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1997 Cleveland Indians (Franchise Index: 1996/1998)
86-75, Finished 1st in AL Central Division
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Won AL Pennant
Scored 868 runs, Allowed 815 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-76
Managed by Mike Hargrove

Ballpark: Jacobs Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 3,404,750 (2nd out of 14)
Park Factor: Batting - 104/Pitching - 103 (over 100 favors batters)

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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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Sandy Alomar        31  125  451   63  146  37  0  21   83  19   48  .324  .354  .545   0   2  16   3   6   1   2  127
1B *Jim Thome           26  147  496  104  142  25  0  40  102 120  146  .286  .423  .579   1   1   9   3   0   8   9  155
2B #Tony Fernandez      35  120  409   55  117  21  1  11   44  22   47  .286  .323  .423   6   6  11   2   6   3   0   90
3B  Matt Williams       31  151  596   86  157  32  3  32  105  34  108  .263  .307  .488  12   4  14   4   0   2   4  100
SS #Omar Vizquel        30  153  565   89  158  23  6   5   49  57   58  .280  .347  .368  43  12  16   2  16   2   1   85
LF *Brian Giles         26  130  377   62  101  15  3  17   61  63   50  .268  .368  .459  13   3  10   1   3   7   2  112
CF  Marquis Grissom     30  144  558   74  146  27  6  12   66  43   89  .262  .317  .396  22  13  12   6   6   9   1   82
RF  Manny Ramirez       25  150  561   99  184  40  0  26   88  79  115  .328  .415  .538   2   3  19   7   0   4   5  143
DH *David Justice       31  139  495   84  163  31  1  33  101  80   79  .329  .418  .596   3   5  12   0   0   7  11  157
    Julio Franco        38   78  289   46   82  13  1   3   25  38   75  .284  .367  .367   8   5  13   0   1   0   2   90
    Kevin Seitzer       35   64  198   27   53  14  0   2   24  18   25  .268  .326  .369   0   0   6   0   2   2   0   79
    Pat Borders         34   55  159   17   47   7  1   4   15   9   27  .296  .341  .428   0   2   5   2   0   0   0   97
   #Bip Roberts         33   23   85   19   23   3  0   3    8   7   14  .271  .333  .412   3   0   1   2   0   2   0   91
   *Jeff Branson        30   29   72    5   19   4  0   2    7   7   17  .264  .329  .403   0   2   1   1   0   2   0   87
    Kevin Mitchell      35   20   59    7    9   1  0   4   11   9   11  .153  .275  .373   1   0   2   1   0   0   2   65
    Jeff Manto          32   16   30    3    8   3  0   2    7   1   10  .267  .290  .567   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  114
    Chad Curtis         28   22   29    8    6   1  0   3    5   7   10  .207  .361  .552   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  131
   #Casey Candaele      36   14   26    5    8   1  0   0    4   1    1  .308  .333  .346   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   76
    Bruce Aven          25   13   19    4    4   1  0   0    2   1    5  .211  .250  .263   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   33
   #Enrique Wilson      23    5   15    2    5   0  0   0    1   0    2  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   73
    Trenidad Hubbard    31    7   12    3    3   1  0   0    0   1    3  .250  .308  .333   2   0   0   0   0   0   0   65
    Richie Sexson       22    5   11    1    3   0  0   0    0   0    2  .273  .273  .273   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   41
   *Sean Casey          22    6   10    1    2   0  0   0    1   1    2  .200  .333  .200   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   42
    Damian Jackson      23    8    9    2    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .111  .200  .111   1   0   0   1   0   0   0  -17
    Einar Diaz          24    5    7    1    1   1  0   0    1   0    2  .143  .143  .286   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    7

   *Charles Nagy        30    2    5    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    4
    Orel Hershiser      38    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .250  .000   0   0   0   1   1   0   0  -28
    Jaret Wright        21    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   2   0   0 -100
    Chad Ogea           26    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   2   0   0 -100
    Bartolo Colon       24    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Albie Lopez         25    4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Alvin Morman        28    4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Eric Plunk          33    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Paul Shuey          26    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.3  161 5556  868 1589 301 22 220  810 617  955  .286  .357  .467 118  59 152  37  45  49  39  111
    Rank among 14 AL teams        10    3    3   6 12   2        4   10     3     2     2   6   4                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Charles Nagy        30  34   4.28  15  11  0  34   0   1   1  227.0  253  115  108  27   77  149  991   5   7  0   4 110
SP  Orel Hershiser      38  32   4.47  14   6  0  32   0   1   0  195.3  199  105   97  26   69  107  826  11  11  0   2 105
SP  Chad Ogea           26  21   4.99   8   9  0  21   0   1   0  126.3  139   79   70  13   47   80  552   4   5  2   4  94
SP  Bartolo Colon       24  19   5.65   4   7  0  17   0   1   0   94.0  107   66   59  12   45   66  427   5   3  0   1  83
SP  Jaret Wright        21  16   4.38   8   3  0  16   0   0   0   90.3   81   45   44   9   35   63  388   1   5  0   0 107

