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1998 Cleveland Indians Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997 / 1999)
89-73, Finished 1st in AL Central
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Scored 850 runs, Allowed 779 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-75
Manager: Mike Hargrove (89-73)
Ballpark: Jacobs Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 3,467,299 (2nd of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102;   one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 107
Postseason:  Lost AL Championship Series (4-2) to New York Yankees
Won AL Division Series (3-1) over Boston Red Sox
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1997 / 1999 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 32 R R 6' 5" 215 Jun 18, 1966 11 117 108 117 111 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 $2,725,000.00 All-Star
Paul Assenmacher 37 L L 6' 3" 200 Dec 10, 1960 13 69 0 5 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,325,000.00
David Bell 25 R R 5' 10" 170 Sep 14, 1972 4 107 96 107 107 0 0 1 101 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Geronimo Berroa 33 R R 6' 0" 195 Mar 18, 1965 9 20 18 20 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 14 4 2 0 $2,200,000.00
Pat Borders 35 R R 6' 2" 200 May 14, 1963 11 54 42 54 54 0 53 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 $500,000.00
Jeff Branson 31 L R 6' 0" 180 Jan 26, 1967 7 63 19 63 54 0 0 3 31 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 1 $550,000.00
Russell Branyan 22 L R 6' 3" 195 Dec 19, 1975 1st 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Burba 31 R R 6' 4" 240 Jul 7, 1966 9 32 2 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,800,000.00
Jolbert Cabrera 25 R R 6' 0" 177 Dec 8, 1972 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bartolo Colon 25 R R 5' 11" 250 May 24, 1973 2 31 1 1 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $180,000.00 All-Star
Joey Cora 33 B R 5' 8" 152 May 14, 1965 11 24 21 24 21 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Jacob Cruz 25 L L 6' 0" 175 Jan 28, 1973 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Einar Diaz 25 R R 5' 10" 165 Dec 28, 1972 3 17 14 17 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Shawon Dunston 35 R R 6' 1" 175 Mar 21, 1963 14 62 39 62 45 0 0 0 24 0 14 11 1 0 12 5 7 11 $1,000,000.00
Cecil Fielder 34 R R 6' 3" 240 Sep 21, 1963 13 14 9 14 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 $170,000.00
Travis Fryman 29 R R 6' 1" 194 Mar 25, 1969 9 146 145 146 144 0 0 0 0 144 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 $5,400,000.00
Brian Giles 27 L L 5' 10" 195 Jan 20, 1971 4 112 95 112 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 3 6 101 5 7 1 $300,000.00
Dwight Gooden 33 R R 6' 3" 210 Nov 16, 1964 14 23 1 1 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,787,500.00
Mike Jackson 33 R R 6' 0" 200 Dec 22, 1964 13 69 0 4 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,000,000.00
Jason Jacome 27 L L 6' 1" 155 Nov 24, 1970 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Jones 41 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 24, 1957 14 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
David Justice 32 L L 6' 3" 200 Apr 14, 1966 10 146 136 146 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 2 21 116 9 1 $6,500,000.00
Steve Karsay 26 R R 6' 3" 210 Mar 24, 1972 4 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Krivda 28 R L 6' 1" 180 Jan 19, 1970 4 11 0 1 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $205,000.00
Kenny Lofton 31 L L 6' 0" 180 May 31, 1967 8 154 150 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 154 0 0 0 $7,550,000.00 All-Star
Torey Lovullo 32 B R 6' 0" 180 Jul 25, 1965 7 6 5 6 6 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Luke 27 L L 6' 5" 220 Feb 26, 1971 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Jeff Manto 33 R R 6' 3" 210 Aug 23, 1964 7 15 10 15 14 0 0 7 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $250,000.00
Tom Martin 28 L L 6' 1" 185 May 21, 1970 2 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $190,000.00
Jose Mesa 32 R R 6' 3" 225 May 22, 1966 10 44 0 1 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,700,000.00
Alvin Morman 29 L L 6' 3" 210 Jan 6, 1969 3 31 0 4 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $220,000.00
Charles Nagy 31 L R 6' 3" 200 May 5, 1967 9 33 2 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,416,666.00
Chad Ogea 27 R R 6' 2" 200 Nov 9, 1970 5 19 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,033,333.00
Eric Plunk 34 R R 6' 5" 217 Sep 3, 1963 13 37 0 5 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,800,000.00
Jim Poole 32 L L 6' 2" 203 Apr 28, 1966 9 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Rakers 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Jun 29, 1973 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alex Ramirez 23 R R 5' 11" 200 Oct 3, 1974 1st 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0
Manny Ramirez 26 R R 6' 0" 190 May 30, 1972 6 150 149 150 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 148 148 2 0 0 $2,850,000.00 All-Star
Steve Reed 33 R R 6' 2" 202 Mar 11, 1965 7 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richie Sexson 23 R R 6' 8" 237 Dec 29, 1974 2 49 44 49 46 0 0 45 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 2 2 $175,000.00
Paul Shuey 27 R R 6' 3" 215 Sep 16, 1970 5 43 0 5 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $567,667.00
Jim Thome 27 L R 6' 4" 220 Aug 27, 1970 8 123 120 123 117 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 $4,800,000.00 All-Star
Ron Villone 28 L L 6' 3" 230 Jan 16, 1970 4 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $240,000.00
Omar Vizquel 31 B R 5' 9" 165 Apr 24, 1967 10 151 149 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,050,000.00 All-Star
Mark Whiten 31 B R 6' 3" 215 Nov 25, 1966 9 88 55 87 73 1 0 0 0 0 0 43 22 13 72 3 14 2 $200,000.00
Enrique Wilson 24 B R 5' 11" 160 Jul 27, 1973 2 32 23 32 31 0 0 0 22 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 $175,000.00
Tim Worrell 30 R R 6' 4" 220 Jul 5, 1967 6 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jaret Wright 22 R R 6' 2" 220 Dec 29, 1975 2 32 2 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $190,000.00
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.

1997 / 1999 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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