1996 Cleveland Indians season

1996 Cleveland Indians
AL Central Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Jacobs Field (since 1994)
Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Richard Jacobs
General manager(s)	John Hart
Manager(s)	Mike Hargrove
Local television	WUAB Jack Corrigan, Mike Hegan SportsChannel John Sanders, Rick Manning
Local radio	WKNR (1220 AM) Herb Score, Tom Hamilton, Matt Underwood
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For the second consecutive season, the Indians had the best record in Major League Baseball. This was the first time in franchise history that the Indians had accomplished that feat.^[1]

Offseason

November 9, 1995: Rubén Amaro Jr. was released by the Cleveland Indians.^[2]
December 6, 1995: Casey Candaele was signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.^[3]
December 7, 1995: Julio Franco was signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.^[4]
December 14, 1995: Jack McDowell signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.^[5]
January 4, 1996: Mario Díaz was signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.^[6]
March 31, 1996: Mark Clark was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the New York Mets for Reid Cornelius and Ryan Thompson.^[7]

Regular season

Once again, the Indians had a formidable offensive lineup. They led the Majors in hits (1,665), batting average (.293), on-base percentage (.369). They also struck out an MLB-low 844 times.^[8]

Season standings

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	99	62	0.615	—	51–29	48–33
Chicago White Sox	85	77	0.525	14½	44–37	41–40
Milwaukee Brewers	80	82	0.494	19½	38–43	42–39
Minnesota Twins	78	84	0.481	21½	39–43	39–41
Kansas City Royals	75	86	0.466	24	37–43	38–43

Record vs. opponents

1996 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	7–6	6–6	4–8	5–7	11–2	9–3	9–3	7–5	3–10	9–4	7–5	3–10–1	8–5
Boston	6–7	—	8–4	6–6	1–11	12–1	3–9	7–5	6–6	7–6	8–5	7–6	6–6	8–5
California	6–6	4–8	—	6–6	4–9	6–6	4–8	7–5	4–8	7–6	6–7	5–8	4–9	7–5
Chicago	8–4	6–6	6–6	—	5–8	10–3	7–6	6–7	6–7	6–7	5–7	5–7	8–4	7–5
Cleveland	7–5	11–1	9–4	8–5	—	12–0	7–6	7–6	10–3	3–9	6–6	8–4	4–8	7–5
Detroit	2–11	1–12	6–6	3–10	0–12	—	6–6	4–8	6–6	5–8	4–8	6–6	4–9	6–7
Kansas City	3–9	9–3	8–4	6–7	6–7	6–6	—	4–9	6–7	4–8	5–7	7–5	6–6	5–8
Milwaukee	3–9	5–7	5–7	7–6	6–7	8–4	9–4	—	9–4	6–6	7–5	4–9	6–7	5–7
Minnesota	5–7	6–6	8–4	7–6	3–10	6–6	7–6	4–9	—	5–7	6–7	6–6	7–5	8–5
New York	10–3	6–7	6–7	7–6	9–3	8–5	8–4	6–6	7–5	—	9–3	3–9	5–7	8–5
Oakland	4–9	5–8	7–6	7–5	6–6	8–4	7–5	5–7	7–6	3–9	—	8–5	7–6	4–8
Seattle	5–7	6–7	8–5	7–5	4–8	6–6	5–7	9–4	6–6	9–3	5–8	—	10–3	5–7
Texas	10–3–1	6–6	9–4	4–8	8–4	9–4	6–6	7–6	5–7	7–5	6–7	3–10	—	10–2
Toronto	5–8	5–8	5–7	5–7	5–7	7–6	8–5	7–5	5–8	5–8	8–4	7–5	2–10	—