CL  Jose Mesa           31  66   2.40   4   4 16   0  38   0   0   82.3   83   28   22   7   28   69  356   1   3  0   3 196
RP *Paul Assenmacher    36  75   2.94   5   0  4   0  20   0   0   49.0   43   17   16   5   15   53  205   4   1  0   5 160
RP  Mike Jackson        32  71   3.24   2   5 15   0  38   0   0   75.0   59   33   27   3   29   74  313   2   4  0   5 145
RP  Eric Plunk          33  55   4.66   4   5  0   0  22   0   0   65.7   62   37   34  12   36   66  293   6   1  0   7 101
RP  Paul Shuey          26  40   6.20   4   2  2   0  16   0   0   45.0   52   31   31   5   28   46  212   2   1  0   3  76

    Albie Lopez         25  37   6.93   3   7  0   6  10   0   0   76.7  101   61   59  11   40   63  364   5   4  0   9  68
   *Brian Anderson      25   8   4.69   4   2  0   8   0   0   0   48.0   55   28   25   7   11   22  199   1   0  0   0 100
   *Jason Jacome        26  21   5.27   2   0  0   4   2   0   0   42.7   45   26   25   8   15   24  183   2   0  0   4  89
    Jack McDowell       31   8   5.09   3   3  0   6   0   0   0   40.7   44   25   23   6   18   38  181   1   1  0   1  93
   *John Smiley         32   6   5.54   2   4  0   6   0   0   0   37.3   45   23   23   9   10   26  160   3   1  0   0  85
    Jeff Juden          26   8   5.46   0   1  0   5   0   0   0   31.3   32   21   19   6   15   29  141   1   1  0   0  86
    Terry Clark         36   4   6.15   0   3  0   4   0   0   0   26.3   29   21   18   3   13   13  118   0   0  0   1  77
   *Steve Kline         24  20   5.81   3   1  0   1   0   0   0   26.3   42   19   17   6   13   17  130   3   1  1   1  81
   *Alvin Morman        28  34   5.89   0   0  2   0   7   0   0   18.3   19   13   12   2   14   13   86   1   1  0   3  80
    Dave Weathers       27   9   7.56   1   2  0   1   2   0   0   16.7   23   14   14   2    8   14   79   1   1  0   0  62
    Danny Graves        23   5   4.76   0   0  0   0   2   0   0   11.3   15    8    6   2    9    4   56   0   0  0   0  99
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.7 161   4.73  86  75 39 161 157   4   3 1425.0 1528  815  749 181  575 1036 6260  59  51  3  53 100
    Rank among 14 AL teams          9   4  11  7          13  13     13    9    7        9    9    6
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- SAlomar 119 743 40 12 8 .985 3 PBorders 53 312 19 0 2 1.000 5 EDiaz 5 18 3 1 0 .955 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- Team Total 161 1073 62 13 10 .989 8 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- First Base G PO A E DP .992 8.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JThome 145 1233 95 10 123 .993 9.16 KSeitzer 19 146 13 0 17 1.000 8.37 JManto 6 35 1 0 4 1.000 6.00 RSexson 2 11 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 SCasey 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 JFranco 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 1428 110 10 144 .994 9.71 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .980 4.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TFernandez 109 207 295 10 59 .980 4.61 JFranco 35 69 107 3 23 .983 5.03 JBranson 19 21 51 1 10 .986 3.79 BRoberts 13 24 31 4 9 .932 4.23 CCandaele 9 10 25 0 4 1.000 3.89 DJackson 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 EWilson 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 332 512 18 105 .979 5.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .953 2.32 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MWilliams 151 88 299 12 21 .970 2.56 KSeitzer 13 3 20 3 0 .885 1.77 JManto 7 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.57 JBranson 6 2 8 0 2 1.000 1.67 CCandaele 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 93 331 15 23 .966 2.68 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .974 4.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- OVizquel 152 245 429 10 98 .985 4.43 TFernandez 10 12 26 1 7 .974 3.80 DJackson 5 7 7 0 2 1.000 2.80 EWilson 4 6 10 1 4 .941 4.00 JBranson 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 270 473 12 111 .984 4.69 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field G PO A E DP .979 1.71 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BGiles 82 149 5 3 1 .981 1.88 DJustice 74 115 2 2 0 .983 1.58 BAven 10 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.80 BRoberts 10 13 2 0 1 1.000 1.50 THubbard 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.60 CCurtis 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JManto 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 KMitchell 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 288 9 6 2 .980 1.88 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField G PO A E DP .988 2.31 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MGrissom 144 357 7 3 3 .992 2.53 BGiles 20 28 0 2 0 .933 1.40 CCurtis 12 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 BAven 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 THubbard 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 404 7 5 3 .988 2.60 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field G PO A E DP .978 1.79 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MRamirez 146 258 10 7 2 .975 1.84 BGiles 25 23 2 1 0 .962 1.00 DJustice 5 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.20 CCurtis 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 BAven 2 5 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 294 14 8 2 .975 1.95 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pitchers G PO A E DP .955 1.71 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CNagy 34 16 45 0 0 1.000 2.42 OHershiser 32 20 29 4 2 .925 2.26 COgea 21 8 17 5 1 .833 1.78 BColon 19 6 17 5 3 .821 2.20 JWright 16 5 10 0 1 1.000 1.50 JMesa 66 5 7 1 2 .923 1.31 ALopez 37 4 13 0 1 1.000 1.99 MJackson 71 5 15 0 4 1.000 2.40 EPlunk 55 2 4 2 0 .750 0.82 PAssenmache 75 5 6 0 0 1.000 2.02 BAnderson 8 0 11 0 0 1.000 2.06 PShuey 40 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.00 JJacome 21 3 7 1 0 .909 2.11 JMcDowell 8 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.99 JSmiley 6 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.97 JJuden 8 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.86 TClark 4 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.40 SKline 20 2 1 1 0 .750 1.03 AMorman 34 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.98 DWeathers 9 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.62 DGraves 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 161 93 208 19 14 .941 1.90 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- DJustice 61 JFranco 42 KSeitzer 24 KMitchell 16 BGiles 9 MRamirez 4 SCasey 3 SAlomar 1 JBranson 1 CCandaele 1 TFernandez 1 RSexson 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Justice .329

