLE | @ | TOR | L | 0 | 4 | 57-52 | 1 | up 3.5 | Clemens | Smiley | 2:11 | N | 35,194 | --- | ||
| 110 | 110 | Friday, Aug 8 | boxscore | CLE | TEX | L | 5 | 6 | 57-53 | 1 | up 3.0 | Bailes | Jackson | Wetteland | 2:45 | N | 43,110 | ---- | ||
| 111 | 111 | Saturday, Aug 9 (1) | boxscore | CLE | TEX | L | 3 | 4 | 57-54 | 1 | up 3.5 | Clark | Nagy | Wetteland | 2:45 | D | 42,964 | ----- | ||
| 112 | 112 | Saturday, Aug 9 (2) | boxscore | CLE | TEX | W | 4 | 2 | 58-54 | 1 | up 3.5 | Assenmacher | Moody | Mesa | 2:38 | N | 41,330 | + | ||
| 113 | 113 | Sunday, Aug 10 | boxscore | CLE | TEX | L | 6 | 7 | 58-55 | 1 | up 3.0 | Whiteside | Juden | Wetteland | 2:53 | D | 42,902 | - | ||
| 114 | 114 | Tuesday, Aug 12 | boxscore | CLE | DET | W | 7 | 4 | 59-55 | 1 | up 3.0 | Plunk | Keagle | Mesa | 3:12 | N | 32,992 | + | ||
| 115 | 115 | Wednesday, Aug 13 (1) | boxscore | CLE | DET | L | 3 | 13 | 59-56 | 1 | up 2.5 | Blair | Smiley | 3:02 | N | 0 | - | |||
| 116 | 116 | Wednesday, Aug 13 (2) | boxscore | CLE | DET | W | 9 | 1 | 60-56 | 1 | up 2.5 | Hershiser | Dishman | 3:10 | N | 42,673 | + | |||
| 117 | 117 | Thursday, Aug 14 | boxscore | CLE | DET | W | 12 | 1 | 61-56 | 1 | up 3.5 | Nagy | Sanders | 2:40 | N | 42,936 | ++ | |||
| 118 | 118 | Friday, Aug 15 | boxscore | CLE | TOR | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 62-56 | 1 | up 4.5 | Assenmacher | Crabtree | 3:24 | N | 43,011 | +++ | ||
| 119 | 119 | Saturday, Aug 16 | boxscore | CLE | TOR | W | 8 | 4 | 63-56 | 1 | up 5.5 | Shuey | Quantrill | 2:53 | D | 42,908 | ++++ | |||
| 120 | 120 | Sunday, Aug 17 | boxscore | CLE | TOR | L | 5 | 10 | 63-57 | 1 | up 4.5 | Clemens | Wright | 2:43 | D | 42,861 | - | |||
| 121 | 121 | Monday, Aug 18 | boxscore | CLE | TOR | W | 5 | 3 | 64-57 | 1 | up 5.0 | Hershiser | Williams | Mesa | 2:34 | N | 42,471 | + | ||
| 122 | 122 | Tuesday, Aug 19 | boxscore | CLE | @ | SEA | W | 7 | 5 | 65-57 | 1 | up 5.0 | Smiley | Cloude | Mesa | 2:51 | N | 33,645 | ++ | |
| 123 | 123 | Wednesday, Aug 20 | boxscore | CLE | @ | SEA | L | 0 | 1 | 65-58 | 1 | up 4.0 | Johnson | Nagy | Slocumb | 2:28 | N | 32,546 | - | |
| 124 | 124 | Thursday, Aug 21 | boxscore | CLE | @ | SEA | L | 6 | 7 | 65-59 | 1 | up 3.5 | Moyer | Colon | Slocumb | 3:25 | N | 30,395 | -- | |
| 125 | 125 | Friday, Aug 22 | boxscore | CLE | @ | OAK | W | 5 | 3 | 66-59 | 1 | up 4.5 | Wright | Prieto | Mesa | 3:08 | N | 11,451 | + | |
| 126 | 126 | Saturday, Aug 23 | boxscore | CLE | @ | OAK | W | 7 | 4 | 67-59 | 1 | up 5.0 | Hershiser | Rigby | Mesa | 2:52 | N | 17,066 | ++ | |