Game log

1996 Game Log: 99–62 (Home: 51–29; Away: 48–33)

April: 16–8 (Home: 8–3; Away: 8–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 2	Yankees	1–7	Cone	Martinez (0–1)	—	42,289	0–1
2	April 3	Yankees	1–5	Pettitte	McDowell (0–1)	Nelson	41,843	0–2
3	April 5	Blue Jays	1–7	Guzman	Hershiser (0–1)	—	41,782	0–3
4	April 6	Blue Jays	5–3	Nagy (1–0)	Hanson	Mesa (1)	41,852	1–3
5	April 7	Blue Jays	8–3	Martinez (1–1)	Quantrill	—	41,689	2–3
6	April 10	@ Orioles	2–3 (10)	Orosco	Tavarez (0–1)	—	45,097	2–4
7	April 11	@ Orioles	4–14	Erickson	Hershiser (0–2)	Rhodes	43,189	2–5
8	April 12	@ Red Sox	3–1	Nagy (2–0)	Sele	Mesa (2)	26,703	3–5
9	April 13	@ Red Sox	14–2	Martinez (2–1)	Moyer	—	31,827	4–5
10	April 14	@ Red Sox	7–6 (11)	Tavarez (1–1)	Stanton	Mesa (3)	31,796	5–5
11	April 15	@ Red Sox	8–0	McDowell (1–1)	Wakefield	—	32,861	6–5
12	April 16	@ Twins	7–2	Hershiser (1–2)	Radke	—	13,103	7–5
13	April 17	@ Twins	8–9	Hansell	Shuey (0–1)	Stevens	11,276	7–6
14	April 19	Red Sox	9–4	Martinez (3–1)	Gordon	—	40,521	8–6
15	April 20	Red Sox	2–1	McDowell (2–1)	Wakefield	Mesa (4)	40,498	9–6
16	April 21	Red Sox	11–7	Ogea (1–0)	Pennington	—	42,256	10–6
17	April 22	Orioles	6–3	Nagy (3–0)	Erickson	Mesa (5)	42,236	11–6
18	April 23	Orioles	9–8	Ogea (2–0)	Mussina	Mesa (6)	40,770	12–6
19	April 24	@ Yankees	8–10	Kamieniecki	Martinez (3–2)	—	20,187	12–7
20	April 25	@ Yankees	4–3	Poole (1–0)	Pettitte	Mesa (7)	18,580	13–7
21	April 26	@ Blue Jays	6–3	Hershiser (2–2)	Hanson	Mesa (8)	30,227	14–7
22	April 27	@ Blue Jays	6–11	Castillo	Nagy (3–1)	—	40,140	14–8
23	April 28	@ Blue Jays	17–3	Lopez (1–0)	Viola	—	31,143	15–8
24	April 30	White Sox	5–3	Martinez (4–2)	Tapani	Mesa (9)	40,268	16–8