On-base % Thome .423

Slugging % Justice .596

OPS Justice 1.014

Games Vizquel 153

At Bats Williams 596

Runs Thome 104

Hits Ramirez 184

Total Bases Ramirez 302

Doubles Ramirez 40

Triples Grissom and Vizquel 6

Home Runs Thome 40

RBI Williams 105

Bases on Balls Thome 120

Strikeouts Thome 146

Stolen Bases Vizquel 43

Singles Vizquel 124

Adjusted OPS+ Justice 157

Runs Created Justice 125

Extra-Base Hits Williams 67

Times on Base Ramirez 270

Hit By Pitch Ramirez 7

Sac. Hits Vizquel 16

Sac. Flies Grissom 9

Intentional Walks Justice 11

Grounded into Double Plays Ramirez 19

Power/Speed Number Williams 17.5

At Bats per Strikeout Vizquel 9.7

At Bats per Home Run Thome 12.4

Outs Williams 459

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Nagy 4.28

Wins Nagy 15

Won-Loss % Hershiser .700

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Hershiser 1.372

Hits Allowed/9IP Hershiser 9.17

Bases on Balls/9IP Nagy 3.05

Strikeouts/9IP Nagy 5.91

Games Assenmacher 75

Saves Mesa 16

Innings Nagy 227.0

Strikeouts Nagy 149

Games Started Nagy 34

Comp. Games Colon, Hershiser, Nagy, and Ogea 1

Shutouts Nagy 1

Home Runs Allow. Nagy 27

Bases On Balls Allow. Nagy 77

Hits Allowed Nagy 253

SO to Walk Nagy 1.94

Losses Nagy 11

Earned Runs Allow. Nagy 108

Wild Pitches Hershiser 11

Hit Batsmen Hershiser 11

Batters Faced Nagy 991

Games Finished Jackson and Mesa 38

Adjusted ERA+ Nagy 110

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Matt Williams $ 7,150,000

David Justice $ 6,300,000

Marquis Grissom $ 4,850,000

Jack McDowell $ 4,800,000

Charles Nagy $ 3,437,500

Julio Franco $ 3,292,404

Orel Hershiser $ 3,100,000

Omar Vizquel $ 3,050,000

Jim Thome $ 2,625,000

Sandy Alomar $ 2,600,000

Manny Ramirez $ 2,100,000

Mike Jackson $ 2,000,000

Bip Roberts $ 1,950,000

Jose Mesa $ 1,947,223

Eric Plunk $ 1,850,000

Tony Fernandez $ 1,550,000

Kevin Seitzer $ 1,220,000

Chad Curtis $ 900,000

Paul Assenmacher $ 875,000

Chad Ogea $ 533,333

Kevin Mitchell $ 500,000

Dave Weathers $ 435,000

Pat Borders $ 400,000

Jeff Manto $ 240,000

Jason Jacome $ 220,000

Terry Clark $ 200,000

Paul Shuey $ 197,000

Albie Lopez $ 176,000

Brian Giles $ 175,000

Alvin Morman $ 165,000

Bartolo Colon $ 150,000

Steve Kline $ 150,000

Jaret Wright $ 150,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
All Stars
Sandy Alomar
David Justice
Jim Thome

1996/1998

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