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1998 Cleveland Indians

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997 / 1999

89-73, Finished 1st in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Mike Hargrove (89-73)
Scored 850 runs, Allowed 779 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-75

Ballparks: Jacobs Field · 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 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 32 R R 6' 5" 200 Jun 18, 1966 11 117 108 117 111 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 -0.3 $2,725,000 All-Star
Paul Assenmacher 37 L L 6' 3" 195 Dec 10, 1960 13 69 0 5 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $1,325,000
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 0.2 $
Geronimo Berroa 33 R R 6' 0" 165 Mar 18, 1965 9 20 18 20 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 14 5 2 0 -0.3 $2,200,000
Pat Borders 35 R R 6' 2" 190 May 14, 1963 11 54 42 54 54 0 53 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.5 $500,000
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 -0.9 $550,000
Russell Branyan 22 L R 6' 4" 230 Dec 19, 1975 1st 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $170,000
Dave Burba 31 R R 6' 4" 220 Jul 7, 1966 9 32 31 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $2,800,000
Jolbert Cabrera 25 R R 6' 2" 205 Dec 8, 1972 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $170,000
Bartolo Colon 25 R R 5' 11" 265 May 24, 1973 2 31 31 1 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 $180,000 All-Star
Joey Cora 33 B R 5' 7" 150 May 14, 1965 11 24 21 24 21 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 -0.6 $
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 0.0 $
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 0.2 $178,000
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 7 7 11 -0.1 $1,000,000
Cecil Fielder 34 R R 6' 3" 230 Sep 21, 1963 13 14 9 14 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 0 -0.6 $170,000
Travis Fryman 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 25, 1969 9 146 145 146 144 0 0 0 0 144 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.2 $5,400,000
Brian Giles 27 L L 5' 11" 195 Jan 20, 1971 4 112 95 112 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 3 6 104 6 7 1 3.8 $300,000
Dwight Gooden 33 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 16, 1964 14 23 23 1 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $2,787,500
Michael Jackson 33 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 22, 1964 13 69 0 4 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 $2,000,000
Jason Jacome 27 L L 6' 1" 155 Nov 24, 1970 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Doug Jones 41 R R 6' 3" 195 Jun 24, 1957 14 23 0 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
David Justice 32 L L 6' 3" 195 Apr 14, 1966 10 146 136 146 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 2 21 123 9 1 1.7 $6,500,000
Steve Karsay 26 R R 6' 3" 210 Mar 24, 1972 4 11 1 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $400,000
Rick Krivda 28 R L 6' 1" 180 Jan 19, 1970 4 11 1 1 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $205,000
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 5.3 $7,550,000 All-Star
Torey Lovullo 32 B R 6' 1" 185 Jul 25, 1965 7 6 5 6 6 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 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 -0.1 $
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 -0.3 $250,000
Tom Martin 28 L L 6' 1" 200 May 21, 1970 2 14 0 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $190,000
Jose Mesa 32 R R 6' 3" 170 May 22, 1966 10 44 0 1 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $1,700,000
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 0.0 $220,000
Charles Nagy 31 L R 6' 3" 200 May 5, 1967 9 33 33 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $3,416,666
Chad Ogea 27 R R 6' 2" 200 Nov 9, 1970 5 19 9 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $1,033,333
Eric Plunk 34 R R 6' 5" 210 Sep 3, 1963 13 37 0 5 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $1,800,000
Jim Poole 32 L L 6' 2" 190 Apr 28, 1966 9 12 0 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Jason Rakers 25 R R 6' 2" 197 Jun 29, 1973 1st 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Alex Ramirez 23 R R 5' 11" 180 Oct 3, 1974 1st 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Manny Ramirez 26 R R 6' 0" 225 May 30, 1972 6 150 149 150 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 148 148 2 0 0 4.7 $2,850,000 All-Star
Steve Reed 33 R R 6' 2" 200 Mar 11, 1965 7 20 0 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Richie Sexson 23 R R 6' 6" 205 Dec 29, 1974 2 49 44 49 46 0 0 45 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 2 2 0.9 $175,000
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 1.4 $567,667
Jim Thome 27 L R 6' 3" 250 Aug 27, 1970 8 123 120 123 117 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 2.8 $4,800,000 All-Star
Ron Villone 28 L L 6' 3" 245 Jan 16, 1970 4 25 0 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $240,000
Omar Vizquel 31 B R 5' 9" 180 Apr 24, 1967 10 151 149 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 $3,050,000 All-Star
Mark Whiten 31 B R 6' 3" 210 Nov 25, 1966 9 88 55 87 73 1 0 0 0 0 0 43 22 13 78 5 14 2 1.5 $200,000
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 0.4 $175,000
Tim Worrell 30 R R 6' 4" 210 Jul 5, 1967 6 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 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 32 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $190,000
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

Einar Diaz
David Bell
Jolbert Cabrera
Kenny Lofton
Shawon Dunston
Torey Lovullo
Pat Borders
Jeff Branson
Jeff Manto
Mark Whiten
Omar Vizquel

Sandy Alomar
Dwight Gooden
Travis Fryman
Steve Karsay
Brian Giles
David Justice
Manny Ramirez
Jim Thome

Jeff Manto
Jaret Wright
Joey Cora
Geronimo Berroa
Rick Krivda
Cecil Fielder
Matt Luke
Tim Worrell
Dave Burba
Enrique Wilson

Tom Martin
Chad Ogea
Eric Plunk
Steve Reed
Bartolo Colon
Charles Nagy
Michael Jackson
Doug Jones

Richie Sexson
Paul Assenmacher
Jason Jacome
Ron Villone
Jose Mesa
Jacob Cruz
Alvin Morman
Paul Shuey
Jason Rakers

Alex Ramirez
Jim Poole
Russell Branyan

1997 / 1999 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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