May: 19–9 (Home: 8–2; Away: 11–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
25	May 1	White Sox	9–5	McDowell (3–1)	McCaskill	Plunk (1)	40,447	17–8
26	May 2	@ Mariners	6–4	Hershiser (3–2)	Wolcott	Mesa (10)	21,711	18–8
27	May 3	@ Mariners	5–2	Nagy (4–1)	Hitchcock	Mesa (11)	38,086	19–8
28	May 4	@ Mariners	1–5	Menhart	Lopez (1–1)	—	57,133	19–9
29	May 5	@ Mariners	2–0	Martinez (5–2)	Bosio	Mesa (12)	56,883	20–9
30	May 6	@ Athletics	3–5	Taylor	Assenmacher (0–1)	Mohler	47,313	20–10
31	May 7	@ Athletics	4–8	Johns	Hershiser (3–3)	—	10,126	20–11
32	May 8	@ Athletics	7–3	Nagy (5–1)	Reyes	—	9,288	21–11
33	May 10	@ Angels	8–13	Boskie	Lopez (1–2)	—	23,522	21–12
34	May 11	@ Angels	6–5	McDowell (4–1)	Sanderson	Mesa (13)	32,102	22–12
35	May 12	@ Angels	4–1	Poole (2–0)	Percival	Mesa (14)	22,768	23–12
36	May 14	Tigers	5–1	Nagy (6–1)	Gohr	—	40,765	24–12
37	May 15	Tigers	5–2	Martinez (6–2)	Lima	Mesa (15)	42,259	25–12
38	May 16	Tigers	8–3	McDowell (5–1)	Williams	—	42,330	26–12
39	May 17	Rangers	12–10	Embree (1–0)	Heredia	Mesa (16)	41,225	27–12
40	May 18	Rangers	3–6	Oliver	Anderson (0–1)	Henneman	40,973	27–13
41	May 19	Rangers	8–5	Nagy (7–1)	Witt	Mesa (17)	43,299	28–13
42	May 21	Brewers	6–5	Tavarez (2–1)	Boze	—	39,974	29–13
43	May 22	Brewers	8–10	Karl	McDowell (5–2)	Fetters	41,027	29–14
44	May 23	Brewers	5–1	Hershiser (4–3)	Miranda	—	42,395	30–14
45	May 24	@ Tigers	6–3	Plunk (1–0)	Veres	Mesa (18)	26,967	31–14
46	May 25	@ Tigers	7–6	Nagy (8–1)	Lewis	Mesa (19)	41,527	32–14
47	May 26	@ Tigers	5–0	Martinez (7–2)	Williams	—	39,056	33–14
48	May 27	@ Rangers	2–3	Pavlik	McDowell (5–3)	—	46,521	33–15
49	May 28	@ Rangers	3–11	Oliver	Hershiser (4–4)	—	35,727	33–16
50	May 29	@ Rangers	4–5	Cook	Tavarez (2–2)	Henneman	35,893	33–17
51	May 30	@ Brewers	2–0	Nagy (9–1)	Bones	Mesa (20)	11,543	34–17
52	May 31	@ Brewers	10–4	Martinez (8–2)	McDonald	—	24,050	35–17

June: 14–14 (Home: 8–8; Away: 6–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
53	June 1	@ Brewers	1–2	Garcia	McDowell (5–4)	Fetters	22,004	35–18
54	June 2	@ Brewers	11–6	Poole (3–0)	Karl	—	21,150	36–18
55	June 4	Mariners	7–10	Carmona	Mesa (0–1)	Charlton	42,179	36–19
56	June 5	Mariners	13–5	Plunk (2–0)	Milacki	—	42,274	37–19
57	June 6	Mariners	2–5	Wells	Martinez (8–3)	Charlton	42,236	37–20
58	June 7	Angels	4–3	McDowell (6–4)	Boskie	Mesa (21)	42,260	38–20
59	June 8	Angels	5–0	Hershiser (5–4)	Finley	—	42,267	39–20
60	June 9	Angels	6–8 (13)	Hancock	Tavarez (2–3)	—	42,237	39–21
61	June 10	Athletics	5–4	Nagy (10–1)	Johns	Mesa (22)	42,167	40–21
62	June 11	Athletics	6–5 (13)	Ogea (3–0)	Reyes	—	42,249	41–21
63	June 12	Athletics	6–9	Montgomery	McDowell (6–5)	Mohler	40,673	41–22
64	June 13	@ Yankees	6–2	Hershiser (6–4)	Rogers	Shuey (1)	30,707	42–22
65	June 14	@ Yankees	3–4	Gooden	Ogea (3–1)	Wetteland	32,580	42–23
66	June 15	@ Yankees	10–3	Nagy (11–1)	Boehringer	—	42,032	43–23
67	June 16	@ Yankees	4–5	Pettitte	Martinez (8–4)	Wetteland	51,180	43–24
68	June 18	Red Sox	9–7	Swindell (1–0)	Sele	Mesa (23)	42,209	44–24
69	June 19	Red Sox	11–4	Hershiser (7–4)	Gordon	—	42,276	45–24
70	June 20	Red Sox	5–4	Shuey (1–1)	Stanton	—	42,306	46–24
71	June 21	Yankees	7–8 (10)	Nelson	Mesa (0–2)	Wetteland	42,176	46–25
72	June 21	Yankees	3–9	Mendoza	Tavarez (2–4)	—	42,454	46–26
73	June 22	Yankees	9–11	Brewer	Martinez (8–5)	Wetteland	42,461	46–27
74	June 23	Yankees	5–6	Gooden	McDowell (6–6)	Wetteland	41,767	46–28
75	June 25	@ Red Sox	4–0	Hershiser (8–4)	Gordon	—	33,576	47–28
76	June 26	@ Red Sox	4–6 (15)	Garces	Embree (1–1)	—	33,727	47–29
77	June 27	@ White Sox	10–15	Fernandez	Swindell (1–1)	—	27,782	47–30
78	June 28	@ White Sox	2–4	Baldwin	Tavarez (2–5)	Hernandez	33,136	47–31
79	June 29	@ White Sox	3–2 (10)	Shuey (2–1)	Karchner	—	43,601	48–31
80	June 30	@ White Sox	4–2	Hershiser (9–4)	Tapani	Mesa (24)	30,351	49–31