| 127 | 127 | Sunday, Aug 24 | boxscore | CLE | @ | OAK | L | 1 | 4 | 67-60 | 1 | up 4.0 | Haynes | Smiley | Mathews | 2:44 | D | 20,074 | - | |
| 128 | 128 | Tuesday, Aug 26 | boxscore | CLE | @ | ANA | L | 7 | 8 | 67-61 | 1 | up 2.5 | May | Plunk | 3:07 | N | 21,012 | -- | ||
| 129 | 129 | Wednesday, Aug 27 | boxscore | CLE | @ | ANA | W | 10 | 4 | 68-61 | 1 | up 3.5 | Wright | Watson | 3:03 | N | 20,140 | + | ||
| 130 | 130 | Friday, Aug 29 | boxscore | CLE | CHC | W | 7 | 6 | 69-61 | 1 | up 3.5 | Mesa | Stevens | 3:13 | N | 43,060 | ++ | |||
| 131 | 131 | Saturday, Aug 30 | boxscore | CLE | CHC | L | 4 | 9 | 69-62 | 1 | up 3.5 | Tapani | Smiley | 3:20 | D | 43,044 | - | |||
| 132 | 132 | Sunday, Aug 31 | boxscore | CLE | CHC | W | 9 | 5 | 70-62 | 1 | up 3.5 | Nagy | Batista | Assenmacher | 2:46 | D | 43,013 | + | ||
| 133 | 133 | Monday, Sep 1 | boxscore | CLE | @ | PIT | W | 7 | 5 | 71-62 | 1 | up 3.5 | Ogea | Cooke | Mesa | 3:02 | D | 45,298 | ++ | |
| 134 | 134 | Tuesday, Sep 2 | boxscore | CLE | @ | PIT | L | 4 | 6 | 71-63 | 1 | up 2.5 | Silva | Wright | Loiselle | 2:50 | N | 43,380 | - | |
| 135 | 135 | Wednesday, Sep 3 | boxscore | CLE | @ | PIT | W | 7 | 3 | 72-63 | 1 | up 3.5 | Hershiser | Loaiza | 3:00 | N | 37,513 | + | ||
| 136 | 136 | Friday, Sep 5 | boxscore | CLE | CHW | W | 11 | 1 | 73-63 | 1 | up 3.5 | Nagy | Bere | 2:58 | N | 43,093 | ++ | |||
| 137 | 137 | Saturday, Sep 6 | boxscore | CLE | CHW | W | 9 | 7 | 74-63 | 1 | up 4.5 | Colon | Baldwin | Mesa | 3:15 | D | 43,055 | +++ | ||
| 138 | 138 | Sunday, Sep 7 | boxscore | CLE | CHW | W | 5 | 2 | 75-63 | 1 | up 5.5 | Wright | Drabek | Mesa | 3:05 | N | 43,051 | ++++ | ||
| 139 | 139 | Monday, Sep 8 | boxscore | CLE | BAL | W | 2 | 1 | 76-63 | 1 | up 5.5 | Assenmacher | Mills | Mesa | 2:57 | N | 43,009 | +++++ | ||
| 140 | 140 | Tuesday, Sep 9 | boxscore | CLE | BAL | L | 3 | 9 | 8 | 76-64 | 1 | up 5.5 | Krivda | Ogea | 2:59 | N | 43,045 | - | ||
| 141 | 141 | Thursday, Sep 11 | boxscore | CLE | @ | CHW | L | 5 | 7 | 76-65 | 1 | up 5.5 | Foulke | Nagy | Karchner | 2:49 | N | 22,620 | -- | |
| 142 | 142 | Friday, Sep 12 | boxscore | CLE | @ | CHW | W | 9 | 0 | 77-65 | 1 | up 6.5 | Wright | Drabek | 2:56 | N | 31,249 | + | ||
| 143 | 143 | Saturday, Sep 13 | boxscore | CLE | @ | CHW | L | 6 | 7 | 77-66 | 1 | up 6.5 | Sirotka | Hershiser | Karchner | 3:17 | D | 32,306 | - | |
| 144 | 144 | Sunday, Sep 14 | boxscore | CLE | @ | CHW | W | 8 | 3 | 78-66 | 1 | up 7.5 | Shuey | Darwin | 3:34 | D | 32,485 | + | ||