July: 16–11 (Home: 7–6; Away: 9–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
81	July 1	Royals	2–4	Haney	Nagy (11–2)	—	40,814	49–32
82	July 2	Royals	3–2	Poole (4–0)	Belcher	—	42,283	50–32
83	July 3	Royals	6–4	Tavarez (3–5)	Magnante	Shuey (2)	42,470	51–32
84	July 4	White Sox	5–6 (10)	Karchner	Mesa (0–3)	Hernandez	42,355	51–33
85	July 5	White Sox	0–7	Alvarez	Hershiser (9–5)	—	42,536	51–34
86	July 6	White Sox	2–3	Karchner	Shuey (2–2)	Hernandez	42,454	51–35
87	July 7	White Sox	6–1	Ogea (4–1)	Fernandez	Assenmacher (1)	42,343	52–35
88	July 11	@ Twins	11–7	McDowell (7–6)	Radke	—	16,438	53–35
89	July 12	@ Twins	7–5	Mesa (1–3)	Stevens	Shuey (3)	18,246	54–35
90	July 13	@ Twins	19–11	Ogea (5–1)	Aguilera	—	31,552	55–35
91	July 14	@ Twins	4–5	Guardado	Plunk (2–1)	—	25,312	55–36
92	July 15	@ Royals	3–6	Magnante	Tavarez (3–6)	Montgomery	22,294	55–37
93	July 16	@ Royals	10–4	McDowell (8–6)	Haney	—	16,871	56–37
94	July 17	@ Royals	2–3	Belcher	Hershiser (9–6)	Montgomery	19,532	56–38
95	July 18	Twins	5–4	Graves (1–0)	Guardado	—	40,934	57–38
96	July 19	Twins	2–3	Rodriguez	Nagy (11–3)	Naulty	42,373	57–39
97	July 20	Twins	6–5 (11)	Shuey (3–2)	Stevens	—	43,433	58–39
98	July 21	Twins	7–5	McDowell (9–6)	Radke	Shuey (4)	42,341	59–39
99	July 22	@ Blue Jays	4–2	Hershiser (10–6)	Hanson	Mesa (25)	35,517	60–39
100	July 23	@ Blue Jays	1–3	Hentgen	Ogea (5–2)	Timlin	35,194	60–40
101	July 24	@ Blue Jays	10–0	Martinez (9–5)	Janzen	—	35,218	61–40
102	July 25	@ Orioles	10–7	Nagy (12–3)	Coppinger	—	47,025	62–40
103	July 26	@ Orioles	14–9	Assenmacher (1–1)	Mussina	—	46,751	63–40
104	July 27	@ Orioles	2–14	Wells	Hershiser (10–7)	—	47,360	63–41
105	July 28	@ Orioles	6–3 (13)	Mesa (2–3)	Stephenson	—	46,273	64–41
106	July 30	Blue Jays	1–3	Flener	Martinez (9–6)	Timlin	42,355	64–42
107	July 31	Blue Jays	4–2	Assenmacher (2–1)	Timlin	—	42,301	65–42

August: 15–13 (Home: 7–7; Away: 8–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
108	August 1	Blue Jays	3–5	Hanson	Lopez (1–3)	Timlin	42,249	65–43
109	August 2	Orioles	11–1	Hershiser (11–7)	Erickson	—	42,465	66–43
110	August 3	Orioles	4–9	Orosco	Ogea (5–3)	—	42,448	66–44
111	August 4	Orioles	14–2	Anderson (1–1)	Coppinger	—	42,349	67–44
112	August 5	Orioles	10–13	Wells	Assenmacher (2–2)	—	40,863	67–45
113	August 6	@ Mariners	4–3	Lopez (2–3)	Wells	Mesa (26)	31,472	68–45
114	August 7	@ Mariners	5–4	Tavarez (4–6)	Charlton	Mesa (27)	30,431	69–45
115	August 8	@ Mariners	2–1	Ogea (6–3)	Mulholland	Mesa (28)	36,822	70–45
116	August 9	@ Athletics	10–4	McDowell (10–6)	Telgheder	—	20,122	71–45
117	August 10	@ Athletics	1–5	Adams	Nagy (12–4)	—	30,238	71–46
118	August 11	@ Athletics	3–9	Wasdin	Lopez (2–4)	—	21,914	71–47
119	August 12	@ Angels	5–4	Hershiser (12–7)	Finley	Mesa (29)	19,499	72–47
120	August 13	@ Angels	2–4	Boskie	Ogea (6–4)	Percival	19,569	72–48
121	August 14	@ Angels	7–8	Gohr	McDowell (10–7)	Percival	23,887	72–49
122	August 16	Tigers	3–1 (12)	Assenmacher (3–2)	Lewis	—	42,485	73–49
123	August 17	Tigers	6–3	Hershiser (13–7)	Thompson	Mesa (30)	42,511	74–49
124	August 18	Tigers	11–3	Ogea (7–4)	Williams	—	42,337	75–49
125	August 19	Rangers	3–10	Pavlik	McDowell (10–8)	—	42,393	75–50
126	August 20	Rangers	10–4	Lopez (3–4)	Witt	—	42,370	76–50
127	August 21	Rangers	8–10 (10)	Vosberg	Tavarez (4–7)	—	42,345	76–51
128	August 23	Brewers	5–6 (11)	Jones	Mesa (2–4)	Fetters	42,405	76–52
129	August 24	Brewers	3–4 (10)	Wickman	Plunk (2–2)	Fetters	42,437	76–53
130	August 25	Brewers	8–5	Shuey (4–2)	Miranda	Mesa (31)	42,335	77–53
131	August 26	@ Tigers	2–1	Nagy (13–4)	Lira	—	22,349	78–53
132	August 27	@ Tigers	12–2	Lopez (4–4)	Thompson	—	19,602	79–53
133	August 28	@ Tigers	9–3	Hershiser (14–7)	Sager	—	21,091	80–53
134	August 30	@ Rangers	3–5	Pavlik	Ogea (7–5)	Russell	40,383	80–54
135	August 31	@ Rangers	3–6	Oliver	McDowell (10–9)	Vosberg	46,319	80–55

September: 19–7 (Home: 13–3; Away: 6–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
136	September 1	@ Rangers	8–2	Nagy (14–4)	Burkett	—	46,084	81–55
137	September 2	@ Brewers	6–7	Jones	Mesa (2–5)	—	18,015	81–56
138	September 3	@ Brewers	2–8	Karl	Hershiser (14–8)	—	10,599	81–57
139	September 4	@ Brewers	7–0	Ogea (8–5)	D'Amico	—	12,666	82–57
140	September 8	Mariners	2–1	Nagy (15–4)	Mulholland	—	42,307	83–57
141	September 8	Mariners	5–6	Charlton	Mesa (2–6)	—	42,217	83–58
142	September 9	Angels	4–3	Shuey (5–2)	Holtz	Mesa (32)	42,208	84–58
143	September 10	Angels	7–5	Assenmacher (4–2)	Percival	—	42,181	85–58
144	September 11	Angels	2–0	McDowell (11–9)	Finley	Mesa (33)	42,264	86–58
145	September 12	Angels	11–2	Anderson (2–1)	Boskie	—	42,244	87–58
146	September 14	Athletics	9–2	Nagy (16–4)	Wengert	—	—	88–58
147	September 14	Athletics	9–8	Plunk (3–2)	Small	Mesa (34)	42,233	89–58
148	September 15	Athletics	9–10 (10)	Reyes	Mesa (2–7)	—	42,226	89–59
149	September 16	@ White Sox	4–3	McDowell (12–9)	Alvarez	—	25,392	90–59
150	September 17	@ White Sox	9–4	Anderson (3–1)	Fernandez	Plunk (2)	18,763	91–59
151	September 18	@ White Sox	4–3	Lopez (5–4)	Baldwin	Mesa (35)	20,289	92–59
152	September 19	Royals	9–1	Ogea (9–5)	Appier	—	42,297	93–59
153	September 20	Royals	4–6	Bevil	Nagy (16–5)	Bluma	42,358	93–60
154	September 21	Royals	13–4	Hershiser (15–8)	Rosado	—	42,339	94–60
155	September 22	Royals	6–5	McDowell (13–9)	Jacome	Mesa (36)	42,291	95–60
156	September 23	Twins	7–6	Graves (2–0)	Parra	Mesa (37)	42,299	96–60
157	September 24	Twins	7–5	Ogea (10–5)	Rodriguez	Mesa (38)	42,272	97–60
158	September 25	Twins	6–3	Nagy (17–5)	Robertson	—	42,469	98–60
159	September 27	@ Royals	6–11	Rosado	Hershiser (15–9)	—	15,939	98–61
160	September 28	@ Royals	5–4	Mercker (1–0)	Scanlan	Mesa (39)	19,820	99–61
161	September 29	@ Royals	1–4	Belcher	Ogea (10–6)	Pichardo	14,556	99–62

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Indians team member

Detailed records

American League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
AL East
Baltimore Orioles	7	5	0.583	92	86
Boston Red Sox	11	1	0.917	87	42
Detroit Tigers	12	0	1.000	79	28
New York Yankees	3	9	0.250	61	73
Toronto Blue Jays	7	5	0.583	66	45
Total	40	20	0.667	385	274
AL Central
Chicago White Sox	8	5	0.615	63	58
Cleveland Indians
Kansas City Royals	7	6	0.538	70	58
Milwaukee Brewers	7	6	0.538	74	58
Minnesota Twins	10	3	0.769	96	70
Total	32	20	0.615	303	244
AL West
California Angels	9	4	0.692	71	56
Oakland Athletics	6	6	0.500	72	72
Seattle Mariners	8	4	0.667	54	46
Texas Rangers	4	8	0.333	67	77
Total	27	22	0.551	264	251
Season Total	99	62	0.615	952	769

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	24	16	8	0.667	152	118
May	28	19	9	0.679	154	126
June	28	14	14	0.500	165	149
July	27	16	11	0.593	152	128
August	28	15	13	0.536	167	135
September	26	19	7	0.731	162	113
Total	161	99	62	0.615	952	769

Total	161	99	62	0.615	952	769
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	80	51	29	0.638	488	389
Away	81	48	33	0.593	464	380

Notable transactions

May 14, 1996: Greg Cadaret was signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.^[9]
June 15, 1996: Greg Swindell signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.^[10]

Roster

1996 Cleveland Indians

Roster

Pitchers

34 Brian Anderson

45 Paul Assenmacher

56 Alan Embree

35 Danny Graves

55 Orel Hershiser

59 Albie Lopez

32 Dennis Martínez

29 Jack McDowell

39 Kent Mercker

49 José Mesa

41 Charles Nagy

37 Chad Ogea

38 Eric Plunk

62 Jim Poole

47 Joe Roa

53 Paul Shuey

12 Greg Swindell

50 Julián Tavárez

Catchers

15 Sandy Alomar, Jr.

2 Einar Díaz

17 Tony Peña

Infielders

9 Carlos Baerga

26 Casey Candaele

4 Mark Carreon

10 Álvaro Espinoza

23 Julio Franco

9 Damian Jackson

12 Jeff Kent

30 Scott Leius

33 Eddie Murray

27 Gerónimo Peña

36 Herbert Perry

20 Kevin Seitzer

25 Jim Thome

10 José Vizcaíno

13 Omar Vizquel

Outfielders

8 Albert Belle

20 Jeromy Burnitz

22 Brian Giles

35 Wayne Kirby

7 Kenny Lofton

24 Manny Ramírez

46 Ryan Thompson

48 Nigel Wilson

Manager

21 Mike Hargrove

Coaches

11 Toby Harrah (Bench)

6 Luis Isaac (Bullpen)

42 Charlie Manuel (Hitting)

1 Dave Nelson (First Base)

29 Jeff Newman (Third Base)

28 Mark Wiley (Pitching)

43 Dan Williams (Bullpen Catcher)

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Award winners

Omar VIzquel, Hutch Award^[11]

All-Star Game

Postseason

Main article: 1996 American League Division Series

ALDS: Cleveland Indians vs. Baltimore Orioles

Baltimore wins the series, 3-1

Game	Score (visitors listed first)	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Cleveland Indians – 4, Baltimore Orioles – 10	October 1	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	47,644 ^[12]
2	Cleveland Indians – 4, Baltimore Orioles – 7	October 2	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	48,970 ^[13]
3	Baltimore Orioles – 4, Cleveland Indians – 9	October 4	Jacobs Field	44,250 ^[14]
4	Baltimore Orioles – 4, Cleveland Indians – 3 (12 innings)	October 5	Jacobs Field	44,280 ^[15]

Minor league affiliates

Classification level	Team	League	Season article
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	International League	1996 Buffalo Bisons season
AA	Canton–Akron Indians	Eastern League	1996 Canton–Akron Indians season
Advanced A	Kinston Indians	Carolina League
A	Columbus RedStixx	South Atlantic League
Short Season A	Watertown Indians	New York–Penn League
Rookie	Burlington Indians	Appalachian League

References

↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 371, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
↑ Ruben Amaro Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/candaca01.shtml
↑ Julio Franco Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Jack McDowell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/diazma01.shtml
↑ Mark Clark Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1996.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cadargr01.shtml
↑ Greg Swindell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml
↑ "1996 ALDS – Baltimore Orioles vs. Cleveland Indians – Game 1". Retrosheet. Retrieved June 16, 2008.
↑ "1996 ALDS – Baltimore Orioles vs. Cleveland Indians – Game 2". Retrosheet. Retrieved June 16, 2008.
↑ "1996 ALDS – Baltimore Orioles vs. Cleveland Indians – Game 3". Retrosheet. Retrieved June 16, 2008.
↑ "1996 ALDS – Baltimore Orioles vs. Cleveland Indians – Game 4". Retrosheet. Retrieved June 16, 2008.

1996 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
1996 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac
1996 WS at Baseball Reference

American League Central champions

1996 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Detroit New York Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Kansas City Milwaukee Minnesota

AL West	California Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Cleveland Indians

Founded in 1894
Formerly the Grand Rapids Rustlers, Cleveland Lake Shores, Cleveland Bluebirds, Cleveland Broncos, and Cleveland Naps
Based in Cleveland, Ohio

Franchise

Ballparks

Culture and lore

Rivalries

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Key personnel

Owner: Larry Dolan
Chairman/CEO: Paul Dolan
President: Chris Antonetti
General manager: Mike Chernoff
Manager: Terry Francona

Postseason appearances (12)

Division championships (8)

American League pennants (6)

World Series championships (2)

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Hall of Fame inductees

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