| 145 | 145 | Monday, Sep 15 (1) | boxscore | CLE | @ | BAL | L | 5 | 6 | 78-67 | 1 | up 7.0 | Benitez | Plunk | Myers | 3:15 | D | 41,602 | - | |
| 146 | 146 | Monday, Sep 15 (2) | boxscore | CLE | @ | BAL | W | 4 | 1 | 79-67 | 1 | up 7.0 | Ogea | Krivda | Mesa | 2:58 | N | 47,110 | + | |
| 147 | 147 | Tuesday, Sep 16 (1) | boxscore | CLE | @ | BAL | W | 4 | 2 | 80-67 | 1 | up 7.0 | Nagy | Rodriguez | Mesa | 3:18 | D | 38,022 | ++ | |
| 148 | 148 | Tuesday, Sep 16 (2) | boxscore | CLE | @ | BAL | L | 2 | 7 | 80-68 | 1 | up 7.0 | Key | Weathers | 2:37 | N | 46,185 | - | ||
| 149 | 149 | Wednesday, Sep 17 | boxscore | CLE | @ | MIN | W | 7 | 6 | 81-68 | 1 | up 7.0 | Wright | Miller | Mesa | 2:53 | N | 9,512 | + | |
| 150 | 150 | Thursday, Sep 18 | boxscore | CLE | @ | MIN | W | 4 | 1 | 82-68 | 1 | up 8.0 | Hershiser | Tewksbury | Jackson | 2:38 | N | 9,564 | ++ | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Friday, Sep 19 (1) | boxscore | CLE | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 10 | 82-69 | 1 | up 7.5 | Belcher | Colon | 2:44 | N | 0 | - | ||
| 152 | 152 | Friday, Sep 19 (2) | boxscore | CLE | @ | KCR | W | 6 | 2 | 83-69 | 1 | up 7.5 | Anderson | Bones | Assenmacher | 3:06 | N | 16,973 | + | |
| 153 | 153 | Saturday, Sep 20 | boxscore | CLE | @ | KCR | L | 2 | 5 | 83-70 | 1 | up 6.5 | Olson | Lopez | Montgomery | 2:19 | N | 19,125 | - | |
| 154 | 154 | Sunday, Sep 21 | boxscore | CLE | @ | KCR | L | 0 | 1 | 83-71 | 1 | up 6.5 | Bevil | Jackson | 2:58 | D | 15,274 | -- | ||
| 155 | 155 | Tuesday, Sep 23 | boxscore | CLE | NYY | W | 10 | 9 | 84-71 | 1 | up 7.5 | Mesa | Nelson | 3:14 | N | 43,039 | + | |||
| 156 | 156 | Wednesday, Sep 24 | boxscore | CLE | NYY | L | 4 | 8 | 84-72 | 1 | up 7.5 | Gooden | Anderson | 2:45 | N | 42,976 | - | |||
| 157 | 157 | Thursday, Sep 25 | boxscore | CLE | NYY | L | 4 | 5 | 10 | 84-73 | 1 | up 6.5 | Mendoza | Shuey | Stanton | 3:15 | N | 43,004 | -- | |
| 158 | 158 | Friday, Sep 26 | boxscore | CLE | MIN | W | 7 | 2 | 85-73 | 1 | up 6.5 | Ogea | Radke | 2:35 | N | 42,895 | + | |||
| 159 | 159 | Saturday, Sep 27 (1) | boxscore | CLE | MIN | W | 10 | 6 | 86-73 | 1 | up 7.0 | Colon | Miller | 3:08 | D | 42,854 | ++ | |||
| 160 | 160 | Saturday, Sep 27 (2) | boxscore | CLE | MIN | L | 4 | 6 | 10 | 86-74 | 1 | up 7.0 | Aguilera | Lopez | 3:25 | N | 42,867 | - | ||
| 161 | 161 | Sunday, Sep 28 | boxscore | CLE | MIN | L | 1 | 5 | 86-75 | 1 | up 6.0 | Tewksbury | Nagy | 2:32 | D | 42,940 | -- | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak |